The Mysterious Beck Stone

Leo!! Are you kidding me? Never mind the Beck Stone—what's with this massive chunk of impurity in the middle?!!

Quill, standing nearby, stared at the large piece of pale green stone the stall owner was holding in both hands and couldn't help shouting.

The Beck Stone was a pale green, semitransparent stone overall.

Unlike ordinary translucent stones, its translucence was exceptionally warm and natural.

If it weren't for the fist-sized impurity in the middle, one could even see a blurry image of the opposite side through the thirty- to forty-centimeter-thick Beck Stone.

Yet this transparency didn't make the Beck Stone feel hollow. Instead, it gave it an even more solid quality.

That feeling reminded Leo of glass-type jadeite on Earth, but this so-called Beck Stone was even more exquisite and lustrous than glass-type jadeite.

Its entire surface was free of any patterns, with only countless green specks of light evenly distributed throughout.

It was impossible to tell whether the green specks had colored the Beck Stone or whether the Beck Stone had caused the specks to form within it.

But together, the two looked so harmonious and natural, possessing a beauty born of nature.

It was just that the dark-gold stone mixed with black in the middle of the Beck Stone ruined the beauty of the whole piece.

Otherwise, even without the effects the stall owner had mentioned, it would still be well worth buying as a decoration.

The stall owner also glanced at Quill in surprise, clearly not expecting him to recognize the stone.

He then forced a smile and said, "Everyone, this is my stall's prized treasure—a hundred percent genuine Beck Stone. You can have it tested right here."

Quill crouched down as well and said, "Not bad. This really is Beck Stone. It's a rare thing, but