"Of course. Bronya always keeps her word."
Cang Xiaoxuan had helped her earn quite a few Primogems a few days ago, so helping her earn some Mora was nothing.
"How?"
Cang Xiaoxuan looked forward to it...
"Stone gambling!"
Bronya pointed at a stone-gambling stall nearby. There were quite a few people there, all here to gamble on stones.
Stone gambling was an extremely popular pastime in Liyue. No matter the world, anything with a gambling nature was always widely welcomed.
When it came to activities that depended on luck, people always seemed to believe they would be the lucky one, though reality always proved them wrong.
Stone gambling was also the path to wealth for a great many Liyue merchants. But merchants! There was no business without trickery. If their hearts were not black... how could they make money?
So, in pursuit of greater profits, those unscrupulous merchants mixed artificial rocks created through elemental power into natural ores.
After all, artificial ore and natural ore naturally differed in value. If artificial ore was mixed into stone gambling, it "lowered the winning rate."
A year ago, artificial ore had still been legally recognized as "mineral." Even mixing artificial ore into natural ore... was considered legal, exploiting a loophole in the law.
But last year, Ningguang, the Tianquan Star who oversaw Liyue's laws, had removed artificial ores created through elemental power from the category of minerals.
However, when the profits were enormous, merchants were not afraid to break the law for Mora.
When Bronya and Cang Xiaoxuan arrived at the stone-gambling stall, they found quite a few artificial ores among the stones...
"Customer, care to try your luck? These ores of mine have just arrived. The odds of uncovering valuable minerals are very high."
"..."
As Bronya stared at the ores displayed