When they reached the central area, Ye Xiu found that there were indeed far more people here.
It had been hard to tell from outside, but once inside, they saw a vast tide of people gathered here. Among them, some were specially assigned to cut and polish the raw stones.
Every raw stone had been cut into uniformly sized hexagons.
They were neatly arranged in the middle of the square, waiting for interested buyers to select them and make their bids.
"This place is a lot more orderly."
Ye Xiu looked around. Being close to the stone-gambling area, many passing cultivators had taken off their outer garments and reached out to feel the stones.
Though the outer layers of these raw stones were wrapped in immense amounts of magic-banishing stone, there were always cultivators who believed their spiritual power and divine sense were far beyond the ordinary, capable of seizing that one chance in ten thousand.
"After all, these goods essentially belong to the City Lord..."
Nie Qing lowered his voice. Hearing this, Ye Xiu was somewhat puzzled.
"The City Lord manages this too?"
"Of course. All the raw stones collected here are actually mined from mines under the City Lord's name. The City Lord charges individuals for mining rights, then they sell back a stipulated amount of raw stones, after which the City Lord sends people to cut and sell them."
"The ones you saw outside earlier were acquired by other factions from the wilderness beyond the city. The number of good things hidden there definitely can't compare to the City Lord's goods from the mines."
"Of course, some people once tried to raise or lower prices when shipments were abundant, but not long after they started, the City Lord had their heads chopped off."
"Later, prices were set