At the shopkeeper's words, everyone turned to look at the burly man.
Qin Hao, Lin Zhang, Ding Qiongwei, and Ning Qianxue did the same.
Lin Zhang shook his head and said quietly, "That's how Stone Gambling works. One careless move and you lose your shirt. As the saying goes, one cut makes you rich, the next makes you poor."
"But this fellow really is unlucky. Nine out of ten turned out to be Black Iron Crystal or Red Iron Crystal."
Lin Zhang looked at the burly man with pity. He had tried Stone Gambling himself and had uncovered Black Iron Crystal and Red Iron Crystal before, but never with luck this rotten.
"That's why you can't be careless when doing Stone Gambling," Ning Qianxue said quickly.
Ding Qiongwei nodded. "Let's look around first. There's no rush to buy."
Ding Qiongwei did not particularly want Qin Hao to try Stone Gambling. Good luck was one thing, but with bad luck, he might be finished.
Qin Hao said nothing, his expression thoughtful.
From what he had seen, he had more or less grasped how Stone Gambling worked: buy a Rough Stone, then cut it open.
If it contained a rare Treasure Crystal, you made a profit. If it held an ordinary one, you took a loss.
Rough Stones were generally expensive, especially those known to contain a Treasure Crystal. Their prices started at a hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
The problem was that most people could not tell whether the Treasure Crystal inside a Rough Stone was ordinary or valuable.
"Cut it!"
"I refuse to believe I can't get a single good Treasure Crystal!"
The burly man, whose cultivation had reached the Saint Martial Realm Fourth Layer, glared with bloodshot eyes and growled at the cutter holding the blade.
He looked like