"I'll take this Rough Stone for eight million Low-Grade Spirit Stones! Who knows? It might yield a Supreme-Grade Treasure Crystal. Even a treasure-grade one would be worth it!"
"Heh. You think you're Qin Hao? You expect to cut out a Supreme-Grade Treasure Crystal too? Still, you have a point. I bid ten million..."
"I'll take this one and this one..."
Spurred by Qin Hao, quite a few people moved first and began picking out stones.
Almost every Rough Stone with a modest price tag drew a buyer.
Qin Hao had wanted to choose carefully, but he could only feel helpless as the Rough Stones were bought before he had a chance to examine them.
Of course, plenty of Treasure Crystals that nobody thought well of still remained untouched.
A moment later, Qin Hao stopped with a Rough Stone in his right hand, hesitation on his face...
"Master Qin, is there something wrong with that Rough Stone?" a middle-aged man asked, mustering his courage and keeping his voice low for fear of disturbing him.
"Nothing's wrong with it. This Rough Stone costs nine million and should yield a profit, just not much of one..." Qin Hao shook his head.
"Really? I'll take it!" The man was overjoyed. He paid with astonishing speed.
Qin Hao stared at him in surprise.
"Thank you, Master Qin!" The man snatched up the Rough Stone and ran off to have it cut.
A moment later...
"It paid off! Hahaha! As expected of a Rough Stone Master Qin picked out, it really paid off!"
"Black Ancient Stone worth forty million! I made thirty million!"
The man's ecstatic shouts came from afar.
Many people looked on with envy, then fixed their eyes on Qin Hao, afraid they might miss the best opportunity.
After that, whenever Qin Hao thought