Meng Chuan left the Ji Family Stone Workshop and put the man impersonating a Source Heavenly Master out of his mind.
Meng Qi: Great Emperor, did you force your way into seeing what was inside the Shi?
Lu Mingfei: The Great Emperor looked pretty practiced at it!
"Of course not. I studied the Source Arts too!" Meng Chuan denied it. He had deliberately sought out someone to teach him the Source Arts years ago. Now, as Heavenly Emperor, mastery of one art opened the way to ten thousand others. His Source Arts were naturally extraordinary.
After that, Meng Chuan wandered through the major Shi workshops. This time, he made no more moves. He was just a passerby. Yes, a pure passerby.
"Heavens! This stone is something else!" At the Yaochi Stone Workshop, Passerby pointed at a stone and clicked his tongue in wonder.
"Oh? Fellow Daoist, what makes it so special?" A young man beside him looked at the utterly ordinary Shi and could not help asking the passerby.
"What makes it special is that it really is special!"
"If you want it, buy it now, fellow Daoist. Opportunity knocks but once. Don't wait until you're old and left gazing at the stone with tears streaming down your face!" Passerby patted his shoulder and drifted away, leaving the Yaochi Stone Workshop. The next sacred land's stone workshop still needed a Passerby like him!
The young man looked baffled. Then tell me what makes it special!
"Could there really be something in it, judging by his reaction?" The young man wavered. He could not shake the feeling that Passerby had been right.
"Damn it, I'm buying it! At worst, I won't buy anything else for three years!" With impressive resolve, the young man bought the Shi and had it cut open