Nine Source Stones lay beside the lake. Many people in the Yaochi Stone Workshop came forward to examine them, but few could discern anything.
These Source Stones had come from the Primordial Ancient Mine and carried a strange aura. Even those who had studied Source Arts found it difficult to probe their contents.
When Lu Chen stepped forward to examine the nine Source Stones, he immediately drew some people's attention. Last month, he had extracted considerable amounts of Source and several rare treasures at various stone workshops. By now, he had made something of a name for himself in Kun Yun City.
"I wonder whether Young Master Lu can discover anything. Last month, he won Primeval Spirit Medicine and Variant Source through stone gambling."
"To uncover rare treasures from Source Stones time after time, he must have come from some Source Arts Family."
Some people in Kun Yun City who had seen Lu Chen gamble on stones began discussing him in hushed voices.
"It's that brat. So he came to the Northern Region. He's certainly made us search long and hard!"
"Did he think he would be safe by hiding in the Northern Region? No one can challenge the authority of a Desolate Ancient Family." Suddenly, someone in the crowd inside the Yaochi Stone Workshop spoke in a low voice thick with killing intent. They were disciples of the Ji Family.
Back in the Southern Region, Lu Chen had happened upon Ye Fan being pursued by the Ji Family. He had intervened, severely injuring an Eminent Elder of the Ji Family and even stripping their disciples of their treasures right before their eyes. He had dealt the Ji Family a resounding slap in the face.
Afterward, the Ji Family had searched everywhere in the Southern Region for him, intent on