Wang Yu and Yan Lingxiang emerged side by side from the entrance of the Seven Star Stone Shop, but while the former looked calm, the latter wore a thoroughly dejected expression.
"How could this happen? I carefully selected those two Chaos Stones. Both were stones with enormous gambling potential, so why did neither yield anything?" Yan Lingxiang muttered, still seeming somewhat unwilling to accept it.
"Senior Brother Yan, if I hadn't held you back, you would probably have gone to the front hall to keep gambling, wouldn't you?" Wang Yu glanced at him and shook his head.
"Heh, I just thought there were a few other promising stones there that might be worth a gamble," Yan Lingxiang replied with a sheepish chuckle.
"Senior Brother, we agreed before coming here that we would only try our luck once or twice. Isn't the Ten Thousand Stones Shop where we really wanted to gamble on stones?" Wang Yu said.
"Haha, I just got caught up in the gambling." Yan Lingxiang gave a slightly embarrassed laugh.
"I understand, Senior Brother. Stone gambling really can go to your head. Why don't we stop visiting stone shops for today and look around some other stores first?" Wang Yu suggested.
"You're absolutely right, Junior Brother. This really isn't the time to keep gambling on stones. I'll take you to some other shops, and we can buy some cultivation resources while we're at it." After thinking it over, Yan Lingxiang readily agreed.
The two then left and headed toward the other shops.
At dusk.
Only then did the two return to the Soul Fragrance Residence and enter their respective courtyards.
Wang Yu walked into his bedroom, stopped, and only then released a strand of divine thought to probe the neighboring courtyard.
As expected, the burly man from the