Wu Fan pointed to a spot on their right, where there was a small stall occupying about four or five square meters.

The stall owner was a girl, dressed simply, with a very delicate appearance, and not very tall.

She looked gentle and meek, and her face didn't seem to belong to a deceitful person.

Wang Qiang had no objections for comparison, as today's decision-making was handed over to Wu Fan, so she followed Wu Fan to the front of the stall.

Then Wu Fan spoke up, asking the girl:

"Miss, how do you sell these items at your stall?"

The girl looked up at them, her gaze pausing for a moment on Wang Qiang's gold-rimmed glasses, then she pointed at the stall and said:

"The portion on the left sells for three Spirit Stones each, the pile on the right sells for four Spirit Stones each, and the middle portion is all elixirs, which can be exchanged for other items or bought at ninety percent of market price.

To be honest, these things were all just discovered in a secret realm, brand new first-hand goods."

Seeing this, Wang Qiang quietly nudged Wu Fan, whispering:

"I don't see this girl as a Tier One Alchemist, and many things on her stall are covered with dirt.

Maybe they were really dug out from some ruins or Cultivator's Cave Mansion, and there might even be something valuable?"

Wu Fan nodded slightly, having a similar judgment as Wang Qiang.

Then Wang Qiang continued to say to him:

"I still have twenty Spirit Stones, we've been out for quite a while, and since you chose this place, let's just settle here.

I'll pick one item from the left, you choose two items from the right and three from the left, but let's not bother with the elixirs in the middle."

After speaking, she bent down to start selecting.

Wu Fan didn't even have time to decline, so he could only sigh and continue to pick out items under pressure.

The female stall owner seemed a bit introverted, didn't say much during their selection, only speaking a few words when Wu Fan asked her questions.

After two quarters of an hour, they had each chosen their items.

Wang Qiang's choice was a jade slip covered in soil.

According to the female stall owner, no matter how much Spiritual Energy was inputted, the jade slip couldn't be opened, possibly concealing some unknown earth-shattering secret.

Wang Qiang naturally didn't fully believe such a claim, after all, 'earth-shattering secret' was almost as overused as saying something was 'as terrifying as this,' even a child hiding fifty cents might use such a phrase.

But considering the jade slip felt good to hold and she couldn't make sense of the other items, she ultimately decided on it.

As for the items Wu Fan picked, they were quite varied:

A broken compass,

A half-dirty map reportedly showing a region in the Demon Realm,

A short piece of wood the girl claimed to have picked up deep in a secret realm,

A weapon resembling a black stick,

Plus a rusty bronze ancient lamp.

All these items totaled exactly twenty Spirit Stones.

After the transaction was completed, Wang Qiang looked at her now empty Spirit Stone pouch with mixed feelings:

"Forty Spirit Stones, all gone like that..."

But a few seconds later, she thought of the potential treasures hidden within, and her face lit up again, an uncontrollable smile forming at the corners of her mouth.

Then she reached into her clothes, rummaged around, and eventually pulled out five copper coins with a bitter laugh.

She shook the five copper coins in her hand, which clinked together crisply, and with a large, sweeping gesture, exuded the boldness of a wealthy woman opening a blue ribbon at the White Horse Club:

"Let's go, we'll head back to the commerce association, and I'll treat you to a ride on a lizard carriage!"

Nearly two quarters of an hour later.

A lizard carriage stopped at the entrance of Taoshu Commerce Association.

Wang Qiang jumped lightly off the carriage, paid the fare, and then bounced into the commerce association with the pile of items:

"Da-da-da-da, the little girl is back from treasure hunting, anyone want to join the appraisal session for some excitement?"

Ma Ning was leisurely drinking wolfberry tea inside the association at the time; upon hearing her, he set the teacup down:

"Comrade Xiao Wang, it looks like you're quite confident."

Wang Qiang had informed some of the commerce group's leaders of this matter before setting out, so Ma Ning and Lin Ziming knew where she had gone.

Hearing Ma Ning's words, Wang Qiang made a face at him and then turned to run next door to the Wei Family Commerce Association to find people.

More than ten minutes later.

Except for Gu Junming, who was busy checking and replacing monitoring equipment, the rest of the key leaders of the commerce group gathered in the association.

Of course, Wei Niandong and Wei Qiangsheng were there—after all, when it comes to appraising items from the Damo Realm, Wei Qiangsheng was the most suitable in the entire convoy.

As the head of Wei Mansion's business, Wei Qiangsheng had encountered a wide variety of bizarre items, giving him even more experience in this area than Wei Fan.

Once everyone was ready, Wang Qiang first unpacked the five pieces of raw stone, placing her 'Little White Rabbit' piece on the table:

"President Qiangsheng, please, let's start with this one, it looks like a rabbit, and it's the one I picked."

Wei Qiangsheng nodded, taking out a specially made tool for cutting raw stones.

After adjusting her breath and channeling spiritual energy, she slowly started cutting.

A moment later, the original stone was cut open.

Everyone crowded forward to take a look:

In the center of the divided rabbit spirit stone, there was a red heart-shaped object!

Wang Qiang was about to shout in joy when, the next second, she saw the red heart-shaped object turn pitch black in an instant.

Wei Qiangsheng, having watched the entire process, shook his head regretfully:

"Thousand-year willow wood heart, such a pity it didn't have enough spiritual energy and weathered into a black solid. Even proper protective measures beforehand didn't help."

Wang Qiang: "...."

She felt as if she had won a grand prize, only to find out upon redemption that it was a T-brand electric car...

Then, gritting her teeth, she single-handedly moved Wu Fan's original stone piece by piece onto the table, angrily saying:

"President Qiangsheng, continue please!"

Wei Qiangsheng: "....."

He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lin Ziming, who shrugged at him and gave him a 'keep cutting' look.

He had no choice but to continue cutting.

The first piece cut open, and still something was there.

"Weathered demon beast bones, of a non-tiered kind, not much use, about six copper coins."

Wang Qiang forced a smile:

"Well, at least I covered the fare and earned an extra coin."

The second piece cut open, and there was nothing at all.

The third piece cut open, and still nothing.

When only the last fist-sized chunk was left.

At this moment, Wang Qiang's expression was almost crestfallen, her head nearly drooping to the floor, with her heart sinking.

Suddenly.

She thought of something, quickly raised her head, a flash of hopeful faith in her eyes.

She swiftly pulled out a phone from her clothes and pressed play in front of Wei Qiangsheng.

Half a second later, a resigned audio recording played:

"Wish you open everything black, never see an ssr, Fei Qiu possessed, Emperor of Luck far away, today's drop rates are terribly low."

Wei Qiangsheng: "?"

This was a video Wang Qiang had asked Mingmou to record a long time ago, before the trade delegation's trip.

If not for not discovering anything from the stone, Wang Qiang might not have remembered this recording was even on her phone.

Then Wang Qiang put the phone back in her pocket and made a gesture to Wei Qiangsheng:

"President Qiangsheng, please cut."

Wei Qiangsheng gave Wang Qiang a strange look, thinking, could this young girl really be hoping this recording would have any effect?

Besides, this wasn't a blessing, it was clearly a curse!

Expecting such an audio to have any effect...

What a joke, in all his years, he's never seen such a thing!

Then he picked up the tools and gently slid down the center of the original stone.

As he cut, suddenly, Wei Qiangsheng felt the tip of the knife hit something.

At the same time, a strong burst of spiritual energy surged from the cut.

He was suddenly startled and whispered to everyone:

"I've cut into a spiritual energy shield, there's something here this time!"

He then hurriedly adjusted the direction, cautiously started to carefully chip away at the outer shell of the original stone.

About a quarter of an hour later, the outer layer of the original stone was completely peeled away, leaving only the middle part.

Wei Qiangsheng continued to cut.

Ten minutes later.

A roughly palm-sized object was extracted from the inside of the original stone by Wei Qiangsheng.

This small object was entirely yellow, appearing to be a clay lump composed of yellow clay, its surface shimmering with a touch of deep yellow light.

Everyone immediately gathered around, Wang Qiang even shouting:

"President Qiangsheng, what is this?"

At this moment, Wei Qiangsheng's face was a mix of shock, disbelief, puzzlement, and admiration. After a while, he carefully set down the clay lump.

Then he turned to Wang Qiang and said:

"Miss Xiao Wang, when you return, please burn me a copy of that recording on a jade slip."

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