Strange Tales [Fierce Beast]

Province X is a well-known jade-producing province in country Z.

Among them, the jade produced in city x is of the best quality, so it has a very famous reputation in province x. No matter what time you come to city x, it is always a bustling scene.

At two o'clock in the morning, I remembered that there were a lot fewer people buying jade at other times, but it was still lively.Among this group of people, the most conspicuous ones were two young people.

One of them has a beautiful appearance, and there is an inexplicable aura on his body. Even if he is smiling at the moment, it can't help but make people feel afraid. The appearance of the other is much ordinary, but when the two walk together, people first What he noticed was this ordinary-looking young man.

These two were naturally Zhou Ling and Lezheng Zixuan.Zhou Ling's cultivation has improved recently, and his temperament has suddenly sharpened. Lezheng Zixuan told him that this is normal and his temperament will return to calm after he completes the advanced stage, so Zhou Ling put his heart back in his stomach.

This is also the real reason why he uses his current appearance, otherwise, if he meets an acquaintance, how should he explain his situation.

"How about this?" Zhou Ling noticed that there was a white jade hairpin on the jade stall. The hairpin was flat, with one end wide and the other thinner.

Lezheng Zixuan can tell whether the jade is real or not just by looking at it, even if the jade is not good, and the jade carvers are not bad.

Although Zhou Ling didn't understand jade, he knew that Lezheng Zixuan was comforting him from the lack of aura in the hairpin in his hand, but he just liked this hairpin, thinking that if Lezheng Zixuan had long hair, it would look very good on it.

"Boss, how much is it?"

The boss smiled and said, "The customer has a good eye. This hairpin is even in color and oily. It is the best Kunlun white jade. It weighs [-] grams and costs [-] a piece."

"One thousand." Zhou Ling knew that the boss saw that he was a layman who was slaughtering people, so he also desperately lowered the price.

"One thousand? One thousand is not enough. I bought the rough stone for one thousand and five plus labor costs, two thousand. Is this price interesting enough?"

Zhou Ling was very satisfied if he could lower half the price, but was interrupted by Lezheng Zixuan just as he was about to say yes.He took the hairpin from Zhou Ling to himself, "300 yuan, you can put it on for us."

Lezheng Zixuan's confident attitude showed his status as an expert.

Experts will know if there is one as soon as they make a move. Naturally, the boss will not fool him like Zhou Ling. When someone exposes him face to face, the boss blushes and stammers, "Little brother, you also know that there are labor costs..."

"The craftsmanship is rough. You just started learning jade carving and you have no experience, right? This craftsmanship is considered expensive if you can give it [-] yuan, and [-] yuan is already a lot."

"Hey" the boss waved his hand resignedly, "Okay, okay, I'm unlucky enough to meet an expert, take the three hundred yuan away."

Zhou Ling was dumbfounded, and finally got the item that cost [-] yuan for [-] yuan.

"Here." Lezheng Zixuan handed the hairpin in the bag to Zhou Ling.

After leaving the small stall, Zhou Ling asked in surprise and admiration, "How did you do it?"

"This jade hairpin is not Kunlun white jade at all, but Beijing white jade of ordinary quality. The material is different, and the price is naturally far different."

"It's a good thing you're here, otherwise I would have been tricked and thought I had gotten a big deal."

Lezheng Zixuan slightly raised the corners of his lips after hearing Zhou Ling's words, "It's just that I've seen it a lot."

While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the door of the reserved hotel, received the keys to the double room, and went back to their rooms to rest...

There are hundreds of veins in X city.The seed material in the river with water has almost been mined, and excavating the old river channel has become the main way of mining jade. The stones dug out from here are the so-called "dry pit materials".

Young, old and young hold shovels and sweat under the sun. If they are lucky enough to dig out a "rock", then the living expenses for a few days will be covered, and if the quality of the "stone" is high enough, the price will naturally be higher. .

Therefore, not only in the bazaar, but also around the mine veins, there are many stone gamblers, and because the seeds obtained here are first-hand, the price is much more expensive than those outside.

"It's green, it's green..." Hearing this, other people gathered around one after another. In a short time, the small stall that was dissolving stones was full of people.

"Drink, ice glutinous seed, and the water head is not bad." As the range of greening grew, everyone could see the type of jade clearly.

"It's a big profit. I just saw that this young man bought this stone for less than 1000 yuan. Judging by the size of this jade, he can make a set of jewelry no matter what. The price is more than ten times higher."

A set of jewellery, namely, a necklace, a pair of earrings, a ring, and a pair of bracelets.

"Little brother, whether you want to sell this piece of jade or not, I will offer you [-] yuan."

"Little brother, don't listen to him, I'll offer [-]."

"This piece of jade has no cracks and less lint. I'll pay you [-]."

Twenty-three thousand, this price is already very high, so no one bids again, "How about my little brother, will you sell it or not?"

The "little brother" in people's mouths is naturally Zhou Ling.

Gambling with stones is indeed "rich with one knife" and "poor with one knife". Zhou Ling has never experienced it, and presumably he has no chance to experience it.

Gambling at this stall, the owner smiled and hung up a firecracker to attract more customers to his stall.

Then Zhou Ling bought two more rough stones from this small stall, but did not cut them open.But judging from the fluctuation of vitality, the quality of the piece was much better than the one just cut out. After that, I went to several other stalls to buy a few "stones", all of which were of high quality.

In a blink of an eye, the 2 yuan I just got was spent, and more than 1 yuan was posted back.

Although these jade stones are not used by Zhou Ling now, they can be made into jade slips or boxes for storing things in the future, so it is not a waste for him to do so.

The two asked people to send the stone to the hotel and walked to the distant mine.

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The mine numbered x0310 in city x is one of the few wet pits, because the "stones" from here have a higher probability of producing jade than "stones" from other places, so the price is also more expensive than other places.

A gratifying and strange thing happened here, and it started three months ago.

At that time, the x0310 wet pit was still an ordinary wet pit, and people who worked hard all day had a rest early. In the middle of the night, there was a sound of "jingling" knocking on stones from the pit.

People who heard this voice thought that someone was secretly mining, but after careful searching, they didn't see anyone else at all.Just when he thought he heard it wrong and went back to sleep in the shed, the tinkling sound rang out again.

"Hey, hello." He whispered to wake up the workers beside him, "Did you hear anything?"

The worker sat up in a daze, and listened carefully, "Is there any sound?" After speaking, he lay down and fell asleep.

The jingling voice was clearer than before, "Hey, don't sleep, just listen."

The worker who was woken up again suppressed the irritability in his heart and listened carefully, and said in surprise, "There is really a sound!" He put on the vest and "Go, go out and have a look." The worker thought the same as the man at this time, probably someone was there Steal rocks.

The two monitored together, but still did not find anyone.In the next few days, intermittently some workers said that they heard the sound of rocks being knocked at night, but no one could be found.Gradually, rumors of ghosts spread here, causing a period of panic, during which many people resigned.

Until the workers who stayed found that x0310 had a very high rate of producing jade, and the reputation of x0310 was also spread. At this time, no one went to investigate. What caused the occasional jingling sound at night, people put this sound As an auspicious sign, the rumors of haunting are self-defeating.

The target of Zhou Ling and Lezheng Zixuan's trip was the x0310 mine.

Zhou Ling bought a few stones from the x0310 mine, and after cutting, most of them were beautiful jade such as Yao and Bi, which confirmed the conjectures in their hearts.

"Shall we come again tonight?" Zhou Ling asked Lezheng Zixuan for his opinion.

"Okay." It's really inconvenient for people to come and go during the day.

At night, the x0310 pit, which had been bustling all day, gradually quieted down. Zhou Ling arranged a soundproof array to prevent the sound from being heard by the sleeping workers.

The sound of jingling sounded, the two looked at each other, and walked towards the place where the sound came from.

The voice suddenly disappeared. Although he couldn't see Hin's figure with his eyes, Zhou Ling could be sure that Hin must be around here.

"Qi Tan Zhi" said: "The mountain of Zhang'e has no vegetation, but there are many Yao and Bi."The reason is very strange.There is Beast Yan, whose shape is like a red leopard, with five tails and one horn, its sound is like hitting a stone, and its name is hideous.

It means: Zhang'e Mountain, there are no flowers and trees on the mountain, and there are beautiful jades such as Yao and Bi everywhere.Very strange things often appear in the mountains.There is a beast in the mountains, whose shape is like a red leopard, with five tails and one horn, and the sound it makes is like the sound of knocking stones, and its name is hideous.

The place where Hide is located is rich in Yao and Bi, and it also feeds on these jades.Hide has a gentle temperament, strong ability and will be invisible, and never actively attack people.

Stealth is stealth in the true sense, rather than deceiving the eyes by changing its color like a chameleon.Zhou Ling calmed down to feel the vitality around him.

The ferocious figure clearly appeared in Zhou Ling's "line of sight". It was five meters in front of Zhou Ling, with its forelegs lowered, its eyes fixed on Zhou Ling's direction, and its five tails flicked uneasily.

Zhou Ling moved suddenly, shot a light arrow in the blink of an eye, and jumped to the side to avoid the attack.

Opened its mouth and let out a threatening roar "Dang!" If it made a sound other than "Ding", it means that it is not in a good mood now.

Zhou Ling grabbed the bowstring and let go!

In a blink of an eye, three more arrows were shot in the upward, left and right directions respectively.

He couldn't avoid it, but he was shot in the left forelimb.

Because of anger, the five flapping tails made a "swish" sound of piercing the air, and one horn on its head shimmered.

"Be careful with rocks." Lezheng Zixuan reminded him.Without a body, he has no attack power, and others cannot attack him, and because his body is still alive, he cannot practice ghost cultivation—unless he abandons his body, so he can only act as a mobile encyclopedia.

Lezheng Zixuan's reminder was timely, Zhou Ling dodged a stone flying towards the back of his head.

Large and small stones were suspended in the air, and the horns on the hideous head shone brighter. These stones hit Zhou Ling from all directions.

The moving speed of the stone is so fast that ordinary people's eyes can't catch the moving track of the stone at all. Zhou Ling's speed is very fast, and he dodges in a panic. The stones that had escaped hit the ground, and penetrated about ten centimeters into it, forming small pits.

"Shoot it by the horns."

Zhou Ling heard that, while dodging the inexhaustible stone, he shot a light arrow with all his strength, and at the same time he put a little of his spiritual power on the arrow to control it.

Hide dodged the light arrow attacking it again, and at the moment it relaxed, the arrow turned around and shot towards it.

Hide's tail waved to stop the attack, but it was too late, the light arrow hit the horn on Hide's head viciously.

"Dang!" Hide neighed in pain, lying powerlessly on the ground, unable to move.

Zhou Ling put the bow back into the mustard space, and took out "Strange Tan Zhi".

I saw an animal that looked like a leopard but had five tails and one horn on the top of the page in "Qi Tan Zhi".The animal was lying on the boulder, wagging its tail unhappily.

After doing all this, Zhou Ling felt the ubiquitous pain in his body.

Although he avoided most of those stones, the remaining small part is not small.I only saw red, swollen and bruised on Zhou Ling's exposed arm. I believe that his body is very tight, and the worst thing is that his left cheek was also hit by a stone. At this time, it was swollen like a bun. It's a tooth.

Lezheng Zixuan laughed when he saw Zhou Ling's miserable state, "Ha ha."

Zhou Ling glanced at Lezheng Zixuan unhappily, and said angrily, "Let's go, go home!"