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It turned out that the waiter who had previously presided over the stone cutting introduced the identity of the middle-aged man as the boss to everyone and was ready to start cutting the stone again.
From beginning to end, the middle-aged man did not say a word. He did not study Jiang Lu's stone first, but first looked at the craftsman who had just been seriously injured by the backlash of the stone.
With just a casual wave of his hand, the craftsman's broken magic weapon was restored to its original state. His originally pale face began to gradually turn rosy, and in the blink of an eye he became full of energy again.
This was already a divine method in the eyes of those gamblers who were at most at the foundation-building stage. Although they did not know the middle-aged man's strength, this alone was enough to judge that he was far superior to the powerful craftsman.
After curing the craftsman, the middle-aged man finally set his sights on Jiang Lu's stone, but he did not take any further action. Instead, he looked hesitant and thoughtful.
Everyone had just witnessed his methods, and now they were in awe and looking forward to the stone being opened, so they dared not breathe a word.
The scene suddenly fell into dead silence.
Only the Immortal in the Stone started to think. Seeing that the middle-aged man was still hesitant to act and frowning, he thought that this might be his chance to make friends with such an immortal figure, so he offered himself:
"My dear brother, if you are not interested in this stone, you might as well take a look at mine. It contains not only blood-ink jade, but also dragon essence, which is priceless. I can't use it myself, so I would like to ask you to find a good buyer for me."
But the middle-aged man didn't even raise his head, and replied impatiently: "It's just Dragon Yuan, not a valuable thing, don't disturb me thinking."
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other.
That's Dragon Yuan, how could you say it's not a valuable thing?
"this..."
Shi Zhongxian was also puzzled, and then looked for help to the waiter who had just had a pleasant conversation with him because of the dragon essence while he was waiting for the middle-aged man to come.
But the waiter suddenly changed his expression for some reason: "Don't be so nosy, our boss is thinking, don't disturb him!"
"Uh...Okay, I'm guilty."
The embarrassed Shi Zhongxian had no choice but to shut his mouth in shame.
The middle-aged man was also shocked and confused at this time, because he also sensed the breath of the underworld on the stone.
And he also felt inexplicably familiar.
"This...can't be right?"
He murmured, finally making up his mind and covering the stone with his hands.
A blue halo bloomed. Although it was clear, it was not dazzling, and it did not make people feel uncomfortable like the previous craftsman.
But this made the cold woman even more frightened.
The more powerful the cultivator is, the better he can control his own strength. Such exquisite control is rare even among the elders in Kunlun Mountain.
A terrible thought appeared in her mind...
Above the immortals?
Just as she was trying to convince herself that she was overthinking, a crisp sound like an egg cracking came from the stone.
There were no more accidents this time and the stone was finally opened successfully.
Everyone looked at the stone with curiosity and anticipation.
A crack appeared from the top of the stone and then spread all the way to the bottom. With a light tap of the middle-aged man's finger, the stone finally split into two halves like a watermelon being cut in half.
The middle-aged man wiped the beads of sweat that had appeared on his forehead and sighed to himself, "It's actually harder than the boundary stone."
The other people present didn't know what the boundary stone was, and didn't take it seriously when they heard him talking to himself, but Jiang Lu, who had just broken Jin Yao's seal, was very sensitive to it.
"Boundary Stone? Is it that exaggerated?" He raised his eyebrows: "What kind of identity does this kid have? He talks as if getting the boundary stone is easy for him. He is really good at pretending..."
When everyone saw what was inside, they were all surprised.
Jiang Lu was also surprised. After being stunned for a moment, he slowly nodded with relief.
"So that's it? Then I know why this stone is so hard. And maybe this thing can really be a boundary stone."
I saw a pair of shriveled lips lying quietly in the cracked stone. The years were peaceful and the plain colors were like brocade.
Chapter 299: Trafficking in Human Organs
Although it had become shriveled and skinny, Jiang Lu still recognized it at a glance: it was his mouth.
Aside from the scent that was finally revealed after breaking out of the shell and was welded to the lips forever like a tattoo, there were also other features retained on it.
Jiang Lu once requisitioned the Dinghai Shenzhen, a replica of the divine artifact from meteorite from outer space, commonly known as the youth version of the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and pierced his lips so that he could play billiards inside his sister's body without sticking out his tongue.
And there happened to be a faintly visible small hole on those lips.
So it seems reasonable and natural why the gambling stone is so hard.
Jiang Lu has always been very tough-talking.
But this does not mean that he is a qualified secret keeper.
He just strictly adhered to the principle of "three nevers" in an environment that was unfavorable to him.
That is: never admit his mistakes, never admit his failures, and never admit the accusations against him by others.
Because he always believed that it is better to look for faults in others than in himself.
The greater the ability, the less responsibility.
You have to know that truly capable people know how to delegate responsibilities to others.
In this way, when something goes wrong, you will never be the one to be held accountable.
This type of person in history often gradually becomes a self-willed character, but Jiang Lu is a little different, because not only does he not like to take responsibility, he doesn't even have the interest to use his power to become a dictator.
Dictatorship? I can't do anything, let everyone else do it, I only do what I love.
Handling government affairs is obviously not among them.
So in the end, Jiang Lu was just being stubborn.
But then again, when you do something to the extreme, no matter what it is, you will always break through the limits and turn decay into magic.
As a result, Jiang Lu's mouth gradually became the leader among those who are tough-talking because the iron must be tough itself to forge iron.
Not only is he stubborn himself, but he can also infect the people around him, making them become stubborn as well.
Isn’t this also a kind of personal charm?
Even later on, this characteristic seemed to develop in a strange direction and actually became a force of law.
Anything it touches can harden within a certain period of time according to Jiang Lu's wishes.
It is logical then that after it became a fossil, the stone body that had wrapped it for who knows how many years would be so hard, even harder than the boundary stone. It is no wonder.
This reminded Jiang Lu of the past experience of saving others with the power of this mouth...
At that time, he was facing a servile woman. The woman looked pitiful, like a frightened little white rabbit, curled up there, covered with scars but still forcing a smile, which made anyone cry when they heard it.
She just knelt in front of Jiang Lu, as if she was just an exquisite puppet at the mercy of others.
Jiang Lu immediately kissed her back.
"No kneeling!"
他 说:
"The people of Hades should have a strong backbone and kneel only to their parents and the heaven and earth, not to anyone else! I don't know what you have been through, but now, stand up! Stand up with dignity!"
A magical thing happened. The woman felt her back tighten and harden uncontrollably, and then she actually stood up.
She was a little surprised, then asked, "But isn't Mr. Jiang the one you want to play with Ace's love? Then should I still call him master?"
Jiang Lu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and a teardrop fell from the corner of his eye: "In the underworld ruled by me...there are no slaves!"
The woman finally couldn't help shedding tears of emotion...
Thinking of this, Jiang Lu at the trade fair couldn't help but sigh: "Ah, what a blood-boiling memory."
While he was immersed in his own memories with a strange filter, other people at the trade fair were whispering and talking.
Without exception, they were all curious about the origin of the lips, but no one could recognize what it was.
However, as the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement while experts look for the details. These gamblers at the bottom of the cultivation world are just joining in the fun. Those who are truly capable have already started thinking.
But their situation isn't much better.
Even though she was intimidated by the middle-aged man, the cold and aloof woman, who always thought she had a broad vision and looked down on everything here from a God's perspective, could not understand it at this moment.
Among the gambling stones that have piqued everyone's interest, could this be the thing?
But she did not dare to underestimate this thing.
Because the middle-aged man who seemed to be an immortal seemed to open it without much effort, but in fact he was very serious and solemn. The cold woman could see this from the sweat on his forehead after he finished.
In contrast to his disdainful attitude towards Long Yuan, the cold woman was sure that this was definitely a more precious treasure, but she was too shallow to understand it.
Not only her, but also the craftsmen and waiters who had hidden their strength were extremely confused at this moment.
Their emotions were somewhat different from those of the cold woman.
They knew the middle-aged man's identity and could feel how much he valued it, so even though they didn't know where this thing came from, judging from the middle-aged man's reaction, they knew in their hearts that this thing was not simple.
They were just waiting, waiting for the middle-aged man to start explaining.
But they might not have thought that it would be impossible for the middle-aged man to explain the origin of this thing to everyone, because he himself was not sure and began to doubt his own judgment.
With his knowledge, he could only be sure that this thing definitely came from the underworld.
However, he was a little puzzled as to how a pair of lips could be the thing that could cross the gap between the world of the living and the world of the dead, perfectly transition between the two different rules without being affected in the slightest and retaining its original flavor.
Whose lips are so amazing?
Carefully feeling the somewhat familiar breath that was finally exposed after breaking the shell, a figure that he had once watched from afar in the depths of the middle-aged man's memory gradually became clear.
"Could it be...his?"
The middle-aged man himself did not realize that his face was now filled with disbelief and horror.
It was unbelievable because he had heard that after the man died, he was divided into many parts and lost in the heavens.
He just thought it would be a situation like being torn into pieces by five horses, but he didn't expect that the man would be torn into pieces so finely.
The reason for his horror was that a mouth that had become like a rootless duckweed could make him feel so difficult and even give him a slight sense of oppression.
He didn't even dare to imagine how powerful the man would be if he were in his complete form.
"You are so powerful... You are so powerful but you are just hiding your strength! Even the Heaven Court has done that, but they still underestimated you?"