Volume 1: Rebirth and Refining Chapter 6: Original Jade and Spiritual Stone

  The authenticity of a piece of jade cannot be determined by its value or age. In the world of spiritual refinement, jade is also known as "immortal stone", but not all jade can live up to this name, and even among those recognized as immortal stones, there are distinctions of three, six, and nine grades.

  In terms of the jade required for the "Qiankun Lianbao Lingzhen" formation set up by Chu Yu, the quality requirements are not high, and only 49 pieces of Xian Shi that reach the lower grade can be used.

  It was Chu Yucai who chose this "Zhenyu Zhai" after visiting several jade shops, because there were the most original jade in this store. The so-called original jade is a step further than jade material, but it still belongs to unprocessed jade stone.

  "Boss, bring out all the uncut jade in your store for me to see."

  Chu Yu's serious expression and tone, combined with the thick stack of 100-yuan bills on the counter, made the boss put away his disdain for him. He replied, "Little brother, I do have some genuine jade here, but that thing really doesn't have much collectible value, nor can it be considered an antique. If you're interested, I have a few pieces of ancient jade that were just unearthed not long ago. Take a look..."

  Every antique shop owner does not want their customers to buy those cheap items that are worth only a few thousand yuan, so they naturally promote the expensive ones. This boss is no exception.

  "No need, I don't want antiques, nor do I want them by the piece. Bring all the uncut jade from your store for me to see."

  Due to Chu Yu's persistence, the old boss reluctantly pulled out two boxes of rough jade of varying sizes from his own shop and placed them on the counter. "Little brother, in the entire Treasure Pavilion, only my family's store has rough jade for sale. You go ahead and pick some out, and let me know when you've made your selection."

  Because the original jade is not worth much, even if it's a top-quality original jade, it can only be sold for tens of thousands at most. As for the original jade stored in this store, according to its quality, it doesn't even qualify as mid-range, with each piece costing no more than a hundred yuan. Even if they tripled or quadrupled the profit, it would still only be worth around a thousand yuan. So, the boss's enthusiasm towards Chu Yu had greatly diminished, and he casually said that before turning to greet other customers who had entered the store.

  Chu Yu didn't mind, and hastily swept over the two boxes of raw jade on the cabinet surface, with about a hundred or so pieces in total, the largest being no bigger than a fist, and the smallest only as big as a fingernail.

  "I hope that out of these hundreds of raw jade, at least half will meet my requirements." Chu Yu placed three fingers on the raw jade, circulating a thread of inner energy, sometimes smiling and sometimes frowning, spending about a few seconds before switching to another piece of raw jade. After doing this for several minutes, Chu Yu quickly rearranged the original raw jade that was placed in the two boxes.

  "Forty-six pieces have the quality of lower-grade immortal stones... Five pieces are close to mid-to-lower grade immortal stones. It seems my luck is quite good, being able to pick out so many with immortal stone quality from over a hundred original jade."

  There are many ways for cultivators to identify whether this jade has the potential of a spiritual stone. As the master of Lianbao Pavilion, Chu Yu's method of identifying spiritual stones is naturally very clever. With just a little bit of internal energy, he can determine the quality of the jade in just a few seconds, because spiritual stones contain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which can produce subtle reactions with the internal energy released by cultivators.

  "Boss, there are fifty-one pieces of jade here. I'll take them all. Name a price." Chu Yu beckoned to the boss who was busy attending to other customers at this moment.

  The boss was taken aback at first, then ran back to the counter in three strides, "Young brother, you want to buy so many raw jade..." It's no wonder he was shocked, after all, this wasn't a wholesale market for jade stones, who would buy so many jade stones at once? Moreover, what he wanted to buy were raw jades with little commercial value.

  "Open the door and do business, don't ask so many questions." Chu Yu kept a calm smile and said: "Please give me the price quickly, I'm skipping class to come out, time is limited, need to hurry back to school."

  With such a big business, there's no reason not to do it. The boss nodded hastily and said: "I think you're so sincere, and you're buying a lot. You should know that this batch of raw jade is from the Hetian Jade Field. If you buy a single piece, it's usually 800 yuan each. This price is very reasonable. I'm also a straightforward person, let's just say four thousand yuan flat, what do you think?"

  Forty thousand bucks for fifty-one pieces of sacred stone, it's really not expensive! From a cultivator's point of view, Chu Yu even thinks this price is too cheap. Moreover, he has always been someone who doesn't take money seriously. As soon as the old man finished speaking, Chu Yu nodded and took out four stacks of hundred-yuan bills from his backpack: "Deal."

  Just as Chu Yu was about to cover the box and leave, a red shadow flashed by his side, and a delicate white hand pressed on the lid of the box. "Wait, little friend, can sister discuss something with you?"

  "Little friend?" Chu Yu directly ignored these three words that sounded very unpleasant to him, and turned around with a bad temper, casting his gaze at the so-called "sister" who had inserted herself.

  The "sister" is a stunning beauty, dressed in a red dress and pants, looking extremely hot. She's around twenty years old, with a delicate oval face that has a hint of classical beauty. Her flowing eyes, gentle eyebrows, cherry lips, cute nose, and black gemstone-like eyes all come together to create an aura of wildness and elegance that is perfectly balanced within her.

  "Firstly, I am not a kid; secondly, you are not my sister." Chu Yu gazed at the beautiful woman who was still holding onto the trunk and hadn't let go, his face slightly darkening as he spoke.

  "Isn't this Miss Shen? How did you come here?" The boss, who had just finished counting the money, immediately came forward with a smile after seeing the red-clothed beauty.

  "Boss Wang, why haven't you brought out these rough gems before?" The red-clad beauty apparently knew the boss and asked with a slightly furrowed brow.

  "This batch of jade just arrived last week, it was brought back by a friend from the Hetian Jade Market, and you came back two weeks ago..." Mr. Wang said with a wave of his hand.

  "No big deal, I'll take all the raw jade here. One thousand yuan per piece, and I'll pay you one million yuan in total. What do you think?" The red-clothed beauty smiled and said.

  "This..." Boss Wang clearly didn't want to offend the red-clothed beauty, a major customer. However, he had just accepted Chu Yu's money and was at a loss for words. After being troubled for half a day, he cast his gaze towards Chu Yu, just as he was about to speak, but was preempted by Chu Yu: "The original jade in this box has already been bought by me, it has become my personal property, now please let go, don't obstruct me."

  Regarding the red-clothed beauty's slightly overbearing behavior, Chu Yu had already begun to feel somewhat impatient. Seemingly brushing off the dust on the box lid, he inadvertently lightly swept past the red-clothed beauty's wrist pulse, causing her to only feel a numbness in her arm. In the instant she loosened her grip, Chu Yu had already covered the box and lifted it into his hand.

  "Thanks for the trouble." Chu Yu carried his suitcase and quickly walked out of the store, soon disappearing into the crowd.

  "This little friend is quite interesting." The red-clothed beauty shook her jade wrist, but didn't seem to mind, and a hint of puzzlement flashed in her eyes.

  "Boss Wang, do you know that little kid? By the way, what did he say after entering the store?"

  "Shen young lady, that little brother came to my store for the first time, after coming in he directly said he only buys raw jade, and later you all saw it, he picked a whole box of raw jade, paid and left..."

  "Oh..." The red-clothed beauty responded casually, her slender fingers touching the remaining original jade, and with each exchange of another piece, the light in her eyes became increasingly solemn. "The ones left are all useless jade, that boy's ability to distinguish jade is quite impressive, this sense of perception is probably even slightly better than Grandfather's."

  The beautiful woman in red, surnamed Shen, named Xue Li, is the only daughter of the chairman of the Changfeng Group. This is a typical family business with an extremely high reputation in Shanghai's business circle, and the group's economic strength can also squeeze into the national top 100 list. Of course, these are just surface-level things.

  The Shen family is actually one of the many secular families that are attached to the mortal world, and they are considered a minor family among the various major sects of the Cultivation Realm. They rely on providing financial support to the sects they are affiliated with in exchange for cultivation techniques. To be honest, the Shen family is only a mediocre family among the many hidden secular families that cultivate the truth.

  "We can't let someone like that off the hook, first investigate his background and then say...” After Shen Xue calculated in her heart, she bid farewell to Wang Laoban and left Zhen Yu Zhai. In Shanghai, it's not difficult for the Shen family to investigate a person's origin.