Shi Yuan is a stone trading market, as well as a gambling stone venue, and also a special stone auction. One can say that Shi Yuan functions fully and powerfully!

Nalan Chen informed Ye Luo in advance about some taboos to avoid offending someone once inside!

Soon, the two had already entered Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan is extremely vast because almost every storefront there is tremendously large.

Ye Luo and Nalan Chen continued walking while observing their surroundings.

Nalan Chen, as someone experienced, started explaining the situation of Shi Yuan to Ye Luo.

"Do you see? Every trading platform in Shi Yuan is a floating platform, and it is clear that restrictions are set across these platforms. This is what is known as ’island selecting stones’." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Don’t think these floating islands seem the same, inside they are vastly different. Their heights are not constant, and if a family’s stones reveal a high-grade Spirit Mother, or some other treasures, then their floating island qualifies to rise a bit. Conversely, if their stones fail to reveal anything good continually, then they will gradually descend!"

"This is an unspoken rule that we stone merchants must know, of course, only us stone merchants could understand this."

Ye Luo was slightly stunned, and asked in surprise, "Why is that?"

"Hehe, aren’t you quite clever? Take a guess?"

Nalan Chen surprisingly had the mood to joke around with Ye Luo.

After thinking briefly, Ye Luo then said, "Do you mean, because stone merchants generally purchase in large quantities, the shop owners inside Shi Yuan intentionally set these floating islands, subtly hinting the quality of their stones through their altitude?"

Nalan Chen was slightly startled, not expecting Ye Luo to guess it right immediately!

To think, when he first came to Shi Yuan, this issue had puzzled him for a long time, and he hadn’t figured it out even afterwards!

Merely from this sharp judgment, Nalan Chen had to regard Ye Luo more highly.

"Then tell me, if we want to purchase stones, should we choose a higher platform, or a lower one?"

Nalan Chen continued to ask, this time filled with confidence since he felt Ye Luo could not possibly guess this one right!

Regrettably, Ye Luo’s judgment once again surprised Nalan Chen.

"Manager Chen, we should probably choose a lower platform!"

"Why?"

Although shocked, Nalan Chen couldn’t help but ask.

"I think, since the higher platforms rise due to having found high-grade Spirit Mother or special materials, naturally, they will attract more attention. People unaware of the insider truths would naturally think there is a larger chance to find Spirit Mother there, leading them to choose those locations!"

"However, we are different, we come here to purchase stones in large quantities, hence, we naturally should choose the lower platforms, since Shi Yuan is a permanent and stable market here, and as such, there are unspoken rules amongst the insiders. Which platform rises and which falls, I’m afraid it’s not just a matter of luck! It’s more about each family taking turns to shine! But their stones may all come from the same place, lifting or lowering the platforms is merely a tactic to attract people!"

After Ye Luo finished speaking, Nalan Chen repeatedly praised him, admiring him greatly in his heart!

It is indeed Ye Luo, his analytical ability is truly making many people feel ashamed!

Yes, the Stone Garden is just that, a floating platform, merely a tactic used to attract attention, in reality, the stone materials themselves are not all that different!

Ye Luo also had a smile at the corner of his mouth, a marketing strategy, huh? People from the Martial Realm are still far behind Earth when it comes to marketing tricks!

Suddenly, as Ye Luo was pondering, he felt a sudden tightness in his heart and instinctively turned around.

However, what he saw was just groups of people chatting and laughing, nothing that needed special attention!

But Ye Luo trusted his feelings, definitely no mistake, just now, someone was watching him! Even harboring murderous intent!

Ye Luo’s brows furrow tightly, how could it be that someone here actually wants to kill him?

Ye Luo trusts his instincts, but, who exactly is it, and where is the hidden person lurking?

Nalan Chen, seeing Ye Luo turn around, didn’t pay too much attention but casually asked, "What’s up, anything behind us?"

"Nothing, I was just taking a casual look!"

"Haha, you kid, let’s go, let’s move forward. This time we don’t need to buy too much stone material from the Stone Garden. After all, the nature of the Stone Garden is mostly about gemstone gambling, which is not worthwhile for those of us who need a large amount of ordinary quality stone materials."

Ye Luo naturally understood this reasoning. The Nalan Family is in business, and to use an analogy from Earth, this Stone Garden is similar to a jade stone gambling market on Earth, while the Nalan Family needs a large quantity of jade stones, not to gamble on stones, although if they see suitable materials, they might try to buy them, but they won’t just waste money on gambling for stone materials.

Of course, with Ye Luo present, some things may change.

The two continued forward, and with the experience from last time, Ye Luo knew that his Clairvoyant Eye could see the Spirit Mother, so he wasn’t in a rush. This time, he would undoubtedly bring back a fortune for the Nalan Family, it’s just that the timing to act was not yet right!

At this moment, Nalan Chen and Ye Luo came to a platform, and a middle-aged man holding a stone appeared extremely nervous. In front of him was an elderly man, clearly the master stone cutter he had called upon!

The Stone Garden indeed had master stone cutters, but these individuals had to be personally hired, not serving for free.

Stone cutting is not an easy task, and the technical requirements are extremely high, not just anyone can do it.

If one were to cut the stones carelessly and let the Spirit Mother escape, they would regret it to death!

The value of these master stone cutters is thus demonstrated, with them present, the chances of Spirit Mother escaping are greatly reduced.

Ye Luo casually scanned and surprisingly discovered that the stone held by the middle-aged man contained a faint circle of golden light!

What is going on!

A gold-colored Spirit Mother, what kind of Spirit Mother is that?

Ye Luo’s expression shifted, wanting to buy it, but hesitated, seeing the middle-aged man’s demeanor indicated that he had bought this stone and then specially hired a master stone cutter to try his luck!

"This kind of stone material, I fear it’s unlikely to produce anything good!"