Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor
Chapter 144 - 144 143 The Sick Young Master

144: Chapter 143 The Sick Young Master 144: Chapter 143 The Sick Young Master Li Chen glanced at Wang Tianming, but didn’t bother with him.

For such an idiot, it was a waste of breath.

Immediately, Li Chen picked up a piece of chalk, and drew a semi-circular line on the raw stone.

“Both masters, please cut along this line for me!”

The stonecutter nodded, and started cutting down along the line that Li Chen drew.

With a “crack” a loud noise rang out, and the raw stone was once again split into two halves.

However, there was still no green, just like before, the cut surface was grayish-white.

Seeing this, Wang Tianming couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter.

“Haha, dumbfounded, aren’t you?

Throwing in five million, and you only got a noise; seriously wondering if your brain is waterlogged?”

Li Chen gave him a glance and coldly asked, “Someone smashed in a billion, and only got a noise too, would you say his brain is filled with shit?”

Wang Tianming was left speechless by Li Chen’s retort, and his expression, which had just eased, immediately turned the color of liver again.

That’s right, even if Li Chen lost, it was just a loss of five million.

While Young Master Wang had smashed in a full billion.

Compared to a billion, Li Chen’s five million was nothing.

“Cut again!”

Li Chen no longer paid attention to Wang Tianming and continued to direct the master to cut the original stone.

Before the white fog had cleared, a sharp-eyed onlooker suddenly shouted, “Look everyone, there’s green!

There’s green!”

A stone gambling expert, extremely excited, said, “It really is green!

Complete with head and tail, ingress and egress; the green is rich and bold, with strong forward momentum, distinct boundary from the base.

This, this, this is top-grade green python, a very rare Imperial Green!”

“My goodness, I never thought I’d see such a top-quality Imperial Green in my lifetime!”

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Seeing the discarded broken stone, unexpectedly cut out a top-quality Imperial Green, Wang Tianming’s already unsightly face changed like face changing in Sichuan opera, exceptionally marvelous.

“How, how, how is this possible?”

Li Chen, looking at Wang Tianming, sighed, “Zombies opened your brain, shook their heads disappointingly; however, the dung beetle next to them suddenly brightened their eyes!”

Situ Xiaoyue, hearing Li Chen’s meaningful words, couldn’t help but laugh.

Her bad impression of him earlier had also changed a lot.

“Young man, for this top-grade green python, I’m willing to offer 10 million to buy it!”

“Heh, Boss Zhu, you really know how to do business, taking advantage of the young man, huh?

A low-grade green python, its market value is no less than 10 million.

Young man, I offer 20 million, sell this top-grade green python to me!”

“Heh, 20 million to buy a top-grade green python, Boss Zhao’s wishful thinking is really wonderful.

I offer 50 million!”

“60 million!”

“65 million!”

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“One billion!”

At that moment, a crisp voice sounded like a clap of thunder.

Everyone turned to look, the person was an excessively young and graceful young man.

However, his face bore a sickly pallor and his body was extremely frail, holding a handkerchief embroidered with a White Crane, occasionally letting out a soft cough.

Gazing aristocratic ladies looked at him as wolves see lambs, quite in a stance of “watching Wei Jie being eliminated.”[Note 1]

Someone recognized the newcomer’s identity with a startled cry.

“Sick young master, Gongzi Yuu?”

Gongzi Yuu, the richest man’s son in Yangzhou.

When he was born, auspicious blessings descended, and a white crane soared to the skies and cried.

At the time, the Sect Leader of Heavenly Master Sect, Taoist Xuan Tian, who was in Yangzhou, took him as a Closed-door Disciple.

His skills in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting were unparalleled, and his martial arts talent was monstrously high.

At only eighteen, he was already a half-step Innate Grandmaster.

However, unfortunately, genius is often met with envy.

He contracted a weird illness that made his body extremely weak, seemingly ready to depart on a crane at any moment.

Thus, he was also known as: Sick Young Master.

Gongzi Yuu slowly approached Li Chen and lightly smiled, “I’m willing to offer a billion for this top-quality green python, brother, could you part with it?”

Li Chen looked at Gongzi Yuu, shook his head with a smile, “Sorry, I have other uses for this green python and don’t want to sell it just yet!”

Hearing Li Chen’s direct refusal, a trace of surprise flashed in Gongzi Yuu’s profound eyes.

He raised two fingers and said, “Add another billion, two billion!”

When shouting “two billion,” Gongzi Yuu didn’t even blink.

For him, offering another billion was as casual as an ordinary person buying vegetables in the market.

But indeed, the reality was so.

The son of Yangzhou’s richest man, holding the dual identity of a Closed-door Disciple of the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Master Sect, he truly had the capital to spend money like water.

The onlookers in the hall, initially as noisy as a marketplace, were subdued by the seemingly fragile Sick Young Master’s strong aura.

The once noisy hall suddenly fell silent in an instant.

Everyone’s attention was fixed on Gongzi Yuu and Li Chen.

After hearing Gongzi Yuu’s bid, Li Chen’s expression also hesitated for a moment.

But it was merely a momentary hesitation.

Li Chen habitually rubbed his nose and looked at Gongzi Yuu, saying, “I’ve already made myself clear, this top-quality green python has other uses for me; I really don’t want to sell it yet!”

Seeing Li Chen refuse him again, Gongzi Yuu’s typically unflustered face suddenly turned somber, seeming incredulous.

He carefully sized up Li Chen again, extended one hand and enunciated each word, “Five billion!”

Hearing the astronomical figure of “five billion,” everyone present was shocked, their mouths agape.

The top-grade green python was indeed very valuable, but its market value was at most only about two to three billion.

But this Gongzi Yuu actually bid five billion directly—wasn’t that a bit too ostentatious?

However, even more domineering actions were yet to come!

Li Chen also seemed somewhat impatient and waved his hand, saying, “Brother, you’re so young, how could you have hearing problems?

I already said twice, this top-grade green python has other uses for me, and I don’t want to sell it for now.

I don’t want to repeat it a third time, OK?”

After hearing Li Chen’s words, Gongzi Yuu’s expression instantly darkened.

Especially those deep eyes, which seemed somewhat cold and made one shiver without feeling cold.

However, he quickly put back on a gentle smile and nodded slightly to Li Chen.

“Such being the case, I was abrupt, my apologies!”

Li Chen glanced around and saw that everyone was still in shock, so he shook his head and told the Jieshi Master, “Master, continue cutting!”

Hearing Li Chen’s words, the Jieshi Master almost popped his eyes out.

“Mr.

Li, if we continue to cut, are we not afraid of cutting into the green python?”

Li Chen nodded affirmatively, “Yes, I want to cut open the green python!”

The Jieshi Master looked at the green python and then back at Li Chen, saying earnestly, “Mr.

Li, this is a waste of natural resources.

Once the green python is cut open, it’ll be just like any other jade stone and won’t fetch a good price!”

Li Chen just smiled indifferently, saying, “Young master here isn’t short of money.

I just want to see what’s inside this green python, merely to satisfy a bit of my curiosity!”

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Cut the five billion-valued green python just to satisfy a bit of curiosity?

Isn’t that too extravagant?

Even Wang Zifu, known for squandering money, had to concede defeat.

The closer Li Chen was to the green python, the more he could feel the fluctuations of spiritual power inside.

Now, he was sure that there must be a spirit crystal hidden within this green python, and he almost missed it.

“If you’re too scared to cut, let me do it myself!”

Before his words even finished, Li Chen had already grabbed the stone cutting knife, prepared to cut the green python.

Seeing Li Chen really intending to use the stone cutting knife to cut the green python, such wasteful behavior stunned everyone present.

The shock was no less than seeing a rare beauty being assaulted by a wild gorilla on the spot.

“Crack, crack…”

The stone cutter started spinning fast, cutting directly towards the edge of the green python.

Seeing this scene, many couldn’t bear to watch.

Especially those experts in jade and jewelry—it was like they were having their eyes assaulted.

A five billion-valued top-grade green python, hacked just like that, all just to satisfy a bit of curiosity.

Waste of natural resources, waste of natural resources, this is truly a waste of natural resources!

Li Chen, focused on cutting the green python, did not think too much about these things.

Suddenly!

The stone cutting knife “clanged” for a moment, as if it had encountered some obstacle.

Seeing the true face of this “obstacle,” Li Chen was overjoyed, his hands trembling slightly with excitement.

Spirit crystal, it really was a spirit crystal!

The so-called spirit crystal is, by definition, a crystal containing the energy of heaven and earth.

The path of Martial Arts involves absorbing the spiritual power of heaven and earth through the practice of cultivation methods, using this to temper one’s body, continuously breaking through physical limits, to reach the legendary realm of Unity of Heaven and Man.

However, with rapid industrial development around the world and increasing global warming and air pollution, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became increasingly scarce.

That’s why, those crystals containing primal powers from heaven and earth became increasingly precious and priceless.

Many Ancient Martial Families and Cultivation Famous Sects would not hesitate to spend tens or even hundreds of billions of RMB to obtain a spirit crystal in the black market.

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This spirit crystal rich in spiritual energy is perfect for the Formation Eye of the Cloud Mountain Spirit Formation!

Thinking of this, a proud smile couldn’t help but emerge on Li Chen’s face.

Others seeing Li Chen cutting open the priceless green python for just a broken stone, began to doubt his intelligence.

Wasting of natural resources, killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, it was simply foolishness, and incurably so!

Among those present were also some Martial Arts Experts, who, although not aware that the stone in Li Chen’s hand was the legendary Spirit Crystal, could feel that this item was extraordinary and its value probably not less than that of the top-grade green python.

Gongzi Yuu squinted his eyes slightly, a fiery greed flashing within.

It was actually a Spirit Crystal, the kind traded for billions of dollars on the black market!

Thinking this, Gongzi Yuu squinted his eyes, sizing up Li Chen carefully.

A man is not guilty; he is guilty for bearing jade!

If he does not have sufficient power to protect himself, this Spirit Crystal could probably be Yan Wang’s Soul Summoning Song for him.

Thinking this, Gongzi Yuu couldn’t help but start scheming in his heart.

After all; who doesn’t love the jade of Jing Mountain?

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Note 1: Seeing killing Wei Jie, an idiom, Wei Jie was an ancient beauty who was “killed” by the gaze of a group of women.

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