In Penglai Pavilion, an old man wearing a scholar's gown strolled out.
He has fair hair and a boyish face, and not even a single wrinkle can be seen on his face.
If it weren't for those weathered eyes that told his age, no one would have thought that such a person was the famous owner of Penglai Island both at home and abroad.
All the guests in the dojo stood up at this moment to express their respect for the landlord.
"The ten-year period has come again. Thank you all for coming to the Haitian Feast. I would like to give you a drink!"
The owner of Penglai Island smiled like the sea breeze, giving people a very comfortable feeling. When he raised his glass, the whole audience followed suit and raised their glasses in a respectful manner.
With a glass of warm wine in his throat, the owner of Penglai Island went straight to the topic.
"According to the rules, I will come up with a topic for every Haitian Feast, and this year is no exception."
"Considering that there are so many monks coming to Penglai Mountain this year, in order to prevent some people from leaving empty-handed, I have specially prepared a small gift for everyone."
The master of Penglai Island smiled and clapped his hands, and a number of maids poured in from outside the dojo, each holding a tray in their hands.
There seemed to be something in the tray, all covered with red cloth.
The maids came in an endless stream, passing through many banquets one by one, placing trays in front of each guest.
There were hundreds of thousands of monks gathered in the dojo, and each monk had a gift. Such a generous gift immediately surprised the entire audience.
"The owner of Penglai Island is so generous! What is this?"
"No matter what it is, it's a good idea to come to the Haitian Feast this year. There are free gifts for you!"
Everyone was so excited that they opened the red cloth on the tray and found that there were stones of different shapes in the tray.
"This is... Immortal Stone?"
Soon someone recognized him, and everyone had a smile on their face.
"The owner of Penglai Island is so elegant. This gift is special enough."
At Gu Chen's table, Ding Yao, Wang Qian and others all showed interested looks.
Gu Chen looked at the stone in front of him curiously. He had never heard of any fairy stone. Under his spiritual prying eyes, this stone was ordinary and there was nothing special about it at all.
"Well, Brother Wang, how about exchanging my fairy stone with yours?"
Xiao Jing glanced at the stones in his plate and suggested to Wang Qian.
"This won't work. Who doesn't know that your Tiandao Sect is good at deduction and calculation? I'm afraid you won't be able to cut anything good out of your fairy stone."
Wang Qian had already given up his position and shook his head firmly this time.
Xiao Jing suddenly showed disappointment, looked at the other people present, and proposed to them one by one that he would exchange stones with them.
From their words, Gu Chen understood that this fairy stone turned out to be a strange ore unique to the Fairy Continent. They all looked similar on the outside, but when cut open, it was possible to find top-quality jade inside, one of the world's spiritual treasures.
kind.
The owner of Penglai Island gave everyone a fairy stone, which aroused everyone's desire to gamble and try their luck, and they were all eager to try it.
This strange stone that he had never seen before successfully aroused Gu Chen's interest, and his purple pupils lit up slightly.
After completing the secret technique of Sun and Moon Refining, his eye skills also improved to a terrifying level.
Under Zijitong's prying eyes, the originally similar stones finally showed some differences.
He could see that some stones had a faint glow inside them, and some stones had no light at all.
With this, he could identify waste stones, but with only the faint light, he could not tell which fairy stone was more valuable.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, how about exchanging my fairy stone with you?"
At this time, Xiao Jing tried a lot but no one was willing to change, and finally approached Gu Chen with a smile.
Gu Chen glanced at his fairy stone and found that the shimmer emitted by his stone was obviously stronger than his own, and he couldn't help but smile.
"Can!"
He readily agreed, which surprised the other guests at the table.
Because of the special way of practicing Taoism, the people of Tiandao Sect have a great advantage in the matter of gambling on stones.
Xiao Jing went around looking for someone to exchange for the Immortal Stone, which meant that the stone in his hand must be a piece of waste. Unexpectedly, Gu Chen was willing to exchange it.
When Xiao Jing heard that Gu Chen agreed, his expression became a little surprised.
This person was very rude to me just now, and now he is giving me face again.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, let's change."
Gu Chen pushed his tray out.
Xiao Jing's face became uncertain for a moment, and he was a little hesitant.
"What's wrong, Fellow Daoist Xiao, you can't bear to leave?" Gu Chen's lips curled up slightly.
"Of course not, deal."
Xiao Jing smiled coquettishly and handed over his fairy stone.
This exchange between the two aroused the curiosity of others.
"Let's see how lucky everyone is."
Wang Qian took out a small knife and took the lead in cutting the fairy stone in front of him.
When the stone was split into two, everyone took a closer look and found that the cut stone surface was as smooth as a mirror and was green and transparent raw jade.
"It's a pity, it's just an ordinary jade stone commonly seen in the world."
Everyone showed regret in their eyes, not only the true disciples of the Immortal Sect like them looked down upon a jade like this, but even ordinary monks looked down upon it.
"Hey, it seems I have bad luck today." Wang Qian was a little regretful, but it didn't matter.
This is just a small bonus given to everyone by the owner of Penglai Island. It's best if you get something, but it's nothing if you don't.
"I'll take a look too."
Ding Yao smiled brightly and cut her fairy stone open. As soon as it was cut, light emitted from inside, accompanied by a tinkling sound like spring water.
"Yes, I have better luck than fellow Taoist Wang."
Everyone admired it and cut their own stones one after another.
Most people don't gain much. The most unlucky ones are useless stones, not even ordinary jade.
In the end, only Gu Chen and Xiao Jing's fairy stones were left uncut, and everyone looked at them curiously.
The two of them just exchanged stones. If one of them finds a good treasure, the other one will die of regret.
"The fairy stone in my hand is very ordinary."
Xiao Jingxi smiled and cut open the stone that originally belonged to Gu Chen. Inside was light yellow jade that radiated light.
This kind of jade material is better than ordinary jade and can be used to refine some special jade pendants, but its value will not be too high.
"This stone is so ordinary, but the other one is probably even worse."
Everyone looked at Gu Chen with sympathy. Xiao Jing could tell at a glance that Gu Chen's original stone was not worth much, but he still exchanged it with him. The stone in his hand must be even worse.
"That's not necessarily the case."
Xiao Jing showed an intriguing smile at this time.
Gu Chen had no expression on his face as he took the knife specially used for cutting immortal treasure stones from Ding Yao's hand and cut it open.
The fairy stone is split into two, and the amazing fragrance inside comes out!
The stone is actually hollow inside. When it is opened, azure blue liquid flows out, and the amazing fragrance is emitted from it.
Not only does this slurry smell extremely attractive, but as soon as it appears, the vitality of the surrounding world becomes more active.