"Brother Jiang, are you somewhat interested?"
Upon seeing Jiang Mu's expression, Xing Qiu smiled.
The people living in Liyue naturally have an innate affinity for all kinds of rocks, after all, their guardian deity is the most senior Geo Archon...
"Hmm..." Jiang Mu nodded slightly.
What stunned him was not the reappearance of things like "stone gambling," but a message recently sent by the system.
"Host, a strange stone has appeared ahead. Please obtain it as soon as possible, as it will accelerate the system's upgrade process."
After a brief moment of stunned silence, only one thought remained in Jiang Mu's mind:
We absolutely must get it!
…………………
"Speaking of which, I felt I had good luck when I came in. It's just a coincidence that I came at this time. It seems that even God... no, even Lord Yan is urging me to try my luck."
Jiang Mu said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Xingqiu's expression changed, and he pulled Jiang Mu aside, whispering something to him.
“Brother Jiang Mu. As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers lose. Besides, there’s a saying about jade gambling: ‘One cut makes you poor, one cut makes you rich, one cut leaves you in rags.’ The risks are just too great…”
“Sigh—” Jiang Mu laughed, “No need to rush, I’m just taking a look, we’ll decide whether to play or not later.”
"Oh well……"
Seeing this, Xingqiu had no choice but to move closer to Xiangling and say urgently.
"You should go and try to persuade Brother Jiang. This jade gambling is truly unpredictable. Even those with the Geo-attribute God's Eye can't see through it..."
"It's alright." To everyone's surprise, Xiangling just shook her head and said, "I believe that with Brother Jiang Mu's intelligence, he wouldn't fail to figure out the methods involved. He must have his reasons for doing this."
After saying that, he skipped and hopped after Jiang Mu, who was walking ahead. The two chatted and laughed from time to time, appearing extremely relaxed.
"Sigh—" Seeing this, Xingqiu could only sigh and made up his mind that if Jiang Mu really wanted to buy it, he would do everything he could to stop him.
We've finally met someone who's right up our alley; we can't let him go bankrupt like this...
"Rumble rumble~" Just then, he felt his clothes being tugged. Looking down, he saw that Guoba was looking up at him with a silly expression.
"I understand." With a smile, Xingqiu bent down, picked up Guoba, and quickly walked a few steps to catch up with the two people in front.
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Despite the temporary task assigned by the system, Jiang Mu still remembered the purpose of his visit.
Seeing a young man in workers' clothes passing by, Jiang Mu quickly called out to him.
"Hey buddy, I want to buy an iPhone... wait, where's the person in charge here?"
"The person in charge?" The young man was about to get angry when he was suddenly stopped, but when he saw that they were two children, he smiled and said.
"What's wrong? Where are your parents? This isn't a place to play; it's dangerous."
As he spoke, he took out two small pieces of glowing nephrite from his pocket.
"Here you go, now go home."
Jiang Mu and Xiang Ling exchanged a glance, and Jiang Mu chuckled.
"Young man, you've misunderstood. We're not here to play around; we're here to discuss a big business deal with your boss."
"Little ones, this kind of joke shouldn't be taken lightly." Hearing this, the young man shook his head with a smile, taking it as the two children just trying to amuse themselves. He then took their hands and prepared to personally escort them out.
"Excuse me, please wait a moment." Xingqiu, who happened to arrive at this moment, said with a mixture of amusement and exasperation upon seeing the situation.
"Second Young Master?"
Seeing this, the young man quickly let go of her hand and stepped forward, saying, "What brings you here?"
"Who are you……"
Xingqiu felt a little embarrassed; the other person remembered him, but he...
"Oh." The young man slapped his forehead. "Look at my memory. My name is Xu Zheng, and my uncle's name is Xu Fu. He is the manager of this mine."
"So you're Manager Xu's nephew." Xingqiu clasped his hands in greeting. "I'm so sorry, we met once before, but I have a bad memory and I've forgotten. I'm really sorry..."
"Look at what you're saying..."
Xu Zheng smiled and said, then seemed to remember something and hurriedly asked.
"These two...are they your friends?"
"That's right."
Xingqiu nodded and said.
"My brother Jiang came here today to discuss some matters with Supervisor Xu..."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zheng quickly replied.
"Alright, please come this way, everyone. Have a seat. I'll go find my uncle now..."
As he spoke, Xu Zheng quickly turned around and took a few steps.
"The name of the Flying Cloud Chamber of Commerce is really useful..."
Jiang Mu thought to himself.
…………………
A short while later, Xu Zheng walked over with a burly middle-aged man.
"Oh dear, Young Master Xingqiu, why didn't you let me know you were coming? I could have gone to greet you..."
The middle-aged man laughed heartily when he saw Xingqiu.
“No need for that trouble…” Xingqiu shook his head slightly. “I came here with my friend this time.”
Even in front of outsiders, Xingqiu didn't put on any airs of a young master, but the aura he naturally exuded was enough to draw attention from others...
“Then you…” Xu Fu turned to Jiang Mu again.
"My name is Jiang Mu." Jiang Mu took the initiative to extend his hand.
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"this……"
After hearing Jiang Mu's request, Xu Fu was somewhat troubled.
“Young Master Jiang, if it were someone else who wanted the goods, I wouldn’t mind transferring them to you directly, but the Zheng family… sigh—”
Is there anything inconvenient about it?
Xingqiu asked from the side.
Upon hearing this, Xu Fu nodded.
"Because the Zheng family mainly deals with the secondary processing of ore, they attach great importance to this matter, and therefore, they specifically made a contract with us for this matter."
"There's actually a contract involved..."
Upon hearing this, Xingqiu was also in a dilemma.
An ancient Liyue proverb says, "Once a contract is made, the one who breaks it shall be punished by being eaten by rocks."
This ancient saying is like a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of all Liyue people, constantly reminding them to fulfill their contracts.
“Mr. Xu, I know your difficulties,” Jiang Mu said with a smile. “Don’t worry, I won’t embarrass you.”
"That's good... Thank you for your understanding, young master..."
“However…” Jiang Mu smiled mysteriously.
"As long as the Zheng family cancels the contract themselves, that should be fine..."
"Cancel the contract myself?"
Mr. Xu was taken aback.
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"Why is it so slow this time..."
The heavily made-up woman stood in front of the group of servants, speaking impatiently.
“Miss Zheng Shuang…” a servant behind her advised, “The quantity and quality of the rough stones vary each time; perhaps this time there are an unusually large number of them…”
"Smack!"
A crisp slap rang out as a woman named Zheng Shuang slapped the servant who had just spoken across the face. "How dare you, a lowly servant, call me by my name?"
"I...I'm so sorry, Miss!"
The servant who had been beaten immediately knelt on the ground.
"Get up, stop embarrassing yourself..." Zheng Shuang quickly kicked the first woman, then glanced at the surrounding crowd, only to see that the onlookers were all looking at them with disdain. The young lady felt utterly humiliated and, in a fit of anger, kicked them a few more times...
……………
"So it was her..."
Jiang Mu, who was standing at a distance, saw the woman leading the Zheng family and his eyes lit up.
"You know her?"
Yan Fei asked curiously.
"I've seen him before at the Rebirth Hall."
Jiang Mu nodded.
Immediately, he strode towards him.
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