Li Xiu turned his head and saw Li Qingyi and Bai Ying walking towards him. The person who was talking was Bai Ying.

"Mr. Li wants to buy diamonds?" Li Qingyi asked Li Xiu.

"I do have some ideas." Li Xiu replied with a smile, but he didn't even look at Bai Ying.

"Buying gems is just like buying antiques. The most taboo thing is to listen to stories. It's better for Director Li to think it over carefully before taking action." Bai Ying said on the side.

Li Xiu glanced at her and couldn't help but frown.

Bai Ying looked normal, without any sign of abnormality. She was even gentler than usual, which made Li Xiu dislike her even more.

Bai Ying is Bai Wanli's daughter. She had just snatched back the resources that originally belonged to the technician team from Bai Wanli, which made Bai Wanli very angry.

There was no way Bai Ying didn't know about this. Now she treated Li Xiu as if nothing had happened, and her attitude was even better. She even reminded Li Xiu not to believe those stories about gems.

If Bai Ying is still as sarcastic as before, it only means that she is really stupid, or to put it nicely, she is a naive person.

But looking at her current attitude, Li Xiu knew that Bai Ying was not stupid, so she was really bad.

Li Xiu had no intention of paying any attention to her. He was not interested in wasting time and energy on such a person.

"If you want to buy gemstones, you should look carefully," Li Qingyi said thoughtfully. "There are many types of diamonds. Many laboratories can use very small amounts of diamond fragments to grow cultured diamonds that are exactly the same as natural diamonds. All the properties of cultured diamonds are the same as natural diamonds, and they are even purer. However, the energy in cultured diamonds is far inferior to that of natural diamonds, so when buying diamonds, you should look carefully."

“Ladies, I, Sun Tianlei, can swear to heaven that this diamond of mine is definitely a natural diamond, not grown in a laboratory… If it is a cultured diamond, let me, Sun Tianlei, be struck by lightning…” Sun Tianlei swore immediately.

Bai Ying sneered, "Sun Tianlei, if your oath worked, your whole family would have died countless times. In this market, everyone knows that you are an expert in selling cultured diamonds. Haven't you cheated many people before? Ji Qing from the Divine Pet Group was almost killed by you. Do you still want to deny this?"

"Miss Bai, you are wrongly accusing me. I also purchased the goods from other people. I didn't know that the diamonds I sold to her were laboratory-grown diamonds!" Sun Tianlei quickly protested.

"You know this Argyle pink diamond is not from a laboratory?" Bai Ying said with a sneer.

"How dare I lie to Chief Li? This was really dug out by gem hunters from the ruins of an ancient castle. It can't be a cultured diamond, right?" Sun Tianlei said ambiguously.

Li Xiu could naturally see that Sun Tianlei was probably not being sincere. He estimated that this Argyle pink diamond was most likely grown in a laboratory.

Li Xiu also had some knowledge about cultured diamonds. After all, this technology was very famous. However, cultured diamonds were not fake diamonds. Instead, they were made by using a little bit of real diamonds like planting trees to make those little bits of real diamonds bigger. So strictly speaking, cultured diamonds were also real diamonds.

It's just that the energy contained in cultured diamonds is far less than that of natural diamonds of the same volume, so the price of cultured diamonds is cultured diamonds, and the price of natural diamonds is natural diamonds. Generally speaking, the price of cultured diamonds is less than one tenth of that of natural diamonds, or even several tens of percent.

If the price is clearly marked, cultured diamonds can be sold as cultured diamonds and there will be no problem at all.

But if you sell cultured diamonds as natural diamonds, that would be a bit unethical.

What makes Li Xiu curious is that if this Argyle pink diamond is a cultured diamond, it is actually a magic gem. In other words, cultured diamonds can also give birth to magic, which is very interesting.

"Sun Tianlei, are you sure this is not a cultured diamond? I heard that someone got a batch of Argyle pink cultured diamonds from Tianhe Laboratory before..." Bai Ying said lightly.

When Sun Tianlei heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he forced a smile and said, "My two aunts, that matter really has nothing to do with me. What I sold was really..."

"Is it really a cultured diamond? Do you want me to call Lao Qi over to ask?" Bai Ying said.

"Okay, now that you're here, I'll take responsibility. Can't I just not sell the diamond?" Sun Tianlei sighed.

"How much do you want to sell this diamond for?" Li Xiu asked Sun Tianlei.

Sun Tianlei was slightly stunned. He originally thought that not only would he fail to accomplish anything today, but he also completely offended Li Xiu. He had lost both the wife and the army.

Although he didn't care about offending Li Xiu, otherwise he wouldn't want to cheat him.

But not only did he not get any benefits, but he also offended people, which was not what Sun Tianlei wanted.

"Director Li, do you really want it?" Sun Tianlei looked at Li Xiu with suspicion. Even a fool would know that the Argyle pink diamond in his hand was a cultured diamond, but Li Xiu still wanted to buy it. He didn't know whether Li Xiu was serious or not.

"Of course I really want it, but every diamond should have its own price, right?" Li Xiu said calmly.

"Director Li, didn't you hear clearly what I said just now? That is a cultured diamond. Its energy value is not high. Why did you buy it?" Bai Ying said to Li Xiu with his eyes wide open.

"It's enough to be beautiful." Li Xiu said lightly.

"Yes, yes, yes, what Director Li said is right. Such a large and pure diamond is not easy to find. Although I was cheated today, I am still a little sorry to you, Director Li. If you really want it, I will give you a bargain price of one million Changsheng Coins. What do you think?" Sun Tianlei said to Li Xiu quickly.

Changsheng Coin is a currency that can only be used in Changsheng City. Its purchasing power is about twice that of Space Coin, which means that one million Changsheng Coins are roughly equivalent to two million Space Coins.

This is a high price for a cultured diamond.

"You sell a cultured diamond for one million, Sun Tianlei, you are really a good person." Bai Ying mocked from the side.

"Miss Bai, even if it is cultured diamonds, it is not easy to cultivate such a large Argyle pink diamond. I have to pay for it if I buy it, and I can't make it myself." Sun Tianlei said with a bitter face.

Li Xiu took out the box of emeralds, picked out a few small ones and placed them in front of Sun Tianlei and said, "I want to exchange these emeralds for this diamond. Do you think it's suitable?"

Sun Tianlei picked up the emeralds, looked at them, and said with a smile: "General Manager Li is so straightforward, I won't say anything. You can take the diamonds. Come to me if you need anything in the future."

Bai Ying frowned and said nothing. Li Qingyi was also a little confused, wondering what Li Xiu wanted to do by buying this cultured diamond.

Generally speaking, cultivated diamonds have relatively little energy. If they are used to feed monsters, the diamonds the monsters eat may seem to be enough, but they are digested slowly and obtain little energy, which is very unfavorable for the growth and promotion of the monsters.

Ji Qing from the Divine Pet Group was so depressed that he almost vomited blood because the growth of his monster spirit was very slow due to the batch of cultured diamonds he bought.

Use it to open doors. Small cultured diamonds don't have enough energy, and large ones are too expensive, so they are also not suitable.

Apart from some trial-takers who are not well-off and buy cultured diamonds to feed their spirits, cultured diamonds are mostly used for technology.

"Do you have any more diamonds like this? Take them out and let me see them." After Li Xiu put away the Argyle pink diamond, he said to Sun Tianlei.

"Yes, yes, yes. I'll show them to you right away." Sun Tianlei quickly took out a few bags from his arms.

What came out of those bags were all Argyle pink diamonds, some big and some small. A small bag contained dozens of diamonds of only a few carats, while the big ones were two or three carats, and some were four or five carats. The largest Argyle pink diamond was as big as a quail egg, weighing at least ten to twenty carats.

There is no doubt that these are cultured diamonds. If they were natural diamonds, so many diamonds would be sold at sky-high prices. Just the Argyle pink diamond as big as a quail egg would be a priceless treasure.

The largest natural Argyle pink diamond is just over twelve carats, much smaller than this one.

"How much is this one?" Li Xiu said after taking a look at the largest Argyle pink diamond.

He didn't expect to see another Magic Gem. It seems that the probability of cultivating a Magic Gem from diamonds is quite high.

Sun Tianlei pondered and said, "It's hard for me to say the price. Although the cultivated gemstones can be infinite in size in theory, it is easier to cultivate diamonds under ten carats with current technology. Many diamond cultivation laboratories cannot produce diamonds of this size. Only Tianhe Laboratory has such strength and technology. I spent a lot of money when I bought it..."

Li Xiu took out a few more emeralds from the box and placed them in Sun Tianlei's hand: "Are these enough?"

"Director Li, these are really not enough. I can't even recover my costs. Otherwise, you are so tolerant of me. I will definitely give it to you as long as it covers my investment." Sun Tianlei said with a bitter face: "Or you can give me two more, as long as it covers my investment."

Li Xiu didn't waste any words and directly gave him two more emeralds.

"Okay, Chief Li is a very straightforward person. From now on, you will be my VIP customer. When you get something from me, I will guarantee the price of the gemstone and I will never let you suffer any loss." Sun Tianlei said, patting his chest.

"Thank you." Li Xiu didn't dare to believe him. He would never come to him to buy gems unless necessary.

After sending Sun Tianlei away, Li Xiu looked at Li Qingyi and said, "Why are you so interested that you came to the gem market?"

Li Qingyi didn't say anything, so Bai Ying interrupted and said, "Tomorrow is Qingyi's birthday, so of course we have to buy some gems to celebrate. If Chief Li has time tomorrow, he can come to Qingyi's birthday dinner."

"I see." Li Xiu thought for a moment, took out the seven or eight carat Argyle pink diamond he had bought earlier from his pocket, handed it to Li Qingyi and said, "Consider this my birthday present to you. I have something else to do tomorrow, so I won't be attending your birthday party."

When Bai Ying saw that Li Xiu actually gave Li Qingyi a cultured diamond as a birthday present, and it was a small one, she couldn't help but curl her lips slightly, but said nothing.

Li Qingyi took the diamond with a smile and said, "Then I won't be polite. In fact, I have seen the large Argyle pink diamond you just bought in Tianhe Laboratory before. It is indeed the same as what Sun Tianlei said. It takes some technology to cultivate diamonds over ten carats, otherwise the cultivated diamonds will have some problems. That one is the first perfect Argyle pink diamond over twenty carats successfully cultivated by Tianhe Laboratory. It is still very valuable, so you are not at a loss."

Li Xiu nodded and smiled, "So that's all. I've learned a lot. Thank you for your advice. I won't disturb your fun anymore."

With Bai Ying around, I lost all interest. It's like enjoying delicious food and then having a fly around will somewhat affect my appetite.

After Li Xiu left, Bai Ying said to Li Qingyi, "This Li Xiu is too stingy. He actually gave you a cultured diamond as a birthday gift. I've never seen such a stingy person. He should at least give you a real one. Don't you, as a young lady, deserve a real diamond?"

"Birthday gifts are about the thought. He spent real money to buy this diamond, which shows that he really likes it. It's a good gift to give me something he likes," said Li Qingyi.

"You are a good person in every way except that you are too kind. You always think of others first, but sooner or later you will suffer." Seeing that he failed to sow discord, Bai Ying could only pretend to sigh.

Li Xiu walked around the market by himself, exchanged a batch of black spinel and tanzanite, and went straight home.

Black spinel and Tanzanite are used to feed the Black Death Lord and Cupid Archer respectively. Wait until they reach a higher level.

Back in the house, Li Xiu took out the cultured Argyle pink diamond and dripped his blood directly on it.

The Argyle pink diamond immediately bloomed with a pink glow, then slowly turned into liquid and flowed into Li Xiu's body, and soon condensed into a pink diamond ring on his finger.

This pink color would make girls' eyes sparkle.

Li Xiu's mind moved, and the diamond ring turned into a demon spirit and appeared in front of him.

"What the hell is this?" Li Xiu was a little dumbfounded.

Generally speaking, most of the monsters that come out of the monster gems are human-like monsters.

There are also special demons like the Masked Emperor, but at least the Masked Emperor is something Li Xiu is familiar with.

Li Xiu had never seen the demon in front of him before and had no idea what it was.

If I had to describe its appearance, it would be like a capsule.

It is the shape of a capsule shell that wraps the medicine pills, but this thing is much bigger, taller than Li Xiu. It is pink and crystal clear all over, as if it were polished from a flawless pink diamond.

The giant rose crystal capsule also emits a strong pink glow. There is no doubt that this is a radiant demon spirit, but I don’t know what the use of this strange demon spirit is.

Synthesis capsule: can evolve monsters.

Grade: E.

Quality: Brilliant.

Talent skills: synthesis.

After Li Xiu looked at the attributes of the demon spirit, he became very interested and then looked at the information about its innate skills.

Synthesis: Multiple gems can be synthesized into one gem.

Seeing this, Li Xiu was a little disappointed again. This ability of just combining small gems into large gems didn't seem to be of much use.

However, larger gemstones can be sold for more money, so it is not bad to use them to make money.

Li Xiu thought about it, took out two gems and threw them at the synthetic capsule. The thing actually cracked in the middle, swallowed the two gems, and then light continued to flow inside.

After a moment, the light in the synthetic capsule stopped rotating, and a large gem was spit out by it.

Li Xiu frowned slightly. He found that this large gem was lighter than the sum of the weights of the two small gems he had thrown in before. It seemed that this synthesis had some consumption, and it was not as simple as one plus one equals two. It consumed about one third of the energy.

Li Xiu wanted to try again, but found that the synthesis skill could not be used temporarily. This skill was even limited by the CD time, and he didn't know how long it could be used.

"What a strange demon." Li Xiu had no choice but to put the synthetic capsule back.

The function of synthesizing gems is not useless. Li Xiu has also thought about trying to synthesize magic gems. However, he only has one magic gem left that has not been transformed into a magic ring, so he has no way to conduct the experiment.

Li Xiu went to check on Jing Li. He had not made much progress in practicing the Zi Bu Yu Strange Power and Chaos God Technique. His body was still unable to condense light energy on its own. He had not been able to overcome this most critical hurdle.

After asking him some questions, Li Xiu went back and made further modifications to the Zi Buyu Strange Powers and Gods Technique, and asked Jing Li to start practicing the modified version again.

The next day, when Li Zheng was feeding Cupid Sagittarius gems at home, he suddenly saw a figure falling directly into his yard.

Li Xiu took a closer look and found that it was a man wearing a black cloak. The wide and large black cloak wrapped his body tightly, and he was wearing a bronze mask on his face. Not to mention his appearance, it was even impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman.

Without waiting for Li Xiu to ask any questions, the man took off the mask on his face.

After seeing the man's face clearly, Li Xiu was stunned. The person turned out to be Li Qingyi.

Li Xiu was a little confused. Wasn't it Li Qingyi's birthday today? Why was she not at home preparing for the birthday party? Why did she come to his place in such a mysterious way? And she even climbed over the wall and entered without even going through the main door.

"Could it be that the man in the fortune has appeared, and he is an old and ugly man? Li Qingyi really can't stand it. After thinking about it, she thinks a young and beautiful guy like me is better. She chooses this time to elope with me... Should I agree... On one hand, there are all kinds of resources of Changshengtian, and on the other hand, there is fair skin, big breasts and long legs. It's really hard to make a decision..." Li Xiu thought evilly.

"Time is running out, come with me." Li Qingyi said after putting on the mask again.

"Are you really going to elope with me?" Li Xiu stared at Li Qingyi with wide eyes and said in disbelief.

"What are you thinking about eloping? Let's go to Tianmen now." Li Qingyi rolled her eyes at him and said.