CH 174

Reading the suddenly-appearing words, Qin Tian’s face was strange. 

After finishing Ye Chen, his Villain’s Eye evolved once.

Speaking from experience, every time his Villain’s Eye evolved, there would be some new abilities.

Like the first evolution, he went from seeing the basic information of the people around him to seeing the specific information of anyone within a 3-meter radius.

That was quite a considerable improvement.

He always thought that these evolutions would only show an effect on others, so he has been testing them on other people.

Who would have thought that this time…

Sure enough, he was meant to be the archnemesis of protagonists.

With this ability, he could imagine making an exciting scene for himself.

“Uncle Qin, do you know how to stone gamble too?”

Seeing Qin Tian study the stone so closely, Chen Mengmeng asked curiously.

Qin Tian returned to his senses and smiled, “Um, a little.”

“Boss, how much are you selling this for?”

The merchant gave 3 fingers, “Thirty thousand.”

…

Qin Tian shook his head and placed the stone back.

“Thirty thousand? I’ll pass. Let me take a look at the others.“

”Hey brother, you’re supposed to bargain! How am I supposed to sell if you don’t even bargain the price with me?”

The boss insisted.

“No need. Keep this and good luck selling it.” Qin Tian waved his hand.

With the wealth he has right now, he was not interested in stone gambling.

In addition, after knowing the value of this stone he was holding, he immediately lost interest in it.

The boss took the stone back with a face of dissatisfaction.

Qin Tian ignored him and took a glance at the other stones the boss was selling.

Lists of prices appeared in Qin Tian’s eyes.

[Emerald Stone: 15635 grams. True Value: 500-800]

[Emerald Stone: 3236 grams. True Value: 3000-5000]

[Emerald Stone: 19236 grams. True Value: 100-300]

[Emerald Stone: 15635 grams. True Value: 30000-50000] 

[Ordinary Pebblestone: 7856 grams. True Value: 0]

What? Ordinary pebblestone?

Qin Tian almost laughed out loud.

He blinked, but the prices did not disappear.

He closed his eyes, then opened them again after 3 seconds. This time, the value tags were gone.

It seems that I can freely control this ability.

Qin Tian studied another emerald stone.

After some playing around, Qin Tian understood how to control his ability.

In order to view something’s actual value, he must not only focus and stare at it, but he must also be thinking about it in his head.

But after this ability is activated, he will not need to focus on the other ones.

Just like right now. Just by focusing on using the ability to see one of the stone’s values, all the other ones had value tags hovering over them as well.

“Lao Li, is this how stone gambling works? This crappy stone can sell for thirty thousand?”

Wang Yi’s voice pulled Qin Tian back to reality.

He obviously has never been to any place like this and was very curious.

Lao Li smiled, “Don’t underestimate this crappy stone. Its inside might contain emerald or jade or other gems.”

“The fun part is you don’t know what’s inside. So some are willing to risk it and hope it’s something valuable inside. That’s why it’s called a gamble.”

Lao Li’s explanation was very simple.

“Oh? I see… then why do rich people come here too? Are they short of money?”

“Do you know how gambling works? You can get addicted to this thing!”

“Oh, is that so? I never gambled, I don’t really know what it means to get addicted.”

Listening to their casual conversation, Qin Tian also smiled.

“Hey boss, how much for this?”

“This stone looks better than the previous one on the surface and is also bigger. At least fifty thousand…”

“Alright, I’ll buy it.”

Chen Mengmeng said generously.

She never bargained with prices, because her family wasn’t short of money anyways. Spending a few ten thousand dollars was nothing to her.

Seeing Chen Mengmeng agreeing to the price so easily, the boss’ eyes lit up, and immediately grew excited.

He hasn’t met such a generous customer for a long while.

But before he even asked for the pay, Qin Tian suddenly spoke.

“That one’s no good.” 

Chen Mengmeng halted, “Uncle Qin, how do you know?”

“If you really want to buy one, I say get this one.” Qin Tian continued.

After a glance, he picked up a bowl-sized stone and pretended to feel it for a bit, then handed it to Chen Mengmeng.

Although he couldn’t tell what was inside, he could tell the inside’s value.

As long as the value is high, it must be something good.

The one Chen Mengmeng picked had a pretty good look on the surface but was only worth a few thousand.

Buying that for 50k was definitely a rip-off.

“Uncle Qin, that one you’re holding is so ugly though…”

Chen Mengmeng looked at Qin Tian’s stone and said reluctantly.

The one she chose was big and smooth and was even a bit shiny.

But the one Qin Tian picked was not only rough, but it was also in a very odd shape. It was small in size as well.

Could that stone really prove to be valuable?

“What matters is the inside,” Qin Tian looked at Chen Mengmeng. 

Due to her trust in Qin Tian, after a moment of thinking, she accepted Qin Tian’s stone.

“Then boss, I’ll buy both.”

Qin Tian: “…”

When Qin Tian stopped Chen Mengmeng at first, the boss was very displeased.

But now, he could barely hold his smile.

“How generous. Here, this one I was planning to sell for ten thousand, I’ll give it to you for five thousand.”

“55k for the two of them, what do you think?”

“Deal.”

The boss took out his card reader and asked, “Would you like me to open it up for you on the spot?”

“Of course.”

Chen Mengmeng said and then looked back at Qin Tian, “Uncle Qin, how about let’s compete?”

That was the real reason she bought both.

“I’m not interested. Whatever makes you happy.”

With his new ability, as long as he wanted, he could completely mess up the entire stone gambling market.

How could Chen Mengmeng compete with him?

After paying the money, Chen Mengmeng quickly pulled Qin Tian to a small shop nearby.

Special tools were necessary to open stones. This shop was also the boss’s, and there was a worker inside.

The boss and Qin Tian and the others walked in.

After some brief introduction, the worker quickly began opening up the stones.

The tool used was a high-pressure water gun.

Slice slice.

As the water cut deeper and deeper, the stone Chen Mengmeng picked started to show results.

It was agate yellow and high quality, but very small.

Market price could sell it for 3 to 5 thousand at most.

To lighten the awkward atmosphere, the boss quickly tried to comfort her, “Your luck’s not bad, at least there is stuff inside…”

Unexpectedly, Chen Mengmeng didn’t mind the loss in the lightest. She casually waved her hand, “No worries. Quick, open Uncle Qin’s.”

“Ok!”

The boss looked at that stone and quickly ordered his worker to open it as well.

But just after the first slice, the worker’s hand trembled a little.

“Holy shit… this is…”

“What’s the matter?”

“Boss… this is a glass type…”

“A what type?”