Chapter 296 Ugly Stone
Due to the particularity of spirit stones, the trading method of spirit stone public trading actually draws on the public trading model of jade or jade that is also restricted in transactions.
The so-called public trading is a centralized transaction, and in addition, it is considered illegal and smuggled.
Like the jadeite raw stone publication, this spirit stone publication is also divided into free trading areas and auction areas.
Bai Xiao followed Bai Zhendong to the entrance of the public board, showed the invitation letter and entered the interior. The first thing he saw was a huge piece of stone weighing several tons.
The stone is brown-red and has abrupt and rugged shape, but when you look closer, you will find that it is covered with a thin layer of oil-like protective layer on its surface, which is full of gravel.
"This stone..." Bai Xiao took a step forward in surprise and looked around the strange rock. She could vaguely feel aura. This aura originated from the huge rock in front of her. It felt as if the one standing in front of her was not a lifeless stone, but an extremely powerful martial arts master, giving her a strong blessing of oppression.
This feeling was so amazing. Bai Xiao felt a little throbbing in his heart. It was like two repulsive magnets fighting each other, but strangely, there was a slight sense of attraction.
Bai Zhendong walked over, looked at the huge stone, and said thoughtfully to Bai Xiao: "This should be a big product for this spirit stone public, which is the so-called market-keeping material." He pointed to the nameplate at the bottom of the stone and said, "Brownstone, from Shennongjia Xianyan Cave, weighs 7.9 tons, has a spiritual power value of 8,000 points, but the top-grade raw stone is worth 160 million!"
Bai Xiao also saw this nameplate. She didn't care about weight or something. She could probably understand what the spiritual power value was. It should be a standard for measuring the raw stone, but the price of 160 million was a scare.
A turtle, such a stone is worth 160 million.
She glanced around and found that although this place was the entrance to the public market, there seemed to be a lot of stones like this. Even if they were not as big as the one in front of her, they were not much. In terms of quantity, there were still dozens of dollars.
It can be seen that the total value of the goods displayed on the public market this time must have reached the number of documents. No wonder the invitation system must be implemented. This is an entry threshold, otherwise even if other spirit controlers come, they probably cannot afford it.
"Dad, what is the concept of 8,000 points in spiritual power?" Bai Xiao was puzzled and asked.
Bai Zhendong replied: "The spiritual power detection value is a quantitative indicator obtained after detecting the raw stone. Generally, the spiritual power value obtained after a type of spiritual field collapses is about 10 to 50 points, and it is about the size of a fingernail after being pure. The spiritual stone in front of me is 8,000 points. If it is completely pure, it is probably as big as a ninth-level magic cube."
"There is only such a small amount of spiritual power in the type spiritual field?" Bai Xiao couldn't help but be amazed, with an expression of amazement.
If the Gong Jiawen spiritual field she encountered for the first time was the standard, then the spiritual energy contained in the raw stone in front of her... wouldn't it be equivalent to more than a hundred spiritual fields of that size? No, maybe more than that, after all, the spiritual field she encountered was just a type of spiritual field - the kind that she could barely deal with in the middle stage of the Spirit Building Realm. Such a spiritual field should be very low among all spiritual fields, otherwise Lin Chenghe would dare to let her try it easily?
In other words, the huge stone in front of me is equivalent to hundreds of original spiritual fields?
No wonder it gives people a sense of oppression!
After Bai Xiao was amazed, he followed Bai Zhendong and continued walking in.
After passing through the initial display area, we entered the real trading area. The Bai family members were also diverted into several groups here, led by the elders of the family, and headed in different directions.
Bai Zhendong brought Bai Xiao, Bai Yuchen and Ling. Of course, Bai Yuchen had participated in the spirit stone publication several times and was already very familiar with the transaction situation here, so Bai Zhendong was more about answering questions and answering questions for Bai Xiao and Ling.
"The transaction area is divided into free trading areas and bidding areas. The free trading area is all scraps of goods, with spiritual power detection value between 10 and 500. Similar to a large comprehensive market, it can conduct on-site transactions and even bargaining. These stall owners are also registered free miners. Although they don't have much goods in their hands and are not of high quality, they are better because they are cheap."
Bai Zhendong pointed to a huge dock. Below the dock are rows of compact stalls, each stall is about two meters square, and a temporary distinction is made with a barrier belt. The countertops of the stalls and the inventory area behind them are also placed in some large raw stones.
There are hundreds of dollars, and there are dozens of dollars. However, in the eyes of Bai Xiao, the stones are ugly compared to the materials at the beginning. They are either bumpy and cracked, or black and black like they were picked up from a stinky ditch... There is no trace of grease or grit
"These stones are also raw stones?" Bai Xiao asked with a frown.
Of course Bai Zhendong knew that his daughter was judging people by appearance, but it was judging stones by appearance. He smiled and said, "Don't look at these stones, of course they are also raw stones!" Bai Zhendong paused and continued, "Like the jade publication, all the spirit stones in the spirit stone publication must be genuine raw stones. If there is a fake, the merchant will promise to return the goods."
"And the quality of the raw stone is not suspenseful to the experienced insiders, and there are no special instruments that can detect the spiritual power of the raw stone... Let's go and take a look."
"Well, I understand." Bai Xiao nodded and digested Bai Zhendong's words just now.
In fact, this is equivalent to clearly marking the price. Everyone can see how much spiritual power they have at a glance and just pay for it.
This trading model has somewhat subverted Bai Xiao's previous perception. She thought that the spirit stone publication was like a gambling stone in it, and the buyer blindly guessed the quality of the original stone and then bought it.
It turns out that this is not the case at all, at least not the kind of plot in it.
Art comes from life but is higher than life. In fact, there is no so-called gambling stone in real jade transactions, because in the real circle of experts, they can see at a glance that there is never a way to pick up bargains. What's more, the raw stone that comes from the circulation channel and reaches the merchants has actually gone through at least three layers of turnover. Only when it is determined that it is absolutely garbage jade material, it will flow to the gambling stone circle.
Back to the point, Bai Xiao followed Bai Zhendong to the free trading area and watched the ugly raw stones up close, only to find that he was indeed slapped in the face. It turned out that these stones also had signs, with spiritual power detection values ranging from 10 to 500, and prices ranging from 5 million to 500,000.
It's amazing, even if it's ugly, it's still valuable! Bai Xiao couldn't help but take a breath.
But it’s wrong. The 160 million-yuan rough stone just now had a detection value of 8,000 points, while these 500-yuan rough stones are only worth 500,000 yuan. Isn’t it still more cost-effective to buy a piece of rough stone?
Bai Xiao immediately asked his doubts, and Bai Zhendong explained: "The account cannot be calculated like this. The detection value only shows the scale of the spiritual energy contained in the raw stone, but how much of these spiritual energy can be converted into actual use is also related to the internal structure of the origin of the spirit stone, and even the interference of impurities. Sometimes, a rough stone with a slightly lower price and a slightly worse quality is clearly 500 points, but the actual conversion may not even reach 50 points, so the price of such a raw stone cannot be increased."
After saying this, Bai Xiao suddenly understood.
It turns out that spirit stones can be divided into two types according to whether they have been processed, "raw stones" and "finished products" that have been processed. The latter is the real spirit stone. These unpretentious stones in front of you, and even the large stones used for the garrison they saw when you first entered the market, actually belong to the category of raw stones.
Due to the poor utilization rate of the raw stone, it is tantamount to the use of the spirit controler directly. Therefore, people with expertise in this area often need to refine it first, and then after it is converted into a finished spirit stone, it will be provided to those in need.
After all, the conversion rate of special personnel is high! Just like smelting copper and iron, there are intermediate steps.
In the Bai family, the process of refining is naturally left to Mr. Zong Bai Hongrui. This is also the reason why she has a special status within the Bai family.
"Can these be purchased directly?" Bai Xiao pointed to a stone worth 100,000 yuan.
This stone looks crystal clear, only half a palm-sized, and the spiritual power detection value is only 50 points, but the price is 100,000.
"Of course." Bai Zhendong also glanced at it and nodded slightly.
Just when Bai Zhendong and the seller thought she was interested in this stone and were about to buy it, Bai Xiao said "oh" and turned to look at the other stones.
Bai Zhendong was stunned for a moment and found that his daughter was really not playing according to common sense. For the next half hour, Bai Xiao spent the next half hour wandering around the "free trading area", constantly asking about the prices of various stones. Gradually, she had a certain basis for the quality of the spirit stone and the price.
The free trading area is a place for practice. Seeing that Bai Xiao had gained some experience, Bai Zhendong smiled with satisfaction: "You can come here to see it later. Next, we should go to the auction area, which is the place where the highlight will be played!"
Bai Xiao: "!!!"
"Oh! Then let's go and see."
The spirit urged loudly.
She was not as curious as Bai Xiao, about these ugly stones.
Ling knew that he would definitely not study stones in the future, so why should he figure out these things out?
After accompanying Bai Xiao to look at the ugly stone for so long, she had long lacked interest and wanted to change the place quickly.
Bai Zhendong and Bai Yuchen couldn't help but smile, nodded at Bai Xiao, and the four of them walked towards the so-called auction area.
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(ps: Let's see if you can still come out of the next chapter. Even if there is one, it will be too late. Let's read it tomorrow.
In addition, I would like to recommend Zhou Zhou's "Back to the Ming Dynasty and Be a Fool Lord", which is an introduction: Traveling through the Ming Dynasty and becoming the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao. That, I hid behind, take the blame, and I will die.
A very good book. Those who are interested in the Emperor's Writings of the Last Ming Dynasty can read it. It's exciting and not to be missed!!)
Chapter completed!