Although jade pieces are also expensive, what excited James Bolton was the thought of the wonderful world of stone gambling!

James Bolton had just discovered that the jadeite accessories nearby also contained abundant energy. Perhaps these jade products had been buried underground for millions or even hundreds of millions of years, which is why they stored so much energy!

In the past, James Bolton often saw people striking it rich through stone gambling on the internet, but at that time, James Bolton never thought about trying it himself, nor did he have the money to do so.

Reading those stone gambling posts was just a way to fantasize about having such good luck one day!

Although he didn’t know if the scanner could penetrate the raw stone to display energy, as long as there was even a slight possibility, James Bolton didn’t want to let it go. That way, not only could he meet his energy exchange needs, but he could also improve his life, and his parents wouldn’t have to work so hard!

Thinking of this, James Bolton hurriedly walked out of the shop, leaving the staff inside baffled—could he be a thief? After checking several times to make sure nothing was missing, they finally relaxed.

James Bolton didn’t care what others thought; he left in a hurry simply because he wanted to find a place that sold raw jadeite to test his idea!

After leaving the shop, James Bolton thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, walked to the nearby ATM, and withdrew all the more than 3,000 yuan he had saved over the past year.

“This time, I’ll take a gamble. If it really works, I won’t have to go out and look for a job anymore, and I can set aside time to focus on martial arts practice.”

Ever since that punch yesterday, James Bolton had been deeply addicted to the thrill of power, always wanting to find time to practice properly. But whenever he thought about his family’s living conditions, he couldn’t help but give up on the idea—he wasn’t at the stage where he could treat money like dirt.

With these thoughts, James Bolton quickly headed to the end of Antique Street. Back in college, James Bolton and his classmates had come here a few times and knew there was a small stone gambling market on Antique Street.

Unfortunately, James Bolton never tried it before because he didn’t have the money. Last time, one of his dorm mates impulsively spent 500 yuan on a small, fully-gambled stone.

As expected, it turned out to be nothing but stone. In the end, that classmate with dreams of getting rich had to eat steamed buns for half a month because of his impulsiveness.

“Stone gambling, I hope you can bring me good luck!”

James Bolton shook his head and walked forward...

Chapter 3: Making Money from Stone Gambling

Originally, James Bolton thought Antique Street was noisy enough, but he didn’t expect Stone Gambling Street to be even more chaotic.

Even though it wasn’t a weekend, the place was packed with people. The noise and screams made James Bolton’s head spin.

Relying on his sturdy body, James Bolton squeezed hard toward a stone gambling shop crowded with people at the entrance. Amidst a barrage of curses, James Bolton finally made it inside.

“Haha, I finally got in. Having a strong body is awesome!” James Bolton laughed proudly. The system really was great.

James Bolton looked and saw that someone was cutting open a stone, no wonder so many people were gathered. On the stone-cutting machine at the entrance sat a stone about the size of a washbasin. The stone-cutting master was working hard to slice it open, and it looked like it would be revealed soon.

He quietly activated the scanning function and swept it over the stone being cut. James Bolton found that two energy values actually appeared on the stone!

James Bolton was instantly excited. He guessed that the value of zero point something must be the energy of the raw stone’s outer shell. After all, it had been buried underground for millions of years, and the stone had fused with the jadeite, so it was entirely possible for it to carry a bit of energy!

Because when James Bolton scanned yesterday, he found that ordinary stones and soil had no energy. The other value was 30, which should be the energy of the jadeite!

“Could I really be about to strike it rich? Heaven, you’re being so good to me!” James Bolton shouted in his heart, as if he’d forgotten how many times he’d cursed the heavens before.

According to James Bolton’s calculations, there was jadeite in this stone, probably worth around 3,000 yuan. Although he didn’t know how much the owner of the raw stone—the fat guy—had paid for it, in James Bolton’s opinion, this piece of raw stone must have cost at least tens of thousands!

James Bolton glanced sympathetically at the chubby man whose face was full of anticipation. He wondered if, after losing the bet, this chubby uncle would go home and try to lose weight.

Of course, James Bolton also knew that since the other party was willing to spend tens of thousands on stone gambling, he probably didn’t care about this amount of money. But for James Bolton, who had always been poor, the gain or loss of tens of thousands was a big deal.

“Sigh, it’d be better if he just gave the money to me. The money I earn in a year might not even be enough to buy this stone. How sad!” James Bolton mourned for his past self for a moment, then focused on watching the stone being cut.

After a while, the stone was completely opened. It was a small piece of oil-green jadeite; the chubby uncle beside him was still chatting and laughing, showing no sign of disappointment. Clearly, tens of thousands of yuan meant nothing to him.

In the end, the shop owner bought back the jadeite for 2,700 yuan. Mainly, the price of high-end jadeite in the jewelry market kept rising, while low-end jadeite was quite common, so the price didn’t go up.

This was not much different from James Bolton’s estimate. After all, the jadeite in the counters required processing and operating costs.

James Bolton walked into the shop while activating the scanning function. His eyes were soon overwhelmed by the dense array of numbers.

Only then did James Bolton discover that there was a range option behind the scan function key, so he set it to filter out anything below 10 energy.