Chapter 62: I, Prince Huan, Have Decided to Make Friends with Li Ci.

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As soon as this statement came out.

There was silence again inside and outside the store.

Everyone looked at Tai Zihuan as if they were looking at a fool.

Duanmu Jinhua, in particular, was even more excited.

Recently, in order to expand their business and reduce costs, Haotian Mining not only took over the raw ore from the mining area under the Haotian Temple, but also invested huge sums of money to compete for the raw ore from other forces.

Nowadays, the total value of the rough stones stored in the store is as high as about 2,000 Chaos Spiritual Stones.

Among them, only about 1,000 Chaos Spirit Stones are the store's own funds, and the other 1,000 Chaos Spirit Stones are raised from Duanmu Clan and Bai Jun Dao Master.

It is true that Haotian Mining is very profitable.

However, the profits earned by Haotian Mining have been mainly used to support the development of the Duanmu clan and Baijun Taoist masters over the years.

In the eyes of the big guys, this stone betting shop is just a tool to make money.

If such a huge amount of goods were sold according to the normal business model of a gambling stone store, the price would probably reach about 4,000 Chaos Spiritual Stones.

If you add in unconventional means such as cheating, passing off inferior products, setting up traps to deceive people, etc., it is not impossible that the total number of Chaos Spiritual Stones that can be harvested exceeds 6,000!

It does look very profitable.

But that's the total price.

In fact, the entire operation cycle of this batch of goods from purchase to all sales took at least seventy or eighty years.

If the business is slow, it is not uncommon for the turnover period to drag on for more than a hundred years.

On average, the annual gross profit is about dozens of Chaos Spiritual Stones.

But now that Prince Huan wants to book the venue, even if he sells it to him at a 20% discount, it will still cost 3,200 Hunlings. After deducting the cost of about 2,000 Hunlings, he can make a net profit of at least 1,000 Hunlings!

With this profit plus principal, Haotian Mining can completely increase the price to purchase raw stones from other mining areas, which will kill its peers.

But no matter how tempted Duanmu Jinhua was, he still had many worries in his heart and did not dare to agree easily.

Is this Prince Huan the same generation as Yi Yu?

This is a big business worth thousands of Chaos Spiritual Stones. What if Prince Huan gets into trouble after suffering a loss and angers the big boss of the Demon Temple, and then alerts the Emperor Haotian or something, even Taoist Master Bai Jun I had to walk around without being able to eat.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Jinhua suppressed his greed. Not only did he not agree, but he patiently persuaded Prince Jian: "Your Highness Jian, how dare we humiliate His Highness and the Demon Temple with our small shop? Do you think If you are not satisfied, we can increase the compensation."

"As for booking the venue...well, according to the rules of the stone gambling industry, you will definitely lose money."

It was obvious that Duanmu Jinhua did not want to be entangled with the super second-generation ancestor Tai Zihuan anymore, and would rather suffer some losses than send him away.

"I'm willing to lose money, do you care?" Tai Zihuan glanced at him with a sneer, "Besides, how do you know that I will definitely lose money? Maybe the first two waves of losses will wipe out all my bad luck. Didn't it turn out that the second time we booked the venue, things turned out differently?"

Duanmu Jinhua was silent for a while.

To be honest, it was difficult for him to understand the thinking of a wealthy second-generation ancestor like Prince Huan.

After thinking for a moment, he said seriously: "His Royal Highness actually insisted on booking the venue. I have to say that ugly thing first. Our shop is not open for charity, it must be for making money."

"In this way, I will settle the accounts for Your Highness first, and then you can decide whether to book the venue."

"Currently, we have a large inventory of rough stones in our store. Normally, the price is around 4,000 Hunlings. Your Highness has reserved the venue. I will give you a 20% discount, which is 3,200 Hunlings."

"It is normal to sell this batch of goods for around 2,000 Hunlings. If you are unlucky, it is possible to sell only over 1,000 Hunlings. If you are lucky, you may be able to sell three or four thousand Hunlings."

These words were spoken very sincerely.

Many of the onlookers outside were colleagues or gamblers, and they were filled with emotion when they heard this.

In order to persuade Prince Huan to quit, Duanmu Jinhua tried his best, even throwing away his industry foundation.

"Too much nonsense. Then let's reserve the venue for 3,200 Hunlings!" Prince Huan's face was impatient, as if he was wealthy and didn't care at all, "Hurry up, I'm still waiting to compete in the Shenying Ranking~"

He originally thought that this reservation was a loss, but he couldn't bear to hear Goddess Qingli's request to continue to reserve the venue. Anyway, he didn't lose any money.

He is not afraid of Goddess Qingli deceiving him.

After all, the dignified Prince Huan is not easy to bully! ?

Duanmu Jinhua was immediately overjoyed.

He had made the stakes so clear, but Tai Zihuan still insisted on booking the venue, and there were so many people present to witness it, so even if he wanted to cause trouble afterwards, it would be unreasonable.

After all, although the Demon Temple is powerful and Prince Huan is indeed rich and powerful, how can the Haotian Temple be easily offended?

As long as justice is on his side, even if His Majesty the Demon God comes knocking on the door, the Haotian Sword Emperor will not allow him to mess around!

Duanmu Jinhua suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, but his face was still full of grace: "Since His Highness Jian is so insistent, then naturally I have no reason to stop him."

After that, he waved his hand.

"Come here, book the venue for His Highness Jian!"

The guys in the store started working immediately.

Batch after batch of rough stones were transported to the lobby, and the clerks stopped working hard and continued to unpack the stones as quickly as possible.

While the clerks were busy, more and more onlookers gathered outside the Haotian Mining Store to watch the excitement, and unknowingly, all the seats at the door were filled.

This is a private venue~!

Such a big bustle is extremely rare. It's a rare occasion to catch it. Almost all the prominent people in the big market came to watch, including a few big guys at the level of Hunyuan Dao Master.

Even the [Market Inspection Team] responsible for the order and safety of the entire market were alerted by the movement here and came over to watch and maintain order.

This [Market Inspection Team] is affiliated to the Haotian Temple and is led by a temple elder. His subordinates are all elites at the Da Luo Jinxian level, and their overall combat effectiveness is very powerful!

On weekdays, this team is stationed in the trading market and will not be dispatched easily. Whenever we go out, it must be a big deal.

With the addition of the market inspection team, the crowd of onlookers at the entrance of Haotian Mining also became more orderly, without the chaos at the beginning.

However, everyone's interest in eating melons did not diminish at all.

Almost everyone was talking excitedly, speculating on how much money Tai Zihuan would lose this time by mindlessly booking the venue.

That's right, just talking about how much money he lost, no one would think that Taizi Huan could be so lucky that he could actually make money.

This kind of booking, in the final analysis, is just giving money to the stone betting shop.

However, as the clerk's progress in unraveling the stone continued, the crowd's chatter gradually became quieter, and everyone's expressions gradually became surprised, and then turned to shock.

However, what shocked them was not that the rough stones were shipped in great quantities. In fact, it was the shipment rate of these rough stones that was too low. It was too low!

The rough stones in the hands of the clerks kept betting down, and then betting down again, as if what they unlocked were not the rough spiritual stones, but real stones, and the shipment rate was appallingly low.

The first two small batches were enough to stretch the crotch, but the goods coming out of the private venue were even more crotch-stretching!

Gradually, the store clerks also noticed something was wrong.

Their speed of unraveling the stone slowed down unconsciously, and each of them looked at the shopkeeper for help.

As for the shopkeeper, his eyes widened, and big beads of sweat kept sliding down his cheeks.

Something happened, something big happened!

It’s not that the first two small batches of goods were in bad condition, but that there was a problem with the entire large batch of goods!

Impossible, this is impossible? ! What exactly went wrong? ! !

He couldn't figure it out.

Duanmu Jinhua's originally joyful mood gradually turned into solemnity.

A chill spread down his spine, making his scalp numb, his hair standing on end, and even his body began to tremble unconsciously.

He has already reacted.

There is definitely a big problem with this batch of goods!

Could it be that Prince Huan was behind all of this?

He looked at Tai Zihuan with horrified eyes, preparing to stop the clerk's work of dissecting the stone.

"Don't stop!"

Prince Huan's eyes turned cold, and he slammed the table to stop Duanmu Jinhua.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his sharp gaze slowly swept over the faces of many shop assistants. His tone was extremely arrogant and domineering: "Whoever dares to stop, I will feed him to the Dragon King!"

He was naturally aware of the problem at this time.

Although I don’t know how it was done, it is obvious that it has something to do with the goddess Qingli.

He was so happy~ It turned out that there was indeed a huge problem with this batch of goods. No wonder Qingli Goddess dared to let him book the show!

OK OK! Originally, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to catch your mistakes. Some tigers eat turtles, and I feel like I can't eat them. Now~~

Like a ferocious beast that had been starving for a long time and finally found an injured and bleeding prey, Tai Zihuan was so excited that his blood boiled, and his original amber eyes turned into dark golden beast pupils.

How could we miss such a decisive opportunity? !

Duanmu Jinhua still needs to rely on the strength of the Hunyuan realm to resist.

But he never thought that as soon as the power on him rose, a more terrifying aura suddenly invaded, locking him firmly in an instant, and also enveloped the entire stone gambling shop.

At the same time, an angry sneer spread throughout the Stone Gambling Store.

"How brave! How dare you lie in front of His Highness? Keep going. No one is allowed to stop until Your Highness tells you to stop."

After the words fell, a figure in gray robe appeared behind Prince Huan as if appearing out of thin air.

This figure was clearly the old man who drove the Dragon King's flying chariot for Prince Huan.

It's just that at this moment, he changed his previous low profile, his expression was cold and solemn, his whole body was filled with pressure, and his whole aura was completely different.

That terrifying aura gave everyone inside and outside the Stone Gambling Shop a sense of suffocation, as if even breathing was about to stop.

Half-step Immortal Emperor level?

How can it be! ?

Duanmu Jinhua suddenly felt fear running through his body, and his heart was extremely horrified.

The grand ceremony for Prince Huan to go out was too grand, and he was actually guarded secretly by a strong man at the level of a Half-Step Immortal Emperor.

In fact, this is not a problem of Prince Huan's appearance.

Although he usually pays attention to pomp when going out, his level is not that high. However, this time his original intention was to avenge Jue'er and win, so he naturally wanted to have more trump cards.

With the Half-Step Immortal Emperor controlling the scene, Duanmu Jinhua and others naturally did not dare to make any mistakes, and the "clerks" also continued to speed up the work of untying the stones honestly.

As the progress continues, I still continue to bet on failure, and bet on failure again.

It wasn't until more than half a day later that all the rough stones worth a total of "3200" Hunlings in the entire store were finally solved.

The shopkeeper was forced to count the harvest, and his face turned extremely pale: "In total, the total shipment value is about 289 Haunted Souls!"

As soon as this data was announced, the onlookers were in an uproar.

"How can it be so low? This Haotian Mining Industry is too dark!"

"Okay~ It turns out this is a black shop. No wonder I have lost five Chaos Spiritual Stones in gambling over the past hundred years."

"I am a colleague. Although I knew that Haotian Mining was dirty, I didn't expect it to be this dark. Our normal gross profit is only 70 to 80% of the purchase price!"

"Refund! Refund!"

Many gamblers who had lost gambling at Haotian Mining began to get angry and shouted.

"Okay!" Tai Zihuan slammed the table and stood up, his dark golden beast eyes flashing with fierce light, "The rough stone sold for 3,200 mixed spirits after a 20% discount, but it was only sold for 300 mixed spirits. No! You are taking this prince as your culprit~"

Normally, if you spend 100 Hounds in a stone betting shop, you carefully select the rough stone, and you end up losing all your money, you can naturally blame it on bad luck.

But this is a private venue!

With large-scale bookings, the results have little to do with luck.

The only factor that affects the final stone analysis result is the quality of the original stone.

This is why when betting on stones, gamblers often first pay attention to which mining area the rough stone comes from.

Because the quality of rough stones in a mining area is often similar and does not change at will.

The better the overall quality of the mining area, the greater the probability of winning the rough stone produced.

But even in the poorest mining areas, the quality of rough stones is not that bad. Such a low shipment rate is simply shocking.

There is almost no other explanation except that there is something wrong with this batch of rough stones!

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

Duanmu Jinhua's eyes were also full of dullness and fear, and his heart was filled with doubts.

Could this be a trap set by Prince Huan? However, their store purchases and stores these rough stones by themselves, and even the price of each piece of rough stone is set by the store itself.

Under such circumstances, if he wanted to do anything, even if Prince Huan had extraordinary abilities, he would not be able to do it~

Duanmu Jinhua had so many things in his mind that he couldn't figure it out no matter what, but he also knew that when things got to this point, he could no longer solve them.

Immediately, he crushed the communication jade talisman repeatedly and notified his family and Taoist Master Baijun!

At the worst, they have to be mentally prepared so that they can withstand the next impact.

"Come here, smash up this dirty shop for me!" Prince Huan looked extremely angry and had lost his mind. "After smashing the shop, I will go to your Duanmu clan to settle the score! I will go to your Haotian Temple to settle the score." Settlement!"

As for the booking fee of 3,200 Hunlings, haha~~ This is a rip-off shop with solid evidence, why do you still pay so much?

However.

Just as a group of thugs following Tai Zihuan were gearing up to smash up the store, the melon-eating crowd was also preparing to follow and come for a "zero-yuan purchase."

People from the market inspection team came out and stopped them.

The reason is also very simple. Haotian Mining is just suspected of ripping off customers. The actual situation requires further investigation.

After all, theoretically speaking, there is a possibility that the goods valued at 2,000 Hunlings may end up being worth only 300 Hunlings after being appraised by the master of mining.

Prince Huan is not someone to be trifled with.

Immediately, he was ready to have a fight with the market inspection team.

Anyway, with his side of the story, he won't be afraid no matter how big the issue gets.

Seeing a violent conflict about to break out.

Suddenly.

A majestic voice sounded: "Stop it!"

As soon as the words fell, Jun Hao Shenzi, who had been lurking on one side for a long time, finally appeared and stood between the market inspection team and Prince Huan.

"I have met the Lord Jun Hao."

When Elder Chongyang, the captain of the market inspection team, saw it was him, he immediately saluted him politely.

But the attitude of Prince Huan next to him was very unfriendly.

He looked at God Son Jun Hao up and down with provocative eyes: "It turns out to be God Son Jun Hao~ What, you want to protect this black shop?"

Divine Son Jun Hao glanced at him and did not answer. Instead, he looked at Duanmu Jinhua: "Senior Jinhua, what happened?"

Duanmu Jinhua saw his divine son coming, as if he had seen a savior. He hurriedly stepped forward and cried out, "Your Highness Jun Hao, we were wronged~ wronged~"

Normally, he would definitely not be so polite to Jun Hao, but at this moment, he didn't care so much anymore, and his tone was as polite as he could.

While complaining about the injustice, he quickly told the story again, and there were many hints in his words. Among them, it should be that Prince Huan was causing trouble and deliberately framed the blame.

Although he didn't know exactly how Prince Huan was framed, he didn't need God Son Jun Hao to really find out about the matter. He only needed God Son Jun Hao to withstand Prince Huan for a period of time, waiting for the family elders and Taoist Master Bai Jun. Once you arrive, nothing will be a problem.

After hearing this, Godson Jun Hao was indeed angry.

He frowned and glared at Prince Huan, angrily scolded: "Prince Huan, do you dare to accuse our Haotian Temple of opening a black shop?"

"Hahaha~" Prince Jian also laughed angrily, "Why do you mean that I wronged you for opening a black shop? Today's matter is being watched by so many pairs of eyes. It's not just because I say it's wrong. Lord Jun Hao, you really are. If you want to protect this black shop, don’t blame me for not giving you face.”

Unexpectedly, God Son Jun Hao seemed to be insulted when he heard this, and seemed even angrier than him: "You can insult this Son of God, but the reputation of our Haotian Temple for countless years cannot be blasphemed! Our Haotian Temple has always been open and fair, and categorically It is impossible to cheat. Today, I, the Son of God, will prove it to you!"

As he spoke, he suddenly looked at the captain of the market inspection team behind him.

"Elder Chongyang!"

"I'm here." Elder Chongyang took a step forward and bowed slightly.

"Investigate! We must get to the bottom of the truth today and restore our Haotian Temple's innocence!" God Son Jun Hao had a righteous expression on his face, and his aura was high, as sharp as an unsheathed sword. "Inspection team, seal it up immediately." Check all the accounts of Haotian Mining on the spot! Let the entire immortal world take a look, there will definitely be no problems with the properties under our Haotian Temple’s name.”

"Here!"

Elder Chongyang's heart trembled, and he secretly thought that something big had happened.

However, now that the matter has come to this, with Prince Huan and Divine Son Jun Hao watching at the scene, and countless people watching from outside, he does not dare to risk the disdain of the world and offend Divine Son Jun Hao at this time.

At the moment, he had no choice but to lead the inspection team to search Haotian Mining.

Unexpectedly.

He had just started the search when Jun Hao, the Son of God, said suddenly: "In order to prove the innocence of the Haotian Temple, I would like to ask Prince Huan to supervise the search together with this Son of God."

"Okay, I will supervise with you to see how dark this store is."

Prince Huan climbed up along the pole, and Dang even with Shenzi Jun Hao, supervised the inspection team's search.

Under such circumstances, even if the inspection team wanted to cover up something for Haotian Mining, they would have no chance.

Soon, all the ledgers were moved to the lobby.

Later, under the "unintentional guidance" of God Son Jun Hao, the inspection team discovered several well-hidden secret rooms.

The secret room is not small, and there are many "raw spiritual stones" piled up in different categories.

Godson Jun Hao and Prince Huan specially asked someone to identify them, and found that the raw spiritual stones were all man-made fakes.

Of course, the rough stone itself is the real rough stone, and the fake refers to the fake appearance.

There are two main directions for counterfeiting. One is to use artificial means to create an excellent appearance, making people feel that the best products can be found inside. Second, they relied on splicing to forge some fake products with genuine spiritual stones inside.

As a large number of fakes were discovered, the onlookers were once again in an uproar.

Duanmu Jinhua's face turned extremely ugly, and the shopkeeper and the clerks were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground.

"God Son Jun Hao, what else do you have to say?" Prince Huan glanced at God Son Jun Hao, his eyes full of ridicule, "It seems that your Haotian Temple is not that clean."

Probably because of his physical and mental comfort, his pair of dark golden beast eyes had turned amber again at this moment, and he looked noble and lazy again.

On the other hand, Divine Son Jun Hao seemed to be stimulated, his face turned blue and white.

He was so "angry" that he grabbed the shopkeeper and his voice seemed to be tempered with ice: "Tell me! What's going on?!"

"Don't try to get away with this! Tarnishing the reputation of my temple will definitely alarm my master! If you explain in advance, I, the Son of God, can give you a chance to atone for your sins!"

The shopkeeper was frightened and immediately explained everything in public.

Duanmu Jinhua couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.

It turns out that the two fake rough stones were props used to lure gamblers.

Counterfeit products with spiritual stones inside can be used to give gamblers a taste of sweetness, allowing them to gradually lose themselves in successive profits.

The former is the ultimate weapon used for massacre!

When some of the target "fat sheep gamblers" lose, they also provide loan gambling funds to further lock them in. As the situation gets deeper and deeper, even gamblers with good backgrounds will inevitably end up bankrupt.

Shocking!

Even Lord Jun Hao, who already knew the dangers involved, couldn't help but feel angry after hearing these tricks to play with people's hearts.

"Snapped!"

He directly slapped his Quasi-God Son token on the table.

"Investigate! Thoroughly investigate! I will get to the bottom of this matter today! Whoever dares to cover up, I, the quasi-god, will immediately summon the master to take charge of the overall situation!"

"Yes, Your Highness."

When Elder Chongyang and others saw this, they immediately gave up their illusions and decided to make meritorious deeds.

He just took some benefits and turned a blind eye. Even if he was really found out, when Qiu Hou settled the accounts, the crime would be far less serious than Duanmu's.

At this time, the shocked expressions on the faces of the spectators outside the Gambling Stone Shop gradually faded away, and turned into expressions of relish in eating melons again.

They didn't expect that the plot would turn out to be so twists and turns if they just came here to watch a gambling stone.

I don’t even dare to write this in my storybook~!

Moreover, after today's commotion, Haotian Mining is completely finished, and even the Duanmu clan behind it is in big trouble~

Even Taoist Master Bai Jun, who is related by marriage to their family, might also be affected.

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A few days later.

[Haotian Mining Case] ​​is still being excavated in depth, and the public opinion wave caused by it is also wave after wave, sweeping through Haotian City like a huge wind and huge waves. As the "backstage mastermind" of the incident, the Goddess Jun Hao and the Goddess Qingli , Wang Lizi and the others are fine for the time being.

Naturally, they did not continue to stay at the Gambling Stone Shop.

now.

The first food pavilion in Taihaotian - Haotian Pavilion.

In a very luxuriously decorated box.

"Brother Jun Hao, people thought they would never see you again."

"Sister Yun'er! No, no, we will never be separated forever."

Lord Jun Hao was holding a sword and was so excited that he could not help himself. Tears welled up in his eyes, as if he had met a lover he had not seen for three lifetimes.

They talked to each other sincerely, such as "Brother Junhao is the best in the world", "You are my number one sister", etc. These disgusting and personal words kept coming out as if they were free of charge.

Goddess Qingli and Wang Lizi looked at this scene with goosebumps all over their bodies.

The former really couldn't stand it anymore. He frowned and suddenly looked at Wang Lizi next to him with pretense of doubt: "Sister Lizi, if brother Junhao picks up a half-step divine sword, Dingyun will still be his number one." Sister?"

Wang Lizi hasn’t answered yet~

Over there, Godson Jun Hao had already glared at her: "Qingli girl, go, go, don't make trouble."

"Brother Jun Hao, is what she said true?"

"How is that possible? Let alone the Half-Step Divine Sword, even if it is the Divine Sword, sister Yun'er will always be my number one sister."

"Brother Junhao, you are so kind."

Then, in order to prevent Sister Qingli and Sister Lici from causing trouble again and affecting his relationship with Dingyun Daojian, Jun Hao quickly changed the subject and expressed his gratitude to the two of them: "Two sisters, thanks to you this time, That’s why I redeemed Sister Yun’er. To express my gratitude, I’ll treat you to another meal.”

"But I agreed in advance that the meal cost cannot exceed 100 Chaos Spirit Stones! You have to leave some money for me to practice~"

In this wave, Godson Jun Hao made a lot of money, and his bold and cheerful demeanor was reborn again.

"This time, Brother Jun Hao doesn't have to spend any money." Goddess Qingli declined after hearing this, "We already have a sponsor for the treat today."

"Who?" Divine Son Jun Hao suddenly became more vigilant.

"Of course it's my prince."

A cheerful and heroic voice sounded.

Godson Jun Hao immediately looked at the sound.

They saw Prince Huan, surrounded by several stunning beauties, swaggering towards them.

He had a smile that was as refreshing as spring breeze on his face, and his brilliant blond hair swayed slightly as he walked, showing off freely and uninhibitedly.

The armor he was wearing had been replaced at some point, and was replaced by a set of black armor with red lines. It looked more showy than the previous set of black armor, and it also matched his temperament better.

"Goddess Qingli, Goddess Lici, you can eat today. Even if you eat up all the Haotian Pavilion, this prince will not feel sorry for you."

"By the way, I heard that Goddess Li Ci likes to eat brains. As your friend, I, Prince Huan, have made a deal. I specially brought two pairs of borneols for us to enjoy together."

After saying that, Prince Huan glanced at Lord Jun Hao provocatively, with obvious contempt in his eyes.

That look in his eyes seemed to say "The poor man crawls"!

The two people's eyes met in mid-air, and violent sparks suddenly arose.

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