The Greatest Village Doctor In The World

Chapter 829: Feeble Spiritual Energy

Ling Feng nodded, "Hearing you say that, I’m relieved!"

From the beginning until now, he had asked several times about the arrangements for the two of them, and Chen Xiao and Zhang Meng were genuinely touched, nodding their heads together as they said, "Thank you, Brother Ling, for your concern. We’ll be fine!"

"Hmm, after the mission is over, let’s have a good drink back home," Ling Feng said with a smile.

Zhang He, watching from the side, felt a wave of sourness in his heart and couldn’t help but say, "Hey, don’t steal the spotlight, okay? These are my men; at this rate, they’re almost calling you boss!"

Ling Feng chuckled, winked at Chen Xiao and Zhang Meng, and said, "Alright, enough said. Your boss is getting jealous!"

The two of them also smiled and didn’t say any more.

During lunch, as the person in charge of the mission, Zhang He organized the direction for the afternoon’s operation.

Even though the gemstone gambling was just a pretense, they still couldn’t appear too extravagant; even if Ling Feng didn’t know how to evaluate stones, they still needed to buy a few for appearance’s sake.

Ling Feng fully agreed with this idea, nodding as he said, "If I can’t find the secret within the stones, then you make the purchases while I follow!"

"What do you mean?" Zhang He glanced at him.

"Nothing much, I just want to save some money!" Ling Feng shrugged.

Zhang He glared, "So my money isn’t real money?"

"You’re the director, what’s wrong with spending a bit more money?" Ling Feng asked.

"And you’re the chairman of a corporation, aren’t you richer than me?" Zhang He’s eyes went round.

"Alright, alright, we just need to buy a few inconspicuous jade raw stones, it won’t cost much. If you guys keep arguing, I won’t go with you anymore!" Feng Ling said impatiently from the side.

Seeing her displeasure, the two of them finally shut up.

After lunch, the three of them went downstairs, took a car, and headed over to the stadium.

The gemstone gambling event was just a casual name people used; the official title was the Jade Raw Stone Trade and Exchange Convention. When they arrived at the venue, it had already opened, and a good number of people were queuing to enter.

All three had their number tags and, after verifying their admission credentials at the entrance, entered the stadium together.

The scene was buzzing with noise, not just from the chattering of visitors, but also the public address system of the organizers spouting something unintelligible, which Ling Feng couldn’t understand, so he looked to Feng Ling for help.

"They’re introducing the convention’s schedule. Over the next few days, various raw stones will be exhibited, and today is just a part of what they have," Feng Ling explained.

"Oh, so does this mean we’ve got to come here for the next few days?" Ling Feng scratched his head.

He thought he could complete the mission this afternoon, but it seemed he had underestimated the complexity of the situation!

"Not only do we have to come continuously, but we must also closely observe the environment on-site. Look at that booth over there; there are too many stones laid out. If you’re not careful, somebody could just walk off with something," Feng Ling said, pointing towards the center of the stadium.

Ling Feng glanced over, where half a football field was already filled with raw stone booths.

Each booth had a ten-meter-long table, covered with stones of various shapes and sizes. Some looked pitch black, others were covered in dust — at first glance, they just looked like ordinary rocks.

Ling Feng was astonished, "Are those raw stones?"

"Yeah, they seem unremarkable on the outside, but some of them really do contain treasures. You might buy a stone for a hundred thousand, and in the blink of an eye, it could be worthless, or it could skyrocket in value by dozens or even hundreds of times!" Feng Ling said.

Ling Feng nodded, "No wonder it’s called gemstone gambling; it’s almost like gambling!"

He had only occasionally heard about gemstone gambling before but experiencing it firsthand at the venue revealed it was even more thrilling than he had imagined.

Visitors and gemstone gamblers were continuously flowing into the convention, and the three of them moved with the crowd into the exhibition area. Zhang He then turned and asked, "Hey, have you noticed anything?"

Ling Feng shook his head, "I’ve looked, but I haven’t discovered anything!"

"It’s all gone to hell!"

Zhang He said, a flash of disappointment in his eyes.

Ling Feng chuckled: "If there’s nothing in the stone, what can I discover?"

"Huh?"

Zhang He froze, immediately stopping in his tracks, and looked at Ling Feng together with Feng Ling: "Can you really see inside the stone?"

"Don’t get so excited, calm down, calm down!" Ling Feng laughed.

"Calm my ass, hurry up and tell us, can you detect anything?" Zhang He’s eyes bulged, nearly pouncing.

Seeing that he was truly anxious, Ling Feng nodded: "Alright, I’ll tell you. I can indeed sense what’s inside the stone, but it’s not some kind of x-ray vision, it’s the detection of Spiritual Energy!"

"Huh?" Zhang He looked puzzled.

Feng Ling, however, seemed to understand: "I get it now, the jade also contains Spiritual Energy, just not as concentrated as in Spirit Stones, but it’s still usable, right?"

Ling Feng nodded, then gave her head a pat, delivering a ’head-pat kill’: "That’s right, very smart!"

Feng Ling smiled: "This explains why Yu Linglong came to my father, looking to buy quality jade stones!"

"They were in urgent need of Spirit Stones then, but unfortunately, the scarcity here is frustrating, so they had to settle for the next best thing!"

Ling Feng had just come to understand as well, but with the air of a know-it-all, he said solemnly.

"Then what are we waiting for, I don’t care if you have x-ray vision or not, let’s take a round and look at all the raw stones!" Zhang He said.

"You can do that if you’re not afraid of being exposed," Ling Feng said as he looked at him.

Zhang He startled, then came to a realization, "Alright, then we’ll take our time, we have the whole afternoon anyway!"

The meaning behind Ling Feng’s words was clear, everyone else looked at the stones leisurely, one by one. If he ran around like he was looking for treasure, who with eyes couldn’t see the problem?

So, to avoid detection, it was better to keep a lower profile!

Thus, the three of them went from stall to stall, just like the other people.

After visiting two stalls, Ling Feng still had no reaction, and Zhang He was getting impatient: "Look, big brother, can you do this or not? After dozens of raw stones, you’ve found nothing?"

Ling Feng looked at him: "Are jade stones that abundant now? Do you think every raw stone contains some?"

"But not even a little?" Zhang He asked with a bitter face.

"There were a few that had something inside, but I wasn’t interested!" Ling Feng said earnestly.

Zhang He: "..."

"That person’s buying a raw stone, let’s go take a look!"

At that moment, Feng Ling pointed ahead and spoke to the two of them.

Ling Feng looked up and then said: "Let’s go, that person has a good eye, there’s something inside!"

Now Zhang He couldn’t care to say anything else and quickly walked over there.

Most of the people who came to the stadium today were tourists there for the spectacle; not many actually had the purchasing power. After all, the price of raw stones ranged from a few hundred yuan per kilogram to tens of thousands, and it was not something that the average person could just decide to buy.

So, whenever someone bought a raw stone, it was the moment the tourists loved the most!