âWhat?â
âThis one is missing a leg! It wonât even stand upright, what use could it be?â Waltz spoke up, visibly
confused.
Alexâs eyes lit up and replied calmly, âItâs the heaviest.â
Waltz was speechless. âI guess weâre buying the scrap metal then. Hey, Tobias, my brother wants the
shabbiest one. Whatâs your price? Weigh it and get this over with.â
Alex smiled without saying a word, he was extremely excited.
The shabby alchemy stove may be missing a leg, but it was the best out of the three. He could feel a
slight flow of energy within the stove. This indicates that this shabby stove could be a mystical object.
Tobias smiled. âMs. Fleur, if your brother likes it, he can just take it, I wonât ask for money! This thing
was a waste of space anyway. I wouldâve thrown it out if the base wasnât still intact.â
âOkay, Iâll be taking it then.â
The stove wasnât big, yet it was quite heavy.
However, such weight was nothing to Alex.
Just as they were leaving the store, someone barged in and exclaimed excitedly. âTobias, Tobias!
Weâre in the green! In the green! A glassy imperial jadeite, itâs quite ancient too! Itâs going to be a big
deal!â
Tobiasâ face flushed from excitement. âOh my god, really? A glassy jadeite too? How big is it? Where is
it? Bring me to it now!â
Suddenly, Tobias snapped back to reality, he realized that the two powerful figures, Waltz and Alex
were still in his store. He turned around and apologized. âSorry, Ms. Fleur. I lost my senses for a
second there.â
Waltz asked, âWhat were you guys talking about? What do you mean by âin the greenâ?â
Tobias replied, âThatâs a slang within the stone gambling community. In the green means that someone
found jadeite from the ores. A glassy imperial jadeite would be one of the best out there.â
âJadeites?â
Alex could feel his heart pounding harder.
He was able to absorb some Chi from a jade last time, helping him improve The Force to the third level.
He was able to sense the Chi flowing within the jade, hence he was wondering if he could feel it within
the ores as well.
With this thought still in mind, he turned to Waltz. âWaltz, Iâm a little interested in stone gambling, can
we go take a look too?â
Waltz wasnât interested in any way.
Money didnât even matter to her, let alone stone gambling.
The only thing she was interested in was martial arts.
However, since Alex was so enthusiastic in going, she couldnât refuse.
They left the stove back in the store again and headed towards the stone gambling store. The news
about the glassy imperial jadeite spread like wildfire and the store had become extremely crowded.
Everyone was talking about the lucky guy who bought the stone.
The guy was still around too. It was an old man and he was jumping from excitement.
His stone wasnât completely cut yet and someone was using high water pressure to get the jade out
carefully.
Normally, glassy imperial jades were more expensive than the one that Felix gifted him, implying that
Chi should be flowing within this jade too. However, Alex couldnât even sense a hint of Chi in the jade at
all.
He shook his head gently, he knew that he was getting too hopeful.
If every piece of jade were to have Chi within them, he would be able to absorb an insane amount of
Chi by paying a visit to a jade store.
This meant that only a small number of jades would have Chi flowing in them.
Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice within the crowd. âHoney, Iâd like to try stone gambling, I want to be
in the green too!â
Alex lifted his gaze and realized that the woman speaking was Chloe Marionette.