Lin Xuan took a few steps closer and squeezed into the crowd. He finally saw what was on the stall.

They were spherical objects wrapped in earthen yellow rocks. They were all about the same size and were about the size of a human head.

At this moment, there were more than 300 stalls.

There were also many rocks that had been knocked open beside him.

The stall owner was a dark-skinned middle-aged man in his forties. He looked very honest, but every time he shouted, his eyes would reveal a hint of shrewdness.

“Brother, what are these?” Lin Xuan casually asked the martial artist beside him.

“A stone cocoon.”

Lin Xuan wanted to ask more questions, but the other party was too lazy to answer.

Lin Xuan used a High-Level Observer skill on the stall owner.

The middle-aged man’s name was Liu Qiang, and he was at level one Seventh Realm. His skills, equipment, and rune group were all new. The highest grade was precious purple, and there was not a single peerless golden item.

Lin Xuan wanted to continue observing.

A tall and thin martial artist walked over. “Old Liu, give me ten boxes!”

With that said, he exchanged 9,000 essence.

“Alright! I see that your glabella is glowing today. You’ll definitely be able to get something!” Liu Qiang chuckled and immediately took out a short knife to cut the stone.

The first one was empty.

The second one was empty.

The third contained an uncommon green dagger.

The fourth one was empty.

…

On the tenth, Liu Qiang had just opened a crack when a ferocious golden light emitted from it!

That golden light almost made Liu Qiang unable to open his eyes!

The thin martial artist was shocked. “Damn?! A golden light?!”

Everyone also craned their necks.

There were people buying ten boxes every day, but it was very rare for them to see a golden light.

9,000 essence for a peerless golden grade item. Be it a golden skill book or equipment, it was a huge profit! Even if it was a rune, it still would not be a loss.

Liu Qiang was also very happy. “Do you see that?! I’ve been telling you guys that you could get a golden grade item here! There are so many Mystery Boxes in the market. However, mine are the only ones with golden grade items!”

“Alright, alright, hurry up and open it.”

“I’ll buy some too. I’ll definitely buy them next time! However, you should still open the stone cocoon quickly. I can’t wait to see what’s inside!”

The martial artists urged Liu Qiang.

Liu Qiang kept them in suspense before carefully opening the stone cocoon.

A pair of blue boots that seemed to be covered by a breeze appeared in front of everyone.

Through his High-Level Observer skill, Lin Xuan immediately saw that this was a peerless golden grade foot equipment.

The effect was also quite good. It had a +30% movement speed and a high dodging rate.

The thin martial artist hugged the two items in his arms and was overjoyed.

“Old Liu, I’ll come here to open the mystery box again next time!” The thin martial artist ran away, afraid that others would snatch his treasure from him.

The other martial artists seemed to be still immersed in the golden light. They smacked their lips and were very emotional.

“I wanted to choose that stone cocoon just now. Unfortunately, I still chose the one beside it in the end.”

“Damn! Me too. I was only one step away from that stone cocoon! Why didn’t I choose that one?”

“What a pity. If only I could get a golden grade item too.”

“Stop thinking about it. There have only been seven or eight people who have obtained a golden grade item in the past month.”

The martial artists talked at once, wishing they could be that person.

Lin Xuan was surprised.

What was the origin of this stone cocoon?

It actually included equipment, skill books, and runes?

He wondered if he could use his Observer skill to see through it.

He squatted down and prepared to use High-Level Observer to see what was going on.

“Little brother, don’t think about it. With your observation skill, you won’t be able to see through the stone cocoon. These things contain the strange rules of the Little Spirit Mountain. Even some Ninth Realm big shots might not be able to see through this stone cocoon.”

Liu Qiang noticed Lin Xuan and chuckled.

Lin Xuan asked, “Then what grade and level of Observer do you need to be able to see it?”

Liu Qiang was stunned and subconsciously said, “How would I know…”

Then, he paused and said solemnly, “I think you should be able to see it if you have the peerless golden grade Observer skill that’s at the level one Eighth Realm, right?”

Lin Xuan had a strange expression.

Huh?

Then why was it that he could see it clearly?

Lin Xuan casually used his High-Level Observer skill and immediately saw what was wrapped inside.

In this short period of time just now, he had already seen seven or eight stone cocoons, but he had not seen any stone cocoon that contained a peerless golden item.

“Hahahaha! Old Liu, you must be joking. Who would invest their precious experience points and essence into the Observer skill?”

“I’m afraid there aren’t many people in the entire Construction Division who have peerless golden Observer skills.”

Beside Lin Xuan, a fatty suddenly said, “I heard that the Construction Division once wanted to nurture such a person. They wanted this person to avoid learning any attack or defense skills and only focus on learning supplementary skills. Among these skills, there were many skills such as Observer and Perception. However, they later failed.”

“Why did it fail?” the person beside him asked.

Liu Qiang was also puzzled. “That’s right. The Construction Division is huge. As long as the resources are tilted, they should be able to forcefully create such a person.”

The fatty shook his head. “This kind of martial artist enjoys a lot of resources. The resources consumed by such a person would be equivalent to seven or eight people, but they don’t have any combat strength and need to be protected at all times.”

“The person we nurtured previously was assassinated by a spy from another organization when he had just grown to the Third Realm. After that, the Construction Division no longer brought up this plan again. They must have given up.”

Many martial artists also sighed complicatedly.

Liu Qiang lowered his head and discovered that this handsome young man was still staring at the stone cocoon tirelessly. He chuckled and said, “Young man, this is your first time coming to the Little Spirit Mountain, right? Do you want to buy ten boxes? I can tell that you’re new. I’ll give you a 20% discount. You can get ten boxes with 7,200 essence.”

Lin Xuan said strangely, “That’s not good, right? You also spent a lot of effort getting these stone cocoons.”

Liu Qiang waved his hand. “I only risked my life to find the stone cocoons in the caves underground. It’s just hard labor.”

Lin Xuan coughed lightly.

The other party’s generosity made him seem a little overboard.

If he took away 1 peerless golden equipment and 1 peerless golden skill book from these 328 stone cocoons, it would really have a bad effect. It would also be a little too high-profile.

That’s right. Just as this group of martial artists was sighing, Lin Xuan had already finished looking at the 328 stone cocoons.

These stone cocoons seemed to have removed their mysterious veil and completely revealed the things wrapped inside in front of him.

After a short moment of thought, Lin Xuan decided to just get a single golden grade item. Otherwise, it would seem like he was bullying this stall owner.

Moreover, the effect of that equipment was very ordinary. If it was placed in Lin Xuan’s hands, it would either be traded or thrown into the smelting table.

Lin Xuan stepped forward and traded for 7,200 essence.

Liu Qiang smiled and said, “Let me choose ten for you. I’ve been opening stone cocoons for more than two years and have some experience.”

Lin Xuan shook his head. “I’ll choose myself. This way, even if there’s no golden grade items, it’s my problem. I won’t be able to blame it on you.”

Liu Qiang smiled speechlessly.

This young man was quite interesting.

“Alright, pick them yourself.”

The martial artists beside him shook their heads repeatedly.

You’re just a newbie and you still want to compete with Liu Qiang, an expert at opening stone cocoons?

“I’ll choose these ten.” Lin Xuan pretended to be very hesitant and chose ten.

“Young man, I advise you to throw that ugly one out. Based on my experience over the past two years, this one is most likely empty.”

Liu Qiang could not help but say when he saw that one of the ten stone cocoons was especially ugly.

Lin Xuan did not know whether to laugh or cry.

The one Liu Qiang was talking about happened to be the stone cocoon that contained the golden grade skill book.

Lin Xuan smiled and said, “I think this one is very unique. I’ll choose this one.”

The surrounding martial artists were helpless again.

This young man was very stubborn.

If one did not listen to the elderly, one would suffer.

Liu Qiang spat on his palm and picked up a short knife to remove the stone cocoon.

The first one was empty.

The second one had a rare blue equipment.

The third had a precious purple profession scroll.

“Eh? This young man is good! What’s that profession scroll?”

“I have a friend who happens to be stuck at level nine Sixth Realm. He’s just short of a profession scroll. Let’s discuss later and see if we can trade.”

The surrounding martial artists were interested.

The newcomer was quite lucky.

Liu Qiang continued to open the stone cocoon.

The fourth one was empty.

The fifth one was empty.

The sixth one was empty.

After missing three times in a row, the surrounding martial artists sighed.

Liu Qiang casually picked up the ugly stone cocoon. “Do you still want to open it? I think it’s not easy for you to be a newcomer. If you don’t open the last four, I’ll refund you 4,000 essence.”

At this moment, Lin Xuan displayed his acting skills that were worthy of the Best Actor Award.

There was a hint of struggle, disappointment, and stubbornness in his expression.

“Open! Continue opening!” Lin Xuan gritted his teeth.

Liu Qiang nodded.

The seventh one shot out golden light!

“Damn?! Am I seeing things?”

“Golden Light? This is the second time we’ve seen it in Old Liu’s stall today!”

“Damn, the newbie’s luck is really awesome! I take back what I said just now. I apologize to the newbie!”

The surrounding martial artists were directly dumbfounded.

Usually, among the dozen stalls in the entire market, there might not even be a single golden grade item every two to three days.

Old Liu’s stall had churned out two golden grade items today!

Liu Qiang was also very excited, and his face turned red. “Young man, it’s as if I don’t have any experience in the past two years! How can such an ugly stone cocoon actually contain a golden grade item?!”

He completely opened the stone cocoon, revealing a dazzling golden skill book.

“Damn, it’s even a skill book!”

“Skill book, equipment, and runes. If I have to choose one of the three, I’ll definitely choose the skill book.”

The martial artists were shocked again.

It was one thing for it to contain a golden grade item, but it actually dropped a golden skill book!

This was actually very easy to understand.

Among golden skill books, equipment, and runes…

Equipment would be worn and shattered.

The effect of runes could only be maximized by gathering rune groups.

However, it would always be worth it for one to learn a peerless golden skill book!

A skill book would accompany a martial artist for the rest of his life and never leave him. It was even to the extent that it was an existence that was superior to your wife.

“Old Liu, I want to buy ten boxes too! Today must be a lucky day!”

“I, I, I, I was here first!”

The martial artists rushed to pay with fanatical expressions.

Liu Qiang personally handed the skill book to Lin Xuan. “Young man, you’re really my lucky star!”

Lin Xuan accepted the skill book.

The skill’s title was “Magic Amplification”. Every peerless golden equipment on his body could provide a 10% all-type magic enhancement.

To ordinary people, providing a 30% increase in magic power was already very impressive.

However, to Lin Xuan, this skill was simply a divine skill.

In his happiness, Lin Xuan did not forget to ask, “Where did you get this stone cocoon?”

At this moment, Liu Qiang was happily collecting the money. “It’s an underground cave to the west of Colony Three. After I finish opening these 300 stone cocoons, I’m prepared to get another batch. Do you want to go? Since you’ve helped me increase my business, I can bring you along.”