When 'God' Decides To Start Over
Chapter 117 - 90 Zhongshan City_2

Chapter 117: Chapter 90 Zhongshan City_2

For those who’ve already tasted the sweetness, even if they encounter an A-level Dark Maze once, they’ll just think they were unlucky this time.

"In that case, let’s sign up for the trial too," Afei said.

Li Xiu nodded, he had the same intention. The Dark Maze wasn’t a problem for him; getting rewards and body enhancements without having to pay any price would be the best.

Li Xiu wasn’t short on money before, but now he had to support Demigod Shana and really lacked money, so saving a bit would be good.

Moreover, body enhancement was very important for Li Xiu. The Fire Lotus Sword was still too heavy; he needed his body to become stronger.

Li Xiu, Sha Chu, and Afei all signed up for the Trial Taker selection. Compared to these unremarkable individuals, Li Xiu was stronger than most of them, not to mention Afei and Sha Chu.

Except for Li Xiu’s low score in the speed test, the other test scores were high.

In the final comprehensive scoring, Li Xiu was unexpectedly eliminated, while Afei and Sha Chu easily made it.

"Fire Lotus Sword, oh Fire Lotus Sword, what exactly are you doing?" Li Xiu sighed lightly, but didn’t think much of it.

After Afei and Sha Chu were taken to the City Lord’s Mansion, Li Xiu and Ximen Guan stayed in a hotel within the city.

Beside the hotel was Gemstone Street; after dinner, Li Xiu set out to stroll around Gemstone Street nearby.

Li Xiu asked Ximen Guan to join him, but he refused, staying alone behind closed doors in his room, busy with something unknown.

Zhongshan City, located at the intersection of Guyue City and Red Sand City, doesn’t produce gemstones, but there are many gemstone merchants from other parts of the Southern Cross Federation.

Gemstone Street is quite bustling; besides the stores, street vendors can be seen everywhere along the street.

They spread cloth on the ground or set up a worn-out table and sell gemstones there.

Usually, gemstones aren’t placed on the table; when a customer comes to look, the vendor takes out small plastic bags, each containing various gemstones, mainly rubies, sapphires, and spinels.

There are also some cheaper ones like tourmalines, peridots, aquamarines, zircons, topazes, moonstones, etc.

However, most gemstones sold at these stalls are of poor quality, especially rubies and sapphires, which are full of impurities, and few are large; some even sell raw stones directly.

Li Xiu suspected that many vendors were gemstone miners, who dug gems from black mines and brought them here to sell.

Of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that some were doing business without cost, robbing gemstones outside and selling them here.

Li Xiu walked along, not caring about the appearance, cut, or brilliance of the gemstones; he didn’t care whether the gemstones were big or small, mainly whether the gemstones made him feel hungry.

As he walked and looked, he was somewhat disappointed; gemstones nurturing magic spirits were indeed rare. He had seen no less than a thousand gemstones along the way, yet not one could make him feel hungry.

"What kind of gemstone is this?" Li Xiu finally discovered a gemstone at a roadside stall that made him hungry.

The stall just had a rag with a pile of colorful gemstones on it, ranging from as small as a fingernail to larger than a mahjong tile.

"This here is authentic natural Topaz, and that is natural Crystal Stone." The old man enthusiastically responded when he heard Li Xiu asking.

Although Li Xiu hadn’t paid much attention to gemstones before, he knew a bit about them commonly.

Topaz as a gemstone was quite common before the magic spirits descended; even now, Topaz isn’t very expensive because it’s rarely used to open a Trial Gate, and the production of Topaz is very high, so its value is naturally not high.

The hardness and refractive index of Topaz are relatively high among gemstones, even close to diamonds.

When Topaz was first discovered, someone mistook it for diamonds.

A diamond on a king’s crown was later proven to be a colorless Topaz.

Natural Topaz is mostly colorless, with a few having hues of orange, yellow, blue, and red.

Most Topaz sold on the market previously had undergone treatment, like laser or coating, showing blue or pink colors, and such Topaz itself wasn’t very valuable.

The colorful Topaz displayed at the old man’s stall was clearly the kind that had undergone color treatment, suitable for jewelry but not very good for feeding magic spirits.

Of course, if it were true natural Topaz, especially the yellow Topaz known as Emperor Topaz, its value would be another matter.

"Is this one also Topaz?" Li Xiu pointed to a deep blue Topaz and asked.

"Authentic natural London Blue Topaz. Look at this color, this cut; this brilliance in the droplet, weighs over thirteen carats. You won’t find another Topaz as perfect as this on the whole street, only in exchange for fifty pounds of rice..." The old man saw Li Xiu as a novice and went on to exaggerate.

"I don’t have rice; how about I trade this raw stone for it?" Li Xiu took out a Pink Spinel Raw Stone, placing it in his palm for the old man to see.