"Da Deng Shout" translates to "Big Golden Pond" or "Big Golden Lake", it is said that a long time ago, this place was still the river course of Ruili River, due to the slightly higher terrain, a large whirlpool was formed, and later the river water changed its course, gradually forming a village.

  All the way, every household passing by has a clean and spacious courtyard, a large backyard full of banana trees, tangerines, phoenix tail bamboo and other crops. The houses have traditional bamboo buildings, as well as new two-story buildings that have been transformed into brick and wood structures. In any case, each one is tall, neat, bright, and not a few still follow the tradition of pasting Dai red door couplets.

  The fence around the garden is full of all kinds of flowers and grasses. The quiet hanging bucket in mid-air faces the stone well, representing this rich village still likes to irrigate and work in its own original way.

  Lin Luoran liked this kind of environment very much and was in high spirits all along the way.

  When the Dai people looked at them with their eyes, Lin Luo Ran responded with a kind smile and always received the same kindness in return.

  The uncle of the clan didn't like this kind of open and aboveboard place to secretly trade rough stones, furrowing his brow: "Why did Old Myanmar choose a place like this? Nowadays, people in our line of work are doing things more and more like outsiders."

  Liu Zhaobu didn't respond with a yes or no: "The more dangerous the place is, the safer it will be. Who would have thought that this time we'd end up shouting in Da E."

  A Dai man with a curious look on his face walked up to us smiling and asked, "Friends from afar, are you here for tourism?" As he spoke, he rubbed the tip of his nose three times with his right hand.

  "Alright, we were introduced by Boss Zhang, surname Liu, no need to probe further."

  As expected, the Dai people's smile became more genuine, and they made a gesture of invitation.

  Lin Luoran couldn't help but laugh inwardly, this was like a secret meeting with an underground party, it was too cautious.

  The Dai people led Lin Luo Ran and the others into a small farmyard, under the lush green leaves of the banana trees, where a group of people were making a ruckus. At first glance, there was Zhang Laoban, Wang Jie, even that Guangzhou guy from last time, all familiar faces, plus those they didn't know, totaling twenty or thirty people, all squeezed into this not-too-large farmyard, giving off a lively and noisy atmosphere.

  She first greeted Wang and then chatted with Zhang, the boss. Liu Zhen introduced Lin Luoran to others as the new raw material purchaser of the Liu family. There were also old men present who had seen Lin Luoran unsealing stones at Zhang's place last time. Upon hearing Liu Zhen's introduction, they all congratulated the Liu family for finding a "lucky goddess".

  Of course, all of this is just superficial flattery, Lin Luo Ran doesn't know what others are thinking in their hearts and it's also not something he can control.

  Strange, where is Cui Huanzi?

  Lin Luoran took advantage of Liu Zha and the host's casual conversation to secretly observe the crowd. Cui Huanzi's figure was so conspicuous, and after a glance around, he indeed wasn't there.

  But as expected, I saw Aili and Li Anping under an orange tree. Miss Ai was wealthy and arrogant with several followers, but she couldn't compare to Rui's little bug on this side, the red spots on her wrist were getting angry.

  Li Anping saw her as soon as Lin Luoran walked in.

  Rui Li's average annual temperature is 21°, Lin Luo Ran's physical condition is not as good as before, even if the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, she only wears a thin camel-colored windbreaker, with her hair tied in a ponytail, simple but elegant.

  Not to mention Li Anping sneaking glances at her, those wealthy and arrogant jade merchants were also staring. Women who played with gambling stones were rare to begin with, let alone such a beautiful woman.

  Feeling Li Anping's gaze was somewhat resentful and sultry, to be honest Lin Luoran almost threw up, very much wanting to directly tell Mr. Li, your current girlfriend is right next to you, what are you expressing emotions towards me for?

  Liu Zhao also saw Ai Li and her group, remembering the scene at Zhang's quarry where Ai Li and Li Anping had a falling out. He took a few steps forward, just in time to block Li Anping's flirtatious glances.

  Ai Li's eyes narrowed slightly as she took in Li Anping's expression, a hint of mockery flashing across her lips.

  A dark and thin Burmese-looking man, seemingly the leader of this time, asked in Mandarin with a foreign accent: "Is everyone here? If everyone is here, we will begin!"

  Aerie's face was one-third covered by sunglasses, coldly saying: "We can't let a group of people wait for one person, we can start now."

  The Burmese man was very dissatisfied that someone had snatched his speaking rights, but since the person who did it was a woman, he didn't bother to argue with her.

  "...Wait..." The panting voice could be heard from across the yard, and Lin Luo immediately knew it was Cui Huanzi.

  Cui Pangzi arrived in Ruili a few days earlier than Lin Luoran, but he went God knows where to fool around and didn't even travel with Wang Jie, only arriving now.

  Just as Lin Luoran thought so, Cui Pang's massive body burst into the yard, with sweat all over his head and face.

  Lin Luoran smiled and said: "Cui Ge, how are you...". The word 'lai' was still on the tip of her tongue when she saw the person following Cui Pangzi, and the word couldn't be spoken.

  What's going on? I've seen a ghost! How did he end up here too?

  Mu Tian Nan also saw Lin Luo Ran, his face was as changeable as a chameleon, and finally turned into a cold hum, with the same attitude as when they last met.

  Lin Luoran looked at Cui Pangzi, then at the scowling face of Mu Yanruo, unable to determine their relationship. She could only keep her mouth shut and pretend she hadn't seen Mu Tiannan.

  Good heavens! Such an encounter with old friends in a foreign land is really a test of one's mental endurance.

  Lin Luoran asked Wang Miao'e in a low voice, "What's this person's background?"

  Who would have thought that Wang Miao'e almost blew up, "The spring-colored jade pendant you brought back a few days ago was actually taken by Cui Pangzi and sold to this surname Mu. Clearly knowing that I liked that piece of jade, Cui Pangzi actually rebelled for the first time... This surname Mu is simply a forced buyer and seller!"

  Xu Mu's wealth is evident from his arrogant attitude and the sports car he drives. Although the Spring Festival jadeite is good, it's not a particularly rare or valuable piece of jade. Is it really worth buying at such a high price? Lin Luo Ran had a faint feeling that something was off and asked: "Is it just because Xu Mu has a good relationship with Cui Ge that he bought it for him as a favor? Sister Wang, don't be angry, we all know how Cui Ge treats you."

  Wang Miao'e's complexion improved slightly, and she complained to Lin Luoran: "What kind of friendship is this? Didn't he just buy a piece of jade material last time and have us find someone to carve it into an Eight Immortals longevity gift? This person is really strange, and later on, he even wanted the leftover scraps from before. Where were we supposed to find them?"

  Rich people are often stingy, but for someone like him to be so stingy is abnormal. Lin Luoran thought for a moment and lowered her voice: "But what's special about that piece of jade that others are willing to pay a price to find the leftover scraps?"

  Wang Miao'e frowned, and after a while said: "It's just that the water is a bit better, nothing else is unusual, it was from Zhang Boss' place last time... Ah, you were there too that day, we had just met!"

  It was said that it was bought from Old Zhang's place as a raw stone, Lin Luoran's heart became somewhat anxious and tense, then hearing that it was on that day...

  Heaven, won't it just be that piece of raw stone I sensed with my spiritual energy?

  "Was it that day when Brother Cui spent 10.5 million to buy that piece?" Lin Luo Ran suppressed his nervousness, pretending to have thought for a long time before remembering.

  "Sister, you have a good memory, but it's not that piece! If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have sold it to him. Now it's causing so much trouble!" Wang Miao sighed and said, "But doing business is all about making money. When there's money to be made, we would sell to anyone at the time."

  Lin Luoran's mind was a bit confused, that piece of spiritual stone had something different, probably no one in this world understood it better than her.

  That day, she used her spiritual energy to detect the original stone, but unexpectedly, the pearl absorbed the spiritual energy from the jade material in an instant. Lin Luoran did something like a thief for the first time and couldn't help feeling a little guilty. Fortunately, the pearl sensed her thoughts and returned some auspicious and pure spiritual energy.

  So Cui Pangzi's original stone should be considered Lin Luoran's first hand-carved jade, and now that she hears Mu Rouxu's words, she can't help but feel guilty.

  Lin Luoran quietly looked over there, Cui Baozi introduced Mu Yanruo to those jade merchants with a bitter face, Mu Yanruo seemed to have noticed Lin Luoran's prying eyes and looked back this way.

  Lin Luo narrowed her neck, somewhat suspicious that Mu Yun's request for her to participate in the competition was not accidental.

  Is he really concerned about participating in the competition or finding a transformed version of himself with the jade?

  Could it be... Mu Rong Fu or someone behind him has discovered that he is a Cultivator?