The resident stone master mentioned by Lao Dingtou is actually called the chief stone master of the mine. For the sects to which the spirit stone mine belongs, the role of a master-level stone master is unquestionable. The impact of its appraisal level on the economic benefits of the mine is almost decisive.

All the raw stones produced in the mines must be identified by the chief stone genitalist. He will select which raw stones are worth untied on the spot, which raw stones should be sold directly as gambling stones, and those raw stones need to be opened in small windows to be sold as half-gambling raw stones.

Ideally, the chief appraiser should untie all the rough stones with actual value higher than external performance, and sell the rough stones with actual value lower than their outer skin at a high price. In this way, the rough stones that are also excavated may receive more than doubled returns.

But if the chief appraiser of a mine is a half-baked person, it will be a disaster for this sect. All the good stones are sold and all the bad stones are removed, and even the best mines cannot withstand such tossing.

Therefore, for such a highly technical position, major sects will definitely not hesitate to invest. Not only will they not mind finding the top stone master at all, but they will not dare to neglect the rewards of the chief appraiser at all.

For a stone master, being able to have a mine as a platform to display his talents can become his ultimate dream for life.

Unfortunately, there are only so many mines and the number of positions is fixed. There are only 32 old sites. Even with the new sites with varying quality, the number of resident stone masters required for the entire Western Wilderness will definitely not exceed one hundred.

In the Western Wilderness, the number of monks with good grades of stones is far greater than this number, not to mention that once a certain position is occupied, it is extremely difficult to get out of no special circumstances. This has caused countless stone-grade masters with ultimate dreams to be hired for a long time, but these unemployed people have no platform to use and their income is extremely meager.

Therefore, if you have the opportunity to become a resident stone master, these unemployed people who have been working all their lives will definitely not hesitate to make a fortune for this opportunity!

The last time the resident Shishishi Master had a job vacancy was twenty years ago.

At that time, Master Lu from Duobao Mine was blind due to an accident and had to step down from his position as a resident stone master.

For the vacant position of Duobao Mine, thousands of stone masters competed in several extremely fierce competitions and finally decided a winner, which is Master Deng, the chief stone master of Duobao Mine.

It is worth mentioning that Lao Ding also participated in this competition back then, but unfortunately he lost at the last moment and left sadly.

Twenty years later, Lao Ding came back with Qian Yang. Who would have thought that he would catch up with another opportunity to become the chief.

This time it was not that the chief's eyes were broken again, but that the new site of Yinjianmen started construction, and a new master of Shishi was urgently needed to be added to take charge, which provided an opportunity for those eager unemployed people.

According to the practice of the Western Wilderness, every resident stone master needs to decide the final winner through an open competition. If there are no special circumstances, the competition will be held at a communication meeting between stone masters, and this exchange meeting usually starts with the five-year rough stone publication.

Holding the exchange meeting and the public market together will not only allow the participating stone masters to show off their skills through the public market opportunity, but also be regarded as a vigorous publicity for the original stone public market.

This was the case twenty years ago, and this time it was the same.

It is precisely because we want to select the right resident master in this public market that it is said that the stones dug out of the Hidden Sword Gate have piled up half of the valley, and we are waiting for the newly released master to take off his clothes.

Lao Ding explained the whole story of this matter in detail to Qian Yang. It seemed that he was intending to let Qian Yang participate in this competition.

Qian Yang's mind was so fast that he found a very interesting place in it.

"You mean, you were eaten by someone in the competition twenty years ago?"

When talking about this, Lao Ding was not as angry as Qian Yang thought. He just nodded lightly, and the expression on his face seemed to be a little confused.

"You are all the teachers, so I have been taught with you for a month. Do you think one percent of the time I will win when I participate in the competition?" The emphasis and focus of Qian Yang's sentence are actually in the first half.

Lao Ding pretended that he hadn't heard the teasing in Qian Yang's words at all, and continued: "The stone master competes with skills, but he can never ignore the factors of luck, especially in this one-time competition, luck may play a decisive role. With your level, if you happen to encounter a hundred times more luck than others, there may be hope, right?"

"Only one hundred times more lucky than one person has hope?" Qian Yang understood. Lao Ding said that if he only looked at technology, others should only be about a hundred times better than him.

"Do you think I'm like a person with great luck?" Qian Yang asked with a bitter face.

Lao Ding stroked his beard: "Who can tell me such a thing as luck?"

Qian Yang suddenly realized: "You shouldn't say that you lost to someone else last time because you were not lucky?"

Old Ding frowned and pondered for a long time before he raised his head to start talking: "Twenty years ago, after several rounds of competitions, most people were eliminated, and there were only three people left on the field, one of which was me. In the last round of the final election, each of us needed to pick out one of the three raw stones that we thought were of the highest value. After the stone was untied, whoever chose the raw stone had the highest value would be the final winner."

"Then you got third place?" Qian Yang began to be humble again.

But who would have thought that Lao Ding nodded slowly: "I chose a black sand-skin rough stone with coniferous flowers. After untiing it, I found that the skin and flesh inside were not divided, and it was worthless at all, and it even looked like a typical stone of a clanite!"

"Wow! So awesome!" Qian Yang gloomed and grinned open his mouth wide.

Lao Ding looked at him and then said, "There are some of the Aicang stones that look no different from the Old Field stones from the outside. It is extremely difficult to judge. No one can guarantee that they have 100% accuracy. I happened to encounter that stone at the most critical moment. Do you think this is luck?"

Qian Yang put on a deep expression and said, "I think this is definitely not the reason for luck..."

Qian Yang naturally wanted to say that Lao Ding was not good at skill, but was interrupted by Lao Ding: "I felt that I was not lucky at the time, but I was willing to accept the loss, and there was nothing to worry about. Since I didn't have the life to be the chief, I would just find a place to live forever."

"Then why are you back?" Qian Yang asked.

"Because of the book you gave me!" Lao Ding's eyes shone brightly.

Qian Yang curled his lips: "Do you think that book will make you more powerful?"

Lao Ding shook his head: "My master has taught me most of the contents in the book. What the book has played for me is just a sorting and confirmation, and it has little significance to improve my eyesight!"

"Then you..." Qian Yang was a little confused.

Old Ding narrowed his eyes: "But there is a part of that book, my master has never told me, that is - to identify falsehoods!"

"What does it mean?" Qian Yang seemed to have caught something.

"In the Western Wilderness, most stone masters can grow up by experience. If they solve more stones, their eyesight will naturally increase. But these people are just wild ways and do not have mature and complete theoretical guidance. Even if they have strong experience, they will inevitably be biased. The fluctuations in identifying raw stones will be very large." Lao Ding's tone gradually became a little heavy: "And the top small number of stone masters have relatively complete inheritance, and the original source of this inheritance should be those books that originated from prehistoric and recorded the skills of identifying jadeite raw stones."

Qian Yang stopped talking and listened quietly.

"Prehistorical books are rare, so the inheritance of the stone master is extremely precious. Most of the stone masters who have received the inheritance are treasured and rarely communicate with each other. However, the sources of inheritance of different stone masters are different, which causes the inheritance obtained by different stone masters to be different."

"For example, my master has never told me about the identification of the fake stones, and I have never thought that the raw stones can be faked and disguised, but this does not mean that other stone masters don't know these!"

Qian Yang understood it now and was shocked: "Are you saying that the black sand skin you chose was disguised by someone else?"

Lao Ding's eyes showed a little confusion: "I'm not sure, but now I think about it, that stone does have many doubts!"

Qian Yang pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Even if that stone is true or false, you just want to choose that one, who else can you blame!"

Lao Ding shook his head: "The external performance of that stone is not in line with the perception of most stone masters. Under normal circumstances, no one should choose such a stone in such an important competition. But for some reasons, I have special confidence in the stone that is manifested. Therefore, as long as I see this stone, 90% of them may directly use it as my final choice."

"You mean..." Qian Yang opened his eyes wide.

Lao Ding's face was as deep as water: "I suspect that the stone was specially prepared for me."

Qian Yang was stunned and then laughed: "Old man, you're overthinking! Thousands of people participated in the competition, who is so idle and dedicated to making a fake for you!"

Lao Ding's eyes suddenly showed extreme confidence: "I was the person with the highest call for winning that competition, and I was also recognized as the strongest among the thousands of people participating in the competition!"

The sudden light emitted from Lao Ding's head forced Qian Yang to believe what he said was true, but he still said, "Brave you!"

Lao Ding chuckled, disdaining to argue with him.

Qian Yang couldn't help asking: "According to what you said, someone should have deliberately cheated you in order to become a resident stone master?"

Lao Ding nodded.

Qian Yang said again: "Who do you think it will be?"

Old Ding shook his head without saying a word, but his turbid eyes unconsciously felt a hint of sharpness.
Chapter completed!