"Daddy, Mommy, hurry up and catch up!"
Mengmeng was as happy as a little rabbit set free, hopping and skipping excitedly along the mountain path.
The hill wasn't very tall, and the road was fairly smooth, so she ran ahead joyfully while constantly turning back to wave at Jiang Ning and Su Meng.
Jiang Ning and Su Meng walked behind hand in hand at a relaxed pace.
"Mengmeng, slow down a little," Jiang Ning reminded gently with a smile.
"Remember what Daddy told you? Don't just look ahead—you have to watch the road beneath your feet too."
"Mhm! Daddy, Mengmeng remembers!"
Then her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Daddy, Daddy, look! That big rock ahead is so pretty!"
She pointed excitedly toward a huge stone behind a tall pine tree.
Jiang Ning followed her finger.
Behind the old pine stood a massive rock over two meters tall.
Years of wind and rain had left its surface rough and pitted, but its shape was incredibly unusual.
From a distance, it looked exactly like a monkey.
"Mengmeng, what do you think this rock looks like?" Jiang Ning asked with interest.
Mengmeng tilted her little head and examined it carefully.
"Daddy, no matter how I look at it, it looks like a monkey!"
"Did I guess right?"
"Haha, Mengmeng is so smart. Daddy thinks it looks like a monkey too."
"Mommy, Mommy, look quickly!"
"Doesn't it look just like the Monkey King?"
"Maybe Sun Wukong is hiding inside the stone!"
Mengmeng's imagination was running wild.
Su Meng smiled and played along.
"Mhm, Mommy also thinks the Great Sage Equal to Heaven might be hiding inside."
"Daddy, Daddy, should we break the rock open and let Sun Wukong out?"
Mengmeng became even more excited.
Her innocent words suddenly gave Jiang Ning an idea.
He quietly activated the Phantom Shield Spirit-Sealing Art, enhancing his clairvoyance ability.
In an instant, his vision changed.
At first he could only see the rough surface of the rock—
but suddenly, the entire interior structure appeared clearly before his eyes.
Jiang Ning froze.
Inside the stone was not the normal mineral structure of ordinary rocks.
At its core existed a tiny yet incredibly complex energy vortex.
The color gradually shifted from light red to deep crimson, as vivid as fresh blood.
Closer inspection revealed fine thread-like patterns interwoven like delicate radish fibers, naturally arranged in net-like and parallel formations.
Tiny quartz particles and mineral inclusions were scattered throughout the smooth texture like stars in the night sky.
It was unbelievably beautiful.
Jiang Ning had never seen anything like it in his life.
What he had thought was an ordinary rock actually concealed an incredible secret.
This stone was definitely priceless.
"System, do you know what kind of stone this is?" Jiang Ning asked inwardly.
Normally, he disliked asking the system questions because it often answered in the most infuriating way possible.
But this time, he truly had no idea.
The system quickly replied:
"Host, this is called Red Tianhuang Stone."
"Red Tianhuang is one of the rarest treasures among Tianhuang stones."
"You've heard of Shoushan stone, right?"
"Tianhuang is considered the supreme grade of Shoushan stone, and Red Tianhuang is the treasure among Tianhuang stones."
"So this stone is extremely valuable?" Jiang Ning asked instinctively.
The system sneered disdainfully.
"Talking to someone as ignorant as you is exhausting."
"Go look up the price of Shoushan stone yourself, then check the market price of Red Tianhuang."
"Don't ask such idiotic questions."
Jiang Ning nearly exploded from anger.
Was he really that uncultured in the system's eyes?
All he did was casually ask whether the stone was valuable!
Suppressing his irritation, he ignored the system and took out his phone.
He opened Baidu and searched for "Red Tianhuang Stone."
The moment he saw the results, his eyes widened in shock.
The value of Red Tianhuang far exceeded diamonds.
Especially top-grade Red Tianhuang—it was priced by weight like gemstones.
At one art auction, a Tianhuang ornament weighing only around 100 grams had sold for over ten million yuan.
And the stone before him?
The entire thing probably weighed four to five hundred jin.
Even excluding the worthless outer layers, the core alone had to weigh over a hundred jin.
By rough calculation—
that meant a value of at least five billion yuan.
And the most important thing was—
the larger the Red Tianhuang, the more valuable it became.
Its worth couldn't simply be measured by weight.
Moreover, the internal quality of this piece was absolutely breathtaking.
Jiang Ning was certain it was an unparalleled treasure.
He had checked countless images online, yet none looked even remotely as beautiful as this stone.
As a painting grandmaster with broad knowledge and refined aesthetics, even Jiang Ning felt deeply shaken.
This was practically priceless.
"Daddy, what's wrong? Come on!"
Mengmeng noticed him standing there blankly and called out curiously.
"Oh—right, right, coming!"
Jiang Ning finally snapped out of it.
At that moment, he was already making plans.
Later, when they went back down the mountain, he would have Su Meng take Mengmeng ahead first while he secretly stored the stone inside his system space.
With his current Martial Arts Grandmaster strength, lifting a four- or five-hundred-jin rock would be effortless.
"Husband, what's wrong with you?"
"I saw you staring at that rock in a daze."
Su Meng wrapped her arm around his and asked curiously.
"Nothing, just got distracted thinking about something."
Jiang Ning hurriedly made an excuse.
But Su Meng narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Really?"
"Because I just saw you searching for 'Shoushan stone' and 'Red Tianhuang stone' on your phone."
"Don't tell me you think that ordinary-looking rock ahead is actually Shoushan stone or Red Tianhuang?"
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