The crowd erupted in cheers.

"Black mist, it's actually black mist!"

“Normally, I would hesitate if I saw black mist, but this is a huge python outside, with mange on it, and now there is black mist inside. It must be a really good product.”

"Young lady, there's no need to cut this jade. Just sell it to me. I'll give you thirty thousand taels of silver, how about it..."

Fog is a thin layer between the jadeite skin and the interior of the jadeite.

There are basically four types of fog: red fog is the worst, white fog and yellow fog are good, with high color retention and good water content, and the best is black fog, which often has high greenness.

There's one downside to black fog: when it's too thick, it can easily seep through and contaminate the base material.

However, the black mist on this window was only a thin layer. After the craftsman polished it, the green base inside looked as if it had been washed with water, sparkling and very beautiful.

At this point, the probability of finding good quality items inside was almost 70-80%, and the jade dealers were completely scrambling to get their hands on them.

"Young lady, sell me this piece of material for thirty-five thousand taels. I'll pay you right away if you agree!"

"I'll offer 40,000! Sell it to me for 40,000, cash on delivery, is that okay?"

"Don't try to take it from me! Forty-five thousand taels! I'm willing to pay forty-five thousand, young lady. Forty-five thousand is definitely the highest price today. Don't bother opening it anymore, just sell it to me directly. I'll pay you right away, in one lump sum, how about that..."

Looking at the glittering window and listening to the ever-increasing bids, Zheng Baoling was momentarily at a loss for what to do.

She bought this raw stone for 1,700 taels of silver. 45,000 taels is more than 26 times that amount. She probably couldn't save that much in her whole life.

After all, although her family owned several estates and shops, her father was a womanizer and had thirteen concubines in his harem. Not only were they all younger than each other, but each of them had also given birth to children. As a result, she only received a tiny fraction of the family's money.

Her marriage is arranged, and she will be married this autumn. If she brings a dowry of 45,000, everyone in Tangshan Prefecture will envy her.

However, if the rough stone is full of high-quality, bright green jade, then 45,000 yuan is not enough.

If the customers in the shop were envious before, now they were simply green with envy.

“A high-quality, bright green jade thumb ring can cost several thousand taels of silver, and a bracelet would be even more expensive, at least tens of thousands of taels. This rough stone weighs over thirty jin, and you could probably find at least a dozen bracelets and a string of jade thumb rings inside. If this were my rough stone, I definitely wouldn’t sell it now.”

"Exactly! Only a fool would sell at this level. If they keep operating, their descendants will be rolling in wealth for generations!"

"That's right, isn't that old Wang from our main street the one who made his fortune by gambling on jade? His whole family used to be struggling to make ends meet selling tofu in a rented little house, but then he found a piece of imperial green jade for two hundred taels of silver, and bought a huge mansion, a thousand acres of fertile land, and more than ten shops right there on the main street. At the age of fifty, he even married two eighteen-year-old girls, and yesterday morning he had a baby boy. He said he'd invite me to his one-month celebration!"

"If this young girl continues driving just one more time, she'll definitely become the next Old Wang."

"Yeah, they're both in their teens, how come their minds are so different? Oh dear, that other girl must be kicking herself..."

The young masters and ladies who had come with her were also envious, but since they were from wealthy families, they generally valued their reputation and remained silent, instead all looking at Su Hua.

Liu Yuxian's fox-like eyes darted around, and she smiled mischievously at Su Hua. "Miss Su, tell me, if this jade were yours, would you choose to sell it or continue to mine it?"

As she spoke, she kept a close eye on Su Hua's expression, trying to see any regret on her face.

Su Hua clasped her hands in front of her abdomen, her porcelain-white face unchanged, and said softly, "Sell it."

Compared to these experienced opinions and those who are blinded by greed, she naturally has more faith in her own space.

Although the space can be a bit unreliable at times, it has never let us down once.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, one can make 45,000 taels of silver for free. Continuing to operate the business, however, could result in losing everything. A rational person would choose the former.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing the word "sell," Zheng Baoling's initial hesitation vanished instantly. She immediately waved her hand at the stone-cutting master, "Open! Keep opening! Open it all!"

After saying that, he smiled smugly at Su Hua, "Miss Su, if you shrink back when you should be bold, you'll regret it for the rest of your life! You're just too timid; you're destined to never achieve anything great!"

Su Hua is such an unlucky girl. It was because Su Hua lost the raw stone that she was able to pick up such a good piece of material. If you do the opposite of what Su Hua says, you will definitely not lose money.

A hint of surprise finally flashed in Su Huaxing's eyes. This Zheng Baoling's decision-making method was truly unique.

She also began to wonder whether there was a great treasure or something else inside this rough stone.

Seeing that Zheng Baoling had made up her mind, the two stone cutters didn't waste any more time. One of them took one end of the large slab saw and began to cut down along the window they had just seen.

However, just half a centimeter down, three narrow, intersecting cracks suddenly appeared on the originally moist, high-ice-green surface.

Before the smugness on Zheng Baoling's face had completely faded, her face had turned mostly pale. "How...how could this be cracked..."

But as the large saw was gently pulled downwards, the number of cracks increased directly from three to more than twenty. Each crack was irregular; some were vertical, some were horizontal, and some branched off in the center, intertwining with each other to form a huge spider web. The more it spread, the more cracks there were.

The crowd, which had been buzzing with excitement, suddenly fell silent, and one could even hear gasps of shock.

"Oh dear, I thought there was something good inside, but it turned out to be a worthless turtle..."