Chapter 209: Successive Failures
Feng Ting glared at the other person fiercely, "Five hundred taels!"
He thought to himself that since this was Dugu Xin's first time here, he had no idea of the rules here, so he had to trick him.
Lin Xi glanced at Feng Ting from a distance and said to Dugu Xin, "Raise the price a little more."
Dugu Xin completely trusted Lin Xi and nodded, "One thousand taels!"
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked. The things the old man displayed now were worthless at all. Everyone knew this, except Dugu Xin, who never participated in auctions.
Moreover, it is impossible to mine jade from something this small.
Seeing Dugu Xin's determined look, Feng Ting became even more excited and shouted, "One thousand and one hundred taels!"
Lin Xi spoke up at this time, "We added 500 taels at once, but I didn't expect Master Feng to be so stingy. If you can't afford it, then forget it."
After saying that, Lin Xi turned his eyes away from Feng Ting, "Two thousand taels!"
Everyone looked at Lin Xi in shock, with uncontrollable mockery in their eyes. There actually was a fool willing to spend two thousand taels to buy such a broken thing.
Feng Ting hated being looked down upon by a woman the most in his life, and he immediately shouted angrily, "Three thousand taels!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Xi complacently, thinking that this time the woman would have nothing to say.
Lin Xi didn't even look at Feng Ting and said directly, "No."
Feng Ting: “…”
What thing don’t you want anymore?
With the help of the Shennong system, Lin Xi could of course see that there was nothing inside the stone. She just wanted to dampen Feng Ting's enthusiasm.
Feng Ting was stunned for a long time before he smiled and said, "You probably don't know yet, but this stone at the beginning is just used to warm up the crowd, it doesn't count at all."
Lin Xi and Dugu Xin suddenly felt cheated. It turned out that they had been talking for a long time just for their own amusement.
Lin Xi seldom participates in gambling on stones, and has never heard of any talk of livening up the place. It seems that these are the rules unique to Fenglei Tower.
"It's okay. We didn't suffer any loss anyway." Dugu Xin was afraid that Lin Xi would be unhappy, so he quickly persuaded her.
But he was worrying too much. Lin Xi was not unhappy at all. Her goal had not been achieved yet, and this little thing would not affect his mood.
Seeing that both of them ignored him, Feng Ting made his own judgment and must have been hit hard by him.
The old man took the stone and continued, "Boss, our appetizers are over, let's officially begin."
After saying that, several young and strong guys rushed out from the corner and carried up a huge stone. When these people saw the stone, their eyes shone with determination to get it.
In fact, this stone is ordinary and there is no jade at all. It is a typical case that anyone who buys it will be cheated.
Everyone was allowed to come forward and take a closer look. They exchanged their views with each other, and about a quarter of an hour later, the auction officially began.
First, someone offered one hundred taels, but the excitement was theirs, and Lin Xi and Dugu Xin got nothing.
Seeing three stones being bought one after another, Feng Ting laughed and said, "When you didn't have to spend money just now, you raised the sign so quickly. Why is it that you are so quiet when the real thing comes? I'm afraid you can't afford to play."
Dugu Xin glanced at the other person and said nothing. He actually had no idea what Lin Xi meant.
"Why are you rushing me? What I want hasn't come out yet." Lin Xi said.
Dugu Xin was stunned by Lin Xi's words. Could it be that this woman really had some extraordinary abilities?
Afterwards, Lin Xi did not sit still and wait for death. He asked Dugu Xin to spend one thousand and two taels of silver to buy an ordinary stone.
Although everyone might not get every guess right, they were able to eliminate some obviously wrong answers at a glance. Seeing that Dugu Xin actually spent one thousand and two taels of silver to buy this, everyone was ready to watch the show.
Only Lin Xi was certain, "I am absolutely not wrong, there must be jade in this stone."
The people around have been in this business for quite some time, and when they heard Lin Xi say this, they all laughed out loud.
Feng Ting said, "You are so confident, just open it and you will know."
Before opening the stone, Lin Xi did not forget to say, "My eyes will never be wrong, just wait and see."
She spoke with such confidence that everyone was waiting to see Lin Xi make a fool of herself.
The old man invited the master craftsman in the shop to come over and cut the stone. The master craftsman had been in this business for many years and started to work skillfully.
After one hammer hit, two hammer hits, and after a long while, the stone was just a stone, and there was no possibility of jade at all.
The old master stopped his work and said to everyone, "There is no need to continue digging. There must be no jade in this stone."
When everyone heard this, they all found it funny.
Only Lin Xi looked incredulous, staring at the stone in front of him with reluctance, "How could this be? I can clearly see there is jade inside!"
The others burst into laughter, and Feng Ting even stepped forward and said, "I think you should not be too confident. The facts have proved that there is nothing here. But it doesn't matter. A mere 1,000 taels of silver is nothing to you."
After that, he walked to Dugu Xin again and said, "I thought you found someone, but I didn't expect it to be a fool. I told you a long time ago not to trust such a woman casually."
Dugu Xin had a tense face and remained silent.
The failure of a stone made Lin Xi and Dugu Xin look very unhappy. Fortunately, Lin Xi was wearing a hat so others couldn't see it, but his aura of "keep away from strangers" was obviously that he was very angry.
One of the two people who came after that was lucky enough to get a small piece of jade, so he made a profit after all.
Soon, the seventh stone was placed on the auction table.
Lin Xi poked Dugu Xin's arm, "This one."
Dugu Xin nodded, "Don't worry."
Because of the previous incident, when everyone heard Lin Xi say that he wanted to buy this stone, many people simply chose not to raise their hands and let Lin Xi and the others make the bid.
In the end, Dugu Xin bought the stone for five hundred taels of silver.
Lin Xi walked up to the stone, took a deep breath, took the master's tools, and started hammering on it himself.
Everyone was shocked by Lin Xi's move to take the initiative, and watched her pry the stone open bit by bit.
Nothing at all!
The next moment after the result was confirmed, discussions broke out all around, and Lin Xi could clearly hear the merciless ridicule from the people around him.
"Hahaha, what did I say? You should never believe what women say! This is the second stone today!" Feng Ting laughed at the other party mercilessly.
Lin Xi looked at the stone in front of him, which was empty, and seemed to be quite upset. He said angrily, "How is it possible? Why did I make so many mistakes today? It's impossible!"
She looked at her hands in surprise, as if she couldn't accept it.
Dugu Xin turned around and comforted Lin Xi, "It's just a mistake. Don't doubt yourself because of it."
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