Seeing that the first three people had failed in the challenge, Deng Xun, who was the last one to stand, looked at the two people on the stage and found it difficult to make a decision.
Tang Yu was too strong, it was as if he could see the jade inside through the stone skin. If he went up, he would probably lose.
But Zhao Yu is equally strong. He can even find jade hidden in the corners of the rough material. He is also not someone he can defeat.
Just as he was hesitating, a voice suddenly rang out in his mind: "Want to win? I can help you. Don't look around. Yes, it's me. When you cultivate your internal energy to a certain level, you can transmit sound. This is just a little trick in the martial arts world. Don't be too surprised."
"Are you wondering why I'm helping you win? Because first place is useless to me; it's worse than third place. Just do as I say, and I'll help you get third place. Of course, I won't help you for nothing. If I succeed, you'll have to give me 10% of your shares in Yinyu Pavilion afterwards.
"If you agree, choose to challenge me."
It was Xue Huan who conveyed the message to Deng Xun.
Deng Xun agreed without much hesitation to the offer of 10% of Yinyu Pavilion's shares in exchange for the third place in the gambling stone competition.
Now that his father has passed away, although he has taken over most of the Deng family's assets, there is still a lot of resistance. Whether it is the old people inside who have become disloyal or the colleagues outside who are watching, they are all waiting to bite off a piece of meat from him.
Therefore, he couldn't fail to make it into the top three at the gambling stone convention! Only by getting a place and showing everyone his ability as the heir could he deter those people and prevent the Deng family from falling into turmoil.
In comparison, the 10% stake in Yinyu Pavilion is insignificant.
Deng Xun nodded imperceptibly to Xue Huan, and the two reached an agreement in secret.
"I want to challenge Master Zhao."
A new piece of rough material was brought up. Xue Huan scanned it with her spiritual sense and knew the situation inside the rough material. It was a piece that did not contain jade.
She sent a message to Deng Xun, and Deng Xun filled in the answers according to what she said.
The raw material was unraveled, and Deng Xun won this game.
This result was beyond everyone's expectations. After all, Xue Huan had performed very well in the previous competitions, but this time she lost to the not-so-outstanding Deng Xun.
But gambling on stones is unpredictable. If Xue Huan wins every time, they will still be suspicious.
Now that she lost, everyone was surprised but now they felt it was reasonable.
Deng Xun scored one point.
Xue Huan lost and was deducted one point, but still had three points.
She also has the opportunity to challenge.
"Hey, who do you think Mr. Zhao will choose to challenge?"
"That must be Master Deng."
"The other Young Master Tang is much stronger than Young Master Deng."
"Mr. Zhao lost to Mr. Deng in the last match, so he must want to get back at them."
However, Xue Huan chose to challenge Tang Yu.
"Ahhh! The two strongest people finally face off! I thought I would never see this scene again."
"Young Master Zhao and Young Master Tang are equally powerful. I wonder who will win in the end?"
"I think it's Mr. Zhao! He's the one who opened the Imperial Green!"
"That was just good luck. I actually think Young Master Tang is more powerful and has a better method for gambling on stones."
The onlookers supported Xue Huan and Tang Yu, and they started arguing with each other.
Little did they know, Xue Huan had already secretly arranged the rankings for the three of them.
As a result of the challenge, Xue Huan won and gained one point, currently three points.
Tang Yu lost and was deducted one point, but still had four points and was still in first place.
Afterwards, Tang Yu, who lost his title as champion, challenged Deng Xun and lost, which once again left everyone stunned.
"I think I seriously underestimated Mr. Deng's strength."
"He becomes stronger when facing a stronger opponent. Young Master Zhao and Young Master Tang both lost to him. This shows that the real hidden talent is Young Master Deng!"
The rankings of the three players changed again.
Xue Huan scored three points, Tang Yu scored three points, and Deng Xun scored two points.
Xue Huan and Tang Yu had the same score, so it was necessary to determine who was better, so they had to add another round of competition.
In the end, Xue Huan lost.
Thus, the results of this two-day gambling stone conference came out: Tang Yu came first, Xue Huan came second, and Deng Xun came third.
The conference ended successfully.
The three were invited to have dinner with the county magistrate and several judges at Zhiweilou, a famous restaurant in Yujing City.
Xue Huan didn't want to go at first, but the county magistrate was so hospitable that it seemed as if the sky would fall if she didn't go. Thinking that she was about to leave, and before she had even tasted the food in Zhiwei Tower, she followed him there.
After arriving, Xue Huan only focused on tasting the delicious food and did not drink any wine.
Seeing that the county magistrate was quite polite to her, others did not dare to force her.
However, when a group of men get together, they inevitably have to sing and play music to liven up the atmosphere, and the atmosphere gradually becomes greasy and explicit.
Xue Huan felt very uncomfortable and left the table on the pretext of going outside to get some fresh air.
Tang Yu originally wanted to follow her out, but was surrounded by others who toasted him and he couldn't get away.
As for Deng Xun, he felt like a fish in water in such occasions and had a great time chatting with Bai Zhiming and others.
After standing by the fence and enjoying the breeze for a while, Xue Huan looked back at the situation in the house. Under the influence of alcohol, the group of men gradually became unruly and it was very eye-catching. She simply took the opportunity to leave.
She was still thinking about the piece of waste containing purple jade.
When I got to the scrap yard, I searched everywhere but couldn't find it.
Could it be that it was picked up by someone else?
"Are you looking for this?" The man wearing a conical hat leaned against a tree, throwing a piece of scrap in his hand.
This is exactly the piece Xue Huan is looking for.
Isn’t this the ring-tossing boss she met at the night market?
"How do you know?" Xue Huan was secretly alert.
The man in the bamboo hat raised his head and asked instead of answering, "You can see through wool, right?"
Xue Huan's heart tightened. This man actually knew this. Her actions in the past few days must have been seen by him!
"Uncle, you're joking. How could I possibly see through the wool?"
The man in the bamboo hat exploded, "What uncle?! I'm only 21! I'm probably even younger than you!"
Xue Huan's mouth twitched. It seemed that this man was very sensitive about being called old. The key point was that his big beard really made him look old.
"Well, sorry, I didn't mean it. But your appearance is really easy to be misunderstood. I suggest you shave off the beard on your face." Otherwise, people will still mistake you for an uncle.
"Hmph, whether I shave or not is none of your business." The man in the bamboo hat was clearly still angry. "Speaking of the raw material, you don't have to deny it. I've seen through your identity."
He threw the raw material to Xue Huan, took off his bamboo hat and fanned himself with it. "Those jadeite and jade are things that ordinary people like. Why do you want them?"
"See through your identity", "worldly person"?
Xue Huan pondered for a moment. Could this man also be a cultivator? However, she couldn't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations from him. Could it be that he, like her, was deliberately using magic to conceal the spiritual energy fluctuations on his body?
She remained calm: "Although it's useless, it looks good. I like beautiful things."
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