After paying, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately picked up the more than 20-pound stone on the table and walked over to Feng Ping's friends.
"What? You think this stone can be cut into jade?" Feng Ping's friend couldn't help but tease Liu Xiaoyuan when he saw Liu Xiaoyuan standing in front of him holding the stone.
"Yes, I think we can cut out jade, and it'll be priceless jade at that," Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a confident smile. "Do you believe me?"
Pshaw! You'd be a fool to believe that! Do you think you're some kind of god, able to predict the future and know there's a priceless jade inside this stone?
The group completely dismissed Liu Xiaoyuan's words. They thought he must be out of his mind, clinging to a worthless rock and claiming that fine jade could be cut out of it.
If a good piece of jade could be cut out, it would still be sitting here; the owner would have taken it and cut it himself long ago.
“We don’t believe it,” one of Feng Ping’s friends said, shaking his head.
"If this stone can be cut into good jade, I'll eat it live on the spot, okay?"
"Me too. If you can cut a good piece of jade out of this stone, I'll eat the stone too."
Feng Ping's friends were convinced that the stone in Liu Xiaoyuan's hand was worthless, which is why they dared to make such a loud bet with Liu Xiaoyuan.
"What if you can't cut anything out of this rock?" the other person retorted.
Liu Xiaoyuan said nonchalantly, "Whatever you do with me, I'll accept it."
“Alright, a gentleman’s word is his bond, no take-backs allowed!” Feng Ping’s friends immediately said.
Feng Ping originally wanted to stop Liu Xiaoyuan from betting with his friend, because he didn't believe that any jade could be cut out of this stone.
However, considering Liu Xiaoyuan's abilities, Feng Ping abandoned the idea to avoid upsetting Liu Xiaoyuan.
"A gentleman's word is as good as a horse's whip." Liu Xiaoyuan looked confident.
“Young man, don’t be so impulsive. I’m in the jade business, and with my decades of experience, I know you can’t cut any jade out of this stone. Don’t gamble with them,” a man in his forties kindly advised Liu Xiaoyuan as he approached him.
Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and said, "Thank you for the reminder, boss, but I believe in my own luck."
Upon seeing Liu Xiaoyuan's arrogance, the jade shop owner shook his head and remained silent.
"Master, could you please cut this stone?" Liu Xiaoyuan handed the stone to the stone-cutting master.
The stone cutter reluctantly accepted the large stone from Liu Xiaoyuan's hand. As an old man in the area, he naturally knew that the stone was worthless and had no intention of cutting it.
However, the customer is king, and Liu Xiaoyuan was a customer here. He even foolishly spent 20,000 yuan to buy this useless stone. Even if the stone cutter was unwilling, he still had to make a few cuts.
So the stone cutters started using machines to cut the stones.
One cut, nothing. A second cut, still nothing. A third cut, still nothing.
No one was surprised by the result. If they had cut out something, they would have been surprised, because this stone was a stone that had been sentenced to death.
"Sir, this stone of yours is probably empty. There's no need to cut it." After making three cuts, the stone cutter stood up and said to Liu Xiaoyuan, deciding not to cut it any further, as it would be a waste of his time.
Liu Xiaoyuan, however, remained confident. He believed that if his X-ray vision showed jade inside, then it must be there; his eyes never made a mistake.
"Master, please make a couple more cuts," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
"Haha... Kid, even if you cut it twenty more times, let alone two more cuts, you still won't get anything out of this big rock you chose." The guys who made the bet with Liu Xiaoyuan couldn't wait to embarrass him.
"That's right, kid, don't try to waste any more time. Just admit defeat and be a man. If you're a man, then be quick about it. Everyone's waiting, so don't waste anyone's time."
Liu Xiaoyuan turned around, still with a slight smile on his face, and said, "What's the rush? I haven't even finished cutting the stone yet, and you're all so anxious. Are you so afraid that I'll cut something out of this stone?"
"Tch, I've already said it before, if you can cut anything out of this rock, I'll livestream myself eating it."
"Stop wasting time, what are you still cutting? Just admit defeat and accept your loss!"
All the people gambling on stones present focused their attention on Liu Xiaoyuan. Seeing that there was something to watch, everyone stood still and waited for what would happen next.
Liu Xiaoyuan said to the stone cutter, "Master, could you please make two more cuts for me?"
The stone cutter shook his head and said, "I already told you, you can't cut anything out of this stone. Why don't you believe me? If you want to cut it, cut it yourself."
Damn! Such a temper! Fine, I'll cut it myself then. Did you think I couldn't cut it?
"Okay, could you please move over a bit? I'll cut it myself!" Liu Xiaoyuan said immediately.
Seeing that Liu Xiaoyuan was going to cut the stone himself, the person who had made the bet with him couldn't help but tease him, "Hey, do you even know how? If you don't, don't break someone else's machine."
"It's not a big deal if the machine breaks, it's not worth much anyway. The important thing is not to hurt yourself."
Cutting stone is not something anyone can do, so when the onlookers saw Liu Xiaoyuan personally taking the plunge, they couldn't help but think to themselves that Liu Xiaoyuan was courting death.
Although Liu Xiaoyuan didn't know how to cut stones, he had learned some techniques from watching the stone-cutting master cut stones. The key was not to use brute force, but to follow the force of the stone-cutting machine, to do it slowly and without rushing, so that there would be no danger.
"Brother, let's forget about it." Feng Ping quickly stopped Liu Xiaoyuan when he saw that Liu Xiaoyuan was about to cut the stone himself.
Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. You can just stand aside and watch the show."
After Liu Xiaoyuan sat down, he immediately summoned the powerful figure with X-ray vision again, because when cutting the stone later, he should not damage the jade inside, and should cut it carefully.
After summoning the powerful character with X-ray vision, Liu Xiaoyuan located the jade inside and prepared to start cutting it.
With his first cut, Liu Xiaoyuan wanted to test his skills. Since it was his first time doing this kind of work, Liu Xiaoyuan's cut was fraught with danger, but he managed to make it without hurting himself or the stone.
Liu Xiaoyuan didn't rush to cut the jade out; he planned to make another cut to practice.
So Liu Xiaoyuan carefully made another cut, and with the experience gained, this time it was much better.
"Haha... Kid, you've already made two cuts, how about that? Nothing there, right? Just admit defeat!"
"I already said, let alone two cuts, even if you cut it twenty more times, it will be the same."
"Stop wasting time, just admit defeat!"
(End of this chapter)
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