For any jade gambling expert, the first of the three basic skills is to identify the value of the stone and classify it into different grades.
The second is the value of the stone after it has been cut, providing a rough price estimate.
Thirdly, there's the technique of cutting stones!
As a top-level jade gambling master, Li Tianyi's stone-cutting skills are naturally beyond question.
In the entire Southern Barbarian lands, there is no one who surpasses him; only three other Heavenly-level gemstone gamblers can stand on equal footing with him.
"Senior, some top-grade rough stones are extremely delicate. If the stone cutter is not careful and handles them improperly, the treasure inside the stone may be damaged. Even the slightest damage will greatly diminish the value of the treasure."
"My stone-cutting skills are unmatched by any other three people in the entire Southern Barbarian lands, so let me do it."
Worried that Chen Xuan might not agree, Li Tianyi continued.
He was really reluctant to part with these four high-quality rough stones, so he wanted to cut them himself as a way of sending them off.
"Okay, then you cut it."
Chen Xuan didn't care about any of that. It was just a stone; it didn't matter who cut it.
"Let's start with the cheapest piece and save the most expensive one for last. We should leave some suspense for everyone."
Chen Xuan pointed to the oval-shaped stone.
This stone, nearly two meters long, was unearthed from the depths of an ancient mine and is very old.
Li Tianyi performed a ritual before cutting the stone, chanting some incantations, roughly meaning to ask the ancestral master to bless him so that no accidents would happen during the stone cutting.
It's like a Taoist priest shaking a bell while chanting "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits" before performing a ritual.
After finishing, Li Tianyi took out his stone-cutting knife, a sharp weapon of the Great God Emperor level.
Some stones are so hard that even divine emperor-level weapons cannot cut them. Therefore, Li Tianyi spent a lot of money to specially forge such a divine emperor-level stone-cutting knife.
The higher the grade, the sharper the knife, and the smoother it is to cut stone!
Soon, he began to work, peeling away the stone layer by layer, just like peeling an apple.
It was obvious that his skill was far superior to that of the stone cutter who had cut the peacock egg jade. Every cut he made was like a work of art!
All eyes were focused on that exceptionally rare jade stone.
"It's turning green! Look, it's turning green!"
When the stone was cut halfway through, everyone stared wide-eyed, not daring to blink even when their eyes were dry, afraid of missing something.
Li Tianyi was also a little excited. He himself was reluctant to cut the top-grade jadeite, and today he had really lost a lot of money.
However, as a jade expert, he still has the professional ethics he should have and would not intentionally damage the treasures cut out of the jade.
Of course, even if he had the desire, he wouldn't dare. Big Black Bull could crush him at any time!
After cutting out the material, Li Tianyi slowed down the cutting speed and became more careful.
Before long, stone fragments were scattered all over the ground, and he cut out a complete piece of stone.
"This is……"
"Insect Extreme Crystal?"
"What a huge piece of Insect Extreme Crystal! It's as big as two people's heads. It could be used to forge a complete Emperor-level weapon."
Many people looked surprised, while some recognized what the translucent, pinkish crystal-like object was.
"It's actually this kind of thing, a top-grade jade stone, truly living up to its reputation."
Nangong Dao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Insect Extreme Crystal is a treasure second only to the innate Dao metal. It is a crystal that can be refined into a great emperor's magic weapon, and it is extremely rare and expensive.
This piece is now as big as two human heads.
"If this were put up for auction, even the Emperor would be tempted; it's worth hundreds of billions!"
Yang Kun almost drooled, feeling incredibly regretful. If he had known he could cut out such valuable stuff, he should have bought it sooner.
Three hundred billion can yield treasures worth hundreds of billions!
It's heartbreaking to have missed out on this opportunity!
Of course, the most frustrated person on the scene was Li Tianyi; he felt like crying.
This was originally his treasure!
As a result, it has nothing to do with him now.
"Old Hei, this is for you."
Without a second thought, Chen Xuan gave the Insect Extreme Crystal to Big Black.
"Give...to me?"
The big black ox was dumbfounded. He never dreamed that Chen Xuan would give him a treasure worth hundreds of billions without even blinking.
"Yes, follow me. As long as you do your job well, I won't treat you unfairly."
Chen Xuan said calmly.
As I said before, every single one of his followers would share the same fate as Chen Xuan, as long as Chen Xuan had a bite of meat to eat, they would also have a sip of soup to drink.
This insect crystal is a rare and precious treasure to others.
For Chen Xuan, it was something he could easily give to his subordinates.
"Thank you, Master!"
Overjoyed, Big Black Bull immediately kowtowed twice to Chen Xuan.
Everyone else looked on with envy.
A treasure worth hundreds of billions, given away just like that.
If they could, they would all want to be Chen Xuan's lackeys!
Yang Kun felt a pang of regret. In fact, he had just been about to offer to spend hundreds of billions to buy the Insect Crystal and forge a suitable natal magic weapon for himself.
Unexpectedly, Chen Xuan gave it directly to Da Hei Niu, but Da Hei Niu doesn't lack those hundreds of billions and would never buy it.
Nangong Daoyi was also very surprised, not expecting Chen Xuan to be so generous.
But then I thought about it again. They already have the Supreme Yin-Yang Sword, so the mere Insect Crystal is indeed nothing to worry about.
Of course, he was unaware that Chen Xuan possessed four types of innate Dao metals.
If you knew, you'd probably be so shocked your jaw would drop to the floor.
Because even his father, and even his grandfather Nan Zun, did not possess the four types of Dao metals!
"Alright, let's cut the second one."
Chen Xuan spoke, indicating that they could now cut the sacred jade stone worth over 40 billion.
This rough stone is rectangular.
Li Tianyi dared not hesitate and continued cutting the stone.
This time, however, they only managed to cut out a fossilized corpse.
"A centipede of the quasi-god-emperor level, for some reason, was sealed inside a stone. This thing can be used as a medicinal material, but it's worth at most a few billion. This stone is no good."
As the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
With the 30 billion yuan worth of high-quality rough stone as a cautionary tale, everyone is hoping that this 40 billion yuan stone will yield some great treasures.
I thought it would be a big one, but it turned out to be a huge mess. All I could get was the corpse of a quasi-god emperor centipede. Its only use was as a medicinal ingredient!
Its value is only a few billion.
Anyone who buys this top-grade jadeite will lose 40 billion!
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