The stall owner's eyes rolled slyly. He knew at a glance that young people like Long Yi were just here to try their luck and had no experience at all.
Long Yi looked at the raw stone that the shopkeeper pointed to. It was actually just a little green and no different from an ordinary stone.
He used Xuantian Zhenqi to investigate again, and it was just as he expected, it was gray inside.
He turned and walked towards the next stall, where several staff members wearing clothes printed with the Xu Group logo were sitting lazily on chairs and chatting.
Long Yi felt the strong spiritual energy fluctuations coming from the stalls, and immediately stopped, releasing the Xuantian Qi to investigate one by one.
He stared with burning eyes at a piece of raw stone piled in a messy corner. The stone was nearly one and a half meters high, dark green in color, and covered with damp moss.
Long Yi suppressed his excitement and pointed at the rough stone and asked the staff, "Hello, how did you buy that rough stone?"
The staff member didn't even raise his eyelids, glanced at Long Yi and said impatiently: "Go away, go away, are you blind? Don't you see the inscription on the archway that the Xu family keeps the raw stones for themselves and does not sell them to the outside world?"
After hearing this, Long Yi frowned. The staff member's attitude was extremely arrogant. He was just politely asking for the price, but the other party was so impatient.
This is the only piece of raw stone that he currently likes, and he must find a way to buy it and give it to Li Yutong.
At the same time, when Li Yutong was looking for raw stones with jade appraisers, he met the lingering Xu Jiahao again.
The other party said eagerly: "Yutong, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to meet you again in the raw stone market."
Li Yutong deliberately distanced herself and said indifferently, "Is there something wrong?"
"Why? I can't look for you if there's nothing wrong. Besides, I know you want to give Grandpa a birthday present for his 80th birthday, so I specially left you a piece of top-quality rough stone."
Although Li Yutong didn't want to bother with Xu Jiahao, the raw stone market was too complicated and she couldn't find a suitable raw stone after searching for a long time.
Grandpa’s birthday is imminent, and for now I can only believe what Xu Jiahao says. After all, the Xu family started out with the jade business.
"I appreciate Mr. Xu's kindness, but if you want to give it to me, I don't need it. If your rough stone is really good, I am willing to buy it at a price higher than the market price."
Xu Jiahao was overjoyed. As long as Li Yutong agreed to him, it would be the first step. He didn't believe that he couldn't win over that silly boy Long Yi.
"It doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, Yutong, as long as you are happy, come with me."
After saying that, he happily led the way, leading Li Yutong towards the Xu family's raw stone shop.
The few of them stopped not far from Long Yi. Xu Jiahao pointed complacently at a huge rough stone that was two meters high and about one meter wide and said:
"Look, Yutong, this rough stone is specially left for you. Even my father praised it highly. It will definitely produce a top-grade glass-type stone!"
Li Yutong looked at the raw stone. Although she didn't know much about raw stones, the pattern of this raw stone was python pattern, and the window on the side was the best emerald green.
The staff was very tactful and used glass to scratch the window of the original stone a few times, but there was no scratch left on the window.
This proves that the hardness inside the raw stone is extremely good, and all signs indicate that the raw stone can produce top-quality jadeite.
The appraiser next to him exclaimed in amazement, "Mr. Li, with my over twenty years of jade appraisal experience, this rough stone is absolutely 100% capable of producing top-grade jadeite."
Li Yutong was a little hesitant. If this raw stone could produce a large piece of top-quality jade, and then be carefully carved into a jade rockery, his grandfather would definitely love it.
Xu Jiahao observed Li Yutong's expression and saw that she was a little moved, so he quickly added, "Yutong, if you like this rough stone, take it for 20 million."
The onlookers echoed.
"What? Master Xu only sold this top-grade raw stone for 20 million? This is a huge loss!"
"What do you know? Do you really think she's short of that little money? Young Master Xu is clearly just flirting with the girl."
Li Yutong hesitated for a moment. Since the onlookers were all praising the raw stone, it would be right for her to take a picture of it. Just when she was about to take the picture.
Suddenly, someone shouted from a distance: "Yutong, if you buy this rough stone, you will lose a lot of money."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Long Yi striding towards them from not far away.
When Xu Jiahao saw Long Yi coming, he immediately jumped up and down in anger, saying:
"Long, why the hell are you everywhere? I finally got some time to spend with Yutong, and you interrupted me!
"You're a nouveau riche, don't you know the tricks of gambling on stones? You're just making random comments? You should know that when I first dug this rough stone out of the ore, someone offered 100 million yuan, but I didn't sell it!"
Long Yi sneered, "A bid of 100 million? Don't look at the size of this rough stone, but there is only one small facet with jade inside, and it's the lowest grade, the glutinous variety. It's hard to sell it for even a few hundred thousand."
Li Yutong had an inexplicable trust in Long Yi, and she stood on Long Yi's side without hesitation.
"Mr. Xu, I'm sorry to bother you. Since my boyfriend said this rough stone is a defective product, I won't buy it."
Seeing that she was so disrespectful and even questioned him in public, Xu Jiahao chose to believe Long Yi, who knew nothing about jade.
A sinister look appeared on his face, and he said unwillingly: "Yutong, don't listen to that kid's nonsense. My Xu family started with jade. When it comes to identifying raw stones, I am ten thousand times better than Long Yi!"
Long Yi chuckled at the other person's funny look. He did not have any experience or professional knowledge in gambling on jade, but as long as he used the Xuantian Qi to investigate, he would be better than those so-called jade masters who only relied on experience to distinguish.
When Xu Jiahao saw that Li Yutong didn't respond, he suddenly felt powerless as if he was punching cotton.
He suppressed his inner anger and said, "Since you are so confident, let's take a gamble!"
"I just lost 120 million in the casino, and now Young Master Xu is here to give me money again?" Long Yi said jokingly.
Xu Jiahao said sternly, "Stop talking nonsense and tell me if you dare or not. If I lose, I'll give you 100 million. If you lose, you have to return the cauldron you won at the auction and leave Yutong!"
He had just learned the true value of the Guiyuan Ding from Taoist Taixiao. No wonder Long Yi was willing to spend 300 million to buy it.
Long Yi laughed dumbly. With the help of Xuantian Qi, there was no possibility of losing. He immediately said:
"Your calculations are too good. First of all, I won't bet with Yutong. Secondly, the value of the furnace is worth more than 100 million!"
Xu Jiahao frowned. He had to get the Guiyuan Ding back immediately. Nothing else mattered. "So what's the stakes?"
Long Yi said in a deep voice: "If I lose, I will give you the Guiyuan Ding. If you lose, give me 100 million, plus the jade."
Long Yi pointed to the piece of jade he had just set his eyes on in a messy corner.
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