"Bullshit! My father's taste in jade is among the best in the whole capital, and it's not your turn to question it!" Xu Jiahao shouted angrily.
"Okay, I'll wait and see what kind of top-quality jade you can produce." Long Yi said jokingly.
It is very easy to cut the jade in the middle. Three or two workers draw the line and then split the original stone into two parts.
"How is this possible!" Xu Jiahao looked at the grayish-white cut surface in the middle, squatted on the ground with his head in his hands and muttered in disbelief.
The crowd watching was also in an uproar.
"It's like one cut to heaven and one cut to hell. With this cut, the original 100 million raw stones instantly became worthless!"
"It seems that even the Xu family, a jade family, can make mistakes sometimes. I thought I would find something top-notch, but it turned out to be just a piece of waste stone!"
"But even if nothing comes out, Master Xu can easily win the bet with the jade on the surface of the rough stone."
Xu Jiahao stood up in despair and yelled at several workers:
"Why are you all just standing there? Keep cutting! I don't believe this two thousand jin rough stone only has a little jade on the surface!"
After a few workers recovered from their shock, they hurriedly cut the original stone into four parts, but the result was the same, with no trace of green on the cut surface.
"Cut again!" Xu Jiahao held on to the last glimmer of luck. He no longer expected to get any top-quality jade, he just wanted to win the bet.
The workers were in a panic again, and in the end they cut a whole piece of raw stone into 16 small pieces, without any green in them.
Long Yi looked at Xu Jiahao's distraught look and laughed, saying jokingly:
"It seems that Master Xu's vision still needs to be improved. What kind of rubbish did your father choose? I think it's better to learn jade knowledge from me than from your father!"
Xu Jiahao raised his head and glared at him, "Mr. Long, why are you so arrogant? It's true that I made a mistake in judging this rough stone.
But I can easily crush your broken stone with just a hint of green on the surface of my raw stone!"
He couldn't wait to direct several workers to cut the raw stone selected by Long Yi, hoping to regain his psychological balance in Long Yi.
The leading worker looked at the rough stone with disdain and planned to cut it in the middle without even marking the cutting line.
Long Yi quickly stopped him, "Master, the quality of this rough stone of mine is extremely good. It can't be cut. Just rub it lightly to get the green."
The worker scoffed, "Given the quality of your broken stone, it would be great if it could produce green if you cut it in the middle. If we try to polish it, we'll die of exhaustion and there's no way it will produce green."
Naturally, he said this to Xu Jiahao. If he could flatter the young master without showing any emotion in front of him, he would definitely get some benefits in the future.
Xu Jiahao's expression softened a bit, and he said to the worker:
"Okay, I'll remember you. You'll definitely be rewarded in the future. Just follow this kid's instructions. I don't think he'll give up until he gets to the point where he's determined!"
The worker nodded quickly and responded, then took out the grinding wheel and prepared to start grinding off the weathered skin on the surface of the original stone.
The onlookers began to talk impatiently.
"This guy is really interesting. He wants to use a grinding wheel to polish out a green hue from this kind of crappy raw stone. How long will it take to do that?"
"That's right, isn't this torturing the workers?"
"Young Master Xu's stone is so good that there's no need to polish it. I wonder how he'll look after he fails to polish it green."
Long Yi ignored the cold words around him and just focused on watching the workers' actions. Under the perception of Xuantian Zhenqi, the raw stone would be rubbed green in a short while.
"It's green, it's green!" someone in the crowd screamed. From his angle, he could see the green at the first moment.
After hearing the screams from the crowd, Xu Jiahao rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not seeing things and then stared at the raw stone.
Sure enough, a hint of lush green emerged, and the quality of the jade was far superior to that of his own!
After hearing the shouting, several workers stopped what they were doing, poured some cold water on the raw stone and cleaned off the debris on the surface.
The window of the raw stone that had just been wiped actually showed a touch of lush green, and it seemed to be a top-grade glass!
"Oh my god! I've been in this jade market for decades, and I've made a mistake today! Jadeite of this quality is hard to come by in a century!"
"If this rough stone could produce jadeite of this quality without any impurities, it would be priceless!"
"The probability is too low..."
Long Yi's face was calm, and he didn't show any emotion because of the emerald. He just said lightly:
"Master, continue to rub the rough stone with the grinding wheel. Rub it all over. Be careful not to scratch the jade inside."
The worker was obviously shocked by the greenery before him, and nodded woodenly and continued to work.
One window, two windows, three windows...
The workers cleaned more than a dozen windows in a row, and after washing away the debris with clean water, they all revealed lush green, and they were all top-grade glass.
Except for the sound of the grinding wheel, the scene was silent. Everyone present held their breath and stared at the raw stone intently.
It was not until the worker finished wiping the last window that the onlookers reacted and burst into loud applause!
"This young man actually opened up a piece of full green jadeite, and the quality is top-grade glass-type!"
"I apologize for my arrogance just now. I can die without regrets if I can see such a top-grade jadeite in my lifetime!"
"I think the Heshi Bi presented to the King of Qin was no more than this!"
Seeing that Long Yi had polished the entire piece of raw stone into a complete piece of jade perfectly, Xu Jiahao opened his mouth in disbelief and his jaw dropped.
For jadeite, the grades from low to high are bean type, glutinous type, ice type, and glass type.
The raw stone from Long Yi was not only glass-type, but also top-grade glass-type with no impurities and emerald green throughout!
In contrast, I only got a little bit of icy jadeite from the huge raw stone, and the market price is less than 10,000.
This is simply a slap in the face of the Xu family!
Li Yutong was dumbfounded watching from the side. She didn't expect that Long Yi found a priceless raw stone after just being separated from her for a moment.
She had a sense of unreality as if she were living in a dream. Long Yi had given her too many surprises today.
Before Li Yutong could speak, Long Yi took the initiative to say, "Yutong, this piece of jade is the perfect birthday gift for Mr. Li."
Li Yutong waved her hands quickly. Although she and Long Yi had a special relationship, the price of this jade could no longer be measured by money, and she could not accept it no matter what.
"Brother Yi, I appreciate your kindness, but this piece of jade is too precious!"
"Is this expensive? I only bought it from Master Xu for 24,000."
After saying this, Long Yi glanced at Xu Jiahao jokingly, the sarcasm in his glance was self-evident.
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