Xu Jiahao's face turned pale and blue, and he wished he could find a hole to crawl into in front of so many people.
As the young master of a jade family, he actually lost to a rookie in gambling on jade today.
He frequently looked at his cell phone. Taoist Taixiao said that he and his fellow disciples were rushing from Jiangzhou to the capital, and estimated that they would arrive in about half an hour.
What he needs to do now is to delay time until Taoist Taixiao comes to rescue him. Then he will not only not have to cash in the bet, but can also make Long Yi give up all the advantages he has taken.
"The outcome is still undecided, what are you so proud of now?" Xu Jiahao said.
"What? You don't think this broken stone of yours can be more valuable than my full green jadeite?" Long Yi sneered.
Xu Jiahao said stubbornly, "Humph! Who said we only bet on one round? It's best of three! What's more, one round is completely based on luck. I think you're just lucky today!"
There was a burst of boos at the scene, and the onlookers began to despise Xu Jiahao's shameless behavior of cheating.
"If you lose, you lose. Doesn't the Xu family's young master have the nerve to play games?"
"That's ridiculous! Why didn't they say it was best of three before the bet started? They only said it when they saw they were going to lose!"
“I really lost money and lost face!”
Long Yi looked at Xu Jiahao leisurely. He knew in his heart that Xu Jiahao was delaying time, but just now he discovered that there was a raw stone with extremely rich and strong spiritual energy in the pile of rocks. Even Xuantian Zhenqi could not see through the situation inside.
This is a good opportunity to take the treasure inside the raw stone.
"Best of three is fine, it's still the same old rules."
Xu Jiahao had a sly smile on his face, a look of success. He said, "You can win this round by luck, but later I'll take out the Xu family's most valuable Tianlong stone, and see how long you can continue to be so arrogant."
He waved his hand and ordered his men, "Go, bring me that piece of Tianlong stone from the warehouse. Let this ignorant country bumpkin open his eyes!"
The subordinate looked hesitant, "Master Xu, this rough stone was brought by the family master to participate in a jade exhibition. Would it be inappropriate for us to take it and cut it?"
Xu Jiahao angrily kicked his subordinate hard on the butt and said angrily, "If I told you to go, just go ahead. Why are you talking so much nonsense? I'll tell my father about it."
After nodding and bowing, the subordinate went to the warehouse to get the Tianlong raw stone.
Li Yutong knew the origin of the Tianlong Stone and could not help but feel worried for Long Yi. She leaned over and whispered in Long Yi's ear:
"Brother Yi, this Tianlong rough stone was mined from the Tianlong Mountains. It weighs four to five thousand kilograms. Judging from the window it has been polished into, the jadeite inside is most likely top-grade glass.
Judging from the raw stones on the market, there's probably nothing comparable to the Tianlong raw stone. Why don't we just not gamble, since he was the one who cheated first, after all."
Long Yi found a chair and sat down, saying calmly:
"Yutong, if an enemy comes, we will fight him with our generals, and if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. I want to see what this jade family has in store."
Seeing that he refused to listen to advice, Li Yutong stamped her feet in frustration.
In just a few minutes, three subordinates of the Xu family brought a piece of raw stone covered with black cloth on a four-wheeled cart. The height was nearly three meters high and the width was no less.
Xu Jiahao walked forward proudly and pulled away the black cloth covering the raw stone.
"Country bumpkin, let me open your eyes today. You will only see a raw stone of this size and quality once in your life!" He looked at Long Yi with disdain.
The moment the black cloth was lifted, a huge, round raw stone came into view. It had intricate patterns of pine flowers and pythons on it. Even people who didn't know much about it could tell that this raw stone was extraordinary.
Everyone exclaimed!
"Oh my god! Young Master Xu actually brought out the Xu family's Tianlong rough stone. Is he planning to use this rough stone for gambling?"
"I'm so lucky! I'm so lucky to be able to see the Tianlong stone being cut with my own eyes!"
"But isn't it a bit too much for Master Xu to bet with Tianlong jade? Even if all the raw stones on the market were added together, they wouldn't be worth a single Tianlong raw stone."
Xu Jiahao couldn't help but feel a little proud when he heard the onlookers exclaiming. He said to Long Yi with a look of arrogance, "You haven't chosen a stone for a long time. Are you just giving up?"
"Who said I gave up? Let me feel the texture of your raw stone so I can have a direction." Long Yi said calmly.
"Be careful, if you break ten of them, you won't be able to pay for it!" Xu Jiahao said sarcastically.
He felt that the other party was just touching the surface of the raw stone, and Long Yi had no means to change the outcome of the bet. If he agreed now, he would appear to be magnanimous.
Long Yi placed his right palm on the outer wall of the Tianlong stone, turned the Xuantian Atlas in his body, and calmly absorbed all the energy and spiritual energy of the jade in the stone into his body.
Soon, the interior of the Tianlong raw stone became exactly the same as the previous raw stone. All the jade inside turned into the Xuantian true qi in Long Yi's body. The originally emerald green interior of the raw stone now became dull.
Long Yi withdrew his right hand with great satisfaction. After absorbing so much true energy, he even felt that the bottleneck of breakthrough was slightly loosening.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and choose your rough stone. Don't waste time!" Xu Jiahao urged impatiently.
Long Yi casually pointed at a stone buried in the rubble and said, "This is it. It looks like it's destined to be with me."
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, but they couldn't tell which stone it was in the pile of rocks.
"Find it yourself. Can't you see I'm busy?" Xu Jiahao replied to Long Yi with a sly smile while directing the workers to cut lines on the Tianlong rough stone.
The pile of rocks was filled with all kinds of raw stones. It would be impossible to take out the raw stones underneath without the help of four or five people. At that time, Long Yi could only humbly ask for help.
Not only did he want Long Yi to lose the bet, but he also wanted him to be humiliated in public, so that he could make a warning to the entire capital and let them know the consequences of offending his Xu family.
Long Yi curled his lips and walked straight to the pile of rocks, rolled up his sleeves and started to move them.
Li Yutong quickly stepped forward and asked with concern: "Brother Yi, how about I ask the staff to help? How can you move so many by yourself..."
She was stunned by the scene in front of her, swallowing the words she had just finished saying. She was so surprised that she could fit an egg in her mouth.
Long Yi easily pushed aside the rocks and picked up a spherical raw stone with a diameter of half a meter with one hand.
After placing the spherical stone on the scale, Long Yi dusted off his hands and said coldly, "As usual, weigh it!"
After weighing it, the staff quoted a price of two thousand, which was actually cheaper than the raw stone that Long Yi had chosen before!
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