"It's green! It's green!"
Someone in the crowd exclaimed in surprise.
Xu Shengnan leaned closer to take a look, and immediately beamed with pride, his voice trembling slightly.
"Haha! Did you see that? It's icy jade! It's icy clear water jade! Judging from this opening of the window, the price will at least increase significantly!"
He looked at Zhou Yang provocatively, "Kid, scared now? With my talent, I could easily cut you up and make you rich for a lifetime!"
Hmph, you think you can mess with me? You're still too green!
Once I win, I'll show you how to deal with you and then I'll get my hands on those two beauties!
Zhou Yang remained calm, but when he saw that clear, watery color, his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
Hmm? This color... something's not right.
Gu Huaiyue and Xu Yao watched nervously, and Xu Yao even whispered to Zhou Yang.
"Zhou Yang, his piece seems really good. Are you... are you confident?"
Zhou Yang gave her a reassuring look, his lips still bearing that calm and serene smile.
Urged on by Xu Shengnan, the stone-cutting master sped up and began cutting down along the window opening.
Xu Shengnan was even more smug, boasting with spittle flying about how sharp his eye was in selecting stones.
Once this stone is fully cut open, it could be worth at least several million, or even tens of millions. Zhou Yang's piece of junk with its blemishes is simply not worth mentioning.
However, when the stone was completely cut open and split in two, everyone was dumbfounded.
That alluring, icy-clear water color from before was merely a thin layer adhering to the skin, as if it had been painted on!
As you go deeper, the color fades rapidly, and the water level drops sharply.
Even more frightening is that most of the area has turned into a grayish-white, rough-textured marble texture, with a lot of black impurities mixed in!
"This...how is this possible?!"
Xu Shengnan's smile froze instantly, like a duck whose neck had been grabbed, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
He rushed forward, holding the two halves of the stone in disbelief, examining them from all angles. "Where's my icy jadeite? How could this happen? Has it mutated?!"
The owner of Hongyunfang also stepped forward with a regretful expression to take a look. After examining it carefully for a moment, he sighed.
“Young Master Xu, this piece of material of yours… has indeed changed, and it has become extremely powerful.”
"This clear water color is only on the surface; the inside is almost entirely white cotton and impurities. The marble base is too heavy."
"What a pity, what a pity! Such a small amount of green, and although the water content is at the ice level, the piece is too small. It's barely enough to make a small pendant, but its overall value... is probably only around 300,000."
"Three hundred thousand?!"
Xu Shengnan was struck dumb, staggered back a step, his face ashen, and muttered to himself.
"Impossible... I was sure it was going well... How could this happen..."
His previous arrogant and smug demeanor had vanished, leaving him only a lost and dejected state.
A knowing glint flashed in Gu Huaiyue's eyes, and she smiled slightly, giving Zhou Yang a wink: "Zhou Yang, it's your turn."
Zhou Yang nodded, handed his unremarkable stone, covered in black spots, to the stone-cutting master, and gave him a casual instruction.
"Master, please, start from this side, and gently rub the affected area, little by little."
The stone cutter took the stone, glanced at the large patch of black spots, and a hint of disapproval flashed in his eyes, but he still began to polish it as instructed.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"
Black stone dust fell down, revealing grayish-white marble underneath. Moreover, the black blemishes seemed to have penetrated deeper, making it look like a piece of waste stone.
The crowd immediately began to whisper among themselves.
"Alas, this stone is probably ruined. The black fungus has been ingested; even a god couldn't save it!"
"Young people are still too green. To dare to play the game of 'hiding high-quality goods under a veneer,' one must have an incredibly sharp eye!"
"I think it's going to be tough; this is a bad start."
Xu Shengnan also snapped out of his disappointment. Seeing Zhou Yang's stone-like performance, he immediately perked up and a gloating grin spread across his face.
"Hahaha! Kid, see that? You think you can compete with me with this piece of junk? You're like lighting a lamp in a latrine—you're asking for death!"
"Don't even mention Imperial Green, you'd be lucky if you could even get a pea-green variety! Get ready to kowtow and beg for forgiveness!"
Damn it, even though his part collapsed, as long as this kid collapses even more, he won't lose too badly!
Zhou Yang ignored him and calmly watched the stone-cutting master's movements.
As the grinding wheel continued to grind, the unsightly black spots and outer layer were gradually worn away.
Just when everyone was almost convinced that the rock had completely collapsed, and Xu Shengnan's smile grew increasingly smug—
Sudden!
"hiss--!"
The stone-cutting master gasped sharply, and his hands stopped moving abruptly!
On the originally gray-black stone surface, as the grinding wheel advanced, an extremely rich green, so vibrant it seemed to drip water, suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes, like a sleeping dragon awakening!
The green was rich but not dark, vibrant but not gaudy, pure, bright, even, and lively.
Like a deep, pure emerald pool, it shimmers with a lustrous, translucent, domineering, and profound luster under the bright lights of the stone-cutting area!
"Imperial...Imperial Green!!"
The owner of Hongyunfang was the first to gasp in surprise, his voice trembling with excitement.
He staggered forward, his eyes fixed on the green, as if trying to suck it in.
"My God! It really is Imperial Green! And such a huge expanse of it!!"
The entire stone-cutting area fell into a deathly silence for a moment, followed by a thunderous burst of exclamations and discussions!
"My God! I've never seen anything like this before! It actually turned out to be Imperial Green!"
"This color...this clarity...it's absolutely top-grade imperial green!"
"A hidden gem lies beneath the blemishes! He actually guessed right!"
Xu Yao covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with shock and ecstasy.
Gu Huaiyue's beautiful eyes sparkled as she gave Zhou Yang a deep look, her heart filled with turbulent emotions.
Who exactly is this guy?!
How could he so accurately identify such a rare and difficult-to-judge piece of black jadeite, revealing imperial green color on his first try?!
Xu Shengnan's sinister smile had already frozen, and his lips were trembling.
"No...impossible...this...this is absolutely impossible! It's fake! It must be fake! How could that piece of junk stone...probably yield imperial jade?!"
Even the stone-cutting master, who had seen his share of grand occasions, couldn't help but tremble at this moment.
He took a deep breath and carefully continued polishing, gradually clarifying the edges of that imperial green.
Time passed second by second, each second feeling like an eternity.
Finally, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the true nature of Zhou Yang's "trash rock" was completely revealed to the public!
Half of it was expected waste material, gray and dull, like gnawed bones, worthless.
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