Imperial Treasure
Chapter 92 - 76: Relying on a Fluke?

Chapter 92: Chapter 76: Relying on a Fluke?

Stone chips flew, and the blade slowly sawed through. After cutting one-third of the way, not a hint of green was seen.

"Drat, a loss!" Qian Fengling said with a laugh. Qian Shuangyu pursed his lips, "Did you really think there would be any green?"

Zhou Ran also revealed a slight smile.

It seemed they were indeed facing a loss.

A loss was a loss, just 8000 taels of silver. Did you all really need to be like this? Elder Tang was quite disdainful, a family that couldn’t hold a candle to proper society, no wonder with such superficial attention from Zhou Ran...

"No worries, Sui Yi, it’s just 8000 taels..." Su Ziyi said soothingly and after thinking for a bit, whispered, "My family also sells this. If you like it, I’ll give you an internal price some other day."

Ha! This kid’s reliable! Elder Tang laughed upon hearing this, while Elder Han rolled his eyes.

You really did great, kid!

However, just after he finished speaking, someone exclaimed in surprise!

"Look, there’s green!"

"Yes, yes, it’s real! Look quickly..."

The white mist was like the clouds and mists over the Tianshan Mountains, densely covering the gray-white stone surface. To be honest, it couldn’t really be called a stone surface anymore. Even with that gray-white, there was a unique sense of clarity. Beneath the mist, there was a hint of tender green, like the fresh shoots of new growth. Regardless of the clarity for now, this shade of green was definitely something that would catch the eye of many jewelers—except for Boss Qian and his family.

"Ha, tender green? Wonder what the water type is like..."

"Just watch and see!"

"Looking at the base color, it shouldn’t be too bad... This tender green color is really nice."

"This is truly a huge increase in value~~"

The phrase "huge increase" rolled off the tongues of those who hadn’t seen much of the world, but it made the disciples of Zhang Guangbiao and others purse their lips.

A huge increase?

Although the price had been set and the profit was high, in their view, a "huge increase" for jade had to be at least worth three million.

The potential here was still unknown.

But was this girl on a path to fortune?

The young man had been giving Sui Yi several glances before.

After less than ten jade cutting blocks, another piece of jade was revealed. Even Zhang Guangbiao started to become visibly excited, while the others were even more overjoyed and noisy, continually shouting and cheering. The place was already lively and now, as it neared midday, many people passing by after finishing work stopped to join the excitement. At the mention of jade stones, high prices, gambling stones, and the like, the shock was tremendous!

Qian Fengling and Qian Shuangyu were grinding their teeth in frustration, but with green already seen, what could they do?

They could only curse under their breath: "Maybe it’s just a skin-deep green?~~"

Although it was unpleasant to hear, some merchants didn’t dare to guarantee it either, but...

"Ha, Miss Sui, your raw stone isn’t bad, I’ll offer 100,000 for it, how about it?"

"Really stingy, how could Miss Sui, being Elder Tang’s apprentice, settle for that? Here, I’ll offer 110,000..."

Elder Tang heard this and twisted his mouth in frustration, damn it, how come his apprentice’s name is only worth an extra 10,000? You might as well not have mentioned it at all!!

Even people like Elder Han had the mind to make an offer, given the promising base color and the high possibility of cutting out fine jade.

But was Sui Yi short on money? Was she a person who couldn’t afford to gamble?

Lin Yun instinctively looked at Sui Yi next to him and indeed saw her calmly stating, "Cut it open."

That tone carried the firmness of someone not swayed even by an offer of a million.

The multitude of jewelers begrudgingly backed off, secretly thinking, maybe it was just a skin-deep green after all~~

The jade cutting machine started operating again. Su Ziyi unconsciously clenched his fists and said to Sui Yi, "I think this is definitely good jade, don’t worry, don’t be nervous."

Sui Yi was taken aback, turned her head to look at him, and saw the sweat on his forehead, and laughed, "It’s you who’s nervous, right?"

"Huh?"

Su Ziyi instinctively wiped his forehead and suddenly felt awkward. Why was he so nervous about a stone that wasn’t his?

Could this be a case of the emperor being less anxious than the eunuch?

Ptooey, ptooey~~ That’s not the right analogy.

Zhang Guangbiao’s skills were not something his disciples could compare to. Because he had already seen green, it was enough to make a cut to one side, and if green was seen on both sides, the jade would naturally have substance, rather than just being skin-green.

Of course, if the cut was not well made, it was very possible to damage the jade underneath, which is why his movements were so cautious..

In fact, Zhang Guangbiao was the one with the best eye for raw stones here. After seeing the base color and the white mist next to the tender green, he had much higher regard for this raw stone in his heart, being eighty to ninety percent sure that good jade could be cut from beneath, so he acted with such care.

But he didn’t say this, which made Elder Tang think he was deliberately taking care of Sui Yi, and naturally, he was grateful.