Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 150: Contempt

Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Contempt

In fact, Jiangbei was a complete novice when it came to gambling on stones, as this was his first time visiting such a place and his first encounter with the practice.

Normally, unless he was incredibly lucky, picking any random stone and cutting it to reveal treasures like Imperial Green and Emerald would be next to impossible.

Otherwise, he didn’t stand a chance of beating Xia Lianyun.

But a novice he may be, Jiangbei still had a means of cheating: he possessed Divine Sense.

Even though the raw stones here were made of materials that naturally blocked some probing of the Divine Sense, preventing Jiangbei from instantly gaining total insight with a sweep of his mind, a walk around, coupled with a look and a touch, would reveal the secrets of any stone he encountered.

"Is that Ice Jadeite inside this one?"

Before long, Jiangbei came across a raw stone containing a large piece of Ice Jadeite, which was priced at 500,000, but in reality, once cut out, the sizable piece of intact Ice Jadeite was worth at least 5 million in his estimation.

If he really bought it, that would be a huge profit.

However, Jiangbei didn’t stop to directly choose the raw stone that contained Ice Jadeite.

Instead, he continued to stroll through the stone area.

He wanted to see if he could find a stone containing Energy Baryte!

That was Jiangbei’s true goal.

More than ten minutes later.

Xia Lianyun had already picked out a raw stone roughly the size of a basketball, his face wearing a slightly smug smile.

When it came to gambling on stones, he truly feared no one.

"Jiangbei, how’s it going, have you made your selection?"

He approached Jiangbei, his eyes holding a hint of disdain.

From time to time, he had been keeping an eye on Jiangbei and noticed that Jiangbei seemed to be wandering aimlessly, looking here and touching there without any sign of professionalism. In his eyes, Jiangbei looked like nothing more than a country bumpkin or a hillbilly, which gave him a natural sense of superiority.

"Has half an hour passed?" Jiangbei asked, turning to Xia Lianyun.

"Not yet," Xia Lianyun replied, taken aback.

"Since it hasn’t, why don’t you wait over there?" Jiangbei said and then continued to examine the remaining stones on his own.

Xia Lianyun’s eyes darkened.

In Jinling, especially knowing his status, no one had ever dared to disrespect him like this.

This country bumpkin from Jiangbei was truly courting death.

In Xia Lianyun’s eyes, a flash of murderous intent shimmered. He had decided that during the competition at the Southern Martial Association, he would not only teach Jiangbei a lesson, but he would also play rough, aiming to cripple him.

"Let him jump around for another day or two!" With this thought, Xia Lianyun’s mood improved somewhat.

Finally.

More than twenty minutes after the agreed time, Jiangbei finished his cursory inspection of the entire stone area.

"Twenty-eight minutes have passed since our half-hour agreement. Have you made your choice?" Xia Lianyun was growing impatient.

"I’ve chosen!" This time, Jiangbei didn’t make him wait any longer and turned around, retracing his steps to a particular raw stone and pointed at it, "I want this one."

By then, not only had Xia Lianyun been waiting for a long time, many onlookers drawn by the bet had also been waiting quite a while.

So, when they saw Jiangbei turn back and pick out a raw stone, they all looked over, curious about what stone Jiangbei had chosen.

After all, his approach thus far had seemed entirely amateur.

But when they saw the raw stone Jiangbei had chosen.

"Pfft!"

Many people couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Anyone familiar with gambling on stones, even beginners, would never choose the stone Jiangbei was pointing at.

In the world of stone gambling, that kind of stone was categorically regarded as useless material.

It was universally acknowledged in the industry that if you opened a thousand such stones, five hundred would contain nothing but pure rock, and the rest would either have poor translucency and color or be filled with impurities and cracks.

There might be exceptions, but they had neither seen nor heard of any.

So, when Su Luo chose a piece of complete waste material, it not only made Xia Lianyun burst into laughter, but many spectators also doubled over with laughter.

Su Luo dawdled for half an hour, and in the end, he selected a piece of waste rough stone?

It seemed, he truly was an utter outsider.

He really knew nothing.

They also couldn’t understand where this man got his confidence to gamble with Xia Lianyun on stones.

If he was trying to please Xia Lianyun, wanting to offer his female companion to Xia Lianyun, there were plenty of ways to do it, without intentionally losing to Xia Lianyun in a bet on stones.

Everyone expressed their incomprehension.

At this moment, on An Ran’s pretty face, there was also a hint of urgency.

She wanted to persuade Su Luo to switch to another rough stone.

But when she saw Su Luo’s calm eyes, facing everyone’s snickering also very calm, composed, and confident, An Ran’s lips moved, and in the end, she held back.

Even if she felt it was impossible, she still chose to believe in Su Luo.

But this still made her even more nervous.

She even prepared herself mentally for the possibility that Su Luo might lose and she would be forced to honor the agreement.

Of course, besides Su Luo, she would not accompany any other man, she had her own strategies.

Xia Lianyun looked down at Su Luo and said with a superior air, "I can tell you very clearly that this is a piece of waste, and winning against you like this gives me no pleasure at all. Why don’t you pick another rough stone, at least you’d still have that little chance thanks to luck."

Su Luo smiled slightly, "No need, let’s stick with this one, prepare to cut the stone!"

"Alright." Xia Lianyun quickly summoned the club’s Offering Master to cut the stone.

In front of all the spectators, the club’s manager personally acted as the referee.

The rough stone chosen by Xia Lianyun was gradually cut open.

The cut revealed green color, full and even texture, which caused some sharp-eyed people to instantly widen their eyes in amazement.

"Could this be a piece of top-notch Ice Jadeite that’s fully green?"

Someone spoke up.

Suddenly, everyone’s breath seemed to catch.

Was Xia Lianyun’s luck that good?

Stone gambling is about skill, but it also greatly tests one’s luck. Otherwise, no matter how good your skills are, if you have terrible luck, you won’t be able to uncover anything good.

And this time, Xia Lianyun might actually unveil a piece of top-notch Ice Jadeite that’s fully green?

"It’s not fully green, but it indeed is a piece of top-notch Ice Jadeite. This piece, once cut out, is probably worth tens of millions."

The stone cutter smiled.

And when he had cut out the entire piece of rough stone, as he had said, it was indeed a piece of top-notch Ice Jadeite. By the eyes of these seasoned players, it was evident that its value should be just over ten million.

In reality, a price of ten million wasn’t much for someone like Xia Lianyun, a wealthy young master.

If someone gave him ten million, he might not even want it.

However, having cut out a piece of Ice Jadeite worth ten million on his own, Xia Lianyun was extremely pleased.

While everyone else expressed admiration for Xia Lianyun’s skill and luck in stone gambling, they also looked at Su Luo with sympathy.

This guy was in trouble!

An Ran’s pretty face also turned a bit bitter, as she felt that Brother Su Luo might really lose!

She could hardly bear to watch.

However.

Suddenly, she heard gasps of astonishment.

"Hiss..."

"My God, this... this... could this be..."

An Ran quickly turned her head to look, only to discover that the stone cutter working for Su Luo nearly jumped up in excitement, "Damn, I’ve been in the business for decades, and I’ve never seen such a top-notch piece."