Supreme Divine Physician in the City
Chapter 412 Ice Jade

Chapter 412: Chapter 412 Ice Jade

"Master, please help me cut this stone."

Ye Xuan smiled faintly and politely spoke to the stone-cutting master.

"Kid, I personally cut open this piece of stone for Mr. Wei, and it’s completely waste material. Are you sure you want to cut open a piece of waste stone?"

The master stopped his work and looked towards the waste stone in Ye Xuan’s hand, kindly reminding him.

He had seen everything that happened here and knew that Ye Xuan picked up the stone from the pile of waste.

He had been working as a stone-cutting master in Qingya House for so many years and had never seen anyone make a green finding by picking through the leftovers!

Yet, here was this young man, actually holding a piece of waste stone and asking him to cut it.

Knowing it to be impossible, wasn’t this just a waste of time and energy?

As if he hadn’t heard the master’s warning, Ye Xuan grinned and said, "Of course I’m going to cut it. I’m waiting to make a big profit after I find the ice jade."

Pfft!

As soon as they heard Ye Xuan’s words, the people around him burst out laughing.

Damn, this kid is too full of himself. A broken stone, and you still want to make money? Are you sure you’re not delusional?

The master didn’t know what to say. Why wouldn’t this young fellow take advice?

When everyone says you’re wrong, there’s clearly a problem with what you’re doing. If you’re determined to go on, wouldn’t that be even more absurd?

"Master, just help him cut it open. This kid insists on humiliating himself, why not let him have his way? We’re all waiting to see the show."

Zhang Jun mocked from the side, eager to see Ye Xuan embarrass himself.

The master sighed secretly, took the piece of stone from Ye Xuan, and prepared to cut it open from the middle.

This kind of waste stone had no value for polishing. Better to let the kid give up soon.

But just then, Ye Xuan smiled and said, "Master, please start from the outside and grind slowly. Don’t cut it from the middle. If you damage my ice jade, how will I make money?"

Seeing the master pick up the tool and thinking about cutting from the middle, Ye Xuan immediately spoke out to stop him.

What a joke. What if he damaged the good treasure inside? Wouldn’t that be a big loss?

Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, the master, just about to act, felt doubts and dissatisfaction rising within him.

Just this broken stone, and he has to grind it step by step? Was this kid doing this on purpose to mock him?

Usually, when cutting stone, they cut from the designated spot or from the middle. It’s very straightforward.

There are very few requests to grind off the skin step by step from the surface, unless they could be sure there was ice jade inside and only then would the stone-cutting master be very careful.

Although reluctant, the master had no choice but to do as the customer requested.

But obviously, to say this piece of waste stone had ice jade, the master didn’t believe it at all!

At this time, the people around were also looking over with teasing and playful smiles, their eyes alight with anticipation for the spectacle.

Wei Hongjun had been paying attention to Ye Xuan from the side. He noticed that Ye Xuan’s expression had been calm from start to finish.

Even faced with much mockery, he remained composed and at ease, looking unconcerned as if he wasn’t worried that the stone would be waste.

Regardless of this kid’s eyesight, his composure elevated Wei Hongjun’s opinion of him.

Buzz buzz!

With the buzzing sound from the stone cutting machine, the palm-sized stone belonging to Ye Xuan began to be polished step by step from the outside.

Layers of stone powder flew around under the continuous friction of the polishing machine, and the piece of stone material gradually shrank.

Fifteen minutes later, the stone went from the size of a palm to that of an egg.

Yet its color remained dull and gray, without a trace of green!

"Haha, what did I tell you? This is just a piece of waste stone. How about it, was I right?"

Seeing the stone shrunk to the size of an egg, Zhang Jun laughed mockingly, showing a face full of triumph.

The surrounding crowd also shook their heads, not believing that this piece of "junk rock" could reveal any trace of green, thinking the kid was completely fooling around!

Even Liu Ying, at this point, furrowed her brows in skepticism. If there was really any jade in this stone, it should have shown up by now.

Nevertheless, she decided to keep watching. Ye Xuan’s earlier confident assurance had left her somewhat convinced.

"Sir, why not cut it directly from the middle? This slow grinding is too time-consuming,"

the old master suggested. The rock had shrunk to half its former size and still revealed nothing, continuing seemed like a fruitless effort.

"Master, please continue grinding; we haven’t hit bottom yet," Ye Xuan instructed.

"This... ah! All right then."

The old master had no choice but to go on grinding.

Whirring!

The Stone Cutting Machine buzzed into life again.

The rock had shrunk from the size of a chicken egg to the size of a walnut!

And then to the size of a longan!

But still, there was no hint of green.

The rock remained as dull and lackluster as before, devoid of any interesting gloss.

At this point, even Liu Ying had lost hope, convinced that Ye Xuan had made a mistake!

Having been reduced to the size of a longan, even if jade were to appear, it wouldn’t hold much value. Besides, it seemed impossible for any green to emerge given the circumstances.

Seeing Ye Xuan still there, enthusiastically directing the old master in grinding, Zhang Jun had already burst into laughter.

Just as he was about to start jeering,

suddenly, an exclamation rang out: "My God! Look... there’s green!"

What!

There’s green?

This shout suddenly caught the attention of everyone present.

Everyone’s eyes widened, glances converging on the old master’s hands, and upon a closer look, faces revealed disbelief.

The piece of "junk stone" in the old master’s hands had been ground down to the size of a fingernail,

but this time, the color was no longer dull grey. Instead, it sparkled brilliantly, like stars in the night sky, dazzling and bright.

This crystal-clear luster instantaneously captured the attention of the entire room.

Even the old master, who was still grinding, was taken aback. His eyes bulged as he rubbed them, thinking he might be seeing things.

"Is there really green?"

Realizing he wasn’t seeing things, and the lustrous color was indeed real, a look of astonishment spread across the old master’s face.

The people around were also extremely shocked, finding it hard to believe that a piece of junk stone could actually reveal green—a marvel indeed.

"However, although the jade is small, it looks to be of good quality. It seems to be high-grade Ice Jade!"

"You’re right. It’s a bit small, but the translucency and luster are very bright. It appears to be high-quality Ice Seed—this kid has stumbled upon a treasure!"

"Such Ice Seed jade would definitely fetch a high price on the market. We were all mistaken earlier!"

"Young man, how about selling this Ice Seed to me?"

As the crowd beheld the transparent, crystalline glow from within the stone, they cast envious looks at Ye Xuan.

And some jewelers, stirred by the sight, were itching to buy it on the spot!

This piece of Ice Seed, still in its raw state, might only be as big as a fingernail, but it was more than enough to be crafted into a pendant.

Once finely polished and introduced to the market, its value would only multiply manifold!