The Fortunate Demoniac Little Village Doctor
Chapter 436 - 436 411 Seeing Green

436: Chapter 411: Seeing Green 436: Chapter 411: Seeing Green The cutting blade gradually penetrated the stone, slowly igniting sparks and advancing downwards.

Just ten centimeters to go, and the layer of skin being cut would fall off.

“Hold on!” Ding Shan suddenly yelled for the cutter to stop, rolled up his sleeves, and approached him, saying, “Let me handle this last bit, Master.”

The cutter didn’t mind and allowed Ding Shan to take over.

Chanting a silent prayer for the Buddha’s blessing, Ding Shan carefully pressed down the cutting blade and made the cut.

“Thump!” A layer of the original stone’s skin instantly fell to the ground—there was nothing!

Utter silence fell over the entire place!

Everyone stared at the layer of gray stone skin, which revealed nothing.

Unwilling to accept it, Ding Shan made a few more cuts.

The whole stone was sliced into pieces, yet not a hint of green was found, only monotonous gray stone.

“Lost!

Biyun Pavilion actually lost!

There’s nothing in this stone!

How is this possible?

Could it be that Old Ding’s eyesight has become so poor?”

“Old Ding has truly capsized in the gutter this time!

Not only has he failed to take advantage of others, but he’s also handed over his own top-notch goods!

That’s a top-tier jade worth several billion!”

“Don’t speak too soon.

I think none of those three stones Mr.

Liu brought can produce jade.

Maybe Old Ding won’t lose this round after all!”

“…”

Ding Shan, originally staring blankly at the worthless chunks of stone on the ground, suddenly heard the surrounding discussions.

He immediately turned around and rushed over to Liu Hun, accusing him, “Mr.

Liu!

We agreed to a fair competition!

This could be considered cheating!”

Liu Hun asked Ding Shan, “Cheating?

Why would you say that, Manager Ding?”

“Mr.

Liu, do you dare to guarantee that even one of your two worthless stones can produce jade?” Ding Shan pointed to the two stones on the ground; he had meticulously appraised them earlier.

Those stones couldn’t possibly contain anything valuable—they were just rubbish stones picked up from a riverbed, still damp.

“Of course!” Liu Hun replied with unquestionable confidence.

“Then, please, Mr.

Liu, cut it open in front of everyone!

Let’s all expand our knowledge and see what treasures your two stones can reveal!” Ding Shan said with a cold sneer to Liu Hun.

Liu Hun casually walked over to one of the stones, felt it with his right hand, and then carried it to the cutting blade to hand it to the cutter.

After the cutter had positioned Liu Hun’s stone, he murmured doubtfully, “If this stone can yield anything good, then I’ve seen a ghost.”

“Not a ghost—a treasure!

Begin!” Liu Hun stepped back a bit and signaled for the cutter to start.

The cutter, not believing Liu Hun’s claim, immediately activated the cutting blade.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak…” This time, the cutter worked swiftly and decisively, and with one final “crack,” the blade split without reaching the bottom.

“There’s nothing here!” The cutter looked at the peeled skin on the ground and the opened stone, both gray and empty, not a spot of green or white to be seen.

“I told you, this kind of stuff could never produce anything good!”

“This is just a stone from the riverbed, isn’t it?

Anyone with eyes can see that.

Why bother cutting it open?

The stone couldn’t even withstand the cutting blade, and it broke on its own—how could it possibly hide anything of value?”

“If nothing really emerges, it means Old Ding has won, and Mr.

Liu, using this sort of thing to bluff his way through is just wildly imaginative.”

“…”

“What…

what is Mr.

Liu doing?

My stone didn’t produce anything, and this crappy stone can’t possibly yield anything either!” Mo Lao San was anxiously speaking.

Zhong Xiao stood calmly next to him, without a trace of panic, and said to Mo Lao San, “Mr.

Mo, Mr.

Liu surely has his plans.

Just watch closely.”

Shi Qing’er stood to the side, pursing her lips and murmuring, “Such a stinking deadpan face, just like a man with facial paralysis, heartless!”

Ding Shan looked at the worthless stones on the ground and laughed heartily, “Mr.

Liu!

Many thanks, many thanks!”

“Thanks for what?” Liu Hun asked, puzzled.

With a mocking smile, Ding Shan retorted sarcastically, “Thanks for revealing such a treasure for me!

I really didn’t know that my stone hid that kind of top-tier jade!

When Biyun Pavilion sells this stone, we’ll surely give you a red packet of eight hundred.”

Liu Hun shook his head slightly and replied, “Manager Ding is truly generous.

Just to mention, if our Qingqing Zijin sells this stone, we’ll give Manager Ding a red packet of eight thousand, since after all, you delivered it to us.”

“Hahahaha…” Ding Shan laughed loudly, the crowd’s attention turning towards the two men.

Ding Shan, still laughing, said, “Liu Hun, has your brain been burnt to a crisp?

Your three stones are all worthless!

None of them can produce anything, and according to the rules, that means I’ve won!”

“Who says they can’t produce anything?” Liu Hun countered Ding Shan.

Ding Shan’s face twitched, and he said with a sneer, “Mr.

Liu, don’t expect to play dirty in front of so many people!

Everyone’s eyes are sharp, they all saw that your stone didn’t produce a thing!”

“Is that so?” Liu Hun said, then he addressed the gem cutter, “Master, isn’t there a saying in our trade that one cut can make you poor, one cut can make you rich?”

“Yes, but with this stone…

it’s impossible!

Just give it up!

I’ve been working with stones for so many years!

I have that much of an eye for it,” the gem cutter tried to persuade Liu Hun.

“Just one last cut, make it thin,” Liu Hun insisted as if he hadn’t heard the gem cutter’s advice, simply telling him not to cut too thickly.

“Ah!

Fine!

Since you won’t be dissuaded, I’ll cut it!” With that, the gem cutter backed the blade off a bit and then started the cutting wheel again.

“Zzzzz…”

Ding Shan stood beside Liu Hun and laughed, “Mr.

Liu, listen to that, what a wonderful sound.

Just now, I heard this sound when I found my top-grade jade.

It’s truly marvelous.”

Liu Hun looked at Ding Shan, who was brimming with self-satisfaction, his bald head almost shining bright enough to light up the surroundings, as if the shock on his face earlier, akin to a man who’d lost his father, belonged to someone else entirely.

“Is that so?

The wonderful part is still to come!” Liu Hun simply replied to Ding Shan.

“I shall wait and see!” Ding Shan answered with a smile, his mood was extremely good.

“Zzzzz…

crash!” In the midst of cutting, an absolutely unexpected incident occurred that took everyone by surprise!

The stone cracked!

“Hey…

hahahaha…” Ding Shan, seeing this, burst into laughter, bending over in stitches.

He’d never witnessed such a hilarious scene in his entire life, a stone cracking on its own during the cutting process.

Old Mo, the Third, shook his head and sighed, his facial wrinkles almost bunching up together.

Shi Qing’er also had a look of disappointment written all over her petite face.

“This…

this river stone couldn’t withstand the force of the cutting blade and shattered on its own!

This is truly laughable!

Bringing out a fake like this, you should at least find something that’s presentable!”

“Now, Mr.

Liu has really lost face!

Once the news of this spreads, he’ll become a laughingstock, who knows how his family will continue doing business here, who would dare to buy things from them!”

“Wait a minute!

Something’s not right!

The stone has split but why hasn’t the cutting blade fallen?

The blade is so heavy, it can’t possibly be suspended in the air!”

“…”

As this was said, everyone craned their necks, squeezing forward, and the gem cutter’s eyes nearly popped out of his head, as if he had seen something utterly unbelievable for the first time in his life!

It took a good while for the gem cutter to snap out of his daze, then he mechanically bent over slowly and reached out to retrieve what was beneath the cutting blade.

“There really is something under the cutting blade!

Quick, look everyone!

What is that?”

This sentence was shouted out in a loud and rousing manner, drawing everyone’s gaze to what was in the gem cutter’s hand.

Red as blood!

Solid as jade!

Soft as fat!

Shaped like a heart!

“Chicken Heart Red Jade!

It’s Chicken Heart Red Jade!

The legendary Chicken Heart Red Jade!

It’s…

it’s the one!” Just as the people around were still dumbstruck and captivated beyond speech, suddenly someone yelled out almost in a show-offy manner.

This shout was like throwing a big rock into a calm lake, followed by an uproar of various legends and anecdotes about Chicken Heart Red Jade, each more passionate than the last, speaking incessantly, without caring that this object had nothing to do with them.

Ding Shan was completely captivated as well, slowly walking over and taking the Chicken Heart Red Jade from the gem cutter’s hand.

Holding it up to the sunlight, his chubby cheeks instantly formed an intoxicated expression!

“Zhong Brother!

Zhong Brother!

This is unbelievable!

Unbelievable!

This…

this can’t be real!

It’s impossible!” Old Mo, the Third, was so overwhelmed he was almost in tears.

Outsiders might not understand, but as insiders, they were more excited upon seeing this stone than if they had seen their own parents.

“Ouch!

Miss…

Miss Li, why are you pinching me?” Old Mo, the Third, looked both aggrieved and thrilled, which was utterly amusing.

“Aren’t you in disbelief?

So, I pinched you a bit, now you know it’s not a dream.” Shi Qing’er explained her action was entirely out of friendly intentions.

Zhong Xiao, however, still had a deadpan expression, asking Old Mo, the Third, indifferently, “This thing is valuable?”

“It could buy this whole street!” Old Mo, the Third, declared decisively, worried he might have even underestimated the value of this treasure.

It turned out Liu Hun had already used his Black Dragon Power to swap the values of several stones, thus Old Mo, the Third’s main raw stone material had become a mere rock.

So as long as one possessed the Black Dragon Power, any stone could yield Chicken Heart Red Jade.

Liu Hun walked over to Ding Shan’s side and took the Chicken Heart Red Jade from his hand, Ding Shan reluctantly even seemed like he wanted to snatch it back.

“Manager Ding?

Can’t bear to let it go?” Liu Hun teased Ding Shan.

“Liu Hun you are amazing!

I didn’t expect you could bring forth this legendary gem!

You’re the man!” Ding Shan said, his round eyes still glued to the gemstone in Liu Hun’s hand, not moving away until Liu Hun handed the stone over to Zhong Xiao for safekeeping, and only then did Ding Shan regain his usual composure.