Arriving in Myitkyina

"Sure!"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Xu Youhai smiled and patted Chu Chen on the shoulder. Someone so young could already rival Leng Shaming. Such talent was rarer than even a phoenix feather or unicorn horn.

Then he asked, "Achen, forgive me for asking, but how steady are you at gambling on jade?"

Zhao Qirui curled his lip. "Isn't that obvious? How could Achen be anything but steady at gambling on jade? Otherwise, how could I say he's beaten Leng Shaming more than once?"

Xu Youhai was astonished. "What? After Leng Shaming participated in A Thousand Gold Cut, he returned to Burma not long afterward. How did Achen get the chance to compete with him?"

Yi Hongguo laughed beside them. "Little Xu, your memory is really terrible. Have you forgotten what we just took part in?"

"Hey! I nearly forgot about that!" Xu Youhai slapped the back of his head, then asked, "So Achen competed with Leng Shaming at the public auction and won again?"

"Exactly!" Yi Hongguo embellished the story as he recounted what had happened.

Although Chu Chen had already surprised Xu Youhai plenty that day, he was still extremely shocked after hearing Yi Hongguo's account. To cut out Fortune, Prosperity, Longevity, and Happiness from a piece of rough stone whose surface had left so many people unable to see anything at all—Chu Chen's skill at gambling on jade had reached the realm of perfection.

Xu Youhai sighed. "So Achen really might be able to defeat the Jade King!"

Hearing that, Zhao Qirui immediately objected. "What do you mean, 'might'? He can obviously defeat him!"

Xu Youhai smiled faintly. "Brother Zhao, let's be honest. I also hope Achen can win, but the Jade King didn't get his reputation for nothing. Back then, he managed to cut glass-type jadeite