Another Windfall

Everyone watched Chen Mo's side with eager eyes as a gradually emerging green jade piece appeared in the stone-cutting master's hands. But when the green first appeared, the old master had been afraid of cutting it wrong, so he asked Chen Mo how he wanted it cut.

The result was another dumbfounded response, followed by, "Cut it however you want." The old master's hand trembled, and he nearly sliced off his own finger. He was sweating buckets. After that, he never asked Chen Mo's opinion again. Still, he gained a bit of respect for this rookie. Though inexperienced, Chen Mo had guts and no unnecessary expression, carrying himself with the calm of someone watching wind and rain from afar.

Zhang Liwei's side was much duller. One of his stones had already been cut halfway through without any sign of green, so he was extremely dissatisfied with the stone-cutting master. Not only did he curse constantly, but he also kept pointing and directing him. Fortunately, his experience was solid, so nothing went wrong. Still, the master found him irritating. If he had not been such a major customer, he would have quit long ago.

Nangong Xue watched Chen Mo and faintly curled her lips, though no one noticed. She had originally regarded Chen Mo as just another passerby, but this passerby had changed somewhat. That was rather interesting.

Gradually, an apple green jade piece the size of a fist emerged. Its translucency was quite good, reaching the Egg White Grade. It was a Middle Stage piece of pure green jade, but even so, it was worth over one million. It was quite decent. With this, the cost of buying the Rough Stones had been recovered.

Zhang Liwei's side had cut one stone wrong, and under his direction, they immediately began cutting the second stone.

Chen Mo's side was the same. But when he saw the material the old master picked up, his face darkened. It was waste material. Then he remembered that Zhang Liwei also had three waste stones, and he relaxed. Not everyone could succeed at Stone Gambling one hundred percent of the time. If they could, it would not be Stone Gambling—it would be picking up money.

The second stone was cut wrong, just as Chen Mo had expected. The onlookers sighed. A rookie was still a rookie, no question about it. Meanwhile, green emerged from Zhang Liwei's stone, and everyone immediately rushed over to watch.

A large piece of irregular jade the size of a volleyball appeared. It was a pale green Bean Green Variety with somewhat poor translucency, but it was still worth around two hundred thousand.

Nangong Xue looked at Zhang Liwei. He was still cursing as he impatiently urged them to cut the third stone. But when she Turned Her Head and saw Chen Mo, he was remarkably composed, with no anxious expression at all. He simply watched the stone-cutting master work with steady focus. She began to grow curious about his temperament. She had not expected to encounter such a composed youngster here.

If Nangong Xue had known Chen Mo's thoughts, she would not have praised him. Chen Mo was filled with delight right now, thinking that he would get some jade for free in the end. It was absolutely a joyous thing. Why would he refuse something he could win for sure? Only an idiot would refuse. Just thinking about it made happiness overflow from his heart.

The third stone on Chen Mo's side was cut wrong!

Zhang Liwei's third stone yielded Glutinous Rice Yellow Bright Green, worth nearly two million!

The fourth stone was another bad cut for Chen Mo. He broke out in a cold sweat and looked at the old master resentfully. Why did he keep choosing waste stones to cut?

Zhang Liwei's fourth stone was cut wrong as well.

Seeing that both had cut their stones wrong, the crowd sighed repeatedly. Stone Gambling was all about gambling on luck, sharp eyesight, knowledge, and inheritance. What was being gambled on was the racing heartbeat, the danger, the money! But none of them held out hope that Chen Mo could win. Cutting out one jade piece worth a million was already enough to thank the heavens for.

The fifth stone was still cut wrong for Chen Mo. The crowd smiled knowingly. Just as expected.

However, Zhang Liwei's fifth stone yielded a vivid green jade piece. Its translucency was close to Ice Jade grade, and it was the size of two fists. It was an exceptionally rare jade piece, directly valued at three million.

Everyone discussed it heatedly. They had not expected Zhang Liwei to suddenly explode with such luck and cut out jade of such high quality. It was absolutely a display of skill.

Nangong Xue glanced at Chen Mo, wanting to see what expression he wore. To her surprise, this fellow still looked calm and composed. He truly had the bearing of a great general.

Zhang Liwei happened to notice Nangong Xue's gaze and expression as she looked at Chen Mo. He had originally wanted to show off that piece of jade in front of Nangong Xue, but instead, he saw that she was not looking at him at all. She was looking at Chen Mo. Rage instantly surged through him, and he gritted his teeth. Yet there was nothing he could do about Nangong Xue. He could only fantasize about her yielding beneath him, and his hatred for Chen Mo grew even stronger.

Chen Mo had no idea how Zhang Liwei felt. Seeing Zhang Liwei glare at him, he glared right back without backing down. If he had known what Zhang Liwei was thinking right then, he would definitely have cursed, what the hell does that have to do with me?

When a hint of red appeared from Chen Mo's sixth stone, everyone was shocked.

"Ice Jade! Ice Jade Red Emerald!" An old man shone a high-intensity flashlight on it and immediately cried out.

The crowd nearly all rushed over at once, wanting to see the Red Emerald.

"Young man, I'll pay one million for it!" Someone had already begun bidding. Ice Jade was not easy to come by, and this was even Ice Jade Red Emerald. Of course they would scramble to buy it.

"One point four million!"

"One point six million!"

"Don't try to lowball him. Jade like this is not worth less than two million. I'll offer two million. Young man, sell it to me!"

Before long, the price had risen to three million! This was while only a window had been opened in the stone, which showed how rare Ice Jade jade had become in recent years.

Chen Mo curled his lips. They wanted to buy it for three million? As if. Besides, they were still in the middle of their contest, so it was impossible to auction it off immediately. He signaled the shop owner.

"Everyone, please quiet down. Please quiet down." Having received Chen Mo's signal, the shop owner stepped forward and stopped the bidding.

"There's no need to bid yet. The Stone Gambling contest is still underway. We can discuss it after it ends," the shop owner said.

Only then did everyone calm down. The shop owner had the employee set off firecrackers outside the store to celebrate the lucky sign of cutting out Ice Jade Red Emerald.

Zhang Liwei was momentarily speechless. He had not expected Chen Mo to cut out Ice Jade Red Emerald, and the hatred in his heart deepened further.

However, his side also cut out an oily green Egg White Grade jade piece, estimated at around two million.

Once Chen Mo's Ice Jade Red Emerald was cut out, everything else was overshadowed. The entire Red Emerald was more than ten centimeters long, around eight centimeters wide, and eleven or twelve centimeters thick. It was spindle-shaped, unquestionably Red Emerald, with a clear, translucent overall color and excellent translucency. It was valued at over twenty million!

There was a hint of delight in Nangong Xue's beautiful eyes as well. She had not expected this man to have such good luck. He truly was fortunate! Yet her expression remained cold and aloof, unsmiling as ever. Still, Chen Mo happened to catch her looking at him, and a shiver ran through his whole body. That icy gaze was simply too much for him.

Everyone liked looking at Cuties, but Chen Mo was better off keeping his distance. Although Nangong Xue had stunning looks, she was far too cold for him, as though everyone owed her several million. He had better stay away, lest he get frozen.

This was also the stone Chen Mo had felt most strongly about. If it had yielded Ice Jade Red Emerald, then what would that huge stone priced at 5.5 million contain? That was the one that had made his Spiritual Sense tremble.

The seventh stone, the last one, yielded Glutinous Rice pale water green for Chen Mo. It was a fairly good piece, estimated at 1.5 million.

Zhang Liwei's seventh stone yielded Parrot Green, which was also decent and worth around one million.

After the seventh stone was cut open, Zhang Liwei was nearly speechless. He had actually lost to a jade rookie, and one who knew absolutely nothing at that. His frustration was easy to imagine. But then he remembered that he had to kneel and kowtow to Chen Mo. Could that possibly happen?

Chen Mo smiled faintly and said to Zhang Liwei, "Looks like I won."