Urban Medical Immortal Dad
Chapter 166: Prepare to Call an Ambulance_1

Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Prepare to Call an Ambulance_1

Gambling on stones comes in two types. The first type is "semi-gambling," which simply means cutting a small piece off the raw stone or grinding off a bit of the surface. If green is exposed, it indicates the presence of jadeite within the stone, and you can roughly judge the variety and color of the jade by the intensity of the green.

Some people may sell these raw stones to others, or businesses might even offer a high price to buy them back.

In Area C, those stones priced in the millions, some have already shown green, clearly indicating jadeite within. However, what specific type it is would still need to be gambled on, which is why Yulin Zhai is willing to pay a high price to buy them back.

Of course, not all transactions are guaranteed to make money. These raw stones might turn out to be of the "glass variety," or they might just be the most common type of jadeite.

The other type is like the full-gamble ones in Yulin Zhai’s Jade Stone Areas A and B. These raw stones seem cheaper, but whether jadeite is present or not depends entirely on luck and skill.

Go Lao’er had spent several years in Southern Myanmar and had a decent understanding of stone gambling.

When he handed the raw stone to the stone-cutting master, he casually took out five hundred yuan from his pocket.

Seeing the five hundred yuan, a smile instantly appeared on the stone-cutting master’s face. He wasn’t here for the spectacle but to make money.

"Alright!"

Master Liu chuckled as he took the bill and said with a smile, "Boss, how should I cut it? Window or skim?"

Mo Han listened, looking completely puzzled. What did "window" and "skim" mean?

Go Lao’er was quick on the uptake and explained, "Mister Mo, these are terms from the stone gambling trade. To cut open a small piece is called ’windowing,’ and if you grind the skin, it’s called ’skimming.’

As he spoke, he seemed a bit conflicted. Back when he was gambling on stones in Southern Myanmar, even the smallest piece of raw stone he dealt with was the size of a watermelon, but this one was only as big as a fist—he really didn’t know how to proceed.

"Just window it!" Mo Han didn’t want to fuss about it. He found a piece of chalk on the workbench and drew a line on one end of the stone. He then said, "Cut along this line!"

"Okay!"

Master Liu nodded, first donned the proper goggles, then fixed the stone in place before turning on the stone-cutting machine and sawing towards the white line drawn on the stone.

"Zzz... Zzzzzah... Crack!"

In an instant, stone chips flew everywhere, and a harsh noise followed. The end of the fist-sized raw stone had been slowly sawn off.

There was nothing on the surface of the stone, just some wrinkled stone patterns.

Master Liu looked at it and shook his head. He had already guessed the outcome—the stone was too low-grade to possibly have any green in it.

Go Lao’er also sighed. Indeed, even immortals can’t predict jade—it seemed not even a celestial being like Mister Mo could discern jade in stone.

Manager Zhou was already there. Seeing the stone chips on the ground and the wrinkled pattern on the machine, he burst out laughing. "Friend, if you thought you could find a bargain at Yulin Zhai, I don’t blame you."

"But you just took a raw stone worth twelve hundred yuan—isn’t that just asking for trouble?"

"You wanted to gamble on stone? Fine! We have superior semi-materials in Area C. If you go, I can give you a twenty percent discount."

The onlookers also started mocking, "Who was it that said there’d definitely be green? Tsk tsk tsk, now there’s not even a thread of it—the joke’s on you..."

"Don’t speak so soon. Maybe if they keep cutting, they’ll find ice jade or imperial green or something, haha..."

"Dream on. If he can cut out ice jade or imperial green, I’ll eat all this waste material, I swear."

The last to speak was the balding middle-aged man who had been introduced to Mo Han.

He was most annoyed by people who knew nothing but still tried to act so smug and confident.

Mo Han frowned slightly. Something was amiss. He had infused the stone with Purple Cloud True Qi when he had touched it, and the energy transmitted from within told him it was a piece of jadeite of significant value. But why hadn’t any green shown?

He walked over to the stone-cutting machine and squatted down for a good look, feeling the raw stone carefully, then realized that the line he had drawn earlier was too far to the edge.

With this realization, Mo Han picked up the chalk again and drew another line, closer to the inside of the stone, and said to Master Liu, "Excuse me, Master, please make another cut."

As he spoke, he turned and looked indifferently at the balding middle-aged man, "Boss He, you better call an ambulance."

"Cut!" The bald-headed man scoffed with a smile, "Do you really think the next cut will reveal green?"

"I’ve been gambling on stones here at Yulin Zhai for three years. I’ve seen more stones than you’ve crossed bridges!"

"This twelve hundred yuan stone is good as gone!"

Mo Han smiled faintly, "Is that so?"

He couldn’t be bothered to have Master Liu make the cut and took the stone-cutting machine himself, cutting along the white line.

In an instant, stone chips scattered as the saw split the raw stone in two. Mo Han mimicked Master Liu’s previous action, taking the polishing machine and working on the cut face.

The crowd watched intently.

"Holy shit! It’s up! My god! A twelve hundred yuan stone actually turned a profit!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, causing people to jostle forward to see for themselves.

Master Liu’s face lit up with joy as he brought over the bucket of clean water he had prepared. Mo Han quickly placed half of the stone into the water and gave it a good rinse.

"This luster! This shade of green! This color! My god, it’s of the glass variety!"

One elderly man wearing black-rimmed glasses, who appeared to be quite knowledgeable, couldn’t help but express his envy, "Young man, you’ve struck it rich! This glass variety, with its transparency and lush green, is a top-grade variety of jadeite, worth at least seven million!"

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