Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 127 - 126 Jade Within Jade (Part 1)

Chapter 127: Chapter 126 Jade Within Jade (Part 1)

Top-quality red jade and glassy Emperor Green Jade are just as rare and similarly priced. How many billions a few dozen kilograms of top-quality red jade were worth, Lin Tian could not even calculate.

It’s the scarcity that makes the items valuable, such countless pieces of top-quality red jade made into Blood Jade Bracelets would make more than forty sets. If they all appeared on the market at once, the prices would definitely fall.

Lin Tian had not yet decided how to handle it, and he only roughly understood the prices of jade; probably only Miss knew how to manage and sell this large piece of jade.

However, the top-quality red jade wasn’t his yet. Lin Tian had to remain calm and not let Bai Yuze and his people see any clues, or else the duck ready to be eaten might fly away.

He pretended to shake his head, telling the shop owner, "This stone is too big, it’s blocking the entrance. How can it attract customers? It’s really absurd. Sigh, buying it to put in the home as a rockery might still be okay."

When Lin Tian talked about his precious stone like this, the shop owner was not pleased. He glared at Lin Tian and said rudely, "A rockery? I got this stone from a primary jade merchant for one hundred thousand yuan, and it cost me over ten thousand yuan just to transport it here. You simply say to use it for a rockery, that’s too insulting!"

With such poor performance in stone, the shop owner dared to spout nonsense. Lin Tian disdainfully glanced at the stone and said unwaveringly, "Boss, if this stone is worth one hundred thousand yuan, I’ll eat it. Fooling people should have a more suitable price, do you think I’m some spoiled rich kid you can easily deceive, really!"

The shop owner was overwhelmed by Lin Tian’s assertiveness since the price he mentioned was already highly inflated. He became nervous because Bai Yuze had told him that Lin Tian didn’t gamble on stones, which was why he had dared to set a high price.

Miss also came over, walked around the huge stone, and shook her head. She said earnestly, "I’ve dealt with plenty of gambling stones, and I’m very clear about the prices in this industry. This stone, even ten thousand yuan is too much."

"This..." The shop owner suddenly lost his confidence. He glanced at Bai Yuze, hoping for him to say something, but Bai Yuze completely ignored him. To Bai Yuze, it didn’t matter whether it was one hundred thousand yuan or ten thousand yuan; he didn’t care about the price but about whether Lin Tian could pick out high-quality jade.

"Boss, our Miss’ rockery lacks a stone of this shape. Including your transportation cost, labor fee and various other expenses, I’ll give you twenty-five thousand yuan. I’ll pick a few more pieces of raw material to make up a full thirty thousand yuan. Will you sell it or not? I just need to pick out good jade, if you don’t sell it, just keep it and continue to spend tens of thousands yuan on transportation costs to take it home!" Lin Tian said nonchalantly.

Actually, transporting the stone wouldn’t cost over ten thousand yuan, but since it was raw jade material, the transportation company had to take the risk, so naturally, the freight was higher. The owner initially thought it was old pit material, bought for two thousand yuan to deceive beginners, but he ran into someone who knew better.

"Fine, it’s a deal. Including the one thousand yuan earlier, just pay for everything together after you pick your material. We’ll cut it on the spot and see what kind of jade you’ve picked out, don’t just be all talk," the shop owner decided and agreed to sell.

"Lin Tian, have you decided? Start cutting once you’ve chosen, you don’t need me to show you how to cut, right?" Bai Yuze glanced at the stones Lin Tian had chosen and scoffed.

"You’ll be spitting blood soon, hehe," Lin Tian said with a chuckle, handing the calculated money to the shop owner, then turned and moved the jade to the middle of the tent.

The spectators outside, seeing that someone was about to cut the stone on the spot, crowded even closer, with more people joining the crowd. The most thrilling moment of the entire Gambling Stone Festival was the stone cutting; whether doing it themselves or watching others, the taste of Heaven and Hell fascinated everyone.

Lin Tian could lift the three-hundred-kilogram giant stone with one hand, but that would be too shocking, so he used both hands instead. Even so, that scene deeply shocked everyone, prompting murmurs among them, "Who is this person? His strength is terrifying!"

In the middle of the simple tent, there was a large and a small stone cutting machine. Lin Tian took the stone from Secretary Xu and secured it to the smaller machine, then turned on the power. The diamond composite grinding wheel spun rapidly, emitting a "buzzing" sound that stimulated everyone’s eardrums. This loud noise attracted even more people to gather around.

Lin Tian used his penetrating vision to accurately determine the jade core within the raw stone and made a clean, decisive cut. Others, unaware of his skills, thought he was cutting recklessly and shook their heads.

"Ah, young man, you can’t just cut randomly, you might ruin the gem," an elderly person kindly advised.

But no sooner had the words left his mouth than a large piece of stone had been cut off, and a touch of elegant green appeared before everyone’s eyes.

"It’s gone up, the young man has made a good cut!"

"That was close, he barely grazed the jade meat with his cut. It’s hard to tell if it’s his skill or his luck."

"Hey, Old Zhou, your friend has pretty good skills," Ou Mengmeng casually said something ambiguous, embarrassing Lin Tian greatly.

Little did anyone expect Zhou Botong to respond with something even more suggestive, "That’s right, you haven’t seen the best of his skills yet."

The noise of the crowd grew louder, even drowning out the sound of the grinding wheel. Bai Yuze kept his eyes fixed on Lin Tian cutting the stone, worried about the high chance of Lin Tian luckily cutting out top-grade jade.

Fortunately, it was only hibiscus jade; Bai Yuze breathed a sigh of relief. In the eyes of the general public, hibiscus jade was quite good, but he wasn’t impressed.

Xiao Manxuan also happily jumped up and hugged her sister. She didn’t know how much hibiscus jade was worth—she was simply thrilled to witness a rough stone being cut into beautiful jade, finding it a fulfilling experience.

The most delighted was Secretary Xu; that touch of elegant green, like a woman’s graceful demeanor, was pleasing to the eye. The color tone of hibiscus jade jewelry indeed suited women quite well.

Lin Tian then carefully extracted the whole piece of jade, cleaned it with water, and handed it to Secretary Xu. She held the jade in her palm, but her eyes were on Lin Tian, her cheek slightly blushed.

Who says men are visual creatures? Women are no exception. All women can’t resist the charm of jewelry. Women who say they don’t like jewelry are those who have never seen really fine jewels or are rich and beautiful, needing higher-grade jewelry to impress them.

"Cough cough..." Miss saw that Secretary Xu’s gaze was somewhat off, and pretended to cough twice. Secretary Xu came back to her senses and realized she had been a bit improper, blushing even more.

Miss glared angrily at Lin Tian, but he innocently spread his hands, thinking, Why look at me? I already said you’re paying for the jade. I can’t control what your subordinate thinks.

"Lin Tian, is this the stone you picked?" Bai Yuze asked indifferently.

"What’s your hurry, the raw material isn’t fully processed yet. Go stand over there and stop being a nuisance," Lin Tian replied unapologetically.

Bai Yuze’s face darkened with anger but he suppressed it and huffed, "Humph, I’m afraid the best you’ll get is this hibiscus type. Don’t end up even more embarrassed. Fine, keep processing; no one cares if you embarrass yourself."

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