Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 176 - 175 Yanan’s Persistence

Chapter 176: Chapter 175 Yanan’s Persistence

"Indeed, a good omen!" people, who were more superstitious, nodded in agreement, which made Bai Yuze tremble with anger. What was a good omen for others was a disaster for him!

Left alone in his frustration, everyone else shifted their attention to Lin Tian.

The eighty-kilogram stone was relatively easier to cut. Through his X-ray vision, Lin Tian estimated that there were about sixty kilograms of tricolor jade inside, wrapped in a layer of stone on the outside.

Lin Tian secured the stone, then "casually" drew a line. After the previous incident, no one objected anymore. After all, he had previously unraveled premium red jade, so he should have the necessary skills.

As the blade went down, the line Lin Tian drew was just right. The stone had only been cut halfway when people already noticed something unusual.

At the point where the alloy wheel passed, the cross-section revealed strands of mixed colors, including rust-red, faint purple, and green. Those with experience in jade gambling knew that this was due to the coloring metal ions in the jade contaminating the surrounding stone, giving the ordinary rock some colors as well.

The appearance of contaminated colors made the atmosphere tense immediately. This phenomenon indicated that the rough stone definitely contained tricolor jade. The only thing everyone looked forward to was the quality of the tricolor jade inside.

Only the members of the Bai Family were in a foul mood, hoping that the jade inside would be of poor quality, with messy colors, and not even reaching low-grade jade.

Finally, when the stone was completely cut and the stone cutter was turned off, an anxious Zhou Botong quickly rinsed the stone with water, then borrowed a flashlight from someone else and started inspecting it earnestly.

With a "snap," the flashlight in Zhou Botong’s hand suddenly fell to the ground, and he froze. Others couldn’t see what had happened, as they were blocked by him, and they anxiously shouted, "Young man, what did you see? Tell us, don’t zone out!"

"Botong, stop just sticking your butt out. What did you see? Is it the Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity tricolor jade, and what is the quality?" Song Yanan was even more concerned about the jade than Miss, as for a jade sculptor, finding good materials was a rare opportunity.

"See for yourselves." Zhou Botong brushed the dust off himself, handed the flashlight to Song Yanan, his face still showing disbelief.

He then mysteriously said to Lin Tian, "Lin Tian, we might strike it rich this time."

"Really?" Lin Tian of course knew. Just those tens of kilograms of tricolor jade alone would not only earn back the bid of over a hundred million but could likely double it, provided, of course, it was carved by a master like Song Yanan.

"Oh my goodness!" Song Yanan, always coarse in speech, raised her voice by an octave, and everyone heard it.

Two people, both having had such an unusual reaction, completely whetted the audience’s appetite, everyone craning their necks to see inside.

"Can you two show some decency, wait for Brother Lin to decode it before talking," said Wan Gaoyuan.

"Hmm, not bad. But Lin Tian, why aren’t you excited at all? Did you already know there was something good? You didn’t even seem nervous during the whole stone-cutting process." Zhou Botong scrutinized Lin Tian’s face, puzzledly asking.

"Err, didn’t your grandfather ever tell you? Jade gambling requires accurate vision, and stone cutting requires a steady mindset. You’ve forgotten the basics," Lin Tian said ambiguously, even though Elder Zhou had never actually mentioned it.

"He really said that?" Zhou Botong scratched his head, trying hard to recollect.

Meanwhile, Lin Tian started cutting the stone again, adjusting the rough material and slicing off another side of the outer shell. He kept rotating the rough material, and after half an hour, Lin Tian had finished cutting off the jade’s outer shell, leaving only a thin layer.

Even without a flashlight, everyone could see the faint red, green, and purple colors shining through from inside. The remaining task was to carefully remove this thin layer of outer shell. Using hand tools, Lin Tian slowly wiped it away, and the jade gradually began to reveal itself.

It was like a national beauty gradually shedding her soft gauze clothing, revealing her delicate and captivating body underneath. Everyone quietly awaited, anticipating this "beauty" to fully appear before their eyes.

Lin Tian felt the process was fast, but the others found it slow. Once finished, everyone was mesmerized by the charming jade.

In tri-color jade, the best three colors are red, green, and purple, symbolizing longevity, promotion, and wealth, respectively. There’s an old saying in Huaxia, "Good fortune never comes in pairs, trouble never comes alone," implying that having even two good things together is rare.

In folklore, "fortune, prosperity, and longevity" are the highest aspirations in people’s lives. Having all three blessings at once would be the happiest and most fortunate event in life. With such beautiful wishes, the significance of the red, green, and purple tri-color jade is extraordinary, and it is very popular among people.

"It’s actually high ice-type material!" someone exclaimed.

"Not only that, look at how bright and pure the red, green, and purple colors are, each reaching their epitome—cock’s comb red, emperor green, royal purple. More precious is that these three supreme colors are evenly distributed, each occupying about one-third. Such jade crafted into a fortune, prosperity, and longevity bracelet is even rarer than a top-grade red jade bracelet."

An experienced and knowledgeable elderly praised this piece of jade to the skies.

"Lin Tian, I need to start working earlier, do you have any way to help me recover sooner?" Song Yanan suddenly grabbed Lin Tian’s shoulder, her eyes intense, her words carrying urgency.

"This... I really do not. I’m not a god, and you think I can just make an ’Immortal Pill’ to instantly cure illnesses!" Lin Tian was startled by her ardent work enthusiasm.

Moreover, the two were standing too close, their posture somewhat intimate, fortunately, Wan Gaoyuan was intently looking at the jade and didn’t notice. Lin Tian signaled Miss and Xiao Manxuan with his eyes to come and pull Song Yanan away.

Miss gave him a helpless look and, along with Xiao Manxuan, coaxed and pulled Song Yanan away.

"Is there really no way?" Song Yanan, not giving up easily, her eyes filled with deep hope, then decisively said, "No matter what method you use, surgery or whatever, I can endure any pain, as long as my back pain can be completely cured. There are too many fine jades waiting for me."

Surgery even came up. I’m not a real doctor; how can I just perform surgery? And if surgery could cure, you would have been healed long ago. Seeing her persistent demeanor, Lin Tian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

But it wasn’t like there was no solution, Lin Tian thought of a permanent solution—turning her into a zombie. As long as she became a zombie, the back pain would naturally disappear. As for whether she could be exposed to sunlight or if she would randomly drink blood, he could not guarantee. Because the zombies he turned would definitely be of a lower grade than those turned by a female zombie, the results were unpredictable.

"Sister Song, how about this, I can give you acupuncture therapy, but the effectiveness depends on the recovery condition." Lin Tian also hadn’t practiced acupuncture for such chronic back issues, but he could only try.

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