readsfreenovel Chapter 75 Real World 7 (Mental Power) Continued
Chapter 75 Real World 7 (Mental Power) Continued
After the stone cutter used a cutting machine to split the stone in two along the waistline, he rinsed the cut surface with water. "It's green!" With the stone cutter's shout, the whole street immediately boiled over, and people began to gather in this direction.
Representatives from several leading jewelers had already shouted, "Want to make a bid? I'll offer 100 million!" "I'll offer 110 million!" These were two jewelers who had already examined the cut surface. To prevent other jewelers from making further bids, Liu Yuxi quickly said, "Not for now, let's cut it all out first!" After all, the cut surface showed that the jadeite had good texture and clarity, and now they needed to determine the size of the jadeite.
The stone-cutting master asked Liu Yuxi how to cut the rest, and Liu Yuxi said to cut off all the corners first. After the stone-cutting master cut off those protruding corners, another cut surface revealed green. Then Liu Yuxi asked the stone-cutting master to rub along the two cut surfaces that revealed green. By the time the stone-cutting master had rubbed out all the jadeite inside, it was already more than an hour later.
After rinsing the jadeite clean, it became clear that it was of icy quality, about the size of a basketball. Knowing that Liu Yuxi was willing to sell this piece, the representatives of the surrounding jewelry merchants began to bid: "500 million!" "500 million you want to buy such a big piece? What are you thinking? I'll bid 700 million!" "800 million!" "850 million!" Liu Yuxi didn't say anything, just watched these people bid. After all, he had traveled through so many worlds and had been wealthy in those worlds, this was nothing new to him.
When a jeweler offered 1200 million, no one raised the price anymore. It must have been the highest price in the market. Liu Yuxi signed an agreement with the jeweler and asked for the price after tax. She was too afraid of trouble. After the transfer was completed, she returned to the store with the stone in her arms.
The ground in front of the shop was covered with firecracker paper. It's a local custom that if someone in the shop wins a stone with a huge profit, they will set off firecrackers to signal it. There are many more customers in the shop than when Liu Yuxi first came, all attracted by the news of the huge profit.
When the boss saw Liu Yuxi return, he immediately came to greet him. Before the boss could ask anything, Liu Yuxi said, "Boss, I still have a piece of stone here. Let the craftsman cut it for me too." He then exchanged 5000 yuan in cash with the boss as a small token for the stone-cutting craftsman. The amount was not important; it was just a token gesture.
They went back to the stone-cutting master. The master was happy to receive the red envelope; this is a trade where things are quite particular. The master who cuts out more green jade from a stone gets more work and earns more. Knowing that Liu Yuxi wanted to polish the stone in his arms, the stone-cutting master didn't waste any words and got to work on the machine.
Those who knew that Liu Yuxi had just sold a piece of jadeite immediately surrounded him when they saw him cutting stones again. After rubbing a small piece of the surface and rinsing it with water, the stone-cutting master shouted excitedly, "It's green!" This time, his voice was even louder than before!
Liu Yuxi quickly told the people who had gathered around, "Make your bids after it's cut open! Don't make a move now!" Hearing this, everyone quieted down and waited for the stone cutter to polish the stone. When the stone was halfway through polishing, the stone cutter excitedly shouted, "It's spring with color!" Those nearby craned their necks to look and, sure enough, it was spring with color, transitioning very naturally and smoothly from light green to dark green to purple. Spring with color is relatively rare, and this piece was already close to glass-type jade; such top-quality stones are now extremely rare.
This street hasn't seen such a rare gem in a while. You can clearly feel the crowds surging in this direction. The jewelers have already forgotten Liu Yuxi's earlier advice to fully unravel the piece before making a move; after all, half of it has already been polished. From what half they can see, they know the material won't be a dud, and they can roughly gauge its size. "I'll offer 2000 million!" This is someone trying to snag a bargain, but no one pays him any attention. "I'll offer 3000 million!" "3500 million!"
Liu Yuxi waved her hand: "Don't rush, everyone. Wait until they're all out. If the price is right, I'll sell them. If the price isn't right, I'll keep them for myself!" After hearing her words, the merchants present knew that it was impossible to unite to lower the price, so they could only rely on their own strength.
After another half hour, once the stone was fully cut open, before the stone cutter could even clean it, the bids were: "4500 million!" "5200 million!" "6000 million!" When Liu Yuxi finally held the cleaned stone in her hands, admiring its vibrant colors in the sunlight, the bids surged: "6200 million!" "6500 million!" "7600 million!" The highest bid reached 5000 million. Liu Yuxi exclaimed, "Oh! It's an acquaintance! The same jeweler who bought her icy jade stone!" The same process repeated itself. After giving the stone cutter a 5000 yuan red envelope, Liu Yuxi took her bank card and went to find her parents. She hadn't even had lunch yet! Thankfully, she didn't go with them, otherwise, the elderly couple might have been traumatized. People with heart conditions should avoid these things; it truly is "one cut to heaven, one cut to hell!" If Liu Yuxi hadn't been able to cheat, she wouldn't have come!
After grabbing a quick bite and finding her parents, they went back to the hotel together. They had basically finished their sightseeing, and her parents were a bit tired, so the three of them booked plane tickets back to Beijing. She didn't tell her parents about the jade gambling, since they never asked how much money she had anyway. As long as they knew Liu Yuxi had enough money, they didn't care. They didn't spend the money Liu Yuxi gave them, because they both had retirement pensions and didn't have any high-end consumption; their pensions were more than enough for them.
Liu Yuxi secretly gloated in his room. After all, nobody complains about money, right? The first thing to do when you have money is to pay off your mortgage. I guess all Chinese people are the same. If they could, nobody would want to be in debt.
After dealing with his life's matters, Liu Yuxi started to ponder: now that he could project his spiritual energy and possessed so many skills, could he perhaps venture into ancient times? Was 20 meters a bit too risky? He was quite conflicted.
After clearing my mind for a few days, I decided to stop thinking about this and see if I suddenly become interested in any movies or TV shows, or any particular aspect of life, before deciding which world to travel to!
So life returned to its original rhythm. However, Liu Yuxi was not always in complete control of her mental power. She even secretly experimented during her morning exercise. She found that scanning the human body with her mental power was the most difficult. Don't get the wrong idea, it was when she was chatting with those old men and women and heard them talking about arthritis. She used her mental power to scan an old man's knee joint and found that it was relatively easy to get to the surface of the skin, but she had to be very focused when passing through the muscles and bones.