Chapter 147 - Appraise Raw Gemstones (2/2)
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Someone from He Liangce’s side suddenly blurted, “Head Shopkeeper Lin, since he’s the Yi Pavilion’s raw gemstone appraiser, he must’ve studied the gemstones here more than once. Isn’t the challenge unfair?”
“It’s fine.” He Liangce waved his hand.
Though he had only uttered two words, it was obvious how confident he was.
Ni Yinghong expressed all of a sudden, “Master Ou has never been here before, and if you don’t believe it, there’s no need to go on with the challenge.”
The other people were stunned, and they looked at her with shock.
He Liangce laughed out loud and remarked, “Since the Ni family’s little princess has spoken, of course, we believe it.”
Ni Yinghong blushed right away, and she glared at him angrily.
Although Ou Yangming had already guessed her ident.i.ty, and they both had faintly pointed it out, it was completely different from having it revealed with solid proof.
When Ni Yinghong thought about how Ou Yangming would look at her at that moment, she was embarra.s.sed and enraged. Despite that, she was able to control herself and showed only a hint of her emotions.
He Liangce felt rather strange, but he would never have figured out-not even if he was beaten to death-how exactly he had offended the little princess.
Nonetheless, it was not the time to dwell on the matter. He Liangce cupped his hands at Ou Yangming and uttered, “Master Ou, please!”
Ou Yangming twitched his mouth and suppressed the urge of laughing out loud. The fact that Ni Yinghong’s real ident.i.ty as a lady was revealed in this situation made him want to burst out laughing.
In spite of that, he suddenly felt a chill when his eyes met He Liangce’s.
“This is clearly Ni Yinghong’s first time meeting him, but why was he able to identify it right away?’ Ou Yangming looked deeply at him before he said, “Young Master He, please.”
Almost at the same time, they walked into the bunch of messily arranged raw gemstones. Ou Yangming reached out his hand to casually touch the gemstones next to him. Each time he did, a glimpse of red light was seen on his palm.
It was the sign of his Military Fire burning, but it only lasted for a split second. It could not be seen once Ou Yangming let go of the raw gemstone. Even if people were watching him at that moment, n.o.body would notice the mysterious happening.
That being said, Ou Yangming put on a full act. He could already tell the result by touching the raw gemstone, but instead of making a decision so easily, he studied them carefully from time to time.
As for the raw gemstones that he especially paid attention to, most of them were actually just for show. If someone paid a lump sum to purchase the stones, that person would make a loss so huge that he would have to give up even his underwear.
On the other side, He Liangce carried out the process differently.
Instead of touching every raw gemstone, he stood on a good spot to scan them, then he began looking and picking only after 15 minutes.
However, by then, everyone could tell that He Liangce picked gemstones that he had already noticed during the observation, and he was doing a targeted search.
In short, Ou Yangming was casting a net to catch every fish regardless of their size; He Liangce targeted those that had better quality before proceeding to select them.
While their methods were absolutely different, one could tell from the crowd’s expression which one was more reliable.
Everyone from He Liangce’s side looked proud as if their victory was already guaranteed.
In comparison, Lin Yichen and the others looked grim, which was clear that they were not confident.
Indeed, Ou Yangming was a gifted person, but he had not been reputable in this trade, after all. Hence, even Li Yichen, who knew Ou Yangming possessed the ability of the integration of Heaven and man, was being ill at ease.
Ou Yangming reached out to casually brush his hand past a precious stone.
He initially wanted to pretend like he was inspecting it, but the instant his Military Fire appeared, he sensed an indescribable blue ocean.
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