Chapter 149 - Fine Grade Gem (1/2)

Chapter 149 Fine Grade Gem

The first raw gemstone that was chosen by Ou Yangming was unexpected.

It was not a full stone without a cut, but one that had a notch on one corner. Of course, most importantly, Ou Yangming was obviously thoughtless when he touched the stone, whereas He Liangce was the one who had actually paid attention to it.

In other words, the first stone that was chosen by Ou Yangming was actually the one that He Liangce had paid the most attention to earlier. No wonder He Liangce’s people could not help but denounce Ou Yangming, whereas Zheng Ziwen and the rest looked rather embarra.s.sed.

“Head Shopkeeper Lin, it’s inappropriate of you to do this!” The white-haired elder, who had spoken earlier, remarked with anger.

The thick-faced Lin Yichen cleared his throat and was about to fool him with his words.

Right then, He Liangce laughed and waved his hand. “Don’t shout blindly. When was there a rule in precious stone appraisal that one’s not supposed to choose something that was appraised by the other person? Master Ou has inspected most of the raw gemstones here, so according to what you said, does it mean that I’m left with no options?”.

The people behind him exchanged glances and were forced to keep quiet.

Yes, Ou Yangming had been randomly looking through the raw gemstones earlier. Although he seemed to have searched cluelessly like a blindfolded fly, he had gone through many raw gemstones. If their logic was adopted, the challenge could not go on anymore because the stones that were appraised by their young master had also been touched by Ou Yangming. In that case, it meant that their young master would lose the challenge by default. Ou Yangming grinned. No matter what, He Liangce’s bearing was deeply convincing.

“Young Master He, how about we both pick one each?” He took a step back and said, “Please.”

“Alright, I’ll show my inadequacy then.” He Liangce hesitated for a while before he agreed. He was a straightforward person, so he walked into the bunch of raw gemstones and glanced for only a brief moment before he picked one

up.

He Liangce had gone with his own order as he picked one of the raw gemstones that he had carefully appraised earlier. Ou Yangming secretly sighed a breath of relief when he realized that he had guessed it right; He Liangce only chose those that had inspected earlier.

Following that, Ou Yangming went to another corner without a sound and took another raw gemstone.

The crowd could not help but express their surprise when he picked up the gemstone. Everyone thought he would play the same trick by choosing one that He Liangce had paid attention to. Within the hour earlier, even though He Liangce could not check all 10,000 raw gemstones in the backyard, he had expressed extreme interest in roughly 50 of them.

If Ou Yangming picked from those raw gemstones, he would likely get something good.

Nonetheless, Ou Yangming’s second choice was not from the bunch of stones, hence the crowd felt that it was strange.

The white-haired elder even guessed, ‘Did my mocking and Young Master’s generosity influence the b*stard so that he dares not openly steal Young Master’s achievements anymore?’

On the other hand, He Liangce calmly took his second piece as though he was not surprised by Ou Yangming’s choice. They had locked onto their respective targets, so they chose their raw gemstones without any hesitation in a short span of time.

Ou Yangming seemed like he had only scanned the raw gemstones briefly earlier, but he remembered well the ones that gave him a unique feeling.

It was worth noting that He Liangce’s vision and judgment in raw gemstones were top-notch and could not be compared by ordinary people.

Among the 50 half-naked raw gemstones that he attached importance to, roughly 20 of them actually gave Ou Yangming a unique feeling. In other words, He Liangce had a 50% success rate in obtaining precious gems among the 50 stones.

Such a probability was shocking even for half-naked raw gemstones like that.

The first one that Ou Yangming had chosen happened to be the one that gave him the best feeling among the bunch of half-naked raw gemstones. Therefore, he quickly beat He Liangce to it and picked it.

Needless to say, among the remaining raw gemstones, apart from the sky blue one, there were also three that were not inferior to it at all. That said, Ou Yangming did not pick all of them at once.

It was incredibly difficult to pick a gem of such a grade among half-naked raw gemstones and ordinary ones. If he were to find three or even four of them at once… The other people would likely a.s.sociate his luck with something else.

Once the twenty raw gemstones were placed on two different sides on the ground, Lin Yichen inhaled deeply and asked, “Ladies and gentlemen, the stone-cracking process begins now, who should we begin with?”

“Since I started picking first, you may start with me.” Ou Yangming smiled and pointed at one of the gemstones. “Open this one first!”

Various tools had already been prepared in the Yi Pavilion, and professional stone-cracking masters had also come.

A middle-aged man amid the masters took the lead, and his eyes looked fierce as he glanced around. Ou Yangming felt a tingling sensation when he noticed it.

He was slightly taken aback. ‘This stone-cracking master is actually a Yang Grade powerhouse?

‘Since when were Yang Grade powerhouses so worthless?’ ‘Brother Ou, this is Yue Dingtian, the number one powerhouse in the prefecture’s Yi Pavilion. His greatest hobby is stone gambling,” Ni Yunhong whispered to Ou Yangming, then spoke even softer after a pause. “He’s rewarded very generously, but he uses all his money in stone gambling. When he’s out of money, he satisfies himself by doing stone-cracking, and he’s considered the person who’s the most addicted to it.” Ou Yangming nodded. There really is any kind of person in this world.