Chapter 151 - A Benevolent Act (2/2)

“I’d like to pick ten more raw gemstones here and take them away. What do you think?” Ou Yangming answered.

The other people were surprised, and they cast a strange look at him.

‘He’s actually exchanging 2 acquired Fine Grade gems for ten raw gemstones.’

While the 2 Fine Grade gems were also obtained from the raw gemstones in the backyard, n.o.body dared to guarantee that another gem of the same grade could be found from the remaining gemstones.

Thus, no matter how they viewed Ou Yangming’s suggestion, it was highly beneficial toward the Yi Pavilion.

Li Yichen’s eyes glowed as he wanted to accept the deal, but he somehow could not let a word out.

Ou Yangming had gotten 2 Fine Grade gems from 10 randomly selected raw gemstones, so if he were to choose from the pile again, would he gain more and better gems?

If anyone else had given the suggestion, Lin Yichen would accept it without any hesitation, but he could not make up his mind because Ou Yangming was the one who proposed the idea.

Lin Yichen turned to look at Zheng Ziwen, Yue Dingtian, as well as the supervisors in the store. He noticed that they looked uncertain too.

Ou Yangming looked at them calmly without rus.h.i.+ng them to make a decision as though he was not very concerned. Ni Yinghong suddenly asked with a smile, “Head Shopkeeper Lin, these raw gemstones in the backyard are going to be sold to outsiders too, right?”

Lin Yichen was dumbstruck but casually answered, “Yes, other than those with a special price, each of them will be sold at 50 taels of gold each.”

“Head Shopkeeper Lin, that’s so immoral of you! You’re making more than twice their original cost…”

“Master Ou, if you visit the Immense Forest Town, I’ll sell them to you for 20 taels of gold each, but 50 taels of gold is the lowest price in the prefecture,” Lin Yichen quickly explained.

“Okay.” Ni Yinghong smiled brightly and offered, “Head Shopkeeper Lin, I’ll give you 500 taels of gold, and you let me pick ten raw gemstones.”

Lin Yichen’s face changed because he instantly understood the reason behind it, so he bowed deeply at Ou Yangming with an apologetic smile on his face. “Master Ou, please forgive me for being ungrateful when you were being kind. For the sake of General Deng and Master Ziwen, please forgive me this time.”

Zheng Ziwen’s face changed as well, and he apologized embarra.s.sedly, “Brother Ou, we weren’t content with what we were given, please forgive us.”

Yue Dingtian and the other people blushed too because they were ashamed.

They had been thinking about how Ou Yangming might receive greater benefits after making the exchange, but they never realized he could pay just 500 taels of gold to purchase 10 raw gemstones from the 10,000 stones left. If they were to compare 500 taels of gold with 2 Fine Grade gems… Could they even be compared? Besides, those were 2 Fine Grade gems!

If they rejected Ou Yangming’s suggestion and accepted the 500 taels of gold instead, the bosses from the headquarter would certainly cut them into pieces.

“It’s fine as long as you change after realizing your mistake,” Ou Yangming commented with a smile and asked, “Can I choose the raw gemstones now?”

Lin Yichen quickly answered, “Master Ou, please.”

Ou Yangming entered the pile of raw gemstones again, but he did not pick them randomly. He had fixed his targets, so he retrieved ten of them very quickly.

Lin Yichen and the other people naturally watched him, but they were puzzled after seeing what he did.

Ou Yangming had picked ten raw gemstones that did not have a notch. It was far more difficult to get good gems from them as compared to half-naked raw gemstones. They began wondering again as they looked at Ou Yangming.

‘Is he extremely confident, or is he really that lucky?’

Subsequently, Ou Yangming left the Yi Pavilion with ten raw gemstones and got onto the carriage with the Ni family siblings.

The siblings had wanted to bring ou Yangming around the bustling night market, but due to the incident that took place, they no longer had the mood to do so.

However, just before they boarded the carriage, Ni Yinghong scoffed and left on her own.

Ni Yunhong spread out his hands helplessly and said, “Brother Ou, please forgive my younger sister, she can’t board the carriage with you.”

Ou Yangming felt like he had lost something, but he could not express it.

Once they returned to the Ni residence, Ni Yinghong invited a stone-cracking master after getting Ou Yangming’s agreement.

The stone-cracking master was not as powerful as Yue Dingtian, but he was also a Yang Grade martial artist. As he cracked the ten raw gemstones one by one, 1 High Grade gem and 2 Common Grade gems were found.

When the news spread, everyone praised Ou Yangming and the Ni family siblings for their benevolent act, but they also had better judgments about Ou Yangming’s skills. After all, he had chosen flawless raw gemstones this time, but he achieved a 30% success rate and secured 1 High Grade gem.

Though the result could not be mentioned on equal terms with the 2 Fine Grade gems, it was enough to convince the other people and shut their mouths.

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