Chapter 1537 Buy Them All (1/2)

After passing through the customs successfully, they bumped into the King of Hpakant at the foot of the mountain.

Previously, with the window shield between them, Li Du did not manage to take a good look at the young master who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He looked to be in his forties. He wore shades and an expression of nonchalance, perhaps hoping that he could look more powerful.

Zhong Da Pao said, ”Hmph, he's wearing that annoying look like his grandfather. Does he think that he can be like his grandfather this way?”

Then it dawned on Li Du. It turned out that the King of Hpakant was just trying to imitate his more powerful grandfather.

Seeing the bunch of them, the King went all out to put his game face on. It was only when he spotted Da Mao that he smiled and said, ”Mr. Mao, we meet now.”

Da Mao continued to act as if he was a deaf-mute. He said with a confused look, ”Ahhh baa, ahh baa, ahh baa…”

The King was stumped. ”Mr. Mao, what has happened to you? Does your throat hurt?”

Zhong Da Pao coughed and said, ”Mr. Mao is a deaf-mute. Didn't you know?”

The King's face changed. He said coldly, ”Deaf-mute? Based on what I know, Mr. Mao's mouth is working perfectly!”

Da Mao regretted this instantly. Why was he born with such a big mouth? He should have kept a lower profile.

As the deal had been sealed and the terms had been agreed on, there was not much use in keeping up the façade. Tulsi knew that. Hence, he interrupted the King, who evidently meant to question further. He said, ”It's time for us to set off.”

The big stone sale at Huika was not like those at public auctions. The event would take place for a long time until the public auction started. It would stay on and, in fact, it had already begun.

The King also changed his vehicle and got on a big motorcycle. It was unclear if he was trying to look superior, but he picked a specific model of motorcycle. It was one of those bikes with three wheels.

The motorcycle looked brand-new and was green all over. The King continued to ride on along the slope. He held the steering wheel with both hands and wore a look of seriousness.

After seeing that, Li Du could not help but be reminded of the TV series about the Japanese Occupation he had watched when he was younger. He recalled that the drama had a similar scene too. The King of Hpakant looked like those Japanese soldiers in the drama.

Huika was a huge field area. It produced a sizable amount of jade for the market. The place was enormous, enjoyed high footfall and was a lot busier than Damakan.

As usual, Zhong Da Pao gave them an introduction to the stones in the field. ”The material from Huika has something unique, and that is wax. The raw stone is mainly made up of mountain rock. Usually, its skin is thin and the fogginess is low. Everyone likes...”

The wax skin of the jade stone was a layer of light green, smooth substance. Hence, it was nicknamed 'frogskin'.

The jade produced in most fields would have waxy skin. However, it was special in Huika. Here, the unrefined stone skin was often double-layered. The outer layer was a light red wax skin, and the inner layer would have the texture of either ripples or chicken skin.

There were many big fields in the Huika area. Hence, it was laid out similar to Damakan. Usually, those who were keen to purchase stones would visit a few of those fields.

However, there was an ongoing big stone sale right now. Hence, at this time of the year, the place would draw out a trading area around the selling area. It resembled the residential areas in other fields, where the flow of people and business was concentrated.

The trading area was just behind the door of the field. Like in some towns, there were stalls placed outside the door. After Li Du got off the bus, he saw a pile of stones with wax skin.

The color of the wax-skin stones was the messiest. A shop would offer stones of many different colors. There would be sandy yellow, brownish-gray, dark green and black amongst others.