117 The Legendary Emperor Jade (1/2)
Chapter 117: The Legendary Emperor Jade
Translator: Noodletown TranslatedEditor: Noodletown Translated
”Sir, this way please.”
The shopping guide smiled slightly. Saleswomen here had a great service attitude, smiling when they saw people, which gave customers a comfortable feeling.
She brought Qingfeng Li to the open space in the east side. A 50-year-old man was cutting open the stone.
The man had rough but very stable hands, probably the result from cutting open many stones over the years.
In the industry of cutting stones, the older the person, the more experience and better skills he had.
”Are you cutting open this stone club?”
The old master looked at the plain stone in Qingfeng Li’s hands, his eyes full of surprise.
He was a master and had been working here for many years. Naturally he knew about the reputation of this stone.
This stone had been in this place for an entire year and no one asked about it. The young man in front of him actually spent 10 thousand Yuan to buy a stone no one thought highly of. Wasn’t he a sucker?
”Old master, please grind it slowly from the surface and do not cut it from the middle. Otherwise, it will hurt the jade inside.”
Qingfeng Li smiled slightly and said to the old master.
He was also a master of stone gambling, so he knew a lot about opening the stone. He explained it deliberately because he was afraid the jade would be damaged.
Hearing Qingfeng Li’s words, the old master rolled his eyes. It would be absurd to see jade in this plain stone.
Normally the stone was opened from the middle because it was more convenient and straight-forward.
But Qingfeng Li asked him to grind it slowly from the skin and the old master had to do as he said.
After all, Qingfeng Li was the customer. The master was only responsible for cutting the stone.
However, as for believing there was jade in the plain stone, the old master scoffed at it.
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The old master sprinkled some water onto the stone, then took out a specialty tool and began grinding slowly from the surface of the stone.
The equipment he used was 20 centimetres long, with black thorns, a tool especially made for stone opening. Layers of stone powder slowly fell off and piled up into debris.
He grinded for around 20 minutes and 5 millimetres past the surface was gone. It was still a black stone, no greenness at all.
”Hahaha, this is so funny. I knew there wasn’t jade in the plain stone. You didn’t believe me.”
Jie Yang laughed and taunted Qingfeng Li.
People around look at Qingfeng Li with ridicule, thinking that he was screwed buying an abandoned stone. What a shame.
If there wasn’t a jade in the stone, Qingfeng Li had to compensate 1 million to Jie Yang. People around watched as if it were a show.
Ruyan Liu also frowned, with doubts of whether there was jade in the stone at all. Of course, Qingfeng Li told her there is, so she decided to wait and see, trusting Qingfeng Li.
”Sir, how about cutting it directly from the middle. Grinding little by little like this is a waste of effort and time.”
Obviously the old master didn’t think there was jade inside, and suggested Qingfeng Li cut directly from the middle using a stone-cutting machine.
The advantage of cutting open from the middle was that it saves time and one could see whether there was green color. But a disadvantage was that it may ruin the whole jade.
”Old master, I will give you extra 1000 Yuan. Please work hard and grind the skin slowly.”
Qingfeng Li naturally knew grinding stones requires quite a lot of strength, so he directly gave the old master an extra 1000 Yuan.
”Alright. I’ll listen to you.”
The old master showed surprise on his face. Normally it was around 100 to 500 to open a stone. Now the young man in front of him gave him 1000 Yuan, he was naturally satisfied.
It’s money. Everybody loved it.
The master wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to grind the stone.