Chapter 417: Chapter 417

"I believe in Brother Fan! Brother Fan, you can do it!"

Having been with Ding Fan for such a long time, Mu Zi had an inexplicable trust in him, which persisted even now—not to mention Ding Fan's certainty that there was green within that stone. Even if Ding Fan claimed that the Earth was flat, Mu Zi would have believed him without a doubt.

Mu Zi idolized Ding Fan, an admiration without any need for reasons!

Yun Yuan glanced at Ding Fan, who stood nearby. "Think it over, I'm trying to help you out for the sake of your female companion. With the forty thousand I'm giving you, at the very least, you can still make a profit of forty thousand. But if you really go through with this cut, you may end up with nothing."

"Young man, just sell it. Your rough stone doesn't look promising; it's unlikely to reveal any green."

"Yeah, you can still make a sure profit of forty thousand, just sell it..."

"Why quarrel with money? That's forty thousand we're talking about!"

Surrounding onlookers were all trying to persuade Ding Fan.

Ding Fan's face was expressionless; he seemed as if he hadn't heard a word from the crowd. He said to Master Xie Shi on the side, "Let's start..."

Master Xie Shi looked at Ding Fan and, seeing that he had made up his mind, placed the rough stone given to him by Ding Fan on the machine.

The buzz of the saw starting up resonated with a piercing sound.

"Well, I'll just watch how you cry later..." Yun Yuan said with his arms folded, looking at Ding Fan.

"The kid just won't listen. If this stone turns out to be green, I will eat it."

"Yes, I've seen this stone in this store before. It has gone unsold for a long time..."

Under the chatter of the onlookers, Master Xie Shi's saw began to make the cut.

As the sparks flew and stone dust scattered, Master Xie Shi proved his experience by only cutting about a centimeter deep, then slowly lifting the saw.

At that point, the rough stone had been nicked slightly. Master Xie Shi immediately grabbed a water scoop, pouring it over the cut, quickly washing away the dust.

In the city, this method is known as 'opening a window.'

The meaning is quite clear: open a window to see whether there is any green inside the stone.

Master Xie Shi used water to wash away the window's edge, and the onlookers stretched their necks to peer inside.

"There's none... no green..."

After checking, the people around confirmed that the first cut revealed no green.

"Continue," Ding Fan said to Master Xie Shi.

Master Xie Shi nodded and switched on the saw again, carefully cutting deeper into the window he had just made.

This time, Master Xie Shi was proceeding slowly and carefully, inspecting the stone after each cut before resuming his work.

After doing this five or six times, there was still no sight of green on Ding Fan's rough stone.

"This stone is just like a brick, I already told you..." Yun Yuan snorted dismissively.

Others around started to echo this sentiment.

"How good it would have been if you sold this rough stone for forty thousand earlier. Now, after all these cuts, it's worthless..."

"Ah, the stubbornness of the youth today, why resist money ?"

Hearing the surrounding talk, Ding Fan still stood there indifferently, his face showing no sign of nervousness.

Once again, Master Xie Shi cut into the stone—by this time, the onlookers had little hope left as the rough stone was nearly halved.

According to customary practices, the rough stone, being cut halfway to this extent, should no longer reveal any green.

"Huh?" Just when everyone had lost hope, Master Xie Shi suddenly voiced his surprise.

"What happened, Master?" someone curiously asked.

"It turned out... it actually revealed green!" Master Xie Shi exclaimed.

"How... how could that be?" The faces around were filled with disbelief.

"How could that broken stone possibly reveal any green."

The crowd pressed in closer, peering inside the cut to see for themselves.

Indeed, at the place of the cut, there was a streak of green.

The green was fresh and translucent, with a hint of shine, prompting experienced onlookers to start guessing the type of jade.

"Judging by the luster, this jade seems to be of the ice variety..."

"I think it looks a bit like water variety..."

At this moment, Yun Yuan's brow was tightly furrowed. He had not expected that this worthless stone would actually reveal green.

"This rough stone has already been half-cut; even with green, I'm afraid it will still be a loss!" Yun Yuan commented, still in disbelief.

After listening to Yun Yuan's words, many people indeed agreed with him.

The Rough Stone had already been cut halfway through, which suggested that the Jade inside probably wasn't very big. If it was too small, they would still make a loss...

"I'll offer two thousand for this stone, I'll buy it..." Just then, there were people around starting to make bids.

At the stone gambling venue, there were indeed many waiting for a window to open on the Rough Stone that would reveal green Jade, significantly reducing their risk.

"Two thousand isn't low, young man. A window has already opened up, just sell the stone." Some well-meaning folks around began to persuade Ding Fan.

"Miss, if I were you, I'd advise your friend to sell. At least that way, the loss would be reduced," Yun Yuan said to Mu Zi, watching from the side.

Mu Zi gave Yun Yuan a cold look, understanding his unspoken message: You should have listened to me in the beginning. Now you're losing money...

"Brother Fan, you got this, I support you..." Mu Zi shouted toward Ding Fan at her side.

Ding Fan smiled at Mu Zi, then turned to Master Xie Shi at his side. "Master, please open a cut over here."

When everyone looked in the direction Ding Fan was pointing, they were all stunned.

The spot Ding Fan was indicating was on the other end of the stone.

The previous cut was on the head of the Rough Stone, and now Ding Fan was pointing to the stone's tail...

These two cuts didn't seem to have any necessary connection at all; wasn't this just messing around aimlessly?

There was a buzz of whispers around. They were mostly about Ding Fan making a reckless mess.

After Master Xie Shi confirmed once more, he switched on the electric saw, adjusted the Rough Stone, and got ready to make the cut.

Yun Yuan, watching from the side, sneered. To him, it looked like Ding Fan was courting death.

To cut windows aimlessly , in the end, the Rough Stone would probably not even sell for fifteen hundred. Yun Yuan was just waiting for Ding Fan to lose money momentarily.

Screech... the harsh sound of the electric saw cutting through the stone.

Master Xie Shi was still very cautious; he cut down one centimeter and then immediately lifted the blade.

When Master Xie Shi washed off the stone dust from the cut with water, even the accustomed Master Xie Yi was taken aback by surprise...

The people around could hardly believe their ears. The second window opened, and green was directly revealed with a single cut.

It was incredibly amazing.

A cut on the head of the Rough Stone had earlier revealed green, and now a cut on the tail had also revealed green. Instantly, people began to speculate whether the Jade inside the Rough Stone was connected.

If that Rough Stone was thirty centimeters in size, and if the Jade inside was around thirty centimeters long, then that would be a treasure. It could be used to carve jade pieces...

"Can it be confirmed what type of green this is...?"

The second emergence of green reignited the excitement among the crowd, and soon people started discussing the Jade within Ding Fan's Rough Stone.

"Based on the color, I think it should be Ice variety..."

An elder with glasses made his observation and gave his judgment after a while.

This Elder obviously had a high status; as soon as he gave his judgment, everyone nearly confirmed that the Jade in Ding Fan's Rough Stone should be of the Ice variety.

"I bid forty thousand for this stone!" Right then, a middle-aged man wearing Yanjing stood out and said to Ding Fan.

There were quite a few people on-site who recognized the man with glasses.

This man was a business representative of Honggang Royal Jewelry, and his job was to scout for potential jade stones all over the country.

Ding Fan's Rough Stone had caught his eye; both ends had turned up green. If it really was one whole piece of Jade, then the value would be immeasurable.

"Forty thousand? Why don't you go rob someone? Ice variety, Jade thirty centimeters long, and you think it's worth just forty thousand?" An elder wearing a Tang suit shouted to Ding Fan with loud indignation.

"I bid sixty thousand for this Rough Stone… Young man, sell it to me, you certainly won't lose!" The source of this content ɪs 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✦𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✦𝓷𝓮𝓽

The elder in the Tang suit raised the bid by twenty thousand immediately, prompting gasps from the crowd.

What everyone initially thought to be an unpromising Rough Stone was now being bidded on for sixty thousand!

Mu Zi was also very excited at this time. Although sixty thousand yuan wasn't a lot in her eyes, considering the stone initially cost only eight thousand, and now it had grown to sixty thousand, an increase of seven or eight times, how could she not be thrilled!

Yun Yuan's face also turned sour. He truly had not expected the Rough Stone, which looked so unappealing, to sell for sixty thousand.

Yun Yuan glanced at Ding Fan beside him. 'This kid really is lucky…'

"It really went up..."

While everyone was envious of Ding Fan having won the gamble, he remained unmoved and said to Master Xie Shi beside him.

"Make a cut here too..." Ding Fan marked a spot on the Rough Stone.

"What? Still cutting?"

Everyone around looked at Ding Fan with faces full of incomprehension. The Rough Stone had already surged in value, why continue to cut it?

"Are you sure?" Master Xie Yi looked at Ding Fan, asking for confirmation.

Ding Fan nodded. "Sure!"