The shop owner, upon hearing this, quickly brought out all the stones in his inventory and placed them on a platform by the entrance.
"Mr. Jiang, each of these stones costs three hundred thousand. If you're lucky, you can make tens of millions without any problem," the shop owner said with a smile to Jiang Yi.
"Then I'll try!"
As Jiang Yi spoke, his gaze fell upon the stones.
Jiang Yi deliberately feigned ignorance, scanned them briefly, and casually pointed to a stone. He then said to the shop owner, "Cut this one!"
"Certainly!"
The shop owner picked up the stone and placed it on the machine.
When the stone was cut open, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
The stone was empty inside and worth nothing.
This time, Jiang Yi directly lost three hundred thousand.
"Cut another one!"
Jiang Yi said, and pointed to another stone at random.
The shop owner continued to cut.
Just like before, there was nothing inside.
To get Shen Quan to take the bait, Jiang Yi cut several more stones.
Only two of them contained white jade, and both were ordinary white jade, not worth much.
In total, Jiang Yi lost over three million.
The onlookers laughed even harder.
They finally understood that Jiang Yi had no experience in stone gambling, otherwise, he wouldn't have lost so much money.
Shen Quan saw this scene with a cold smile on his face.
He thought that this kid was walking right into a trap, completely lacking skill. Winning against him would be as easy as pie.
"Mr. Jiang, you were just unlucky. Perhaps you'll find something good later," Shen Quan said, trying to comfort Jiang Yi.
"That makes sense. Perhaps I will find something good later," Jiang Yi nodded.
"Mr. Jiang, you've finished warming up. Shall we begin?" Shen Quan said to Jiang Yi.
"En!" Jiang Yi nodded.
The onlookers, seeing Jiang Yi's terrible luck, were astonished that he still dared to gamble with Shen Quan. It was clearly suicidal.
Everyone looked at Jiang Yi as if he were an idiot.
In their opinion, Jiang Yi was destined to lose miserably today.
"Mr. Jiang, how about we make a bet against each other?" Shen Quan said.
"How do we bet?" Jiang Yi asked.
"It's simple. Each of us chooses a stone, and after cutting it, whoever's jade is better wins," Shen Quan said.
"And what's the stake?" Jiang Yi asked with a smile.
"We're both straightforward people, let's play for high stakes!"
Shen Quan said, "I'll wager my two hospitals, and you only need to wager your luxury car and the hospital I lost to you earlier. Only with such high stakes is it interesting to play."
Jiang Yi nodded.
Shen Quan felt something was off. He knew Jiang Yi wasn't a fool, and he didn't understand stone gambling, yet he agreed to such a high stake.
Only a fool would do such a thing.
But now, Shen Quan couldn't care less. He just wanted to win big against Jiang Yi and regain his reputation.
"Let's stick to the old rules. We'll write down an agreement. It's not that I don't trust you, it's just the rule," Shen Quan said.
Shen Quan was very cautious, fearing Jiang Yi might try to renege.
After preparing the agreement, Jiang Yi and Shen Quan both pressed their fingerprints on it and took one copy each.
"Let's begin!"
Shen Quan finished speaking and was the first to start choosing stones.
Shen Quan was addicted to gambling and loved stone gambling.
However, when it came to stone gambling, he was indeed very experienced.
Some even called Shen Quan the Stone God, a leading figure in the stone gambling world.
But games like stone gambling relied not only on experience but also, to a large extent, on luck.
After all, no one had discerning eyes capable of seeing through stones and knowing whether they contained good jade.
For Jiang Yi, it was also a huge challenge.
However, it was more than enough to deal with Shen Quan.
After five minutes, Shen Quan stopped and pointed to an oval-shaped stone, saying, "I want this one. Cut it now!"
Shen Quan was very confident.
The shop owner nodded and placed Shen Quan's chosen stone on the machine.
With the grating sound of the cutting saw, the stone was slowly cut open.
Soon, the stone was completely cut.
Shen Quan personally opened the stone, and when he saw the jade inside, he burst into laughter.
Everyone crowded closer and, after a glance, gave Shen Quan a thumbs-up.
Even the shop owner was a little surprised.
"Mr. Shen, I didn't expect your skill to be so amazing. You truly live up to the title of Stone God. You've found such fine jade! It's worth at least a million!" the shop owner exclaimed.
The people around began to discuss.
"This is blood jade, the finest type of jade."
"Mr. Shen's skill is astounding, truly awe-inspiring."
"That kid is definitely going to lose this time. Even if he cuts open all the stones here, he won't be able to beat Mr. Shen."
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Shen Quan's face was full of pride.
The rich second-generation heirs behind Shen Quan immediately started flattering him.
"Mr. Jiang, it's your turn!"
Shen Quan looked at Jiang Yi and sneered, "With your little skill, you dare to gamble with me? I will make you lose your fortune today."
Shen Quan felt he had already won, so he dropped the pretense and directly showed his true colors to Jiang Yi.
"Kid, do you know who I am? I am the Stone God. It's easier for me to destroy you than to drink water," Shen Quan said contemptuously, looking at Jiang Yi.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow. "I haven't chosen my stone yet. It's still unknown who will win."
Hearing this, Shen Quan burst into laughter.
The onlookers also burst into laughter.
"Do you know what blood jade is? In the entire stone gambling street, blood jade can only be found at most once a month. The chance is very small. There's no point in telling you, as you understand nothing," Shen Quan said, then laughed again.
He was extremely arrogant.
Jiang Yi ignored Shen Quan and got a basin of water, splashing it onto the stones.
Seeing this, the crowd quickly retreated, fearing they might get splashed.
After all the stones were wet, Jiang Yi picked up a piece of broken stone and started tapping the other stones.
The onlookers watched Jiang Yi like a clown.
They had never seen anyone choose stones using such peculiar methods.
Mocking laughter continued to erupt.
Jiang Yi paid no heed, carefully listening to the sound of the stones colliding.
"This is a technologically advanced society. If you could hear whether there was good jade just by listening to the sound, machines like that would have been invented long ago, and it wouldn't be your turn to be tapping and banging around here?" Shen Quan said, mocking Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi let out a cold laugh.
Technology could indeed do many things, but some things were beyond its reach.
Suddenly, Jiang Yi's lips curved upwards.
"This one it is!" Jiang Yi pointed to a nondescript stone.
"You have no taste at all, choosing this stone?"
"Anyone who knows anything about this knows that this kind of stone won't yield any good jade. Frankly, even if jade is found, it will be worthless!" Shen Quan said with a smile.