Ye Feng felt a chill spread from his palm, which then quickly moved to his wrist, arm, shoulder, and finally into his sea of consciousness, before drilling into the Ding Shui Pearl.
This caused Ye Feng to shiver uncontrollably, his face filled with shock and confusion.
Just as he was about to examine what this thing was, Tang Zhiyang spoke up beside him, "Ye Feng, what are you still standing there gawking for! Since the second round of competition is over, let's move on to the next one!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng immediately dismissed the idea of examining the stream within the Ding Shui Pearl.
There was no time now, and it wasn't a good place to reveal the Ding Shui Pearl. Therefore, he decided to study it thoroughly after they returned.
And so, Ye Feng and the others proceeded together to the next location, the Jade Stone Gambling area!
The Jade Stone Gambling area could be said to be the liveliest and most exciting place in this antique street.
Here, there was the legend of "one cut to poverty, one cut to riches."
Some people, with a single cut, instantly became millionaires, even billionaires, with fortunes exceeding a hundred million not being a myth.
However, there were also those who, with a single cut, went from being a rich man to a beggar.
It was precisely because of this that it attracted countless people, making it the liveliest and most popular place in the antique street.
Upon arriving at the Jade Stone Gambling area, Ye Feng found it to be another street, with people setting up stalls everywhere, displaying all sorts of stones.
It was somewhat similar to the antique stalls before, but the stones displayed here made Ye Feng speechless.
These stones, big and small, round and flat, regular and irregular, had every kind of stone you could imagine.
Ye Feng couldn't help but comment, "These are the stones for gambling? Are you kidding me! They look no different from stones by the roadside!"
"Haha! Ye Feng, I knew you were a country bumpkin! These stones are very different from ordinary roadside stones!" Tang Zhiyang mocked.
Ye Feng, curious, asked, "Oh? What's the difference? To me, they're just a pile of rocks!"
At this moment, President Sun spoke up, "Heh heh! These stones are called raw jade stones. They are usually covered by a layer of weathered skin, so the inside cannot be seen clearly! You need to cut them open to know their quality and value! And this process is called jade stone gambling..."
Ye Feng nodded, understanding half of what President Sun explained.
Then, he turned to Tang Zhiyang and asked, "Tang Zhiyang, are we competing here?"
"Here? This is all just scrap and waste material. Competing here would lower our status! Let's go to Ming Shi Ge to compete!" Tang Zhiyang said dismissively.
However, Zhou Lingyu couldn't help but exclaim, "Go to Ming Shi Ge? The raw stones there aren't cheap!"
President Sun also chimed in, "That's right! The cheapest ones there start from over a hundred thousand! The expensive ones can even reach tens of millions! Are you kids going to play this big?"
Ye Feng shrugged, "He proposed it, so it's up to him!"
"Heh heh! Just tens of millions, my Tang family isn't short of money! Ye Feng, I heard you've been living quite comfortably while I was locked up, so you shouldn't be short of tens of millions, right!" Tang Zhiyang said with a smile, looking at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng glanced at him and smiled, "Alright, as long as you're not short, I'm just afraid you'll renege on the bet later!"
"Reneging on the bet? Heh heh, ridiculous! Would I lose to a country bumpkin like you in a stone gambling match?" Tang Zhiyang sneered.
Ye Feng shook his head, not continuing the topic, and urged, "Then let's go!"
"Okay!"
And so, the group headed towards Ming Shi Ge.
Before long, they arrived in front of an ancient-style pavilion.
This pavilion was different from ordinary shops. While other shops were luxuriously decorated modern buildings, Ming Shi Ge was a three-story wooden pavilion, which immediately caught the eye.
Soon, they walked straight inside.
As soon as they entered, they saw that the first floor, surrounded by raw jade stones, was filled with gamblers. They ranged from about ten years old to fifty or sixty years old, all carefully observing the stones present.
They would whisper to each other, or frown as they looked at the stones.
Seeing this scene, Ye Feng asked, "We've arrived. Tell me, how do we compete?"
Tang Zhiyang replied, "It's very simple! This Ming Shi Ge has three floors, and the quality and price of the raw jade stones on each floor are different! We each pick one from each floor, and then we get them cut. Whoever has the highest total value wins, how about that?"
Ye Feng nodded, "Okay! Let's do it like that!"
"Good! Then let's begin!" Tang Zhiyang said.
After speaking, he and Zhao Yanxuan began to wander around the first floor.
Seeing this, Ye Feng also brought Xiao Feifei and the other girl to examine the first floor.
As Ye Feng looked, he asked, "Hey, do you two know which type of raw jade stone is the most valuable?"
Xiao Feifei and Zhou Lingyu were stunned and glared at Ye Feng, "No way! You don't even know this?"
"Uh! I've never done this before, isn't it normal that I don't know?" Ye Feng spread his hands and said.
However, the next second, Xiao Feifei pinched his waist hard and exclaimed, "You don't even know this, and you dare to agree to gamble with them? You'll lose everything!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng awkwardly said, "Aren't I doing this to help you get that jade cauldron back?"
"How much is that jade cauldron made of? It's not even worth the money of a single raw stone here!" Xiao Feifei said angrily.
"Oh! I get it! You tell me first, maybe I'll pick out the most valuable jade later!" Ye Feng said with a smile.
But the two girls clearly didn't believe him, because if someone as clueless as Ye Feng could pick out the most valuable jade, it would be too unfair.
However, they still decided to tell him, not expecting Ye Feng to win, but hoping he would lose less.
Soon, the two of them led him to the display of jade stone samples on the first floor.
There, they saw introductions to the grades of jade, from low-grade to high-grade, with information provided for all of them.
They even had a few fingernail-sized jade samples displayed there.
This was mainly to help newcomers who were not very familiar with jade.
After Ye Feng took a look, he even reached out and touched them, immediately showing a confident expression.
Meanwhile, Tang Zhiyang and the others, while searching for raw jade stones, didn't forget to check on Ye Feng and the others.
When they saw Ye Feng still studying the beginner's introduction, they burst into laughter.
"Haha! So that guy really doesn't know anything and needs to study the beginner's introduction, it's hilarious!" Tang Zhiyang roared with laughter.
Zhao Yanxuan, however, frowned, because Ye Feng didn't seem like a fool, nor did he seem like an impulsive person.
He couldn't understand why Ye Feng would agree to Tang Zhiyang's request.
But seeing Ye Feng genuinely studying, he could only shake his head in confusion and not interfere.
After Ye Feng finished reading, he immediately smiled and said, "Alright! I've understood everything! Now it's time to see my performance!"
"See your performance! With your knowledge, you'll probably lose your pants later! Why don't you let Lingyu pick for you!" Xiao Feifei said with a roll of her eyes.
Ye Feng heard this and shook his head, "No need, just watch!"
After speaking, Ye Feng began to select from the first floor...