"Huh? Imperial green? What imperial green? When did I say I'd buy imperial green for 2.9 million?" the merchant asked, completely bewildered.
Master Wu sneered, "Didn't you just say you wanted to buy Mr. Ye's jade for 2.9 million?"
"That's right, but I said I wanted to buy Mr. Ye's jade that wasn't of good quality, not imperial green!" the merchant quickly explained.
The surrounding people chimed in.
"Exactly, Master Wu, did you mishear!"
"Yeah! He said he wanted to buy Mr. Ye's jade that wasn't of good quality!"
"Haha, Master Wu, are you so upset by Mr. Ye's trash that your brain isn't working properly?"
Seeing this, the crowd burst into laughter.
Ye Feng shook his head and muttered to himself, "Heh! A bunch of ignorant fools! You'll understand later!"
Master Wu certainly hadn't misheard, nor was his brain malfunctioning due to Ye Feng's trash. In fact, he was clearer-headed than anyone present.
It was just that no one present understood his meaning, or perhaps they dared not believe the implication of his words.
In their eyes, Ye Feng's jade was a mung bean variety, at best a glutinous variety, worth only a million or so.
Ye Feng, seeing this, was neither angry nor in a hurry to explain.
To him, these people were merely frogs in a well.
When this jade was revealed, they would naturally shut their mouths.
Ye Feng paid them no mind, but Master Wu was getting annoyed.
He snorted coldly, "Hmph! Who told you Mr. Ye's jade was of poor quality? If his jade is of poor quality, then there's no good quality jade in this world!"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned and confused.
They couldn't fathom why Master Wu would say such a thing.
"His jade is good? No way!"
"Yeah! You look like you're trembling with anger, how is this jade good?"
"Exactly, if it were truly good jade, you would have told us its variety and quality long ago!"
Master Wu was taken aback by their words, then he let out a cold laugh.
"Heh! You've all got it wrong! The reason I'm trembling is because I've never encountered such good jade before, I'm too excited!"
"As for why I didn't say it immediately! It was to give you all a surprise! Because Mr. Ye's jade is the best jade I've ever cut!"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
"What? You're trembling with excitement?"
"You didn't say anything because you wanted to surprise us?"
"This is the best jade you've ever cut? No way! Are you kidding us!"
Everyone said with disbelief.
They knew that Master Wu had cut imperial green glass-variety jade before, and for him to say such a thing now made it unbelievable.
Master Wu saw that they didn't believe him and knew it would be difficult to explain, so he said, "Words are useless, just look for yourselves!"
With that, he reached out to turn on the machine.
Seeing this, everyone showed different expressions, their gazes fixed on the polishing machine.
Some were expectant, some were skeptical, and some were fearful, like Tang Zhiyang!
He was silently cursing Ye Feng to cut a worthless stone.
Because if Ye Feng cut good jade, he would lose this bet.
Once he lost, he would not only have to pay for the initial Jade Cauldron but also the expenses incurred during the competition.
These costs added up to nearly two hundred million. Although his Tang family was wealthy, losing two hundred million right after being released from prison would surely result in a severe beating from his father.
But no matter how scared he was, the polishing machine had to be opened.
Under his nervous and fearful gaze, the machine slowly opened.
The next second, an incredible piece of jade appeared before everyone's eyes.
This piece of jade was over forty centimeters long, over thirty centimeters wide, and over twenty centimeters high. It was Ye Feng's original jade rough.
However, its appearance was slightly different from the beginning. Its surface and front were polished smooth as jade by the machine, even reflecting light.
Under the light, it reflected a pure green glow, causing everyone to widen their eyes as if they were seeing the most beautiful light in the world.
Although only two sides were polished, the interior of the entire jade could almost be seen clearly. Except for a bit of weathered skin, it was almost all jade.
Looking at the jade's rich and vibrant emerald green, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Because of the pure green color and the crystal-clear interior, it gave them a tingling sensation.
In an instant, everyone crowded forward, as if wanting to get a closer look at this thing.
When they got closer, they couldn't help but rub their eyes and exclaim.
"Damn, this, this kind of water! It's definitely glass-variety!"
"What's even more impressive is the color, this is definitely pure imperial green!"
"My God, such a large piece of glass-variety imperial green, I, am I dreaming!"
In an instant, everyone was dumbfounded, as if the world had become unreal.
Many of the people present were knowledgeable and had seen genuine imperial green.
But what they saw were only small pieces, like those on necklaces, pendants, rings, and so on.
Even those small pieces were worth over a million.
Of course, some had seen larger pieces. The merchants who frequently acquired jade from large jade cutting shops had seen many large ones and even acquired them.
But even they, among the imperial green they had seen, the largest were only about the size of one or two fists.
They had never seen such an exaggerated, such a stunningly large piece of glass-variety imperial green jade.
In that moment, everyone stared blankly at the glass-variety imperial green, unable to speak a word.
Tang Zhiyang and Zhao Yanxuan, seeing this scene, were utterly despairing.
"This, how is this possible?"
Even the usually calm Zhao Yanxuan was dumbfounded.
If he was like this, Tang Zhiyang, who was competing with Ye Feng, was even more so.
The moment he saw the glass-variety imperial green, he immediately sat down on the ground and vomited a mouthful of blood.
Then, he looked dazed, his eyes devoid of light, as if he had lost all hope in the world.
"This, this isn't a dream, is it!"
At this moment, Xiao Feifei and Zhou Lingyu, who had been worried about him, also stared blankly at the scene, muttering to themselves.
Just a moment ago, they were extremely worried about Ye Feng, as losing would mean paying two to three hundred million.
But what they didn't expect was that Ye Feng had been creating miracles all along. The first piece was high ice-variety, the second was glass-variety, and the third was imperial green.
This had completely refreshed their understanding of gambling stones, it was simply unbelievable!
The entire scene was stunned for a full half-minute, until Ye Feng's words broke the silence...