"Alas! Brother, my condolences! At least you made seven thousand yuan more than I did."
The middle-aged man who had bought the stone from Lin Xiao Tian for three thousand yuan earlier seemed to have found a kindred spirit.
Fellow sufferers of fate, they exchanged glances, seeing the shared pain in each other's eyes.
Buying a piece of red jade rough for ten thousand yuan, the price difference was over ten million!
This was not making money.
This was an absolute loss!
Amidst the cheers of the onlookers, Lin Xiao Tian once again accomplished a feat of successful stone gambling.
Someone estimated that in just this short time, Lin Xiao Tian had already earned at least twenty million!
And that was just the lowest valuation.
The current output of jade could be said to be declining year by year. With scarcity driving up prices, these two rough stones would fetch even higher prices at an auction!
Everyone showed great enthusiasm for Lin Xiao Tian opening jade. In contrast, Lin Xiao Tian remained remarkably calm.
The main reason he came to the site to cut the rough stones was to immediately absorb the energy from the raw materials to replenish his own Qing Qi.
At the same time, Lin Xiao Tian could also use this opportunity to verify if his senses were correct.
He had now completed his experiment. Just as he had sensed, these stones could all yield jade.
Lin Xiao Tian could even perceive the overall shape of the jade within the rough stones, but he did not wish to spend too much time on this, as the cutting process was too tedious, and he disliked wasting time.
After successfully opening the red jade, Lin Xiao Tian continued to sense his surroundings.
In his perception, there were three more rough stones in the ordinary market of the East District that could yield jade. Lin Xiao Tian planned to buy all three remaining stones.
Seeing that Lin Xiao Tian intended to buy more rough stones, the surrounding crowd stopped buying and simply followed behind him.
The streamer Liu Tao, holding his phone, began a live broadcast of the entire event.
Jewelry merchants like Hu Tao, having witnessed Lin Xiao Tian successfully opening jade twice in a row, also followed with curiosity.
"This brother still wants to buy? Tsk tsk, I don't believe his luck will always be this good!" one bystander expressed his disbelief.
In his opinion, Lin Xiao Tian's consecutive successes were primarily due to luck.
"Perhaps he has real skill? Otherwise, how could he guess correctly twice?" someone retorted.
"I also think he has real skill. Look at what he said to the small vendor earlier. He said that stone could yield jade, and it really did. If he was just guessing, why would he be so sure?" someone agreed.
"But the stones he chose, in the eyes of experts, were impossible to yield jade! If you say he wasn't guessing, then what was it? Could he have X-ray vision?"
For a time, a debate ensued among the crowd regarding whether Lin Xiao Tian's success was due to skill or luck.
Liu Tao, also very curious about this question, being a social butterfly, directly approached Lin Xiao Tian to ask.
"I don't understand jade." Lin Xiao Tian could only answer truthfully to Liu Tao's question.
"Ah?" Liu Tao suspected he had misheard and was about to press further when Liang Xu stopped him.
During this time, Lin Xiao Tian had already arrived at his target stall.
This stall was managed by a stout-browed uncle. Lin Xiao Tian glanced at the stall, picked up a stone, and asked directly:
"Will you sell it for three thousand yuan?"
The stout-browed uncle looked at Lin Xiao Tian and hesitated.
He had naturally heard about Lin Xiao Tian's stunning success in opening jade twice in a row.
If someone else were buying this stone now, the uncle would not hesitate, but if it were Lin Xiao Tian, it would be different.
"I... I'll consider it," the uncle said.
Lin Xiao Tian fully understood the uncle's intentions.
He just wanted to get a better deal, didn't he?
But Lin Xiao Tian had no intention of giving him a chance to raise the price.
"Alright, take your time to consider!" Lin Xiao Tian said, and without hesitation, he walked towards a nearby stall.
The stout-browed uncle was still considering. Seeing Lin Xiao Tian about to leave, he became conflicted.
Could this stone not be valuable?
Otherwise, why would he leave so quickly without even bargaining?
Although he had doubted that this stone might be unusual, the uncle chose to give up compared to the immediate profit.
He had been in this business for many years and had some skill in appraising stones. He had carefully examined all the stones on this stall, and over ninety percent of them could not yield anything.
He refused to believe he would be mistaken!
"Hey! Boss, wait! Five thousand yuan, I'll sell it for five thousand!"
Lin Xiao Tian smiled and ignored him.
Seeing that Lin Xiao Tian showed no hesitation, the stout-browed uncle became even more convinced that Lin Xiao Tian was just randomly asking around.
Was this not a ripe opportunity to find a gullible buyer?
How could he let him get away like this?
"Alright, alright, three thousand it is!" The stout-browed uncle stopped Lin Xiao Tian, a smile of utter consideration on his face.
Lin Xiao Tian was also generous and directly scanned the QR code to pay.
"Haha, boss, I have some more goods here. Would you like to take a look? These are no worse than what you have!" the stout-browed uncle said.
Lin Xiao Tian smiled and said nothing more.
This time, Lin Xiao Tian did not go to cut the rough stone directly but moved to the next stall.
He planned to finish scanning the ordinary market in the East District and then check other markets, perhaps finding some hidden gems.
Following this, Lin Xiao Tian visited two more stalls successively.
The quality of rough stones in ordinary stalls varied greatly. Although they all claimed to come from specialized quarries, cases of counterfeiting were most common.
To put it bluntly, buying things here was basically paying for ignorance. Good items were extremely rare.
Therefore, when Lin Xiao Tian inquired about prices from these vendors, although they were suspicious, they ultimately sold the rough stones to Lin Xiao Tian for three to four thousand yuan.
After acquiring three rough stones consecutively, Lin Xiao Tian sensed again. Confirming there were no more stone fluctuations in this area, he prepared to move to the next market.
"Boss, aren't you going to cut them on-site?" Liu Tao asked.
"Later!"
"Alright!" Liu Tao chuckled, then looked at his phone and said with a smile, "Brothers, hold on tight. This is the moment to witness a miracle. Your streamer will follow the entire process. Friends passing by, don't miss out."
In the North District market, Lin Xiao Tian scanned the area and found no stone fluctuations.
Clearly, the rough stones here were all ordinary rocks.
Looking at these stones tagged with prices of several thousand yuan, Lin Xiao Tian couldn't help but feel pity for the sellers. If they hadn't appraised them correctly, they would truly be paying for their ignorance.
Subsequently, Lin Xiao Tian visited the West and South District markets. In total, he bought six rough stones.
Finally, Lin Xiao Tian arrived at the rough stone cutting workshop.
"Brothers, it's starting. Now is the time to witness a miracle."
The streamer Liu Tao said excitedly to his live broadcast audience.