NOVEL NEXT Chapter 79: Dragon Stone Species
"Hmm, I believe you." Seemingly influenced by Wang Ye's confident tone, and considering that Wang Ye had always been reliable, Fang Feifei still nodded slightly and chose to trust him, even though the rough stone he held was only the size of a basketball.
"Tsk, tsk, Miss Fang really trusts her gemstone appraisal master," Shen Wanlong said mockingly, his gaze towards Wang Ye full of ridicule.
He just couldn't believe that such a young fellow like Wang Ye could have such a good eye in this field.
Huang Ming didn't speak, but his eyes were full of defiance; he obviously looked down on Wang Ye, the young upstart.
Among the onlookers, someone even chuckled.
Wang Ye's rough stone had not been opened yet, but the outcome seemed inevitable; everyone present felt quite bored.
Wang Ye began cutting the rough stone. Fang Feifei's beautiful eyes fixed on the stone, her hands tightly clasped together, her breathing even slowed, somewhat nervous.
Regarding the rough stone purchase, everything depended on this stone now.
Wang Ye's performance caused Fang Feifei's beautiful eyes to suddenly widen.
Everyone's gaze fixed on the cut in the middle of the rough stone, eager to see what Wang Ye had exposed.
Soon.
People scoffed as they saw that the cut half contained nothing, just ordinary stone marks.
"Pfft, after all that fuss, I thought there would be something inside. Turns out it's just a waste stone."
"All flash, no substance."
The onlookers jeered, Fang Feifei's beautiful eyes expressing disappointment; this stone could represent a loss of several hundred million.
"Miss Fang, you've lost, so these rough stones..."
Looking at Fang Feifei, Shen Wanlong's eyes nearly squinted into lines for joy. Almost obsessed with these stones, he felt incredibly smug about getting rid of them.
Fang Feifei bit her lip upon hearing Shen Wanlong's words. Although reluctant, she had just agreed, so she was prepared to keep her word.
"Hold on."
Yet, Wang Ye's voice sounded again. At this moment, he was still handling the saw, moving it back and forth over the rough stone, his demeanor as relaxed as if he hadn't lost at all.
Noticing Fang Feifei and Shen Wanlong's gazes on him, Wang Ye continued, "Don't rush, folks. I haven't finished cutting this rough stone yet. You can wait for me to finish before making your decision; there's no hurry."
Wang Ye remained composed, discarding one of the rough stones and keeping only the other.
Watching Wang Ye's nonchalant demeanor, Shen Wanlong thought Wang Ye just couldn't accept defeat, refusing to quit until all avenues were exhausted.
Seeing it as a joke and with several hundred million in income at stake, Shen Wanlong didn't mind spending more time with Wang Ye, so he directly said to him:
"Alright, continue then. I do want to see what you can carve out next."
The onlookers yawned even more.
Fang Feifei's beautiful eyes no longer held any hope as she gazed at Wang Ye. With only half of the rough stone left, it would have to be Imperial Green throughout to suffice.
Wang Ye cut another section of the rough stone.
Still nothing.
Miss Fang sighed, already having given up all hope.
The piece Wang Ye had just cut off directly occupied a third of the original stone's volume, and even if the rest were Imperial Green, it wouldn't be enough to turn the tide.
Crack.
Another piece of the original stone was cut off.
This time, Wang Ye cut the piece off much slower than any previous times, extremely careful as if he was afraid of damaging something.
Shen Wanlong and Huang Ming scoffed at this, thinking it was nothing but a pretentious act.
Only Miss Fang was watching Wang Ye's stone-cutting hands intently, her heart tightening with each advance he made.
When Wang Ye completely cut off this small piece of the stone, Miss Fang stared in disbelief, covering her mouth with her hand in surprise.
Miss Fang's unusual behavior made Shen Wanlong and Huang Ming realize something, and they turned their gaze to where Wang Ye had just made the cut, only to see a gentle green hue there, not deep but light, emitting a fluorescent glow.
"This..."
"It's Dragon Stone species!"
Shen Wanlong and Huang Ming couldn't help but exclaim, their faces filled with uncontrollable surprise.
The onlookers, upon hearing Shen Wanlong and Huang Ming's words, stopped yawning and stood frozen, their mouths agape, looking extremely silly.
The next second,
The scene instantly became noisy.
"Dragon Stone species! It's actually Dragon Stone species! My goodness, it's been so long since we last saw Dragon Stone species!"
"The last time I heard news of Dragon Stone species was five years ago. That piece, only the size of a ping pong ball, was sold for thirty million. Now, with the economy growing, the price of Dragon Stone species has risen even higher!"
"Just wondering how big this Dragon Stone species is!"
Everyone's faces were filled with excitement. Dragon Stone species, that was even more precious and rare than Imperial Green. Compared to Dragon Stone species, Imperial Green was utterly overshadowed.
Everyone's gaze turned to Wang Ye. If at the beginning, these people had looked down on Guo Yi, now they almost wanted to lock Wang Ye in their sights, watching his every move, just waiting for the results of what Wang Ye would do next.
The jade revealed more and more of itself, each part smooth and flawless, as if the natural spiritual energy from heaven and earth had gathered there, its crystalline transparency so purely beautiful that it made people feel intoxicated and immersed.
Gradually,
The breaths of everyone present became heavy and cautious. Heavy because more and more jade was revealing itself, having reached the size of a ping pong ball, but from the look of the jade, it was not near the end.
They were cautious because they were afraid that a heavy breath of theirs might distract Wang Ye, causing him to encounter an issue while cutting the jade.
Wang Ye had changed his stone-cutting tools to the finest available. At this point, Wang Ye seemed not so much to be cutting jade from the stone as he was carving the jade out.
There was no choice, the Dragon Stone species was too precious, even a slight mistake could cause immense loss.
"It's done!"
After a full hour, Wang Ye finally put down his tools, taking a deep breath.