146: Chapter 146 I didn't want to slap someone in the face, but they forced me to!

Su Yun skipped over the high-end goods priced at tens or hundreds of thousands and scanned the shop with his eyes.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped at a large iron crate in the corner.

It was piled full of stones of various strange shapes, and they were covered in quite a bit of dust.

These were offcuts left over from stone cutting, or waste materials that no one wanted.

But in Su Yun's eyes, that corner was emitting two extremely faint yet very pure spiritual energy fluctuations.

"There's something good here!"

Su Yun's eyes lit up, and he walked straight over.

He squatted in front of the iron crate and rummaged through it as if he were picking out Chinese cabbage.

Soon, he picked out three fist-sized, ugly stones covered in cracks.

These three stones looked just like pebbles picked up from the roadside; their rinds were rough, covered in cracks, the kind of junk that no one would bother picking up even if thrown on the street.

"Boss, how much for these few?"

Su Yun weighed the three stones in his hand and shouted at Zhao Fugui.

Zhao Fugui was just about to swipe Young Master Wang's card when he heard this and glanced over impatiently.

"Everything in that crate is waste material. Five hundred each, no bargaining!"

After saying that, he put on a smiling face again and said to Young Master Wang, "Young Master Wang, please enter your password."

After Young Master Wang entered his password and looked at the receipt spat out by the POS machine, he was in a great mood.

As he turned his head, he happened to see Su Yun holding those three broken stones to pay.

"Yo, are you thinking of picking up a bargain?"

Looking at Su Yun's street stall outfit, which didn't cost more than two hundred yuan in total, Young Master Wang curled his lips into a mocking arc.

"Buddy, stone gambling isn't like buying a lottery ticket where you can win five million with two yuan."

"The things in that waste pile are all the trash we've picked through."

"If you spend fifteen hundred to buy three broken stones, you'd be better off buying two jin of pork ribs to eat; at least it would nourish your brain."

As soon as Young Master Wang said this, the few shop assistants all burst into laughter.

Zhao Fugui also chimed in, "Young Master Wang is right. Some people are just crazy about getting rich and always think they are the chosen ones."

"Go, go, go, hurry up and pay and leave. Don't be an eyesore to Young Master Wang here."

Zhao Fugui waved his hand as if shooing away flies.

Su Yun wasn't angry.

Getting angry with people like this was a waste of life.

He took out his phone and scanned the QR code on the counter.

"Beep! Payment successful, 1,500 yuan."

Su Yun put away his phone and pointed to the stone-cutting machine at the shop entrance.

"Borrowing the machine for a bit."

Zhao Fugui rolled his eyes, "Cut away, cut away. After you're done, hurry up and take the trash with you; don't dirty my floor."

Young Master Wang wasn't in a hurry to leave either.

He had just spent two million and was feeling incredibly bold and generous. He wanted to see this poor kid make a fool of himself to highlight his own brilliance and might.

"Come, come, everyone, come and take a look!"

Young Master Wang shouted, fearing the world wouldn't be chaotic enough.

"Our master here is going to cut stones on the spot! Maybe he'll cut out some glass-species jade!"

The few customers nearby who were watching the fun were also attracted over, each with their arms crossed and a playful smile on their faces.

Su Yun ignored them.

He walked to the stone-cutting machine and secured the first stone.

The surface of this stone was covered in cracks like a spider web. According to the rules of the trade, even if there was meat inside, it would definitely be shattered to pieces.

The stone-cutting master was an old man in his fifties, with a cigarette in his mouth and an unwilling look on his face.

"Young man, just cut this kind of material in half. There's no need to polish a window; it's a waste of time."

Su Yun nodded, "Alright, cut it directly."

"Zzzzz!"

The ear-piercing sound of cutting rang out.

The grinding wheel spun rapidly, and stone dust flew everywhere.

Young Master Wang stood by and said sarcastically, "Listen to that sound, how crisp. I'll bet five mao that it's all white stone inside."

Zhao Fugui chuckled, "Young Master Wang, you're overestimating this stone. I think it's not even stone inside, just dust."

Everyone was waiting to see a joke.

Only Su Yun remained calm, even wanting to laugh a little.

If they knew what was hidden in this stone, these two guys would probably regret it so much their guts would turn green on the spot.

"Crack!"

The stone was cut open.

The two halves of the stone rolled onto the collection board.

The stone-cutting master didn't take it seriously either, casually picking up a ladle of water and splashing it on, preparing to wash away the stone powder and finish the job.

However.

The very second the water splashed on.

The stone-cutting master's hand suddenly froze.

The cigarette he hadn't finished smoking in his mouth fell to the ground with a "plop".

Immediately after.

A scream, as if someone had stepped on someone's tail, exploded in the shop.

"Green... it's green?!"

"Holy crap! It's green!"

This shout startled everyone.

Young Master Wang was just about to continue mocking, but the words were already on the tip of his tongue and he swallowed them back, almost choking himself to death.

"What's green? Is this old man's eyes failing?"

Zhao Fugui also looked disbelieving and walked over quickly.

"What are you yelling about! What could a piece of waste material possibly produce..."

Before he could finish, Zhao Fugui was like a duck with its neck strangled, unable to make a sound.

He saw that on the cut surface of the stone.

A smear of green, so rich it couldn't be dissolved, was lying there quietly.

The green was pure, masculine, without a single impurity.

Under the light, it looked like a pool of green water, unfathomably deep, and like solidified aurora, beautiful enough to make one's heart tremble.

"This, this is..."

The stone-cutting master's hands trembled as he carefully touched the cut surface.

"Imperial Green?!"

Once these three words came out.

The entire Jubao Pavilion went quiet.

Everyone widened their eyes, staring fixedly at that stone, their breathing becoming rapid.

Imperial Green!

The emperor among jades!

For material of this level, not to mention a piece this big, even a fingernail-sized ring face would start at hundreds of thousands!

And this piece in front of them...

Although it was only the size of an egg, this color and this clarity were definitely the best of the best!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Young Master Wang squeezed into the crowd like a madman, his face almost pressing against the stone.

Looking at that dazzling green, he only felt a burning pain on his face.

Just a moment ago, he was mocking him for being a scavenger.

And in return, he cut out an Imperial Green!

This wasn't just face-slapping; this was slapping him in the face with the sole of a shoe!

Zhao Fugui's expression was even more spectacular.

First green, then white, then flushed to the color of a pig's liver.

This material had been dug out of his own waste pile!

Five hundred yuan!

He actually sold a priceless piece of Imperial Green for five hundred yuan!

Zhao Fugui felt his chest tighten, almost spitting out a mouthful of old blood.

"L-Little brother."

Zhao Fugui rubbed his hands, squeezing out a smile on his face that was uglier than crying.

"That, this piece of material... can we discuss it?"

"I misjudged it just now. I'll waive the stone-cutting fee for you! From now on, you'll be our Jubao Pavilion's supreme VIP!"

"How about you sell this material to me? I'll offer... offer two million!"

Su Yun looked at Zhao Fugui's servile face after being arrogant earlier and sneered.

"Two million?"

"Boss Zhao, do you think I'm a fool, or have you not woken up yet?"

"You dared to sell that piece of waste stone to Young Master Wang for two million just now, and now you want to buy this Imperial Green for two million?"

This sentence left Zhao Fugui speechless.