CH 36

Lin Luo began to cut his second piece of jadeite. The jadeite of this black-gray matrix stone was relatively ordinary from the outside. It had neither pine flowers nor python bands, and even had some fine cracks, which are normal. Few people choose this kind of jadeite.

Compared with Lin Luo’s jadeite, although Chen ZhiGang’s jadeite has some black tinea scabs on the surface, they look scattered, and there are green pine flowers around it, indicating that the black tinea scabs should not have much influence on the inside. On the contrary, it was more worthy of a bet.

Because the piece of jadeite that Lin Luo wanted to solve was relatively large and had a relatively thick matrix stone, he didn’t start with stone grinding this time. Instead, he used the chrome knife to cut off the edges of the cracks. He knew that these cracks are just superficial cracks that only formed on the surface of the matrix stone, and had not caused any harm to the jade inside.

Sure enough, with these cuts he cut out a layer of white fog. The white fog often means that there is jade underneath, so this is actually cutting the stone into a value increase.

Many people began to speculate whether the outcome of this game would be reversed. Chen ZhiGang heard a burst of exclamation from his side. It turned out that the white fog layer was also ground out from his jadeite.

Both sides have gone up in value. Now, the outcome has become unpredictable.

However, the skin of Chen ZhiGang’s jadeite was relatively thin, and the white mist layer was quickly ground away, revealing the crystal clear green underneath.

“Ice type! It’s an ice type!”

“Olive green, olive green!”

“You won, and it seems that Mr. Chen won!”

Lin Luo was not affected by the onlookers, so he changed to a grinding wheel with no rush, and started grinding his stone.

No matter how good Chen ZhiGang’s jade looks now, it’s useless. After all, even if it has risen now it doesn’t mean that it is a winner. You have to continue to solve it to know the real situation inside this jadeite.

The white mist layer on Lin Luo’s side was also gradually ground away, revealing a thick green that was slightly blue with a very nice texture. It turned out to be a rare blue-green water jade [1].

This blue-green water jade is translucent, and the jade is very delicate, indicating that there are few impurities inside, and it is a kind of jade with very good quality.

“Blue-green water jade! Thatls a soar in value!”

The crowd suddenly became excited, and even the live broadcast channel of StarNet suddenly received a large influx of people.

Generally, few people pay attention to competitions in the junior ranks like this. After all, most of the players in this rank are amateurs. In such a short period of time, is it easy to choose two gambling stones that can get a good rise in value?

However, in today’s game, both players played at a super level. Not only did the all the jadeite go up in value, but also high-quality jadeites such as olive green ice jade and blue-green water jade were produced, which can be said to be very rare.

In particular, the value of the jade solved by the two players this time was very similar. It was difficult to judge who would win and who would lose before they finished polishing all the jade. This situation has attracted people’s attention more and more.

Lin Luo continued to grind and polish the stone, slowly grinding out the outline of the jade, and then changing to the chrome knife to cut the stone. Chen ZhiGang did the same.

According to the rough outline of the stone, it can be seen that Chen ZhiGang’s jadeite seems to be larger. At this time, Chen ZhiGang already thinks that he is bound to win, and his face can’t help showing a smug look.

In this game, he bet on two big wins in succession. It can be said to be a perfect record. As long as he can win the final victory, he can be promoted to the intermediate rank smoothly and accumulate a lot of reputation for the future ranks. It will lay a good foundation for improvement.

However… Hope is beautiful, reality is cruel.

When Chen ZhiGang also changed into a chrome knife and cut the first cut, there were screams of exclamation around him. Chen ZhiGang stared at the section under the chrome knife dumbfounded, unable to believe what he saw.

He had ground the stone along the skin, and it had always been very smooth. The windows that he ground out were all perfect ice olive green. He thought he could definitely beat Lin Luo this time.

But he couldn’t think that the situation would take a turn for the worse. He even cut out a large mess of broken jade with this knife, and looking at the depth of the spread of the broken jade, the condition of the jade inside might not be much better…

At this time, people who were more experienced in gambling on stones have realized that the black tinea scabs on the surface of this jadeite were not as simple as they appeared. It is very likely that the tinea scabs were ones with extremely strong penetrating power. Sometimes pine flowers may also appear on the skin with the very bad tinea scabs, which makes it easy to confuse people into regarding it as ordinary tinea scabs…

However, the irony is that Chen ZhiGang was sure that there would be good jades inside not only because of the beautiful green pine flowers on the surface, but because Lin Luo also fancied this jadeite at first sight. That’s why he made him make the first move.

He subconsciously believed that this piece of jadeite must be able to produce good jade, so he did not spend more time to further observe the performance of this piece of jadeite, but spent the remaining time on looking for the next piece of jadeite, which eventually caused his horse to stumble.

On Lin Luo’s side, he steadily solved what turned out to be a glutinous blue-green water jade weighing 3.5 kilograms [2]. Its value is definitely no less than 800,000 credit. If it is sent to auction, the price can definitely go higher.

Obviously, the person who won the final victory in this challenge is Lin Luo.

Lin Luo won ten points, and his personal information registered with the Stone Gambling Association has also undergone some changes.

【Personal Information】

【Name: Lin Luo】

【Sex: Male】

【Age: 21】

【Record: 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses】

【Win rate: 100%】

【Rank: Beginner】

【Points: 20】

【Ranking: 8104】

“Congratulations!” Xing Mo got up and came to the ring for the first time, greeted his little lover, and gave him a big hug.

This challenge lasted for more than three hours, and they still had to go to Yin’s Auction House on Gambling Stone Street to participate in the auction tonight. After the two greeted Wang Xun and Qian Sen, they took the lead to leave the Stone Gambling Association, leaving behind Chen ZhiGang, who was still standing there in shock and unwillingness.

Although this time the game has attracted some attention, it is only a beginner level game after all. People only discussed it for a day or two, and then forgot about it. No one realized that this is person has a future that will make a sensation in the entire empire and that they have just witnessed the first step taken by the master stone gambler.

However, Wang Xun’s impression of Lin Luo has improved a bit. He hasn’t met such a good seedling who is humble and polite, without arrogance or rashness, for a long time.

Wang Xun silently added Lin Luo to his watch list. In the future, whenever there is information about Lin Luo’s games, he will be notified as soon as possible. Even if he cannot attend as an arbiter, he must at least be able to watch the live broadcast in time.

Lin Luo’s ranking improvement means that he will be more likely to be challenged in the future. He wants to see how this fledgling young rookie can grow up before the official start of next year’s rock gambling competition.

===========Translator’s Corner===========

[1] Icy jade with green hues are referred to as water jade as the green makes it look watery.

[2] 3.5 kilos = 7.7 lbs = 5.8 catties