CH 52

The man quickly cut out a piece of spinach green oily jade weighing about 3 kilograms, which immediately attracted fierce bidding.

If one was to observe carefully, they would find that the bidders are basically all energy engineers, and those from energy companies are not too interested in this piece of jade.

The energy company employees had all come for high-grade jade and the jade that can produce high-grade energy liquids are the scarcest. This piece of oil green jade was only medium-grade. Although the color was good, the texture was average. Even if they were to ask their company’s best energy engineer to extract it, only medium-grade energy liquid could be extracted.

In the end, this piece of green oil was bought by a junior energy engineer for 600,000 credits.

Next it was He Kun’s turn to cut his stone. He only had a single piece of jadeite in his hand. Likely due to the previous close call he had with the bad jadeite, he was very cautious when choosing jadeite afterwards. It was only after a long time that he chose his current piece.

He Kun’s piece of jadeite was relatively large, weighing more than 20 kilograms, so it had to be cut into a workable size first and then slowly worked on.

At this time, the function of this latest model of jadeite cutting machine was revealed. One only needed to put the jadeite on the jadeite cutting machine, then use the laser pen on the jadeite cutting machine to draw a line on the jadeite before turning on the automatic cutting mode. The stone machine would automatically cut the jadeite according to the drawn line, which was absolutely more convenient and efficient.

He Kun originally bought this piece of jadeite for 200,000 credit, which was not too expensive, because there are thin ribbon python on the surface which are scattered and not connected together. The color inside this kind of python belt is usually distributed in filaments. If you are not careful, the jade inside is likely to be scattered which is not very good gambling. However, He Kun carefully observed and analyzed the direction of the python belt and felt that the direction tended to be consistent. As long as the jade inside was connected, he could bet on a rise in value. He decided to take a risk and buy it.

Lin Luo discovered that He Kun was very decisive and brave when he was betting on stones, but he was cautious and lucky, so in most cases he could gamble on a rise in value, and this time was the same.

He Kun first drew a line along the edge of the python belt. After cutting it, he immediately saw a bright green. However because of the ribbon python, it was not able to be concluded that it was a rise in value with a single cut. He had to continue to cut it, as only by revealing a large enough section would they be able to judge whether the jade inside was intact.

Because there was a certain risk, although there were people around no one bid.

He Kun continued to cut. When almost half of the jade was exposed people could finally see the appearance of the jade inside. The background color was a very bright green, and the texture was good. The dark green strips were arranged in the shallow bottom, and they were clearly distributed in one direction, which was very consistent with the indicators they saw on the matrix.

This was an obvious rise in value, and He Kun’s face suddenly showed joy. He controlled the stone-cutting machine to finish cutting out the rest of the jade.

“Little brother, would you like to sell this piece of green silk jade? I’m paying 900,000 credit!” An energy company employee walked over and said with a smile on his face.

This green silk jade had high transparency, a vibrant green base color, and thick dark green bands, indicating that the internal energy was rich and the elemental energy available for extraction was also sufficient. It could be regarded as a relatively high-end jade.

“I’ll pay 950,000!”

“I’ll give you 1 million!”

The people from these energy companies are the most informed. People from other energy companies rushed over and started bidding.

In the end, He Kun sold the jade at a price of 1.2 million credits, and made a net profit of 1 million, which made him happy.

People who like to bet on stones believe in luck the most. When he first came to Vermi he gambled a big win. It was a good start, which made him more confident about participating in the Vermi Open Auction.

“Come on, Xiao Luo! I’ll share my good luck with you too!” He Kun happily gave up his position in front of the stone machine.

“I’ll borrow your lucky words!”

Lin Luo’s three pieces of jadeite were all collected by Xing Mo in the space button for him. Now that the stone was about to be cut, he naturally took it back from Xing Mo.

The first one Lin Luo took out to cut was the yellow-sand skin old pit jadeite he bought for 650,000 credits. Lin Luo confirmed with his ability that the color inside the jadeite is very strong, but the brightness is low. It is estimated that the color is good but the texture isn’t so great.

It is said that the if the color difference is one point, the price difference is ten times [1]. Lin Luo can be sure that the bet will not collapse because of this rich color in the aura, so he especially wants to cut into it to see what kind of jade is inside.

Lin Luo first drew a line along the pine flower, then let the stone cutting machine begin to automatically cut the stone. After the harsh “zizi” sound stopped, a corner of the jadeite was cut off, but the cut surface was still a piece of white flowers. There was no jade.

It looked like a collapsed bet.

The people around couldn’t help shaking their heads one after another. That jade couldn’t be cut out even after cutting against the pine flowers meant that this piece of jadeite seemed to be a little dangerous.

But Lin Luo didn’t care, and directly drew another line with the laser pen.

He was able to see the energy aura of the jade, but he couldn’t see the exact appearance of the jade itself inside the jadeite, and he couldn’t accurately grasp the size and position of the jade. In order not to damage the jade, he was a little conservative when drawing the line.

After cutting three times in a row, when the onlookers couldn’t help but want to leave, a touch of green leaped out.

“It’s such a strong green, isn’t it full green?!”

The people who had just dispersed immediately gathered around again, looking at the dense green color and admiring them again and again.

Then someone offered to buy the partially cut jadeite, but Lin Luo declined.

Lin Luo still followed his own rhythm, drew the next line unhurriedly, and continued cutting the jadeite.

This piece of jade was indeed full green, but the texture and clarity were both relatively poor. The elemental energy contained in such jade is obviously very rich and the quality of the element liquid extracted will be relatively high, but because of the poor crystal structure, the energy is relatively mixed which causes certain troubles for the energy engineer when extracting.

“It looks like TieLongSheng, right? The crystal structure is a bit bad though which is a pity…” TieLongSheng, which is a type of full green jade [2], usually has poor transparency and is more valuable than dry green jadeite, which is a relatively mid-range material.

Junior energy engineers are not qualified enough to buy this kind of material. For energy companies, this kind of material is also relatively disliked, so generally only intermediate energy engineers would be interested in this type of jade.

For a time, no one bid.

Lin Luo didn’t care, he originally planned to keep it for himself. After all, after extracting the element liquid and selling it he could make more money. Who makes his mental power special? Even when extracting elemental energy, it is easier than others.

Just as Lin Luo was about to put away the TieLongSheng, a strange-sounding voice rang out, “Wait a minute, can you sell that for 1 million?”

Lin Luo looked back and saw a man with thick waist and long legs who was a bit taller than the people around him. With the deep outline of his facial features, he should have been very handsome in appearance, but his brownish reddish complexion seemed out of place.

“Federal…” This person was obviously not from the Empire.

The federation is different from the empire. It is made up of different races in multiple galaxies. In the common language of human beings, it means… aliens. As the empire’s position in the interstellar has become more and more stable, the relationship with the Federation has become less tense than before.

The two countries have even begun to encourage cross-border tourism. Jade is also a common energy source in the Federation, so it is normal for people from the Federation to be interested in such a large jade event.

This person’s voice was simulated by an electronic translator, so it sounded a bit weird.

“I want this jade, one million, can I buy it?” the Federal merchant asked again.

It was unexpected that there were Federal merchants actually in attendance at the Vermi’s Open Auction. The price he gave though was actually quite fair. Lin Luo thought about it for a while before agreeing.

Both parties traded money for goods, and the sale was quickly completed.

After the transaction was completed, the Federal merchant nodded to Lin Luo and strode away.

===========Author’s Notes===========

The author has something to say: the second update is coming! ! -3-Everyone is so enthusiastic and love you! !

In addition, I would like to say hello to everyone. I will have an appointment with a dentist tomorrow morning to remove my last wisdom tooth, so go to bed early today, and tomorrow’s update will be in the evening! Tooth extraction is actually quite tiring. After I come back, I will be in good spirits at 20 o’clock, and when I am in poor spirits, I will go to sleep, and at 22 o’clock… QAQ

Question: Lin Luo also has a space button, why put the jadeite on Xing Mo? (↓The answer is at the end)

Answer: Because Lin Luo’s space buttons are filled with small snacks and jadeite materials used to extract the element liquid ~ not enough space~ (you guessed it? ^^)

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

[1] The slightest differences in color can have a huge impact on the value of jadeite.

[2] TieLongSheng (铁龙生) jadeite is a long story of a jade that was originally given a name in Burmese as a homophone of another phrase which was then translated into mandarin. Now we’re translating it into English.