He carefully looked twice, confirmed it was already in the most symmetrical stance, and nodded: "You can start cutting now."

"Okay, let’s start then."

The owner started the machine, the blade spun rapidly, beginning to cut the stone.

As the buzzing of the machine rose, the discussions and jeers at the scene all ceased.

Everyone’s eyes focused entirely on the stone Chen Yang selected.

Under the gaze of everyone on site, the blade slowly cut open the stone.

"Can you see inside? I can’t make it out."

"The material is too small, you really can’t see inside."

"We can only see it clearly when it is entirely cut open, but I estimate nothing significant will come out; if there’s a bit of green, that’s already the best case."

No one had any confidence in the stone Chen Yang selected.

Chen Yang’s material was quite small, so the cutting was also very quick; within just a few seconds, the material was split into two!

Because the material was small, it wasn’t possible to clearly see the inside without fully opening it.

"Boss, hurry and take it out and have a look, I really want to see what skills this guy has." Young Master Jin urged the boss to open the material as he couldn’t see it clearly either.

"Alright."

The boss nodded, turned off the machine, then removed the material from the clamp, and opened it in front of everyone.

The moment the material was opened, the site was filled with a collective gasp — no other sound was heard.

Everyone’s faces were filled with shock!

Because what was revealed was a vividly green, top-grade color!

Top-grade jade!

It didn’t stop there; the green inside was vast. Apart from the surface layer of skin, nearly all inside was filled with green.

In their jargon, they would call this finding a treasure.

Having a lifetime opening up such a stone would suffice.

"How... how is this possible!" Young Master Jin was dumbfounded, his eyes were wide as if he’d seen a ghost.

The boss holding the material was also shocked, his hands even started to tremble.

He’s been in this business for so many years and hasn’t really seen such material come out, truly shocking.

Perfect.

Too perfect!

While shocked, the boss’s heart bled.

He sold this material for ten thousand yuan; if he knew it would turn out like this, he would have cut it open himself and earned a fortune.

At least multiple hundreds or thousands of times!

"My heavens, top-grade jade, how many times will this price multiply?"

"This... what’s going on, this water, this color..."

...

The scene was silent for half a minute before suddenly exploding.

The onlookers, once they reacted, erupted into discussion.

Who has seen such a scene?

Who could have thought that such an unimpressive stone could reveal such a good item?

It was what no one could have predicted.

Everyone’s surprise at the scene even caught those with power eager to buy these two pieces on the spot.

"Young man, earlier we underestimated you; I didn’t realize you truly had skills. I’m impressed. Would you consider selling this material to me? Name your price." A boss politely approached.

The quality of what Chen Yang revealed was nearly unbeatable.

This level of jade, once properly processed, would certainly fetch an outstanding price, which is why someone approached to buy it.

However, Chen Yang had no intention of selling it; it was a gift for Wang Jingman’s father. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"I have no plans to sell it, I’m keeping it." Chen Yang refused the person’s offer, then unceremoniously looked at the dumbfounded Young Master Jin.

"What more do you have to say now?" Chen Yang asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Young Master Jin’s face flushed, feeling utterly ashamed.

He was as arrogant before as he was embarrassed now.

Before it started, he spoke too confidently.

Now the material has been cut, and everyone can see who was superior, even a layperson could judge.

Because the gap between the two pieces of material was like heaven and earth, completely not on the same level.

"Alright, you win! I lost my sight today, you got lucky finding this!" Young Master Jin gritted his teeth stubbornly.

He had quite a name in the jade market here, naturally unwilling to easily admit his defeat.

Upon hearing such stubborn remarks, Chen Yang merely smiled and didn’t bother to argue further.

"No matter what, you lost this match, give me the one million." Chen Yang wasn’t inclined to say more, he simply wanted the money.

Young Master Jin’s face showed pain at the mention of money.

After all, it was one million, not ten thousand, and losing it was naturally hard to accept.

But he had already said everything before it started; he couldn’t try to renege now.

If he tried to renege, it wasn’t certain he could get away with it, but he surely couldn’t operate here anymore.

So ultimately, he gritted his teeth and gave in.

"Give it to him."

Young Master Jin gritted his teeth and instructed the manager.

The manager was also dumbfounded, unable to comprehend how it was possible to lose.

That kind of surface material, how could such good jade come out?

"Here you go." The manager was confused, but a loss was a loss; they still needed to operate here in the future, so they had to hand it over.

"Haha, in the future, don’t take yourself too seriously, understand? The one embarrassed is yourself." Chen Yang took the money, laughingly said.

Young Master Jin was gritting his molars raw! But couldn’t utter a word in retort.

He had already lost; saying anything more would only embarrass himself further.

"Give me the material." Seeing him silent, Chen Yang turned to the boss to retrieve the material, then planned to leave with Wang Jingman.

But the group of onlookers went mad, frantically approaching Chen Yang to cozy up, saying flattering words.

Under the shade of a big tree, it’s easier to thrive.

Through the earlier event, they believed Chen Yang was a skillful player and naturally wanted to build a good relationship with him, even hoping to gain some benefit in the future.

But Chen Yang had no interest in these people.

A few words sent them off, and then in front of everyone, he took the money and left with Wang Jingman.

At this time, Wang Jingman was overjoyed, inwardly admiring Chen Yang endlessly.

He actually turned out to be so amazing, everything he said came true.

"Chen Yang, how did you see my chosen stone wouldn’t work? You’re really incredible, I admire you." Wang Jingman looked at Chen Yang with eyes shining, clearly a starstruck fan.

"I just saw it with my eyes." Chen Yang chuckled, simply answering.

"What? Seeing it with your eyes, how is that possible?" Wang Jingman was somewhat skeptical, thinking Chen Yang was brushing her off.

In reality, Chen Yang did see it with his eyes.

His Gathering Spirit realm ability, wasn’t it easy to investigate a stone?

"I don’t know how to explain it to you, once you reach my realm, you’ll naturally understand." Chen Yang knew Wang Jingman couldn’t comprehend, so he added an explanation.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jingman stopped asking.

Instead, she busied herself with joy, having obtained such a good stone, and also earning a million.

The money might not be much, but the joy was abundant.

The two chatted and laughed, leaving the jade market.

After leaving, Wang Jingman realized their purpose here was to investigate Uncle Chen Tianmin, wasn’t it?

Why did they leave after buying a stone?

"Chen Yang, aren’t we supposed to find members of the enemy alliance? Why did we leave like this?" Wang Jingman quietly asked.

Chen Yang didn’t turn his head, pulling Wang Jingman forward, softly answered: "A fish has already taken the bait, follow me, don’t make a sound."