Chapter 573 - Passed Out
Chapter 573: Passed Out
A commotion broke out, everyone huddling around it despite the dirty, messy surroundings, holding their breaths.
“It really is a glutinous specimen! The imperial green!”
“Oh God!”
“The bet’s value has risen!”
“No, no yet! It’s not done being extracted!”
“Holy Christ, it’s breathtaking!”
“So this is what imperial green looks like!”
Li Weiyun felt her limbs turn cold in the midst of the heated discussions.
No way! This must be a fake!
Uncle Zhang had scuttled over by then, trying hard to catch his breath as he stared at the deep, intense green.
“Let me take a look!” He squeezed his way through the crowd and hurried forward.
He was staring intently at the green surface of the stone, his eyes losing focus, completely ignoring the others as they muttered curses at him.
“I can pay 5 million for this!” someone said, shouting out their bid.
“What?! 5 million?! I can pay 7 million!”
“8 million!”
“10 million!”
Everyone had gone bananas although only a small portion of the stone had been chiseled open.
The jade had such an authentic shade, it surely must contain a stunning amount of treasure.
This was imperial green, for god’s sake!
“Wait till it’s all extracted!” Xia Xibei proclaimed in a raised voice.
The bid hadn’t even exceeded 10 million, so it was far from worthwhile.
It would be far more than this amount once it got entirely extracted.
Brother Tong gestured for everyone to stand back.
“Hold your horses!”
The looks on their faces were inexplicable. How could they not get worked up?!
This was the priceless imperial green! These days, the price of imperial green was calculated in grams on the market!
Even the revealed part alone was worth more than 10 million yuan.
Sure enough, the price wouldn’t be high if it was just the superficial layer.
Thoughts kept flashing across their minds, but all they could do was watch closely as the master chiseled the stone open.
The machine rumbled, but no one cared. As far as they were concerned, all that mattered at this moment was the stone.
Their breaths quickened as the master busied himself, looking like beasts that hadn’t had their meals for decades.
Everyone drew in a sharp breath when the master was finally done purifying the jade.
“Such an enormous imperial green!” the master marveled in awe.
Everyone’s face lit up comically.
“It’s risen!”
“The bet’s value has risen!”
“First-rate imperial green!”
“Jesus, what an eye-opener!”
“I have never seen such a gigantic imperial green in my life!”
Brother Tong was overwhelmed with excitement as well. Hurriedly, he asked someone to light firecrackers.
This was a huge, radical rise!
People hurried over from other shops upon hearing the firecrackers, stunned when they heard about the discovery of the first-rate imperial green.
Before long, the shop was teeming with crowds.
Nevertheless, Li Weiyun froze in the midst of the tumult, chills running down her spine.
How was that even possible?! It shouldn’t be!
The striking, dense shade of green hit her like a brutal blow to her chest, almost making her throw up blood!
Uncle Zhang shoved his way through the crowd, looking like a madman with a distorted expression.
“It’s as big as a basketball!”
This was an unprecedented encounter! Never in his life had he come across such a massive imperial green!
Imperial green jade was normally used to make trivial pendants, as ores as big as this one was hard to come by. How could anyone possibly make such a huge ornament from it?
Imagine the price of a large ornament made of imperial green jade…
Uncle Zhang was going nuts!
What did 50 million even matter when the people inside were offering to pay up to 100 million?!
And this was only the beginning!
Everyone knew that this piece of imperial green jade could be the treasure of their store!
It was invaluable!
And it should have been theirs! But it was all in vain now!
Li Weiyun couldn’t even hear Uncle Zhang’s furious yelling. All she could see at that moment was Xia Xibei, who was beaming at her from across the crowd.
Then she passed out.