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Chapter 91.2
Editor: Jodi
Huang Yue was feeling incredibly nervous.
She thought that after nearly a month of studying theory, memorizing all the different field openings and rough stone characteristics, it would be easy to pick out rough stones with good potential. But reality hit her like a ton of bricks.
These leftover scraps either had no python belt, no pine blossom, or the surface shell showed no signs at all. Making it so that she spent a full hour looking, yet still couldn’t pick out a single rough stone.
She glanced at Qi Yu. His handsome face was completely expressionless, yet he was examining the rough stones with extreme care.
His long fingers brushed over the sandy surface of the shells, occasionally sprinkling water on them. And when he lowered his gaze, it seemed like he was noting down the numbers of the rough stone on his light brain.
Huang Yue felt even more pressure now—she had to hurry up and find ten rough stones.
By the time the clock ran out, she wasn’t even sure how she had picked her rough stones. Her mind was blank, and all she could hope for was that at least one of her rough stones would reveal jadeite—even if it was just low-grade jadeite.
After Bai Jing scanned the codes of their selected rough stones, two automated carts were filled with rough stones of various sizes.
40,000 and 50,000 starcoins were also deducted from their accounts respectively. And seeing the deduction notification, Huang Yue couldn’t help but press her lips together.
She absolutely had to earn the starcoins back!
The gambling hall never lacked stone-cutting machines. Staff had already set up two cutting machines, along with racks for the rough stones and chairs, in the open space outside the warehouse.
Grand Master Gu Liu Bai followed them, seemingly intrigued by Bai Jing’s teaching methods. “Xiao Jing, are these your new disciples?”
Bai Jing shook his head. “No, Uncle. I’m just training them.”
Gu Liu Bai sighed. “Not many people are as dedicated as you.”
Even a closed disciple wouldn’t necessarily receive such meticulous guidance. This teenager was really putting in a lot of effort for them.
Bai Jing didn’t think it was anything much. If he could train a genius under his guidance, it would feel like a major accomplishment.
After explaining how to use the stone-cutting machines, including the laser blade and abrasive grinding wheel, he let the two of them try cutting the rough stones themselves.
Bai Jing: “Polishing the rough stone is mainly to reveal the jadeite inside, so you should start from the spots most likely to produce green. Usually, you follow this order: first the python belt, then the dry spots, then the ringworm marks, and finally the pine blossoms.”
“If you can’t polish out any green, switch the abrasive grinding wheel for the laser blade and start cutting the rough stone. Cut it in sections. The first cut should follow the shell’s surface—don’t cut too deep, or you might damage the jade inside…”
Bai Jing stopped there. “You guys give it a try.”
Huang Yue nodded firmly and picked up the abrasive grinding wheel to start polishing.
Meanwhile Qi Yu observed for a moment, then grabbed the laser blade’s handle directly and began cutting the rough stone.
Bai Jing couldn’t help but glance at the calm-faced boy in black. His decisive personality was indeed well-suited for gambling on rough stones.
These leftover scraps were already tough to bet on, so cutting was undoubtedly the fastest approach.
Huang Yue polished along the faint pine blossom markings on the shell for a while but didn’t see any green. She bit her lip and picked up the laser blade to start cutting.
However several cuts in a row revealed nothing but plain white stone. Her heart sank—it was a collapse in bet.
Her chest felt heavy, and her heart plummeted straight to the bottom.
Even though she knew the saying that out of ‘ten pieces of rough stones that were bet on, nine were collapses in bet’, facing it herself was still hard to accept.
This one piece of rough stone cost four to five thousand starcoins, and just like that, it was gone!
If only that money had been spent on nutrient fluids instead…
She forced herself to stop thinking about it and glanced at Qi Yu who was beside her. The ground at his feet was littered with failed rough stones and fragments, and the laser blade in his hand was swiftly making another cut.
Under the flickering blue light, the black-haired boy’s expression didn’t waver at all. He quickly set aside another failed rough stone.
Huang Yue let out a heavy sigh of relief. It seemed like he hadn’t uncovered any jadeite either.
By now, it was already noon, and after finishing his military duties, Gu Yuanzhao couldn’t wait to come find Bai Jing.
“Ah Jing.” The man walked up to the teenager hurriedly, took his hand, and only then did he greet Gu Liu Bai. “Uncle.”
“Ah Jing, are you tired?”
From the moment Gu Yuanzhao laid eyes on Bai Jing, his gaze never left him. His deep, magnetic voice was so gentle it could almost drip with warmth—completely different from his usual tone.
Bai Jing: “Hmm, I’m okay, just a little hungry.”
Qi Yu’s whole body trembled, and the laser blade in his hand froze. He pressed his lips together tightly.
Maybe Bai Jing didn’t even realize it, but in front of them, he was always calm, strong, and composed—never showing this kind of side.
This tone, with a hint of coquettishness, was something he only used with someone very close to him.
Qi Yu knew his own status was low and never dared to hope for anything. But seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn’t help but feel deeply jealous—jealous of the person who could have Bai Jing.
He lowered his gaze and quickly calmed his emotions.
What he needed to do now was become a stone gambler. Only in this way, would the teenager’s gaze linger on him a little longer.