My master gave me a death mission: to go down the mountain and retrieve his granddaughter.

"That's right, Miss Liu. We advanced martial artists are very sensitive to all kinds of energy. Sometimes we often use the energy in jade to assist in performing some special techniques. So the energy in jade is very familiar to us advanced martial artists."

"Mr. Su, you mean...?"

Liu Ziyan covered her mouth in shock. Although she didn't continue speaking, her meaning was already very clear.

"That's right, I can sense the energy inside the raw stone."

Upon receiving Su Muchen's confirmation, Liu Ziyan felt her entire worldview collapse. Her family was in the jewelry business. Although the jewelry industry involved a wide range of operations, it mainly focused on jade, and the source of jade was undoubtedly the raw stones that were mined.

Liu's Jewelry spends a huge amount of money on purchasing raw stones every year, but the returns are not ideal. After all, the raw stones are not cut open, and no one can say for sure whether there is jade inside. Even if it is certain that there is jade inside, it is impossible to confirm the quality. It all revolves around the word "gamble".

That's right, it's all about "gambling". Although Liu's Jewelry has hired many gem appraisers at high salaries, and there is a high probability that the raw stones they purchase will yield jadeite, the cost is still too high, and the return rate is at most one or two tenths.

If someone could truly see through the inside of a rough stone and know the quality of the jade inside, it would undoubtedly be an extremely profitable business, allowing one to obtain the highest return with the lowest cost. How could this not make Liu Ziyan question the meaning of life?

"Mr. Su, you really can see through rough stones! You know whether there's green inside and even what the quality is like!"

"No, I don't have X-ray vision. I'm just more sensitive to the energy of jade. At most, I can sense whether a raw stone contains jade energy, but I can't be sure about its quality. Not only me, but some powerful martial artists can also do that."

Su Muchen wasn't actually telling the truth. No, what he said was half true and half false. Martial artists don't have the ability to sense the energy of jade stones. They just have a different perception than ordinary people. This is what humans often call the sixth sense. They have a greater chance of being able to tell whether a raw stone contains green.

Furthermore, this kind of perception requires a very high level of cultivation; one must at least possess the strength of a Martial King to even vaguely generate this perception.

However, this only indicates a high probability of whether a raw stone contains green; it's irrelevant as to the quality of the jade.

However, Su Muchen is different. Because his cultivation has reached the peak of the acquired realm, he has already developed mental power. Su Muchen can not only sense the movement of the wind and grass within a radius of hundreds of meters.

In addition, Su Muchen can also release his mental power, so that even without seeing with his eyes, the scene within a radius of fifty meters around him will appear in his mind.

With his mental power, seeing through a stone would be a piece of cake. Even without his mental power, his current perception is far superior to that of a martial artist at the Martial Emperor level.

It can be said that if Su Muchen wanted to know whether a raw stone contained green, he could just glance at it. Even if he wanted to know the quality of a jade stone, he could just use his mental power to see what kind of quality it was.

The reason he didn't tell Liu Ziyan the truth wasn't because he was afraid she couldn't accept it; moreover, it was Su Muchen's secret, and Su Muchen wouldn't reveal it to anyone who wasn't his closest confidant.

"That's still quite remarkable, Mr. Su. You don't know, those stone appraisal masters rely on years of accumulated experience to have even the slightest confidence in whether a rough stone contains green or the quality of the jade inside. But you can do it without any experience. If those masters who have studied it their whole lives knew this, they would probably want to find a block of tofu and kill themselves."

"Miss Liu, please don't flatter me. How can I compare to those masters? They've dedicated their lives to this and have accumulated a wealth of experience, while I only rely on my sixth sense. There's simply no comparison."

"Hehe... Mr. Su, don't underestimate yourself. By the way, you said you had a way to help me, is that why?"

"That's right..."

"Even if you have the ability, Mr. Su, it's useless. After all, the shareholders' meeting is in two days. Even if we buy a lot of green-containing rough stones in these two days, it will be too late. Besides, I don't have enough funds on hand."

Thinking of this, Liu Ziyan deflated again. If Su Muchen really had this ability, he could indeed help her purchase a lot of high-quality raw stones, and at a low cost and high return.

But this takes time and money. There are only two days left before she is removed from her position as chairperson, and she only has less than 50 million yuan in funds at her disposal. How could she possibly do it?

"Ms. Liu, please be patient and let me finish. Actually, it's not impossible to purchase raw stones worth hundreds of millions in a single day, but it might require going to some large raw stone markets. Ms. Liu, I wonder if there are any such raw stone markets in our Jiangbei Province?"

Purchasing raw stones worth hundreds of millions in a single day might be impossible for others, but for Su Muchen, it's something he could do in half a day or even less, provided he has enough raw stones to choose from and that they are of decent quality.

"Although there are several jade trading markets in our Jiangbei Province, which sell raw stones, these are all small-scale operations. The raw stones from all these markets combined are worth at most a few million, which is far from enough."

Although Liu Ziyan hadn't been involved in the company's business much, she still had some understanding of the market in Jiangbei Province. In Jiangbei Province, this industry wasn't very popular.

Large raw stone trading markets are mostly located in western cities, since most of these raw stones originate from Myanmar. Yunxi Province, which is close to Myanmar, is the largest raw stone trading province in my country, and many of Liu's Jewelry's suppliers come from Yunxi Province.

"Oh, I see. This is a bit tricky."

Su Muchen hadn't expected that such a large province as Jiangbei wouldn't even have a decent raw stone trading market. How could he possibly help Liu Ziyan purchase raw stones worth hundreds of millions in just one day?

"Miss Liu, if we rush to Yunxi Province tonight, do you think we'll have enough time?"

"Mr. Su, that's impossible. Even if we rush there overnight and complete the purchase in the shortest time, it's impossible to transport it back to Jiangbei Province by the morning after tomorrow. If I can't produce the raw stones at the shareholders' meeting the morning after tomorrow, then I'll have to hand over the chairman's position to my uncle."

"Sigh...this is difficult."

Su Muchen hadn't expected this situation to arise. It was truly a case of "a skilled cook can't make a meal without rice." He had all the strength he needed, yet he couldn't help Liu Ziyan, which left him very frustrated.

"By the way, before I left Jiangbei Province, my secretary mentioned that there would be a raw stone auction in a neighboring province in a few days, organized by the National Jade Association. There will be quite a few high-quality raw stones up for auction. In addition, there will be a small raw stone trading fair before the auction. Although it is small, its scale is only slightly smaller than those large trading markets. I remember that the auction will be held on the 21st, which is tomorrow."

"What? There's such a good thing...?"