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

in the car,

"Mr. Su, I didn't expect that you would have such a different aura after changing your clothes. You didn't see it, but the way those salespeople in the store looked at you just now, they wished they could just knock you out and have a couple of bites each."

Liu Ziyan stared at Su Muchen sitting in the passenger seat, her eyes not wanting to leave him for a moment.

"Oh, really? I wonder if you've captivated Miss Liu?"

As Su Muchen spoke, he deliberately moved closer to Liu Ziyan. The two were so close, their eyes and noses touching, only ten centimeters apart, creating an extremely ambiguous atmosphere.

Looking at the handsome face so close to hers, Liu Ziyan's heart suddenly raced, and her breathing became rapid.

At that moment, Liu Ziyan really wanted to close her eyes and lean in, but she restrained herself. Although the boy in front of her had made her heart flutter many times, they had only known each other for a day. Wouldn't that make her seem too promiscuous?

Liu Ziyan tried her best to suppress her desires and turned her head away from Su Muchen, which calmed her emotions a little.

"Mr. Su, stop teasing me. Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go to the trade fair now."

Without giving Su Muchen a chance to speak, Liu Ziyan stepped on the gas and sped off onto the road.

Seeing Liu Ziyan's embarrassed appearance, Su Muchen was secretly delighted and thought to himself:

"Little girl, let's see how long you can hold out. I'll get you sooner or later!"

……

Subei City Museum

The auction of the raw stones was held in the museum's exhibition hall, and the museum specially moved all its cultural relics for this purpose.

Meanwhile, a makeshift venue had already been set up in the square in front of the museum to serve as a space for the rough stone trading fair before the auction.

Su Muchen and his companion arrived at the trading venue at 10:00 AM. The venue was already bustling with activity and excitement.

"Mr. Su, you're not thinking of using this trade fair to raise funds for the auction, are you?"

On the way here, Liu Ziyan specifically asked Su Muchen if their current funds were insufficient to acquire good rough stones at the auction, let alone a rough stone worth 300 million.

Su Muchen replied to her that who said the 50 million was going to be used at the auction? He planned to use the 50 million to sweep the trade fair, buy up all the valuable raw stones, and then resell them, and he would immediately have enough funds.

When Su Muchen first said this, Liu Ziyan was full of confidence in him, but now that they had arrived at the trade fair, she felt a little apprehensive.

"What? You don't believe me? Just relax. Besides, we're going to die either way, so we have no choice but to fight. Most importantly, I mean what I say."

Su Muchen naturally saw what Liu Ziyan was worried about, but Liu Ziyan's worries were unnecessary. With him there, the situation that Liu Ziyan was worried about would not happen.

"Let's go inside and take a look, see if we can find any good rough stones."

With things having come to this point, Liu Ziyan had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow in Su Muchen's footsteps.

"Young man, come and take a look. The rough stones here are all from old mines in Myanmar. I guarantee you'll be in heaven with just one cut."

"Tch, heaven? I'd say hell in a heartbeat. You cut a hole in every rough stone you cut here, I wouldn't dare play along."

"How dare you talk like that, young man? Are you deliberately causing trouble? If you're not going to buy, then get out of here and don't interfere with my business."

This is the typical tactic in buying and selling raw stones. Many merchants boast that the raw stones they sell come from famous mines, all in order to sell them at a higher price.

Of course, this only fools laymen. If they encounter expert gem appraisers, the lie will be exposed immediately. But where are there so many gem appraisers? Even the few that Liu's Jewelry hired at great expense have a lot of charlatans involved.

As for the so-called "one cut to heaven, one cut to hell," this is a common metaphor in the jade gambling circle. One cut may increase your net worth several times, or even dozens or hundreds of times, but it may also make you lose everything overnight.

For example, if you spend all your savings to buy a very promising rough stone, but when you cut it open, there's not a trace of green inside; it's just a rock. Then you'll lose everything.

Some people spend very little money to buy a seemingly insignificant rough stone, but cut out a piece of extremely high-quality jadeite, and immediately sell it for dozens or even hundreds of times the price, causing their net worth to skyrocket.

The saying "one cut to heaven, one cut to hell" in the jade gambling circle comes from this. People who frequent the jade gambling circle and have a little sense will not gamble their life savings.

But those who are half-baked or those who are extremely confident love to gamble their entire fortune just to take a chance.

In the end, these people will most likely end up penniless, and some who are too distraught will climb more than ten floors in one go and then jump off without hesitation.

The so-called raw stone is a piece of jadeite that has not been cut open and is covered by a layer of stone skin. No one knows the quality of the jadeite inside, or whether there is even a piece of cold stone inside. This kind of raw stone is considered a "complete gamble".

"Full-gamble" rough stones are the most difficult to observe. Even some experienced stone appraisers are not sure how to identify them. Identifying this type of rough stone involves a bit of luck.

Of course, this method of gambling on rough stones is also the most popular, since "full gambling" rough stones are relatively cheaper, and if a high-quality jade stone is found, one will definitely make a fortune.

There are also some rough stones with windows cut out. This type of rough stone is called "half-gamble", which means that a corner of the rough stone has been cut out, revealing the green inside. It is commonly known as "opening a window".

Although a window has been opened, revealing that there is indeed jade inside, this does not mean it is real. After all, this is only the surface layer, and it has not been fully cut open. No one can say for sure whether the quality of the jade inside is the same.

Moreover, the price of these rough stones with "windows" opened has skyrocketed. The risk is much lower, but the price paid is often higher, and many veteran stone appraisers have failed because of this.

Besides the two situations mentioned above, there is another situation that makes people's mood plummet from heaven to hell in an instant, and that is "crack".

Don't be fooled by the fact that jadeite has a perfectly smooth surface and is of extremely high quality. Once it's cut open, the more impurities it contains, the less valuable it becomes, no matter how high its quality. These impurities are what we call "cracks" in jadeite.

"Cracks" are the flaws that occur in jadeite during its formation process due to the influence of crustal movement. These cracks prevent the jadeite from being crafted into a complete product, causing its value to plummet.

This kind of cracked jade is what's truly frightening. Even the most renowned and highly regarded gem appraisers wouldn't dare to guarantee the severity of the cracks inside a piece of jade, since it's impossible to see through it without cutting it open.

Another issue in jadeite is "cotton," which is also considered a flaw. It is caused by external factors during the formation of the jadeite. Although the price of jadeite containing "cotton" will drop, it will not plummet as drastically as jadeite containing "cracks."

With the current technology on Earth, it is still impossible to observe the contents of the raw stone. We can only make a rough guess about the contents of the raw stone by combining years of experience.

Of course, besides someone like Su Muchen who has reached the perfected acquired realm and awakened his divine sense, allowing him to ignore the outer layer of the raw stone and see directly through its interior, there are others who can achieve this.

However, no top expert at the Perfected Acquired Realm would covet such a small amount of money. For people at this level, their only thought is to comprehend and break through to the Innate Realm, thereby ascending to the Upper Realm.

Only a half-baked, post-natal perfection expert like Su Muchen, who is ignorant of the ways of the world, would be interested in this.