A Mortal’s Medicinal Elixirs

Chapter 27 Rare Imperial Ice Jade

“Is this Gem Wizard guy a big deal?‘ asked William.

“Very!” Tia replied in a slightly serious tone. “He debuted at the age of 15 and dabbled in stone gambling. He had far more wins than losses, and he had accumulated hundreds of millions in property by the time he was 20. At the age of 30, people were already calling him the Gem Wizard. I heard that as long as it’s good–quality jade, he’ll never miss it.”

William raised an eyebrow. “Since he’s so good at it, he should be filthy rich by now, right?”

Tia replied, “He didn’t get rich, though, and he currently has hundreds of millions in debt. You see, he not only loves stone gambling, but he also loves regular gambling as well

William understood immediately as he said, “So he’s addicted to gambling.”

“That’s why you have to be careful,” Tia said.

You’re the one who has to be careful. If I lose, you’ll have to marry Mr. Young over there, uttered William. Josh walked over to them gleefully and said to Tia, “What will it be. Tia? With Cesar here, you should get that guy to admit defeat while he can. Be a good girl and just marry into the Young Family.”

Tia snapped back, “Josh, the game hasn’t even started yet. Get off your high horse.”

Hearing her words, Josh laughed. “I can’t help feeling good whenever I think about you becoming my wife!” Then, he stopped smiling and glared at William, saying, “Kid, there’s still time for you to back out.”

William responded, “You’re so full of nonsense. No wonder Tia doesn’t like you.”

Josh’s expression turned cold. “Just wait and see!”

He dragged Cesar to the side to pick out the stones. William paid them no mind as he walked inside leisurely. When he passed by the small yard, he asked, “Are there stones in here as well?”

“Of course, and they’re all stones worth hundreds of millions. However, this yard will only be open to the public during the stone gambling festival. When the time comes, stone gamblers from all over the world. will participate. If you’re interested, we can come and have a look ourselves.”

Josh seemed to be absolutely confident that he would win this gamble, so he didn’t care about the price as he allowed Cesar to choose whatever he liked.

Seeing Josh’s nonchalant attitude, Tia suggested, “Josh, since you’re gambling stones, you should set a limit. The total price of purchase for both parties shouldn’t exceed 5 million each.”

Josh said indifferently, “No problem! No matter what, you’re already mine, Tia.”

“Keep dreaming. Tia couldn’t help but smirk.

Before she could finish speaking, Cesar spoke up. “Mr. Young, this is the one.”

It was a black jade ore from a secondary deposit. It weighed more than 200 pounds, and it was quite huge. There was an obvious hint of green on its surface, and it was worth 4.98 million!

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William from time to time with a smug expression on his face.

William ignored him. He looked at a few ores but wasn’t satisfied with them. The ores were expensive, yes, but the jade within was limited.

The jade merchants were too clever these days. Every ore in the Supreme Area was already appraised by professionals, and the merchants had a confident guess of how much the ores would be priced. So, it actually was quite difficult to find a jade so premium.

After looking for a bit, he felt dizzy again, so he subconsciously rubbed his temples. His action worried Tia slightly. “It’s okay. Take your time.” It was obvious that she was faking her calmness, and she was actually on pins and needles.

William replied, “I guess it’s not easy to get rich on stone gambling either. These ores aren’t really worth more than their price.”

“Of course.” The lady agreed with his sentiment. “If you buy 10 ores at random, you’re already considered quite lucky if you can get 2 worth more than their price.”

As they spoke, they passed by the northeast corner of the yard. William spotted dozens of variably sized leftovers from cut stones piled haphazardly in the corner.

a moment. He discovered that an ore of almost 100 pounds contained a jade the size of a fist! This ore was surrounded by rocks, and a single jade lay within. Nothing on the ore’s surface revealed any hints, so even professionals wouldn’t think that there was

ore. An imperial ice jade was concealed within, and

and no one had seen any in recent years. Every time an imperial ice jade was found, someone would quickly add it to their collection. Its price was astronomical, and an imperial ice jade pendant weighing not even an ounce would cost hundreds of thousands! If it were made into a bracelet, it would cost somewhere in the range of tens of millions! A reserved guess

breath, then waved

hastily jogged over to

you with?”

at the leftovers and asked, “Do

them, then nodded and said. “Sir, all these are leftovers from the cut gems. They’re

the ore containing the imperial jade, asking, “How much

one

it wasn’t even categorized, so it was even worse than the lowest–grade jade! She actually asked for

ores like

was treasure hiding within, he would’ve turned around and left, not

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and say, Fine. I’ll buy this one.”

is that guy trying to do? Why is he buying

Does he really think he could get an imperial jade or something from them?

the other people saw this, they

the payment, then asked the assistant to load the ore into the cart, ready to

me, so you can pick the more

his head. “It’s okay. I’ll

800, so of course, he was expected to pay for

The best

nodded lightly, a little intrigued.

area, where the stones were being cut. Josh was standing there, sneering

5 million was already showing something. As the ear–piercing noise

bringing a leftover ore, he started guffawing

afford an ore from

workstation. “What do you know? I

bet, and he couldn’t help but give William a

went forward and examined it. With just a glance, he

saw the rich green jade inside. He laughed and declared, “Make two more incisions!” At the same time, he glanced coldly at William

made, Cesar examined it a few more times, then smiled happily as he said, “Icy and rich green! This ore piece is worth at least 7 million! You win! If it were made into a pendant, it would cost at

anger from before completely gone. Then, he looked at William with a fake

then got someone to move the 100–pound leftover ore to the workstation. After that, he drew a few lines on the ore with a

to work right

began cutting, and after

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still completely

feeling that he was done

remained silent. She was a smart woman, and she knew William had a reason for doing this.

all 6 of them yielded nothing green. With every cut, the

was already cut into a cube,

not having the money to buy the ore, right? Sorry to break it to you, but leftover ores are nothing more than that. It will never be as good as

said calmly. “I haven’t started cutting the

already made, but why was he saying that the stone wasn’t cut

to the stone cutter. This

already all

cutter had his doubts, but he did as he was told. Following

zeal because

to wonder why