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.

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

inspect the ore. An imperial ice jade was concealed within, and it would weigh at least 5

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 would land this jade’s worth at more

deep breath, then waved a salesperson

jogged over to

you with?”

the leftovers and

“Sir, all these are leftovers from the cut gems. They’re all priced

the imperial jade, asking,

this one costs

The surface of the ore was obviously useless material, and it wasn’t even categorized, so it was even worse than the lowest–grade jade! She

ores like this!

he hadn’t known that there was treasure hiding within, he would’ve turned around and

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nod and say, Fine. I’ll buy

to do? Why is

abandoned ones. Does he really think he could get an imperial jade or something from

saw this, they all shook their heads.

happy as he completed the payment, then asked the assistant to load

have 50 million with me, so you can pick the more

“It’s okay.

so of course, he was

saying, “Be patient. The best is yet

nodded lightly, a little intrigued.

ore behind him as he walked toward the eastern side of the area, where the stones were being cut. Josh

showing something. As the ear–piercing noise sounded, Josh’s smile

saw William bringing a leftover

you can’t afford an ore from

glanced at the workstation. “What do you

bet, and he couldn’t help but

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

declared, “Make two more incisions!” At the same time,

three incisions were 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

he looked at William with a fake

shrugged, 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 pen, then said to

set to work

cutting, and after the single cut. 3/5

Imperial

was still completely

feeling that he was done for.

was a smart woman, and she knew William had a reason for doing

but all 6 of them yielded nothing green. With every cut, the onlookers would sigh once, feeling that all this was a

cut into a cube, then

to show off in front of Tia despite not having the money to buy the ore, right? Sorry to break it to you, but leftover ores are

conclusions, William said calmly. “I haven’t started cutting the

6 cuts were already made, but why was he saying that the stone

the stone with drawn lines to the stone cutter. This time, he said with a stern expression. “Please reveal

stone was already all cut up, so was it even necessary to

cutter had his doubts, but he did as he was told. Following William’s requests, he began sanding the stone with the grinding

watched the workstation with utmost focus bordering on zeal because this tiny stone

Josh to wonder why he would be so confident.