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 jade the size of a fist! This ore was surrounded by rocks, and a

closer to inspect the ore. An imperial ice jade was concealed within, and

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 would land this

then waved a

young woman, and she hastily jogged over to him. “Sir, is there anything I can help

you with?”

pointed at the leftovers and asked, “Do you sell these?”

at them, then nodded and said. “Sir, all these are

the ore containing the imperial

this one

it wasn’t even categorized, so it was

like this!

there was treasure hiding within, he would’ve

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Imperial Ice

he could just nod and say, Fine. I’ll buy this

that guy trying to do?

he

this, they all

completed the payment, then asked the assistant to

but say, “I have 50 million with me, so you can pick

his head. “It’s okay. I’ll pay

of course, he

patient. The best

a little intrigued.

behind him as he walked toward the eastern side of the area, where the stones were being cut. Josh was standing there, sneering

was already showing something. As

saw William bringing a leftover ore, he started guffawing

a useless ore just because you can’t afford an ore from

“What do you know? I have a treasure

seemed to have heard about their bet, and he couldn’t help but give

jade was peeking out from the ore. Cesar went forward and examined it. With just a glance,

He laughed and declared, “Make two more incisions!” At the

few more times, then smiled happily as he said, “Icy and rich green! This ore piece is worth at

laughed again, his anger from before completely gone. Then, he looked at William with a fake smile.

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 right away. He started

and began cutting, and after the single cut. 3/5

Imperial Ice dade

was still completely

that he

and she knew William had a reason

nothing green. With every cut, the onlookers

already cut into a cube, then continued drawing lines

to

said calmly. “I haven’t started cutting the

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 the stone!”

was stunned. The stone was already all cut up, so was it even necessary to reveal anything?

he was told. Following William’s requests, he began

zeal because this tiny stone would be

wonder why he would be