Reborn As Super Heiress

Capítulo 1349: Chapter 1344: Li Jun vs. Sakai Ichiro

In the stone gambling circle, it’s common for beginners to be misled by the moss patterns, mistakenly believing that moss with python patterns guarantees a good cut, only to be disappointed in the end.

Over the short span of two years, Huo Sining has witnessed deceitful moldy moss, erratic moss, and has also come across husk moss and fibrous moss that revealed High Jade.

Of course, the moss on the rough stone in Sakai Ichiro’s hand, she really hadn’t seen before.

On Sakai Ichiro’s rough stone, there are thread-like moss patterns as well as speckled moss patterns. The thread-like moss is shaped like hair, while the speckled moss resembles stars, scattered across the entire surface of the stone, intertwined with the python patterns. It looks somewhat like cypress moss, but Huo Sining is sure it’s definitely not cypress.

There’s a saying in the stone gambling circle: “The surface reflects the inside, and the inside reflects the surface.” It means that the performance of the rough stone can indicate the situation of the jade inside.

Now, with thread-like moss and speckled moss appearing on the stone, both are signs of dead color.

Normally, if the thread-like moss bounces back well, it might even turn an entire ring green. But now, with the speckled moss, the inside of the stone cannot form a consistent color, leaving only one result, dead color.

Seeing such obvious rough stone performance, Huo Sining felt that there was no need to wait for the stone to be cut open; the answer was already clear.

The rough stone in Li Jun’s possession, with qi patterns, surely has color, and the cypress moss suggests high-quality Jadeite, which means the rough stone in Li Jun’s hand is certain to reveal Jadeite, and the chance of getting High Jade is very high.

In contrast, the stone of Sakai Ichiro is basically judged to be a flowery plate material, with no gambling potential.

Of course, even a sage cannot determine an inch of jade. Before touching those two rough stones, Huo Sining wouldn’t dare to rashly declare Sakai Ichiro as the loser.

The essence of stone gambling lies in the word ‘gambling’; before the final results come out, any miracle can happen, and no one knows who the loser will be.

Li Jun was the first to cut his stone. With the first cut, green appeared, and it was the watery Ice-type Huangyang Green.

Seeing the cut surface, Li Jun’s face lit up with joy.

He initially estimated it would be glutinous-type or egg white-type, and didn’t expect it to turn out to be Ice-type. Seeing the surface of this stone, Li Jun’s eyes instantly brightened, a subtle smile appeared on his lips, and he became energized.

“A patch of green is not a big win; it has to be a streak of green, or it might just be green along the skin.”

Before anyone else could speak, Watanabe Yasu began to make sarcastic remarks on the side.

Upon hearing this, Huo Sining and a few others couldn’t help but furrow their brows.

The most taboo thing in stone gambling is this; gamblers are extremely superstitious and detest jinxes.

Therefore, when cutting a stone, encountering a sharp tongue is considered unlucky by those involved in stone gambling.

Watanabe Yasu’s remarks naturally triggered a strong negative reaction from those standing around, including Huo Sining and others. Su Qingqing, in particular, turned her head and glared angrily at Watanabe Yasu, wishing to sew this little Dongyang devil’s mouth shut.

“No wonder they call them Dongyang devils, always pretending to be high and mighty, yet they’re nothing but small fry! If you don’t have the skill, don’t invite people to gamble. They invited us, yet they can’t even show basic decency, how revolting!”

Su Qingqing had no good feelings towards the Dongyang people, and unceremoniously insulted them in S City dialect, wishing she could rush over and slap Watanabe Yasu twice.

Huo Sining was a bit helpless; she could easily guess what Su Qingqing was cursing about. She glanced at Su Qingqing, smiled lightly, and said, “Stay calm.”

Su Qingqing glanced sideways at Watanabe Yasu, snorted coldly, and continued to watch the two men cutting stones.

Sakai Ichiro naturally saw the cut surface of Li Jun’s stone revealing the Ice-type Huangyang Green. A moment of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure, switched on the stone cutting machine, and pushed his stone towards the grinding wheel.

Seeing that Sakai Ichiro’s first cut was right on the speckled moss, Huo Sining couldn’t help but lower her eyes, suppressing the urge to shout and scream:

Brother Sakai, are you here to gamble stones? Are you sure you’re not here to joke around?

Originally, Huo Sining thought Sakai Ichiro had some trump card in stone gambling, and when she saw him choose this rough stone, she was puzzled, thinking he was a hidden expert playing a game of feigned negligence.

But now seeing Sakai Ichiro cut the stone, the first cut exposed his ignorance and amateur status, and Huo Sining was left speechless.

Sakai Ichiro, who boasts of being the top figure in Dongyang’s jewelry and antiquities, doesn’t even understand the fundamental principles of stone cutting. How did he become the top figure? Are all Dongyang people like this?

The first cut that Sakai Ichiro made dropped half an inch thick of stone skin, and inside it was all smooth white cotton, with no green at all.

Watanabe Okamoto and Watanabe Yasu, father and son, were nervously staring at Sakai Ichiro’s stone cutting machine. Seeing the exposed white interior, they were extremely disappointed.

“Oh, it’s up, it’s up again!”

At that moment, Su Qingqing exclaimed aloud, pointing at Li Jun’s stone and shouting.

Following her gaze, Huo Sining and others indeed saw another face revealed from Li Jun’s stone.

That face also exposed a uniformly colored, transparent Ice-type Huangyang Green!

Two faces were cut, although smaller than a palm, it was enough to prove that jade permeated deeply into the entire stone.

Another big win!

From this, it’s certain that Li Jun’s stone is a definite win, and a big one!

Although the rough stone is not large, from the current situation, extracting three or four pounds of Ice-type Jadeite from it shouldn’t be a problem.

Seeing this, Sakai Ichiro’s side was immediately thrown into chaos, barely able to hold onto his stone, almost cutting it wrong.

“Pfft——”

Su Qingqing couldn’t help but laugh loudly, saying, “Mr. Sakai, you don’t have to rush; we have the patience to wait for you to finish cutting this stone piece by piece.”

Sakai Ichiro’s face instantly darkened upon hearing this, and Watanabe Okamoto, along with his son, angrily glared at Su Qingqing.

What? You’re allowed to criticize us, but I can’t give you a few taunts?

Su Qingqing, always fearless, saw this and retaliated with an equally fierce glare, as if to engage in a staring death match, leaving Huo Sining and the others both amused and dumbfounded.