Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter 469: 511

Chapter Five Hundred and Eleven

Sangdu saw Long Xiaoshan staring at the piece of jade without looking away, and with a twinkle in his eye, he walked over and said, “Mr. Long, you seem interested in this piece of jade.”

Xiaoshan spoke calmly, “I have never seen this kind of jade before. What type of jade is it?”

Sangdu had initially wanted to coax some information out of Long Xiaoshan, but upon hearing this, he said, “I don’t know exactly what kind of jade it is either, but I feel that this piece is extraordinary, perhaps even more precious than Emerald Green.”

The jade was a spirit material, containing thick spiritual energy. Although ordinary people might not understand what spiritual energy is, such spirit materials feel unusual to the touch; otherwise, Sangdu wouldn’t have placed the piece of jade out in the open like this.

Xiaoshan asked, “Have any similar pieces of jade been mined?”

“No, what about it, Mr. Long, are you very interested in this piece of jade?” Sangdu inquired.

“Indeed, I do find this jade quite remarkable. If you’re willing, Mr. Sangdu, I’m prepared to buy it for ten million.”

Xiaoshan didn’t deny his interest, as it would have been useless to hide it from a shrewd businessman like Sangdu. He directly offered a price that was neither high nor low.

“Ah, this…” Sangdu laughed awkwardly, “I don’t have any immediate plans to sell it.”

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Sangdu wasn’t in need of the ten million. This piece of jade had an unclear origin and only this one had been mined—it was a rare commodity, so how could he possibly sell it?

Xiaoshan didn’t seem to mind; he shrugged and said, “That’s too bad, then.”

Seeing that Xiaoshan did not raise his offer, Sangdu frowned, questioning whether Xiaoshan truly did not recognize what the item was, as it seemed unlikely that he would just give up so easily otherwise.

Xiaoshan walked back to Song Yi.

After the pair had admired the jade collection in the storage room, their spirits were noticeably more excited, their eyes bloodshot. Sangdu and Zhou Shuanghu exchanged glances, knowing the fire was well lit by now. Ordinary people would get extremely excited at the sight of so many fine jades, let alone two individuals who had consumed Blue Serpent Fruit.

Now Song Yi and Long Xiaoshan were undoubtedly highly impulsive, resembling gamblers with fevered eyes at a casino, having lost all rational judgment.

Sangdu said, “President Song, Mr. Long, shall we go take a look at that pile of freshly mined rough stone now?”

“Yes, let’s hurry,” replied Xiaoshan, clearly unable to wait.

With a secretive sneer, Sangdu led the two out of the factory, to another warehouse nearby.

Here lay a large pile of rock, towering meters high and spread over an area of more than ten meters squared, no less than ten thousand rough stones.

Sangdu spoke, “President Song, look, these are the stones I just excavated from the best old pit. I guarantee every piece is of high quality.”

“Is that so?” Song Yi looked at the stones. She naturally could not discern their quality with her eyes, but the stones indeed appeared freshly mined.

“My dear Zhou, you could pick one for President Song to try,” suggested Sangdu.

“Alright,” Zhou Shuanghu walked over to the pile of stone, looked around, and picked up a rough stone. “President Song, I’ll pay for this piece. If it shows green, it’ll be my gift to you, a little something from me.”

“How could I accept that?” Song Yi hastily waved her hands.

“It’s settled then!” Zhou Shuanghu insisted, “Sangdu, help me cut this piece open.”

“Of course.”

There was a stone-cutting machine nearby, and Sangdu handed the stone to the Stone-Cutting Master.

After the Stone-Cutting Master manipulated the machine, Sangdu suddenly exclaimed with delight, “Glass type!”

“What, it’s actually green, and an emerald green at that!” Zhou Shuanghu hurried forward to see and excitedly exclaimed.

“Be careful, peel the Jade out,” directed Sangdu to the Stone-Cutting Master. After more than ten minutes of work, an oval jade piece the size of a chicken egg was separated from the others.

It glittered brilliantly under the sun.

Zhou Shuanghu held the emerald green jade and kept looking at it over and over again before handing it to Song Yi, “President Song, you’re really lucky, the very first stone and it’s emerald green. This is for you.”

Song Yi appeared to be very surprised and shook her head quickly, “No, no, such a big piece of emerald green is worth at least several million. How could I accept it? I’ll buy it.”

“That’s like looking down on me, Zhou Shuanghu. It’s a genteel affair to gift Jade to a beauty. Besides, the original stone only cost me a little over a hundred thousand, take it,” Zhou Shuanghu insisted, thrusting the jade into Song Yi’s hands without allowing her to refuse.

Song Yi had no choice but to accept it, but the look in her eyes became even more moist.

Long Xiaoshan sneered secretly in the darkness.

Watching as Sangdu and Zhou Shuanghu played their duet.

He had just used his Heavenly Eye to scan the pile of stones. Apart from the one Zhou Shuanghu had picked up, which had been tampered with, none of the other stones were of any good quality; in fact, they were all faked to look like the good stuff.

To an ordinary person, Sangdu’s tricks would definitely go unnoticed.

Even someone who was a real expert in raw stones would lose all rationality under the effects of the Blue Serpent Fruit and wouldn’t be able to see these stones for what they truly were.

It’s likely this wasn’t the first time the duo had pulled something like this.

Otherwise, they couldn’t have set up this scheme so quickly.

But what they certainly did not expect was that not only had Long Xiaoshan neutralized the effects of the Blue Serpent Fruit, but he also possessed the clairvoyant Heavenly Eye.

He saw through everything.

Zhou Shuanghu, knowing that he had adequately drugged the others, took the opportunity to pull Sangdu aside and whisper to the excited and flushed Song Yi and Long Xiaoshan, “President Song, little brother Long, I feel these stones are all top quality. It would definitely be a huge profit to buy them all. You shouldn’t miss this opportunity.”

“Really? Are they that good?” asked Song Yi.

“Of course, I just randomly picked one and I have seen many that are even better than the one I chose. There might even be Emerald Green among them. If you don’t want them, then I’ll buy them all,” Zhou Shuanghu tempted.

“No, no, we’ll buy them, we have to buy them, sister; we must,” insisted Long Xiaoshan, barely able to wait.

“But… there are so many stones, and I haven’t prepared that much capital,” Song Yi said, finding herself in a difficult position.

“That’s no issue, what are we but kin? I can help you cover the capital shortfall; just pay me back with the usual interest,” Zhou Shuanghu said kindly.

“Brother Zhou, you truly are a great person,” Long Xiaoshan said gratefully.

“Of course, if you’re sure you want them, I’ll talk to Sangdu and get the price down further,” Zhou Shuanghu offered.

“Then please, Brother Zhou, bother yourself with this,” they responded.

“What’s the trouble, what are we to each other,” Zhou Shuanghu said, and went off to negotiate with Sangdu.

The two of them whispered and seemed to argue fiercely for a while. After a moment, they came back together, Sangdu with a reluctant expression, while Zhou Shuanghu quickly said, “Sangdu was pricing this pile of stones at 1.2 billion. I talked to him for a long time, and he finally agreed to drop it by 200 million, 1 billion for the lot.”

“Zhou, you really are something. This batch of stones are the finest. I could sell them for more than 1.5 billion on the market, easily. I set the price at 1.2 billion out of friendship, and here you are still driving a hard bargain,” Sangdu complained.

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