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Chapter 664: Chapter 664 Collapsed
The bright saw, spraying water droplets, shrieked and wailed as soon as the stone was pushed onto the blade, sounding like cutting through bone, so painful it seemed to make one’s heart bleed!
The stone-cutting master carefully wiped the stone. After a bout of strange screams from the saw, unexpectedly, a layer of red mist was revealed under the skin of the stone—stones with this kind of mist typically have a dry texture inside.
Baldy saw a glimmer of hope and immediately shouted, "Cut, keep cutting for me!"
Someone had already made an offer for the stone, "Two hundred thousand, I’ll take it for two hundred thousand!"
With a clink.
The bald boss collapsed on the spot and wet himself—both pieces of the stone were stark white, the layer of green exposed as thin as paper!
The crowd was shocked for a long while, unable to catch their breath. The stone was expertly rubbed, one more rub and the green would have been gone, one less and it would have been light green; the rubbing was done to perfection!
"It collapsed?" Baldy couldn’t believe it. He had just seen a stone that was worth at least five hundred thousand, and now he had made a loss in an instant.
Luckily it was only two hundred yuan; a loss didn’t hurt too much. But oh, if only it had more green.
With frustration, he kicked the stone away, "Cut, keep cutting for me. I want to see if this stone has really become something mystical." Baldy was already fuming.
His eyes filled with the anticipation of sudden wealth, but it turned out to be a mirage, leaving him somewhat uncomfortable.
The half piece of stone rolled to Bai Xiao’s feet. She bent down, touched the stone, and suddenly had an idea.
She didn’t know what would happen if she applied her special ability to the stone. Why not give it a try?
She immediately picked up the half piece of stone and asked Baldy, "Boss! Sell me this piece of stone, will you?"
Baldy looked back at Bai Xiao, "Little girl, this stone has collapsed. It won’t turn green if I sell it to you; it’s not worth a penny. If you really want it, I’ll give it to you." This was the kind of rookie question that only a novice would ask.
Bai Xiao stubbornly shook her head, "I still want to buy it. Settling accounts is a rule, isn’t it? If, by chance, it does turn green upon cutting, then things will get complicated."
Baldy laughed, and the spectators behind him laughed as well.
They’d been in the business for a long time, seen it all; a collapsed stone is a collapsed stone. The chance of it turning green again on another cut was even lower than the chance of getting green in a new stone purchase. Her question was quite dumb.
"Alright, if you want it, I won’t cheat you. Fifty yuan, fair and square."
Baldy really wasn’t taking advantage of her—it was a fair price.
Bai Xiao looked at Shao Ming, who reluctantly took out fifty yuan and handed it to Baldy.
The long raw stone nearby had been rubbed open, and it had nothing! Even after cutting, there was nothing; it had completely collapsed.
People laughed for a while, but Baldy was not discouraged; after all, his opening gambit had made him quite a bit of money!
"Little girl, it’s your turn."
Actually, it was just for the excitement. Many people had already left, with eight out of ten people already predicting the outcome for this young girl’s stone.
Sure enough, Bai Xiao’s giant stone was cut four times, with nothing but whiteness, not even a hint of green seen, and after the laughter, everyone dispersed.
After all, not many stones bought for two hundred yuan reveal green; many still focused on the second and third tents, where the big goods lay.
Bai Xiao handed the stone she held to the master, "Master, please cut this one for me!"
She really didn’t understand—but cut they would. It was just an experiment for her, not to expect a miracle, but to see if her special ability had any use elsewhere. After all, she hadn’t had the chance in her previous life, but this lifetime, she remembered how effective her ability had been in disrupting landmines and when shooting.
