"Third sister, don't cause trouble!" The man who was with her scolded.
"Second Brother, don't stop me!" The woman looked at Sima Youyue and said, "If you open up a rare spirit stone that is worth more than twenty thousand middle grade crystals, I, Hu Fei Fei, will give you double the price! If you can't open it … if you can't open it … if you can't open it, just give me 100,000 mid-grade crystal stones! "
"Alright." Sima Youyue nodded. Both of them had reached an agreement.
"Third Sister, how could you let him …" Hu Ling wanted to stop her, but his sister was stubborn and would not even listen to him. However, he could not let her do as she pleased.
"Second Brother, he didn't even refuse, what are you so anxious about!" Hu Fangfang said with a smile. "Since we've agreed, let's begin!"
When gambling on stones, there would be some gambling. This was very common, so no one was surprised. They just watched with interest, wanting to see who would win in the end.
"Young Master, how do you want to open it?" the master asked.
"Let's cut it from the middle!" Sima Youyue said.
"This … Young Master, are you sure?" The stone cutting master asked.
Normally, stones were cut bit by bit from one side, because most of the spirit stones were slightly slanted in the middle. If it was cut open from the middle, the spirit stones inside would be easily damaged. Once the spirit stone was damaged, the spirit energy contained within would leak out from the cut. It had to be used as soon as possible as it could not be stored for long. The value of these spirit stones would drop by a lot.
It was rare to see someone like her, who requested to be cut directly from the middle.
"She said to open it from the middle, so we'll open it from the middle." Hu Fangfang smiled and said, "Anyway, this is a watermelon stone. It doesn't matter even if it's cut from the middle."
The stone cutter felt that it was reasonable, so he followed Sima Youyue's instructions and cut the stone in half.
The stones on both sides fell to the ground, revealing the white Huahua stones.
"It really is a white stone." The onlookers were not surprised at all when they saw the white stone.
When Hu Fangfang saw the white stone, she smiled proudly, making Fatty Qu and the others angry.
"What's the rush? Can't you see that the two of them are very calm?" Wu Lingyu said lightly when he saw how angry they were.
If Sima Youyue was inexperienced in stone gambling for the first time, then Third Mo did not say anything from the beginning to the end. This meant that there was nothing wrong with the stone.
"How do you want to spend the next cut?" The stone cutting master picked up half of them and asked.
"Let me see." Sima Youyue took the stone and looked at it. Then, she drew on it and said, "Follow this."
"Alright."
The stone cutter took it back and made another cut according to Sima Youyue's instructions. When the stone was split in half, it was still a white stone.
"This is for polishing." Sima Youyue picked up one of the pieces and said.
There were different ways to open a stone, such as cutting, grinding, and so on. Generally, one would use the cutting method at the beginning. When one felt that a spirit stone would appear, one would choose the grinding method and slowly grind the surface of the stone.
Not long after, a few peanut-sized spirit stones were ground out.
"They are indeed watermelon seeds." The onlookers said.
"How are these watermelon seeds? These are better than watermelon seeds. These are peanuts!" Hu Fangfang said with a smile.
"Third sister!" Hu Ling frowned and looked like he was about to get angry.
Hu Fangfang stuck out her tongue and did not say anything. However, her gaze towards Sima Youyue was filled with provocation!
Sima Youyue kept the few emerald green peanuts. Then, she gave the other half to the stone cutter and said, "Grind this too."
"Hahaha, are you trying to gather twenty thousand spirit stones?" Someone laughed and said.
Sima Youyue could not be bothered with them. After giving the other half to the stone cutter, she picked up the other half and examined it carefully.
"Let me open it for you." Third Mo walked over and said.
"Alright." Sima Youyue knew that Third Mo was not someone who spoke easily. Since he spoke, it meant that it was either difficult to open, or the thing inside had piqued his interest.
Third Mo picked up the stone and placed it on the table. Then, he took out a small knife and used his hand to touch it. Then, he used the small knife to trace a pattern and gently cut off the surface of the stone.
When everyone saw this, they realized that he was skilled. The surface of the stone was smooth as if it was cut off. It did not look like it was cut off with a small knife at all.
Unknowingly, everyone's attention turned to him. Even the stone cutter stopped what he was doing and looked at Third Mo.
Third Mo peeled off the outer layer of the stone. Soon, a stone the size of an adult's fist turned into a stone the size of a duck's egg.
Third Mo glanced at Sima Youyue. Sima Youyue understood what he meant. She said excitedly, "It's coming out?"
Third Mo nodded. He took out a piece of skin used for grinding and began to lightly grind the remaining surface of the stone. He used even strength on every part. Under his grinding, a spirit stone the size of an egg appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Third Mo took out a piece of cloth and gently wiped off the lime on the stone so that everyone could see the spirit stone more clearly.
"Look, there's actually a golden core inside!" Someone exclaimed.
"This is a stone in a stone!"
"It really is a stone in a stone! The thing inside is golden and is the size of an egg. This grade is not low! "
"A stone in a stone the size of a lychee is worth a few hundred thousand. This one is the size of an egg and has a golden core. This is worth at least three to four hundred thousand!"
"Hiss"
Everyone present could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. They did not expect this thing to be so valuable!
"Youyue, take it!" Third Mo placed the spirit stone in Sima Youyue's hand. He was very happy that he was able to cut out such a spirit stone.
Sima Youyue received the spirit stone happily and even waved it at Hu Fangfang. "I'm really sorry, I won the bet this time. In a while, I'll get someone to appraise it for me. Thank you Miss Hu for your generous bet. Master, help me grind out the rest of the spirit stone. Who knows, there might be a few more watermelon seeds. No, there are peanuts! "
Hu Fangfang's face turned green with anger. Sima Youyue was slapping her own face. However, in front of everyone, she could not do anything shameless.
Very quickly, the rest of the spirit stones were all grinded out. There were a total of five watermelon seeds. Added together, they were worth about a thousand middle grade spirit stones.
The stone pavilion had a professional appraiser who could accurately estimate the value of the spirit stones. Not long later, an old man with an immortal aura walked out from the back courtyard. He specially came to appraise Sima Youyue.
"Such a large stone in a stone is indeed rare. Moreover, the quality is high. This old man felt a majestic power from the golden core. From my experience, this stone in a stone in a stone is worth at least three hundred and fifty thousand middle grade spirit stones. "
Three hundred and fifty thousand. Twice that would be seven hundred thousand. Hu Fangfang's heart ached when she thought of how she had lost seven hundred thousand in one go.
"Wait a minute, there are still these. Please appraise them together. At least we can gather some money. "Sima Youyue opened her hand. There were more than ten spirit stones the size of watermelon seeds in her hand.
When everyone saw that she really used the watermelon seeds to appraise them, they could not help but laugh.
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