The weather in the morning was still relatively good. A cool breeze blew in from the floor-to-ceiling windows in all directions.
It eased the heated atmosphere in the hall. Shouts, discussions, and bids were all being made.
The only quiet place was the stage in the middle. Other than two tables, there was nothing else.
With the sound of a gong, people in black rushed into the crowd in an orderly manner.
They quickly parted to form a path. A few elders followed behind them and walked onto the stage.
With the aristocratic families as the representatives, they occupied their respective areas.
The contestants all appeared below the stage. XunMi was the first to walk out.
She walked up the stairs with light steps, without any nervousness or excitement.
This was destined to be a competition. She had to win.
An ZiYi followed behind. She couldn't hide the emotions in her eyes, but she wasn't stupid enough to show them all.
The Le family had personally issued the challenge. If no one from the Xun family participated, or if they lost, the result would be obvious.
Xunmi nodded to An ZiYi and ignored her. She waited for the judge to announce the start of the competition.
"Today is the triennial stone gambling event. Miss Xun from the Xun family and An ZiYi from the Le family will be the representatives for the first round."
"Three rounds: selection, appraisal, and stone cutting."
After a simple introduction of the rules, the two contestants began to choose the raw stones they needed.
They could only choose a maximum of three. The winner would be determined based on the results of the appraisal and stone cutting.
An ZiYi confidently rushed to the raw stone area. She had to choose the best one within twenty minutes.
Xunmi wasn't as anxious as An ZiYi. She was communicating with Baobao.
When Baobao was scanning the raw stones, he accidentally scanned An ZiYi, who was squatting beside the raw stones.
With this scan, he found a problem. An ZiYi's body was emitting energy waves.
It seemed to be mixed in with her soul, but Baobao didn't know what it was. So he told his clever host.
'Maybe it's a cheat given by her rebirth. If I'm not wrong, it should be able to let her know if there's jade in the raw stones.'
From the original novel, she didn't know much about stone gambling. But later on, it was said that she and Le ChenXi became the new rich in the stone gambling world.
And the title of the book said that she became the queen in the end. This meant that she might know something about stone gambling.
'Host, don't worry. I've confirmed it. She can only feel that there's something in the stone, but she doesn't know what it is.'
Baobao scanned An ZiYi's face again and finally got a reasonable answer.
Xunmi smiled and walked into the raw stone area.
When she passed by in the morning, she saw a merchant selling raw gemstones that looked very special in appearance and color.
Bao Bao had also told her that he had detected energy fluctuations inside. Since that was the case, she naturally wouldn't miss it.
By the time Xunmi arrived, An ZiYi had already picked out five raw stones.
Her hands were still moving. She wanted to pick out everything that she could feel.
Then, she would pick out three of the best ones. Even if she wasn't sure what species they were, it was definitely better than Xunmi.
After all, there were jade stones in all three of her pieces. She didn't believe that they wouldn't be better than Xunmi's.
Xunmi was not impatient. She squatted down, picked up the one that she felt was not bad, and observed it.
In comparison, everyone was more optimistic about Xunmi's actions and attitude.
After all, who had ever seen a gemstone gambling master move all the raw stones with a single touch when selecting them?
No matter the size, no matter the appearance, she didn't reject anyone.
Le ZhengTian listened to the whispers around him and felt disdain.
He had seen An ZiYi's way of choosing raw stones a few times. Naturally, he knew that she had discovered that there were jade stones in them.
Just now, he had already instructed his assistant to buy all the stones that An ZiYi had picked out.
Xunmi, Xun family, just you wait. He would make them obediently scram out of the gemstone gambling world.
In the last five minutes, Xunmi picked out three stones that looked very deceptive and were of different sizes.
She placed them on the display table and took out her tools, preparing to cut them open herself.
An ZiYi was still choosing, and there were already dozens of stones in front of her.
Seeing that the time was almost up, she gritted her teeth and finally chose three large stones.
From her point of view, these stones were all in there. The larger stones would definitely contain larger jade stones.
If the other gemstone gambling masters knew what she was thinking, they would probably vomit blood.
If the jade stones in the bigger stones were the bigger ones, then no one would buy the smaller ones.
"Miss An, why don't you go first in the second round?"
Xunmi habitually declined and prepared to show off to her opponent first.
If it was any other time, An ZiYi would be very happy.
But now, she was cursing Xunmi's eighteen generations of ancestors in her heart.
How would she know what kind of gemstone gambling master a gemstone was, and why would she know what kind of jade stones were in the stones?
But when she saw the provocative smile on Xunmi's face, she couldn't help it.
Xunmi was truly wronged this time. She was just smiling politely, how was that provocation!
"The three stones I chose all contain different types of jade. There's no need to explain, just cut them open."
An ZiYi definitely wouldn't let herself lose here, even if she didn't understand.
The judge was very angry at An ZiYi's disrespectful behavior, but the other party represented the Yue family, so he still had to give face.
But the other party was the young miss of the Xun family, and was rumored to be the wife of the big boss, so he was in a dilemma.
Xunmi shrugged indifferently: "Since Miss An has spoken, then let's do as you wish."
"After all, I also want to know the results quickly."
The judge nodded gratefully at Xunmi and called the gemstone cutter to help cut the stones.
Xunmi rejected the help and started cutting on her own.
The three stones she chose were raw stones with green patterns. Looking at them from the outside, they looked a little exaggerated.
Usually, gemstone gambling masters weren't willing to bet on these stones, because the risk was too high, but the temptation was also too great.
"Look, there's green, there's green."
"The color is clear, and the quality is not bad. I wonder how big it is, and what kind it is."
"I think it's a little like hibiscus. Although the color is clear, the green is lighter."
"Look, there's green in the other one too."
"The gemstone gambling master sent by the Yue family this year is really strong. There's green in two stones."
"No, there's green in all three stones. Look."
The crowd was in an uproar, and all eyes were on the three stones An ZiYi chose.
Sure enough, under the support of the bright lights and the strong sunlight, the green was so eye-catching and beautiful.
The three gemstone cutters were also pleasantly surprised. There were actually three stones, too strong.
One had to know that the gemstone gambling convention had only been held for the thirteenth time, and the only time all three stones were hit was more than ten years ago.
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