"This material is wasted, cutting it is just a waste of money."
Seeing the rough stone in Qin Xuan's hand cut into several pieces, the boss frowned.
The young man was still unwilling even after it was cut like this, he must have lost his mind.
Qin Xuan waved his hand, "Just cut it if I tell you to."
"One hundred yuan, the finer the cut, the better."
"Two hundred, one hundred isn't enough for my effort," the boss said impatiently.
Since it was the final step, Qin Xuan didn't bother arguing with the other party.
"Alright, two hundred it is, hurry up."
"There's something good inside me, you have to be careful."
"Especially those two pieces with green."
"Oh, I know!"
After taking two hundred yuan from Qin Xuan, the boss casually took the waste material handed over by Qin Xuan.
He turned on the machine, put a cigarette in his mouth, and then started polishing.
"This broken material is already cut like this, what good can there be?"
"Look, look."
"This is all marble, white and flaky."
"This piece is no good either, although it has some green, it hasn't permeated at all, not even valuable enough to make beads!"
"Hey! Look here."
"This one is also white and flaky, it can only be put in a fish tank to raise fish!"
The stone cutter boss was clearly a chatterbox.
From the moment he got the stone, he had been chattering endlessly.
It wasn't until the last stone was half ground down that his cigarette-holding mouth finally fell silent.
"Holy crap, it's green, it's really green!"
The stone cutter boss shouted exaggeratedly, rubbing the jadeite with his hand after grinding off the stone color.
"Incredible, this color is visible at first glance."
Shining a light on it, the boss continued to grind off the remaining skin.
After cutting, the stone cutter boss handed a piece of green jadeite to Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan picked up the jadeite and held it up to the sunlight.
It was lush green and very striking.
"Full green glutinous ice, it's a gain, this stone is definitely a gain!"
Yu En covered her mouth in surprise upon seeing the jadeite.
She hadn't expected that a piece of waste material, universally considered worthless, could yield such excellent jadeite.
"Boss, do you have a flashlight? May I borrow it!"
Yu En borrowed a high-intensity flashlight from the boss and shone it directly at the jadeite.
After careful observation, she said to Qin Xuan with great joy, "Mr. Qin, your luck is too good!"
"This piece of jadeite is a full green glutinous ice variety, with a mature texture and few cracks."
"Although it's not large, it can still be made into a nice pendant!"
Qin Xuan was also very happy to hear this.
Because he had researched that the texture and clarity of jadeite could be roughly divided into glass, ice, glutinous, and bean varieties based on transparency.
Glass variety was the most transparent and most expensive, while bean variety was the most common and cheapest.
Of course, there were many sub-categories, and the glutinous ice variety that Qin Xuan obtained was below ice variety and above glutinous variety.
However, Qin Xuan was not sure how to determine its value.
"Can this thing sell for a good price?"
Yu En nodded, "Of course it can, such good material is very popular. The raw material alone, before processing, can be worth tens of thousands."
"If you add good craftsmanship, it can definitely sell for over a hundred thousand!"
"In that case, your rough stone has definitely gained value!"
"No, it's exploded in value!"
"How about this, if you're willing, I can offer eighty thousand Dragon coins to buy this jadeite directly."
"What do you think?"
So valuable?
Qin Xuan was stunned when he heard Yu En's words.
And this glutinous ice jadeite once again refreshed his understanding of the jadeite category.
A piece of good jadeite, even a small piece like this, could sell for around a hundred thousand. No wonder so many people in the world were drawn to gambling on stones.
Without hesitation, Qin Xuan handed the jadeite to Yu En for processing.
Since it was going to be sold anyway, he might as well sell it to this lovely young girl.
After cutting the stones, the sun was also gradually setting in the west.
Today's harvest was quite good, so Qin Xuan didn't drag Yu En around any further.
Back at the hotel, Xiao Ya and the others were not planning to dine with Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan was happy for the peace and quiet and went directly back to his room to continue practicing.
He could now hold the first movement for a full nine minutes.
His muscle lines were becoming more defined, and his physical fitness had surpassed that of most ordinary people, reaching the level of professional athletes.
"The Body Refining chapter states that as long as one can hold the first movement for more than ten minutes, their physical fitness will undergo a qualitative leap."
"At that time, both strength and reaction speed will increase by a whole level."
"I've been stuck at nine minutes for three days. Today, let's see if I can hold on for another minute!"
After calling the hotel to order a large amount of food, Qin Xuan immediately took off his shirt and began his practice for the day.
The first nine minutes were no longer difficult for him.
But as soon as nine minutes passed, a strong sense of fatigue instantly surged towards him.
His muscles and bones felt like they were burning intensely, and a large amount of sweat seeped out of Qin Xuan's body, gradually forming small rivers.
In just a few seconds, the carpet beneath Qin Xuan was half soaked with sweat.
"Holy crap, this feeling is always so intense!"
Qin Xuan gritted his teeth and persevered with all his might.
He could feel his stamina being consumed at an astonishing rate.
Ten seconds, twenty seconds.
The rate of stamina consumption increased with time.
Soon, his stamina was almost depleted.
No, I have to hold on!
Qin Xuan kept shouting in his heart.
Strike while the iron is hot; the second attempt will be weaker, and the third will be even weaker!
At this moment, he was ready to rely on the surge of energy in his chest to break through his limits in one go!
Ten, nine, eight...
Three, two, one!
Finally, the timer on his phone changed from 09:59 to 10:00.
Instantly, Qin Xuan could clearly feel that every muscle and every inch of bone in his body was undergoing changes to varying degrees.
Unlike before, when he was exhausted immediately after practicing, this time, he could feel an explosive power surging madly from within him!
"Awesome!"
"Is this what it feels like after breaking through limits?"
"I seem to have inexhaustible strength now!"
Feeling the energy within him, Qin Xuan was overjoyed.
If before, he could keep three to five people from getting close,
Then now, he could at least fight ten people like Ip Man!
The next morning, Qin Xuan met Xiao Ya at the hotel entrance as planned.
There were quite a few people in today's group.
Besides Xiao Ya, Yu En, and the driver from yesterday, there were also three jade experts and several burly men wearing sunglasses.
They were all muscular, with prominent temples, clearly bodyguards responsible for protecting Xiao Ya's safety.
"Mr. Qin, over here!"
Yu En was the first to spot Qin Xuan.
As she called out, her eyes suddenly lit up.
Am I hallucinating?
I feel like Mr. Qin has become so handsome today...
Hearing Yu En's call, Xiao Ya also turned to look at Qin Xuan.
Although it wasn't very obvious, a hint of surprise also flashed in her eyes.
In fact, after his body broke through its limits, Qin Xuan had indeed become more handsome.
His slightly sunken nose bridge had straightened up, and his eyes, which were not particularly large, had clearly widened.
He was already quite pleasant to look at, just lacking any particularly striking features.
This change had transformed him from a generally good-looking man with a score of around 7 to a handsome young man with a score of 8.5.