When Master Wu used the machine to polish away all the weathered skin from the surface, a piece of exquisite jadeite appeared before everyone's eyes.
This jadeite sparkled. While not completely transparent, its clarity was quite high, with only a few impurities within.
Master Wu looked at this rough jadeite and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Yang. You've unearthed a fine high ice-grade piece!"
High ice-grade jadeite?
Upon hearing this, everyone was astonished. They had initially guessed it would be glutinous, glutinous ice, or even ice-grade!
But no one dared to think of high ice-grade, as that was considered a mid to high-tier grade of jadeite.
It was rarely unearthed and was also very precious.
Furthermore, everyone had previously said that Ye Feng's rough stone was too small, and even if it yielded good quality, it wouldn't be worth much.
This was indeed true, but although this piece of jadeite wasn't large, its proportion was high; it was almost entirely jadeite except for the outer skin.
With this give and take, it was suddenly realized that this piece of jadeite wasn't small after all.
Moreover, the "good quality" they referred to was below ice-grade, not above. If it reached ice-grade, such a size would already be quite valuable, easily fetching over a million.
As for Ye Feng's piece, which directly reached high ice-grade, three million was definitely within reach.
As expected, in the next second, some vendors began bidding.
"Boss Ye, I'll offer 1.5 million for this high ice-grade piece!"
"Such a large piece of high ice-grade, and you're only offering 1.5 million? Are you trying to send away a beggar! I'll offer 2 million..."
"2 million? You're like the pot calling the kettle black! What's the difference between you and him? I'll offer 3 million..."
Some vendors began to scramble for it.
Those making offers were mostly small vendors and people from small companies.
As for people from large companies and enterprises, they did not participate in the bidding.
After all, it was only high ice-grade, and not very large. Large companies had quite a few pieces of this quality.
Seeing their bids, Ye Feng sold this piece of jadeite on the spot for 3.5 million.
This piece of jadeite was neither large nor small, neither good nor bad, and its position was rather awkward.
Therefore, keeping it was useless, so it was sold immediately.
When Tang Zhiyang and Zhao Yanxuan saw that Ye Feng's rough stone, bought for 150,000, had sold for 3.5 million, they became incredibly jealous.
And they had bought a worthless stone for 650,000. This comparison was enough to make one furious!
"Hmph, what's so great about that! I'll show you what a truly big piece is later!" Tang Zhiyang said with feigned disdain.
Ye Feng heard this, shook his head, and said nothing more, merely stating, "Continue!"
"Alright! Master Wu, continue the cutting!" Tang Zhiyang pointed to his second piece.
Tang Zhiyang's second rough stone cost 1.5 million, three times that of Ye Feng's second piece.
At the same time, Ye Feng had also seen this piece and knew it was a good material that should sell for a good price.
Seeing Tang Zhiyang's 1.5 million rough stone, the surrounding crowd once again showed anticipation.
However, after the previous lesson, no one was loudly praising it this time; they were whispering amongst themselves.
This made Tang Zhiyang very unhappy, but despite his unhappiness, he said nothing and stared intently at his rough stone.
Master Wu took the rough stone and began his work, still starting from the side.
Under everyone's gaze, the result for this rough stone was quickly revealed.
Master Wu had only polished a small portion when someone immediately exclaimed.
"Look quickly! It's jadeite!"
"Damn, it really is jadeite, so soon?"
"Is this turning misfortune into fortune? It came out so quickly, and the quality looks pretty good!"
Hearing the exclamations from the crowd, Tang Zhiyang and Zhao Yanxuan hurried forward to check, and indeed, jadeite had appeared.
"Haha! It really is jadeite! And the quality looks quite good!" Tang Zhiyang laughed heartily.
Zhao Yanxuan nodded, "Yes, judging by the transparency of this quality, it's at least ice-grade!"
The two were overjoyed, almost embracing each other with excitement.
However, this was not the most exciting part for them, because as Master Wu continued to cut the stone, more and more jadeite was revealed.
A quarter of an hour later, Master Wu had polished around the stone and discovered that this piece of jadeite, like Ye Feng's first piece, was entirely jadeite except for the outer skin.
Moreover, this piece was three to four times the size of Ye Feng's piece, although the surrounding people had not yet determined its exact grade.
Only when Master Wu stopped did he say, "Congratulations, Young Master Tang. This is also a high ice-grade jadeite, and it's even larger!"
Hearing this, the crowd was once again in an uproaror.
"Damn, Young Master Tang's luck is truly turning misfortune into fortune!"
"Indeed! His first piece was worthless, and this one is high ice-grade, and three times the size of Ye Feng's. This is worth at least ten million!"
"This luck is incredible! He immediately made back the loss from the previous stone!"
The surrounding people immediately expressed their envy.
Following this, the surrounding vendors began to bid for this piece of jadeite, and even people from large companies and enterprises made offers.
"Young Master Tang, I'll offer nine million. Will you sell this to me?"
"Nine million is too little! Such a large piece should at least be ten million! I'll offer ten million!"
"Hmph! A bunch of misers, and you still want to bid for such a large piece of high ice-grade jadeite? Utterly wishful thinking! I'll offer eleven million!"
"Young Master Tang, I'll offer twelve million..."
Tang Zhiyang watched as people scrambled to bid, and he jumped up with joy, laughing uncontrollably.
Finally, Tang Zhiyang's jadeite was sold for 14.5 million.
After selling it, Tang Zhiyang looked at Ye Feng and said triumphantly, "Haha! Ye Feng, do you see! Do you see! This is our true strength!"
"What are you shouting about? I'm not blind! I'm watching! But what does it matter?" Ye Feng said dismissively.
Tang Zhiyang, smugly, said, "What does it matter? It's three times your size! And four to five times your price. You've lost this time!"
Ye Feng heard this, shook his head, and smiled, "So what if it's four to five times mine? I still have two more pieces to open!"
"Heh heh! Even if you open them, so what? I don't believe you have such good luck!" Tang Zhiyang taunted.
"Is that so? Then just wait and see! Master Wu, open my second piece!" Ye Feng said calmly.
Master Wu nodded, then began to cut Ye Feng's second piece.
Ye Feng's piece was still not large, but not small either; it was twice the size of his first piece.
However, the surrounding crowd was not optimistic about Ye Feng. After all, this piece was also not large, and even if it yielded high ice-grade again, it wouldn't be as valuable as Tang Zhiyang's piece.
But was this really the case?
As Master Wu took Ye Feng's second rough jadeite, he looked at it and revealed a hint of surprise, saying, "Good material!"
With that, he picked up his tools and began to polish. However, after only a few strokes, he revealed a look of shock and quickly stopped...