Every piece of jade had a starting auction price exceeding thirty million, and the price for the precious jade exceeded seventy percent over that amount. Not only that, once the jade was revealed, its quality was never low.
Upon entering the auction hall, Li Xue’er obediently followed behind Ye Feng. This was already Li Xue’er’s eighth visit to Nanhong City, and she was very familiar with the place.
Li Linfeng watched Li Xue’er and smiled slightly, "I see so old friends, I will go catch up with them. Xue’er, since it’s Brother Ye Feng’s first ti here, why don’t you show him around and introduce him!"
"Understood, Grandpa!" Li Xue’er’s face flushed, looking very adorable, her hands tightly clasped together.
"Brother Ye Feng, let’s go take a look!" Li Xue’er said with a red face as she looked at Ye Feng.
"Um..." Ye Feng nodded, then Li Xue’er started to take him around, introducing him to the place.
Shortly after, they saw that there were ten display stands at the deepest part of the venue, each stand was magnificent.
On them, there were jade rough stones each bigger than a waterlon.
Li Xue’er looked at Ye Feng and said, "Brother Ye Feng, these ten rough stones are the ones up for auction today!"
"Oh?" Ye Feng’s eyes showed interest as he looked over the ten rough stones.
From number one to ten, each stone was watched over by two security guards to prevent theft.
After seeing the ten stones, Ye Feng discovered that three of them possessed spiritual energy!
The presence of spiritual energy in the rough stones indicated that there were high-quality jades inside.
Ye Feng imdiately disregarded the seven stones without spiritual energy, focusing on stones number six, seven, and ten.
Stones number six, seven, and ten, all possessed spiritual energy. Ye Feng first approached stone number ten. Li Xue’er said, "Brother Ye Feng has a good eye! This piece is the highlight of this auction and it’s almost certain that there is high-quality jade inside!"
Ye Feng nodded and quickly went over to stone number seven. The jade within stone number ten indeed had good quality but its spiritual energy was too thin, hardly catching Ye Feng’s interest.
Ye Feng went straight to stone number seven and after inspecting it for a while, he imdiately lost all interest.
The jade in stone number seven indeed had spiritual energy, that was true, but it was too thin, almost negligible. Such quality of jade might be considered high-quality by regular standards.
However, in Ye Feng’s view, this piece of jade had no value at all.
Then, Ye Feng turned his attention to stone number six and extended his spiritual power into it.
"Hmm?" Ye Feng was startled and felt surprised.
Inside stone number six, there was a dense spiritual energy, which was shockingly intense.
The spiritual energy within this jade raw stone was so rich it almost ford a spirit stone.
Therefore, the value of the jade within this raw stone must have been at least several hundred million. Judging by the size of this ball of spiritual energy, the jade inside must have been quite large, Ye Feng sensed confidently, and then beca even more astonished.
This ball of spiritual energy lay just two centiters beneath the surface of the raw stone. Ye Feng was certain that the size of the jade inside must have been astonishing. However, this piece of jade raw stone had the lowest starting price at the auction, being the most inconspicuous among the many stones.
It looked just like a random rock picked up from anywhere.
Ye Feng’s interest was imdiately piqued. With such a large piece of jade, should it be cut or polished?
If it were cut in half, its value would have been sowhat reduced, because no one else could sense the spiritual energy within the raw stone like Ye Feng could.
Ye Feng carefully observed the number six jade raw stone.
"Ye Feng, there’s nothing remarkable about this number six jade, although its outer layer has settled nicely," Li Xue’er said dubiously, "it’s too ordinary. Even if it turns out green, the quality probably won’t be very high."
Ye Feng shook his head, "You’re mistaken. What you’re saying isn’t unreasonable, but there is spiritual energy within this jade raw stone..."
"Spiritual energy? Like the stuff in Grandpa’s jade pendant?" Li Xue’er asked, her eyes filled with confusion.
Ye Feng nodded, "Exactly, spiritual energy is an essence produced by nature and found in these precious stones. Generally, valuable pieces of jade contain it. Spirit energy exists in stone number seven and ten as well, but it’s richest in number six."
"But why can’t I feel the presence of spiritual energy?" Li Xue’er asked, still puzzled.
Ye Feng chuckled, "It’s simple because you’re not a martial artist. Even regular martial artists cannot sense spiritual energy; it becos perceptible only when one’s strength has reached a certain realm."
"I see, I need to take a good look at this raw stone then and have Grandpa bid on it!" Li Xue’er said earnestly.
"Ha-ha-ha! You fool, fussing over a piece of trash stone, that’s just hilarious!" Just then, a young man, with a face full of scorn, shouted loudly at Ye Feng.
The young man was handso and projected an aloof and outstanding presence.
Beside him stood a mild-mannered middle-aged man, who wore a friendly smile that made him seem approachable.
The middle-aged man frowned, looking at the young man beside him, "Lu Kang, show so respect!"
Spotting the middle-aged man, Li Xue’er quickly exclaid in surprise, "Hello Uncle Lu!"
The middle-aged man nodded with a smile, and Li Xue’er hurriedly introduced, "Ye Feng, this is Mr. Lu, Lu Hangfeng, whom my grandfather ntioned to you, our partner for this venture!"
Ye Feng nodded and extended his hand, "Hello!"
Lu Hangfeng’s deanor was very humble, and he wasn’t off-putting. Moreover, he donated a lot of materials to the warriors of the Southern Border every year, so Ye Feng naturally offered him so respect.
Lu Hangfeng smiled and shook hands with Ye Feng, "Hello, you must be Ye Feng, the prodigy from the Gambling Stone Industry that Elder Li ntioned. What are your thoughts on these raw stones?"
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