The Greatest Village Doctor In The World

Chapter 839 Violet

Ling Feng curled his lips, "A beauty? What’s so special about that? If it were me, I’d rather take the second place than the first!"

"Really?"

Feng Ling tilted her head to glance at him and asked seriously.

"Of course, it’s true!"

Ling Feng nodded and put his arm around her shoulders, "Do I look like I’m short of beauties? I’ve become immune to them now!"

"Hmph, you better be telling the truth!"

Feng Ling wrinkled her nose, clearly not quite believing him.

As they joked around, a man with a big smile on his face came over, "Mr. Ling, we meet again."

Seeing Li Huai, Ling Feng smiled, "Brother Li, we do meet again. I got caught up in something last night, so I couldn’t come to find you!"

"No worries, we’re all countrymen. When we’re back in Huaxia, it’ll be easy to meet up anytime!"

Li Huai laughed and then said, "You heard the broadcast, right? That Emerald you found yesterday might just take the top spot!"

"It doesn’t matter to me. Besides, I already sold that jade to Buddha Master, so it has nothing to do with me anymore, right?" Ling Feng said with a laugh.

"How can that be?"

Li Huai’s eyes widened, "The organizers made it very clear. It only matters who cut the stone, not who the buyer is!"

"Oh, is that so? Well, it still doesn’t matter. I’m not interested in any sort of ranking," Ling Feng said.

Li Huai felt he was just being polite and didn’t press further. He quickly changed the subject, "Brother, how about we make a deal?"

"Just speak your mind, Brother Li. We’re from the same place; no need for formalities," Ling Feng said with a smile.

"Here’s the thing. If you cut out some high-quality jade today, can you sell it to me first?" Li Huai asked with a smile.

Ling Feng was taken aback, but Li Huai quickly added, "Don’t worry, I’m not looking to skimp on payment. I’ll pay whatever it’s worth. If I can’t compete with others, that’s my bad luck, but if my offer is about the same as others’, I’d appreciate it if you could sell to me first!"

"Sure, no problem at all!"

Hearing this, Ling Feng agreed without a second thought.

As long as it didn’t infringe on his own interests, he was happy to do someone a favor.

Afterwards, Li Huai didn’t follow Ling Feng and Feng Ling; that would be too insensitive, as it was clear the couple was enjoying their time together. What would he be doing tagging along?

After Li Huai left, Ling Feng and Feng Ling continued to browse the stalls. They indeed found some stones that contained jade, but the quality and size of the jade were somewhat disappointing, and Ling Feng didn’t take much interest.

After a while, the two of them approached a stall, and Ling Feng immediately noticed a stone.

The raw stone wasn’t large, about twenty centimeters long and ten or so centimeters thick, with an unremarkable, dusty gray surface.

Those picking out raw stones had almost ignored this one, but Ling Feng spotted it right away and said to Feng Ling, "Here we go!"

"Which one?"

Feng Ling had been eagerly waiting to see Ling Feng discover a new piece of jade. Knowing that he must have found something extraordinary, she was very excited.

"This one! Ask how much it is."

Ling Feng stepped forward and picked up the stone from the ground.

Upon asking, Feng Ling found out that the raw stone was only a thousand yuan per kilogram, totaling fifteen thousand yuan.

Ling Feng didn’t hesitate to pay and then took the stone to the stone-cutting area.

It was quite a coincidence that the Stone-cutting Master was the same one from the day before. Seeing Ling Feng with the raw stone, the Stone-cutting Master immediately grinned from ear to ear.

After yesterday’s two raw stones were cut, he had also made a tidy sum, so now in his eyes, Ling Feng was like the God of Wealth!

As usual, Ling Feng gave instructions on how to cut the stone, and then the roaring sound of the Stone-cutting Machine started up once again.

The crowd of visitors today was significantly larger than yesterday`, and not many had seen Ling Feng cut stones before, so although the machine roared to life`, there weren’t many who gathered to watch the excitement.

Li Huai alone`, upon hearing the distant hum of the machine`, tiptoed for a better look and`, spotting Ling Feng here`, immediately rushed over in haste!

By this time`, a layer of stone skin had been peeled away`, revealing a hint of light purple on one side.

Upon closer inspection`, Li Huai blurted out, "Violet!"

"What do you think? The quality is good`, isn’t it?" Ling Feng asked with a smile.

"Good? This is glass seed`, this is glass seed Violet!"

Li Huai’s voice trembled with excitement!

Seeing his reaction`, Ling Feng felt reassured and asked`, "Is this purple variety valuable?"

"If we go by its size`, selling it for twenty to thirty million should be no problem at all!" Li Huai said.

Ling Feng made an acknowledging noise`, thinking to himself that it was only that much? He had thought it might fetch over a hundred million!

As the Stone-cutting Master continued to remove the stone skin`, a cylindrical Purple Crystal was revealed.

The purple radiance was dazzling under the sunlight`, immediately catching the attention of many people around.

So`, in just a short time`, the area around the Stone-cutting Machine was packed tight with people.

Seeing the situation turning dire`, Li Huai quickly said to Ling Feng`, "Brother`, I’ll take this purple jade for thirty-five million!"

"No need to rush`, Big Brother Li. What if others can’t bid that price? Couldn’t you pay a little less?" Ling Feng said with a chuckle.

Upon hearing this`, Li Huai turned his head`, surveyed the crowd`, and shouted loudly`, "I bid thirty-five million for this jade!"

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Although everyone was envious`, the price Li Huai offered was so high it no longer held auction value`, so no one spoke up.

Of course`, a few wealthy jewelers still couldn’t help but glare at Li Huai!

Because in the gambling stone field`, this was simply not how one called out a bid!

People usually started from a few million and slowly increased the bid`, eventually buying it for not too high a price.

But Li Huai was different`, he started off with what everyone mentally estimated as the highest price`, how were they supposed to compete?

Seeing that everyone was speechless`, Li Huai let out a sly chuckle and turned back to Ling Feng saying`, "See? Nobody dares to follow!"

"Alright then`, I’ll sell this stone to you..."

Before he could finish`, a voice from the outer edge of the crowd interrupted`, "I bid forty million!"

"Huh?"

Ling Feng and Li Huai both started in surprise!

Squeezing his way through the crowd`, a short and chubby middle-aged man made an appearance.

Upon seeing this person`, Ling Feng’s mind stirred!

He had seen this man before`, the very Dongying man he had encountered at the capital verification the day before!

According to Zhang He’s information`, this fellow was very likely a member of the Dongying Shadow Group!

So when Ling Feng saw this man`, he furrowed his brow`, first because he hadn’t expected the other to speak fluent Huaxia`, and second because he was a bit puzzled—is this guy here to buy the stone or to cause trouble?

As Ling Feng was trying to discern his intentions`, Li Huai clenched his teeth and said`, "I bid forty-one million!"

"Forty-five million!"

The short`, chubby man sneered and instantly raised the bid by four million!