Fourth update, almost fell asleep, 20 minutes late, sorry!

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"What I hate the most is violence..."

When Qin Fang said these words, it was after he had violently knocked down three people, which was really quite ironic.

However, many had just now witnessed the entire process, and they all sided with Qin Fang. The jade trading market here in Guangfeng is the largest in South China, and to have such forceful buying and selling tarnishing its reputation was a serious harm to all the merchants visiting this well-known market.

Without a doubt, Qin Fang had used his "non-violent" methods to settle the situation of coercive transactions and market bullying here, and he did it with remarkable fierceness, which earned him considerable admiration from many.

Of course, admiration doesn't put food on the table, and these shrewd businessmen wouldn't give Qin Fang any special deals or handouts because of this incident. They still insisted on their principles when making transactions.

Young Master Yang and his crew were taken away by the market's management. As for what would happen to them, that was their own problem, and Qin Fang was too lazy to get involved. He didn't have the time or the energy!

Right now, his top priority was to finish processing the remaining rough stones and sell them as soon as possible. Only then would he have the resources to buy more expensive, higher-quality stones.

"Dammit, he's gambling on the rise again..."

Qin Fang positioned the second block of rough stone for cutting, and the outcome made everyone in the vicinity exclaim in shock.

"Ice glutinous type... The texture and water are very nice!"

Not only had he gambled on a rise, but it was a significant one this time. The piece of grade 5 quality and size 4 rough stone turned out to be remarkably similar to the one Qin Fang had sold to Lin Yuan. Both were of the ice glutinous type and size 4, which was a bit too coincidental.

"I'll offer four hundred thousand!"

"Four hundred and fifty thousand."

"Five hundred thousand!"

"Five hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Six hundred thousand..."

Seeing this cut surface, the shop assistants had already started setting off firecrackers outside, which immediately drew the attention of many people. They came over to check out the rough stone.

The jade merchants who were already in the vicinity became anxious, frantically starting to bid, and the price increase was not slow. In just a moment, the price had skyrocketed to six hundred thousand.

Based on the current window opening, six hundred thousand was definitely a loss-making price unless the stone inside could gamble on another rise. Otherwise, this six hundred thousand investment could likely lead to a complete loss.

"Continue cutting..."

Qin Fang, however, was quite resolute, as if he hadn't heard the bids at all, instructing Master Jieshi to proceed.

"You want to keep cutting?"

The cutting masters were also slightly startled. Given the last quality cut, Qin Fang had chosen to sell the piece.

Indeed, it proved to be the right decision, as its appearance was too good. Unexpectedly, the end result was so outrageous, and it let Qin Fang escape a rather terrible loss.

With this piece, even though it was of the ice glutinous type, the cutting masters were not very optimistic about it, or else it wouldn't have been priced at just twenty thousand. This was almost the cheapest raw material in the shop; it was hard to find anything priced lower.

"Continue cutting!"

Qin Fang nodded.

This piece, being size 4, should be valued around two million, and so the current bid of merely six hundred thousand was far below his expectations.

But for these jade merchants to fork out two million for such a window opening was impossible. No one was a fool; such risky ventures were to be avoided.

This was just proven by the recently removed Young Master Yang, who had truly lost everything and even seemed to go a bit mad.

"Young man, the appearance of this stone is average, and even the cut surface isn't that great. I advise you to stop here!" Master Jieshi sincerely tried to persuade him.

"Qin Fang, how about... we don't keep cutting?"

Seeing the somber expressions of the stone-cutting masters, even Xiao Muxue thought Qin Fang's actions were perhaps too risky, and she couldn't help but chime in with advice.

"There's no need, continue..."

Qin Fang was firm, shaking his head decisively. Seeing Xiao Muxue's concerned expression, he added in a soft voice, "Don't worry, I have a plan..."

"Hope you won't regret it..."

The older cutter nodded gently but still gave a final reminder, a pity that his good intentions were of no concern to Qin Fang, whose expression did not change at all.

"Ah, young people these days are a bit too confident!"

Master Jieshi couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

He felt that Qin Fang's previous successful guess had made him a bit too proud. Choosing to trust his own judgment again was extremely risky in the world of stone gambling.

Just like Young Master Yang a moment ago, he was also quite experienced, yet he overtrusted his own judgment and jumped into the pit, where Qin Fang took him for a ride.

Qin Fang's situation was like that now. Master Jieshi actually quite liked young men like Qin Fang and could be said to care for him, but faced with Qin Fang's insistence, their affection was of no use.

"Eh, he's actually going to carve again?"

"Really going for another cut!"

"There's a good show to watch now..."

The actions of Master Jieshi caught the attention of the onlookers. Some people thought the show was over and were ready to leave but didn't expect Qin Fang to gamble and cut the already rising jadeite once more.

This cut was no ordinary one; an increase meant the value doubled, but a collapse like Young Master Yang's would mean that even the initial investment might not be recoverable from this cross-section.

It can be said that Qin Fang's actions were quite risky.

However, as spectators, they were more inclined toward the thrill of the gamble—stone gambling was all about this kind of excitement.

Whirr whirr whirr~~

The grinding wheel started to spin, cutting into the rough stone that had already had a "window" opened. Everyone held their breath as if the stone belonged to them, not Qin Fang, which made him feel a mix of laughter and tears.

Compared to the tense onlookers, Qin Fang appeared very calm, even leisurely humming a song and drinking tea, feeling inexplicably relaxed.

"Are you really confident?"

Although Xiao Muxue was still a bit worried, she chose to trust Qin Fang.

"How dare you doubt me, wait and see how I'll deal with you tonight..."

Qin Fang then stretched out his hand to wrap around Xiao Muxue's slim waist, gently pulling her into his arms. He whispered into Xiao Muxue's ear.

"Pah! Hooligan..."

Xiao Muxue's face flushed, recalling the ecstasy of the past few nights. She felt a moisture between her legs and started looking forward to the pleasure of moaning softly under Qin Fang tonight.

"It went up, it actually went up..."

While Qin Fang and Xiao Muxue were flirting with each other, suddenly someone exclaimed in astonishment. Upon hearing this, Xiao Muxue immediately jumped up and ran to check the situation, while Qin Fang got up slowly and strolled over, already knowing the outcome and not much concerned about it.

The news came from a bystander who was quite close, with sharp eyes who immediately shouted when he saw a hint of green.

"This luck... simply amazing!"

"Continuous rises, you can't chalk it up to luck anymore, this is skill..."

The onlookers were discussing heatedly, whether it be luck or skill, Qin Fang had indeed achieved two consecutive successful gambles.

Such occurrences were extremely rare. Although this was a jade trading market with good jadeite gambled out almost daily, it was built on a huge quantity of rough stones.

Every shop dealing in rough stones actually has its own collection of fine pieces, and those displayed here are generally not of the best quality, even rare old mine rough stones are scarce—the type that could produce Glass Type Premium Jadeite.

"I'm impressed! Completely impressed..."

This time, even the master stone carvers couldn't help but give Qin Fang a thumbs up.

Before Qin Fang strongly insisted on making the second cut, they didn't think highly of this piece of stone and felt the odds of it collapsing were quite high, which is why they had suggested Qin Fang give up on the second cut.

But the final result proved that Qin Fang's judgment was correct; the second cut had paid off once again.

"It's come this far, might as well continue..."

Looking at the piece of stone with both "windows" opened and the general shape revealed, Qin Fang hesitated for a moment, but then decided to let Master Jieshi finish carving out the entire stone to make its value completely clear.

"Still want to carve it out?"

"At this point, whether to carve or not, it's almost the same, the two cuts have already revealed the rough shape, and the general value has been determined. He probably wants to gamble on the size..."

Although a few were clueless, many observant people could tell what Qin Fang was aiming for.

"It's rising, still rising..."

Understanding is one thing, but seeing the result still surprised them; the judgment was too precise, it was almost divine.

Most people would stop after two cuts; this is when the rough jadeite is at its highest value state, where one can obtain the greatest profit while taking on the least risk by selling immediately.

Of course, the highest value state does not mean the highest earnings. Fully carving out the stone, and if there are no significant flaws, the price will generally be somewhat higher than after just two cuts, which means transferring the risk to the buyer, like what Qin Fang was doing now.

However, Qin Fang's judgment was very precise; as more and more layers of stone skin were peeled away, the value of the jadeite continually rose...

Of course, this was also the effect Qin Fang intentionally pursued; otherwise, he would have sold it earlier, as size does not guarantee flawlessness. (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com, for more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)

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