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Chapter 1317
The second auction item was taken out.The brief interlude had come to an end.Everything got back on track.In the time that followed, several fake items were displayed…In fact, it could be seen from a single glance that these were fake items. Xyla Quest wasn’t interested at all…The others were also not very excited.Toward the end of the auction, the beautiful auctioneer smiled as she started saying, “Next up, I’d like to present to you the fiftieth auction item…”She didn’t say what it was…She even used a cliffhanger to draw attention.Approximately one minute later, three handsome employees in tuxedo suits walked up the stage with a huge display stand.Two pieces of cut original jade rocks were placed on the display stand. The men walked up the stage…Both surfaces of the cut jade rock were full of green jade…From its tone, one could tell that it was high-class glassy imperial green jade.These two surfaces were clearly a single piece of jade material cut into two
Chapter 1318
Xyla Quest smiled without saying anything. Instead, she simply shook her head.Xavier York instantly lowered his voice. “Oh? Why so?”“My intuition…” Xyla said softly.“Intuition?” Xavier looked confused.“Yes…” Xyla said.“But I think your intuition isn’t accurate… This contains 100% jade. Be it the horsetail pine on the outside, or the cut surface, they’re all conveying the same message…” Xavier said softly.This time, he really felt that Xyla’s intuition was wrong…“I believe in my intuition…” Xyla said determinedly.However, Xavier shook his head and chuckled. “This time, I believe in my intuition, too…”“What about this… Let’s make a bet. If this piece of material is truly worthless, as you say, I’ll give you something,” Xavier said.Xyla nodded calmly. “Sure. What will you give me?”“What do you want?” Xavier asked.“You can decide,” Xyla said.“If it’s true, I’ll give you an antique item. You can go to my antique store and pick anything you want… Anything at all…” X
Chapter 1319
The risks of rock gambling were too significant.It was either heaven or hell.One might become filthy rich overnight because of an original jade rock, but one might also fall into a bottomless abyss overnight.Xyla Quest and Xavier York’s voices were very soft.However, an old man with a wrinkly face at the table behind them could understand what these two were talking about from the movements of their mouths as well as bits and pieces of what he heard.The old man couldn’t resist looking at Xyla. “Are you stupid? This is good stuff. You really have poor judgment this time…“From every perspective, this material looks great. Can’t you see that a random cut already yielded surfaces covered in jade?“There is even such great horsetail pine on the outside… If another cut is made, and the quality inside isn’t like this surface, I’ll change my surname to yours… You really are blind,” the old man continued to speak. His eyes were full of spite.He felt that Xyla was pretending to be
Chapter 1320
“Sure… In that case, we’ll proceed with the rock cutting process, as per the custom,” the beautiful auctioneer said.“Sure, alright. Let’s do it here…” The old man said. “Make someone realize that one’s intuition isn’t always right…” After saying that, he looked pointedly at Xyla Quest.Xyla didn’t notice the old man looking at her, but she could feel that he was talking about her.Xyla immediately smiled nonchalantly. However, she didn’t say anything. Instead, she looked silently at the stage and waited for the results.This old man was too ignorant. Xyla felt that she didn’t need to waste a single breath on him.“Alright…” The beautiful auctioneer said before shifting her gaze to Xavier York. “In that case, please join me in inviting Mr. York to cut the rock open for us…”When Xavier heard this, he slowly stood up.“Do you know how to cut original jade rocks open too?” Xyla was shocked to hear this.Xavier nodded gently. “Yeah. My father is an expert in this… I picked up a fe
Chapter 1321
After that, the old man took in a breath of cold air and gulped…How could this happen? How could he have misjudged it?Many people in the room were also dumbfounded…After a few seconds of silence, everyone soon began discussing among themselves—“What’s going on? He should've chosen not to continue opening it… That way, he could still earn quite a bit of profit with it…”“Yeah, it’s such a huge loss. If only he’d known. He should’ve listened to Xyla Quest.”“If I were him, I’d feel remorseful that I might just die… Thank goodness I didn’t continue bidding. Otherwise, I would be the one suffering now…”On stage, Xavier York didn’t say anything. Instead, he quickly fixed his gaze on Xyla Quest’s face.He never expected Xyla to be right.Xavier had previously heard about how Xyla made a considerable profit from another original jade rock auction.However, back then, he thought that Xyla probably only knew very little. She only succeeded because of her great luck.Now, it seem
Chapter 1322
The old man was already very upset because one-half of the original jade rock turned out to be trash.Now, this group of people was still getting on his nerves. He felt extremely annoyed!Xyla Quest had already anticipated the old man’s attitude.She still didn’t look up. Instead, she slowly put down the cup of tea in her hands. After that, she gently circled her finger around the edge of the teacup.After that, the old man looked at Xavier York. “Continue cutting it open… I don’t believe in superstitions! I also refuse to believe that someone in this room is 100% accurate.”After saying that, he turned to look at Xyla coldly once again…When Xyla unintentionally looked up, she happened to see the old man looking at her.She still didn’t respond.Instead, she elegantly leaned against the chair behind her as she silently looked at the uncut half of the original jade rock.Silently, she waited for Xavier to switch on the cutting machine.Xavier helplessly glanced at the old man
Chapter 1323
Xyla Quest was very young. How was she this amazing?Other people also shifted their gaze to Xyla.Everyone’s eyes filled with approval and admiration.However, Xyla shrugged nonchalantly. “I said it before. It’s just intuition…”“Impossible…” Xavier York said.Xyla laughed again. “It really is…”“There must be some secret technique that you’re unwilling to tell us. If it’s only intuition, then you’re too amazing…” Xavier said.Xyla’s smile widened. “What secret technique could I possibly have? It’s just luck,” she said.“Luck is a kind of talent, too,” Xavier said.Regardless of what Xyla said, Xavier refused to believe that Xyla depended only on luck…Xyla must have a secret technique.She must have!Xavier needed to find out.Meanwhile, the old man was now like a mute.Apart from lowering his head as he repeatedly wiped the cold sweat off his face, he didn’t do anything else.After losing so much money, he was really about to go mad!“Sir… What would you like to do w
Chapter 1324
Xyla Quest saw a rock with a height and width of approximately one meter positioned next to the stall.There were scattered horsetail pines all over the original jade rock.From its exterior, it looked like the quality of the content wouldn’t be very good.However, Xyla had previously come across original jade rocks with terrible exteriors but were filled with glassy imperial green jade on the inside.Hence, she subconsciously activated her X-ray vision…Within a few seconds, she was able to see through the original jade rock’s surface. Her vision pierced the deepest part of the rock.The scene that came into sight shocked Xyla tremendously.There wasn’t any green jade inside, but there was the complete skeleton of an animal.Upon a closer look, she realized that this was a dinosaur fossil!Meanwhile, this object before her eyes was a rare, complete dinosaur fossil stone!Xyla never would’ve expected an ordinary rock like this to contain a dinosaur fossil!One ought to know
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