Bang!
Qinglong was caught off guard. In the blink of an eye, his body was sent flying four or five meters away, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Instantly, the people standing around him looked terrified!
No one knew what had happened at the scene.
After Qinglong stabilized his footing, he stared deeply into Li Yang's eyes, thinking that this kid was truly unfathomable. To think there was such a powerful expert in a small provincial city.
"I've also made my choice, it's this piece."
Before he could recover, Li Yang had already brought the stone he had chosen to everyone.
Seeing that he was seriously injured, Li Yang sneered, "Mr. Qinglong, what's wrong? Weren't you fine just now?"
"I'm fine, let's cut the stones."
Qinglong wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, without further explanation, he picked up the stone and walked to the stone-cutting area, asking the master to cut it for him.
After he drew a line on the stone, the master quickly acted, cutting the stone in half along his line.
The moment the stone was split into two, everyone present was stunned!
"Golden-yellow jade, is this the finest quality of yellow jade, golden jade?" An uncle who was deeply knowledgeable about jade and did business in jade recognized this top-grade jade instantly.
"Uncle, you have sharp eyes. This is indeed golden jade, a peerless treasure among yellow jades, one in ten thousand. It seems today is very suitable for me to gamble on stones. In my first match, I've already unearthed such a priceless jade."
Qinglong endured the pain, walked forward with a faint smile, and said with great satisfaction.
He was indeed very satisfied with his gambling stone result. He had only predicted that a good quality jade could be unearthed from this stone, but he thought the best it could be was imperial green.
He didn't expect the outcome to be even more valuable than imperial green.
This was already considered a miracle in the world of stone gambling.
Master Long looked at the jade, and his heart trembled. He felt that it was over. Unless Mr. Li's raw stone could yield jade more valuable than golden jade, Lingling would be taken away by Mr. Qinglong.
"Kid, it's your turn now. Cut your stone and let everyone admire your treasure appraisal skills." After politely addressing the guests, Qinglong turned to Li Yang and said.
"No problem, you indeed have some skill, to be able to unearth golden jade, one in ten thousand. However, what my raw stone yields will surely blind your dog eyes. You'd better watch carefully."
Li Yang initially thought Qinglong was a person of good character, so he was relatively polite to him.
However, after the previous confrontation, Li Yang realized he was a complete hypocrite.
There was no need to be polite to such a man.
"Hmph, such arrogant words. I'll see what jade you can unearth today."
Qinglong snorted disdainfully. There were already very few jades in the world that were more valuable than golden jade.
The chance of finding one in a batch of stones was almost zero.
Therefore, he was certain that Li Yang's chosen raw stone could not yield jade more valuable than golden jade.
Li Yang walked up to the master who had just cut Qinglong's stone with a faint smile and said, "Master, thank you for your hard work. Please cut mine too. Just cut it in half from the middle, but make sure it's straight. If it's crooked, this jade won't be valuable."
"No problem. I've been cutting stones for over twenty years. As long as you draw the line, I can cut it perfectly."
The stone-cutting master said confidently and began to cut the stone himself.
As the cutting machine whirred, everyone's expectant gazes turned towards it.
Although no one believed Li Yang could unearth any top-grade jade, seeing Li Yang's confidence, they had some small expectations.
"It's... it's green!"
Less than three centimeters into the cut, the stone cutter couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.
Everyone looked on in surprise. To their astonishment, purple powder flew out from the stone's crack!
"Purple celestial stone? Impossible! Such a supreme treasure, appearing here."
"What is purple celestial stone? Is it more valuable than the golden jade from just now?" an uncle who didn't understand asked curiously.
"Of course. Purple celestial stone is known as the immortal of jade. There is no jade more valuable than this in the world."
The jade merchant's fingers trembled uncontrollably as he introduced this jade.
This jade was simply incredible!
Everyone in the Long family showed surprise at this moment.
Especially Long Lingling, her heart was filled with excitement and joy, she wished she could hug Li Yang and give him a kiss.
She hadn't expected Li Yang to be so formidable, that even Qinglong, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the capital, was no match for him.
"Haha, we won, Li Yang, you're amazing."
Long Lingling came back to her senses, ran to Li Yang's side, grabbed his hand, and shouted excitedly.
Li Yang remained calm, all of this was within his expectations.
He turned to Qinglong and said with a cold, wicked smile, "Mr. Qinglong, the result is very clear now. You've lost. Can you admit defeat to me?"
"This is impossible!"
Qinglong could never believe that he would lose to an unknown nobody!
How could he face the people from the Antiquities Association and his many disciples when he returned to the capital?
He came to the provincial city to propose, not only did he not bring his wife back, but he also lost in stone gambling. This was simply the greatest humiliation of his life!
"You kid must be cheating. I'm not convinced. Let's gamble again!"
Qinglong recovered his senses, glared at Li Yang with a furious expression, and said.
"The dignified Qinglong, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, turns out to be a sore loser."
Li Yang chuckled contemptuously, shrugged, and looked around at the people, saying, "Everyone here is a witness. I picked stones over there just like you, and from the same batch of stones. How could I be cheating?"
"You accuse me of cheating, which is even more disgraceful for you, one of the Four Heavenly Kings. Is this how Old Wu taught his disciples?"
"You are presumptuous!"
Qinglong glared at Li Yang, furious, and said coldly, "You have great audacity to speak ill of my master. Are you worthy of speaking ill of him?"
"Old Wu is indeed highly respected, but you, as his disciple, acting recklessly outside is truly improper. In reason and in law, your master bears some responsibility. Not to mention he's not here, even if he were standing in front of me, I would say the same."
Li Yang looked at Qinglong sternly and said, "If Old Wu knew about your behavior here today, do you think you could still be one of the Four Heavenly Kings?"
"Shall I call Old Wu personally and tell him about your conduct here?"