Chapter 236 Opening Three Gems in a Row
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the raw stone market.
Sean, Lloyd, and their group of four stopped in their tracks.
One of the team members said, "Sean, Lloyd, that woman went into this raw stone market."
Lloyd immediately moved to go in.
Sean grabbed him, "People from Novaria aren't allowed in here. If we go in and get discovered by the market management, we'll be thrown into Veridian prison."
Veridian controlled the world's most precious gemstone resources, so naturally they wouldn't let people get them easily.
That's why Veridian's laws had many explicit regulations regarding Novaria, one of which was that no one from Novaria was allowed to enter the raw stone market. Anyone caught trespassing would be detained—it was extremely serious.
Lloyd looked and sure enough, there was a warning sign at the market entrance, and there were patrol officers checking identification at the gate.
"Then we can only wait for her to come out before making our move."
"Alright." Sean nodded. "No rush. We just need to kill her before she returns to Lumaria."
So the group hid in a dark corner, quietly watching the market entrance.
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More and more people were gathering outside Solmir Exchange, unable to resist their curiosity as they passed by, coming in to watch the gemstone appraisal.
"This batch of stones on the left, you can't see what's inside, but they don't look very good. Probably won't produce anything worthwhile."
"But this batch on the right, some have been opened, and every single one looks like it could produce top-quality gemstones."
"Where did these two piles of stones come from?"
"The left side is from some girl who bought them from who knows where. The right side is from that old man who bought Royce's raw stones. The girl is betting with the old man to see whose stones are better."
"Is there even a comparison?" Almost everyone watching said without hesitation, "Obviously Royce's batch is better!"
"Raw stones where you can't see inside are already high risk. The probability of getting gemstones is too low, and these stones don't have any characteristics that would produce gemstones."
"..."
Casey didn't even want to look at Isabella's stones. "Really knows how to pick up garbage."
He had no idea where Isabella picked up this trash from.
Buying randomly without knowing anything—when they open them and find not a single gemstone, he'd like to see if Isabella can still smile!
Cade rubbed his palms together and looked at Isabella. "Should I start?"
"Start."
At the same time, Solmir Exchange's stone cutter Rhett also began. He directly picked up the top stone.
But before Rhett could make his first cut, Casey received a phone call and walked out to take it.
Cade also casually picked up a stone from the top. First, he randomly rubbed a small opening on it.
He'd cut many stones and also thought Isabella's batch didn't look promising, so he didn't expect the first stone to produce anything.
But the moment he rubbed an opening, he froze.
There was color!
Cade smiled. "Your luck's not bad!"
However, with raw gemstones, each cut changes everything. Seeing color at the start doesn't mean much.
Cade cut straight through to the bottom!
"It's open!"
The onlookers took one look and were all shocked!
"How is this possible? This raw stone actually turned out like this!"
"Really didn't expect it. This stone looked so ordinary, but it cut into an emerald!"
This stone was clearly profitable.
Alfonso frowned at the sight. He hadn't expected Isabella's first stone to cut so well either!
Must be luck.
Probably only this one stone in her whole pile was worth anything.
He snorted dismissively and turned his attention to Rhett. The raw stone in Rhett's hand allowed you to see the color inside, and you could tell this stone should produce something good!
Everyone was also very interested in this raw stone.
Rhett cut down with one stroke and opened it, but the result greatly disappointed everyone present!
"How is this possible? Although the color looks good, it's full of cracks inside, and the color isn't pure either!"
This stone had a faint green base, but it was completely useless and couldn't be made into anything.
This was waste material!
Everyone sighed in disappointment.
On the other side, Cade had already opened the second stone.
"It's a sapphire!"
"So beautiful!"
The opened stone showed a pure aquamarine color, crystal clear and transparent, absolutely gorgeous!
Everyone watching was stunned.
Alfonso was also shocked.
How could this be?
An emerald and a sapphire, both stones quite large in size. They were just ordinary-looking stones—why did they turn out like this when cut?
Must be luck again!
He refused to believe Isabella's luck could stay this good!
Alfonso turned his attention back to Rhett.
Casey's second stone was also one where you could see inside, and you could see a large area of green inside the raw stone.
If nothing went wrong, this stone would definitely increase in value when opened!
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Rhett cut it open with one stroke, but the internal condition once again greatly disappointed everyone!
"This stone only has a thin layer of color, the color didn't penetrate inside!"
In simple terms, the color hadn't seeped into the center—only the outer part had an extremely thin layer of green.
"Another piece of waste material!"
Alfonso's heart sank.
How could this be?
Two stones in a row were both useless waste material!
Stones that looked so good were all losses!
At the same time, Isabella's third stone was also opened.
Cade was thrilled. He simply hadn't expected that this third stone would also produce something good!
"Purple gemstone! Violet! This is violet color! So beautiful!"
Cade started dancing on the spot.
Wonderful!
All good stones!
Such beautiful gemstones being cut from his hands—he felt amazing, absolutely loved this feeling!
The surrounding customers also showed envious looks.
"The success rate of this batch of stones is too high! Three stones opened in a row, all gemstones, and the colors are all so good!"
"These three stones alone have already recovered the cost! No matter what happens with the remaining stones, this batch has made a profit!"
Someone couldn't help but ask, "Where did you get this batch of stones from? How can three stones in a row produce such good gemstones?"
Isabella just smiled lightly. "I'm just lucky."
She absolutely couldn't let anyone know she could appraise stones.
From what she knew, if anyone found out she was "cheating," not only would these stones be confiscated by Veridian's government, but according to Veridian law, she would be detained for disrupting the market.
However, as long as she didn't say anything, no one would know she cheated.
Isabella secretly smiled to herself.