The First Interstellar Energy Gambler

Chapter 53: Making Friends

Lin Luo didn’t take this episode to heart, took the second piece of jadeite from Xing Mo, and began to cut it.

The employees of the energy company who had come to see the situation before saw that he was going to continue to cut stones, so they stayed to see the situation. The bet at this station had gone up several times in a row, so they decided to wait and see if there would be more surprises.

The piece Lin Luo took out next was the jadeite with the white salt sand matrix. The exterior wasn’t very fine and has a faint yellowing. In fact, the skin didn’t look very good. On the corners, there were shocking bands and lumps of black tinea. As the saying goes though, green goes with black. While the black tinea scabs may affect the jade inside, there is also a great possibility that good jade will appear.

Lin Luo carefully distinguished the distribution pattern and characteristics of the black tinea scabs, and believed not only that there was a great possibility of green inside, but that the extension of black tinea scabs would not be deep. That combined with the fact that it had a white salt sand skin made him think that it was a piece worth a bet. Of course, in the end he also checked his judgment with his special ability.

He is really grateful for his special ability, which allows him to avoid too many problems. Every time he looks at a gambling stone it is a kind of learning experience for him, and he does not need to cut the jadeite to learn like others do in order to prove their inferences. He is like a sponge, desperately absorbing and learning knowledge related to jadeite, and integrating the knowledge he learned from books into practice.

When cutting this piece of jadeite, Lin Luo first chose to grind the stone. This work was more delicate, so there was no way to be lazy and use the automatic mode. He manipulated the grinding wheel to aim at the most black spot and grind it.

As the outer skin was gradually ground off, the black mist layer slowly emerged. The thickness of the black fog varies, and it is easy for it to contaminate the foundation, causing the phenomenons of running skin and graying foundation. However, there is also the possibility that it will grind away into a layer of high green fog, which is a very dangerous fog..

“It has gone up!” At this time, cheers came from the other jadeite cutting machines. Those who had stayed to see the situation before were immediately attracted by that side.

“Xiao Luo, ignore them, we will definitely be able to gamble a rise in value!” He Kun cheered Lin Luo from the side.

Lin Luo chuckled and shook his head. He didn’t care if anyone around was watching. Anyway, he knew the situation of this piece of jadeite.

Lin Luo continued to grind it down, and slowly the color came out. However the color was light, a little gray, and black tinea was still in the jade flesh.

He Kun immediately became worried when he saw this. On the one hand, he was afraid that the background color of this jadeite would not be very good, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the black tinea would penetrate into the jade flesh which would destroy the jade inside. This piece of jadeite was bought for 1 million!

Lin Luo didn’t feel the worry of his friend at all. He changed into the chrome knife and began to cut it down layer by layer.

The cut part was basically light gray jade with black tinea scabs. As it gradually deepened, the tinea finally disappeared, and the color inside finally showed up. It was a light-colored translucent jade with a good texture. It was a good-looking glass type, but because the outer layer was wrapped with a stone layer that affected the light transmittance, it was difficult to see what color and pattern it was.

“The texture should be pretty good. Xiao Luo, come on!” He Kun cheered Lin Luo on the sidelines. Even if it was a white background, half of the cost could be recovered. At least there was no need to worry about losing too much.

“Brother, can you sell this piece of jadeite? I’ll pay 400,000 credits!” Someone was attracted by the movement here, and after seeing the cut they tried to make a bid, wanting to take advantage of the fact that this piece of wool was not completely cut to buy it. After all, although the color of this jadeite looks bad, since the texture looks good energy companies can still use it.

If it was an ordinary person seeing this situation, they might have lost the confidence to continue to cut the jadeite and agreed to resell it at a low price, but Lin Luo is different.

“No, thank you, I want to cut it myself.”

As the jadeite continued to be cut, the full picture of the jade is finally revealed. The base was light pink, but the texture was really good, and the transparency was slightly lower than that of ice, giving people a very warm feeling.

“Hahahaha! It’s a light pink agate jade [1]! Xiao Luo, you are great!” He Kun was about to jump up happily. High-end jadeite like glass, ice, and water are very rare, however the slightly inferior agate, hibiscus, and waxy types are more popular.

The person who made the bid just now couldn’t help but feel annoyed. He knew that he should have offered a higher price!

“Huh? Why is there still a big swath of red?” After Lin Luo took another cut, He Kun discovered that there was still red in the light pink.

“It’s a camellia ribbon pattern.” Lin Luo’s face finally showed a smile, the light pink was sprinkled with fiery red bands. Such jadeite are called  ‘camellia ribbon color’, which was considered a kind of auspicious and festive color pattern in the ancient earth era.

When he used his special ability to see the light inside through the stone layer, he felt that the bright pale pink encased in the fiery red light was very beautiful, and as expected this jade did not disappoint him.

===========Translator’s Corner===========

[1]  Pink agate jade: