The First Interstellar Energy Gambler

Chapter 64: One Down and Four Up – Part 2

Because the gambling stone was too big to be placed directly under the stone cutting machine, it was best to cut the jadeite directly into workable pieces with a chrome knife and then slowly deal with each one. Lin Luo just had to be careful when cut with the knife, otherwise it might damage the jade inside, cause energy to escape, and have a great impact on the jade’s value.

Lin Luo inspected the piece of jadeite carefully, then drew three lines. These three lines happened to be able to divide this huge gambling stone into four pieces.

This piece of jadeite was round at the top and wide at the bottom, and the python belt was located at one-third of the way down the jadeite.

Lin Luo’s first cut was cut close to the top of the belt, directly cutting off the top third of the jadeite.

This cut was very close to the belt and should have been able to cut out the jade, but sadly the cut surface only showed a bare stone.

Both the second knife cut and the third knife cut were cut slightly diagonally, and cut the remaining two thirds of the jadeite into three parts.

“Ah! It’s a fog layer! This piece is foggy!” He Kun squatted down and washed the cut surface of the jadeite with the water gun. On the left part of the cut surface of the jadeite, a fog layer was found.

“It’s a pity that it’s red fog…” Xu Jian took a look, then sighed and shook his head.

Red fog is also called ox blood fog is a fog color with an appearance similar to coagulated blood. It easily runs from the skin into the jade, making the jade inside gray and decreasing the value.

“Maybe there will be a miracle.” He Kun said in disagreement. He was now unconditionally convinced of Lin Luo’s vision. Although so far this black charcoal-like jadeite wasn’t looking very good, it was such a large piece that they couldn’t expect the whole thing to be jade, after all.

“That’s true. Xiao Luo, why don’t you grind it out a bit first?” Zhao XiaoLei looked at Lin Luo.

“Okay.” Lin Luo helplessly smiled inwardly, I’m afraid this piece of the jadeite will disappoint them. The jade inside is completely contaminated, just like Xu Jian said.

However since they cut into a fog layer, it was really impossible not to try to grind it. As such, he took the chunk of jadeite, put it on the stone cutting machine, and aimed the grinding wheel at the red fog layer.

It didn’t take long for the red fog layer to be ground away, and when it was rinsed with water, the dry, cracked, gray jade was exposed.

“Gray bottom…” Zhao XiaoLei let out a long sigh. This kind of jade material has a rough structure and a lot of impurities. There are not many parts that can be used. Generally few people want such jade.

“It’s better to keep cutting it. What if it’s not all contaminated?” He Kun said hesitantly.

Lin Luo nodded and continued to cut the jadeite, but the situation still did not improve. The jade inside was completely contaminated with impurities, and was not only graying, but also had many dark spots. It seemed this section could only be thrown away.

“Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that if you don’t understand the jadeite, it’s better not to try them at will. The Federation is most cunning. Who knows if they will do anything to their jadeite.” Someone muttered in a low voice.

The Federation is not as unified as the Empire, but instead is a supranational interstellar union made up of many races and nations. As such the legal system is not sound enough and the management is relatively chaotic. Additionally it is said that the base camp of the interstellar pirates is within the territory of the Federation.

The Federation has many high-quality energy stone veins. Some deposits are much older than the Empire’s veins, and the energy contained in them is correspondingly richer. Unfortunately due to the lack of standardized management, over-exploitation has led to the gradual shortage of mineral vein resources in the Federation.

The initially tense relationship between the Empire and the Federation has eased as a result, and the two sides began to communicate and trade with each other. The most common goods in circulation are various types of jadeite.

However, due to the scattered management of the Federation, the jadeite purchased from the Federation has often contained fake jadeite, which has come to give the Empire citizens the impression that the Federation is cunning and dishonest.

Andre obviously heard the man’s words. A sharp look appeared in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared without a trace.

“Xiao Luo, why don’t you try this piece again?” He Kun asked, picking up the middle piece of jadeite.

The cut surface of the piece of jadeite selected by He Kun also had a little red fog, but the color was very light, and it didn’t look as if it had eaten into the jadeite. If there was jade in it, it shouldn’t have affected it too much.

The middle part of the belt was basically all on this one piece, so this part of the jadeite was indeed the most likely to produce jade.

Lin Luo knew very well that the part of jade that he valued the most was actually in the top one-third of the jadeite that he cut off with the first cut. In the lower two-thirds, while it was true that there was jadeite in it as the belt had indicated, basically all of it had been contaminated by impurities and the usable part was pitiful.

That said, there were still many people like Han XinYuan there who were knowledgeable about carbonized jadeite, so it was impossible for him to leave the best looking jadeite chunk uncut, then turn around to cut the chunk that looked the least likely to produce jade.