The entire hall suddenly erupted with excitement.
"It really is the Glass Emperor Green, and of top quality, two pieces as large as a grown man’s fist. Mr. Chaplin is truly formidable!"
"After tonight, Mr. Chaplin’s fame will surely resound throughout the entire National Jade Industry!"
"I think there’s no need to continue, that kid is certain to lose!"
Exclamations of shock and awe echoed incessantly.
Seeing this, Golondo clenched his fist.
He was almost certain that he would lose to Zaxi tonight.
To him at this level, losing a jade mine wasn’t the issue.
The key was, he would lose face.
In the future, people would think that Zaxi was stronger, that Zaxi was the true Stone King.
Even Shridan Jenkins was beginning to get anxious.
He swallowed and asked, "Mr. Yeager, can we really win?"
Lionel Yeager remained calm, saying, "If I say we can, then we can."
At this moment, Mr. Zaxi broke into a broad grin, and said to Golondo sarcastically, "Old Brother, it’s your turn. Why don’t you just admit defeat now, to spare yourself the embarrassment later?"
Golondo’s face darkened and he resolutely said, "These two words ’admit defeat’ do not exist in my dictionary!"
Lionel Yeager nodded and responded loudly, "Mr. Zaxi, we won’t know who’s won and who’s lost until the very end!"
Zaxi sneered continuously, "Kid, let’s see what kind of jade you can produce!"
Lionel Yeager didn’t say much. He simply placed the raw jade on the Jade Processing Machine, saying, "No need to cut, just polish directly!"
The moment his words fell...
The whole audience was in uproar.
"Polish directly? Does this kid think that he has chosen a raw stone that can produce full green?"
Someone asked in shock.
"Who knows, maybe this kid can indeed bring out full green!"
Someone else jokingly retorted.
The Jade Processing Worker did not ask any further and instead, began polishing the stone as per Lionel Yeager’s request.
Only a few minutes later...
The Jade Processing Worker had polished off a small piece...
A rich emerald green was revealed before everyone’s eyes.
"My God, it’s also Glass Emperor Green!"
A gasp of astonishment went up from the crowd.
All the others present were dumbfounded and greatly shocked.
Golondo and Shridan Jenkins were astonished.
Shridan Jenkins exclaimed excitedly, "There’s hope, there’s a chance of winning!"
Golondo was also suppressing his excitement, hoping for a miracle.
Zaxi squinted and said, "It seems this kid does have some abilities."
Though Jerrold Chaplin was surprised, his face remained unchanged. He just calmly said, "Even if this kid also brings out Glass Emperor Green, the quality and size he brings out surely won’t compare to mine."
Zaxi nodded in agreement, believing Jerrold Chaplin’s words made sense.
In the following time, the Jade Processing Worker continued to carefully polish the stone.
Half an hour later...
A Glass Emperor Green the size of a basketball was presented before everyone’s eyes!
Its color was full and it was crystal clear, hardly any impurities could be seen!
Its quality was many times better than the Emperor Green that Jerrold Chaplin brought out!
Immediately, the entire venue fell silent!
The whole place erupted into chaos, bursting with excitement!
"Full Green, it’s really Full Green!"
"Not only is it Full Green, it’s also the top-grade Glass Emperor Green!"
"It’s the first time in our Main Country’s jade industry that someone has been able to open such a large piece of top-quality Glass Emperor Green, amazing!"
An exclamation reverberated through the entire hall.
Everyone’s gaze towards Lionel Yeager was as if they were looking at a god.
Shridan Jenkins’s face turned red with excitement, "Mr. Yeager, you’re damn incredible. I’ve completely surrendered to you!"
Golondo also looked at Lionel Yeager with admiration, "Mr. Yeager, even Mr. Hyatt might not be as good as you when it comes to identifying treasures!"
"How is this possible?! How could this be?!"
Jerrold Chaplin looked at Lionel Yeager in shock as if he had gone mad, "How could I have made such a blunder?!
The best raw jade in the entire place was the one I picked, how could you possibly pick a better one?!"
Lionel Yeager squinted his eyes, smiled and said, "Everyone makes mistakes. Besides, you’re a one-eyed dragon, it’s even more likely you could be mistaken."
Jerrold Chaplin was so angry he shook all over, almost vomiting blood.
Mr. Zaxi’s face darkened, his eyes full of coldness when he looked at Lionel Yeager.
He didn’t expect to be slapped in the face!
Not to mention being slapped, he was about to lose a jade mine!
Golondo turned to Zaxi as he laughed and said, "Zaxi, it seems I’ve won this round, shall we sign the contract for transferring the jade mine now?"
Zaxi’s teeth gritted so hard they were making noise, but he said nothing.
Lionel Yeager shouted, "Hey, stop glaring. With so many spectators here, do you intend to deny it?"
Zaxi took a deep breath then spoke casually, "I’m a man of my word in Main Country, how could I go back on it! Go ahead, take the jade mine!"
With that, Zaxi threw the contract directly to Golondo.
Golondo took the contract, scrutinized it to confirm there were no issues, then passed it to Lionel Yeager, "Mr. Yeager, as I said before, if you win, I’ll transfer the jade mine to you! Mr. Yeager, just need your signature and fingerprints on it, then the contract will be effective!"
Shridan Jenkins grinned, "Mr. Yeager, go ahead and sign it, it’s a jade mine!"
Lionel Yeager knew he couldn’t decline, so he signed his name and fingerprint on the contract.
He felt both amused and perplexed.
He came to the Main Country to collect Spirit Stones, but he didn’t expect to inexplicably win a jade mine.
Golondo was in high spirits, "Mr. Yeager, let’s go get entertained somewhere else."
Lionel Yeager nodded in agreement.
Zaxi suddenly halted Golondo.
Golondo frowned, "What now, are you trying to cancel our deal?"
Zaxi smiled broadly, "Bro, I lost fair and square, how could I possibly deny our deal?
However, I feel that merely having one round isn’t fulfilling enough.
Why don’t we continue the game?"
Golondo asked curiously, "You want to bet on stones again?"
Zaxi shook his head, "The basement 2 is the underground boxing arena of the clubhouse. Why don’t we go there?"
Golondo asked, "Tell me, how do you want to play?"
Zaxi answered, "Bro, we both have backed a group of boxers in this underground arena.
Next, we’ll go down to the Boxing Venue, select three boxers each for a fight.
Regardless of life or death, whoever’s boxer can still stand on the battle stage in the end wins, how about it?"
"What do you want to gamble?"
Zaxi extended one finger, "Bet another jade mine!"
"Good heavens, betting another jade mine? Has Mr. Zaxi gone mad?!"
"I suppose Mr. Zaxi can’t accept losing a jade mine just like that, so he wants to win it back!"
"What if he loses again?"
"Then Mr. Zaxi will have really lost badly tonight!"
The crowd started discussing again as they didn’t expect more exciting things to happen tonight.