Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 728: Chapter 725: Danger Ahead

Huo Sining felt surprised, but she quickly got her emotions under control and turned the stone over in her hands before placing it on the stone cutting machine.

Holding the piece of Changhua Stone scrap in her hand, Huo Sining didn’t delay. She drew a line and directly pushed the lever, cutting a thick slice off the scrap with the stone cutting machine.

The old master beside her didn’t believe that the scrap could increase in value from the cut, but still couldn’t help but lean over for a look.

However, as soon as he looked at the slice, the master was stunned, almost freezing in the moment – his eyeballs couldn’t even move...

Seeing his strange expression, the shop owner and others gathered around, and they too couldn’t help but show a slight change in their faces upon looking.

The old master quickly grabbed some clean water from beside and sprinkled it over the cut.

As the water was sprinkled over the freshly cut surface, a black color like ink was revealed, and with the water added, the black color became even more striking and eye-catching.

”Wow, black, this is not a waste!”

Seeing the color revealed on the surface Huo Sining had cut, some sharp-eyed people in the crowd couldn’t help exclaiming in surprise.

When someone in the crowd identified the color, the scene suddenly erupted like a pot boiling over. The onlookers who had been about to leave all returned, now fixated on the piece of Changhua Stone in Huo Sining’s hands.

”Black? Isn’t Chicken Blood Stone primarily red? How can it be black?”

Laymen enjoy the show, but experts observe the subtleties. The onlookers might not have understood what the black color meant, but the shop owner and the old master knew all too well.

The area of black was not small, and it looked to be at least three centimeters deep. With that thickness, the value of this piece of Chicken Blood Stone was absolutely immeasurable.

Guessing that the present Changhua Stone might reveal a treasure, the shop owner’s face stiffened with an ashen hue, his gaze locked dead on the piece of scrap in Huo Sining’s hands, his eyes filled with both annoyance and resentment while looking at Huo Sining with a bellicose light.

Huo Sining didn’t pay any attention to the shop owner; she just wanted to quickly resolve the Chicken Blood Stone in her hand.

With Heavenly Eye on her side, Huo Sining knew the exact location and size of the Chicken Blood Stone inside, so her stone gambling was quite bold. She cut off two or three inches of the outer stone skin, startling the surrounding onlookers who feared she might have damaged the Chicken Blood Stone inside with her cuts.

After a few cuts, the interior revealed a base of black with red and white of Liu, Guan, Zhang showing through.

”Black, white, red, this is Liu, Guan, Zhang!”

When the gambled Chicken Blood Stone was exposed, those who knew their stuff immediately shouted excitedly.

The stone was black as ink, red as fat, and white as jade, each color bright but not gaudy – just right, emanating a sense of gravity and elegance. The intense and luscious colors inside the stone seemed like they were about to seep out, offering a delightful visual feast.

Huo Sining made three cuts, revealing three different faces of the stone, perfectly exposing the three colors inside, with each face’s length and width roughly equal.

Although there was still a large part of the stone skin remaining, the appearance of the stone was already stunning enough to make the onlookers’ eyes nearly pop out of their heads. Each of them looked at Huo Sining with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

No one could blame them. When that young man had made a poor cut earlier, the onlookers had either shown sympathy or disdain, yet not one had been willing to purchase this piece of scrap. When Huo Sining said she would buy it for one hundred thousand yuan, people even looked at her as if she were an idiot.

Now that Huo Sining had hit the jackpot, they were filled with regret for not taking the risk themselves earlier. Otherwise, they could have been the ones owning this top-notch Liu, Guan, Zhang Chicken Blood Stone.

A Chicken Blood Stone of the Liu, Guan, Zhang quality was typically something to keep in a safe. Yet now, it had appeared before everyone’s eyes, having just slipped past them. Missing such an opportunity was complex for the onlookers to process—some were envious, some jealous, some admiring; each person’s feelings varied.

Of course, the most befuddled and the most unbalanced might have been the owner of the stone gambling shop. He was the one who initially thought this Changhua Stone wasn’t of much worth, which is why he had colluded with several accomplices to deceive the young man into spending five hundred thousand yuan on the stone.

When that man had failed to make a good cut, he wanted to take the stone back cheaply for ten thousand yuan, but unfortunately, the young man refused. The shop owner thought to use local influence to press the young man, not expecting Cheng Yaojin in the form of Huo Sining to highjack the deal with a higher bid.

Ten thousand yuan, the shop owner thought he’d be an idiot to spend that much on a piece of scrap.

But now that Huo Sining had extracted Liu, Guan, Zhang from the so-called scrap, the shop owner’s heart bled. That Liu, Guan, Zhang was worth far more than half a million, not to mention that it had slipped through his very own fingers. How could he not be resentful?

”Madam, are you willing to sell this Chicken Blood Stone?” the shop owner asked again.

With a smile that was not quite a smile, Huo Sining glanced at the shop owner and shook her head, ”Sorry, I plan to keep this Chicken Blood Stone for myself. I have no intention of selling it.”

The shop owner seethed with anger but was powerless against Huo Sining.

Liao Song and Zhong Zifan had also not anticipated such a turn of events. Upon seeing Huo Sining successfully extract Liu, Guan, Zhang, they were first delighted, but then something seemed to dawn on them, and their eyes revealed a touch of worry.

This stone gambling shop owner obviously had some local clout, or he wouldn’t have been so cocky earlier with the young man. Huo Sining had disrupted his business, snatching the scrap at a high price, and had even extracted a top-quality Chicken Blood Stone from it. It was akin to Huo Sining snatching a piece of meat right out of the shop owner’s mouth; of course, he wouldn’t easily stomach such a loss.

Seeing the shop owner’s gaze on Huo Sining, flickering with a dark gleam and a vicious air, Liao Song sensed trouble brewing.

”We need to get Miss Huo out of here quickly,” Zhong Zifan said thoughtfully.

Liao Song nodded in agreement and was about to call for Huo Sining to leave immediately when his phone rang.

He pulled out his phone and was stunned.

He had received a text message from Huo Sining.

——Leave first and keep your distance. Make sure no one notices we are acquainted. Don’t worry, I won’t be in danger. I’ll be back soon.

Liao Song and Zhong Zifan exchanged a look, not understanding what Huo Sining meant.

Looking towards the crowd of onlookers, they saw Huo Sining looking in their direction. Upon noticing Liao Song’s hesitant expression, Huo Sining’s eyes twinkled with amusement and she nodded affirmatively.