The village beauty and me!

"Since you're so confident, let's go in."

"I see you're quite adept at dealing with that Li Meina. This time, you can also settle our scores." Liu Qian took Chen Huan's arm and led him towards the entrance.

Chen Huan raised an eyebrow and asked with a grin, "Sister, how did you and that Li Meina become enemies?"

Liu Qian snorted, "Competitors are always enemies. That woman was in the same class as me in college. I forget who started the conflict first, but she's always trying to compete with me."

"Later on, we even ended up in the same profession, and we often competed with each other in our work, which led to the situation we are in now."

Before they could finish speaking, the two of them had already reached the door.

Liu Qian took out the invitation, thinking that would allow her to enter smoothly.

However, at this point, a staff member reminded them, "Even with an invitation, you still need to go through a test to enter smoothly. Please be prepared."

"Test? What test?"

"Do we need to verify the funds?" Liu Qian asked calmly, showing her experience.

The staff member replied with a smile, "No, our Mr. Situ has never valued money; he values ​​fate and ability more."

"So the test is related to the identification of jewelry and jade."

"Without experience and expertise in this area, and without the help of professionals, I'm afraid I'll have made a wasted trip."

Although the staff member spoke very politely, there was a hint of arrogance in their words.

Liu Qian didn't say anything, and simply took Chen Huan's arm and walked forward.

"What's so great about it? I'm rich, why would I worry about where to spend my money?"

  

"A lousy jewelry and jade exhibition, and they're making such a fuss over all this? What a waste of time!" A middle-aged man with a bloated, nouveau riche look grumbled as he turned around from the front.

Clearly, this guy failed the ability test, so even though he has money, he can't get into the exhibition.

"Interesting," Chen Huan couldn't help but exclaim.

At the end of the corridor, around the corner, was a small lobby where many people were already queuing up for the so-called test.

Chen Huan glanced at it briefly and immediately understood the content of the test.

The organizers prepared many jade stones of various sizes.

Each tester will be randomly assigned to five blocks.

The person being tested only needs to complete one step: arranging the jade stones from left to right according to their quality.

If you make even one mistake, you will be politely asked to leave immediately.

Besides the bloated, nouveau riche from earlier, another test subject racked his brains but ultimately failed, leaving the stage cursing and swearing.

Overall, however, more people were able to pass the test smoothly.

This is because most of these people have extremely strong jade identification skills, or they have real experts around them.

They were able to quickly sort the jade rough stones into their correct grades within the allotted time.

Then, one by one, people successfully lined up and happily entered the room.

Li Meina and her group were right in front of Chen Huan.

At this moment, Li Meina actually took the initiative to examine the various rough stones she was assigned to.

"Does she also know about jade appraisal?" Chen Huan asked in a low voice.

"Not to mention her, even I know a little bit about it."

"Not exactly an expert, but at least more than half of the so-called experts."

"In our line of work, keen observation and experience are extremely important. You not only have to work hard, but you also need talent," Liu Qian calmly replied.

"I see." Chen Huan said thoughtfully.

At this moment, Li Meina had already quickly arranged the several rough stones in order.

He slightly raised his face, his expression full of arrogance and confidence.

An elderly man with gray hair standing next to him nodded slightly, clearly agreeing with her assessment.

"Miss Li has a good eye. Your group is actually quite difficult, but you judged it so quickly and accurately, which shows that you are very capable." The referee next to her praised her directly.

You should know that the previous groups didn't receive this kind of treatment.

"You flatter me," Li Meina replied politely.

After taking a few steps forward, he didn't rush to officially enter, but instead stood aside and watched Li Qian with great interest.

"What's so great about it? It's not like anyone can't do it." Li Qian rolled her eyes at the other person, took Chen Huan's arm, and walked to the table.

At this point, the staff had randomly selected five more raw stones.

I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional.

The five rough stones that were taken out were not only similar in size and shape, but also in quality.

The others in line behind couldn't help but shake their heads, clearly feeling that Liu Qian and Chen Huan were really unlucky.

This is probably the most difficult set of tests to date.

"This is going to be interesting." Li Meina first showed a surprised expression, then seemed to be gloating.

Faced with these five almost identical rough stones, Liu Qian's expression changed from her initial confidence.

Chen Huan noticed her heart was racing and immediately patted her hand gently. "Let me do it."

Liu Qian agreed without hesitation, pulled her arm back, and let Chen Huan approach the table alone.

In fact, the moment Chen Huan saw the raw stone, his initial worries completely disappeared.

He discovered that his eyes could not only appraise antiques, but also easily distinguish the quality of uncarved jade materials.

These jade stones also have a precious aura surrounding them. Although some of them look quite similar, as long as you are careful and pay attention, you can still tell them apart.

He quickly reached out and took one of them.

The moment he made his move, his expression suddenly changed, and his movements froze in mid-air.

Because at this moment, he realized that the true energy within his body was being mobilized on its own.

It seemed as if it couldn't wait to break through the surface of the jade and absorb some kind of power contained within.

"Spiritual energy."

"The spiritual energy contained in natural raw stones is purer and more genuine, so it is beneficial to my cultivation." Chen Huan immediately came to this conclusion.

He had previously handled other jade artifacts and had similar feelings, but none as intense as this one.

It could be because the jade artifacts I encountered before were old and poorly preserved, resulting in a significant loss of spiritual energy. Alternatively, it could be that my cultivation level was not yet at that stage.

But in any case, he has now discovered a more intuitive way to judge the quality of jade.

Simply touch it with your hand to see the intensity of the reaction of the true energy in your body, and you can immediately tell whether it is high or low.

There's absolutely no need to rack your brains or carefully distinguish between left and right.

"Interesting," Chen Huan muttered.

"Sir, our test has a time limit."

"You can't keep wasting everyone's time here. If you can't figure it out, please leave." The referee next to him reminded him, his tone clearly sarcastic.

Chen Huan glanced at him and said, "You're really looking down on people."