Old Harden, can you handle having your vision-shifting abilities on all the time?

Chen Guodong shook Xu Xing's hand, his tone filled with sincere enthusiasm, "I'd heard so much about you back in Tengchong. Your performance in the Pingzhou Jade Street was legendary!"

Xu Xing smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, you flatter me. I was just lucky."

"You're too modest!"

Chen Guodong waved his hands repeatedly, "To be able to cut out a glassy imperial green from that kind of black ebony skin, that can't be explained by luck!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chen Guodong warmly offered to let him know if they needed any help, before taking his leave to attend to other guests.

Just as Xu Xing was about to continue his stroll, two more people walked over to him.

They were all senior executives from well-known local jewelry companies, and they all greeted Xu Xing warmly.

It wasn't that I knew he was knowledgeable about jade gambling, but rather that Xu Xing was currently enjoying great popularity.

This scene was witnessed by many people around.

In the southeast corner of the gambling area, several men dressed in different styles were gathered together, their eyes all falling on Xu Xing.

"Who is that person? The person in charge of the event personally greeted him, and two CEOs of jewelry companies also went up to say hello. Quite a grand entrance."

"I don't recognize him; he looks unfamiliar."

"Could it be a big shot from Beijing?"

"Doesn't seem like it; judging from their clothes and appearance, they don't seem to be that level."

"Should we ask around?"

"Okay, I'll go ask."

The middle-aged man put down his powerful flashlight and turned to walk towards the service desk at the entrance of the exhibition hall.

He returned after a while, with a strange expression on his face.

"You found out?"

"The man in the baseball cap asked."

"I've found out."

The middle-aged man nodded, his tone tinged with amusement and exasperation. "That person is a porcelain restorer at the Chengxinzhai Restoration Center, and he's quite well-known in Chang'an's cultural and museum circles."

He recently got into a fight with Gu Bai, the vice president of the Chang'an Cultural Relics Association, which caused quite a stir, so many people in the circle know about him.

"A porcelain restorer?"

The man in the baseball cap paused for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh out loud. "What's a porcelain repairman doing at a jade auction? Isn't this ridiculous?"

"Who can argue with that?"

The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head. "But they are, after all, people of some standing. Let's not say anything unpleasant to avoid offending them."

"Of course, I'm not stupid."

The man in the baseball cap smiled, picked up the powerful flashlight again, and went back to looking at his stones.

Similar conversations occurred in every corner of the betting area.

After learning about Xu Xing's background, all the jade gambling experts and jade merchants from all over the country couldn't help but laugh and cry.

An antique restorer comes to a jade gambling auction to join the fun—isn't that just making a mess of things?

However, these people only complained in their hearts and didn't say anything aloud.

After all, Xu Xing was no nobody. He was able to become a top restorer in a place like Chengxinzhai and even confront the vice president of the Cultural Relics Association head-on, which showed that he was not someone to be trifled with.

There's no need to offend someone just to show off your verbal skills.

Xu Xing naturally noticed the subtle glances and hushed whispers around him.

But he didn't care.

His purpose in coming here today is to make money.

As for what others think of him, that's their business.

Xu Xing walked slowly forward along the passageway of the gambling materials area, his eyes quickly scanning the booths on both sides.

With his X-ray vision operating at full power, the internal structure of each piece of raw stone was clearly visible to him.

The rough stones in the entire gambling area are the most numerous, but their quality varies greatly.

Most of them are garbage materials, either containing nothing at all, or only containing some extremely poor quality bean or dried green varieties, which are not worth selling at all.

But Xu Xing was unhurried and examined each piece one by one.

He walked for about ten minutes, then his gaze stopped on a rough stone marked F-037.

It was a yellow sandstone rough stone weighing about 25 kilograms. It was irregularly shaped with some fine moss on the surface of the skin. When a light was shone on it, a faint green hue could be seen, but it was not particularly outstanding.

The base price is 800,000, but the unit price is locked at 1 million.

To the average person, this stone would be considered only average.

Although there are some pine flowers, they are not concentrated and the green color is very weak when illuminated, indicating that the internal soil quality may not be very good.

With a price tag of 800,000, it's considered mid-to-high range for this area, so the price-performance ratio isn't great.

But with his X-ray vision, Xu Xing saw a completely different scene.

Inside that piece of yellow sand-skinned rough stone, there was a rich, vibrant green!

The green was vibrant and bright, like tender leaves sprouting in spring, gleaming with a lustrous sheen under X-ray vision.

Most importantly, the green jadeite was of excellent quality, meeting the standards for icy jadeite, and its distribution area was quite considerable, enough to yield seven or eight bracelets and a bunch of pendants.

Xu Xing silently memorized the F-037's number and continued walking forward.

He took a few more steps and his gaze fell on another piece of raw stone.

It was a piece of black jadeite weighing about 20 kilograms. The outer skin was jet black, the surface was rough, and there were no traces of pine flowers or python skin. Even when a light was shone on it, almost no trace of it could be seen.

The listed price was 1.2 million, but the unit price was directly locked at 1.5 million.

In the eyes of experts, this kind of material is basically waste.

Although black jadeite has a relatively high probability of yielding high-quality jadeite, its skin is so poor that it is completely opaque when backlit, making it extremely risky. Few people are willing to take the risk with this type of material.

But with his X-ray vision, Xu Xing saw a vast expanse of dense purple!

Violet!

The purple hue was perfectly balanced, like a mysterious hue peeking through the morning mist. The texture and clarity met the standards of glutinous ice jadeite. Although it couldn't compare to glass or ice jadeite, it was still considered a top-grade violet jadeite.

Xu Xing noted down the number again and continued walking forward.

In the next ten minutes or so, he discovered five more rough stones that were worth selling.

These rough stones vary in appearance, ranging from a small one weighing over 20 kilograms to a large one weighing nearly 100 kilograms, and their prices also vary.

Without exception, they all belong to the type with a high degree of gambling, and the internal price increase of jadeite is also very large, with many of them even increasing by more than twenty times.

Xu Xing memorized the numbers of all seven rough stones, then turned and walked toward the service desk in the center of the exhibition hall.

Two young women in professional attire sat behind the service desk. Seeing Xu Xing approach, they quickly stood up and gave him professional smiles: "Sir, how can I help you?"

"I want to lock in the order."

Xu Xing took out a slip of paper from his pocket, on which were written the seven numbers he had just written down.

「F-037、G-012、H-089、J-045、K-023、L-071、M-056，这七块料子我全要了。」

The girl at the service desk paused for a moment, took the slip of paper, glanced at it, and then looked up at Xu Xing with a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Sir, are you sure you want to buy all seven pieces of material at the fixed price? Would you like me to calculate the total price for you first?"

"No need to calculate, I know what I'm doing."

Xu Xing took out his bank card and placed it on the counter. "Just swipe the card."

Seeing his resolute attitude, the girl stopped trying to persuade him and started working on the computer.