Chapter 49
Chapter 49
Calcite? Tong Mao laughed wildly: "you still want to solve the stone. You really don't cry when you don't see the coffin!"
The most intuitive way to prove whether a piece of stone is valuable is to untie the stone skin and see what it contains.
However, in the face of this sleeping baby stone, if Yang Teng insists that it is worth 5 million taels of silver for viewing, this almost rogue way really makes TONG MAO a little difficult to do.
There are many factors in the pricing of a stone. The reference price given by the appraiser determines the final price of the stone to a great extent.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the seller insists on a high price, such as this sleeping baby stone. All appraisers believe that this stone is worthless, but Qi Shixuan still insists on a high price of 500000 liang of silver.
Yang Teng bought this sleeping baby stone and sold it to others at the sky high price of 5 million Liang silver. Tong Mao can't say that this sleeping baby stone is not worth 5 million Liang silver. After all, the transaction price of others is this price.
Therefore, after agreeing to Yang Teng's bet, Tong Mao immediately regretted it. He was afraid that Yang Teng would join hands with others to tease him.
Hearing that Yang Teng wanted to solve the stone to determine the value, Tong Mao felt very relaxed.
If this sleeping baby stone really contains a good thing worth 5 million liang of silver, it proves that the appraisers who have previously identified this stone are blind!
Obviously, such a thing can't happen.
Tong Mao was full of confidence. "Yang Teng, we have a word in advance. After untiing the stone skin, if there is no good thing in it, you are not allowed to cheat."
Yang Teng laughed: "don't worry, I'm not as shameless as you!"
Li Guan quickly rounded up the scene. "Shopkeeper, master Xie Shi, please come and Xie Shi quickly."
There was so much noise in the strange stone pavilion that even the pedestrians outside were attracted in and crowded the first floor of the strange stone pavilion. The shopkeeper finally squeezed out to find master Shi.
The master of Jieshi in qishixuan is an old man in his 60s, holding a black knife in his hand.
"Young master, can we start?" the shopkeeper was sweating and asked Li Guan for instructions.
Li Guan didn't dare to make the decision and looked at Yang Teng.
Yang Teng nodded, "let's start."
In order to be more intuitive, the shopkeeper ordered someone to move a table and put it in the middle of the crowd, and the sleeping baby stone was placed on the table.
Looking at this strange stone placed in the strange stone pavilion for 50 years, master Xie Shi was also excited. He didn't know how to cut the black knife in his hand.
Stone breaking is a highly skilled craft that ordinary people can't learn. It requires high accomplishments and many years of experience. Master stone breaking is required to be very familiar with all kinds of stones. Only by being familiar with the properties of each stone and roughly judging the things bred inside can he cut accurately.
Otherwise, a knife will destroy the good things inside, and the value will shrink.
The safest way to solve the stone is to peel off the stone skin layer by layer, and control it to the thinnest every time, so as not to hurt the things inside.
Master Xie Shi didn't expect that he had the opportunity to untie this sleeping baby stone by himself. He observed it several times before and after, and then decided to start with the head of the sleeping baby stone.
Under the gaze of the crowd, master Xie Shi took a deep breath to stabilize his mind, raised his powerful hand, and shone a black knife on the stone part of the sleeping baby.
To some extent, a master of stone solution is a master of sabre.
Of course, master Xie Shi's Sabre technique may not work in combat.
"Poof!" with a slight sound, the people saw a flash of light in front of them, and a thin layer was stripped off the head of the sleeping baby stone.
The stone skin falls off, and the exposed part has no change. It is still so crystal clear.
Tong Mao looked confident with his hands on his back and a smile on his face, but he was really too ugly to laugh better than cry.
"I said there would be nothing in the stone. Many experts said the stone was worthless. What did Yang Teng think? He actually said it contained good things." someone in the crowd said.
Tong Mao was even more proud. The stone skin peeled off after the knife. Yang Teng couldn't go back even if he wanted to.
Master Xie Shi looked up at Yang Teng.
According to the rules, every time you untie a layer of stone skin and want to continue to untie the stone, you must get the permission of the buyer.
"Continue, as long as I don't speak, you will continue to solve the stone, don't stop." Yang Teng said indifferently.
With Yang Teng's words, master Xie Shi is full of confidence. The black knife rises and falls, and a layer of stone skin peels off from the sleeping baby stone.
Everyone stared, and some expected miracles.
Not everyone believes in the results of the appraiser's appraisal. After all, who can see through the interior of the stone through the thick stone skin.
Master Xie Shi paused. He didn't hear Yang Teng shouting to stop. He raised his hand and cut again.
The third layer of stone skin is peeled off.
"It's over. This is a waste rock. If you don't untie it, it can be used for viewing. Now it's really worthless. No one wants it for free." someone sighed.
Three knives determine life and death.
There is no result after the two knives go on. The third knife is the last knife. If the third knife still gets nothing, there is no need to continue to solve the stone. This stone can be directly declared as waste stone.
"Yang Teng, what else do you have to say!" Tong Mao looked at Yang Teng triumphantly, and he knew it was such a result.
Everyone also looked at Yang Teng. Now, Yang Teng should admit defeat.
Although it's nothing to know that Yang Teng lost, at most 500000 liang of silver, Zhao Yilin's heart is still a little uncomfortable. She really hopes Yang Teng can win.
Yang Teng didn't care, "ugly ghost, you think you'll win, don't you!"
Tong Mao was happy and didn't care that Yang Teng called him an ugly ghost. "Why, there's no harvest after three knives. Don't you admit defeat!"
Yang Teng looked at Tong Mao strangely, "ugly ghost, who stipulates that three knives will admit defeat. What kind of truth is this!"
"You're still sophistry!" Tong Mao was angry. This is the default rule for identifying Xie Shi. Although no one said that it must be three knives to decide the victory or defeat, the business of strange stone has been like this since ancient times.
It's not that you can't continue to solve the stone, but after three knives, the interior of the stone basically appears in front of you, so there's no need to continue.
"I knew you wouldn't admit defeat!" Tong Mao pointed to Yang Teng and shouted, "in front of so many people, you can't deny it today."
"I deny you!" Yang Teng strode forward and said to master Xie Shi, "excuse me, master, lend me your stone dissolving knife."
Master Xie Shi looked at Yang Teng puzzled. What did he want to do with Xie Shi Dao? Isn't he willing to continue to solve the stone? Does he know how to solve stones?
After questioning, master Xie Shi lent the black knife to Yang Teng.
"Ugly ghost, watch it, and let you open your eyes today!" Yang Teng took the knife and fell.
"What's the boy doing! There's no such stone dissolving!" many people in the crowd have seen stone dissolving, but they see Yang Teng's knife. Where is the action of stone dissolving, it's clearly a knife splitting.
"Click!" after the crisp sound, the sleeping baby stone was cut in half by Yang Teng's knife, and the neck was broken.
Tong Mao was also stunned. Could it be that Yang Teng was angry and wanted to destroy this stone? It's best!
Now it seems that it really destroyed the sleeping baby stone. From the fracture surface, both the color and texture are consistent with the appearance, and there is no value at all.
"Yang Teng, don't be impulsive." Zhao Yilin shouted to Yang Teng. Yang Teng sneered at Tong Mao with a black stone resolving knife. Zhao Yilin worried that Yang Teng would become angry and do stupid things.
Such a small matter is not enough to turn around. I hope Yang Teng can restrain himself.
Tong Mao was a little scared at this time. He was good at identifying stones. Fighting was not his strength. He had no confidence in Yang Teng.
On second thought, it's wrong. This is Qi Shi Xuan. When will it be Yang Teng's turn to go wild.
"Yang Teng! What do you want to do! If you can't afford to lose, don't talk wildly! Do you want to do it? See where this is first." Tong Mao shouted, intimidating Yang Teng and emboldening himself.
"Do it?" Yang Teng laughed: "you deserve to let me do it! Open your eyes to me!"
Then Yang Teng raised his hand with a knife.
"Poof!" half of the sleeping baby stone was cut off again.
The part cut off this time is the waist.
Now, the sleeping baby stone is divided into three parts. Yang Teng pushes his head to the ground, and then waves his hand to push off the parts below the waist. Only the chest and stomach below the neck and above the waist are left on the table.
what do you mean? Does Yang Teng always insist that the good things are in the sleeping baby's belly?
No one dares to talk disorderly. Judging from Yang Teng's decisive hand and calm look, maybe there are really good things.
Tong Mao doesn't think so. He cuts off the sleeping baby stones at the upper and lower ends, leaving only a piece the size of a palm. Even if there is something pregnant in such a small piece of stone, there is not a large one, which can't be worth 5 million taels of silver.
After all, you have to peel off layers of stone skin, and the things inside are smaller.
"Whoosh!" Yang Teng didn't keep everyone waiting. After breathing steadily, he raised his hand with a knife.
With a flash of black light, a layer of glittering and translucent stone peel off.
"Ah!" exclaimed the master who solved the stone.
It is the so-called expert in the door. He has solved the stone for many years and is very familiar with this craft.
When Yang Teng went down with a knife, the stone skin he untied was also thin, but it was very different from the stone skin he untied.
The stone skin removed by master Xie Shi is broken because the sleeping baby stone is irregular in shape and cannot be used horizontally.
The stone skin removed by Yang Teng perfectly follows the shape of the sleeping baby stone. There is no sign of damage. It looks like a layer of skin is really peeled from the sleeping baby stone!
Master Xie Shi admired his magical ability alone.
If you don't look at Yang Teng's face, you think he is a master who is proficient in the way of solving stones. He can't do it without hundreds of years of skill!
Tong Mao was also moved. As an appraiser, he was also proficient in Jieshi. He thought he couldn't do Yang Teng's way.
This is too demanding for stone disintegrators. The stone is fragile and the arc is irregular. How did Yang Teng do it!
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