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The young master surnamed Zhou was sweating profusely with anxiety. He gritted his teeth and roared, "One more cut!"

Another cut, and it's still a rock, but with even more impurities.

"Look at this mixed color, it's impossible for it to be shipped."

"Young Master Zhou, listen to advice and eat your fill."

"Cut your losses now."

Young Master Zhou glared fiercely at Li Mu and angrily demanded, "Why aren't you shipping the goods?"

“Then you should ask Shi Tou, not me. I didn’t force you to fight me for it.” Li Mu shrugged.

"You dare to scheme against me?"

"That's not true. Trust me, keep cutting, you'll definitely get the goods," Li Mu said with a faint smile.

It was only then that Zhou Gongzi realized that this seemingly harmless young man had such deep eyes that he couldn't see through him at all.

Now, he would rather believe a stranger than Li Mu.

"How much money can I get back if I return the goods?" Young Master Zhou asked the craftsman.

"The original price was one hundred taels, but it has already been cut more than twenty times, so now I can only refund twenty taels," the craftsman said.

“But I spent five hundred taels to buy it!” Young Master Zhou said angrily.

“But we can only recover the loss based on the original price,” the craftsman said.

People around kept advising Zhou Gongzi to give up, while Li Mu urged him to continue.

The kid gritted his teeth and said coldly, "Refund!"

He invested a total of over eight hundred taels, but ended up with only twenty taels left. Young Master Zhou now wants to skin Li Mu alive to vent his anger.

"Is there anyone interested in taking over?" the craftsman asked.

"This is just an ordinary stone; anyone who takes it on is a fool."

"Exactly, unless it's free, I'd be willing to give it a try."

"Twenty taels to buy this stone is not as good as picking a new one to carve."

At this moment, Li Mu stepped forward and said with a faint smile, "Since no one else is willing to take over, then I will."

At this moment, everyone looked at Li Mu.

Li Mu gave up at the beginning, but now he's jumping out to take over?

This kid is eccentric and completely unpredictable.

“Continue with the number of cuts Zhou Gongzi made, starting from twenty-seven cuts per cut,” the craftsman said.

"No problem, go ahead and do it." Li Mu smiled faintly.

Twenty-seventh cut, no item delivered.

"Continue?"

"of course."

The twenty-eighth attempt still yielded no results.

To everyone else, this stone was no different from any other roadside pebble.

But when the twenty-ninth cut was made, even the craftsman who had given up all hope showed a look of surprise.

He's cut so many stones, and he's never seen a stone in this condition still be usable.

Moreover, they're producing top-quality goods!

"This……"

The craftsman noticed a faint white layer on the stone and quickly picked it up to examine it in the light.

"This is... a piece of crystal!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

"What? Glass?"

"Wow, it's completely transparent! This piece of glass must weigh at least two pounds!"

"Damn, this kid's hit the jackpot!"

Upon hearing this, Young Master Zhou was startled and quickly stepped forward, snatched the stone, and examined it carefully.

When he saw the glass, his face contorted with rage.

"How come the goods have been shipped?"

He turned to look at Li Mu, his face contorted with rage.

"You little brat, you dare to play me for a fool!"

Li Mu curled his lip: "I advised you to keep skinning me, but you wouldn't listen. Now that I've sold the goods, you're blaming me for playing you?"

Li Mu hadn't expected that, in the end, Young Master Zhou would succumb to the pressure and choose to give up.

In this way, Li Mu obtained the glass at a cost price of less than one hundred taels.

He was overjoyed.

In Li Mu's original world, the value of natural glass and jade was incomparable.

But this was in ancient times, and glass was an even rarer and more precious treasure than jade.

"I think you did this on purpose! You dare to mess with me? Are you tired of living?" Young Master Zhou stepped forward and grabbed Li Mu's collar in anger.

At this moment, the craftsman raised his hand and waved, and two strong men immediately pulled Zhou Gongzi away.

"Young Master Zhou, please settle any grievances outside the Treasure Pavilion. Here, we must abide by the rules of our Treasure Pavilion."

"Hmph! Kid, you just wait!"

Young Master Zhou uttered a harsh remark and left in anger.

The craftsman weighed the glass and exclaimed in surprise, "It weighs a full two jin! We'll buy it back for five hundred taels, what do you say, young master?"

"One thousand taels," Li Mu raised the price.

"One thousand taels is too expensive." The craftsman shook his head.

“If it were ordinary jade, I would sell it for five hundred taels. But such a large piece of glass, five hundred taels is too little,” Li Mu said, shaking his head.

"This……"

At this moment, a person jogged down from upstairs and gestured for Li Mu to enter.

"Young master, my manager would like to invite you upstairs for a chat."

After a moment's thought, Li Mu said, "Please."

We went up to the attic and entered a room.

Inside sat a woman in her early twenties, dressed in a water pipe dress. Her skin was like jade, her eyebrows like willow branches, and her eyes, like the water of an autumn lake, revealed a cold temperament.

Li Mu had seen many aloof goddesses, but this was the first time he had ever met one so aloof.

"May I take a look?"

Li Mu handed over the glass, then politely took two steps back.

"A flawless piece of glass jade is a rare find, you're quite lucky." The woman's voice was cold and clear.

"This isn't luck, it's skill," Li Mu said calmly.

"Eight hundred taels, I'll accept this piece of glass, how about it?" the woman suggested.

Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Use this piece of glass to make me a pair of earrings, plus eight hundred taels."

“If you take it outside, you won’t sell it for eight hundred taels, at most five hundred taels,” the woman said.

“But we can’t get glass of this quality from outside,” Li Mu said.

"Okay," the woman agreed.

"Thank you."

Just as Li Mu was about to leave, the woman called out.

"Please wait, sir. I recently acquired an antique and would like to ask you to take a look at it. Consider it payment for the earring making fee."

After saying that, the woman took out a brocade box and placed it on the table.

Li Mu opened the brocade box, and after just one glance, subtitles appeared before his eyes.

[Amber with phoenix tail patterns, dating back 40 million years, is worth 40000 taels of silver and can be exchanged for 40,000 points.]

“In a peaceful and prosperous era, amber of this quality could fetch forty thousand taels of silver,” Li Mu said calmly.

Hearing this, the woman was greatly shocked.

This amber stone was not something she acquired; it was a family heirloom.

Many expert appraisers in the family carefully examined the item, but they only determined that it was worth about 20,000 taels.

But this young man only needed one glance to figure it out.

It seems that his three consecutive successful shipments were not due to luck.

This young man is probably a prodigy in the antique appraisal industry!

"My name is He Xianzhi. May I ask your honorable name, sir?" He Xianzhi asked.

"I will omit your surname Li and your given name Mu."

"So it's Young Master Li. Would you be interested in staying at Jubaoge as an appraiser?" He Xianzhi asked.

"Not interested," Li Mu replied quite decisively.

He Xianzhi's face remained calm, but he was quite surprised inside.

"I haven't even stated my terms yet, and you've already refused? Do you know how many appraisers want to come to Jubaoge but have no connections?" A smile suddenly appeared on He Xianzhi's cold face.

It's like being suddenly greeted by spring warmth and blooming flowers in the freezing cold.

Li Mu needs to recycle antiques to earn points. So he definitely won't stay.

"How much?" Li Mu asked politely.

"One hundred taels of silver a month, and one tael of silver as a bonus for each antique you appraise."

He Xianzhi originally thought Li Mu would agree, because the conditions she offered were the kind of conditions that only the top appraisers at Jubaoge could obtain.

Because Li Mu was dressed shabbily, it was obvious that he was a novice.

Li Mu smiled faintly and said, "It's impossible for me to work. I'll never work in my life. I can only barely make ends meet by gambling on stones occasionally."

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