Chapter 116: The Shao Family Clan

  "What's going on with Li Yang? How did he leave?"

  Sim Lin's eyebrows slightly furrowed, he could understand a bit of what Li Yang and Shao Yuqiang said, but not very clearly.

  Li Yang let out a soft sigh and turned to Sima Lin, saying: "This person is very formidable. In terms of gambling on stones, he's the most skilled one I've ever seen."

  "I also have this feeling, but you are more ruthless than him. The gambled stone that he solved was again solved by you, which is enough to prove that your level is even stronger than his."

  Simmer Lin had this feeling for a long time, and the previous dry green seed made him feel that something was not right. Now it seems that his suspicion at the time was not unreasonable. It's just that he didn't expect Li Yang to have such an amazing level, no wonder one big rise after another, while others still thought it was Li Yang's luck.

  "Simida big brother you overestimate me, actually compared to him, I'm not necessarily stronger"

  Li Yang smiled wryly and shook his head. Others had real skills, while he relied on special abilities, which were fundamentally different. Anyone who could see through jade like him would become very formidable.

  "Don't be modest anymore. Besides, quickly tell me what happened earlier. If you don't make it clear today, I won't be able to eat or sleep."

  Sim Lin burst out laughing and asked again about what happened earlier. Zheng Kaida, Wang Haomin, even Wu Xiaoli and Liu Gang were all curiously looking at Li Yang.

  "It was actually quite simple, Shao Yuqiang had judged beforehand that this piece of jade would have high-quality jade, so he took a step ahead and grabbed it from Zhang's hand. However, everyone knows the unpredictability of gambling on stones, no matter how confident you are, you can't say for sure until the very last moment."

  Everyone nodded in agreement, and Li Yang continued: "To be honest, I also only saw that there might be good jade inside, but I didn't dare to guarantee it. Unlike him, who had such great confidence. When he polished out the ice species, I found that it was colorless ice species, and I felt something was wrong. Until finally, when it turned into fragmented jade, this feeling became even stronger."

  Jadeite is not necessarily colored, and some jadeite does not have color. As long as the quality of the material is good, it has value. Relatively speaking, colorless jadeite is worth less than jadeite with color.

  Li Yang looked at everyone and said, "Everyone should still remember that this is a piece of white salt skin with a shell pattern and a pine flower. At that time, I suddenly thought of a sentence."

  "What's going on?" Zheng Kaida asked.

  Li Yang looked at Zheng Kaida and said slowly: "Where there is a pine tree, there must be a fragrance."

  "Where there is smoke, there is fire."

  Everyone was thinking about this sentence, and it was the second time they heard it. Just before Shao Yuqiang left, he said this sentence. Suddenly, Sima Lin's eyes lit up, and he was the first to understand what was going on.

  Slowly, everyone also came to understand and looked at Li Yang with even more admiration.

  There are pine flowers with green jade, which must have color. This is a high-level common sense of the emerald python pattern, but not everyone knows it. Many people understand it, but few can judge it.

  At this time, everyone guessed that Li Yang had discovered this characteristic from the very beginning.

  Since this piece of jade has this characteristic, it must have color inside. However, when the jade was cracked open, a colorless jadeite was revealed, which goes against common sense. This made Li Yang suspicious, and he bought the remaining waste material, ultimately revealing the hidden Blue Spirit inside.

  This principle is easy to say, but not easy to do. First, you must have a certain professional foundation to have such doubts. Second, you need to be confident in yourself to dare to do so, otherwise, if you continue to lose with a bad hand, you will only lose more face.

  Moreover, even if people knew at the time, they may not have been able to think of it, after all, the characteristics of jade are too many, and the pattern with cicadas and pine flowers is just one kind. When everyone saw that the ice-type jade had changed, they probably couldn't think so much anymore.

  Shaoyuqiang knew these characteristics, but he was so caught up in the moment that he didn't think of it, and ultimately let Liyang take advantage of it. Also because Shaoyuqiang's level is very high, under Liyang's slight hint, he immediately understood what was going on, and finally truly admired and left.

  "Alright, Li Yang, I really didn't expect that your skills in guessing the quality of jade stones have far surpassed mine. If you're willing, I'll immediately hand over my position as president to you. I believe our Mingyang Jade Association will become even more glorious under your leadership."

  Zhang Wei didn't know when he came back, and loudly praised a sentence. Li Yang hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head, saying: "No, Director Zhang, I don't have this ability. This will be done by yourself, if it's handed over to me, it'll fall apart in a few days."

  Everyone burst out laughing, while Old Liang and a few others looked at Zhang Wei with some envy. Li Yang's performance had exceeded their expectations; they were all astute people who could see that Li Yang's ability to win streaks wasn't just due to luck. With such a mastermind around, and still so young, Li Yang's status in the Provincial Jade Association would surely rise rapidly over the next few years.

  "Old Zhang, don't scare him, this can only be done by you"

  Sim Lin smiled lightly and said to Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei laughed and didn't say anything else. Li Yang's face flashed with embarrassment.

  "Director Zhang, actually I went to buy those two pieces of scrap material just to test my guess, at the time I wasn't sure if I could get colored jadeite out of it, let alone a blue spirit"

  Li Yang slowly said, he naturally understood everything about the gambling stone, and the blue elf was also very tempting to him. If Zhang Wei had bought the gambling stone himself, Li Yang would have helped him decipher it, but after being snatched away by Shao Yuqiang, Li Yang's thoughts were not noble enough to return it to Zhang Wei, let alone he had no reason to do so.

  Everyone else looked at Zhang Wei, they didn't know these things, but they were very much in agreement with Li Yang's words.

  "It's nothing, I don't have that kind of luck. Even if I bought the jade stone, I wouldn't be able to fully appreciate it. In the end, who knows who would benefit from it? All I can say is that this treasure and you, Li, are fated to be together. It's much better off in your hands than in that young man's hands. This time, you also helped us show our faces properly, and that young man's heart probably still isn't at ease."

  Zhang Wei waved his hand and smiled, Li Yang didn't say before that he indeed had a small knot in his heart. Li Yang said this and he also opened up, even if he bought it back, it would be brought back. If he himself solved it, the blue elf inside would definitely not be solved and would give up, rather than letting others have it cheaply, it's better to give it to Li Yang, at least their Mingyang today's champion is not going anywhere.

  "Mr. Li, I'd like to ask, what are you planning to do with this blue elf?"

  Nanyang Guild's elder, Liang, walked over again. As soon as he asked this question, several people immediately perked up their ears. This kind of top-quality jadeite is even rarer than the glass type.

  "Sorry, Director Liang, I plan to keep this one for myself."

  After a moment of silence, Li Yang slowly replied. Old Liang nodded slightly, and Li Yang's answer was within his expectations. Such a rare piece would not be sold by anyone who loves jade stones.

  "It's fine to keep it, and giving it away later is also okay. Just don't sell it. If you really have no choice but to get rid of it, come find me and I'll arrange a private auction for you, guaranteeing that the price won't be lower than market value."

  Lao Liang added another sentence, and his phone suddenly rang. Earlier, he had asked a friend to investigate Shao Yuqiang's identity, and it was likely that the friend already had the results by now.

  Old Liang himself walked to one side to answer the phone, five minutes later, Old Liang came back with a very bad look on his face.

  Zhang Wei hastily went forward to ask, and from Old Liang's mouth, Li Yang and the others finally had a comprehensive understanding of this Shao Yuqiang's identity.

  Shaoyuqiang, from the Sha family of Guangzhou.

  The Shaw family is the helm of the Shaw Group, with total assets of over tens of billions. The main business is in the jewelry industry and domestically it is the third largest jewelry chain group after Anshi Jewelry.

  Apart from jewelry, the Shaw Group has also ventured into entertainment and catering industries. Moreover, it is said that the Shaw Group has invested in two jade mines in Myanmar. Such a giant is beyond comparison with these small bosses, even the richest tycoons of the Jade Association cannot match the Shaw family when they join forces.

  Shao Yuqiang, is the direct descendant of the Shao family, after graduating from high school, he ran to Myanmar and Yunnan, where he self-studied university courses while learning about jade knowledge. Two years ago, he officially returned and then conquered many jade and gambling stone experts. Last year, he was absorbed by Zhongbao Association and became a director of the Jade Stone Association.

  Moreover, there are rumors that Shao Yuqiang is the closed-door disciple of Yunnan Jade King and has received the true transmission of jade gambling skills from the Jade King, which is quite impressive.

  After listening to Lao Liang's introduction, everyone was stunned. Shao Yuqiang's background was even more impressive than what they had known before. They really hadn't expected that this young man would have so many halos surrounding him.

  No wonder this person is so formidable, and actually has a connection with the Jade King.

  "His background is powerful, but don't worry about it, this is Henan not Guangdong, no matter how big the Shaw Group is, they can't control us, if he dares to continue making trouble, I will drive him out"

  Old Liang said another sentence, and everyone nodded silently. What Old Liang said was pleasant to hear, and they believed he could do it, but the previous matter couldn't be pursued anymore. Zhang Wei's loss could only be swallowed by himself.

  Fortunately, Shao Yuqiang didn't take advantage of the situation either and lost several hundred thousand dollars. The greatest benefit fell into Li Yang's hands, which was also the most delightful thing for everyone.

  In the afternoon, Li Yang didn't return to the square. He went to the bank first and deposited the Blue Elf, entrusting the bank to transport it to Mingyang. He would go to Mingyang to retrieve it later. There were too many people who knew about the Blue Elf, so this was also a precautionary measure.

  By the evening, the champion of Nei Bi and Wai Bi fell to Ming Yang without any suspense. Now Ming Yang's points are far ahead, more than the sum of the second to tenth places. From the current situation, Ming Yang is enough to stabilize the top three, and may even be the first.

  For this, the people of Mingyang have been smiling all along, and when they are with their peers from other cities, they naturally straighten their waists. This is still Mingyang's first time to achieve such a good result after so many sessions.

  After a day of hard work, Li was exhausted. There were still activities scheduled for the next day and he didn't plan to continue carving stones for the remaining days. However, he would buy some good quality stones back home and carve them himself when he had time.

  "Li younger brother?"

  Li Yang had just returned to his hotel room when Zheng Kaida and Sima Lin rushed over, Zheng Kaida's face still wore a mysterious smile.

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  I'm really sorry, my son is not feeling well today and Xiao Yu doesn't have much mood either. Today's guaranteed two chapters, Xiao Yu will continue to explode tomorrow, with a minimum of four chapters tomorrow.