The Immortal Emperor Returns

“I’m sorry, sir. Please pay for the stone first,” a gentle middle-aged man in a suit and with glasses walked over and said.

The man was surnamed Zhang and was the manager of the third floor.

“How much is it?” asked Chu Xun.

It was natural and beyond discussion that one had to pay for the goods he wanted to buy.

“500,000 yuan.” Manager Zhang stared at Chu Xun to observe his expression.

As long as Chu Xun showed any trace of hesitation, he would mock him.

Unfortunately, Chu Xun just let out an indifferent “oh” and did not even raise his eyelids.

In fact, these people did not know Chu Xun at all. Chu Xun had no idea of the value of money, but if the money was converted to magic stones, his eyes would lit up at it.

“Sir, would you like to pay for it by credit card or by check?” Manager Zhang felt displeased because he failed to mock Chu Xun, which meant he failed to flatter Qi Lu.

“You should ask her.” Chu Xun pointed at Hong Ling.

He never brought money with him when he went out, so it could say that he was penniless.

“Check.” Hong Ling took out her checkbook, wrote a check, and handed it to Manager Zhang.

She would not be hesitant to say yes even if Chu Xun asked her for 50 million and even 500 million yuan, let alone 500,000, as long as she had the money.

She remembered clearly that back when they were in her House of Treasure, Chu Xun said he did not like to owe others any favor, so he gave Chen Hanlong a life-saving Jade Card which could block bullets.

The card was a magic item and could not be bought with money.

Hong Ling wrote the check without the slightest hesitation that Qi Lu did not find any chance to stop her, which made his face turn dark with anger.

“I’m so jealous of you, brother. You felt at ease to let a woman pay for you, and I admired you so much.” Qi Lu’s face was full of sarcasm.

“Thanks.” Chu Xun replied indifferently.

Qi Lu was rendered speechless and cursed Chu Xun in secret. “Am I praising you? I’m laughing at you!”

The people around looked at the two men with questions in their eyes. Most of them realized that these two men were on bad terms.

“Could you please start dissecting the stone?” Chu Xun looked at the stone-cutter.

The stone-cutter turned to look at Qi Lu.

Qi Lu nodded but shouted in silence, “Cut it. There won’t be anything inside but stone. It’s just a useless stone...”

The stone-cutter put the stone onto the cut-off machine, and prepared to cut it open from where it was one-fifth of the stone.

“Wait!”

Chu Xun suddenly shouted.

The people present all looked at him and wondered if he chickened out.

Chu Xun walked over and left a mark on the stone where it was one-third of the stone.

“Please cut from here,” Chu Xun said.

Upon hearing his words, the people present could not help but sigh and think Chu Xun an idiot. Normally, the buyer would like the stone to be cut bit by bit, and no one would act as carelessly as Chu Xun.

The stone-cutter turned to look at Qi Lu again.

“Just do as he said.”

Qi Lu sneered and thought to himself, “No matter from where it is cut, a useless stone will always be useless.”

Qi Lu had had some professionals to check the raw stones in the venue and learned that almost none of them was precious. Those “buyers” who found some precious stones there were actually shills he hired. The reason he did so was to attract more customers.

Surrounded by onlookers, the stone-cutter started to cut the stone.

Cutting a stone was like a gamble, which was very exciting.

“Look, it’s green...”

Someone shouted excitedly.

There was an uproar in the venue immediately.

When the stone-cutter finished, the inside parts of the stone turned out to be green.

“Haha, you’re lucky, brother. The price will go higher, much higher. What a good bet.”

“It’s both green and blue and as shiny as grease. It’s oily green jade of high quality!”

“Awesome, brother! You’re so lucky. Such a large piece of jade is worth 20 to 30 million yuan at least.”

Discussions broke out among the crowd, and experts talked loudly to give their comments. During stones gambling games, when one made a good bet, the onlookers would feel excited as well.

However, the more the onlookers talked, the darker Qi Lu’s face looked.

Chu Xun chuckled and said, “Young Master Qi, I’ll give you a discount for the sake of our friendship. I’ll price this stone at 25 million yuan, then the tenfold price will be 250 million yuan.”

The venue fell into silence immediately.

The onlookers were so happy that they forgot Qi Lu said as long as this stone was a precious one, he would buy it at a tenfold price.

According to what Chu Xun said, the tenfold price would be 250 million yuan, which was a sky-high price.

Everyone present remained silent because Qi Lu looked extremely grim.

However, as if he had not seen his expression, Chu Xun continued in a mocking tone, “Young Master Qi, are you thinking about breaking your own words?”

Qi Lu lowered his head, and his eyes were filled with a ferocious expression, but he hid it slickly when he raised his head. “Of course, I’m not. It’s just 250 million yuan. Qitian Jewelry could afford it.”

He dared not go back on his words with so many people present. If he broke his words, he would ruin his reputation.

Though Qi Lu thought he behaved flawlessly, the people present were shrewd and had sharp eyes and senses.

They could tell that Qi Lu said the words through his teeth, and they seemed to hear him grind his teeth.

Everyone would feel heartbroken when they had to give out so much money.

The onlookers around lost a lot of money when gambling there, so at the moment, they gloated over Qi Lu’s situation, but they could not show their feelings on their faces.

Qi Lu wrote a check while gnashing his teeth in anger.

Chu Xun took the check and handed it to Hong Ling without even looking at it.

Hong Ling hesitated. If she accepted the check, Chu Xun would owe her nothing. In fact, she did not want money; she hoped she could get a life-saving Jade Card from Chu Xun.

Nevertheless, she still accepted it for it was given by Chu Xun and she had to do so.

“Let’s go!” Chu Xun said.

He felt he was caught by a strong desire to kill recently, and he went there just for fun, so as to ease his bad mood.

Since he had gotten enough jade there, he decided to get down to some other important things.

“Young Master Qi, thanks for your hospitality, goodbye.”

Hong Ling said goodbye to Qi Lu and went toward the elevator with Chu Xun.

Qi Lu’s eyes turned red immediately. If he could not figure out that he was made a fool of by Hong Ling and Chu Xun, he would be an idiot.

“Wait!”.com

Qi Lu strode to Chu Xun and Hong Ling and stopped them.

“Anything else, Young Master Qi?” Chu Xun looked indifferent.

Qi Lu almost could not restrain himself from slapping Chu Xun on the face, and he wondered why he did not find Chu Xun good at acting before.

“Brother, since you have such good luck today, why are you in a hurry to leave? How about we bet again?” Qi Lu tried hard to hide the hatred in his tone.

“Oh?” Chu Xun raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, “How do you want to bet?”

“The rule is very simple. Both of us select three raw stones from these eight piles of stones and cut them. As long as any one of them has jade inside, the other party must buy it at a tenfold price. What do you say? Do you dare to bet with me?” Qi Lu said in a provoking tone.

“Why not,” Chu Xun replied in an emotionless tone.

Qi Lu was slightly surprised yet very displeased because Chu Xun agreed so quickly, which left no chance for him to jeer at Chu Xun.

He said to himself, “Keep on pretending. Let’s wait and see how you will lose.”

The passion of the people around was lit by the bet. They stared at Chu Xun and Qi Lu excitedly and with popped eyes, and they would like to wave a flag and shout for them if they had one.

This was the nature of human beings—seizing every chance to watch the fun regardless of the consequence.

Some people were worried about Chu Xun. When it came to such a gamble, there should be a highly-respected man in the industry acting as the judge.

However, Qi Lu did not mention even a single word about it. Obviously, he was taking advantage of Chu Xun, who was a layman.

Most of the people present understood that even if Chu Xun was lucky to win, he might have even a worse ending.

Naturally, no one would be so kind as to remind Chu Xun at the risk of offending Qi Lu.

...

Chu Xun and Qi Lu walked to the stones at the same time.

Qi Lu peeked at Hong Ling with his eyes glittering with an amorous desire. He said to her inwardly, “Bitch, after I beat this guy down, I’ll torture you hard.”

“Let’s get started!” Qi Lu said in a deliberately ambiguous tone.

After saying this, he swaggered his way to the stones.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Chu Xun walked to the stones unhurriedly and activated his divine sense.

Qi Lu looked back at Chu Xun with disdain in his eyes. Judging from Chu Xun’s way of selecting stones, he concluded that Chu Xun was just a layman and he was just lucky to have picked a precious stone just now.

He wore a confident smile on his face when he prodded three stones casually with his feet and did not even bend his back. Waving his hands, he said, “These three ones.”

The onlookers were dumbfounded by his careless action.

Qi Lu sneered coldly and stared at Chu Xun with ferocious eyes. How dare anyone make a fool of him? As he saw it, the moment Chu Xun agreed to the proposal, Chu Xun was doomed to lose.

Since they were in Qitian Jewelry, his territory, everything was up to him.

Qi Lu decided to teach Chu Xun a lesson that playing tricks in front of him would be something Chu Xun regretted the most.

Moreover, he would let Hong Ling know that anyone who offended him would have to pay the price.

“These three ones.”

Chu Xun’s words woke Qi Lu up from deep thoughts. He looked up and saw Chu Xun hand three raw stones to the stone-cutter.

Qi Lu walked over and said, “Since we have made our choices, let’s start cutting the stones.”

Chu Xun nodded his agreement.

“Then, who to start with?” asked Qi Lu.

“Whatever.”

Knowing nothing about Chu Xun’s character, Qi Lu thought Chu Xun was trying to put on airs, so he was angry at him.

“Then, start with my stones.”

Qi Lu indicated the stone-cutter to start.

The stone-cutter nodded his head slightly.

Qi Lu nodded at the stone-cutter minutely and looked complacent. Just as he had thought, it was his territory, and everything was up to him, so he would win as long as he wanted to.

The three stones he selected had been replaced by three precious stones that were evaluated to contain jade inside by some professionals.

The stone-cutter draw a line on the stone swiftly and was about to cut the stone.

Meanwhile, as Chu Xun flicked his fingers, a white spark appeared and sneaked into Qi Lu’s stone.

The stone-cutter cut off two-fifth of the stone at a time.

The stone-cutter’s expression changed.

Qi Lu’s smile froze on his face.

There was nothing but stone inside it.

The venue was filled with voices of pity.

“Go on,” Qi Lu said in an icy voice.

The stone-cutter trembled visibly and started to cut the stone for the second time.

This time, he cut off one-third of the remaining stone.

However, there was still nothing but stone inside.

Qi Lu’s face looked extremely grim.

“Cut from the middle,” he growled in a low voice.

Normally, people would not choose to cut the stone from the middle of it because if there was jade inside, the cut would leave the jade useless.

However, as almost half of the stone was cut off, experienced gamblers could tell that the stone was useless at one glance.

The stone-cutter wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and dared not to raise his head. This time, he directly cut the remaining stone into two equal pieces.

What’s this?

Everyone present was dumbfounded.

How could there be powders inside the stone?

They had never seen such a strange thing.

When a stone was cut open, there would be either jade or nothing but stone.

At the moment, a gust of wind blew over through the window and blew the powders up, which dispersed in the place.

Seeing this, the people present wore an even weirder expression.

Qi Lu’s face looked frighteningly dark, and he almost ground his teeth.

“What’s going on? Who could tell me how much are these powders worth?”

Chu Xun’s voice sounded abrupt in the silent venue.

Hong Ling almost could not hold back her laughter.

Other people also looked weird, seemingly trying hard to hold back their laughter.

Not to mention how much these powders were worth, they had been blown away, so even if Qi Lu wanted to sell them, he had to find them back first.