The commotion in the venue was growing more intense, and if these two rough stones weren’t cut open, there would be no way to end the scene.

Zhang Yuying was now feeling somewhat uneasy.

If it weren’t for her calling Master Huang over, none of this would have happened.

She wanted Ye Fei to learn a lesson but was also afraid of her father scolding her once he found out.

Master Huang, affecting an air of superiority, said to Ye Fei, "Young man, if you apologize now, perhaps things don’t have to get so awkward."

"Acknowledging one’s faults and correcting them is also a form of courage—I hope you will treasure the opportunity I’m giving you."

The crowd of onlookers couldn’t help but praise Master Huang, "The master is truly a master, with such an expansive heart, not stooping to the level of petty children."

Someone else egged on, "Kid, the master is giving you a chance; don’t be unappreciative. If you really want to be stubborn about this, the only one who will lose is you. Hurry up and apologize to the master—it’s a chance you shouldn’t waste."

Master Huang straightened his attire, evidently ready to accept an apology.

But Ye Fei let out a chuckle.

He pushed the two rough stones directly in front of the stone cutter.

This meant.

He was going to have them cut!

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t bother responding.

But when faced with humiliation, he naturally had to strike back.

Otherwise, reliving this life would be unbearably frustrating.

Seeing this, Master Huang shook his head and sighed, "If you don’t cherish the opportunity, there’s nothing this old man can do about your self-inflicted humiliation."

He passed the stone with the lower jade content to the stone cutter first.

"Cut this one open first."

Thus, under the watchful eyes of all, the stone was sliced.

The cutter and water worked together, and the stone cutter began by slowly slicing off a piece.

There was no jade.

Immediately, someone said, "Master Huang had said earlier that this rough stone had little jade, but there is still some!"

"Make another cut, brother, and make it quick!"

The stone cutter complied, making another cut.

Still no jade.

Master Huang’s gaze shifted slightly, but he remained silent.

"Cut again! Cut again!" someone shouted.

The final cut was made.

A few scattered pieces of broken jade, insignificant and easily overlooked.

The mood of the people at the venue changed.

Master Huang’s brow immediately furrowed.

This shouldn’t be.

Even though he had judged that this stone contained little jade, it shouldn’t have been this little.

Someone suddenly said, "Master Huang had already mentioned that this rough stone had little jade... this... this can still be considered correct!"

His tone was clearly forced.

Little jade, but not to this extent.

Everyone there knew in their hearts.

This time, Master Huang had made a mistake.

Ye Fei sneered, "What now? Shall we continue?"

"Of course!"

Without a second thought, Master Huang exclaimed loudly.

Everyone makes mistakes, even horses stumble.

In his opinion, no matter how experienced one is, it’s not possible to never make a mistake.

But for him to make consecutive mistakes, that was impossible.

By the same token, Lady Luck wouldn’t smile on the same person twice in a row!

Determined to clear his name, he had to continue cutting!

He was also confident of certain victory this time!

He believed that inside this stone lay a piece of fine jade, valuable beyond measure.

He was absolutely sure of it!

The crowd of onlookers still stood on Master Huang’s side.

"It’s only a stroke of dumb luck, what’s the big deal? Doesn’t everybody eat dumplings on New Year’s?"

"Exactly. Compared to luck, we trust the authoritative Master Huang more!"

Encouraged by these words, Master Huang’s confidence surged.

"Cut the stone!"

At Master Huang’s decisive command, the stone cutter began his work.

Because Master Huang had said there was a beautiful jade inside, the stone cutter’s hand was very slow, very cautious.

A cut was made.

The stone was opened.

People crowded around to look.

However, the expressions on everyone’s faces turned off.

With great anticipation, they saw that inside the stone...

was still stone.

There was no so-called beautiful jade.

Master Huang’s expression also changed slightly.

Shouldn’t it be?

Based on his prediction, the jade should have been revealed with this cut!

Could there be some margin of error? Would it appear with the next cut?

Yes! That must be it!

He was still full of confidence in his own judgement.

"Cut! Cut again!"

This cut went very deep.

Master Huang had lost all his masterly composure and was leaning over the workbench, staring intently.

But moments later, his face turned ashen.

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

Not even a different color could be seen.

This was just an ordinary stone with a slight green tint on the surface.

The room fell silent enough to hear a pin drop.

"What’s going on? Master Huang has actually... failed again?"

"How could this be? He is Master Huang, who has rarely made mistakes in thirty years!"

Everyone was perplexed, dumbfounded.

Even Zhang Yuying’s mouth was agape, her face filled with disbelief.

Ye Fei sighed helplessly.

"I told you not to cut it, but you wouldn’t listen. Why bother?"

These words added insult to injury!

Overwhelmed with embarrassment, Master Huang slumped to the ground.

Thirty years of reputation, ruined in an instant.

And ruined by a novice, no less. He felt disgraced.

If only...

If only he hadn’t cut open those two stones in the first place.

He was filled with regret and depression.

He even felt like bursting into tears.

At that moment, the crowd stopped paying attention to Master Huang and turned their focus to Ye Fei instead.

The way they looked at Ye Fei was completely different from before.

Gone were the earlier mockery and ridicule.

Instead, it was replaced by admiration, reverence.

They knew full well that defeating the industry authority, Master Huang, twice in a row...

Could absolutely not be explained by mere good luck.

This man must possess genuine knowledge and skill!

"Who on earth is this young man? His eye is even better than Master Huang’s?"

"Yeah, if I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I’d never believe someone could beat Master Huang twice!"

"And to think he’s so young! He truly deserves to be called a once-in-a-generation talent in the field of stone appraisal! We were just slandering him before, now thinking about it, I feel utterly ashamed!"

People began to discuss Ye Fei among themselves.

Some gave him a thumbs up, praising him to no end.

Some extended olive branches, wishing to befriend him.

Even many young women wanted to throw themselves at him on the spot.

They clearly saw that if they could use their beauty to win over such a genius in stone appraisal, their latter half of life would be set, with no worries about food and clothing.

But Ye Fei rejected all of it.

He had no time to pay attention to these things.

He had important matters to attend to.

This place was rich in Spiritual Energy, there must be several Spirit Jade pieces here!

If he looked carefully, he might be able to find three pieces of Spirit Jade with his three chances!

At this time, Zhang Yuying sidled up to him.

She whispered, "So it turns out you really know this business.

"At first, I thought you were just pretending. I didn’t expect you to be so talented."

Ye Fei gave her a cold glance.

Zhang Yuying immediately said, "Did you hear that? I said you’re skilled!"

Ye Fei, annoyed, glared at Zhang Yuying and said, "If you bother me again, I’ll give your left cheek a slap too, to make it symmetrical with the right!"