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Even Hilmar was no exception. The slight dissatisfaction he had toward Leon earlier had all but changed into admiration for Leon’s incredible medical skills and ethics.
After hesitating for a bit, he eventually walked up to Leon and bowed deeply. “Mister Wolf, I have repeatedly called your medical skills into question and I wish to express my heartfelt apologies for my rudeness! I’ve never had a high opinion of alternative medicine, and I believed that it was inferior to modern medicine. You’ve taught me a very vivid lesson today, and I was able to learn a lot from you, so thank you!”
“You think too highly of me, Doctor Schwabe. You’re a well–known senior figure in the field of medicine, and I still have a long way to go to reach your level,” Leon downplayed the praise and did not take Hilmar’s previous actions to heart.
“Here’s my business card, Mister Wolf. Feel free to call me anytime if you need help
in the future.”
Bernard took out his business card and handed it to Leon; he also made a point to
ask for Leon’s contact information.
Leon looked at the business card in his hand, which wrote: [Bernard Wick – Chairman of the Wick Group‘. Stunned by what he read, Leon finally realized that Bernard’s background was not as simple as it seemed. It was no wonder that the old man could offer to fork out such a huge sum of money just to pay him.]
Leon returned home after leaving the park.
Iris was surprised to see Leon return. “Where’d you go so early in the morning, Leon?”
“Oh, I went to get some morning exercise at the park…” Leon smiled guiltily and changed the subject, “plenty of people exercise there in the morning. Have you considered going there to keep healthy?”
“Why should I go to the park when there’s a treadmill at home and a whole bunch of fitness equipment? Defeats the purpose…” Iris said somewhat awkwardly.
In truth, she was used to being alone since young and preferred not to be in crowded places.
Leon seemed to understand the loneliness in Iris’s eyes.
However, until there came a day where Iris would not need him around anymore, he decided to stick by her side from then on and make sure that she was never alone
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After having breakfast, the two of them went to the parking lot and were prepared to head to work.
“The weather is pretty hot right now, and it’ll be quite stuffy inside the car if you drive. How about I bring you to work on the motorcycle? It’s much more well–ventilated that way!” Leon said eagerly, with his wishful thinking growing louder and louder inside his mind.
“No, I don’t want to be seen!” Iris rolled her eyes at Leon.
She was all but certain that getting on Leon’s motorcycle would only draw attention. to herself and Leon if anyone spots them together!
“Sure.” Leon was very disappointed and could only secretly comfort himself by thinking, ‘As long as I persevere, I’m confident that my wish will one day come true!”
After clocking in for work, Leon continued to polish his basic knowledge with Gracie’s help, just like the previous afternoon.
The previous day’s incident with Joseph led many of his colleagues in the president’s department to believe that Leon had Ariel as a backer. Therefore, none of them dared to provoke Leon.
On the other hand, Lily also grew closer to Leon after he cured her mother’s illness.
Since Leon, Lily, and Gracie, were all the president’s secretaries, they spent a lot of time together and shared many topics in common. They chatted jovially with each other and become friends almost instantly.
Many other people heard from the grapevine that a new male secretary by the surname Wolf was hired to work at the president’s department. The rumors further said that he was Ariel’s man–the same Ariel who was the president’s assistant. Ariel was said to have gone to such lengths for him, even turning against Joseph and forcing Joseph to resign from the company.
Everyone deemed Ariel as the second most beautiful woman in the company–a goddess in the hearts of many! It was not surprising then that she became the focus. of many people’s attention!
They were all curious as to what relationship she has with Leon, and what drove her to be so protective of Leon!
Considering that Ariel has never had a boyfriend, many people secretly guessed that Leon might be Ariel’s boyfriend!
The gossip began to spread like wildfire. Leon and Ariel probably never dreamed that so many of their colleagues had piling untruths over untruths behind their backs and regarded them as a couple!
Rumors could sometimes be dangerous!
Unfortunately for Leon and Ariel, neither of them was aware of what happened!
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After getting off work, Leon rode his motorcycle straight to the largest flea market in Springfield City.
According to the records inherited within his memory, there was a certain pattern called the Energy Convergence Circle that could be used to concentrate one’s
spiritual energy. It was very conducive toward speeding up the gathering and refinement of his spiritual energy, as it allowed his energy refinement to multiply with only half the effort!
The mountain behind the villa was teeming with spiritual energy, so Leon planned to set up his Energy Converge Circle on the mountain to see if it could increase the speed of his energy refinement.
However, he needed jade to set up the Energy Convergence Circle.
Natural jade was abundant in spiritual energy, and the Energy Convergence Circle’s effect increased proportionately with the amount of spiritual energy within the jade.
Leon headed to the flea market to buy some of that jade and set up the circle.
Somewhere outside Antiqua Flea Market, Leon just parked his motorcycle when he saw the door of a Porsche swing open in the near distance.
A man and a woman got out of the car, and they were none other than Marilyn- Leon’s ex–wife, and Brody–the man Marilyn cheated on Leon with..
The two of them turned around and immediately saw Leon.
It was inevitable that there would be some animosity toward each other.
Hostile sparks immediately appeared between them!
“Well, well, well! If it isn’t Leon the little cuckold!” Brody sneered and walked over with his hand around Marilyn’s slender waist.
“Are you sick in the head, Leon? You and I are already divorced! Why are you still harassing me? And you followed me all the way here? Perverted stalker, much!” Marilyn had a look of disgust.
“You’re so full of yourself! Who’d want to stalk you? I’m here to buy stuff! Where did you get that kind of confidence to accuse me?” Leon shot Marilyn a cold look.
For the record, he initially felt angry and sad after being cheated on by Marilyn, and
there was even a period when he felt nothing but shame! However, he no longer felt the same way as he once did after seeing her again. He was disgusted more than anything, and a part of him felt that she was not worth all his past efforts!
“You’re here to buy something? How could a dirt–poor loser like you have any money to buy anything? What do you take us for? Some dumb three–year–olds?” Marilyn sniggered sarcastically.
“Oh, but that might not be the case though! Did you forget? He got cozy with Iris Young! He probably still has a bit of money thanks to Miss Young’s kindness!” Brody said with a goading expression.
“It makes sense! But why isn’t Miss Young here with him though? Isn’t that strange? Could it be that she finally dumped his sorry a*s!”
Marilyn looked around, confirmed that Iris was not with Leon, and finally breathed a sigh of relief!
“Isn’t it normal for someone like him to be dumped? He’s worthless! Iris would never think highly of him even if he knelt and licked Iris’s high heels!” Brody smirked coldly.
Iris came from
a liking to some of family, which led Brody to believe that she would never take
Leon.
After seeing Leon coming there alone on a shabby motorcycle, he was even more convinced that the w
incident at the Civil Records Office was a mere
coincidence. Iris was not and would never be Leon’s girlfriend!
“Are you done with your nonsense? If so, I’d appreciate it if you move the hell aside instead of blocking the way like a bunch of fat pigs,” Leon lashed out coldly.
In the past, he probably would just bear with Marilyn and Brody’s ridicule, but since receiving the inheritance of his ancestors, his entire person was reborn and his mettle become much tougher.
If sticks and stones could not break his bones, a couple of words from Brody and Marilyn would hardly be able to hurt him!
“Why you son–of–a-! How dare you talk to me like that!”
Anger coursed through Brody’s veins, and he grabbed Leon’s collar with one hand and he grabbed Leon’s collar with one hand before raising a fist with his other hand. However, his movements froze completely 1. However, his movements froze completely
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“Listen closely, Wolf. This is a warning! Stay the hell away from Marilyn! Harass her again and I swear to God, I’ll kill you!” Brody warned with a grim expression.
Leon clenched his fist tightly but then loosened it right away.
The Sullivans were very wealthy, and they were not the kind of people that should be provoked. Since Leon was still a ways to go from reaching true strength, he did not want to have any head–on conflict with Brody so soon because it would only be to his detriment.
“Piss off!” Brody snorted coldly and loosened his grip on Leon’s collar.
Leon said nothing more and walked silently toward the flea market.
“Why’d you let him go, babe? Why didn’t you give him a good beating? Leon’s a loser and Iris isn’t even his girlfriend anymore. She dumped him already!” Marilyn said unhappily.
Iris slapped her twice in the Civil Records Office the other day, and knowing that she was powerless to seek revenge against Iris, Leon became her only outlet to channel all her anger onto.
She was very unhappy after seeing Leon leave like that.
“Are you stupid? We came here in a rush without our bodyguards! That guy is taller and stronger than I am. How am I supposed to win against him all alone!” Brody shot Marilyn a glare.
He grew up pampered, and his figure grew weak after spending his recent years indulging in women and wine. His body was devoid of strength, and although Leon might have a slightl
slender figure, he could not possibly have been a match for
Leon.
In that respect, he still knew his limits.
Marilyn was speechless and still found it hard to accept. “Then what are you doing to do? Are you just going to let him off like that?”
“Of course not!”
“I’ll ask the bodyguard to come over right now. If we meet him again later, I’m going to beat him up for sure!” A violent glimmer appeared in Brody’s eyes and he took out his cell phone to make a call.
“I like the sound of that!”
Marilyn’s eyes lit up, and a smile finally appeared on her face.
There are many kinds of shops there at the flea market, with several specializing in gemstones. Other shops offered antique writing quills and painting equipment, while some sold knick–knacks retrieved from treasure. It was a very lively place, and one could find all kinds of strange things for sale there.
Leon wandered around several gemstone shops and had a general idea of how the jade market worked.
The jade sold there was roughly divided into two categories. The first was raw jade stone, and the second was jadeite which was carved either into statues or jewelry.
Natural jade that contained spiritual energy was usually of good quality. Stronger spiritual energy equated to higher quality, not to mention higher prices for a finished product!
Leon fancied a few finished jade pieces with strong spiritual energy, but he saw that the price was at least several hundred thousand, sometimes even reaching a million!
Price was not a big issue and he was more concerned about their small size. Leon, therefore, decided to pay a visit to another store just beside them. It was much cheaper there, and the jade stone pieces were all pretty large. One could easily see that there was jadeite within the stones, but Leon could not tell just how much was contained within. That could potentially cause a buyer to get less value for what they paid for, but it was not something that troubled Leon.
Since the energy he refined came from nature, he had the innate ability to sense anything or any object that had spiritual energy.
It could be likened to a real–life cheat code because no raw jade stone can escape his eyes as long as it contained strong and rich spiritual energy.
A store named Prospera Jade saw a good flow of customers as it reached the peak. period when evening shoppers usually patronized the market.
Leon entered the store and ran into… Brody and Marilyn.
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“You again, Wolf? You’re like a mosquito that just won’t get off our backs! I just warned you earlier not to harass Marilyn again. You’re asking for it, you know that!” Brody was furious and stared fiercely at Leon.
“No one’s harassing her. I already told you two that I’m here to get something. Don’t be unreasonable!” Leon shot back coldly. He did not expect to bump into them so. quickly when the flea market was such a huge place.
“I’m not buying your nonsense! You came in as soon as we set foot in this store. That’s too big of a coincidence! Why do you have to be such a creep? Is it because Iris doesn’t want a useless piece of trash like you?” Marilyn had a look of contempt
on her face.
She and Brody were secretly hoping to meet Leon again so they could teach Leon a lesson, but his act of stalking her made it obvious that he had bad intentions toward her! It was an entirely different justification altogether!
“I don’t have time to play with your games!”
Leon ignored Brody and Marilyn and walked straight toward the area where the raw jade stone was sold.
“You won’t get away that easily! You can’t let him leave again now that the
bodyguards are here, darling!”
Marilyn smiled coldly and instructed the two bodyguards behind her, “Hey, you two! Beat up that loser and teach him a lesson!”
The two bodyguards stepped forward upon receiving her command and stood on both sides of Leon to block him.
Leon’s expression soured, and he silently used his spiritual energy to enter a
defensive posture.
At that point, the guard who was in charge of keeping the store in the store became
alert.
Another five or so well–built, fierce–looking young men surrounded them.
The man who led the rest had a scar about four- or five centimeters long on his left. cheek. At first glance, he looked like a ruthless individual and someone that should not be messed with.
“What are you people trying to do? I’m warning you! This isn’t the place to fight!
Anyone who causes trouble here will have to bear the consequences!”
The scarred man’s gaze was cold and stern, and he glared icily at Brody and Marilyn. He knew that it was Marilyn who started the incident, so it was only natural for him to be angry at her and Brody.
“Uhh, it’s a misunderstanding! This is all just a misunderstanding…”
Brody smiled awkwardly, and winked at the two bodyguards without a second to. spare, signaling for them to retreat.
He was one of the rich young men in the upper–class circle and he has heard about Prospera Jade before. He knew that the store had the support of people from the underworld, and he could not afford to just provoke them.
“Babe, why-”
Marilyn could not accept what was going on, but Brody interrupted her before she could even say anything, “Quit your nonsense!”
Brody glared at Marilyn, then lowered his voice and said, “The people here are all very powerful. We won’t gain anything by causing trouble here! And besides, it’s not like that loser Leon can run away forever. We can still teach him a lesson when we leave this shop!”
His remark gave Marilyn a sudden realization. At long last, she shut her mouth obediently and avoided being overly pushy with the situation.
“Let’s go there and check out some of the jade artifacts! Grandpa’s birthday is coming in a few days, so let’s not get distracted just get down to choosing a proper birthday gift!”
Brody took Marilyn’s arm, and the two walked toward the area where jade artifacts. were sold.
The store was divided into two areas: the left was where the finished jade products were displayed, while the right was for raw jade stones.
Brody and Marilyn looked at some of the items on display for a long time, but they never found anything that could become the perfect birthday gift.
There were all sorts of finished jade products in Prospera Jade, ranging from mid- range to high–end. Some of the items had been made from top–quality jade too.
However, top–quality jade was usually very hard to come by. Their rarity and value. were equivalent to their size. There were some top–quality jade products sold there, but most of them were jade figurines, jade animals, and jewelry.
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Brody was planning to buy a high–quality jade product for his grandfather’s birthday gift., but one particular statue was a bit too large, and there was also a lack of high- quality finished products for sale. All they had were some mid- to high–end products in stock, but items of such quality were inferior in Brody’s opinion.
A unique, high–quality jade statue like the one he planned to buy was usually made–to- order at least a month in advance. Brody, however, was looking to buy one that was already ready–made.
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“Darling, why don’t we have a look at another store if we can’t find one here?” Marilyn suggested.
Brody shook his head. “There’s no point. this shop is the largest and most famous one here. If there aren’t any high–quality products here, it’s even less likely for the other shops to have them. We’ll just be wasting our time if we go there.”
“What should we do then?” Marilyn’s heart sank. She just got her marriage certificate with Brody two days ago, and it was the first time that Brody officially brought her home to meet his elders. Furthermore, it was also a very important occasion
because it was a birthday banquet.
The two of them needed to get a good birthday gift and make a good first impression. Substandard products simply could not cut it!
“How about we have a look at the raw jade stones over there? If we can find one that’s good enough, we can always ask a master craftsman to carve the finished product in a couple of days. We can make it in time for grandpa’s birthday banquet!” Brody pondered for a while and suggested.
He knew a thing or two about speculating on the value of raw gemstones. Although that was not his hobby, he could try his luck by buying a piece or two if he came across any raw jade stones that seemed to have good value. Another option would be to pay a high price if anyone offered to sell high–quality material
In short, it was not difficult to get someone to carve out a statue in a short time if he could get a suitable piece of raw jade stone.
At one side, Leon closed his eyes and silently sensed the spiritual energy in the piece of raw jade stone. Rows of fine sweat appeared on his forehead, but he still did not sense any spiritual energy in the raw jade stone.
He was about to give up when a powerful and transcendently pure aura surged out of the jade all of a sudden. It disappeared just as quickly as it appeared!
“I’ll pay three hundred thousand for this!” Leon opened his eyes all of a sudden and immediately decided to buy that jade.
He was prepared to make payment when a voice suddenly yelled, “I’ll give four. hundred thousand!”
Brody smirked coldly, turned his head to look at Leon, and put on a mocking expression. “It’s always you, Wolf. I didn’t expect you to still be here. I’d inevitably
cross paths with my enemy!”
“You…”
Leon’s face sank. That raw jade stone was only a payment away from becoming his when Brody just had to appear out of nowhere and butt in.
Anyone in Leon’s shoes would be unhappy!
Leon was the one who chose the jade first and was already negotiating the price, but Brody made the situation complicated and made things difficult for Leon.
It was undoubtedly an unreasonable thing to do, but Brody felt that there was no need to be reasonable because he came from a rich family!
“Five hundred thousand!”
Leon gritted his teeth. Now was not the time to argue. He needed to get the jade first before anything else.
“How can a useless person like you even get five hundred thousand? Do you even have that much money?” Marilyn looked at him with disdain.
Her words reminded Brody. “Exactly!” It’s five hundred thousand, not fifty bucks. Where would a loser get that kind of money from? I think you’re just plucking that sum out of thin air to make trouble!” Brody sneered.
“Whether or not I have any money has nothing to do with you! I don’t need you to worry about me! And on the subject of trouble, I’m sure you’re smart enough to know who’s causing trouble here!”
Leon glared at him. “I have my eye on this piece. There are a bunch of others you can choose from, and this one was never in your plans at all! You only raised the price. because I made an offer! That’s unreasonable in itself!”
“You’re damn right it is! I am being unreasonable. What are you going to do about it? You think you can try to pretend to be richer than you look? I’m curious just how long you keep it up!”
“I’ll offer six hundred thousand!”
Brody smirked smugly, for he was the young owner of the Sullivan Enterprises! Leon would only be overplaying his hand by trying to complete over which of them was richer!
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“Seven hundred thousand!” Leon’s face soured even more.
If what he sensed earlier was correct, then there was almost certainly a very strong
and pure energy coming from inside that raw jade stone. It would be more than
enough to set up an Energy Convergence Circle!
He was determined not to give up on such a good piece of jade so easily!
“Eight hundred thousand!”
Brody continued to increase the price.
“Nine hundred thousand!” Leon gritted his teeth.
“One million!” Brody looked at Leon with a teasing expression.
“I…” Leon’s face became ashen. His total assets were only 1.4 million. Excluding the 7,000–dollar medical expenses he forked for Serena and the 300,000–dollar security deposit he just paid, he had just over 1.3 million left.
Where was he going to get the extra money to rival Brody’s offer?
“One million?”
“That small piece of raw jade stone reached one million in that bidding war? Are those two guys crazy?”
“This is beyond crazy. I think something’s wrong with their brains!”
“True. Even if it contains some unique cream–clear jadeite, it’s still not worth one.
million dollars!”
“They’re both brain–dead idiots! That’s the only explanation for their actions!”
The onlookers inhaled sharply and looked at Leon and Brody as if they looked at two
clowns.
Even the huge piece of cream–clear jadeite that the old shopkeeper extracted earlier was only sold for a bit under 900,000.
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Unless the jade stone those two jokers had a bidding war over had the same volume of cream–clear jadeite and was a high–quality product with interesting. patterns, it would be the worst deal in the history of deals if they were to pay one
million for it!
It was not just the customers who were surprised, even the experienced storekeeper
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Kai Jacobsen was stunned. Never did he expect that a piece of raw jade stone would reach a high price of one million in a bidding war, and he began to seriously doubt whether Leon and Brody were even sane in the first place!
In any case, he would only stand to benefit from their stupidity, and it was quite enjoyable for him to see how things would play out!
“Go on, Leon! Bid higher! That is… If you have what it takes! Are you giving up so quickly? Hmm?” Brody mocked.
“I’ll pay 1.1 million!”
Leon’s face turned pale and his mood sank to rock bottom.
He offered almost his entire net worth for the price. If Brody increases the price to 1.2 million, he would have no choice but to concede even though that was the last thing he wanted to do.
“Darling! He only increased the price by a hundred thousand, which means he can’t go any higher than that! Bid 1.2 million and end him!” Marilyn said excitedly.
“Don’t be ridiculous! Raw jade stone like this is worth maybe three hundred thousand? We can buy loads of them with one million! You think I’m going to stupidly waste my money like that?” Brody scolded angrily.
He overheard everyone’s discussion earlier. Even if that raw jade stone contained cream–clear jadeite, paying that sort of money for it was just plain stupid!
Furthermore, the probability that it would contain cream–clear jadeite was very low! It was not like such pieces were easy to find!
Even if Brody’s family operated a gold mine, he would never just waste his money like that!
“I know you want me to bid 1.2 million, Leon, but I’m not going to let you have your way! If you want that piece of jade so badly, you can have it for 1.1 million! I’m not going to entertain you in your foolish games!” Brody laughed with a hint of ridicule in his expression.
He never intended to buy that raw jade stone in the first place, and he only increased his bid higher to deliberately mess with Leon and make things troublesome for him.
Brody surmised that Leon had the same goal as he did, which was to trick him into paying stupid money for it by raising the price repeatedly. If, Brody did offer a bid of 1.2 million for the raw jade stone, then Leon would have stopped bidding and let Brody have it.
After the situation escalated that far, it was clear to everyone present there that the
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person who went through with the purchase of that raw jade stone was an utter fool. Brody did not want to be that person, as he felt that such an ‘honor‘ should be best left for Leon!
“You……”
Leon was so angry that he could feel his insides churn.
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Brody had been leading Leon up the garden path, causing the latter to spend more than a million bucks for no good reason!
Such an amount of money was not a small sum for him, and he could feel his heart. aching after suffering such a huge loss.
“That dude just took the poor guy for a spin!
“Poor young man. He spent more than a million only to look like a fool in the end!”
“He’ll be pissed for sure if that piece of raw jade stone ends up being worthless!”
Everyone came to that sudden realization and began looking at Leon with pity and contempt. They all felt that Leon was the epitome of a sucker!
Leon suppressed the anger in his heart. He might have been tricked by Brody, but at the very least he was successful in obtaining that piece of raw jade stone. The only thing left for him to do was hope that the jade could provide him with what he wanted. After all, having it fail on him was the last thing that he wanted! He would have been a real fool if that were to happen!
“You’re just going to let him have it? Aren’t you being a little too easy on him?” Marilyn asked a little unhappily.
“Me? Going on easy him? Of course not! You know what kind of situation he’s in, right? He’s poor. He has nothing. How’s he going to fork out one million? I wonder how he’s going to explain it to the store owner if he can’t pay up later!” Brody sneered.
“Oh yeah! I would’ve forgotten about it if you didn’t remind me!” Marilyn came to a realization and smirked at once.
Knowing Leon’s background, he couldn’t come up with more than one million!
Brody’s method of tricking Leon big–time and driving him to a dead end was very clever indeed! For Marilyn, his actions were a clear sign of her husband’s ability, whose wits were way ahead of a useless nobody like Leon!
“Would that be by card or by bank transfer, young man?”
Kai’s face sank and he could not wrap his head around why anyone would be willing to pay more than a million for that rock.
Having heard what Brody said earlier, Kai realized that Leon was deliberately causing trouble by making bids he could not pay!
If that were the case, Kai would make sure that Leon will suffer the consequences!
“Card, please.” Leon took out the bank card and tossed it on the counter in front of Kai.
“Card? You’re bringing your A–game to your act. Man, I’m getting a good laugh out of this!” Brody exchanged amused glances with Marilyn.
Leon did not get a single cent out of his divorce. It had only been a few days since the divorce was completed, and neither Brody nor Marilyn believed
be able to fork out one million!
Leon would
“Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card?!” Kai was taken by surprise when he took a closer look at the bank card.
Many of the people inside the shop were rich and well–informed. It took them no time to realize that the card was Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card!
“Which cave did that dumb couple crawl out from?”
“The bank card that young man handed over is Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card!”
“It was pretty bold of that couple to accuse him of being poor!”
Brody and Marilyn instantly turned into clowns in everyone’s eyes. There was nothing but mockery and contempt in the gazes that everyone directed at them.
Anyone in Springfield City who owned Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card was either filthy -rich, from the upper–class elites, the direct descendant of a renowned family, or had strong connections to such people.
Someone like that could never be short of money!
“How… That’s impossible!” Brody and Marilyn were stupefied.
They both knew of Rivercity Bank as well as the weight that Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card carried!
Even Brody used only Rivercity Bank’s Platinum Card in possession. As powerful as the Sullivans were, they were merely a second–rank wealthy family
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“How is that possible? How could a loser like him have Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card…” Brody could not believe what he saw.
“Was it… Iris who gave it to him?”
That thought immediately popped up in Marilyn’s mind and she seemed to connect
the dots.
“But I thought he isn’t in a relationship with Iris? Why would Iris give him Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card…unless they are together.” Having muttered that, Brody shook his head violently as if unable to accept such a cruel reality!
Iris was his dream goddess, and he could never accept the fact that Iris was Leon’s girlfriend even if Leon produced Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card!
There was no way could a useless loser like Leon could be worthy of someone as noble and beautiful as Iris!
“He could’ve tricked her into giving it to him for all we know!” Marilyn was jealous. She initially thought that her divorce from Leon would cause him to sink into depression and perhaps even turn him into a beggar!
However, reality gave her a tight slap in the face. After leaving her, Leon cozied up to Iris in a blink of an eye and even succeed in getting Rivercity Bank’s Supreme Card from Iris. He must have been living the high life in recent days!
How could Marilyn bear to accept all that when the loser whom her family treated as less than a dog lived so much better than her?
“You’re right, he must have gotten it from Iris through deceit and deception! Besides, there’s no way in hell I’d believe that Iris would be in a relationship with him! And stopping his bid at 1.1 million is a sign that he’s not even confident in the money he has. Heck, he might not even have any money left in that card! I can’t wait to see him break down in shambles later if this raw stone ends up being utterly worthless!” Brody sneered.
He did not know how Leon got the Supreme Card, but he was sure of one thing: if the hesitation to make a bigger bid was anything to go by, then Leon reached the limit at 1.1 million!
Assuming that Leon was Iris’s boyfriend, it was patently impossible for him to feel that way over a mere 1.1 million!
There had to be something more behind it!
“Yeah! Let’s see if he’ll still be smug if nothing valuable can be extracted from that rock!”
A smile returned to Marilyn’s face.
If Leon bet all his net worth on it, that rock might just send Leon back to poverty and turn him into a fool to rule all fools!
Kai was not in the mood to entertain Brody and Marilyn. He smiled awkwardly and put on a slightly more respectful expression while asking Leon, “May I ask for your surname, please?”
“It’s Wolf.”
“Mister Wolf, I didn’t mean to offend you earlier. I’d like to apologize for my attitude…” Kai apologized with a smile. He was careful to avoid ruffling Leon’s feathers after finding out that Leon was most likely related to a powerful family.
“It’s fine. Go ahead and charge my card.” Leon shook his head with a smile and brushed off that trivial incident.
After paying the money, Leon handed the raw jade stone over to one of the staff, who immediately began cutting the stone on the spot.
“He paid 1.1 million for that raw jade stone without knowing if it contains something equal in value to or more valuable than cream–clear jadeite.”
“I have the same doubts. It’d be so embarrassing if whatever that’s extracted isn’t worth what he paid for!”
The onlookers started to gossip, but because Leon’s relation to the upper class was still a mystery, everyone merely whispered among themselves due to their fear of ridiculing him out loud.
After all, he paid an exceedingly high price for that piece of raw jade stone, and it was only natural that few people were optimistic.
When the staff picked up the knife and cut it, the interior was full…of sand and gravel. There was nothing!
“Oh dear, there’s nothing inside!”
“The size of that raw jade stone is now much smaller. I think it’s still a loss even if it does eventually contain intricately patterned cream–clear jadeite!”
The crowd began to lament.
Based on the current trend, Leon would be facing a severe loss if that raw jade stone
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produced anything else than the finest quality clear jadeite!
Clear jadeite was much rarer and more precious than cream–clear jadeite. There was almost zero possibility for it to be contained within that piece of raw jade stone!
It was unrealistic!
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“Go on. Keep cutting,” Leon urged calmly.
The staff cut a few more times but all that came out of it was gravel inside and nothing else.
“Still nothing?”
“That’s unlikely!”
“Is it possible that there’s not even any low- to mid–grade jadeite inside this rock, not even pea–greens or flower greens?”
The shock that everyone felt was such that they did not even bother to bemoan. Leon’s bad luck anymore!
Low- to mid–grade jadeite was the least that such good–quality raw jade stone would usually produce, but nothing of the sort was seen yet. Under such circumstances, he was better off buying a piece of raw jade stone that was extracted from pea–green jade!
Even if he were to find some clear jadeite inside, Leon will still be making a loss–it was only a matter of how much that loss was!
“Just keep cutting.”
Leon’s heart sank and the calmness that he initially began to slip away.
The staff continued to cut the stone. Dust flew everywhere, but still, there was only gravel inside with no signs of jadeite!
The raw stone was reduced into a polygon that was slightly larger than a palm. It was clear to all that the stone was an ordinary one, and cutting it again would be
pointless.
“That’s the end of it. There is nothing but rocks inside!”
“Young man, you just wasted 1.1 million!”
The onlookers shook their heads and sighed -some had a sympathetic look while others were more sarcastic.
“Hahahaha! Congratulations, Leon! You bought a worthless rock for 1.1 million! Kudos to you for being such a big idiot!” Brody cackled so hard that he nearly rolled around on the floor in laughter. At the same time, he was secretly relieved that Leon.
decided to continue bidding 100,000 bucks, otherwise, he would have been the idiot!
“Once a loser, always a loser! You finally managed to get some money but now you squandered it all on a rock! You’re so useless you might as well bury yourself in a hole!” Marilyn sneered. Her expression was disdainful!
Leon’s expression sank. He sensed a pure and powerful aura from within that raw jade stone, albeit fleeting.
It never once crossed his mind that there would be nothing after the raw jade stone
was cut!
He began to doubt whether his senses were mistaken.
“It can still take one last cut. I’ll do this time!” Leon believed what he felt earlier and strode over.
“Come on, it’s already so small. It’s a stretch for you to cut it again in the hopes of finding something. My advice to you is to just give up and accept reality!”
“True! Even if there’s some pea–green jade inside, it’ll be worth maybe fifty bucks, tops!”
“What’s fifty bucks when you’ve already lost more than a million?”
Everyone burst into laughter, and many felt that Leon was being desperate because he could not afford to let that money go to waste!
“Aren’t you going to save what little dignity you have left now that things have come to this point? If I were you, I’d lower my head and get the hell out of here! Aren’t you feeling embarrassed at all?” Brody smiled mockingly.
Leon ignored Brody’s jibe, aimed the stone cutter at the middle of the stone, and
delivered a cut.
Within seconds, the raw jade stone that was cut in half began to glow with a green
light!
To everyone’s bewilderment, there was a piece of jadeite within that palm–sized raw jade stone!
“It’s glowing green!”
“So? It’s likely some low–grade pea–green jadeite. With that kind of size, it’s worth peanuts even if it is on the higher–quality pea–green jadeite!” ”
“Agreed. It’s probably good for about a few hundred at most!”
Everyone shot Leon a disdainful full after reacting to what they saw.
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There was nothing for Leon to be proud of when he bid 1.1 million for that raw jade stone and ended up with only two small pea–green jadeites!
Leon picked them up, held them in his palm, and channeled his internal energy to them. As expected, he felt two surges of very pure spiritual energy!
There was no doubt that he found what he wanted!
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Leon was overjoyed because he never expected those two jade stones to contain such powerful and pure spiritual energy, despite not being worth much.
Nevertheless, spiritual energy was abundant inside and it was more than enough to set up the Energy Convergence Circle. Whether or not it was valuable in monetary terms was of no importance to him.
The only issue that gave him a headache was that Brody tricked him into spending more than a million. He just gave a sum of money, yet it did not take long for him to revert to becoming a pauper again!
“Wait! Do you mind if I take a look at these two jadeites, Mister Wolf?” Kai’s eyelids twitched and he walked over.
“Not at all. Go ahead.”
Leon did not mind in the least and handed them over to Kai.
As Kai looked carefully at the two gemstones, his expression gradually became solemn.
“They’re just two worthless pieces of pea–green jadeite. Don’t even bother examining them!” Brody scoffed.
Kai’s solemn expression turned sour and he glared coldly at Brody. “Ignorant fool! Who told you these are pea–green jadeites!”
“It’s more common to get pea–greens, but not every green–hued stone is a pea–green! I can tell you with absolute certainty that these two pieces are the rarest and most precious imperial green jadeite!” When Kai said that, it was almost as if he dropped a bombshell on the crowd!
“What?”
“Imperial green?”
“How’s that even possible?!”
Everyone was so shocked that their jaws nearly fell to the ground. They exchanged looks with each other and saw the intense shock in their eyes!
Imperial greens were the highest quality clear green jadeite- it could even be called the best of the best!
Clear greens were very rare, and the chances of finding them were probably one in
ten thousand. Imperial greens, on the other hand, were a hundred times rarer than clear greens!
The market price of each imperial green was as high as several thousand. The more transparent it was, the higher the price. It was so rare that there might not even be any for sale even if one had the means to pay for it. That just goes to show the sheer value of imperial greens!
“Mister Jacobsen, are you sure this is an imperial green?”
Some of the onlookers could not help but ask.
“I’m sure of it! I can vouch for my shop’s reputation that this is imperial green! And it’s the purest of all the imperial greens I’ve ever seen!” Kai said decisively.
Prospera Jade was the largest and most famous jade store in Antiqua Flea Market, having sold several rare imperial greens over the years.
Those pieces were slightly larger, but their color was not as well–proportioned and transparent as the ones in front of him.
“Holy crap! Who would’ve thought that it would be some imperial greens!”
“This
guy here stuck the lottery!”
The crowd immediately went into overdrive.
Many of them laughed at Leon earlier, thinking that he was an idiot to spend 1.1 million to buy an ordinary stone.
However, everyone looked over excitedly in his direction, and their gazes changed completely! Some were envious, others jealous, and a few were even saluting him. like fanatically!
Some even began wondering if Leon had a unique sense of discernment and had known in advance that the raw jade stone was so good. After all, there was no plausible explanation for why Leon would insist on buying it at a high price of more than one million bucks!
“Are you considering selling these two pieces of imperial greens? I’ll pay four million!”
“Oh, buzz off! These two pieces are valued way more than that the market price. I’ll pay six million!”
“Six million? Have you no shame? I’ll pay seven million!”
Several merchants scrambled to make their offers, and from the way they were acting, they were almost about to come to blows with each other!
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Imperial greens were very precious, and jade products carved out of imperial greens were even more valuable.
If a famous craftsman was commissioned to carve something out of it, the value could easily double the original price!
It was no surprise then that the merchants were practically losing their minds over it.
and did not yet qualify to receive the highest–level Supreme Card!