Hearing this, the others exchanged glances.
"She may not necessarily lose," someone still held out hope for Feng Yuqin.
"Yeah, since the Divine Doctor Feng appeared, there have always been legends about her. Maybe she'll continue her good luck this time."
"I also want to believe that the Divine Doctor Feng's good luck will continue, but seeing how quickly she selected the gambling stones, and the number of them is far more than that of the second young master of the Ran family."
"Could it be that she's just trying to make up the numbers and accumulate them?"
"That's impossible. For this kind of bet, it's basically one person cutting one stone in turn."
An hour passed quickly.
When the last grain of sand in the hourglass fell, Cai Heng and Ran Xiuzhe shouted "Stop" in unison again.
Ran Xiucheng was very serious when selecting the gambling stones.
So he didn't bother to look at how many stones Feng Yuqin had chosen.
It wasn't until it was over that he finally had the chance to look at the stones Feng Yuqin had picked.
When he saw that the number of stones Feng Yuqin had chosen was several times that of his, Ran Xiucheng was stunned.
He pointed at the several bamboo baskets of Feng Yuqin in disbelief. "Don't tell me all these are the gambling stones you selected."
Feng Yuqin raised her eyebrows. "Yes. What's the problem?"
Ran Xiucheng: "..."
What's the problem?
She even asked what the problem was!
Several full baskets selected within an hour.
Wasn't this just random selection?
Feng Yuqin wasn't kind enough to explain it to him.
"Let's start cutting the stones," Feng Yuqin said indifferently.
Immediately, several people from the gambling - stone workshop stepped forward and carried the bamboo baskets of Feng Yuqin and Ran Xiucheng respectively to the special place for cutting gambling stones.
Qin Liang was already waiting there.
Seeing so many gambling stones, if it were in the past, he definitely wouldn't have cut them.
But now he wasn't sure if he could continue cutting stones in the gambling - stone workshop, so he cherished this opportunity very much.
"Who goes first?" Ran Xiucheng looked at Feng Yuqin and asked.
"You go first," Feng Yuqin took a step back.
Seeing this, Ran Xiucheng immediately took out a gambling stone and handed it to Qin Liang. "Cut it."
Qin Liang picked up the stone and subconsciously asked, "Which direction should I cut from?"
Ran Xiucheng frowned. "Aren't you a master at cutting gambling stones? Why are you asking me where to cut?"
Qin Liang: "..."
This was the after - effect of being influenced by Feng Yuqin.
Because several times before, it was Feng Yuqin who told him which direction to cut from.
He just cut according to what Feng Yuqin said.
Now, after being said by Ran Xiucheng, he just realized that he had been following Feng Yuqin's instructions to cut the stones.
He took a deep breath and started cutting according to his own past experience.
The onlookers were all craning their necks and watching intently.
Xiaolinger and Chu Xiaomian's seats were always beside the place for cutting stones, and their positions were quite good.
Seeing this, Xiaolinger leaned over to Chu Xiaomian and whispered, "Aunt Xiaomian, what do you think of this guy?"
"I noticed when he was selecting the stones just now that he does have some ability in gambling stones," Chu Xiaomian said.
However, she immediately added, "But, he will never win against Sister Qin."
Hearing this, Xiaolinger giggled. "That's right. Mother will definitely win."
"Green! Green has appeared..." A spectator on the side saw a bit of green emerging from the stone and immediately got excited as if he had found a good material himself.
"The first stone already has green in it. This is amazing."
"Yeah, people from the hermit family are really different. They're much better than us in gambling stones..."
Everyone was very optimistic about Ran Xiucheng.
"Tianhua, what do you think? Who will win?" Zong Zichen saw this and asked with a smile.
Jiu Tianhua rolled her eyes at him impatiently. "Do you think this question still needs to be asked?"
"It seems that you really have high hopes for this Feng Yuqin," Zong Zichen said. "If it weren't for Feng Yuqin, we'd probably be in seclusion again."
They had been curious about Feng Yuqin these days, so they hadn't been in a hurry to go into seclusion.
Sure enough, Feng Yuqin would cause a stir every now and then. It was much more fun than being in seclusion.
In the Xuanyu Realm, their strength was far superior.
So usually when there was nothing to do, they would go into seclusion.
Or occasionally go to the Divine Realm to handle some affairs.
It was very rare for them to stay outside for so long without any particularly important matters to deal with like this time.
"You can go into seclusion. No one's stopping you," Jiu Tianhua said indifferently.
Zong Zichen: "..."
The cutting of the gambling stones continued.
After Ran Xiucheng's stones were all cut, a large piece of green crystal appeared in front of everyone.
Ran Xiucheng looked at the green crystal in his hand and proudly glanced at Feng Yuqin. "I hope you can also cut out good crystals."
Feng Yuqin indifferently picked up a gambling stone and handed it to Qin Liang. "Just cut it as you like."
Although she said so, Qin Liang wasn't cutting stones for Feng Yuqin for the first time.
So he was very careful when cutting, for fear of ruining the stone.
Everyone was looking forward to it.
Halfway through the cutting, no color was seen, and everyone thought Feng Yuqin was bound to lose this time.
Just when everyone had lost hope, a cyan light flashed by.
"Another cyan crystal?"
"The Divine Doctor Feng cut out a cyan crystal before. I didn't expect it to be another one. How is she so good at selecting gambling stones?"
"If only I could be so good at selecting stones."
Ran Xiucheng's face changed when he saw the cyan crystal.
When the whole cyan stone was peeled off, its overall value was just a little higher than Ran Xiucheng's large piece of green crystal.
This slight difference made Ran Xiucheng's face even uglier.
Next, Ran Xiucheng asked Qin Liang to cut his second gambling stone.
It was still a green crystal.
Feng Yuqin's second stone was also a green crystal, just a little bigger than Ran Xiucheng's.
They took turns cutting five gambling stones like this.
Every time, Feng Yuqin's stones were just a little better than what Ran Xiucheng cut out.
Slowly, most of the people present noticed something.
It was already very difficult to find good treasures in the gambling stones.
But being able to control it to be just a little better than the opponent every time was really terrifying.
After all, they had never heard of anyone having such a strong control over gambling stones.
Even Jiu Tianhua and Zong Zichen were shocked.
"Always the perfect crush. This Feng Yuqin... is really a monster," Zong Zichen couldn't find any other words to describe his feelings.
Ran Xiucheng stared at Feng Yuqin with a sinister look in his eyes. His voice was cold and a bit flustered. "How on earth did you do this?"
He hadn't forgotten their bet. If he lost, he would have to sacrifice an arm.
Thinking of this, Ran Xiucheng subconsciously raised his right hand to touch his left arm.