After losing on two high-quality jade-gambling stones in a row, there was only one explanation—Mr. Codd’s luck had hit rock bottom.
This guy’s really cursed, Ethan Blake thought, crouching down. He quietly gathered Essence Energy into his eyes, focusing on the stones that had been cut open on the ground and on the machine.
His gaze settled on the smaller half of the full-gambling rough—the one Mr. Codd had abandoned. Earlier, Codd had cut the original rough into two, then split the larger half again, leaving this smaller piece untouched.
In jade gambling, everyone knew that if a stone contained jade, it typically spread from the center outward. Jade forming only on the edge was extremely rare.
So when the first cut through the middle revealed nothing, most would conclude the stone was
