Chapter 815

Never assume that the only patch of green is located right at the window. The more experienced the master craftsman, the more thoroughly they understand the raw texture, and the spots they choose to cut open are invariably the best ones. It is very likely that only the exposed spot has green, while the rest of the stone either has cracks, poor texture and color, or—in the worst-case scenario—has nothing at all except for that tiny bit of jade right at the window. Anyone who has genuinely played the stone-gambling game knows that the window-cutting techniques of certain Southeast Asian stone-cutters have reached the absolute peak of perfection. They can truly pull off cutting open a stone so that the only existing jade is exposed right at the window. Those masters are truly badass. Anyone daring to play with the semi-gambling stones passed down from Southeast Asia must be a hard-ass.