Someone shouted, "The outer skin of those stones just now was good, but they all turned out to be fools."
"Exactly, they were hyped up so well before, but now they are all duds, thankfully I didn't place any bids."
"Damn it, I bid and lost."
"I told you to go to Xie's or Lin's, but you insisted on coming to Meng's. Now do you regret it?"
"Who knew that the stones from Meng's wouldn't produce any green, only bean types? Damn it, this is too strange, could it be a scam?"
Meng Linyuan kept on smiling, his face nearly rigid with the force of it. Not saying much, he hurriedly urged the stone-cutters to swiftly process the stones.
The stone cutter was flustered to see that all the stones he cut open turned out to be duds. His hands were slightly trembling due to the tense atmosphere in the auction venue.
At this moment, the venue fell into a stark silence. Everyone held their breath and when they saw the stone being sliced open, they yelled in unison, "It's hollow."
