Elder Zhou stood up at this point, smiled, and said, "Everyone, hold your horses, let's wait until the rough stone is fully revealed before drawing any conclusions."
With the authority having spoken, the crowd ceased their arguing and Bai Yuze continued to scrub the stone, working his way out from the spot where the green had appeared. As the scrubbing area expanded, the smile that had originally been on Bai Yuze's face gradually faded away.
Because, after scrubbing off the skin of the rough, the exposed part was not jade, but just a grayish-white common rock. Bai Yuze, unwilling to give up, switched to another side to continue scrubbing, to the same effect.
"How could this be?" Bai Zhengchu couldn't sit still any longer and hurried over.
By then, the rough stone had been scrubbed down to a smaller size, yet it only had two spots of green.
"No need to scrub any further, just cut it, cut it from the middle," Bai Zhengchu said, a bad premonition dawning on him.
