Chapter 509 Peace of Mind

• Chang Yuan nodded. “Of course! All that stuff about color, sheen, and shape—that’s just to fool outsiders. In the jade trade, there’s only one rule to judge a piece: the jadeite bloodline. It’s like what we call a feng shui dragon vein back home. Take Mendan for example. They produce tons of jadeite there, but only jadeite from around five specific veins can sell for sky-high prices. The rest? You can buy loads for just a few hundred.”
• “The jadeite business is cutthroat and filthy rich. In many small towns in Mendan, jadeite is as common as rocks. Over there, a few hundred bucks gets you a ton. After processing and shipping to Thaize, it sells for a hundred times more. If you get lucky with the quality, one stone can make you rich. So the jadeite world is full of legends and crazy profits—and that breeds fakes and crime.”
• “My uncle found a batch of strange ore. Their bloodline looked super pure, like the imperial green from old pits. But there was way too much of it, and the look was off. So my uncle came here to figure out what was going on with that batch. It’s been a month now. No word at all.”