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And Jiang Chen was distracted because of what happened that day, so he forgot to tell Soong Ying that his victory was already in his grasp.

The next day was the appointed day. Jiang Chen got up early and specially dressed himself up to bring Soong Ying to the meeting. Although his reputation was not fair, he was still worried about including his wife in the group of jackals and tigers.

Especially after offending the An clan last time, Ann Qi and Ann Lin were not good people.

Since the three strikes were in the neighboring province, he could only ask Lee Teng to send more people to guard outside. If anything happened, he could look out for them.

Soon, it was night time. A group of people had arrived at the An clan.

The welcoming staff at the entrance had already started working long ago, and there were many luxurious cars parked in the parking lot. There were even quite a few reporters interviewing them outside. It seemed that Lu Family was indeed very powerful this time, and the An family would definitely benefit a lot from it.

The position of the Soong Group was placed in the corner. It was obvious that the An clan wanted to show them some respect, but this time, quite a few people from the Soong Group had arrived, and that small table couldn't even sit properly.

As time passed, more and more people came and the place became more and more crowded. Soong Ying's front was completely blocked, so even if she stretched her neck, she couldn't see anything. She was really angry.

The An clan clearly attached great importance to this convention. The person who had been sent out to preside over it was Ann Qi's father. Currently, he was the one with the most authority in the An clan — An Ren Peak.

I am from the An clan and live at An Ren Peak. I am very happy to be able to host this Song gathering with friends from Lu Family.

Lu Sheng's brain was full of fat and he looked withered. Even the five of them looked disgusting, but under An Ren Feng's lead, everyone still applauded him. After all, he was sent from Lu Family, so no one dared to offend him.

Lu Sheng read out the competition rules. Everyone put their most prized gem in front of them, so that everyone could rate the points. The ones with high scores could be ranked according to their seniority, while the ones with low scores could only be left to fishes and fish.

This time, Soong Ying brought that piece of Tanganyan stone, so she didn't have much confidence.

One by one, the Jewelers walked to the front of the stage and put down their own items for exhibition. The first round of the competition was about to begin.

Soong Ying did not go up the stage. It was not because she did not want to, but because she was ashamed. Just the first round's delivery was much better than the tang stone in her hands. She would only be a joke if she brought it up.

Jiang Chen was not in a hurry to reveal his trump card. He wanted to see what kind of good stuff Lu Sheng had in his hand first, and looking at his arrogant appearance today, he should be well-prepared in Lu Family.

Sure enough, Lu Sheng soon revealed his trump card. It was a bright red ruby. This ruby looked crystal clear without any impurities. Even though it was not polished, it made people salivate.

Many jewelry businessmen felt ashamed of their appearance and were too embarrassed to take out their stuff. They then bitterly left from the back.

Although Soong Ying was not convinced, she could not lower her head and was about to leave. However, Jiang Chen tugged on her sleeve. Jiang Chen took out an exquisite velvet box from his pocket and handed it over to Soong Ying.

"I forgot to tell you, our family is participating."

Soong Ying was very happy. Just as she was about to step onto the stage, she heard a loud voice coming from the corner.

"This ruby is not bad, but you are happy too early!" This old man was also entrusted by a friend this time, and specially brought a few items that are still considered fresh to participate in the competition.

The old man walked up the stage with a box in his hand. The box was divided into three layers, and on the top of the box was carved a green jade stone with the word 'River' carved into it.

Almost everyone present recognized at a glance that the owner of the box was Jiang Family!

Lu Family was originally defeated by Jiang Family, so they ran over here dejectedly. He did not expect that the other party would directly come over to participate in the Gemstone Competition, although it was not directly sent by Jiang Family, I believe the things they brought should not be bad.

Amidst everyone's shocked gaze, the old man opened the first layer of the box.

"Since your Lu Family has taken out a ruby, then I will take out a ruby to compete with yours."

They originally thought that the piece that Lu Sheng took out was already one of the upper class, but they never thought that the piece that the elder took out would be such a shameful thing. One could tell that it was the difference between cloud and mud just by looking at the paper with the naked eye, but compared to the stones that they brought with them today, they were probably carrying ordinary stones.

The piece of ruby that the old man took out was almost twice the size of the piece that Lu Sheng took out, and Lu Sheng's face immediately became extremely ugly. They thought that they could rule over a region once they arrived at this kind of small place, but they didn't expect that after eating so much, it wasn't easy for them to find a chance to suppress Soong Ying, but it was destroyed by Jiang Family again!

Instead, he continued to open the second layer of the box. On the second layer, there was a necklace made of gold and green gemstones, which emitted the radiance of the setting sun. All of the halos seemed to flow in the air, and even Jiang Chen was shocked when he saw it.

No matter how one looked at it, they would be able to see its perfect refracted light. This necklace was not short at all. It was made from 28 pieces of golden emeralds connected together. The quality of each piece was extremely high. It was truly priceless.1

This item was only placed on the 2nd level, making everyone look even more towards the 3rd level to see what kind of treasure was placed there.

The third floor was actually a bright crown, made up of diamonds, sea gems, and purple gems, looking mysterious and radiant. Under the illumination of the crystal lamp, the crown was so bright that one couldn't even open their eyes, and it made all the ladies present sigh in admiration. Even Soong Ying couldn't help but yearn for it, "Heavens, such a beautiful crown, even if I can only bring it once, I will die without regrets!"

Jiang Chen didn't expect his wife to be so fond of the crown, after all, she was in the jewelry business, what treasure had he not seen in so many years, to actually be enthralled by the crown, it seemed that it was indeed priceless, he also promised in his heart that one day he would give Soong Ying a more resplendent crown as a gift.

However, in the current world, gemstones were not only ornaments, but also treasures that could absorb spiritual energy when a practitioner practiced martial arts or forged weapons. This was the reason why the gemstone business was so popular and why the competition between bail dealers was so intense.

So in order to forge such a crown, just having money is useless. One must have connections and resources, and Jiang Chen's current ability is far from that.

From the looks of it, the elder must have brought a treasure ranked first, so the competition for the second place became even more intense. Lu Sheng may not look good, but at least he managed to stabilize the second place and lose a little face when he got home.

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