Li Xiu turned around and looked over, and saw Li Qingyin and Bai Ying walking over. The person speaking was Bai Ying.

"Director Li wants to buy diamonds?" Li Qingyin looked at Li Xiu and asked.

"I have some ideas." Li Xiu replied with a smile, but did not look at Bai Ying at all.

"Buying gems is the same as buying antiques. The most taboo thing is to listen to stories. Director Li had better think clearly before making a move." Bai Ying said at the side.

Li Xiu glanced at her and couldn't help but frown secretly.

Bai Ying's expression was normal, nothing strange at all, and she was even gentler than when she usually saw him, which made Li Xiu hate her even more.

Bai Ying is Bai Wanli's daughter. He just took back the resources that originally belonged to the technician team from Bai Wanli, making Bai Wanli very angry.

It's impossible that Bai Ying didn't know about this. Now she treats Li Xiu like nothing happened, and even has a better attitude. She even reminds Li Xiu not to believe those stories about gems.

If Bai Ying is still as sarcastic as before, it can only mean that she is really stupid, to put it nicely, she is stupid and sweet.

But looking at her current attitude, Li Xiu knew that this Bai Ying was not stupid, and that she was really bad.

Li Xiu had no intention of paying attention to her. He had no interest in wasting time and energy on such a person.

"If Mr. Li wants to buy gems, he'd better look carefully." Li Qingyin said thoughtfully: "There are many types of diamonds. Many laboratories can use very small amounts of diamond fragments to grow cultivated diamonds that are the same as natural diamonds.

All properties of diamonds are the same as those of natural diamonds, even purer, but the energy in cultivated diamonds is far inferior to that of natural diamonds, so when buying diamonds, you still have to look carefully."

"You two ladies, I, Sun Tianlei, can swear to God that this diamond of mine is definitely a natural diamond, not one grown in a laboratory... If it is a cultivated diamond, let me, Sun Tianlei, strike with five thunderbolts..." Sun Tianlei immediately swore.

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Bai Ying sneered and said: "Sun Tianlei, if your oath works, your whole family may have died countless times. Who in this market doesn't know that you are an expert in selling lab-grown diamonds? The people who have been tricked by you before

Isn’t that enough? Ji Qing from the Divine Pet Team was tricked by you and almost committed suicide, do you still want to blame her for this?"

"Miss Bai, you have wronged me. I bought the goods from others, and I didn't know that the diamonds sold to her were laboratory-grown diamonds!" Sun Tianlei quickly cried out.

"This Argyle pink diamond, you know it's not from a laboratory?" Bai Ying curled her lips and said.

"How dare I lie to Mr. Li? This diamond was really dug out by gem hunters from the ruins of the old castle. It can't be a lab-grown diamond, right?" Sun Tianlei said somewhat ambiguously.

Li Xiu could naturally tell that Sun Tianlei probably didn't mean what he said. It was estimated that this Argyle pink diamond was most likely grown in a laboratory.

Li Xiu also had some knowledge about cultivated diamonds. After all, this technology is still very famous. However, cultivated diamonds are not fake diamonds. Instead, they use a little bit of real diamonds, like planting a tree, to turn those little bits of real diamonds into

Large, so strictly speaking, lab-grown diamonds are also real diamonds.

It’s just that the energy in cultivated diamonds is much less than that of natural diamonds of the same volume. Therefore, the price of cultivated diamonds is the price of cultivated diamonds, and the price of natural diamonds is the price of natural diamonds. Generally speaking, the price of cultivated diamonds is 10% of the price of natural diamonds.

Less than one, or even tens to one percent.

If the price is clearly marked and lab-grown diamonds are sold as lab-grown diamonds, then there is no problem at all.

But it would be a bit unethical to sell lab-grown diamonds as natural diamonds.

What makes Li Xiu a little curious is that if this Argyle pink diamond is a cultivated diamond, it turns out to be a demon gemstone. In other words, cultivated diamonds can also give birth to demon spirits, which is very interesting.

"Sun Tianlei, are you sure this is really not a cultivated diamond? I heard that someone got a batch of Argyle powder cultivated diamonds from Tianhe Laboratory..." Bai Ying said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Sun Tianlei's face suddenly changed slightly, and he forced a smile and said: "Two aunties, that matter really has nothing to do with me, what I am selling is really..."

"Is it really a lab-grown diamond? Do you want me to call Lao Qi over and ask?" Bai Ying said.

"Dele, my aunt is here. I admit it. Why don't I just sell this diamond?" Sun Tianlei sighed.

"How much do you want to sell this diamond for?" Li Xiu looked at Sun Tianlei and asked.

Sun Tianlei was slightly startled. He originally thought that not only would he not be able to accomplish anything today, but he would also completely offend Li Xiu, thus losing his wife and losing his troops.

Although he didn't care about offending Li Xiu, otherwise he wouldn't want to trick him.

But if he didn't get the benefits and offended people, that's not what Sun Tianlei wanted.

"Director Li, do you really want it?" Sun Tianlei looked at Li Xiu with suspicion. Now even fools know that the Argyle pink diamond in his hand is a lab-grown diamond, but Li Xiu still wants to buy it. I don't know that Li Xiu

Is it true or false?

"Of course I really want it, but any diamond should have its own price, right?" Li Xiu said calmly.

"Director Li, didn't you hear clearly what I just said? That's a lab-grown diamond with low energy value. Why did you buy it?" Bai Ying looked at Li Xiu with wide eyes and said.

"It's enough to be beautiful." Li Xiu said calmly.

"Yes, yes, what Director Li said is that it is difficult to find such a big and pure diamond. Although I was also deceived today, I still feel sorry for you, Director Li. If you really want to

If you want, I will give you a broken bone price, one million longevity coins, what do you think?" Sun Tianlei quickly said to Li Xiu.

Eternal Life Coin is a currency that can only be used in Eternal Life City. Its purchasing power is about twice that of Space Coin. In other words, one million Eternal Life Coin is roughly equivalent to two million Space Coin.

For a lab-grown diamond, this price is not low.

"You sell a lab-grown diamond for one million, Sun Tianlei, you are really not evil." Bai Ying mocked from the side.

"Miss Bai, even if it is a cultivated diamond, it is not easy to cultivate such a large Argyle pink diamond. It will cost me to buy it back, and I don't know how to make it myself." Sun Tianlei said with a grimace.

Li Xiu took out the box of emeralds, picked out a few small ones, put them in front of Sun Tianlei and said, "Exchange these emeralds for this diamond, do you think it's suitable?"

Sun Tianlei picked up the emeralds, looked at them, and said with a smile: "Director Li is so cheerful, so I won't say anything. You can take the diamonds and come back to me if you need anything in the future."

Bai Ying frowned and said nothing, and Li Qingyin was also a little confused. She didn't know what Li Xiu wanted to do with buying this lab-grown diamond.

Generally speaking, cultivated diamonds have less energy. If they are used to feed demons, the diamonds they eat seem to be enough, but they are digested slowly and receive less energy, which is very detrimental to the growth and promotion of demons.

Ji Qing from the God's Pet Team, because she bought a batch of cultivated diamonds, her demons grew very slowly, and she was so depressed that she almost vomited blood.

Use it to open doors. Small cultivated diamonds don't have enough energy, and large ones are too expensive, so they are also not suitable.

Except for some trialists who don't have enough money to buy lab-grown diamonds to feed demons, lab-grown diamonds are mostly used in technology.

"If there are any more diamonds like this, take them out and let me see." After Li Xiu put away the Argyle pink diamond, he said to Sun Tianlei.

"Yes, yes, I'll show it to you right now." Sun Tianlei quickly took out several bags from his arms.

What was poured out of those bags were all Argyle pink diamonds. The particles were large and small. A pack of dozens of small ones only weighed a few carats. There were large ones of two to three carats, four or five carats, and the largest one was

A Gaelic pink diamond is as big as a quail egg and must be at least ten to twenty carats.

There is no doubt that these are all lab-grown diamonds. If they were natural diamonds, so many diamonds could be sold at sky-high prices. The Argyle Pink Diamond, which is as big as a quail egg, is a priceless treasure.

The largest natural Argyle pink diamond is just over twelve carats, which is much smaller than this one.

"How do you sell this one?" Li Xiu glanced at the largest Argyle pink diamond and asked.

He didn't expect to see another demon gem. It seemed that the probability of cultivating diamonds to produce a demon gem was quite high.

Sun Tianlei pondered: "I can't say what the price is. Although cultivated gems can theoretically be infinitely large, with current technology, it is easier to cultivate diamonds within ten carats. For such large diamonds, many diamond cultivation laboratories have the technology

It is unreachable. Only Tianhe Laboratory has such strength and technology, and I spent a lot of money when I bought it back..."

Li Xiu took out a few more emeralds from the box and put them in Sun Tianlei's hand: "Are these enough?"

"Director Li, these are really not enough. I can't even recoup the cost. Otherwise, you are so tolerant to me. As long as it is enough, I will definitely give it to you." Sun Tianlei said with a bitter face: "How about you give me two more, as long as it's enough."

It’s enough.”

Li Xiu didn't waste any time and directly gave him two more emeralds.

"Well, Mr. Li is so refreshing. From now on, you will be my VIP customer. If you take anything from me in the future, it will definitely be the price of the gemstone. You will never be deceived." Sun Tianlei patted him.

said the chest.

"Thank you." How could Li Xiu dare to believe him? He would definitely not dare to come to him to buy gems if nothing happened in the future.

After sending Sun Tianlei away, Li Xiu looked at Li Qingyin and said, "Why are you so interested that you came to the gem market?"

Li Qingyin didn't speak, and Bai Ying said from the side: "Tomorrow is Qingyin's birthday, so of course I have to buy some gems to celebrate for myself. If Mr. Li has time tomorrow, he can come to Qingyin's birthday dinner."

"I see." Li Xiu thought for a moment, took out the seven- to eight-carat cultivated Argyle pink diamond he bought earlier from his pocket, handed it to Li Qingyin and said, "Consider this my birthday gift to you.

, I have something else to do tomorrow, so I won’t go to your birthday party."

Bai Ying saw that Li Xiu actually gave Li Qingyin a lab-grown diamond as a birthday gift, and it was a small one. She couldn't help but curl her lips slightly, but she didn't say anything.

Li Qingyin took the diamond with a smile and said: "Then I'm not polite. In fact, I have seen the large Argyle pink diamond you just bought in Tianhe Laboratory before. It is indeed the same as Sun Tianlei said, more than ten carats.

Cultivating diamonds requires some skills, otherwise the cultivated diamonds will have some problems. That one is the first perfect Argyle pink diamond of more than 20 carats successfully cultivated by Tianhe Laboratory, and its value is quite high.

You’re not at a loss either.”

Li Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "It turns out that I have learned a lot. Thank you for your advice. I won't disturb your enjoyment."

When Bai Ying is around, there is no good interest. Just like when enjoying food, when there are flies around, it will affect the appetite to some extent.

After Li Xiu left, Bai Ying said to Li Qingyin: "This Li Xiu is too stingy. He even gave you a lab-grown diamond as a birthday gift. I have never seen such a stingy person. At least it should be real. Don't you

Is this young lady’s status not worth a real diamond?”

"Birthday gifts are about heartfelt feelings. He also spent real money to buy this diamond. It shows that he really likes this diamond and can give me something he likes. This gift is quite good." Li Qingyin said.

"You are good at everything, but you are too kind and think about others. Sooner or later, you will suffer." Seeing that he failed to provoke him, Bai Ying could only pretend to sigh.

Li Xiu wandered around the market, bought a batch of black spinels and tanzanite, and went home directly.

The black spinel and tanzanite are used to feed the Black Death Lord and the Archer of Love respectively, waiting for them to upgrade their levels.

Back in the house, Li Xiu took out the cultivated Argyle pink diamond and dropped his own blood on it.
To be continued...