A fine Chicken Blood Stone is best left uncarved, to be used either as a seal or as an ornament, which is why she just said that a beautiful rosewood stand for display would be more than sufficient.
It can be said that any Chicken Blood Stone that has been carved generally covers up its flaws, which makes it less valuable, so how could one consider carving such a fine specimen into a Blood Guanyin?
Not to mention that fine Chicken Blood Stones are best left uncarved, but even if one were to carve Guanyin, who would use a Chicken Blood Stone for that? Wouldn’t that create a "Blood Guanyin"?
"You don’t know, Madam from Prefect Li’s Family is a devout Buddhist, she worships Buddha and prays to Guanyin daily, and it’s said that she has as many as five Guanyin statues. I was merely trying to cater to her preferences, but to think, they at Hundred Treasures Silver Building, ruined this stone!" Merchant Liu said with regret.
"Good riddance!" Wufu scoffed and said, "Merchant Liu, you should really thank them for destroying it, otherwise, if it really had been carved into a Guanyin and sent to them, your days would have been numbered!"
Merchant Liu’s face darkened, from where did this ignorant common girl come, who doesn’t know how to speak?
Shopkeeper Lin was shocked and asked, "Miss, what do you mean by that?"
Wufu glanced at Merchant Liu and, while lovingly caressing the Chicken Blood Stone, explained, "Merchant Liu, your intention was good, to cater to her preferences isn’t wrong, but the mistake lies in your choice of material. If you had used white jade, jadeite, or any other type of jade carving for Guanyin, that would have been fine. But this is a Chicken Blood Stone!"
Merchant Liu rolled his eyes, of course, I know it’s a Chicken Blood Stone!
"Look at this blood color, how is it?" Wufu pointed to a section.
The two leaned over to look, wasn’t it just a deep shade of red?
"The blood color is bright and splendid, the color is right, the blood content is abundant and the concentration deep, visibly dense, the blood patterns form clumps, merged within the ’ground,’ vibrant and magnificent. Such a Chicken Blood Stone is extremely precious." Wufu pointed to a section and said, "Just looking at it, don’t you find it lively and brilliant, like real blood?"
Initially, they didn’t notice anything special, but upon her description, it truly seemed so, as if it had come to life.
"It’s very realistic, isn’t it? What do you think would happen if it were carved into a Guanyin?" Wufu asked with a smile.
What else could happen? Bloody red and looking like real blood, wouldn’t that be a Blood Guanyin?
Shopkeeper Lin’s complexion slightly changed as he looked toward Merchant Liu, who clearly also thought of those same three words and became stupefied.
"Merchant Liu, you wanted to give a birthday gift, but giving a blood-stained Guanyin, whose bad luck are you trying to invoke? Who would like a Blood Guanyin? It’s not only inauspicious to hear, but it also profanes Guanyin," said Wufu casually.
Merchant Liu’s body went limp, sweat began to form on his forehead, and chills ran down his back.
If he really had given a Blood Guanyin as a gift, that wouldn’t have been a congratulatory gesture, but a curse. So what good days would he have left? He’d better find some remote mountain hollow to hide in quickly.
Merchant Liu realized he had almost sent himself to his doom and shivered in terror, subconsciously holding on to the edge of the table.
Shopkeeper Lin, seeing this, quietly sighed in relief. The man who was arrogant yet ignorant might finally stop blaming their store for the mistake.
Hundred Treasures Silver Building had unintentionally saved the lives of dozens from the Liu family.
The key was that this young lady had pointed it out.
Shopkeeper Lin looked at Wufu, who was closely examining the stone, her eyes revealing admiration and fondness without a trace of greed, and he sighed internally.
It turned out that the Fourth Young Master had not been mistaken; this young lady was indeed a person of great talent.
"Miss Wufu, could you show some more kindness and save this Chicken Blood Stone? Such a fine stone shouldn’t just be ruined ," Shopkeeper Lin pleaded with a deep bow.