Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 751 - 1: Setting the Trap
Chen Jiangyin was dragged into the Ten-Thousand Treasures Pavilion by Yue Jinghua, feeling helpless yet amused.
The two were standing very close to each other, so close that Chen Jiangyin could smell the faint scent emanating from her.
As an Alchemist, having been exposed to countless types of spiritual wood and medicinal herbs since childhood, Chen Jiangyin’s sense of smell was far keener than that of an ordinary person.
Because of her disguise as a man, Yue Jinghua never had the scent of makeup on her.
But every time he approached Yue Jinghua, there would be a very natural fragrance wafting from her.
The scent that hit his face was like that of a lotus in a pond, bringing the fresh aroma of water along with a subtle and elegant fragrance of flowers, which Chen Jiangyin liked very much after just smelling it a few times.
This scent was due to Yue Jinghua’s long-term consumption of Wood Lotus Green Liquid.
"What mischief are you up to now, you little fox?" Chen Jiangyin glanced at the hand Yue Jinghua was holding onto and did not resist.
He grinned slyly and turned his hand around to firmly grasp Yue Jinghua’s. The delicate hand he caught was different from the soft smoothness of a usual woman’s, but it was slender and long, with well-defined bones, as clear as jade, feeling ice-cold in his grasp.
"Who are you calling a fox? You’re the fox, your whole family is foxes. I’m asking you, how good is your gambling skill?" Yue Jinghua tried to pull her hand back, but who knew that, although Chen Jiangyin looked frail, he was quite strong, his fingers tightening more and more, as if intending to knead her hand into his flesh.
Both of them had strong spiritual power and could easily communicate with Divine Sense, which was very convenient.
But to outsiders, this made them look even more peculiar, as if two men were making eyes at each other, exuding an indescribable ambiguity.
Yue Jinghua glanced at his thieving hand, and the two tugged and pulled at each other, attracting the sidelong glances of the female mercenary leading the way ahead, who began looking at them with strange eyes.
Having no choice, Yue Jinghua let go of her strength, letting him hold onto her hand.
"I am a male fox, and you are the little female fox," Chen Jiangyin laughed even brighter, seeing Yue Jinghua’s eyebrows rise, truly about to get angry, then he finally began to plead for mercy, "It’s my first time in a place like this, you’ve really thrown me to the wolves this time, intending for me to help you win back that ring, your scheme is bound to fail."
"I’m not counting on you to win. You just need to sit there, staying even, just stall the game. Your spiritual power is strong; in gambling, three parts depend on luck and seven on the mind. I’ll now teach you the simplest way to throw dice," Yue Jinghua had already checked all the gambling methods in the Ten-Thousand Treasures Pavilion after entering.
Although the Canglong Continent is different from the modern world, there are many similarities between the two continents. In terms of gambling, only the names are slightly different, but the games played are still dice rolling, dominoes, Pai Gow, etc.
Yue Xiaoqi was once a spy in her previous life; the first money she made in her life was from the Monte Carlo casino. Liao always jokingly called Xiaoqi a born gambler, saying "nine out of ten gamblers lose" applied to her would be a joke.
But her real purpose for coming to the Ten-Thousand Treasures Pavilion today was not to gamble, at least not for her to gamble.
Since Chen Jiangyin was a gambling novice, Yue Jinghua simply chose the simplest dice game: "This is the simplest way of gambling. The player just needs to roll three dice, with each die having points from one to six. You need to roll two identical points to count the number on the third die. For example, two-twos-six, three-threes-six, both count as six points, and four-fours-five, count as five points. One-two-six, if the three dice show different points, then no points are counted. If all three dice show the same points, it’s called a ’leopard,’ which doubles the bet; say five-five-five, which counts as fivefold. A few exceptions exist: one-two-three is a ’deflated ten’ which means an automatic loss. Four-five-six is a ’complete win’ an automatic victory. If all three dice show ones, it’s called the ’Leopard King’ and pays tenfold. When the points of the bank and the player are the same, the bank wins. The rules are simple; you just need to pay attention to the banker’s dice shaking hand gesture, and use your spiritual power to keep note. I believe this is much simpler than your Alchemy," Yue Jinghua explained to Chen Jiangyin simply, then stood by the dice-throwing table for a while, and he quickly grasped the trick.
"Let’s pick this table, you play, I’ll watch," Yue Jinghua said, and Chen Jiangyin sat down at a dice game table.
Sitting in the center was a female dealer with her luscious chest exposed, radiating allure and charm.
The female mercenary accompanying Chen Jiangyin had already informed the female dealer of Chen’s identity. Glancing at Chen with a flirtatious look, she said warmly, "Alchemist Chen, how many chips do you need?"
Chen Jiangyin glanced at Yue Jinghua sitting beside him. She had become unusually quiet since taking a seat, and those previously lively eyes had also dimmed.
Feeling that something was odd, Chen Jiangyin sensed as if he were sitting next to a puppet, rather than a living human being. Just let her meddle blindly, he thought; after all, he had taken a liking to this little vixen.
A sense of helplessness swept across Chen Jiangyin’s eyes. He turned to the female dealer and said, "Start with a hundred thousand Dark Pills as my initial chips."
Seeing that several casino attendants quickly brought over a pile of chips for Chen Jiangyin, Yue Jinghua’s Second Primordial Spirit quietly left Ten-Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
She believed that with Chen Jiangyin’s cunning, he could easily handle the small dice on the gambling table.
Yue Jinghua broke through to Dark Heavenly on Moxi Star’s Sea of Consciousness and successfully formed the Dark Star. At the same time, she learned the Waning Moon Realm of the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique, which marked rapid progress in her spiritual power cultivation.
Correspondingly, her Second Primordial Spirit had also grown much stronger.
On the Canglong Continent, those who could bring forth their Primordial Spirit were exceedingly rare. Most Dark Practitioners, even Dark Heavenly or Dan Realm Experts, were unable to detect the presence of a Primordial Spirit.
Yue Jinghua’s silent departure went unnoticed by everyone in the casino except for Chen Jiangyin, who felt a slight inkling.
She made her way smoothly up to the attic of the Ten-Thousand Treasures Pavilion. Yue Jinghua wanted to find out how Ni Huo and Madam Xieleng were getting on; after all, Ni Huo had been upstairs for nearly an hour without making any sound.
If the two were not having a "smooth" conversation, she wouldn’t mind stirring the pot.
Reaching the sixth floor, Yue Jinghua saw a middle-aged man sitting by the stairwell. With a full and round forehead and a broad square face, he was clearly a Dark Heavenly Master.
The master, who just so happened to be the banker that had once conned Qin Dongting and Luo Compass, had been ordered to guard the sixth floor to ensure no one trespassed.
As Yue Jinghua passed by, the Dark Heavenly Master showed no reaction whatsoever.
Approaching the seventh floor, Yue Jinghua discovered that it was protected by a Prohibition.
"No wonder there was no disturbance below. It turns out a Prohibition Dark Array has been set up above," Yue Jinghua said softly with a smile. The Prohibition could stop others but not her.
Prohibitions could block people and objects but were powerless to restrain someone’s Primordial Spirit. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
In an Instantaneous Movement, Yue Jinghua’s Primordial Spirit entered the seventh floor of the Ten-Thousand Treasures Pavilion, which was Madam Xieleng’s room.
What surprised Yue Jinghua was that the room was empty, bereft of people.
