"Sir, do you have enough money?" Chu Yi looked at Yu Jin in surprise. Many people came to play at Yanshang Teahouse, and a fair number of them would disguise themselves, but it was truly rare to see someone like Yu Jin, who concealed his entire body in armor.
Is such a disguise really effective? Chu Yi was somewhat puzzled, but none of this concerned her; she only needed to fulfill her duty of hospitality.
"Of course," Yu Jin said without batting an eye. For such a grey area, there was naturally no need to follow the rules as before.
"Is that so? Then please come in, but I must warn you, if you don't have enough money, things can get very ugly," Chu Yi smiled. She had given all the necessary warnings; whatever happened next was none of her business.
Although Chu Yi's words were intimidating, Yu Jin didn't hear a single word of it. What a joke, he had braved dragon's dens and tiger's lairs; he truly didn't care for these hidden casinos.
Entering through a secluded side door, Yu Jin's ears were instantly assailed by a cacophony of noise.
Cursing, wailing, and wild laughter filled the air. Everywhere Yu Jin looked, there were Gamblers gathered around gambling tables.
Their faces were flushed, their breathing rapid, and their eyes were fixed on the dice and cards on the table.
The moment of revelation, their emotions seemed to be magnified, their shouts of joy or sorrow merging into a larger wave of sound, stimulating the hearts of every Gambler.
Yu Jin ostentatiously dug at his ears; it was a bit noisy. But he had to admit that the design of this place was indeed ingenious.
Whether it was the lighting's hue, the carpet's color, or the entire casino's setup, everything subtly stirred the desires within each person's heart.
He quickly bypassed the smaller gambling tables and arrived at a particularly luxurious table, yet one with few people around it.
That was the table set up by the house, and few people were willing to gamble against the house. Even though the odds there were several times higher than at ordinary tables, everyone knew that winning the house's Mora usually didn't end well.
"Oh? Is this guest going to try our Yanshang Teahouse's newest game?" A revealingly dressed dealer flirtatiously smiled at Yu Jin.
Yu Jin shook his head and said, "Keep it simple, and make it big money."
The dealer in front of him was clearly stunned by Yu Jin's words, but soon her smile became even more eager.
"Is that so? Then, does the guest have enough chips ready?" The dealer swayed her waist while preparing the gambling tools.
Yu Jin looked at the leather pouch at his waist, then pulled out Osial's power Crystalize.
Sorry, Osial, lend me your power!
"This, will this do?" The fist-sized azure orb emitted a faint blue light, which overshadowed the flickering lights of the casino.
Wherever the light swept, everyone seemed to be drenched in icy seawater, immediately waking up from their previous frenzy.
Some were captivated by the orb, staring with wide eyes. They saw azure light flowing like water on the orb's surface, forming vortexes etched into it.
"Miss, have you seen enough?" Yu Jin placed the orb on the table; its faint glow dissipated, and everything returned to normal.
"Of course, it will!" The dealer finally came back to her senses, her eyes still occasionally glancing at the orb in Yu Jin's hand.
For no other reason, the orb, with its aura reined in, was even more beautiful. Even from a distance, everyone could feel the abundant water element power within it.
"What good stuff is that?"
"How much Mora must that be worth?"
"No, he's young and impulsive; such a treasure is probably going to be lost!"
...After a brief shock, the casino became noisy again, but this time everyone's gaze was focused on Yu Jin.
Yu Jin listened to the surrounding praises, lowered his head, and looked at the orb in his hand. Is Osial worth so much? He thought, he should feed him something good to compensate him sometime, and make him spit out pearls again.
"Step aside, I'll play with this guest," Lord Maocai walked down from the second floor and approached Yu Jin with a smile.
"How about we just play 'guess the size'?" Lord Maocai looked at Yu Jin with a beaming smile. He was a big fish, and he couldn't let him get away.
"Guess the size, right? Okay," Yu Jin thought of something fun. Anyway, he was here to cause trouble, so playing a bit wasn't bad.
Lord Maocai didn't waste words after hearing this. He handed a dice cup and two dice to Yu Jin and kindly said, "Since it's the guest's first time, I'll take a loss. If it's a tie, the guest wins."
Yu Jin glanced at the dice cup, then at Lord Maocai. Heh, he looked decent, but he didn't expect him to be so cunning. If it weren't for his good eyesight, he might not have discovered the mechanisms inside the dice cup and dice.
However, these things were just minor problems for Yu Jin. He eagerly said, "Let's go!"
"It seems the guest is in high spirits; I will certainly accompany you!" Lord Maocai finished speaking, then was the first to slam his dice cup onto the table and began shaking it.
Seeing this, Yu Jin also began shaking his dice cup. Lord Maocai wasn't cheating, and neither was he.
At this moment, the previously empty gambling table was already surrounded by people. Everyone wanted to see how Yu Jin would lose everything.
Open the dice cup! Yu Jin was big, Lord Maocai was small.
"Hahaha, the guest truly has good luck. This five hundred thousand Mora is a welcoming gift," Lord Maocai showed no anger, instead magnanimously handing a brocade box to Yu Jin.
Yu Jin's mouth under his helmet twisted. No wonder so many people were addicted to gambling dens and couldn't extricate themselves. Just a few minutes, and it was almost equivalent to an ordinary person's annual income.
This speed of making money was countless times faster than many other professions.
"Again, again! Watch me win it back!" Lord Maocai laughed and said. Yu Jin glanced at him; this old man was quite skilled. He had rolled a small number without cheating, it seemed he had quite a reputation in casinos in his youth.
Second time, Yu Jin won!
Third time, Yu Jin won!
...After a long while, Yu Jin always won more, which resulted in his table being piled high with glittering Mora, just one glance was enough to make one envious.
Lord Maocai looked at the strange man opposite him; he was starting to get scared. No matter how large the stakes or how much Mora was won, the fellow in front of him seemed to show no fluctuation.
His hand shaking the dice cup was still without method, his action of lifting the dice cup was still amateurish, and his movements from start to finish had no changes.
But this was the end of it; the sheep was fattened, it was time to slaughter it. Lord Maocai looked at the orb next to Yu Jin's hand, undisguised greed showing in his eyes.
Treasures that entered here never left. If he could offer this orb to Harbinger, his business would surely grow bigger and stronger!
"Haha, how is the guest enjoying himself?"
Yu Jin looked up at him. Was he losing his composure?
"The stakes are too small, one round to decide it all!" Yu Jin pushed the orb and the Mora forward, raising the entire casino's atmosphere to its climax!
"Good! What courage!!!"
"He's a man who makes big money!!!"
"Oh ho!!!"
...The enthusiastic shouts in the casino rang out again. Anyway, it wasn't their money being lost, so they were happy to see an even bigger gamble.
"Good!!!" Lord Maocai also pushed his mountain of jade and antique curios onto the table, infected by the atmosphere.
"Clatter clatter clatter!" The crisp sound of dice colliding rang out, but it was quickly drowned out by the noisy screams.
"Click!" The barely perceptible sound of a mechanism activating reached Yu Jin's ears. It seemed Lord Maocai didn't dare to be careless in the face of such a big gamble.
"12 points!!!" Lord Maocai's dice cup was revealed, causing another round of shouts from the crowd.
"So noisy! Just wait, you won't be noisy later!" Yu Jin secretly spat, then revealed his own dice cup, and the entire venue fell silent.
"Guest, are you perhaps making fun of me?" Lord Maocai looked at the two dice under Yu Jin's dice cup, which were as big as eggs, and said in an unfriendly tone.
But Yu Jin acted as if he hadn't heard, picking up the dice and saying earnestly, "My dice not only have a bigger number than yours, but they're also bigger in size. You lose."
It was then that Lord Maocai noticed that each side of the dice in Yu Jin's hand was inscribed with the number "13."
"Good, good, good! It seems you deliberately came to my Yanshang Teahouse to cause trouble!" Lord Maocai was so angry he laughed, already imagining Yu Jin begging for mercy.
"Heh heh, you got it right! I came to cause trouble!" Yu Jin grabbed the dice and threw them out.
The dice gradually grew to the size of a fist in the air, smashing onto Lord Maocai's head, who fell to the ground. Then Yu Jin stepped onto the edge of the table and shouted loudly:
"If you don't want to get punched, cover your head with your hands and squat down!"
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