Chapter 282 - Ancient Gambling Store
“Jianghuang City is separated into thirteen main streets; each street focused on trading pills, selling treasures, selling Martial Skills, etc. One of the streets is nad the ‘Street of Gold Scraping’.” Sima Kong’s eyes turned fiery as he blurted out, “The Trading Alliance has opened up an Ancient Gambling Store in the Street of Gold Scraping. The Ancient Gambling Store purposely mixes up various fragnted pieces of treasures and junk together, and disguises them with a unique thod, preventing one from recognizing the pieces, and sells them together. It’s similar to a gamble.”
After hearing the words, Qin Nan’s eyes glistened slightly.
The way the Ancient Gambling Store operated was simple; by mixing the fragnted pieces of treasures and junk, and concealing their auras, it would prevent the cultivators from identifying them. If the cultivators ended up picking the fragnts of junk, the Ancient Gambling Store would benefit from it. If the cultivators selected the fragnts of a treasure, then they would be the one benefiting.
It was extrely easy to attract the attention of the cultivators, as they only need to pay an affordable price, and what if they ended up buying the right piece?
Qin Nan did not get excited instantly, as he asked, “Does that an that the Trading Alliance allows cultivators to use their eye techniques?”
“Of course.” Sima Kong said with a smirk, “The Trading Alliance is very confident in their skills, and challenges every cultivator who has learned any kind of eye technique to have a go. Even if you have three black lines, you are not banned from gambling there. They are very proud of themselves, as they are never worried that their forbidding auras would be peeked through.”
“Challenge any cultivators with eye-technique, huh?”
A grin appeared on Qin Nan’s face.
Sima Kong’s plan was simple—to have Qin Nan buy all the treasure fragnts by peeking through the forbidding auras with his eye technique.
No matter how powerful the forbidding auras were, they would stand no chance against Qin Nan’s left eye of the Divine God of Battle!
It was as if Sima Kong had made up his mind as he clenched his teeth and said, “Brother Qin Nan, let’s head to the Ancient Gambling Store. If you are able to get a great catch, I will only take fifty percent of the profits, and I will teach you how to conceal the black lines.”
“Fifty percent? Only thirty percent for you!”
Qin Nan imdiately said.
He was not familiar with the Ancient Gambling Store, but through his brief contact with Sima Kong, he was aware that this person would never allow himself to suffer any losses.
“Thirty percent?” Sima Kong’s expression changed continuously, turning blue and purple at tis, before he said with a painful expression, “Sigh, fine fine, since fate has brought us together as if we were brothers who had lost contact with each other for many years! Thirty percent is fine, I’ll take it!”
“Haha.”
Qin Nan glanced at him and said, “Let’s cut the bullsheet and head straight to the Ancient Gambling Store!”
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The Street of Gold Scraping—as soon as Qin Nan and Sima Kong arrived, to their surprise, the enlivened atmosphere intensified further.
“Yo, buddy with three black lines? I’ve got a pile of fresh fragnted pieces from Skeleton Hill, there must be so fragnts of Emperor Weapons or Dominator Weapons here, don’t miss the chance!”
“Co and take a look. I don’t care if you have three black lines or whatever, as long as you are willing to pay, feel free to pick anything you like!”
“HAHA, three black lines? I only had one black line back then. Co over here and I’ll offer you a discount!”
“……”
Countless rchants on the street stared at Qin Nan and yelled.
In front of each rchant was placed a stall, which was filled with various fragnts, with visible stains of soil and rust on them, as if they had existed since the ancient era.
Qin Nan simply glanced at the fragnts and imdiately discovered that most of the fragnts were fake. Apart from a few which possessed a certain value, the rest were pretty much fakes.
“That’s the Ancient Gambling Store!”
Sima Kong pointed his finger at a tall three-floored hall and spoke.
“Let’s go!”
Qin Nan imdiately made his move, heading straight toward the Ancient Gambling Store.
The ground floor of the Ancient Gambling Store did not cover a huge area, being only a hundred ters square. The place was crowded with cultivators—more than a hundred of them—as they chatted with one another, resulting in a lively atmosphere. Besides that, many of the cultivators wore reddened faces and excited expressions. So of them had twisted expressions instead, with their eyes reddened.
“Cultivators and seniors, let’s begin the second round of gold scraping for the day!”
At that instant, a long-robed elder appeared and said in a loud tone.
Following his words, a large cart was pushed out from behind him. On the cart were hundreds of fragnts, all covered in obvious forbidding auras, causing all the fragnts to look the sa.
The elder continued to utter a yell, his voice full of provocation, “Here are a total of a thousand and two fragnts, including thirty fragnts of Emperor Weapons, which are placed inside the pile by the Trading Alliance; each has a value of at least two hundred Arcane Realm Stones! Besides that, the other fragnts are all retrieved from various forbidden areas, hence there is a chance you might find fragnts of Dominator Weapons among the pile, which ans you have a chance of becoming a millionaire today!”
As soon as his speech finished, the crowd of cultivators rushed forward with lustful eyes.
“I’m buying! I’m buying! I’m buying the ninety-third fragnt!”
“HAHA, I’ll be taking number eighty two, that’s gotta be it! It must be a fragnt of an Emperor Weapon!”
“Quick quick quick, I want number seven hundred and fourteen! I can feel it’s my lucky star!”
“……”
The cultivators crazily bought the fragnts they had set their eyes on, and in just less than the period it took for an incense to burn, the fragnts were almost sold out.
Sima Kong looked at Qin Nan with high hopes and said, “What do you think?”
“Not promising; most of them are fake, and there is nothing too extraordinary. Most of the fragnts of Emperor Weapons were bought by minions of the Trading Alliance.”
Qin Nan shook his head and wore a hysterical smile on his face.
He had already discovered a few cultivators among the crowd who only bought three to four pieces, but two of which were fragnts of Emperor Weapons.
If one cultivator doing so could be considered a coincidence, were a few people doing the sa thing still a re coincidence?
If this is how the Trading Alliance treated their custors and self-acclaim to be fair and just, it is a total joke!
Sima Kong beca enraged too, “You’re right, that’s how the Trading Alliance behaves. Let’s go, there’s no point staying on the ground floor, let’s head to the second floor!”
Now that Sima Kong was feeling super confident, his only thought was to earn a fortune from the store.
At that instant, a cultivator who had just bought ten fragnts turned around after hearing their conversation, and snapped with a furious expression, “You with three black lines, why are you trying to defa the Trading Alliance? The Trading Alliance has always been fair and just. If you keep on uttering nonsense, make sure you stay away from when you leave Jianghuang City!”
The cultivator was a Martial Emperor Realm expert.
He was extrely addicted to this kind of gamble at the Ancient Gambling Store, as he managed to buy a fragnt of an Emperor Weapon at the very beginning, causing his confidence to skyrocket. Although he had tried his luck a few more tis, and always ended up going ho empty-handed, he still believed that it was his luck’s fault, instead of the Trading Alliance manipulating the chances of winning behind the scene.
Qin Nan’s footsteps ca to a halt as he glanced at the person and said, “My friend, the ten fragnts you just bought are all fakes.”
After saying this, the duo left the scene.
The cultivator glared.
Fakes?
How was that possible!
He believed that one of the fragnts would definitely be a bullseye!
The cultivator clenched his teeth and brought the ten fragnts to the place specifically setup to remove the forbidding auras on the fragnts. When the process was completed, he was dumbfounded on the spot, Is this real?
At that instant, Qin Nan and Sima Kong had already arrived at the first floor.
As soon as they entered the first floor, a cold voice could be heard, “Qin Nan, right? You are not welcod here at the Ancient Gambling Store. If you want to gamble and buy the fragnts, you can do so by paying ten tis the price!”
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