Hearing this, Yu Nian and Feng Chengyuan were both stunned. They thought to themselves that there really was such a husband in the world who would use his wife's lifespan as a bargaining chip.
Master Long gave a cold laugh. It was hard to tell whether he had anticipated the development of the situation or was just used to such scenes.
He naturally took the wet towel handed over by his attendant and nodded. "Sure."
Seeing Master Long's agreement, Liu Hele immediately got excited.
He prayed fervently for a long time. Then the dealer standing in the middle of the table said with a smile, "Even numbers mean loss, odd numbers mean win. Place your bets and no going back!"
Liu Hele stared with wide eyes, picked up the dice cup and shook it violently. The hall grew a bit quieter, making the sound of the dice rattling in the cup extremely clear.
After a long while, Liu Hele stopped. He slowly lifted a corner of the dice cup, held his breath and took a peek. His scarlet eyes suddenly trembled.
He almost crazily lifted the whole dice cup and shouted, "It's even! It's even!!! Hahaha, I finally won. It's all mine, all mine."
Watching Liu Hele greedily stuffing the silver notes into his bosom, the ghosts chirped and cackled.
The dealer said with a smile, "Congratulations on winning back your fortune."
Having tasted the sweetness, Liu Hele's eyes darted around. He said to Master Long, "Wait! I want to bet again!!"
The dealer, not at all surprised, exchanged a look with Master Long and said with a smile, "Sure. What do you want to bet this time?"
Liu Hele said, "I want to get promoted and make a fortune!"
The ghosts burst into another fit of laughter.
The dealer nodded and said, "It's okay, but you need to add more chips."
Liu Hele immediately said, "Add! I bet twenty years of my wife's lifespan!! If that's not enough, then thirty years!!"
The dealer gave a soft laugh and said again, "Even numbers mean loss, odd numbers mean win. Place your bets and no going back!"
Liu Hele started shaking the dice cup frantically again.
Yu Nian frowned tightly. If Liu Hele lost this time, Cai Jia would surely die.
She couldn't help but think of the woman who had knelt in front of the Taoist temple and begged bitterly. She felt it was really not worth it for her.
Qi Rongsheng also angrily clenched his fists and cursed in a low voice that Liu Hele was no man at all!
Unexpectedly, Liu Hele won again. He was overjoyed.
Master Long looked at Liu Hele with a smile. "Do you still want to bet?"
Liu Hele nodded. "Yes, I bet my wife's life!"
The moment he said this, Yu Nian felt a dark shadow dash out beside her.
Qi Rongsheng couldn't bear it any longer. He no longer concealed his aura and punched Liu Hele in the face. He coughed uncontrollably because of his excitement and cursed, "You scumbag! Can't you see he's setting you up? If you want to bet, why don't you use your own life? Do you know how much suffering your wife has endured to save you?"
The incident happened so suddenly that the whole Jilefang fell silent for a moment and then instantly boiled over.
Master Long's face darkened. He raised his eyebrows and said, "So you're a Taoist priest? How dare you cause trouble in my place."
Yu Nian secretly thought it was bad. This was the ghost realm. Qi Rongsheng might not be able to use his magic smoothly.
The moment he finished speaking, Master Long flipped his wrist and actually threw Qi Rongsheng heavily to the ground. At the same time, a group of ghosts swarmed up and quickly tied Qi Rongsheng up.
The ghosts laughed so hard that they bent forward and backward. Pointing at Qi Rongsheng, they laughed and said, "I've never seen such a stupid Taoist priest!!"
Even a little ghost stepped forward and roughly patted Qi Rongsheng's head, chattering noisily.
Master Long just let them make a ruckus. He said with a smile, "I'm in a good mood today. Which one of you come up and bet with me later? If you win, you can take this Taoist priest back and cook him!"
Hearing this, the ghosts boiled over like a pot of boiling water.
Master Long's gaze turned back to Liu Hele. He smacked his lips a little and said with a smile, "But what he said is right. You're really not a good thing."
After saying that, he waved his hand. Immediately, four or five little ghosts swarmed up and pressed Liu Hele firmly on the table without any explanation.
Liu Hele was extremely frightened and pleaded loudly, "Master Long! What are you doing? I didn't lose!"
Master Long gave a snort and a laugh. "I just don't like the way you look." As he said this, he walked up to Liu Hele with a sharp knife in his hand. First, he hit Liu Hele's face hard with the back of the knife, and then with a flash of cold light, he cut off Liu Hele's right middle finger at the root.
There was a "snap" sound, and a heart - rending scream echoed in the Jilefang.
Big drops of sweat dripped from Liu Hele's forehead. He was shaking like a sieve in pain. He raised his right hand with only four fingers left in disbelief and let out a scream.
"Pain, pain, pain - my hand!!"
The people around were used to such a scene. The staff of Jilefang casually dragged Liu Hele aside and threw him there like garbage. Blood was flowing from his severed finger. The little ghosts waiting for a long time immediately rushed forward and greedily licked the blood on the ground.
After Master Long had laughed enough, he asked, "Who else wants to bet? The one who wins can take this Taoist priest away."
Looking at Qi Rongsheng tied aside, Yu Nian had an idea in her mind.
Yu Nian stood in front of the gambling table and watched the little ghosts play for a while. She roughly understood the rules of the game.
"Hey, little girl, what are you standing here for? If you don't want to bet, get out of the way quickly!"
The people around Yu Nian impatiently pushed her. Their eyes were full of disdain.
Yu Nian said calmly, "I'll bet."
Her voice was not small, which attracted everyone's attention.
They saw Yu Nian walking slowly to the gambling table and taking out a few ghost money notes from her sleeve. Immediately, the people around burst into laughter.
The people here were all desperadoes, and the gambling amount was extremely large. Yu Nian was the first one to come here to bet with just a few ghost money notes.
A little ghost mocked, "Hey, think it over clearly. This is Jilefang, not a place for fun! Once you lose the silver notes, they're gone. Don't cry then!"
It wasn't exaggerating. Gambling was addictive. The more you gambled, the more you lost, and the more you lost, the more you gambled. Some people just came here for fun at first, but in the end, they lost everything and were thrown out of Jilefang.
Facing the ghosts' mockery, Yu Nian just smiled slightly. "It's okay. I'll win."
The ghosts burst into another fit of laughter.
The dice were put into the bowl and covered upside down. The dealer shook the bowl left and right. The clear sound of collision suddenly stopped. The dealer looked at Yu Nian.
Yu Nian remained calm. "Big."
"Open -"
The bowl was opened. Two dice were lying quietly on the table. The ghosts held their breath and looked over.
One die showed a six and the other a five. It was really big.
The ghosts were all a little surprised and whispered to each other, "How did she really win?"
"It must be a coincidence!"
The man who had mocked Yu Nian just now was only slightly stunned for a moment. Then he sneered, "You're really lucky. Take this money and buy some gold and silver jewelry."
After saying that, a stack of silver notes was pushed in front of Yu Nian.
Yu Nian hooked the corner of her mouth and pushed all the silver money back.
The ghosts were all stunned and looked at Yu Nian in confusion.
"One more round."