Locust

Chapter 395 The Secret Gambling Game
Dongxiehai City, Linlang Pavilion.

Ao Wenyuan bluntly said that he came here to be a Taoist priest of many treasures, to spread wealth and treasures for the people of Haishi, and to benefit the whole place.

"Taoist Duobao?" Du Qi heard this and was a little confused.

He didn't believe that there would be any good men and women under the Demon Lord. This person must have other motives for coming here. There was absolutely no possibility of "bringing benefit", and most likely he was here to "commit evil".

Ao Wenyuan smiled: "You don't need to know the unnecessary things. It is enough for you to know that Ao has a large part of the treasures in his hands and plans to spread them out."

Du Qi's heart trembled.

Isn't there something weird about these "treasures and treasures"?

"This is not simple." He stared at it and said bluntly, "People in Dongxiehai City are greedy, and it is not easy to earn their spiritual treasures. It is easiest to disperse these treasures. As long as you give them the opportunity, grab them openly. There won’t be many people who hesitate.”

Ao Wenyuan waved his hand and said: "Once the pie-in-the-sky thing happens, people will definitely be suspicious of it. This matter should be covered up a little to avoid making others suspicious. Do you have any good ideas, fellow Daoist Du?"

Du Qi's face turned red and he said softly: "It's nothing more than selling at a reduced price to attract popularity and attract customers. But in this way, I'm afraid there will be competing merchants who will be affected and come looking for trouble, and keep a low profile with fellow Taoists. It doesn’t quite match the original intention.”

"Since we want to scatter wealth and treasures, it's hard for me, a Taoist Taoist, to keep a low profile." Ao Wenyuan took a few steps with his hands behind his back and said with a smile, "But the way you mentioned selling at a reduced price is too clumsy. Although there are some The effect is, but not to the extent that it can shake the Dongxie Sea City and crowds of people."

"Envoy, do you have any good ideas?" Du Qi asked directly.

Ao Wenyuan smiled slightly: "Just take a look at something like this."

"Whoosh!"

A gray stone box one foot square was suspended in mid-air.

"This is?" Five colors of light surged in Du Qi's eyes, "A box made of the stone skin of Longkeng stone."

He reached out to open the stone box and found a box full of orbs.

Just now, due to the specificity of the dragon pit stone skin, he could not see clearly what was in the box. Now that he opened it, he realized that there were these orbs in it.

Ao Wenyuan said softly: "Greedy people must be fond of gambling. The culture of stone gambling is also prevalent in this large area of ​​​​the East China Sea. However, the Longkeng stones are difficult to find and the price is high, which discourages most people.

"And there is not even a famous stone workshop in this mirage sea. Such a huge business gap is a great opportunity for us to get involved."

"This object is called a hidden box. It is made of dragon pit stone skin and is refined with special techniques. No one can see through the contents. As long as a treasure is placed in it, it is equivalent to a piece of dragon pit stone."

"I will use this as a bet, blindly guess the secret box, pay for the profits and losses, and attract the gamblers of Dongxie Sea City to come and join in the grand event."

"Blindly guess the secret box, and you will pay for the profits and losses." Lin Qi's eyes lit up, and with his business sense, he naturally knew that this matter had great potential.

First, it fills the gap in the stone gambling business and is a brand new business.

Second, it is more maneuverable than gambling on stones. How many treasures can be obtained is controlled by oneself, which is more conducive to the psychology of hard-to-control gamblers and maintains popularity.

"Envoy, I wonder how many such secret boxes you have prepared." Lin Qi felt itchy and asked, holding up his hands.

He couldn't wait to start this new business immediately and see the bustling scene of Linlang Pavilion. No mature businessman would not want to see the crowds of guests coming to his house.

High-end businesses can be done, and ordinary people can also do business. Earning spiritual treasure beads is not shabby at all.

Ao Wenyuan looked at the other party and said with a smile: "Ao has prepared a total of ten thousand secret boxes. In each secret box, there are treasures and treasures, ranging from a single orb to sacred treasures. They will definitely allow people to come and go. All the punters are having fun."

Du Qi's eyes sparkled and he said excitedly: "Moreover, these hidden boxes can be reused. If the boxes are opened here on the spot, more people will benefit. If word spreads, it will definitely attract more people to participate, and those who will suffer losses will also If you can get some small treasures, it’s not like you’ve got nothing.”

"This secret box business is more conducive to playing with people's hearts than uncontrollable gambling, and it will probably be more popular than the latter..."

Ao Wenyuan smiled and said nothing.

He took out this "black box blind guessing" not to make a profit, but to spread the treasures soaked in disaster power and stir up chaos in Dongxie Sea Market.

These first batch of secret box objects will all be normal treasures, in order to create a reputation and reputation and attract more gamblers.And the second batch of hidden box items will be the beginning of the additive version...

……

Ten days later, Dongxiehai City.

A remote alley was crowded with people, and even the high wall on the side had worn away a layer of wall skin.

A monk standing at the entrance of the alley saw the strange scene in front of him and said in surprise: "What is going on? Master Shark Tooth, Master Fubo... Why are there so many Masters Jindan crowded here? Could it be that this alley , what kind of rare treasure is found?"

Another monk replied hehey: "Not only are there rare treasures, but there are also a lot of rare treasures that are popping up one after another, and there are even divine materials and magic weapons."

"What's going on? Is it rare that some ancient repair cave is born?"

"What are you thinking? This is Xieji Island, Dongxiefang City. If an ancient repair cave is born, will it be our turn to benefit from it?"

"...That's right. Then please tell me, fellow Taoist, what is the reason for the 'grand scene' here, and what are the magical materials and magic weapons you mentioned just now?"

Another monk calmly took the bag of orbs handed over by the other party, weighed it heavily, and put it into his sleeve: "Fellow Taoist, I don't know. There is a shop called Linlang Bao Pavilion in this alley. On July [-], A few days ago, a new business was launched, called the 'Black Box'. A box sold for [-] orbs. On the first day, more than [-] old customers were specially invited to participate. Unexpectedly, someone immediately opened a small piece of Hanhai Essence. gold."

The face of the monk who heard this changed: "A small piece of vast sea fine gold? This is a kind of divine material fine gold, worth at least 150 million orbs. Can a secret box of 150 yield treasures that are [-] times more profitable? This Linlang Treasure Pavilion, are you probably making up a story to fool outsiders who don’t know the truth?”

"Fellow Taoist, you are too worried. If you have such doubts, others will naturally have them too. Therefore, the alley was quite deserted in the first three days. However, the first batch of old customers came here every day, and there was another person who opened the door from the secret box. I produced a high-grade magical flying sword and put it up for auction in Dongxiehai City, and sold it for a high price of 210 million or [-] orbs!"

"What fellow Taoist said was the Sea-Splitting Sword five days ago?"

"Oh? Do you also know about that top-grade flying sword?"

The monk smiled bitterly: "I originally thought of a high price of 200 million orbs and bought it. I didn't think there were too many competitors, so I raised the price to 210 million to [-]."

"You have 200 million orbs, why not also try the secret box in the alley." The monk who replied smiled, "The magic materials and magic weapons were released in succession for three days, completely opening the Linlang Pavilion and the 'hidden box' Due to his reputation, he knows that there are countless rare treasures in it, and there is an endless stream of gamblers coming and going. In the past few days, some people have opened similar magical materials one after another. From this, it can be seen that this Linlang Pavilion is definitely not a trick. .”

The monk frowned and asked: "How can there be such a thing as pie in the sky in this East Evil Sea Market? If someone comes up with a magic weapon, others will inevitably suffer from it. These businessmen will not let themselves suffer if they are unable to make a profit. "

"What fellow Taoist said makes sense, but when we monks enter Taoism and practice, they all believe that they have the opportunity to achieve great achievements. Now this kind of opportunity is within reach, and the price is only [-] orbs. , will there be a shortage of people flocking to it?"

"That's right. Businessmen pursue profit. They take advantage of the weakness of people's hearts. That's why so many gamblers participate in this gambling game. In the end, the only ones who benefit are mostly businessmen. Fellow Taoist is also a discerning person, so most of them won't be affected by it. This..., eh? Fellow Taoist, why are you still pushing in..."

The monk on the opposite side was already blushing and squeezed into the crowd: "My generation of monks often sacrifice their lives for chance treasures. Now, as long as there are [-] orbs, we can have a chance to develop a magic weapon without risking our own lives." , isn’t it a great thing? I don’t know if others will suffer a loss, but I have been practicing so far and have been blessed with blessings, so I will never suffer a loss!”

"Fellow Taoist... what you said makes sense. Just wait for me. Let's try it together. With these two million orbs, I may be able to create a high-grade flying sword."

...Linlang Treasure Pavilion has set off a trend of gambling on "hidden boxes" in Dongxiehai City.

Many businesses began to follow suit, but their momentum and scale were not as good as Linlang Bao Pavilion, which was the first to open this business.

……

Within Linlang Paradise.

It was Du Qi who said excitedly: "Sir, this secret box has been on sale for less than ten days, and all ten thousand have been sold out. Now in the alley outside, people are squeezing their heads every day, wanting to come in and participate. We We can prepare for the next batch of sales. Nowadays, the supply of these cassettes exceeds the demand. Can we cancel the daily sales limit of [-] pieces and slightly expand the scale of sales?"

Ao Wenyuan smiled slightly and said: "Now that we have become famous, from today onwards, we will lift all sales restrictions and accept all comers. We will sell as much as they want?"

Du Qi was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "The envoy's previous decision to restrict sales was not to do 'hungry marketing' to maintain a situation where a box is hard to find, to increase his reputation, and to maintain the style of Linlang Pavilion?"

"Why are the sales restrictions completely lifted now? Isn't this the same as the outside world following suit? If we don't maintain some of our characteristics, I'm afraid more and more imitators will follow and steal our customer flow!"

Ao Wenyuan looked confused and smiled: "The previous sales restriction was to build a reputation, create the illusion that a box is hard to find, and create a topic. Now there are many people following our example. With them building a reputation for us, of course we have to change the way we play... "

(End of this chapter)