Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

There were eight tables in the lobby: four for dice and four for dominoes. That was all there was to it, unlike modern casinos which had so many different games.

Li Gu turned around and secretly thought to himself that something was wrong.

The way to gamble with dice is to bet on big or small, odd or even, or simply bet on the number of points.

Dominoes are played by drawing tiles and then revealing them to compare their values.

Both betting methods are very simple, do not involve psychological warfare, and do not require "deceiving" the opponent in the game to achieve victory.

The later "flush" game, which involves lying and psychologically intimidating opponents, is not found in dice or dominoes.

Li Gu's system can only be used for betting on "flush" and has no effect on betting on dice and dominoes.

This is difficult...

Should we just forget about it?

Li Gu felt a growing urge to back out.

He's planning to leave the casino and find other ways to make money.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man was heard cursing at the dealer: "I lost again! Tell me, are your dice filled with lead? You can just roll whatever you want? Are you trying to cheat me?"

The dealer smiled obsequiously and said, "How could that be? Our Ghost City Gambling House is the fairest and most honest place; we absolutely do not cheat with the dice."

[The Cultivation World Anti-Fraud Handbook Lv.1 reminds you: Li Si's statement just now, "There was absolutely no cheating on the dice," is a lie. Do you want to force the lie to become true? Yes/No.]

Li Gu: "Huh?"

There's hope!

The answer to this question is obviously no. If we want to restore the dice to normal, then...

Li Gu decided not to leave this time. He stood next to the dice table and began to observe.

After the gamblers placed their bets, Li Gu would quickly glance at them and calculate as fast as he could which side had bet more chips and which side had bet less.

After observing several rounds, Li Gu confirmed that the dealer always dealt the handicap to the side with fewer chips bet!

If many people bet on odds, he'll open evens; if many people bet on big, he'll open small. He does this every time, except in a very few games where the bookmaker deliberately throws the game to give most people a laugh.

Li Gu had a plan in mind. He took out five spirit stones and waited until everyone had placed their bets. He glanced at them and calculated that fewer people were betting on even. He then decisively placed all five spirit stones on even.

"Three, five, two, even! Small!"

At the dealer's shout, those who placed bets on singles and big bets all put on masks of pain.

Li Gu earned five spirit stones.

He didn't earn much, but it proved his observations were valid.

Very well, then let's keep quiet and make a small fortune.

Li Gu only bets 5 spirit stones each time, not more, so as not to change the chip ratio on the table as soon as his bet is placed. After winning four or five times in a row, he deliberately bets the wrong thing and loses 5 stones to avoid arousing suspicion.

After winning a total of thirty or forty spirit stones, he switched to a different table...

Making money this way is slow, but safe. Li Gu's eyes darted around the room, checking if any staff were watching him, but it was clear that his small-scale operations went unnoticed. The bookmakers were more interested in the big spenders who bet several mid-grade spirit stones at a time; nobody cared about small fry like him, betting five low-grade spirit stones each time, sometimes winning and sometimes losing.

It took Li Gu more than an hour to win two hundred low-grade spirit stones. Knowing he had won, he slowly walked to the counter, patted the table, and said, "Help me exchange these low-grade spirit stones for mid-grade spirit stones."

Behind the counter stood a pale-faced woman, who looked to be in her early twenties. She was probably a young member of the Ghost City gang. Her features were actually quite decent, but her long, loose hair and unnaturally pale complexion, coupled with her expressionless face, made her look unsettling. Her voice was weak and feeble: "Two hundred low-grade spirit stones, exchanged for two mid-grade spirit stones... Please take them, esteemed guest..."

Li Gu nodded, put away the spirit stones, and turned to leave.

He was a little worried that he wouldn't be able to leave the house, but he soon realized that he was overthinking it. He had only won two mid-grade spirit stones, which was not enough to attract the attention of the Ghost City Gambling House. No one bothered him, and he walked out easily.

Standing on the chaotic streets of Liziba, Li Gu breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, I can come here more often now. But I need to carefully calculate the total amount of spirit stones I need to win. Once I've won enough, I should stop immediately. I absolutely cannot treat this place like an ATM, or something bad will happen sooner or later."

He had just thought of this...

Then, a dazzling trail of spiritual energy appeared in the sky, and a middle-aged man flew over on a sword and landed in front of Li Gu. It was Hua Qianfang.

Li Gu: "!"

Damn, is Hua Qianfang here to see me? Did I somehow expose myself again?

Li Gu's hair stood on end.

However, he immediately realized he was wrong. Hua Qianfang didn't even notice him and walked straight past Li Gu into the Ghost City Gambling House.

Li Gu thought to himself: Hua Qianfang is also gambling on spirit stones? Although he is a scoundrel, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would get involved in gambling.

What should I do?

Should we go in and see what he's up to?

No, no, no, it's too dangerous. I don't know how high his cultivation level is. If I follow him with my current cultivation level, I'll be courting death. He might notice me if I follow him for more than a few steps. I'd better not be reckless.

Li Gu forcibly suppressed his damned curiosity and returned to the yamen as quickly as possible.

After a short while, Hua Qianfang sat in the reception room of the Ghost City Gambling House. A middle-aged woman, pale-faced and looking almost lifeless, sat opposite him, her face expressionless, and asked in a weak voice, "What wind blew today that brought the Jiangzhou Hall Master of the Demonic Sect to our Ghost City Gambling House?"

Hua Qianfang smiled and said, "I have something I'd like to ask my friends in Ghost City for help with."

The middle-aged woman said, "Ghost City never helps anyone for nothing! Not even the Demonic Sect."

Hua Qianfang: "Of course you'll be well compensated."

The middle-aged woman remained expressionless: "Speak, what is it?"

Hua Qianfang: "I have four disciples who betrayed our sect and fled to Jiangzhou. I received intelligence that they went to Ghost City. Your gang helped me capture those four people, but they are not the ones I'm looking for... In other words, my four disciples did not go to Ghost City; they are still in Jiangzhou City."

Middle-aged woman: "Jiangzhou is not like a ghost town; we have no way to find people here."

Hua Qianfang: "Of course I know that. I want your gang to use the 'Corpse Puppet Technique' to help me refine a corpse into a 'Corpse Puppet' and give it to me. I will then send this 'Corpse Puppet' to those four disciples."

The middle-aged woman instantly understood: "You weren't familiar with those four disciples, so you wouldn't recognize them if they disguised themselves slightly. But this corpse puppet was very familiar with those four disciples in life, so even if it disguises itself, the 'corpse puppet' will recognize it, right?"

Hua Qianfang smiled: "It's so convenient to talk to smart people. Among acquaintances, you can recognize someone even from behind."

The middle-aged woman said coldly, "They don't even know their own disciples well, and they have to rely on corpse puppets to recognize them. The way the Demonic Sect cultivates talent has truly opened my eyes."

Hua Qianfang: "Hey, we've been allies for years, can you stop badmouthing me?"

Middle-aged woman: "The only allies of this ghost town are money. Are you money?"

Hua Qianfang: "..."