Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

One day later, on the vast plains of Dongzhou, a magnificent city stood tall.

This city is Xiangdong City.

The surrounding area for miles was all flat and fertile land, but this city alone rose from the ground with a magnificent presence.

From afar, as Gou An rode his flying boat, he could see that the entire city was vaguely shrouded by a giant, arc-shaped array, as if the sky had been turned upside down, steadily protecting the whole city.

Even if cultivators wanted to enter the city, they could not land directly from the air; they had to land at the city gate and then walk.

"What a magnificent city!" Gou An exclaimed as he stood at the bow of the flying boat and looked at the city.

"The Eastern Continent is not like the Northern Continent!" Long Youzi said slowly, "There are fewer mortals in the Eastern Continent, so there are fewer cities. Once there is a city, it is the only one in a radius of thousands of miles, so naturally it is built very large."

"Let's go, into the city!" Gou An changed back into a loose robe, pulled the hood over his head, and lowered his head. "You just lead the way, I'll completely conceal my presence."

"Understood!" Long Youzi nodded.

Gou An controlled the flying boat to land in a deserted mountain forest a little distance from the city gate, and then pretended to be an ordinary cultivator and walked towards the city gate.

Long Youzi walked in front, with Gou An following behind.

Soldiers stood guard on both sides of the city gate, all wearing magical armor. Most of them appeared to be at the Qi Refining stage, except for the leader, who looked to be at the Core Formation stage, the Yuan Dan stage.

However, these soldiers did not check the cultivators entering and leaving the city; they simply stood guard and maintained order.

Gou An followed Long Youzi and easily entered the city without encountering any obstacles.

Unlike the cities Gou An had entered before, this city was almost devoid of ordinary people; it was filled with cultivators from all walks of life, making it quite lively.

This Dongzhou is close to the East China Sea, and sea monsters often come ashore.

It is very difficult for ordinary people to survive here, and most of the few ordinary people who are here rely on the protection of local sects to survive.

"Where is your fellow Daoist?" Gou An asked curiously, following behind Long Youzi.

Long Youzi gave Gou An an awkward smile: "That kid is a gambling addict, he's probably being held captive in the casino right now."

Before long, Long Youzi led Gou An to a tall building compound.

The plaque in front of the courtyard gate has three large characters written on it: Gambling Spirit Workshop.

Before even entering, Gou An could already hear the lively sounds inside.

Cultivators came and went from the gambling den, some happy, some sad, and some were even beaten out.

"I never imagined that even among those who cultivate immortality, so many people would enjoy gambling!" Gou An remarked.

"After all, we're still human!" Long Youzi sighed. "As long as we're human, we'll have greed, and where there's greed, these kinds of places will naturally exist."

"Let's go! Let's go in and take a look!" Gou An patted Long Youzi on the shoulder, signaling Long Youzi to go first.

Upon entering the gate, you will soon see a place to exchange spirit stones.

You can exchange anything of value for spirit stones, or you can temporarily pawn it and redeem it when you have enough spirit stones.

Unfortunately, disposing of Jin Yang Shan Jun's things here would greatly increase the chances of being exposed, so Gou An did not choose that option.

The biggest difference between this human cultivation city and the Ten Thousand Demon City is that spirit stones can be freely traded and are one of the common currencies in the cultivation world.

Walking further in, you'll reach the main building.

The building has several floors; the higher the floor, the greater the amount of spirit stones that can be gambled.

The first floor is filled with low-level cultivators, and the spirit stones on the gambling tables are only a few or tens of yuan each.

Even so, these cultivators were all very engrossed in gambling, their eyes red and necks bulging.

Long Youzi led Gou An to the counter, where an old man with a long beard was on duty.

"Senior, I'd like to ask you about someone!" Long Youzi said politely, bowing with his hands clasped.

"Asking about someone?" The old man stroked his beard and said slowly, "You've probably come to the wrong place. This is the Spirit Gambling House, not the Listening Wind Pavilion."

"The person I'm looking for should be a frequent visitor to your place!" Long Youzi smiled slightly and said, "His Daoist name is Xiankongzi."

Upon hearing this, the old man, who had initially been unwilling to engage with Long Youzi, suddenly brightened up: "You mean that street hustler!"

"Does the senior know?" Long Youzi quickly asked.

"I know, I know!" The old man nodded with a smile. "This guy had some good luck a few days ago and won a lot of spirit stones. He doesn't play on the first floor anymore. If you want to find him, go upstairs."

"Thank you, senior!" Long Youzi quickly led Gou An up the stairs to the second floor of the gambling den.

Unlike the crowded first floor of the casino, the second floor had a wide gap between the gambling tables, which were also separated by screens.

The gambling table was piled high with spirit stones, with hundreds of spirit stones being won or lost in a single game.

Long Youzi led Gou An to search every table, but still couldn't find a spare spot.

So they could only ask the monks guarding the counter on the second floor, but the information they received was exactly the same as that on the first floor.

I won a lot of money yesterday during a free period of time, and today I went straight to the third floor.

This puzzled Long Youzi, so he could only take Gou and prepare to continue upstairs.

Gou An couldn't help but remark, "Your fellow Daoist seems to be quite skilled at gambling."

"It's probably just blind luck!" Long Youzi shook his head. "This guy has never won much before; he always loses everything when he gambles."

Once you get to the third floor of the casino, there are even fewer gaming tables; they are all in private rooms.

Each room also has a beautiful female cultivator acting as the banker, which really looks like the casino style I saw in my previous life's GG.

But just like before, after searching around, there was still no sign of that free time.

Long Youzi could only find the guard on the third floor to inquire again.

The guard on the third floor was a middle-aged female cultivator. Although she looked quite old, she had a curvaceous figure and a unique charm.

Upon hearing Long Youzi's description, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, "I know the person you're talking about. He just won a big hand and went upstairs."

"He went upstairs again?" Long Youzi was surprised.

Gou An patted Long Youzi on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's continue upstairs."

Just as Gou An and Long Youzi reached the top of the stairs to the fourth floor, they were blocked by two cultivators at the Core Formation stage.

"Wait a moment, gentlemen. If you wish to go up to the fourth floor, you must first pay a table fee of one thousand spirit stones per person."

After one of the cultivators finished speaking, he took out a storage bag and opened it.

"A thousand?" Long Youzi couldn't help but retort, "Why don't you just rob someone?"

"That's the rule of this building!" another cultivator added. "If you can't even come up with a thousand spirit stones, and you can't even play one game on the fourth floor, then there's no point in going up there."

"I'll give it to you!" Gou An patted Long Youzi on the shoulder, not wanting any further complications.

Long Youzi could only take a step back and said no more.

Gou An took out his storage bag, opened the opening, and with a flick of his finger, spirit stones flew out automatically and poured into the other person's storage bag.

After the two thousand spirit stones were paid, the two cultivators finally stepped aside.

When they reached the fourth floor, Gou An glanced around and saw only eight rooms with open doors.

Although the gambling tables in each room were piled with not many spirit stones, Gou An could tell at a glance that they were no longer low-grade spirit stones, but mostly mid-grade and high-grade ones.

This is only the fourth floor of the casino.

The casino has six floors; I wonder how much gambling is possible up there.

Furthermore, Gou An discovered that there seemed to be some kind of formation set up on this floor, which would suppress cultivation and prevent spiritual energy from being released.

No one may use any magic or spells except for normal actions.

This was clearly a preparation to prevent anyone from cheating.