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

"Found him!" Long Youzi suddenly pointed to a room and said to Gou An, "That's him!"

Gou An looked in the direction Long Youzi was pointing and saw a young cultivator sitting at a gambling table in one of the rooms.

A large number of mid-grade spirit stones were piled up in front of him as stakes, and his eyes were gleaming with excitement.

However, this young cultivator was dressed plainly, making him stand out from the other gamblers at the table.

"Let's go! Let's go take a look!" Gou An patted Long Youzi on the shoulder.

When they arrived at the room, there were eight empty seats at the gambling table, but seven of them were already occupied, and other gamblers were watching from the sidelines.

The gambling was very simple: rolling dice and betting on whether it would be big or small.

Just then, the female cultivator in charge of rolling the dice placed a dice cup on the table: "Place your bets now!"

The cultivators at the gambling table made their choices one after another, some betting on big and some betting on small.

After thinking for a moment, he finally took out five mid-grade spirit stones and placed them on the small table.

According to the rules of the City of Ten Thousand Demons, a mid-grade spirit stone is worth one thousand low-grade spirit stones.

In this round, the profits and losses on the gambling table amounted to tens of thousands of spirit stones.

No wonder, they have to pay spirit stones before going upstairs, which is a disguised form of verification.

Long Youzi walked over to Xian Kongzi, intending to greet him, but Xian Kongzi had no time to pay him any attention. He just stared intently at the table, chanting, "Open! Open! Open!"

Just as everyone had finished placing their bets, the female cultivator, the bookmaker, slowly opened the gambling cup.

"One, two, three, small!"

Seeing that the result was indeed "small," Xiankongzi burst into excited laughter: "Hahaha, I won again!"

In this round, he won five mid-grade spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist, it's me!" Long Youzi quickly called out again upon seeing this.

Only then did Xian Kongzi have a chance to turn around and look to the side. Upon seeing that it was Long Youzi, Xian Kongzi immediately smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, it's been a long time! Please take a seat and follow my lead. I've been having a very lucky streak lately."

"Fellow Daoist, stop playing now, I need to talk to you!" Long Youzi said hurriedly.

But Xian Kongzi shook his head, his tone somewhat impatient, and said, "Nothing is more important than what I have to do right now. Let me win a few more games!"

"Fellow Daoist!" Long Youzi wanted to speak, but Xian Kongzi had already shifted his attention to the gambling table and was preparing to start the next round of betting.

Seeing this, Long Youzi wanted to persuade him again, but Gou An stopped him: "Let him play, we can wait."

"Alright!" Long Youzi had no choice but to watch the battle quietly from the sidelines.

Gou An looked at Xian Kongzi's table. This guy had more than thirty mid-grade spirit stones, which amounted to more than 30,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Then the next game.

Xian Kongzi invested ten mid-grade spirit stones at once, betting big.

As the dice cup was opened, it indeed revealed a big result.

"Hahaha! I won again!" Xian Kongzi laughed heartily, now holding more than forty mid-grade spirit stones.

Then they prepared to place their next bet.

Long Youzi was getting anxious. He whispered to Gou An, "Master, if we let him continue gambling, we might have to wait all day like this."

Gou An simply smiled and shook his head: "Let's wait! A gambler like him won't give up easily when his luck is on his side. Letting him go now would be no different than taking his life."

Long Youzi sighed, knowing that Gou An was right, so he could only stand at the back and continue to watch.

He then made ten consecutive bets, winning big or small each time, which led to him accumulating more and more spirit stones, eventually reaching over two hundred mid-grade spirit stones.

That's over two hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones!

That's a huge sum of money!

Furthermore, the other cultivators who followed him in betting also made a considerable profit.

This puzzled Gou An. How could this guy be so lucky? According to the information he had gathered, this guy had won all the way up from the first floor to this floor, and had won for several days in a row.

According to what Long Youzi said before, this guy used to be very unlucky, and doesn't seem like someone who has this ability.

Could it be that I've encountered some kind of fortuitous opportunity? The kind that can increase one's luck?

Just as this thought crossed Gou An's mind, Xian Kongzi finally lost a sentence.

He bet big, but the result was a leopard, and the leopard won the whole game.

The loss in one round did not bother Xian Kongzi. He quickly took out another twenty mid-grade spirit stones and placed them on the big side, doubling the amount he had placed in the previous round.

It's obvious they want to win back what they lost in the last game with this one.

But this time, when the dice cup was opened, it showed two two three, a small number.

Xiankongzi made the wrong bet again and lost two games in a row.

Seeing this, Long Youzi wanted to step forward and persuade his friend to stop, but Gou An stopped him: "Don't try to persuade him. Gamblers won't give up until they've lost everything. If you disturb them now, it'll easily turn into an enemy."

Soon the third round began, and Xiankongzi took out forty mid-grade spirit stones and once again placed his bet on the high.

But the outcome was still small.

Xiankongzi lost again!

The other cultivators who had been betting with Xian Kongzi initially saw that his magic had faded, so some simply left the gambling table, while others stopped betting altogether.

"I'm betting on big again this time!" Xian Kongzi took out eighty mid-grade spirit stones and placed his bet on big again.

Gou An frowned slightly. He had seen this kind of betting method before; it was said to be a way to win money with a 100% success rate.

If you don't win, your next bet will be double the previous one.

By doing this, if you win in just one round, you can win back all the bets you lost before.

Clearly, this is the method used by Xian Kongzi.

Unfortunately, this method requires a large sum of money to be wagered.

But to Xian Kongzi's surprise, he guessed wrong again; it was still small.

Originally, there were more than two hundred mid-grade spirit stones, but now only seventy or so remain.

He wiped his face, trying to calm himself down.

Although he lost a few games in a row, he still won overall.

Instead of continuing to blindly place large bets, he switched back to betting five spirit stones.

But in the end, the outcome remained the same; he still made the wrong bet.

Then, Xiankongzi increased the bet to ten spirit stones, but still made the wrong bet.

Twenty spirit stones, and still the wrong bet.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and bet another forty spirit stones, still choosing the larger option.

He refused to believe that so many games could end in a small score.

But as the gambling cup was opened, one-one-four, it was indeed still small.

He lost again.

After winning for so many days, accumulating over two hundred mid-grade spirit stones at his peak, he now only has one mid-grade spirit stone left after just a few rounds.

The process was like riding a roller coaster, plunging from the peak to the bottom of the valley.

"Stop gambling!" Long Youzi couldn't help but try to dissuade him.

But Xian Kongzi seemed possessed, shaking his head repeatedly: "I still have one last piece, I still have a chance to turn things around!"

Without hesitation, he placed his last mid-grade spirit stone on the big bet.

But when the dice cup was opened, it revealed three fives—a triple—meaning the dealer would win everything!

He lost everything!

"How is this possible? How is this possible?" Xian Kongzi looked at his empty desktop and couldn't accept it for a moment.

"If you're out of spirit stones, you can exchange your valuable treasures for spirit stones on the spot!" the female cultivator said gently. "Alternatively, you can borrow spirit stones. Borrow one hundred mid-grade spirit stones and repay one hundred and twenty in three days."

"Don't lend it!" Long Youzi grabbed Xian Kongzi's shoulder. "If you lend it, your cultivation path will be completely over."