"Don't worry."
Ji Mo gave Yue Liang a reassuring look and said to Wang Guang, "Roll the dice."
"Let's roll. It's either you die or I die today."
Wang Guang deliberately slammed his palm on the table.
A hidden force stealthily attacked Ji Mo's dice cup.
He couldn't afford to lose, so he had to cheat.
But strangely, the hidden force vanished without a trace as it approached Ji Mo.
Ji Mo calmly tapped his fingers on the table and taunted, "What's the rush? Smashing the table won't help. You're destined to lose."
He wasn't afraid of the opponent playing dirty tricks.
At this moment, Wang Guang finally realized he had encountered a master. He suspected he couldn't win against Ji Mo with gambling skills alone.
He wouldn't give up. With a low shout, he unleashed his Spiritual Saint realm cultivation without reservation, simultaneously expanding his domain to envelop the entire gambling table.
The surrounding gamblers retreated a considerable distance, their faces filled with disdain. Was Wang Guang afraid of losing, resorting to using his cultivation to cheat?
Within the range of his domain, Wang Guang could control almost everything.
He sneered and channeled energy towards Ji Mo's dice cup, causing the numbers on the dice to change.
"I have three sixes."
Wang Guang revealed his dice cup, his face full of smugness.
"You're using your cultivation! Shameless!" Yue Liang accused.
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With his life on the line, Wang Guang shed all pretense of decency and resorted to outright cheating.
Ji Mo sensed the change in the dice and flicked out wisps of hidden energy, attempting to revert them.
Instantly.
Two forces intertwined, causing the three dice to jump erratically, and the entire dice cup vibrated violently.
Crack!
The dice made a cracking sound, unable to withstand the collision of the two forces, and began to show cracks.
"Hmph, trying to resist? Then I'll shatter your dice completely."
Wang Guang had another wicked idea. Without concealing his intentions, he brazenly channeled spiritual energy, directing waves of power to impact Ji Mo's dice cup.
Among the gamblers were many cultivators who clearly saw what was happening and couldn't help but curse inwardly: Wang Guang was truly shameless, openly cheating.
However, intimidated by Wang Guang's pressure, they dared not speak.
"It seems I still need to shake them."
Ji Mo became serious, picked up the dice cup, and began to shake it slowly.
In the void, as Ji Mo's palm moved, two forces, yin and yang, emerged, forming a Tai Chi symbol.
Yin and yang worked in harmony, achieving a subtle balance.
"What kind of technique is this? This person's control over power has reached a realm of exquisite subtlety!"
Around them, gasps of astonishment echoed.
Many found it unbelievable that Ji Mo, merely by casually shaking the dice cup, could manipulate yin and yang and construct the eight trigrams. Such skill was astonishing.
Wang Guang was shocked by this sight, but his heart soon settled. The dice were already broken; could they be mended?
Ji Mo put down the dice cup and slowly opened it.
As expected, inside was a pile of white powder.
"I have eighteen points, you have no points. I win."
Wang Guang shouted excitedly.
He had finally won, and he could finally kill Ji Mo openly. He was so thrilled that tears welled up.
"I won't let you touch a single hair on him."
Yue Liang spread her arms, shielding Ji Mo.
"We haven't even tallied the points yet, how can you say you've won?"
Ji Mo patted Yue Liang's shoulder and said softly, "I haven't lost. Believe me, just watch."
Yue Liang, half-believing, blew a breath towards the small pile of powder.
Instantly, the dust swirled, revealing red dots beneath.
The dice hadn't completely shattered; a few fragments remained. Not too many, not too few, they added up to exactly eighteen points.
No one expected the tables to turn so suddenly, with Ji Mo emerging victorious.
A cheer erupted from the surrounding crowd.
Such a gamble was truly breathtaking and spectacular!
"Wang Guang, you lost."
Yue Liang clapped her hands excitedly, giving Ji Mo a stern look. This rascal had made her worry for nothing.
"It doesn't count. The dice aren't intact, how can it count?"
Wang Guang was stunned and refused to acknowledge the outcome.
Ji Mo, however, said, "Why shouldn't it count? You didn't say they couldn't break beforehand. If you had the ability, you could have broken them too."
Wang Guang was left speechless by his retort.
A thought struck him, and he immediately devised a counter-strategy.
With a forceful press of his palm, spiritual energy surged, and the entire gambling table instantly turned to dust.
This scoundrel had destroyed all evidence, clearly refusing to concede.
"This gamble is void."
Wang Guang uttered these words and, unable to face the crowd, quickly fled.
"Pah! He's a Marquis, yet he cheats at gambling and refuses to admit defeat."
"We are ashamed to be associated with such a shameless person. We will never come to this Chang Sheng Casino again."
The surrounding gamblers cursed.
They hated cheating and reneging on debts the most.
"Truly shameless! When I get back, I'll definitely ask Father to teach him a lesson." Yue Liang clenched her small fists and said fiercely.
She was usually good-tempered, but she couldn't tolerate Wang Guang's scoundrelly behavior this time.
"You can't get away with owing me."
Although Ji Mo hadn't intended to kill Wang Guang, he was angered by the man's utter shamelessness.
He resolved to find an opportunity to deal with him properly in the future.
Ji Mo stuffed the nearly two hundred and sixty thousand taels of gold notes he had won into Yue Liang's arms.
He said, "Wang Guang slipped away too quickly, I couldn't win his underwear. This is all I got."
"I never expected a drop of kindness to be repaid with a gushing spring. I only helped you pay one tael of silver for tea, and you're returning so much to me."
Yue Liang was astonished.
Everyone knew that the phrase "a drop of kindness repaid with a gushing spring" was merely a figure of speech.
But she never imagined that Ji Mo would actually do as he said.
The surrounding gamblers were filled with emotion, and their minds began to churn with selfish thoughts.
This was true gambling, playing small to win big, achieving unimaginably high returns.
From now on, when they saw others in trouble, they would lend a helping hand, and perhaps, like this kind maiden, they would receive a return of millions of times.
Later, strange occurrences began to happen in Wangjing City.
Many gamblers stopped frequenting casinos and instead wandered around, trying every means to help others.
The entire social atmosphere underwent a drastic change as a result.
When the tea stall owner heard the news, he turned to stone on the spot, filled with regret.
If only he had been a bit friendlier back then, perhaps he too would have received a generous reward like the lucky maiden.
Yue Liang, clutching a large stack of gold notes, smiled faintly, bid farewell to Ji Mo, and skipped home.
Some greedy individuals, with ulterior motives, followed Yue Liang, intending to rob and murder her.
But upon seeing Yue Liang enter a mansion, they turned pale with fright, fled in disarray, and dared not harbor any wicked intentions.
As soon as Yue Liang walked through the gate, a massive shadow flashed past, and a pair of rough hands covered her eyes.
"Ah!"
Yue Liang screamed in fright.