"Brother, are you sure you can do this? Let this old brother take over. I've already lost over a hundred or two hundred thousand. Even if my luck is rotten, it's time for a turnaround this round."
"Enough chatter. Just watch."
Gu Qingfeng sat down in the seat Horse King had just vacated. The next round was about to begin.
As the maiden attendant raised her hand, the gamblers placed their bets, the amounts varying from a few hundred to several thousand.
"Fine, you do it then, brother! This round, keep betting on 'small'! We're sure to win! Trust this old brother, you won't go wrong!"
Having lost everything betting on 'small', Horse King was naturally unconvinced and wanted Gu Qingfeng to stick with 'small' as well.
"This round indeed should be 'small', but... since the payout for 'small' is too low..."
Gu Qingfeng glanced around and directly placed his one thousand chips on the 'nine points' spot below.
His move left the entire table dumbfounded.
Everyone knew that betting on 'nine points', which Gu Qingfeng had chosen, had a payout of one to six.
Although the payout was high, the odds were extremely low. You only won if the total of the three dice was exactly nine.
Under normal circumstances,
most gamblers, to minimize losses, would spread their bets. If wagering a thousand, they might put five hundred on 'big' or 'small', three hundred on 'odd' or 'even', and the remaining two hundred on a specific total like this.
After all, the higher the payout, the lower the odds. Even if you lost, it was no big deal, but if you won, the win was substantial.
Horse King thought he was daring enough, but he never expected Gu Qingfeng to be even bolder. With only a thousand chips to his name, he actually bet all of it on 'nine points'.
"I say, brother, that's not how you gamble! We only have a thousand chips. How can you put it all on 'nine points'?"
"The payout is high!"
"Nonsense! Of course the payout is high when the odds are low! The payout for 'leopard' is one to thirty! After playing so many rounds, how many times have you seen a 'leopard' come up?"
"No rush. It'll come up later."
Seeing Gu Qingfeng wouldn't listen to reason, Horse King paced anxiously in a circle. "Even if you want to go for 'nine points', at least bet less! How can you go all in? At least keep some for a comeback!"
"Comeback my foot."
Across the table, the maiden attendant, seeing the two of them arguing, asked, "Are you sure you want to bet on 'nine points'?"
"Sure. Start."
The maiden attendant nodded, activated the Little Thousand Fate Chaos Array, and the Dice Cup bloomed with multicolored light. When the sound stopped, she opened the Dice Cup.
One die showed three pips.
One die showed four pips.
One die showed two pips.
No more, no less, exactly nine points!
Witnessing this scene, not only were the gamblers at the same table stunned, but even the maiden attendant found it unbelievable. Horse King was as if he had seen a miracle, seemingly unable to believe his own eyes. It took him a long moment to react. "Damn it all, it really is nine points?"
"What else? Could it be fake?"
Betting on 'nine points' had a one-to-six payout. With one throw, Gu Qingfeng won six thousand.
"Your luck is just too good, kid!"
"My luck has always been good."
Gu Qingfeng then placed all seven thousand Immortal Stones on 'big'.
"I say, brother! Can't you bet a little smaller? Keep some for a comeback! Don't go all in!"
"Isn't that how you were playing just now?"
"That's why this old brother ended up losing everything!"
"Relax. That was you. Didn't I tell you? When it comes to gambling, I've never lost in my life."
"Damn it! You've only won one round and you're already getting cocky!"
The second round began.
The Little Thousand Fate Chaos Array operated, the Dice Cup bloomed with light, and the maiden attendant opened it. It was 'big'!
Gu Qingfeng won the second round as well.
On the third round, Gu Qingfeng placed the fourteen thousand Immortal Stones he had won on 'odd'.
The Little Thousand Fate Chaos Array operated once more, the Dice Cup bloomed with light again, and the maiden attendant opened it again. Thirteen points—it was indeed odd. Gu Qingfeng won again.
The fourth round! The fifth round!
Up until the sixth round, Gu Qingfeng won six rounds in a row, amassing a total of one hundred and ten thousand Immortal Stones.
Horse King started getting excited and thrilled again, even happier than when he had won himself. In his joy, he didn't forget to remind him, "Brother, this time you must listen to this old brother. Absolutely must not go all-in again. Bet smaller, definitely don't bet everything again."
"Fine! I'll listen to you!"
Gu Qingfeng bet ten thousand Immortal Stones on 'eight points', with a payout of one to eight.
Unfortunately!
This time, Gu Qingfeng lost.
Gu Qingfeng continued targeting 'eight points', betting another ten thousand.
Unfortunately.
He lost again.
Gu Qingfeng continued targeting 'eight points'.
And lost again.
He targeted it four times in a row and lost every time. Luckily, he only bet ten thousand each round, so he still had seventy to eighty thousand Immortal Stones left.
"Brother, a man shouldn't be too greedy! Why is your ambition so big? Why are you fixated on 'eight points'? That's not easy to win!"
"Then what point do you suggest I target?"
Gu Qingfeng crossed his legs, sipping his wine, looking quite leisurely and content.
"If you ask this old brother, let's not target specific points. Let's keep playing 'big/small' and 'odd/even'. Even though the payout is one-to-one, the odds are better!"
"Where's the fun in that? Winning so little isn't even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth. Since we're here to gamble, we're playing for the thrill! Playing those one-to-one payouts is worse than going out to work."
With that, Gu Qingfeng placed all the remaining seventy to eighty thousand Immortal Stones on 'four points'.
The surrounding crowd erupted in an uproar.
Everyone knew that when targeting the total of three dice, 'four points' and 'seventeen points' had the highest payouts—even higher than 'leopard', a full one to fifty! Precisely because the payout was so high, the odds were also the smallest!
"Brother, do you have to be so extreme?! You... you're sure about targeting 'four points'?"
"Why wouldn't I be sure? The payout is so high, a full fifty times. If we win, that's four million Immortal Stones. How satisfying!"
"Damn it all! You're targeting 'four points'! Can that even win? Even if the heavens descended, it wouldn't be easy to win!"
"Whether we win or not isn't up to the heavens."
Gu Qingfeng tilted his head back and drained his cup of wine in one gulp, laughing. "It's up to me."
Perhaps because Gu Qingfeng's bet this round was too large and too thrilling, the other gamblers at the table didn't place any more bets, all wanting to see if Gu Qingfeng could win this one. However, no one was optimistic. They were all seasoned gamblers and clearly knew the odds of winning by targeting 'four points' were far too slim.
When the Little Thousand Fate Chaos Array was activated and the Dice Cup bloomed with multicolored light, the gamblers watched intently. Horse King stood beside him, perhaps too nervous, as sweat beaded all over his forehead. He didn't even bother to wipe it, his eyes wide, holding his breath, staring fixedly at the Dice Cup.
When the Little Thousand Fate Chaos Array stopped operating and the multicolored light from the Dice Cup ceased blooming, Horse King suddenly closed his eyes again. He simply couldn't bear to watch such a thrilling scene, afraid his heart couldn't take it.
Whoosh!
A wave of excited, boiling noise suddenly erupted, buzzing in Horse King's ears. He instinctively opened his eyes and found everyone screaming in astonishment. Horse King seemed to realize something, focused his gaze, and looked over at the three dice inside the Dice Cup.
One die showed one pip.
One die showed one pip.
One die showed two pips.
Added together, it was exactly four points.
"Heavens above! Four points! Damn it all! It really is four points! We won, by his grandmother... Targeting 'four points', we actually... actually won! Targeting 'four points' has a one-to-fifty payout! We bet eighty thousand chips, we can win four million Immortal Stones! Heavens! Earth! This is just too thrilling!"
Realizing Gu Qingfeng had just won four million Immortal Stones in one go, Horse King could no longer contain the excitement in his heart. He shouted excitedly, "Wahahaha! We won! We won targeting 'four points'! Little brother! You're truly divine! Hahaha!"