The first time he had goaded Gu Qingfeng into betting on Leopard, the man had won thirty million.
The second time he had goaded him into pushing all his chips on Big, he had won another sixty million.
This alone had already stoked Li Fengyan's fury to a blazing point, but he never imagined that Gu Qingfeng would now have the audacity to ask him to choose which bet to place.
Furious, Li Fengyan's face turned ashen, his teeth grinding as he roared, "I dare to choose for you, but do you dare to bet?"
Gu Qingfeng shrugged indifferently. "Why wouldn't I dare?"
"Good!" Li Fengyan sneered with a vicious grin. "Aren't you fond of going all-in on Leopard? If you have the guts, keep betting on Leopard. Don't make me look down on you. Bet!"
"You know what, brother? Your eye isn't half bad. When it comes to dice, I, your lord, do have a particular fondness for Leopard."
Gu Qingfeng, smiling, pushed out five million chips, betting solely on Leopard.
Witnessing this scene, the other gamblers in the hall felt a mix of amusement and exasperation, Old Master Li included.
In a gambling house, it wasn't unheard of to let someone else choose your bet. However, it was usually done by those who had lost several rounds in a row, hoping to borrow another's luck to change their fortune. Those on a winning streak rarely let others choose for them.
Of course, it wasn't unheard of.
But most would ask a friend or a serving maiden to choose.
Now, Li Fengyan clearly held a grudge against this Tough Guy Nobleman, yet the nobleman still asked Li Fengyan to choose for him.
What was even more unbelievable to everyone was that Li Fengyan had chosen Leopard for him.
Anyone else would have avoided betting on Leopard.
The odds were far too low, and with one Leopard already rolled, what were the chances of a second?
Yet, to everyone's surprise, this Tough Guy Nobleman had indeed gone all-in on Leopard again.
This couldn't help but raise doubts: Was this Tough Guy Nobleman not right in the head, or was he simply insane?
Or had he drunk so much Bitao Fine Wine that his consciousness was already muddled? Otherwise, why would he act so foolishly?
Li Fengyan provoked viciously, "Betting only five million, can you even call that a bet?"
"Didn't you only bet five million too?"
Gu Qingfeng finished another jar of fine wine and gestured for the maiden attendant to refill it.
"Dare you bet however much I bet today?"
"Your lord said I'd keep you company to the end!"
"Good! Watch closely!"
Li Fengyan, with renewed heroic fervor, pushed his remaining five million chips onto Odd, then challenged again, "I raise another five million!"
"Just five million? Your lord calls."
Gu Qingfeng didn't even glance, tossing over another five million, still betting solely on Leopard. He looked at Li Fengyan and said, "What? Out of chips already?"
"How could I be out of chips?"
Li Fengyan stood up, loosened his collar, and with a flip of his palm, produced a token. "I have twelve million Immortal Stones in my account. Old Master Li, please withdraw them all and exchange them for chips!"
The Fengyue Small World was the largest trading hub in the Twin-Polar Heavenly Domain and naturally had banks for depositing and withdrawing Immortal Stones.
Old Master Li nodded, took Li Fengyan's identity token, and handed it to Steward Zhu Guang to process.
"Here are ten drops of Innate Spirit Essence. Each is worth a million, ten drops worth ten million!"
As he spoke, Li Fengyan took out ten brocade boxes from his storage ring, each containing a drop of Innate Spirit Essence worth a million.
Was that all?
No.
Immediately after, Li Fengyan produced a jade-green crystal. "This is Ancient Emerald Essence, worth five million!"
Was that all?
Still no.
"These are low-grade Immortal Weapon sword blanks. Each is worth five million. I have three here, totaling fifteen million!"
Was that all?
No! Not yet.
Watching Li Fengyan take out treasure after treasure from his storage, everyone present was astonished. They marveled at how Li Fengyan, as a young noble of one of the nine great immortal families of the Jinnwu Secret Realm, possessed so many priceless treasures.
Beyond their astonishment, everyone finally realized that Li Fengyan was preparing to go all-out against this Tough Guy Nobleman!
In gambling houses, conflicts between two parties weren't rare. What were they fighting over?
They fought for face. What were they competing in?
They competed in who could afford to play!
Li Fengyan had taken out nearly twenty priceless treasures, the least valuable among them worth a million, the most valuable exceeding five million. Old Master Li tallied them up; the total value of Li Fengyan's treasures was thirty-one million.
At that moment, Zhu Guang returned with the twelve million Immortal Stones from Li Fengyan's account exchanged for chips. Added to the thirty-one million, that made a total of forty-three million chips.
Li Fengyan pushed all forty-three million chips onto Odd in one go. Combined with the ten million he had bet earlier, that totaled fifty-three million chips. After placing the bet, he pressed his hands on the table, a cold sneer on his face as he stared at Gu Qingfeng. "You can't afford to play with me!"
Gu Qingfeng smiled without a word, matching the bet with fifty-three million chips of his own. "Your lord here still has seven million chips left."
Li Fengyan had nothing valuable left to offer. He said, "Old Master Li, could you lend me ten million for now?"
"Young Lord Fengyan, you know the rules of Gambling City."
"Not even for me, temporarily?"
"My apologies. It's the city's rule."
Li Fengyan then looked at the other gamblers. "Everyone, could you lend me ten million for now?"
"Well, Young Lord Fengyan, it's not that this old man doesn't want to lend to you. You know, lending money in a gambling house brings bad luck."
Indeed.
Gamblers rarely lent money to others. Once lent, it was as if they were lending their luck away—a belief most gamblers held deeply.
"Brother, forget it. Don't trouble yourself. Your lord will let you have the seven million Immortal Stones."
As he spoke, Gu Qingfeng pushed his remaining seven million chips onto the table as well.
"Let me? What a joke! What are you? What right do you have to let me?"
Li Fengyan flew into a rage. Raising his hand, he directly summoned a black jade Immortal Weapon sword and slammed it onto the gambling table. "I bet this Black Jade Gale Sword! Is that enough? Can you afford to let me now?"
When Li Fengyan summoned the Black Jade Gale Sword, everyone in the hall was shocked.
Everyone knew that an entry-grade Immortal Weapon sword blank was worth five million on the market.
But Li Fengyan's Black Jade Gale Sword wasn't a sword blank; it was a successfully tempered, graded Immortal Weapon. Its value was at least over twenty million. Typically, even gamblers who had lost their senses wouldn't bet their own tempered Immortal Weapon treasures, because tempering an Immortal Weapon required not just vast amounts of Immortal Stones but also countless hours of painstaking effort.
Now, to go all-out against this Tough Guy Nobleman, Li Fengyan had directly bet his hard-earned, tempered Black Jade Gale Sword.
"Young Lord Fengyan, this Black Jade Gale Sword is an Immortal Weapon you tempered with great effort. Are you sure you want to bet it?" Old Master Li's voice came.
Li Fengyan said, "I am very sure."
"Shall we exchange it for chips for you?"
"No need!"
Incredible!
It seemed Li Fengyan wasn't just going all-out against this Tough Guy Nobleman; he intended to surpass him in the stakes. Just as he had said, not just anyone could afford to "let" him, Li Fengyan.
Consider this: he had already bet over fifty million chips. This Immortal Weapon treasure was worth at least twenty million or more. In other words, he had bet a total of over seventy million.