Gu Qingfeng and Horse King were chatting when Old Master Li walked in.
"That was quick?"
"Well..." Old Master Li furrowed his brow slightly. "I must trouble you, Young Lord, to accompany this old man to the Oversight Committee."
"To the Oversight Committee? What for?" Gu Qingfeng asked. "What, you suspect I was cheating?"
"No, no, Young Lord, please don't misunderstand. This old man has already submitted the gambling house's Mystic Light Mirror to the Oversight Committee. After reviewing the Mystic Light Mirror, they have already passed the inspection."
There were many Mystic Light Mirrors in the Fengyue Small World, especially within the Gambling City—they were countless, everywhere. These devices, powered by Mystic Light Arrays, not only served a surveillance function but could also record the scenes they monitored.
In a place like the Gambling City, even with the Little Thousand Fate Chaos Array in place to prevent gamblers from cheating, it couldn't stop gamblers and attendants from colluding openly or secretly to swindle money from the city. Such incidents weren't common, but they were far from rare, cropping up every few days.
Therefore, in the Gambling City, if you lost money, that was that. But if you won, any amount exceeding ten million Immortal Stones had to be reported to the Oversight Committee for approval. Only after passing inspection would you receive your winnings.
"If it's already passed inspection, then why do I need to go to the Oversight Committee?"
"It's like this. After all, eighteen hundred million is no small sum. For safety's sake, and for your future convenience, we plan to temporarily deposit your eighteen hundred million Immortal Stones in a money house. You can withdraw them whenever you need, but there are still some procedures that require your personal presence to complete. Hence, I must trouble you to make a trip to the Oversight Committee."
"So troublesome?"
"We are always very meticulous when it comes to Immortal Stone resources. I hope you can understand, Young Lord."
"I see... Alright then, let's go."
"This old man has already prepared a grand palanquin. Please follow me, Young Lord."
Gu Qingfeng followed Old Master Li out of the inner hall. The moment they stepped out of the gambling house's main gate, they found the outside packed with people. Looking around, they were densely packed everywhere, too many to count.
When these people saw Gu Qingfeng emerge, they grew extremely excited and agitated, shouting loudly.
"That's the Young Lord who calls himself the Tough Guy!"
"Yes, that's him! That's the guy who won a full eighteen hundred million!"
"I heard when this guy arrived, he only had a few dozen Immortal Stones on him. It was the Horse King from the Golden Crow Secret Realm who lent him a thousand chips!"
"Who could have imagined this self-proclaimed Tough Guy, starting with just a thousand chips, would win eighteen hundred million? It's absolutely insane!"
"That Tough Guy name isn't for nothing, you know? I heard this Tough Guy Young Lord tipped the maids serving him alone several hundred thousand chips!"
"Heavens! That's way too extravagant! No wonder he dares to call himself the Tough Guy. He's truly tough beyond human reason!"
"If this guy can tip maids several hundred thousand, who knows how much he'll scatter in charity later!"
"He calls himself the Tough Guy, so the charity he scatters will definitely be no small amount!"
Clearly, these people had gotten the news: today, a Tough Guy Young Lord had won an astronomical sum of eighteen hundred million in the gambling house, starting with just a thousand chips. After hearing the news, these gamblers went crazy, abandoning their own games, all wanting to see just what kind of figure this Tough Guy Young Lord who had won eighteen hundred million was.
Of course, most importantly, everyone wanted to get a share of the luck. After all, according to the old custom of gambling houses, if you won a large sum of Immortal Stones, you were expected to scatter wealth.
"Tough Guy Young Lord! We heard you won eighteen hundred million! If you don't scatter some wealth today, you won't be leaving here!"
"Yeah! Tough Guy Young Lord! We're not after your money, we just want a bit of good luck! Please don't take it the wrong way!"
"Tough Guy Young Lord! You're the Tough Guy! We heard you tipped the maids several hundred thousand! This time you've got to scatter a lot more, or you'll disgrace that mighty and imposing name of yours!"
The crowd clamored for Gu Qingfeng to scatter wealth, prettily calling it 'seeking good luck'.
"How much is usually scattered?" Gu Qingfeng asked.
Horse King replied, "Great Lord, there's no set rule. It's entirely up to your mood. They just want a bit of luck. Any amount will do. Just scatter a bit casually."
"I see."
Gu Qingfeng then looked at Old Master Li. "Old Master, you probably carry quite a few chips on you, right?"
"How many does the Young Lord require?"
As the chief administrator of the gambling house, Old Master Li naturally carried plenty of chips. Moreover, scattering wealth was an old custom in the Gambling City. He had seen it countless times and was numb to it.
"Let's make it a few tens of millions at least."
"What?!"
Old Master Li was shocked. Horse King beside him was also badly startled, choking out, "Great Lord! You... you're not planning to scatter several tens of millions in charity, are you?"
"Is there a problem?"
"That's way too much! Usually, when people scatter wealth, it's a few tens of thousands, maybe a hundred or two hundred thousand at most. No one scatters several tens of millions in one go like you, Old Master! That's too ruthless!"
Beside them, Old Master Li nodded in strong agreement. He had worked in this Gambling City for thousands of years. Just as Horse King said, no matter how much gamblers won, the wealth they scattered was mostly in the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, with a million at the absolute most. After all, it was just for seeking luck; the amount didn't matter. No one had ever dared to scatter several tens of millions in charity.
"Scattering a few hundred thousand, that's called scattering wealth? That's just tossing scraps to beggars."
Gu Qingfeng hooked his finger, signaling Old Master Li to hand over the chips. Old Master Li shook his head. After all, the money was his; he couldn't really say anything. He opened his storage pouch and was about to start counting chips when Gu Qingfeng snatched the pouch right out of his hands.
"Don't bother counting. However much is missing later, I'll cover it."
With that, Gu Qingfeng opened the storage pouch, grabbed a handful of chips, and flung them into the air.
*Whoosh!*
Another handful!
*Whoosh!*
Another handful!
Handful after handful.
He walked as he scattered. The lowest denomination among these chips was ten thousand. Instantly, everyone went mad, scrambling and grabbing. They had only come hoping for a bit of luck, but who could have imagined this Tough Guy Young Lord was truly so willful, scattering chips with the lowest value of ten thousand? It was utterly insane!
"Take it easy, grab slowly, no rush! There's enough for everyone!"
*Whoosh!*
Gu Qingfeng flung another handful skyward.
"Today, this Tough Guy Great Lord is happy, so I'll be willful for once."
Gu Qingfeng scooped up over ten million chips and hurled them violently into the air. The chips poured down like a torrential rain.
What was a Tough Guy?
*This* was a Tough Guy!
What was willfulness?
*This* was willfulness!
What was being tough beyond human reason? *This* was being tough beyond human reason!
Tough to the point of extreme extravagance, and tough to the point of madness!
Watching this scene, Horse King gaped, eyes wide, not even reacting when a few chips hit him on the head.
Old Master Li stood there as if witnessing a heavenly miracle, staring blankly at the chips raining down from the sky, at the scrambling gamblers. His heart trembled more violently than ever before!
This wasn't scattering wealth! This was practically *showering* wealth!
Previously, Old Master Li had thought 'Tough Guy' was just an alias for this fellow. Now, he was increasingly convinced it might not be an alias at all. Perhaps 'Tough Guy' was this fellow's true Daoist title!
Before, Old Master Li had never truly understood the meaning of 'spending money like water'. Until this moment, he finally understood what it meant to spend money like water!
Taking advantage of the crowd scrambling for chips, Gu Qingfeng clapped his hands clean, tossed the storage pouch back to Old Master Li, and with a loud, hearty laugh, boarded the grand palanquin Old Master Li had long since prepared.