At this moment, Bai Susu lay horizontally in Gu Qingfeng's embrace, struggling violently.
As radiance shimmered around her, formidable demonic power erupted.
Unfortunately, it was useless.
Her body still could not move.
A surge of Fortune power bloomed forth.
Yet.
It was also useless.
Another surge of Fortune power bloomed forth.
Still useless.
As for Gu Qingfeng, he sat casually in his chair, one hand holding a wine cup, leisurely sipping his drink, allowing Bai Susu to struggle frantically.
No matter how Bai Susu struggled, no matter how powerful the demonic power she unleashed, nor how profound her Fortune, even exhausting all her means, she could not move an inch. Bai Susu was terrified, struggling with all her might.
She could not understand. She had clearly used her Bewildering Gaze, and Gu Qingfeng had clearly been bewitched, so why had he awakened in an instant.
She understood even less how Gu Qingfeng's body—so chaotic, turbid, decayed, and extremely weak—could be so terrifying. With just one hand pressing down on her, it felt like billions of tons of weight, rendering her completely immobile.
Bai Susu did not give up. She continued to struggle, frantically unleashing demonic power, frantically unleashing Fortune, frantically unleashing immortal weapons and treasures.
However.
She could never budge Gu Qingfeng's utterly ordinary right hand.
Finally, Bai Susu gave up. Her beautiful face was now deathly pale, her expression no longer cool and detached but filled with terror and alarm, her demeanor no longer elegant but panicked and flustered.
She panted heavily, her beautiful eyes wide as she stared at Gu Qingfeng with shock, panic, and fear.
"Well, well," Gu Qingfeng held his wine cup, looking down at Bai Susu with an amused smile. "Had enough fun?"
"You... you... you..." Perhaps too shocked, Bai Susu stared at Gu Qingfeng, her words stumbling. "You... what kind of person are you!"
"Didn't I tell you already? This lord's surname is Tu, given name Hao, known in the jianghu as Tuhao Great Old Master. What, forgotten so soon?"
"You... you! Let me go..."
"Why should I let you go?" Gu Qingfeng poured himself another cup of wine, smiling. "Didn't we agree to have a private chat?"
"You... what do you want to do?"
"What do you think I want to do?"
"I... I was just joking..."
"But I'm taking it seriously."
Bai Susu clearly remembered that just moments ago, Gu Qingfeng had said he was joking, and she had said she was taking it seriously. Now she said she was joking, and he was taking it seriously.
Bai Susu felt like crying but had no tears. She pleaded, "Let me go, please?"
"No."
"What exactly... do you want?"
"What do you mean, what do I want?"
"I... I didn't!"
"I doubt that. With one glance from this lord's Dharma Eye, I can tell you're a demon."
"I... am not a demon."
"Really?" Gu Qingfeng's lips curled with a playful smile. "Just now I heard you say that the eyes are the windows to the soul, that one can see from the eyes whether a person's soul is pure. Come, let this Great Old Master open his Dharma Eye today and examine whether your soul is pure or not."
Gu Qingfeng put down his wine cup, raised his hand to lift Bai Susu's chin, and gazed into her eyes. "You still dare say your soul is pure?"
"My soul..." Bai Susu was about to defend herself when she suddenly realized something was wrong.
"You... what have you done to me... how could I... I... you..." Bai Susu knew Gu Qingfeng must have done something to her, but she didn't know what.
Bai Susu's consciousness seemed to gradually blur. She looked at Gu Qingfeng, the shock, panic, and fear in her beautiful eyes having completely vanished...
Outside the supervisory hall.
The Horse King squatted alone on the ground, drinking sullenly.
Chief Administrator Li stood with his head bowed, lost in thought.
Xiao Ya stood with her arms crossed, pacing back and forth.
The three had left the lakeside pavilion some time ago. After waiting so long, Gu Qingfeng still hadn't come out. No one knew what the two were discussing inside.
"Hey, big oaf, tell me honestly, what kind of person is that guy who calls himself Tuhao Great Old Master?"
Faced with Xiao Ya's question, the Horse King shook his head and replied honestly, "I don't know."
"You don't know?" Xiao Ya was suspicious. "Aren't you his friend?"
"Immortal, you misunderstand. I can't really be considered the Great Old Master's friend."
"Cut the nonsense! This lady saw you standing right beside that guy in the Mystic Light Mirror, and you even gave him a thousand chips."
"To be honest, Immortal, I really can't be considered the Great Old Master's friend."
"If you're not friends, then why did you give him a thousand chips?"
"I just felt sorry for the Great Old Master."
"He's pitiful? You lost everything you had, and that guy won eighteen billion. Which of you is really pitiful?"
"Immortal, things aren't as they appear. Actually, I just met the Great Old Master recently."
The Horse King said with a pained expression, "Back outside the Gambling City, I saw the Great Old Master had lost all his cultivation and wanted to try his luck in the city, but he only had a few dozen Immortal Stones on him, not even enough to exchange for a hundred chips. I'd been wandering outside for over half a year and made a small fortune, so I acted all generous, played the big shot, and casually gave him a thousand chips. I never, ever imagined the Great Old Master's luck would be so good that he'd win a full eighteen billion..."