It was common to raise bets in a gambling house, but usually, this happened after the Taiji Array assigned positions and before the arcane method was set. One couldn't simply demand to raise the bet just because they got a good position.
Of course, this was a gambling house after all, and the whole point was excitement.
Once positions were assigned and the arcane method set, as long as the betting cup remained unopened, it wasn't impossible to raise the bet—but the prerequisite was that the banker had to agree.
Now, as the banker, Gu Qingfeng had drawn the Seven-Star Position, while the Taiji Array's fixed arcane method was Six Harmonies. Everyone else at the table had a Favorable Game; only he, the banker, was in an Adverse Game, and a major one at that. His luck was extremely poor. If things went badly, he'd have to pay out in full.
It was rare for a banker to agree to others raising the bet at such a time.
Bai Yuanrui naturally understood this principle, but he still proposed raising the bet because he had a way to force Gu Qingfeng to agree. However, to his surprise, when he suggested raising the bet, the Gu Qingfeng across from him agreed without even thinking about it.
This agreement not only stunned Bai Yuanrui and Jin Jun but also baffled everyone present, especially Elder Yan, who was overseeing the table. It wasn't that there had never been cases where a banker in an Adverse Game agreed to raise bets, but most of them ended up losing more than they won. Of course, there were also instances of a complete reversal and sweeping the table, but such situations were exceedingly rare. After all, the Taiji's changes relied three parts on luck. Even if your gambling skills were superb, if your luck was bad, you could still lose everything.
Elder Yan couldn't fathom what gave this man the confidence to agree to raising the bet. He felt the whole situation was strange, or more precisely, this man was strange.
The white-robed man had been leisurely sitting in his chair from start to finish, one leg crossed over the other, eating spirit fruits and sipping Little Tipple. His handsome face wore an expression of contentment, a lazy smile playing on his lips as he squinted slightly, looking at Bai Yuanrui. "How much?" he asked with a laugh.
As the saying goes, when something goes against the norm, there must be something sinister behind it. Bai Yuanrui, Jin Jun, and the others were no fools. Having frequented gambling dens for a long time, they were well aware of this. They knew that seasoned players often deliberately lost to create a false impression, waiting for the perfect moment when all factors aligned to win everything from their opponents in one go. Such things were commonplace.
But this man in front of them hadn't been losing; on the contrary, he had been winning consistently.
Now he was the banker and had landed a major Adverse Game. Why had he agreed without a second thought?
Was he feigning composure to create a false impression?
Or was he truly fearless?
Bai Yuanrui tried to glean something from Gu Qingfeng's face, but he couldn't discern anything. The white-robed man simply sat there with such leisure, drinking with such ease, utterly carefree.
"Well?"
A smile on his face, Gu Qingfeng swept his gaze over the others at the table before settling on Bai Yuanrui. "Didn't you want to raise the bet? So raise it. If you're not going to, then this lord will open the cup."
Just as he placed his hand on the betting cup, Jin Jun shouted sharply, "I want to see how you die this round! I raise by five hundred thousand!"
With that, he raised a hand, and a finely crafted bronze-colored card appeared in his palm. Intricate arcane patterns on the card formed the character for 'Crimson'.
Everyone knew this was a Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Card. With this kind of spirit card, one could exchange for spirit stones at any Crimson-Letter Sect business in this world. The card Jin Jun produced was worth five hundred thousand.
"I'll raise by five hundred thousand too!"
Similarly, Bai Yuanrui also pulled out a Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Card worth five hundred thousand. He stared fixedly at Gu Qingfeng across from him, a cold smirk curling his lips. Then he took out another Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Card worth five hundred thousand, his aura aggressive as he declared, "I'll raise another five hundred thousand!"
"You two were shouting so fiercely earlier; this lord thought you were going to raise by a huge amount?"
Gu Qingfeng drained the wine in his cup, glanced at the three spirit stone cards Bai Yuanrui and Jin Jun had thrown onto the table, and raised an eyebrow slightly with a laugh. "Is that all?"
"I'll raise another five hundred thousand!"
Bai Yuanrui instantly flew into a rage, slapping another Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Card worth five hundred thousand onto the gambling table. He snarled, "Can you even afford to pay out?!"
"It's only a couple million."
Gu Qingfeng leisurely sipped his Little Tipple, speaking unhurriedly. "This lord can still afford such a small sum."
"What arrogance!"
Bai Yuanrui's face flushed red with apparent agitation. With a slap, he threw two more Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Cards, each worth five hundred thousand, onto the table. Glaring fiercely, he barked, "Daring to play the bluffing game in front of this young master? Let's see how long you can keep it up! I raise another million! Can you afford that?"
"You don't even have the qualifications to compete with us in resources!"
Jin Jun, holding the beauty in his arms, wore an equally arrogant expression. Casually, he slapped two Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Cards worth five hundred thousand each onto the table, sneering, "I could scare you to death just by raising! Another million!"
Bai Yuanrui had raised two million in total, plus Jin Jun's one and a half million, making it three and a half million for this single round. This was a substantial sum, attracting the attention of all the gamblers from the other tables.
Many believed Gu Qingfeng was bluffing. Clearly in an Adverse Game, he was putting on a show of great confidence, deliberately creating momentum, mixing truth with falsehood—a tactic many often used, aiming to scare off others at the table.
Bai Yuanrui and Jin Jun thought the same. Moreover, given their statuses, they naturally weren't afraid of the other party's bluffing. They intended to use their wealth to intimidate the blustering Gu Qingfeng.
But...
Was he afraid?
The white-robed man remained as leisurely as ever, legs crossed, sipping Little Tipple, as if he didn't place the three and a half million on the table in his eyes at all. Not only was he unafraid, he didn't even furrow his brow or blink. As he poured himself another cup from the wine jug, he casually asked if they were going to raise any more.
That single question, "Are you raising or not?" was uttered with utter nonchalance. The offhand tone implied that no matter how much Bai Yuanrui and Jin Jun raised, he wouldn't care in the slightest.
"I'll raise another five hundred thousand! Can you afford it?!"
*Slap!*
Bai Yuanrui slapped another Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Card worth five hundred thousand onto the gambling table, glaring venomously at Gu Qingfeng. At the same time, Jin Jun shoved the beauty in his arms aside and likewise slapped a Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Card worth five hundred thousand onto the table. Pointing at Gu Qingfeng, he said word by word, "If you can't pay, I'll take your life!"
The onlookers stared at the ten Crimson-Letter Sect Spirit Stone Cards on the table, feeling a bit dizzy. This was five million—definitely not a small amount, even for second-generation scions with powerful backgrounds like Bai Yuanrui and Jin Jun.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the white-robed man because they all knew that as the banker, having personally agreed to raise the bet without setting an upper limit, if he couldn't pay out, the consequences would be unimaginable. After all, this was a Crimson-Letter Sect manor, with its own set of rules.
Everyone knew the Immortal Dynasty governed the rules and order of this world.
But everyone also knew that it wasn't just the Immortal Dynasty that governed the rules and order of this world; the Crimson-Letter Sect did as well.
The Immortal Dynasty governed the rules of the white path above ground, while the Crimson-Letter Sect governed the rules of the underworld!
If you operated on the white path, you had to follow the Immortal Dynasty's rules. If you operated in the underworld, then you had to abide by the Crimson-Letter Sect's rules!
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