During the summer, West Mountain City was verdant and lush. Especially after the light rain, the fresh air made people feel happy. It was as if they had merged into nature.
"Eldest Senior Sister, are we really going to a gambling den?"
Lu Zhiruo's little face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd. In her heart, gambling dens and brothels were all bad places. Once she went there and her father found out about it, she would be severely punished.
"Not one, but three!"
Li Ziqi repeated.
"Ah?"
The papaya girl was shocked and subconsciously pulled Li Ziqi's hand. "Why... why are there so many?"
"That's because I've placed heavy bets on all three casinos!"
The little sunny egg's tone was as it should be by rights.
"Heavy bets?"
Lu Zhiruo was very nervous. She touched her pocket. "How... how much did you lose?"
Ying Baiwu didn't say anything, but her gaze had already turned over. She had never done something like gambling before, but she was very interested in it.
Pa!
Li Ziqi rapped her finger on the papaya girl's head and said unhappily, "Why can't I win?"
"Because … Because Father said that it's all a lie. It's taking advantage of people's greed."
Lu Zhiruo explained.
"Your father is right. Those who run gambling houses aren't stupid. If they lose money, who would do it? That's why they are all cheating and scamming those who want to get rich overnight!"
Li Ziqi smiled. "But I definitely won't suffer a loss!"
"Why?"
The papaya girl blinked her big eyes and had a look of curiosity on her face. "Is it because you are smarter?"
"No, it's because Teacher, Xuanyuan Po and the other two are more powerful!"
Lu Zhiruo smiled.
"For the great teacher examination, there are bankers who set up bets. I bet that Teacher will be the champion, Xuanyuan and Jiang Leng will be in the top three, and Baiwu will be in the top five. I'm naturally profiting!"
After speaking until here, Li Ziqi felt very regretful and sighed. "Who would have thought that you guys would monopolize the top three places? What a pity. If I knew that those personal students were so useless, I would have bet on the top three."
"Contentment brings happiness!"
Tantai Yutang teased.
"Eldest Senior Sister, how many did you buy?"
Lu Zhiruo was curious.
Ying Baiwu also pricked up her ears.
"Take a guess?"
Li Ziqi kept them in suspense.
"Ten thousand taels?"
After Lu Zhiruo spoke, Ying Baiwu interjected, "50,000 taels? That's not right. You have money, and you trust Teacher very much. Could it be that you bought a hundred thousand taels? "
"Haha, I bet a year's worth of pocket money!"
Li Ziqi was joyful.
"Ah? It's only a year's worth of pocket money! "
The papaya girl's lips twitched. "Even if we win, it won't be much!"
"One million taels?"
Tantai Yutang teased.
"It's one million two hundred thousand taels!"
Li Ziqi grinned. This time around, she would be able to earn a huge sum of money. Sigh, actually, she was also in charge of her teacher's money. It was a pity that she didn't dare to use it.
"Ah?"
The papaya girl was stunned. "Didn't you say that you have a year's worth of pocket money? Why are there so many of them? "
"Yeah, a year's worth of pocket money, a hundred thousand taels a month. That's right!"
Li Ziqi frowned and her gaze slid down. (Did all your nutrition recently go to here?) I've become so stupid!
"No, one million taels, this …"
Lu Zhiruo didn't know what to say. (Is poverty limiting my imagination?) (I only have a few hundred taels of pocket money every month.)
Moreover, if I can't complete the homework her father left behind, my allowance will be deducted.)
Ying Baiwu squeezed her pocket. There were a few taels of silver inside, and they were given by her teacher. As for the past? Pocket money?
Sorry, children from poor families didn't have such things.
"Westmountain City is too far away, and the bankers don't have much strength. They wouldn't accept bets that are too large. Hence, I chose the three biggest ones. If this was a place like Jinling, Yangzhou, or Shengjing, I would be able to earn five years' worth of Jinling City's taxes by betting a few pieces of land and manors, right?"
Li Ziqi felt very regretful.
"How much is five years' worth of taxes?"
The papaya girl didn't have such a concept.
"Let's put it this way. If there's a flood or famine and 100,000 refugees appear, I'll be able to provide for them for three years."
After Li Ziqi finished speaking, the papaya girl and Ying Baiwu were both stunned.
Given their brains, they couldn't understand how much money this was, but it was definitely very rich.
"Don't gamble. If Teacher learns of this, you will be beaten up!"
Jiang Leng reminded, preventing the two of them from walking on the path of no return. "Also, even if ordinary people win so much money, they won't be able to get it."
If Li Ziqi wasn't the princess of the Great Tang Empire, her ending would be 'accidental disappearance'.
"I won't gamble anymore!"
The papaya girl shook her head. She would lose the more she placed her bets.
"How much did you earn this time around?"
Ying Baiwu felt a little agitated.
"Over 40 million taels. Sigh, I don't even know if those bankers would be able to cash it out or not!"
Li Ziqi glanced at Xuanyuan Po. "If something happens later, we will have to rely on you!"
"Leave the fighting to me!"
If it wasn't for a fight, Xuanyuan Po wouldn't even want to go shopping with them. Their chattering was so annoying.
"Eldest martial sister, bring me along in the future!"
Ying Baiwu pleaded. She didn't wish to earn much. It would be good if she could use her own money to buy a birthday present for her teacher.
"No problem!"
Li Ziqi patted her chest. Bringing her junior martial siblings to get rich was also the responsibility of the eldest martial sister.
...
The Ten Thousand Gold Gambling House had a majestic name. The signboard hanging high up was inlaid with gold and jade. It was clearly a top-notch money-squandering establishment.
However, when the boss saw Li Ziqi and learned of her intentions, he started to complain about being poor.
"Can you extend the time limit for a few days? After all, the amount of money you want is simply too great. We will need some time to raise the money. "
The boss smiled apologetically.
"Shouldn't it be my turn to appear?"
Xuanyuan Po tore off the spear sheath that was wrapped in silver paste and was eager to give it a try.
The boss looked at Xuanyuan Po with a smile that was not a smile. (I'm the owner of a gambling house. Why would I be afraid of people creating trouble? If things get out of hand, I'll have an excuse to not pay.)
"Wait a while!"
Li Ziqi stopped the combat addict. She looked at the boss who was as fat as a ball. "My teacher is Sun Mo. He has a nickname called God Hands!"
Upon hearing this, the expression of the boss instantly changed and turned gloomy.
He had heard of Sun Mo's name so much that calluses had formed in his ears. Rising 2 stars in a single year and becoming a two-time champion. He was so outstanding that it was terrifying!
"Esteemed customer, please wait a moment. My stomach hurts."
The boss used the excuse of going out to pay his respects and temporarily left.
This wait lasted for half an hour.
"Why don't we fight first?"
Xuanyuan Po grew impatient from waiting.
Li Ziqi took out a silver pocket watch with a rose pattern on it and looked at the time. "Give them another five minutes!"
"If we fight, it would be even harder to get the money back, right?"
Ying Baiwu was worried.
"Junior sister, do you think Ziqi is someone who lacks this bit of money?"
Tantai Yutang slowly drank his tea. "Also, you don't have to worry. The Ten Thousand Gold Gambling House will definitely pay for this!"
Just two minutes later, the boss returned. He was sweating profusely and his clothes were drenched. A rich man followed behind him. From his aura, one could tell that he had a high status and authority.
"Great Teacher Sun didn't come?"
The rich man clasped his hands, not showing any signs of neglect because of Li Ziqi's group's age.
"Teacher is currently meeting a guest and has no time."
Li Ziqi spoke in a magnanimous manner. "Also, this small amount of money isn't worth it to alarm Teacher!"
"Yes! Yes! "
The rich man was an important official and was also someone who had the qualifications to meet the Sacred Face of the Heavenly Emperor. He was very experienced and when he saw how calm Li Ziqi was and how she exuded a sense of nobility, he guessed that she was at least a princess.
Naturally, it wasn't important whether she was or not. As long as she was Sun Mo's personal disciple, he could only pay for this sum of money.
"I wonder when Great Teacher Sun will be free? I wish to pay a visit! "
The rich man had a respectful expression. He was the true owner of the Ten Thousand Gold Gambling House. At his age, what did money count for? His life was the most important.
For people like him, they wouldn't even be able to find a way to get Sun Mo to take a look at them. But now that Sun Mo had delivered himself to his doorstep, he naturally had to grab hold of him.
"Come to Jinling then!"
Li Ziqi's words were concise and comprehensive. (If you are willing to make the trip, just come. Otherwise, forget it.)
"I'll remember it!"
The rich man chatted idly for a while and not long later, a small wooden chest was carried over by the boss from earlier.
"Miss, please check it. 43 million silver notes are all here!"
The attitude of the rich man grew increasingly respectful, and he grew even more curious about Li Ziqi's identity.
After hearing this, Ying Baiwu and the papaya girl stretched out their hands to check the money. After all, they mustn't let their eldest martial sister do such a manual labor.
"No need!"
Li Ziqi stood up, she couldn't be bothered to check. "Xuanyuan, take the things and let's go!"
"Ah?"
Ying Baiwu felt a little anxious. What if she gave too little?
"Wait a minute!"
Tantai Yutang spoke.
"I wonder if this little brother has any advice for me?"
The rich man smiled and asked.
"I also have a few gambling tickets here. Can I trouble you to exchange them all?"
Tantai Yutang took out six gambling tickets. His smile was like that of a fox that had just eaten chicken.
"..."
The rich man, who had been calm all this while, suddenly broke out in cold sweat. (If there's another 40 million taels, I'm really going to die.)
"..."
Ying Baiwu and the others looked at Xuanyuan Po in astonishment. (I didn't expect a sickly invalid like you to have hidden so deeply.)
"How much did you buy?"
The papaya girl was curious.
"I'm not as rich as eldest martial sister. I only have a few tens of thousands of taels!"
Tantai Yutang smiled. "I've worked hard to save them all up!"
"As if I'd believe you. You sickly invalid are very evil!"
Ying Baiwu's lips twitched. This money was definitely not obtained through legitimate means.
"Can you exchange it?"
Tantai Yutang asked.
"Yes!"
The rich man squeezed out a smile, but he sighed ruefully in his heart. (As expected of Great Teacher Sun's brilliant disciple. Look at this aura and this way of doing things.)
(Sigh, if those little brats of mine had this standard, I'd be able to spend my remaining years in peace.)
After a period of busyness, the banknotes were all exchanged.
"Let me send everyone off!"
The rich man hurriedly led the way.
"It's fine!"
Li Ziqi rejected. After taking a few steps, she stopped and smiled. "Oh ya, the boss said that it's black tea from the Ebony Mountain. I'm sorry, I didn't smell the fragrance."
The rich man started. After that, his expression sank as he turned his head and stared at the boss.
Pak pak!
The rich man lifted his hand and slapped the boss twice. The force he used was so great that the boss's mouth was almost smashed.
"Scram!"
The rich man roared.
The boss felt depressed as well. He had thought that Ying Baiwu was just a bunch of fledglings who hadn't seen the world before. Who knew that she could even tell if the black tea from the Ebony Mountain was real or fake?
The most important thing was that this little girl didn't even drink a sip of the tea. She only smelled it, yet she was able to tell? (What kind of family are you from?)
Standing on the long street and basking in the scorching sunlight, Ying Baiwu tightened the wooden chest in her hands. She tried to endure it, but she couldn't.
"Shouldn't we check it? What if there's less? "
"There won't be less!"
Tantai Yutang chortled. "Teacher is a rising star in the great teacher world. His future is boundless and there are so many major characters lining up to treat him to a meal. Even if that rich man ate the guts of a leopard, he wouldn't dare to covet Teacher's money!"
"There are some people they can't afford to offend!"
Li Ziqi was very complacent. "Unfortunately, Teacher is one of them!"
Just like what Tantai Yutang had said, when Li Ziqi and the others went to exchange the bets, it was extremely smooth. Although the other party had an unhappy look on their faces at the start, after they heard that they were Sun Mo's personal students, they all smiled.
And without exception, the behind-the-scenes owner of the gambling den would personally come out to receive them.
"Teacher is also a famous person now!"
Ying Baiwu sighed ruefully.
"After Teacher becomes a 3-star great teacher, you will discover that it will be much more convenient for you to go out and do things."
Tantai Yutang smiled. Some people wanted to fawn on Sun Mo but couldn't. Hence, they could only fawn on his personal students.
"Everyone, I'll say the ugly words first. Don't do anything that will damage Teacher's reputation!"
Li Ziqi warned in a solemn tone. "Otherwise, I'm going to clean up the household!"
Swoosh!
The gazes of everyone directly turned to Tantai Yutang.
"What do you guys mean by this?"
The sickly invalid was speechless. (Am I so unreliable in your hearts?)
"What should we do next? Are there still fights to be fought? "
Xuanyuan Po was unhappy. What happened to fighting? They didn't even win a single battle!
"Since I have money, I naturally have to spend it. I'm going to the bookstores in this city to see if there are any unique copies worth collecting. I'll also take the chance to visit some antique shops. Maybe, I might be able to pick up some good stuff and find some lost relics of the darkness!"
As Li Ziqi spoke, she gave out banknotes to everyone. She couldn't be bothered to count them and directly gave out a stack of banknotes worth 1,000 taels each.
"I'll go with you to pick up some good stuff!"
The papaya girl hugged Li Ziqi's arm. She felt that this was very fun.
"I want to go to the weapon shop to take a look!"
Ying Baiwu didn't take the money.
"Just take it. We are martial siblings, there's no need to calculate things so clearly. Also, since you became the champion, Teacher will give you a reward."
Li Ziqi forcefully stuffed the money into Ying Baiwu's hands.
"Xuanyuan and I will accompany Ziqi and Zhiruo. Tantai, you will accompany Baiwu!"
Jiang Leng suddenly spoke, allocating the candidates.
"No, I want to meditate!"
Xuanyuan Po frowned. He had already wasted a lot of time today.
"Xuanyuan..."
Jiang Leng wanted to persuade him but was stopped by Li Ziqi.
"Don't worry, what danger can we encounter? Everyone, just do what you want to do! "
Li Ziqi was very assured about the security of Westmountain City. Also, there were so many great teachers who came for the examination and hadn't left yet. Who would dare to act rashly?
"Alright then!"
Jiang Leng couldn't change the little sunny egg's mind. However, he still carried his luggage and followed beside them.
Although Tantai Yutang looked very emotionless, he still followed behind Ying Baiwu from afar. He didn't get close because he knew that the iron-headed girl didn't like him. Besides, a man and a woman shopping together didn't conform to Tantai Yutang's aesthetics.
(I don't wish to be mistaken as a couple with her.)
The sickly invalid's lips twitched. But very soon, he frowned. It was because after Ying Baiwu entered a weapon shop, it had been over 20 minutes and she still hadn't come out!
Not only so, the other people who entered also didn't come out.
"Isn't this just an ordinary weapon shop?"
The sickly invalid's emotions grew heavy. But in order to not alert the enemy, his expression didn't change. He pretended to be a passerby and walked past the weapon shop, casting a glance inside.
After that, his heart tightened fiercely.
Because there was no one inside!
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