The deeper he went, the more prosperous it was.
There were fewer small stalls and more big tents.
There were red, blue, yellow and green tents. Some were square, some were round. Some of them had two pillars at the entrance, while others had red lanterns hanging from them. Some were brightly lit, while others were dark.
Fang Yuan looked around as he walked, and finally stopped in front of a grey tent.
"It's here." He looked up and saw that there were two pillars at the entrance of the tent. The pillars were engraved with a pair of couplets.
On the left: Show your courage, get the four seasons.
On the right: Show your skills, get wealth in all directions.
In the middle, there was a horizontal line: Luck changes.
That's right, this was a casino.
This casino covered an acre of land, and was already a large tent.
Fang Yuan walked in. Inside the tent, there were three rows of counters. On the counters were pieces of amber or fossils. The small ones were the size of a palm, while the big ones were the size of a basin. There were also bigger ones, as tall as a person. Naturally, the counters could not fit them, so they stood on the ground.
Different from the liveliness of the other tents, this place was quiet.
There were Gu Masters in twos and threes standing in front of the counters. Some carefully examined the stones on the counters, some picked up the fossils and rubbed them carefully in their palms, feeling the texture. Some discussed with their companions, and some discussed the price with the shop assistants.
But no matter what they said, they spoke softly, trying not to disturb others.
This was a gambling den.
In this world of Gu, there were all kinds of strange and innumerable Gu. Gu worms had their own specific food. Without food, Gu worms could only last for a period of time before dying.
But nature was cruel and merciful to life.
If there was a lack of food, Gu worms had a chance of survival. That was to fall into a deep sleep and seal themselves.
For example, the Moonlight Gu, without the moon orchid petals, might seal itself. It would shrink its strength as much as possible, like hibernation, falling into the deepest sleep. At this time, its body would not only dissipate the blue light, but it would also turn from a transparent crystal into a grey stone, covered in a stone shell. As time passed, the stone shell would become thicker and thicker, turning into a stubborn stone.
Another example was the Liquor worm. If it sealed itself, it would form a white silkworm cocoon. It would curl up its body and sleep in the cocoon.
Of course, this kind of sealed dormancy did not happen to all Gu worms. The probability of it happening was very small. Under normal circumstances, Gu worms would not fall asleep but starve to death. Only a small number of Gu worms would seal themselves under certain circumstances.
Some Gu Masters accidentally obtained these sealed Gu worms on rocks or cocoons, awakening the Gu worms within. Some of them made a small fortune from this. Some of them had a meteoric rise, their lives ushering in a turning point. These situations happened frequently in the Gu Master world, there were often rumors that were true or false, causing people to have wild and fanciful thoughts.
This was the source of the stubborn stones in this gambling den. Of course, these stones were similar in appearance. He had to open it to determine if there really was a Gu worm hidden inside.
"For a small scale gambling den like this, nine out of ten stones are solid, and there are no Gu worms inside. Even if there were Gu worms in the stones, they might not all be living worms. Most of them were dead Gu worms. But once they bet on a living Gu, under most circumstances, they would make a huge profit. If the Gu worm is extremely rare, then they would either have a meteoric rise, or they would be killed and robbed. "
Fang Yuan's heart was clear, he was very clear about the workings of this place.
In his previous life, he had joined a caravan and worked as a worker in a gambling den. After a period of time, he even managed a gambling den that was bigger than this one. It was a medium-sized gambling den. He had cheated many gamblers, but also made a few mistakes, losing valuable Gu worms to others several times.
Fang Yuan stood at the door for a while, his gaze sweeping around before he slowly walked to the counter on the left.
Behind the counter, there was a shop assistant a few meters apart, there were both men and women. They had green belts on their waists, they were not mortals, they were all Rank one Gu Masters. Most of them were initial stage, some were middle stage.
Seeing Fang Yuan come to the counter, a female Gu Master closest to him walked over, a smile on her face as she said softly, "Young master, what Gu do you need? Every stone on this counter was sold for ten primeval stones. If it's your first time and you want to gamble a little, you can go to the counter on the right, the rocks there are only selling for five Yuan stone. If you want excitement, you can go to the higher level counter in front, the rocks there are selling for twenty Yuan stone. "
This was an experienced female Gu Master, she had been working in the gambling den for a long time.
When she saw Fang Yuan come in, from his appearance, age, height and other aspects, she guessed that he was a student.
Those who came to gamble were all Gu Masters, not mortals. And students could only be considered as reserve Gu Masters, they had just started cultivating and were usually short on money due to feeding their Gu worms, where would they have the spare money to gamble?
Students like this often came in to take a look, to broaden their horizons, and to seek novelty. Most of them only looked and did not buy, a few with good family backgrounds might buy one to give it a try. But they usually only bought the cheapest fossils.
Thus, the female Gu Master did not look forward to how many rocks Fang Yuan could buy.
"Let me take a look first." Fang Yuan nodded at her expressionlessly, and then buried his head to look.
In his memory, it should be this counter in this gambling den.
But five hundred years was really too long. Many things were very blurry, especially the five hundred years of memory, it was a huge storage. Honestly speaking, Fang Yuan did not remember it very clearly.
He only vaguely remembered that it was in this year, on the first night of the caravan's arrival, there was a lucky person who spent ten Yuan stone to buy a purple gold fossil.
He opened the rock on the spot, and obtained a Mudskin Toad. Then this Gu Toad was bought by someone, and he earned a lot of Yuan stone.
Fang Yuan looked for a while, his brows slightly furrowing.
On this counter, there were over twenty fossils with purple gold luster. Which one was hiding the Mudskin Toad?
Every rock here was sold for ten Yuan stone. Fang Yuan had ninety-eight Yuan stone on him now, and according to this estimation, he could buy at most nine.
But in reality, it could not be calculated like this.
Any risk and gamble had to be considered.
Fang Yuan was no longer that kind of hothead, nor was he a gambler who thought highly of himself. Those who thought they were favored by fate usually fell under the hands of fate.
"I am alone, without the support of friends and family. I need to leave some Yuan stone to support my life, and to buy food to feed the Gu Worm. "He calculated slightly, with the basic guarantee, he could buy at most seven fossils.
"This rock is decorated with purple gold, but it is flat like a cake, there is no Mudskin Toad inside."
"This purple gold is dazzling, but it is only the size of a fist. If there is really a Mudskin Toad inside, it should be at least thirty percent bigger. "
"This purple gold fossil is big, but its surface is extremely smooth, while the Mudskin Toad's rock skin is full of holes. Obviously not … "
Fang Yuan continued to size it up, eliminating and filtering.
After the Gu Worm was sealed and hibernated, the fossil formed was one, and blocked most of the world's detection methods. The remaining detection methods were forceful and brutal, and once used, they would kill the dying Gu Worm inside.
Thus, when Gu Masters chose rocks, they could only rely on guessing, experience, luck, and the occasional flash of inspiration.
If not for that, this place would not be called a casino.
Of course, in this world, there were all sorts of strange things, and it was possible that there were some extremely gentle detection methods that could let the Gu Master know if there was a Gu Worm inside the rock.
Fang Yuan had heard of some rumors in his previous life, but after verification, he found that they were all rumors.
Fang Yuan secretly thought, "If there really is such a method, it must be a secret inheritance, and would only be in the hands of an extremely small number of mysterious people." It would not affect the overall situation of the gambling industry.
It was better around Qing Mao mountain, but the further east one went, the more popular the casinos became. In the Bai Tou mountain region, every village had a casino. In some of the larger villages, there were also large casinos. In the three villages famous for their stone gambling foresight: Boulder village, Ancient Tomb village, and Grey Whale village, there were even larger stone gambling dens.
These three large stone gambling dens each had a history of over a thousand years. Even now, their business was still booming, and there was an endless stream of gamblers. There had never been any incidents of them being swept clean.
Right now, the tent that Fang Yuan was in could barely be considered a small scale casino.
But if any other fifteen year old came here, they would definitely be dazzled by all these fossils, and even if they chose a fossil, it would be purely a blind guess.
But Fang Yuan was different.
First of all, he already knew a portion of the answer, so the range of choices was suddenly narrowed to less than thirty.
Of course, from these twenty over fossils, it was not easy to choose the only one.
But Fang Yuan had five hundred years of experience as a foundation. Relying on this solid foundation, he observed for a while, and chose the six purple gold fossils that fit the criteria.
He was eighty percent sure — the Mudskin Toad was sleeping in one of the purple gold fossils!
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