Chapter 287

Hearing this, Long Xuan revealed a look of shock. Was there really someone hiding on the Heavenly Island all this time? How could this be possible?

If a human didn't cultivate to the final realm, how could they have an endless lifespan? How on earth did he manage to live as long as heaven?

Long Xuan turned his head to look at her and hurriedly asked, "How on earth did this person live as long as heaven? Do you know? Don't tell me this person is a god. If he really is a god, then I'm leaving immediately!"

At this moment, a faint fear arose in his heart. Heaven knows what that longevity practitioner was trying to do by going to such lengths to attract a massive number of Gu cultivators to the Heavenly Island.

It couldn't be to do good deeds, could it? Could it be that he had too many treasures and was burning them?

No one would be that bored. Since he was a soul and had no physical body, his going to such lengths to attract a large number of Gu cultivators to the island looked more like he was selecting a perfect vessel. This possibility was more likely.

As soon as this thought appeared in his mind, Long Xuan could no longer remain calm. He immediately stopped his steps, deciding to clarify this matter first.

If he didn't clarify the reason why that longevity practitioner attracted a massive number of Gu cultivators to the island, he would never take another step forward even if he were beaten to death.

Who knew if that mysterious soul wouldn't take a fancy to a Heaven-grade aptitude body and just happen to take a fancy to him? These were all things that couldn't be said for sure.

If a Heaven-grade aptitude genius could satisfy his requirements, he would have already completed the possession and successfully walked out of here, instead of cycling here for endless years.

Seeing Long Xuan suddenly stop his steps, Di Xin curled the corners of her mouth and smiled, "It looks like you've already guessed it."

Di Xin also stopped her steps, looked toward the direction of the Divine Mechanism City, and said slowly, "That letter did mention the reason why that soul could live forever."

"The reason he can live forever is very simple: it's because he has a Gu worm named the God of Gamblers Gu. The quantity of materials used to refine this Gu worm exceeds seventy million. Although it has no attack ability, its heaven-defying degree is enough to rival the ten great forbidden Gu."

"This kind of Gu worm is very interesting; its strength is completely linked to the master's gambling technique level."

"If the host doesn't know how to gamble and loses nine out of ten times, then possessing the God of Gamblers Gu will cause them to suffer the consequences, and they will die miserably."

"If this person is a master of gambling techniques, a God of Gamblers who dominates the casino, then with the blessing of the God of Gamblers Gu, they will simply have everything they want."

"This person will be invincible and can easily become the world's number one powerhouse."

"I'm afraid you couldn't guess what the ability of the God of Gamblers Gu is even if you were tired to death."

Di Xin looked at Long Xuan, her expression carrying a trace of solemnity, and said slowly, "The ability of the God of Gamblers Gu is too terrifying. People with the God of Gamblers Gu can gamble everything against others."

"Including lifespan, aptitude, soul power, spiritual sense, luck, intelligence, strength, speed, and various other attributes... even special physiques; they can even gamble with their lives."

"As long as it's something you have, whether it's material or non-material, it can be taken to gamble in front of the God of Gamblers Gu."

"The losing side will have their stake forcibly taken away by the God of Gamblers Gu. Even if the stake is aptitude, it can be forcibly seized by the God of Gamblers Gu and transferred to the host."

"If what you gamble is your life, then the God of Gamblers Gu can also directly ignore the gap in realms and forcibly take your life away."

"And that person is known as the God of Gamblers, winning every gamble. Relying on the God of Gamblers Gu, he frequently gambled with people who came to the island for their lifespan, which is why he obtained a near-infinite lifespan."

"Having gone through who knows how many years, he has gambled with who knows how many people for their aptitude, so his aptitude is at the max level."

"In his long life, he has gambled with who knows how many people for their luck, so his luck is at the max value. His Gu refining success rate is one hundred percent, his alchemy success rate is one hundred percent, and his breakthrough success rate is also one hundred percent."

"He has also gambled with who knows how many people for their special physiques, so he has three or four hundred kinds of special physiques, including your Ten Extremes Body; he has them all."

"This is a monster through and through, terrifying to the point of being outrageous. Once released, no one in the world will be able to stop him."

Di Xin suddenly revealed a trace of a smile at this moment, laughing gloatingly: "But things will turn into their opposites when they reach the extreme. It's not good for him to have shaped himself to be too terrifying."

"His physical body was destroyed due to an accident, and his soul is trapped here forever, unable to go anywhere."

"He can only use massive amounts of treasures to lure others to the island, and then possess a vessel to successfully escape."

"But you should know that the target for possession isn't just anyone. Otherwise, if everyone in this world could possess others, the world would be in chaos."

"The target for possession must be extremely compatible with oneself. And he, by constantly gambling with others for their aptitude, has resulted in his cultivation aptitude being God-grade, his body refining aptitude being God-grade, his soul aptitude being God-grade, and his spiritual sense aptitude also being God-grade."

"God-grade aptitude is an aptitude far above Heaven-grade aptitude. Looking at the entire Gu world, geniuses possessing God-grade aptitude are almost non-existent."

"And this person's requirements for a vessel must be God-grade cultivation aptitude, God-grade body refining aptitude, God-grade soul aptitude, and God-grade spiritual sense aptitude."

"Only when all aptitudes are maxed out, and all four types of aptitudes reach the limit of the human body, does it meet his requirements for possession."

"Hehe, how could such a genius appear?"

"Even having one type of aptitude be God-grade is something encountered once in a million years. One can imagine how low the probability is of all four God-grade aptitudes appearing on the same person."

"The significance of the existence of the Heavenly Island ruins is precisely to screen vessels for him."

"But the Heavenly Island has cycled countless times, gone through countless ten thousand years, and screened who knows how many geniuses for him, yet none have been able to find a genius whose four aptitudes are all maxed out."

"So he has been trapped here all along, enduring the loneliness of countless years."

"I think this kind of genius is something he will never be able to wait for. He is destined to be trapped here forever, falling into an endless cycle until the world is destroyed." The smile on Di Xin's mouth grew even wider.

Hearing this, Long Xuan was stunned. Did such a heaven-defying Gu worm actually exist in this world?

This kind of Gu worm was simply unimaginable. Not to mention anything else, just by refining this kind of Gu, one could directly live forever. This ability alone was enough to be considered overpowered.

Not to mention that he could have maxed-out aptitude, possess the number one aptitude of all humanity, and also gather all the special physiques in the world onto himself.

The most exaggerated thing was that his luck could also be maxed out. No matter what he refined, the success rate was one hundred percent, and the breakthrough success rate could also be one hundred percent. In the future, he would definitely be able to break through to the final realm. This was a bit scary, wasn't it?

He truly didn't believe there was anyone else in this world who could beat this person whose every data point was maxed out.

This God of Gamblers Gu was simply seriously overpowered, having already seriously affected the world's balance. Did the Heavenly Dao really allow such a heaven-defying Gu worm to exist? Wasn't this going to be nerfed? Long Xuan was shocked.

"That is to say, everyone who rushes into the Divine Mechanism City has to gamble with this guy? If they lose, they have to lose their lifespan, luck, and things like that?"

"Are they stupid? They actually dare to gamble with this guy. This guy has already lived for endless years, and any gambling tool has long been practiced to perfection. Who can play better than him?"

"This is an old monster who has lived for countless ten thousand years. Isn't gambling with such a ten-thousand-year-experienced old monster for those things just looking for death?" Long Xuan shouted, unable to remain calm.

"That's right. Everyone who can rush into the center of the Divine Mechanism City can see that crystal coffin and can gamble with him for anything. But the gamble is not mandatory; it's all voluntary."

"Any powerful Gu worm has limitations. Even the heaven-defying God of Gamblers Gu has many limitations."

"For example, you can't force others to gamble, you can't deliberately lose, and you can't be unable to afford to lose or act without gambling integrity. Doing these things will anger the God of Gamblers Gu."

"No one forces them to gamble; they can choose not to gamble. But people die for wealth, and birds die for food. That old monster has too many good things, enough to arouse anyone's greed, and then they take the risk to gamble with him."

"For example, that Repair Gu I told you about is in his hands. You need to gamble with him to get it. If it were you, would you gamble or not?"

Di Xin curled the corners of her mouth, revealing a playful smile.

Hearing this, Long Xuan's mouth twitched twice. The Repair Gu that he had been thinking about day and night was actually in the hands of this old guy. Wasn't this taking his life?

So, should he gamble or not? If he didn't gamble, then the Repair Gu would definitely have no fate with him. If he gambled with him, could he really beat a God of Gamblers? Long Xuan felt numb all over at this moment.

Di Xin looked at him playfully and said, "What? Are you tempted? Everyone who gambles with him has the same psychology as you do now. The temptation of treasures forces you to have to gamble."

"The heaven-defying treasures on him are far more than just one Repair Gu. There are countless things just as heaven-defying as the Repair Gu in his hands, enough to tempt anyone who enters the center of the Divine Mechanism City."

"Do you know why the treasures of the Divine Mechanism City can never be taken away? Do you know why the bodies of people who die on the Heavenly Island disappear into thin air?"

"That old guy is simply too cunning. He knows that no matter how many treasures he has, if they only go out and don't come in, there will eventually be a day when they are all taken away."

"So every time the Heavenly Island appears, he will try every possible way to kill more than half of the people who enter the Heavenly Island."

"Then he uses an array to teleport all the bodies to his side and collects all the treasures on the bodies."

"After everyone leaves and the Heavenly Island ruins sink back into the water, he will randomly place the treasures he scraped from the bodies into the various small rooms in the Divine Mechanism City where treasures were taken away to fill the vacancies."

"When the Heavenly Island ruins open next time, he repeats this process again. So the treasures here have formed a perfect cycle and can never be taken away."

"Not only can the treasures never be taken away, but because every time the Heavenly Island ruins open, there are more dead people than living people, he still makes a profit."

"Every time he finishes restocking the small rooms in the city, there are a large number of treasures left over, and these treasures become completely his."

"Every time the Heavenly Island ruins open, he makes a huge profit from this. As the number of times the Heavenly Island ruins open increases, the wealth on him also rolls more and more."

"Until now, the wealth on him has long been too numerous to count. He has whatever he wants."

"No matter what someone lacks, they can find it in his collection. So his collection can tempt anyone, and anyone might be unable to resist the temptation and choose to gamble with him."

"Then these people might lose their lifespan, lose their aptitude, or might lose some strange things. There are very few people who can win against that God of Gamblers."

Hearing this, Long Xuan's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice more. Good fellow, this old guy really knows how to do business. Every time, he uses a large number of treasures to lure outside Gu cultivators to head to the Heavenly Island, making countless Gu cultivators crazy.

However, countless Gu cultivators don't know that the treasures on the island were all left by previous treasure hunters, and they themselves still have to leave a large number of treasures on the island to benefit the next batch of treasure hunters.

After all that, there were basically no treasures on the island at all. The massive amount of treasures on the island were all the treasure hunters' own.

Overall, this was definitely a losing deal, yet they were deeply trapped in the routine without knowing it. Every time the Heavenly Island ruins opened, a massive number of Gu cultivators would head there without hesitation. They were truly sold and still counting the money for others; they were stupid to the core.

How could this old guy be so cunning? He didn't have to pay anything to easily plunder massive amounts of wealth. Wasn't this a wolf in sheep's clothing? And he could also select a vessel in passing. The routine was truly deep enough.

"Is this all information you learned from that letter?" Long Xuan looked at her and asked in shock.

He truly felt at this moment that he had been trapped, fooled over here like a fool by that old guy.

Di Xin nodded and continued, "That old guy definitely doesn't want anyone from the outside world to know of his existence. For his own safety, he only allows Gu cultivators below the Essence Refining stage to enter the Heavenly Island."

"And every Essence Refining Gu cultivator who finishes gambling with him will lose their memory of entering the center of the Divine Mechanism City after leaving here, so that no one in the outside world knows that such an immortal exists within the Heavenly Island."

"But an accident happened last time. For some reason, one person's memory wasn't washed away, so they learned many secrets within the Heavenly Island, learned the significance of the existence of the Heavenly Island ruins, and also guessed the deep routine behind that old guy."

"So he wrote the information he knew on paper, hid it somewhere, and left it for future generations, but it was accidentally picked up by me."

"So the news we hold is exclusive news. Other people entering the island have no idea what is in the center of the Divine Mechanism City."

"And they don't know that that person is a God of Gamblers who wins every gamble. So most people who don't understand the situation will stupidly gamble with him and end up losing even their underwear." Di Xin laughed lightly.

Long Xuan looked at her with a strange gaze. Was she sure she picked up that letter and didn't steal it? How was she so good at picking things up? She could pick up anything.

Long Xuan pondered. If what Di Xin said was true, then he had nothing to worry about.

The vessel that old guy wanted to find was a genius whose four aptitudes were all God-grade. He was definitely not that kind of genius, so he could avoid the worry of being possessed.

At the same time, gambling with him was all voluntary. Under the limitations of the God of Gamblers Gu, that old guy couldn't force anyone to gamble with him. In this way, he was even less in danger.

If things couldn't be done, he would just not gamble. He had never been the kind of person to take risks for treasures.

"Relying on this method, this person's wealth rolls more and more. Up to now, his treasures are probably worth the national treasury of a thousand super empires. He is a multi-treasure merchant in the true sense. The Three-Legged Golden Toad, which is strong based on the amount of treasures, is undoubtedly the most suitable Gu worm for him."

"So there is a high probability that there is a Golden Toad here. The location of the Golden Toad recorded in that letter should be true."

"I can do without the Repair Gu, but I must get my hands on this Golden Toad."

Long Xuan clenched his fists and stepped forward again.

"Let's set off! Overtake that group of people in front! If we walk behind them, we won't even be able to drink the soup."

(End of chapter)