Chapter 297

297. Chapter 297: Meeting the God of Gamblers

"Let's go in. As long as we pass this final barrier, the opportunities inside will all belong to us."

Qin Kai's eyes revealed a greedy look; he waved his hand and led his men toward the depths of the palace.

The others took a deep breath and followed closely behind, slowly walking toward the depths of the palace.

However, to everyone's surprise, after they approached the palace grounds, neither the puppets outside the palace nor those inside attacked them.

It seemed all the puppets had fallen into a deep sleep; they stood there without moving a muscle, and even when the Gu cultivators walked close, this group of puppets showed no reaction at all.

All the Gu cultivators were stunned for a moment. The fact that the puppets didn't launch an attack on them greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, making them worry for nothing for half a day.

The fact that all the puppets remained motionless also finally allowed the Gu cultivators to breathe a sigh of relief.

However, since these puppets did not attack the intruders, they weren't foolish enough to attack the puppets at this time either.

Since the puppets had already fallen into a deep sleep, what if you attacked them now and woke them up? No one dared to take the risk.

At this moment, everyone walked quietly, not daring to say a word, for fear of waking the surrounding puppets.

This kind of thing had long been within Long Xuan's expectations; he understood that no matter how much noise they made, these puppets would not wake up.

Therefore, he boldly examined everything in the palace.

The palace was decorated with golden splendor, and various statues of strange insects, birds, and beasts were carved everywhere. They varied in size, and the large ones released a suffocating pressure, as if they were alive, making people look upon them with awe.

No one was curious enough to touch these things; these statues were all decorations and not worth much money, and since no one could be sure if those statues were mechanisms, no one dared to touch them even more.

Ignoring the various statues in front of the palace, the Gu cultivators walked to the open palace gates and filed in one by one.

The palace corridors were hung with many huge murals, and Long Xuan turned his head to look at these murals carefully.

Murals often hide important information; every time he went down into an ancient tomb, he would definitely look at the murals on the walls.

The information hidden in the murals is very likely the key to clearing the level; the tomb owner couldn't possibly have carved some meaningless images on the walls.

Most of the murals were scenes of various types of gambling; various gambling tools appeared in the murals, and in every gambling scene, there was inevitably one identical figure.

This person was wearing green clothes with the word "Gambling" written on them, which was particularly eye-catching and very easy to identify.

The murals on the wall contained this person's magnificent life, from youth to middle age, and from middle age to old age; his entire life was spent in gambling.

In his long life, he experienced countless gambling matches and played every kind of gambling method, but whether it was something he was good at or not, he never lost a single time.

In every mural, only he was smiling, while his opponents had expressions of despair.

From the murals, Long Xuan could fully see how high-spirited he was at the time.

However, if you walk by the river often, how can your shoes not get wet? No one is an ever-victorious general, and no one can go without losing even once; if you gamble ten thousand times, there will always be a time when you lose.

In the last mural, his smile was gone, revealing a ferocious look, while his opponent, by contrast, had an extremely triumphant smile.

And the background of the mural was the exact same palace as this one.

Long Xuan boldly guessed that what he lost in his final gambling match was likely being trapped here forever.

And it was trapped by his own God of Gambling Gu; the powerful binding force of the God of Gambling Gu cannot be broken.

Using the God of Gambling Gu to gamble against others, if you win, you can win everything; if you lose, you can likewise lose everything.

The God of Gambling Gu is a double-edged sword; it can also exert a powerful binding force on its own master. People who use the God of Gambling Gu to gamble will eventually be backlashed by their own God of Gambling Gu one day.

At this time, the others were also curiously looking at the various murals on the walls. Seeing that the murals depicted various gambling scenes, any Gu cultivator who wasn't stupid had already judged that the owner of the palace was a gambler.

Di Xin stopped in front of four of the murals, frowning slightly, her eyes revealing a strange look.

Seeing her stop, Long Xuan also stopped at the side, looking with curious eyes at the four murals side-by-side in front of Di Xin; these four murals each depicted a different type of Gu worm.

The shapes of these four Gu species were very strange; he couldn't tell which insect category they belonged to, and it made him completely unable to name them.

What was mind-boggling was that everyone who passed by these four murals showed puzzled looks, as if none of them recognized these four types of Gu worms.

Including Nine Prince, Cai Shao, Qin Kai, Zhu Yue, and Shui Juanyun, all of them kept their eyes on these four murals for a long time when passing by, and it seemed none of them recognized these four types of Gu worms either.

You must know that the backgrounds of these people were extremely extraordinary, and they were all well-informed people. If even they didn't recognize these Gu worms, it could only mean that these four Gu worms were truly too distant and belonged to Gu worms from before the Gu cultivation civilization was severed.

At this time, Di Xin sent a soul transmission: "I seem to know the origin of these four Gu worms."

"The first is the famous God of Gambling Gu, which can gamble everything against people."

"The remaining three Gu worms are the equally famous God of Eating Gu, God of Whoring Gu, and God of Drinking Gu."

"The ability of the God of Eating Gu is to obtain all the abilities of what is eaten. After any spirit beast meat is made into a dish and enters the stomach of the God of Eating Gu's master, all the abilities of that spirit beast can be possessed by him."

"People who possess the God of Eating Gu have a bottomless pit in their stomachs; they can eat non-stop and can increase their spiritual power by eating."

"As long as the food eaten contains enough spiritual power, then as long as the person possessing the God of Eating Gu keeps eating, they can break through to a realm sufficient for longevity in a very short time."

"The cultivation speed of such people is a hundred times faster than ordinary people."

"The upper limit of the God of Eating Gu is not at all weaker than the God of Gambling Gu, and the materials required for refining are also similar to the God of Eating Gu."

"The abilities of the God of Whoring Gu and the God of Drinking Gu are similar to the first two; they all plunder various miscellaneous abilities through various means, gathering countless types of abilities into one body, thereby possessing the power to be invincible in the world."

"The four Gu worms of Eating, Drinking, Whoring, and Gambling are of the same origin. It is rumored that those who collect all four Gu worms of Eating, Drinking, Whoring, and Gambling can also synthesize even more heaven-defying Gu worms using these four Gu worms as materials."

"Those who synthesize this kind of Gu worm will obtain the power to be invincible in the Three Realms."

Hearing this, Long Xuan looked at Di Xin curiously and couldn't help but ask: "How do you know about these four types of Gu worms? And you know them in such detail; the origins of these four types of Gu worms are something even those five Alliance Leaders don't know."

Di Xin frowned, and after a moment of silence, she finally said: "I don't know how I know either."

"I have never learned about the information on these four types of Gu worms in any book."

"But as soon as I see these four types of Gu worms, I inexplicably feel like I've seen them before, and then I know all the information about these four types of Gu worms."

"Then aren't you the reincarnation of some great power?" Long Xuan looked at her and joked.

Just as the two were having a mysterious conversation using soul transmission, the team passed through layers of corridors and finally walked into the hall in the center of the palace.

The space of this hall was huge and decorated with golden splendor. In the center of the hall, there was a mysterious silver altar, and the altar was carved with countless strange-looking runes.

On the altar was placed a crystal coffin, and through the crystal, one could vaguely see a skeleton wearing a green robe inside.

And floating in mid-air above the crystal coffin were three hundred pieces of various types of treasures, each wrapped in a transparent bubble.

These treasures were all heaven-defying heavy treasures whose value far exceeded the Face-Keeping Fruit.

Seeing these heaven-defying heavy treasures, everyone's breathing became rapid, and they looked at the three hundred treasures floating in the air with burning eyes, wishing they could rush up now and plunder all the treasures on the coffin.

But everyone was very rational, suppressing the greed in their hearts, and did not rush up rashly.

Almost all places where heavy treasures are hidden have unknown dangers; otherwise, the treasures would have been taken away long ago, and they wouldn't have waited for them.

Just as everyone was thinking about how to take away the treasures above, an abrupt voice sounded in the air.

"Five hundred years, has someone finally come here again? But there are a bit too few people this time!"

The suddenly sounding voice startled everyone. All the Gu cultivators' expressions changed greatly, and they hurriedly looked around, searching for the source of the voice.

Finally, everyone's eyes gathered in the direction of the coffin, revealing nervous looks.

The voice came exactly from this coffin. They really found it hard to believe that this Sky Island ruins, which had existed for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, actually still hid a mysterious soul. How many tens of thousands of years has this soul lived?

And a soul that has lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years cannot be simple. All the Gu cultivators had solemn faces, revealing deep looks of dread.

The hall was silent for a long time. Seeing that no one below was speaking, the mysterious voice continued:

"Who I am, what my name is, and how long I have lived, you don't need to know. You can just call me the God of Gamblers."

"Since you have come here, you must follow my rules."

"If you want to forcibly snatch the treasures here, you definitely won't be able to take them away. Those who don't believe it can come up and try."

"I have been fond of gambling all my life, and the thing I like to do most is to gamble against all kinds of people. Therefore, the only way for you to take away the treasures above is to gamble with me."

"Only if you win against me can you take away any of the treasures above."

"And my stakes are far more than those in the air. As long as it exists in this world, except for treasures with unique attributes in the world, I have everything on me."

"And my ability is very special. Not only can I gamble on material treasures, but I can also gamble on non-material treasures."

"If anyone wants to add aptitude, you can gamble aptitude with me."

"If anyone wants to increase longevity, you can gamble longevity with me."

"If anyone wants a certain special constitution, you can gamble special constitution with me."

"If anyone wants to become smarter, you can also gamble wisdom with me."

"In short, my ability can gamble on everything. As long as you can name it, you can bring it to gamble with me."

"As long as the things you bring out are of high enough value, then you can obtain everything; it is not impossible to even gamble away one hundred thousand years of longevity," the God of Gamblers said in a seductive voice.

"Now, if anyone wants to gamble with me, step forward ten paces directly."

"If anyone doesn't want to gamble, I won't force you. You can return the way you came now; it is entirely voluntary."

"However, those who return will lose all memories after entering the inner city; don't even think about taking any information from here out."

"Alright, now who is coming up first? I can't wait anymore."

As the words fell, a mysterious old man appeared in the air. This old man was wearing the same clothes as the skeleton in the coffin, and his body was transparent; it was clearly a soul form. Presumably, he was the soul of the skeleton in the coffin.

It's just that this soul has been drifting here for who knows how many tens of thousands of years without dissipating, which is truly a mind-boggling thing.

At this moment, this aged soul revealed a smile, clearly in a good mood. Presumably, having been trapped here for such a long time, he had long since been bored to the point of going crazy.

It can be considered a miracle that he wasn't suffocated to madness after being trapped here for such a long time.

Now that there are finally so many people coming in to keep him company, he is of course in a good mood. Every five hundred years he wanders in this dead place, he only gets one month to come out and play; it can be considered pitiful.

Long Xuan couldn't help but feel admiration for this God of Gamblers. If a normal person endured such long years of loneliness, they would likely have had a mental breakdown and committed suicide long ago.

Just how strong is his willpower to be able to endure the loneliness of countless years?

At this moment, everyone below looked at each other, all revealing looks of disbelief, and all were shocked by the words of this God of Gamblers.

The ability to gamble on everything is simply mind-boggling.

This kind of ability is simply too heaven-defying. Everyone understands that once this kind of ability is handed over to a gambling expert, what a terrifying monster it will create.

They have simply never heard of such a heaven-defying ability; it is the first time they have heard of it.

It is precisely because everyone can imagine how terrifying a person possessing this ability would be that they dared not act rashly even more.

Not a single person in the whole place dared to rush to the altar to plunder the treasures above. (End of chapter)