Chapter 326

The God of Wealth's palm was stiff, and each finger was as thin and withered as a yellowed bamboo node. At the tips of the fingers grew irregular, incomplete nails, as if they had been gnawed by rats or insects.

The God of Wealth did not speak, just reached out blindly.

Xia Yubing's heart was pounding, but her breathing was as heavy and slow as concrete outdoors in winter. She knew that once the God of Wealth reached out, he either wanted money or life.

But she had neither 16 yuan nor 16 lives.

An emotion called despair rose from her heart, drowning out the fear of being powerless. Under normal circumstances, the observation of the Four-Faced Buddha 'Taiyi' would forcibly lock Xia Yubing's state to the moment she just left Zanjue Town, but now it was not a normal situation.

What was about to take her life at this moment was not conventional swords, guns, or cannons, but the forced buying and selling of the God of Wealth Wealth Wu Tong. His existence made all struggles so pale.

The rules are absolute, the rules are fair, and the rules are absolutely fair and cannot be violated.

Suddenly, Xia Yubing's consciousness felt a bit dazed, and even her vision became blurred. The whole world seemed to be covered with a layer of ambiguous chaos. In a daze, she seemed to see the God of Wealth's palm getting closer and closer, and the sound of melodious zither music rang in her ears.

"Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe..."

This was Xia Yubing's last thought before her consciousness completely fell into darkness.

In the flowers, one doesn't know that the days are short; who would have thought that a thousand years have passed in the world. When she opened her eyes again, a white moon that was not yet full had climbed onto the sparkling sea surface outside the breakwater, scattering a piece of crisp silver frost.

"Ah!" Xia Yubing sat up abruptly, cold sweat dripping down, her dazed eyes filled with white light.

After a few seconds, Xia Yubing's eyes gradually adapted to the bright lighting environment around her. She looked around with a dazed emotion, only to see that she was in a gorgeously decorated room. The Gambler, the God of Wealth, and the dead Ikes and Sha Li Sha Li were all gone. A soft blanket covered her body, as if everything she had experienced before was just a dream.

"Ah, you're awake?"

The maid guarding opposite heard the sound and came to the bedside, bringing a cup of warm milk to Xia Yubing, and asked softly: "How do you feel? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

"You... me?" Xia Yubing took the glass cup containing milk, a bit dazed. She recognized the maid's face; she had eaten the lamb chops she fried on Van Dyke's airship before. This person belonged to the Dyke family's servants, and her name seemed to be Jomarie?

A mouthful of warm milk went down her throat, and Xia Yubing's emotions stabilized a bit. She asked: "Where am I? I remember I should have been with Mr. Dyke not long ago. Why am I here now?"

The maid named Jomarie looked at the glass cup and said: "Mr. Dyke brought you back, Ms. Xia. You have been asleep for almost 10 hours. We are now on the airship Saint-Abilon. Mr. Dyke asked me to take care of you here."

"Is, is that so..." Xia Yubing's whole body relaxed instantly, and a strong sense of peace filled her chest.

It seems that Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe brought her out of the opera house. Although she didn't know what method he used to help her escape the God of Wealth's forced buying and selling, Xia Yubing believed that Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe could do it. It seemed that there was nothing in this world that he couldn't do.

Recalling the experience in the opera house, Xia Yubing still had lingering fears. The faint zither music she heard before losing consciousness still lingered in her ears, making people drowsy.

"Where is Mr. Dyke now?" Xia Yubing asked again.

The maid Jomarie shook her head: "I'm sorry, I don't know either, Ms. Xia. After Mr. Dyke handed you over to me to take care of, he left the airship. He ordered the Saint-Abilon to take off immediately and sail west, but he didn't board the airship himself, but returned to Vivian Port. We haven't been able to contact him yet." "Is that so..." Xia Yubing's mood, which had just relaxed a little, became nervous again, and she muttered to herself: "Hasn't the strange event at the opera house ended yet?"

Did Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe go to find that Gambler?

Thinking of this, the strange scene experienced before appeared in Xia Yubing's mind again. It was after the Old Maid gambling game ended, the God of Wealth, who had handed over the stake and successfully escaped, reached toward the Gambler, asking it to spend money to buy life. Later, facts proved that the Gambler had money to buy life. It took out four copper coins from its tattered clothes and handed them to the God of Wealth, sending away this evil star.

"This is not the first time the Gambler has bought life." Xia Yubing's hands holding the milk tightened unconsciously, and she suddenly realized: "Four copper coins is the price for the third time buying life. This is the third time the Gambler has bought life from the God of Wealth!"

The Gambler had met the God of Wealth before, and had bought life from the God of Wealth at least twice!

Must tell Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe about this.

Tilting her neck and drinking the milk in the glass cup in one gulp, Xia Yubing lifted the blanket and hurriedly got out of bed. Barefoot, she found her notebook from the windbreaker hanging on the coat rack. After letting Jomarie avoid it, she turned it to the page of the last conversation. Sure enough, there was a new message on it, and the pitch-black, delicate strokes were Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's handwriting:

【When you wake up, go and clean the room.】

【It's not just a simple sweep of the floor. You have to use water, mop the floor, wipe the windows, it's all fine. It's best to refold the clothes too.】

【Don't let the maid help, you have to do it yourself.】

"Ah, this..." Xia Yubing was a bit confused: "Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe asked me to clean the room? And must use water to clean it?"

!

Although she didn't know what it meant, since it was his request, she just had to do it. Xia Yubing held the notebook and walked out of the room door, while writing on the paper:

【After the gambling with the Gambler ended before, the God of Wealth launched a forced transaction on everyone present】

【The Gambler was also the object of the transaction. It used 4 copper coins to buy 1 life from the God of Wealth】

【The Gambler should have met the God of Wealth before, and has already bought life from the God of Wealth at least twice】

I don't know if this information can help him?

Closing the notebook, Xia Yubing put on her clothes and walked out of the room door, asking Jomarie for a bucket, a mop, and a rag for wiping glass, and began to clean the room that was actually not very dirty without knowing why.

The sea surface under the bright moon was sparkling. Looking down from the airship, the breakwater that enclosed half of Vivian Port had already become a curved white snake, wriggling slightly.

Inside the breakwater, the silent city was brightly lit, like stars, dazzling, making the earth under her feet seem like the sky. As time passed, the lights in the port gradually became sparse and dim, and the colors belonging to the night slowly occupied more positions one by one, until the entire city was completely plunged into pitch darkness, as if this ancient port had fallen asleep peacefully.

The next moment, all the lights suddenly lit up at the same time, illuminating the port like daylight.

(End of chapter)