Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1218 593: All Stars Surrounding the Moon (Part 2)

Although there were some cold-eyed onlookers enjoying the spectacle, most people felt sorry for Dou Jiyan.

As long as human energy is there, luck will stay. She lost this round, and she can only blame herself for underestimating the opponent.

Dou Jiyan's mood was relatively calm, and Li Banfeng heard the projector whispering beside his ear: "Seventh Guide, here I saw no deep blue of regret, but rather a lot of red in the delight."

Delight.

Is this the true sentiment of this group of gambling cultivators?

Li Banfeng was also observing everyone when he heard Ding Liusan ask: "Seventh Master, how would you call this round?"

Li Banfeng didn't need to think much; he could only tell the truth: "First round, Ding Liusan wins."

The second round, gambling on Pai Jiu, ten chips per person, until they lose all.

In the first game, Dou Jiyan took the cards, opened them, and saw a twelve-point Heaven Card with a ten-point red ten. These two cards were unrelated, didn't matter, totaling twenty-two points. According to Pai Jiu rules, you take the last digit, so it's considered two points, a very small hand.

On the opposite side, Ding Liusan placed a bet, throwing in five chips. Dou Jiyan definitely couldn't accept, with such bad cards, they shouldn't even look, Hua Fengshi distributed them, it was disheartening to view.

How could she have drawn such a terrible hand!

Dou Jiyan glanced again at the people in the gambling house, they seemed anxious for her.

The second hand, Dou Jiyan turned the cards again, still bad cards.

The third hand, Dou Jiyan felt luck turned, opened to see, still bad cards!

By the eighth hand, Dou Jiyan turned each, each was rotten, unbearably terrible.

She reminded herself not to turn any more cards, or else luck wouldn't return, but upon drawing a card, always felt the fortune was shifting and couldn't resist a peek.

With only two chips left, Dou Jiyan placed a minimum bet, then raised an additional chip.

Ding Liusan followed with another chip, and Dou Jiyan said: "Brother, I borrow eight chips from you, I will bet everything on this round."

The gambling house was in an uproar.

It was agreed that when chips were gone, the gamble was lost, can chips still be borrowed now?

Ding Liusan asked: "Sister, I can lend you chips, but after losing, what will you use to repay?"

Dou Jiyan said: "If I lose, Thousand Tael House will compensate Brother, and my life will be forfeit too!"

Ding Liusan frowned and said: "I want Thousand Tael House, to let our fellows live with dignity! What use is your life to me? To be accused of harming a peer?"

Dou Jiyan shook her head and said: "I don't understand this. Isn't the Thousand Tael House in my hands letting the peers live well?"

Ding Liusan laughed and said: "You're living well, whether they're good or not, they know themselves. We gambling cultivators are a proper Taoist Sect, our abilities are earned through cultivation, our savings are earned through hard work, what did we do wrong? Why should we live inferior to others?"

Dou Jiyan frowned: "What do you mean by inferior? Please, Brother, explain."

Ding Liusan said sternly: "Thousand Tael House is our gambling cultivators' home, and when we return home, we're not even allowed to gamble, isn't this inferior to others?"

Dou Jiyan pointed in all directions: "Please look carefully, Brother, this is a gambling hall. Within Thousand Tael House, there are over thirty gambling halls. I never said gambling isn't allowed, these halls are places of cultivation."

Ding Liusan sighed and said: "These are places of deception. You let gambling cultivators hold a piece of Ocean Dollar, grind their hands in a hall all day, that's deception.

This is like drawing a circle in a mill, letting a traveling cultivator circle the mill repeatedly, then telling this traveling cultivator they've walked ten thousand miles in a day, see if this traveling cultivator would agree?"

What is the disposition of our gambling cultivators? To sweep up all the silver in the world in one go, that's the spirit of gambling cultivators! Making them waste a piece of Ocean Dollar, if that's not deceit, what is it?"

Word by word, as if stamped with authority, even Li Banfeng felt Ding Liusan made good arguments.

But was it really that reasonable?

Li Banfeng had the cultivation levels of Cloud Three Plus Two and Foolish Cultivation, he wasn't so easily fooled, there was technique here, and Li Banfeng could sense the changes in his thoughts.

But the onlooking gambling cultivators might not be able to sense it.

Dou Jiyan tapped the table: "Brother, there's no need for extra words, little sister borrows eight chips from you, will you lend or not?"

"Being my sister and this being your territory, knowing you won't be reasonable, I can only yield to you." Ding Liusan handed over eight chips to Dou Jiyan.

Dou Jiyan placed all eight chips in one go: "Brother, let's gamble this round, do you dare to bet?

If you don't dare, don't compete with little sister, take your people and leave quickly!"

Once these words came out, the gambling house was abuzz with discussion. Their voices were extremely low, the average person couldn't hear, but the Silk-pulling Earrings could catch some.

"What does this mean? Can't people fold unless they bet? Must they bet?"

"Was this rule mentioned before?"

"Sister, you're being unreasonable again," Ding Liusan picked up all his chips, placing them in as well, "I know I might not win this round, but gambling cultivators cannot lose face, win or lose, I must regain this face."

Dou Jiyan didn't want to hear more from Ding Liusan, she grabbed the cards, quickly opened them, she could sense a fleeting fortune.

She could also sense that today was off, the hearts at Thousand Tael House seemingly not with her.

Dou Jiyan opened the cards, Heaven Card pair, two twelve-point cards, representing the twenty-four solar terms, is the second largest card in Pai Jiu.

In this case, unless Ding Liusan draws the largest card, the supreme.