Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Rules of the Gambling House (Second Update of Five Consecutive Releases)

“Heh, this is the Sun, Moon, and Star Lord incantation. With it, I can invert the heavens and earth, wield the five elements in my hand. Your Five Elements Formation is seamless, endlessly regenerating without a flaw, but this is the only method that can break it. When heaven and earth are reversed, the cycle of generating and overcoming becomes reversed—generating turns to overcoming, and overcoming to generating. Your elements will fall into disorder, injuring your own body.”

“No... Impossible... You don’t have the ability…”

“You’re not wrong about that. In Daoism, I have neither rank nor name. The highest nine incantations of the Supreme Three Caverns Divine Spell are beyond the reach of ordinary people.” I interrupted Miao Renyu’s faltering words, speaking calmly. “However, besides Daoist masters and immortals, there is another type of person who, though not of the Daoist sect, can also command this incantation.”

Miao Renyu, suppressing immense pain, raised his head and said in astonishment, “The Sun Lord at my left, the Moon Lord at my right, lightning ahead, wind and clouds behind, shaking heaven and earth, commanding the Dragon God… There is indeed another who can command the Sun, Moon, and Star Lord incantation… Dragon God?! Purple Star! The Purple Star Lord protects kings; the emperor is the true dragon son of heaven. Even the emperor can command the Sun, Moon, and Star Lord incantation!”

“True dragon? Heh, no need to search. Our Lanqing has said it already—Yan Hui has the bearing of an emperor. Even the famous Yan Six Fingers from the Ghost Market has declared he has the fate of an emperor. An emperor is a dragon.” Yue Leiteng leaned back in his chair, gloating.

“You… You have… the fate of an emperor?!” Miao Renyu stared, unwilling to accept it. “Man’s plans cannot match heaven’s. I thought of everything, but never imagined you… you would have the fate of an emperor!”

“Actually, I don’t believe it myself. Look at me—do I resemble an emperor? Heh, I was simply desperate and had no other way, so I decided to gamble on it.” I shook my head with a bitter smile, then spoke seriously. “But you, though versed in feng shui and metaphysics, are not upright in heart. You pursue your goals by any means, knowing full well the Five Elements Formation is reversed. If I had lost, my fate would have been the same as yours. Not only did you want to win, you sought to harm my life. The outcome you face now is entirely your own doing.”

“Forget it, he’s lost anyway. He’s vomited so much blood, dirtying my casino. Who would dare come here after this? Liu Hao, find some people to send him to the hospital. He brought this on himself, but we can’t just let him die.” Yue Leiteng glanced at Miao Renyu as he spoke.

“No need! His organs are shattered; even if he’s sent to the hospital, it’s useless.” I sighed quietly, shaking my head.

“You… you have the fate of an emperor. How interesting, hahaha.” Miao Renyu used his last breath, lifting his head to look at me with deep meaning. “You’ll meet someone even more interesting than yourself in the future. I die by your hand today, hahaha, and you will also die by his hand someday. Emperor… hahaha.”

No sooner had Miao Renyu finished speaking than he spat a mouthful of blood, splattering half an inch in front of my shoes. His body convulsed a few times, then lay still. I checked his pulse—there was no heartbeat. Even at the end, Miao Renyu’s eyes stared fixedly at me, his face frozen in an eerie smile.

I couldn’t understand the meaning of his final words, but I was certain of one thing: Miao Renyu belonged to Lord Huang. Today, he died by my hand; this feud is now set. Yet the “more interesting person” in his last words clearly referred to someone other than Lord Huang.

Men speak kindly before death. Miao Renyu said I would die at this person’s hand, and it didn’t sound like a threat. Miao Renyu was merely a subordinate of Su Lengyue, yet he could manipulate such a complex and perilous Five Elements Formation, showing extraordinary skill in metaphysics. My victory today was pure luck. Behind him is Lord Huang—and that “interesting person.” I looked at Miao Renyu’s corpse, took a deep breath, and wondered how many enemies still awaited me ahead.

A man had died in the casino. All the gamblers, fearing any association, quickly fled in a panic. Only Shen Xiang remained, helplessly slumped in a chair.

“Debts must be paid, murder must be compensated with life—this is the natural order.” Xiao Lianshan lounged over the gambling table, spinning a chip stained with Miao Renyu’s blood and smiling. “We won’t make things hard for you. You said you’d bet Thunder’s casino and your own hand. Now you’ve lost, so pay accordingly.”

“I, Yue Leiteng, won’t bully you. The casino’s price is at cost—five hundred thousand. We’re not cheating you.” Yue Leiteng, lounging in his chair, smiled carelessly.

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“I… I don’t have that much cash with me. I’ll send it over tomorrow!” Shen Xiang had lost all his earlier arrogance, glancing nervously at Miao Renyu’s corpse on the floor.

“Tomorrow? Everyone who gambles here pays in real cash, and you have the nerve to tell me tomorrow?” Yue Leiteng shook his head, and his men dragged Shen Xiang from his chair.

Kneeling before Yue Leiteng, Shen Xiang trembled uncontrollably. “I won’t short you a penny. If you like, I can write you an IOU.”

“Who do you think you are? You came here without a cent and dared to make trouble in the casino.” Liu Hao slapped Shen Xiang’s face, snarling. “You had the nerve to bet the casino itself! Listen, by the casino’s rules—either pay and leave, or wait for someone to collect your corpse. Your choice.”

“You… you dare hit me? Do you know who my father is…?”

“Hit him!” Yue Leiteng, seeing Shen Xiang still so stubborn, grew furious and waved his hand.

Seven or eight men surged forward, unleashing their pent-up rage in a flurry of punches and kicks.

“Thunder, let it go. He probably doesn’t understand anything; it was all Miao Renyu’s instigation.” Seeing Shen Xiang near death from the beating, I hurried over.

Yue Leiteng glanced at me, raised his hand, and the men stopped.

“It’s not that I want to punish him. He brazenly came here to make trouble. If I don’t teach him a lesson, who knows how many will try the same in the future.”

“Miao Renyu is dead now. He won’t dare come again. There’s already been a fatality—it’s bound to spread. Killing him won’t help you; besides, who would dare visit a casino where someone died?” I sighed, speaking calmly.

“Brother, you know what kind of person he is. Last time at the auction, he did anything to get what he wanted. Today’s the same. If you don’t teach him a lesson, he’ll keep harming people.” Xiao Lianshan added.

Yue Leiteng fell silent, studying the battered Shen Xiang on the floor, then turned to ask Huo Qian, “You always run the casino. He used a feng shui formation to win—cheating, plain and simple. Without rules, there’s chaos. By casino rules, what’s the punishment for cheating?”

“Left hand caught, cut the left hand. Right hand caught, cut the right hand!” Huo Qian answered without hesitation.

“Just the left hand. Killing him is pointless. Leave him one hand as a lesson.” Yue Leiteng nodded, his voice cold.

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Hearing his hand was to be cut off, Shen Xiang paled and staggered up, trying to escape. After a few steps, he was dragged back, pinned to the gambling table, two men gripping his left hand tightly. Shen Xiang, struggling, saw a gleaming knife approaching.

“My father is Shen Jiangchuan! Yue, if you cut off my hand today, my father will kill your whole family!”

“Stop!”

The knife halted half an inch from Shen Xiang’s wrist; had Yue Leiteng been slower, the hand would no longer be attached.

“Your father is Shen Jiangchuan?” Yue Leiteng stood up from his chair in surprise.

“Thunder, Qianling mentioned it to me. I recall she said his father is Shen Jiangchuan, and they have some dealings with you.” Though I disliked Shen Xiang, tonight the casino had suffered no loss, and Miao Renyu was already dead. I didn’t want any more trouble. “Give him a chance. Qianling said their family isn’t short of money; let him bring it tomorrow.”

“Yue, you know how powerful my father is. You beat me like this, and my father will never let you off.” Seeing Yue Leiteng hesitate after hearing Shen Jiangchuan’s name, Shen Xiang regained his arrogance.

Yue Leiteng’s eyes twitched, his gaze lingering on the knife at Shen Xiang’s wrist. I knew Shen Xiang’s words had completely enraged him. Whether he was a fool or simply ignorant, at this point he was still so arrogant. Even if Yue Leiteng wanted to give Shen Jiangchuan face and let things slide, Shen Xiang’s attitude made it impossible to back down.

From the look on Yue Leiteng’s face, he was ready to kill. If he ended Shen Xiang with a single stroke now, no one would ever know.

Instinctively, I stepped between Shen Xiang and Yue Leiteng, fearing that, in a fit of rage, he might kill him. For someone like Yue Leiteng, after decades in the business, there are two things he cannot let go: his pride and his courage. These two he has never lacked. It’s not just Shen Jiangchuan, whom I’d never heard of—even Lord Huang would not intimidate him. Otherwise, everyone knows the Divine Strategy of Luo Xuan is in his hands, yet he refuses to hand it over.

As I was about to speak, Yue Leiteng suddenly raised the knife and swung it down hard at an angle.

“Ah!”

With Shen Xiang’s agonized scream, I turned in alarm to find him collapsed on the ground, clutching his left hand. Clearly, Yue Leiteng had broken it with the back of the knife.

“Today, I give Shen Jiangchuan some face. If he never taught you how to behave, I’ll teach him for him. Go back and tell Shen Jiangchuan your hand was broken by Yue Leiteng. If he has anything to say, let him come find me. And bring the money you owe!”

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