Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 41: Intricate Complexity
Ao Xieyun and his three companions simultaneously revealed a look of wariness, laughing as they said, "With Young Master Wei vouching for us, we are certainly at ease." However, they were inwardly beating their hearts in apprehension. How did this terrifying figure appear here at this moment? Didn't he leave after withdrawing from the gambling?
Young Master Wei laughed heartily, saying, "I didn't expect my character to be so solid! Everyone trusts me so much; this is indeed a great thing for me!"
Then he tilted his head, looked at Chu Yang, and smiled slightly, "Chu King of Hell! It’s been a few days since we last met, hope all is well?!"
Ignoring the other young masters, he was the first to greet Chu Yang. It seemed that this Chu King of Hell, who had just risen from the lower realms to the middle realms, held a much more significant position in his heart than the four young masters in front of him.
"As long as Wei brother is still well, I naturally dare not be unwell!" Chu Yang replied with a faint smile.
Young Master Wei laughed heartily.
The four young men of Ao Xieyun were simultaneously shocked; they were extremely surprised that Chu Yang addressed Young Master Wei this way, and that Young Master Wei didn’t get angry.
It was widely known in the middle realms that Young Master Wei was a typical eccentric! His subordinates could call him ‘Wei Zuo’; however, outsiders could only call him ‘Young Master Wei’; if anyone called him something else, even if it was ‘Grandpa Wei’, it would provoke his wrath, and he would pursue the person for the crime of disrespect, even if it meant traveling thousands of miles.
Yet, Chu Yang had boldly called him ‘Wei brother’; and this strange figure seemed pleased with it? What was going on?
After laughing for a while, Young Master Wei said, "Ao Xieyun, don’t say we bamboo people are defaulting; hmm, Lord Jun has ordered that I can place my bets two days later. However, since I am acting as the notary today, I fear you will say that I am drawing silver from here, so I will give you the bets in advance."
As he spoke, he pulled out a small package from his bosom and tossed it to Ao Xieyun, saying chillingly, "Dark Bamboo bets; five hundred million taels of silver, betting on Ji Mo to win!"
He tilted his head and grinned, "I seemed to have heard something earlier, isn't it six to one? Hahaha... Even if I lose, it will still be thrilling, and if I win, it will be a huge profit..."
The expressions of Ao Xieyun and his three companions instantly turned ugly. It felt as if they had stepped on cow dung while walking, only to fall headfirst, mouth open, and ended up tasting the dung they stepped on...
This gambling match had started a month early, and so far, the total betting on Gao Sheng to win was only five hundred million; even if they increased that by two to three hundred million in the next two days, it would be formidable.
However, the bets on Ji Mo to win were pitifully low; the four had been worried about being unable to cover their losses. Thus, they had raised Ji Mo's odds; who would have thought that after raising the odds, the casino over there hadn’t seen much incoming, but here, it had suddenly bet up to eight hundred million!
Three hundred million from Chu Yang was already a heavy burden for this gamble; but Dark Bamboo had also placed five hundred million!
If Ji Mo were to win... then the four major families would have to pay out forty-eight billion! Even if they could gather ten billion here, the other three families would have to come up with another thirty-eight billion!
That was equivalent to one family putting out another ten billion!
This was an astronomical figure!
If Gao Sheng really lost, there would be no doubt; the Mo Family would be directly devastated; while the Ao Clan and the Xie Family, along with the Ou Family, would be severely weakened!
The cost... was just too great.
If Ji Mo won, defaulting would be out of the question! In the entire middle realms, who would dare to default on debts owed to Jun Xizhu and Young Master Wei? Even if they didn’t owe anything, they would have to worry about paying protection fees...