Chapter 43 (1/2)

“After hearing your words I realized that I have been living in vain. No wonder they say that it kills to compare. My life is nothing compared to someone like you. I have always lived to gamble, and when I was eight I even broke off two of my fingers as a gift to my teacher in order to learn gambling from him. However, I have never regretted that because this is my only passion. My teacher told me that gambling is an endless art, but unfortunately, I have never been able to gain enlightenment.

“My teacher said that there is more to gambling than winning or losing and that it is something very sacred, worthy of devoting a lifetime to it. I have been working hard, but even though Chang Le Casino has become one of the three biggest casinos in the Jade Capital, it still feels like I have not changed anything, much less reached the level you just mentioned. After hearing your words, I have no regrets in this life. If not because of your status, I would be willing to cut my lifespan by 30 years and spend the remaining 20 years following you as a disciple to learn.

“Only you are of a distinguished status and I dare not put myself next to you. My only hope is to help expand the gambling scene. If I’m able to see it reach its full potential, then I can say that I have not lived in vain,” Chang Laosi said as he got down on his knees respectfully, becoming the one begging Ren Jie instead.

Nothing else was of more importance to Chang Laosi at this point in time.

F*ck!

Gao Ren was confused as he looked on. How could this be?

But when he thought about it, he realized that he would stop at nothing to follow a person who could show him such an unimaginable future in the Apocathery field.

Gao Ren was equally obsessed with Apocathery and he wished to become the most powerful Alchemist, even more so than the ones in legends.

Hence, he was able to understand Chang Laosi’s actions. But he felt strange as he looked at Ren Jie.

How did he not know after so long that he knew such things? He had been taken for a gullible fool in the past, and if not for Gao Ren’s help he would not have won a single time.

Meanwhile, Chang Laosi looked at him as though he was a loyal disciple who had just seen God. One look and you could tell how devoted he was. Besides this, nothing else mattered.

Yeah! Ren Jie also let out a huge sigh. Before he brought up this request to the Fangs he had recalled from his memories that Chang Laosi was crazy over gambling, and the casino he operated was more than just a casino, he was doing it for more than just profits.

Now that he had seen it, he knew he was right. People like this did not only want money, like how difficult it was for an Alchemist to reach the peak in their career if they did it merely for the money and not for a dream or passion. In every field there existed people obsessed over their trade, and this served as a motivation far greater than any monetary incentive, for that was their religion.

Ren Jie had prepared many things to persuade Chang Laosi, but he did not expect that he would achieve his goal simply by speaking. This was far more effective than he had imagined.

“I believe you can tell that if you have my full support, you’ll have 10 times more than you have now even with half the shares. What’s more…”

“No!” Chang Laosi said emotionally before Ren Jie finished. “If I was doing it merely for the money then I would have been able to make a name for myself somewhere outside the Jade Capital and made 10 times more money than I have now. With my gambling skills, I could rule over the scene instead of living like this in the Jade Capital. My cultivation technique depends on my gambling. Hence, I need to have some kind of breakthrough in my gambling in order to experience a breakthrough in my cultivation technique. I have to stay in the Jade Capital to achieve my dream as well as to break through to the Yin Yang Realm. This is also why I set up the Chang Le Gang.

“I was enlightened after listening to what you said, and I can even feel that I’ll definitely reach a higher level in terms of my strength and gambling skills if gambling can really reach such a state. You don’t need to give me anything, but if you don’t mind, Chang Le Gang can be yours in the future, even my own assets too.” What were all these assets and manpower to him?

Chang Laosi was at the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm, and with that alone, he had the status to disregard nobles. Moreover, he was skilled in gambling as well. As he said, he had many choices, and any of them would make him much better than he was now.

After all, someone at the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm was a truly powerful person and only a step away from reaching superhuman strength. While someone at the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm was incredibly powerful, it would not help them increase their lifespan. The Yin Yang Realm was different in the sense that once someone achieved that level, their lifespan increased as well. Such was the difference between the two.

Chang Laosi was already very impressive for reaching the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm at his age. This was why nobody was willing to trifle with him and why the Chang Le Gang was able to reach their position at the top 10 gangs in the Jade Capital. It was also why various forces tried to win him over.

If the same people who tried to win him over realized that he was now on his knees begging Ren Jie to accept his fortunes and gang so as to follow him, they would think they were dreaming.

“There’s no need.” Ren Jie waved his hand. “Listen to me now. I will not be giving you too much, but of course, it will not be little either. You must accept it because it is not just for you but for your men as well as your descendants. I will hold 70% of the shares in the future while you will hold 10%, and your men will split another 10%. The last 10% will be used for charity. And I do not mean that it will be donated. They will be used where we can to help the people. You may not believe in divine existences, but you must believe in having a conscience and living by it. Strive to have your conscience clear in everything you do. 10% is not a lot, nor is it very little, but your 30% will always be there. Any future investments will be provided by my 70%, so trust that the power of cumulative interests will do its work.”