195 Do Me a Favor and We Shall Call It Even (1/2)
”What valuable items do you possess? Let me have a look. If I like it, pawning it is no problem,” Yun Yang said.
…
A quarter of an hour later, the man dressed in white wore an expression that was the opposite color of his clothes.
”I have a piece of Stellar Al. Shouldn’t be a problem to pawn it for ten thousand silver taels, should it?”
”Of course not.”
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One hour later, the man stood before Yun Yang, gritting his teeth.
”I’m not playing anymore!”
”The f*ck? That was thirty thousand silver taels. My lord, you’ve lost them all within less than two hours. I finally know why you can lose four thousand taels in one go!”
Yun Yang shook his head and advised seriously, ”You shouldn’t gamble anymore. You care too much about the gain and loss, you’re not fit for the game of chance. Gambling is good if you play a little but it’s bad if you go all out on it!”
The man in white kept quiet, but the muscles on his cheek throbbed.
”Good bye.” He walked out, each step seemed to be weighed down with lead.
”I think… If you’re not near giving up, you can pawn your sword as well.” Yun Yang sighed slowly, ”But it’s better if you leave…”
”You want my sword?” The man in white’s right hand went towards the grip as he spat the words, his green veins popping.
”Why would I want it? I’m just giving you another chance to win all that you’ve lost seeing that you’re unhappy with your losses? Never mind. You better leave quickly!” Yun Yang shook his head. ”Or else it will only turn out worse for you.”
The man dressed in white made a decision then, taking large strides back. ”I’ll pawn it to you!”
Yun Yang’s eyes went wide. ”Respectable brother, I’m just joking with you. I was just pulling your leg, it’s my fault. You won’t have anything left if you lose this sword. I know what the sword worn by a martial artist means to him; listen to me, don’t gamble anymore. Really. Gambling is like a pit, it’s easy to fall in but it’s never as easy to climb out of it.”
The man in white clothes only replied coldly, ”You don’t have to say much. I’m just asking if you accept it or not?”
Yun Yang was quick to say, ”Of course I accept it! Respectable brother, with a single glance, I can tell that your sword is no ordinary one. I’m willing to offer twenty thousand silver taels. You can redeem it anytime, okay?”
The man was incredulous. ”What did you say? My sword can’t be bought even with a hundred thousand mystical stones and you’re pawning it for twenty thousand silver taels?”
Yun Yang pursed his lips and said, ”Your sword is worth a hundred thousand mystical stones now just because you said so? Even if I sell this casino, I believe I'd get the same amount too! You mean to say this sword is worth this casino? Why don’t you go rob someone? You’re the one asking for a favor now, are you not? Forget twenty thousand taels, even if it’s… Hmm, alright, alright…”
Yun Yang said with a shrug, ”This way. I can assume your sword is worth a hundred thousand silver taels but I can only give you twenty thousand taels each time. I will only give you those silver taels for four times too. The fifth time I’ll still give you twenty thousand silver taels but you can’t gamble anymore. You have to leave, taking the twenty thousand silver taels with you. You can still live for some time like this, there’s a chance for you to rebuild everything. If you agree to it, we’ll have things done this way. If not, leave with your sword!”
The man in white wore a dark expression. He knew this fellow in front of him was luring him into the deepest pit, step by step, but he still had to say, ”Thank you.”
What a f*cking bizarre feeling it was!
His sword that was worth tens of millions silver taels if converted to money was pawned for a hundred thousand silver taels, and he would be given twenty thousand each time yet he had to say thank you.
The man dressed in white entered the casino once more alongside an odd emotion that he could not even put his finger on.
After a while – ”Give me twenty thousand taels.”
Quite a while later – ”Give me another twenty thousand silver taels.”
Yet a while later – ”Give me another twenty thousand silver taels.”
Then it was about a quarter of an hour later – the man stood in front of Yun Yang again, looking lost and bewildered.
He could obviously hear how many points that had been shaken. There was no doubt nor mistake about this. The number shaken out was obviously what he heard. There was no one cheating with mystical Qi throughout the entire process as well.
Besides, if there were to be someone cheating – someone with Xiao Lingzui’s level, he could also sense it!
Even if he failed to sense it once or twice, it was not possible for him to have missed it with so many times down the road!
Why though… why did he keep losing? He was just losing all the way!
No matter how confident he was, he kept losing – utterly and overwhelmingly so!
When he came, he was poor but at least he still had fifty silver taels on him.
Now – in less than two hours, the fortune he had on him, his jade pendant, his rare metals, were all pawned; in addition, he was also in a huge debt of two hundred thousand silver taels!
Even the sword he always carried around was in someone else’s hands.
What was more, the debt he owed was accompanied by a rapidly growing interest.