CHAPTER 112: CHAPTER 47: THE GAMBLING STONE FEAST (PART 1)

Following Qi’s instructions, Yun Sheng adorned his Magic Robe with the Magician’s badge, only then did the eagle-gryphon, formed by mimicry magic, avert its gaze.

Yun Sheng, Gu Feng, and Qi San sequentially stepped into the Magic Array.

Yun Sheng didn’t know about Qi’s situation, but both she and Gu Feng were entering the Teleportation Magic Array for the first time.

It felt as if their bodies were suddenly yanked, and the Demon Runes within the Magic Array began spinning wildly.

Feeling as though they were stepping on cotton, when their vision restored, a brightly lit hall appeared before them.

The fourth floor of Wanlong Gambling House was right in front of them.

Wanlong truly lived up to its reputation as Yujing City’s largest gambling venue for stones, being both safe and privacy-protective. After passing through the Transmission Array, no one would know if they were really inside the Wanlong Gambling House; perhaps, it was already dozens of miles away from Wanli Gambling House.

Unlike the other three floors of Wanlong Gambling House, the hall in front of them was rectangular and incredibly spacious, at least four to five times the size of the first floor, with a huge Crystal Magic Lamp hanging right in the middle of the hall, and at the center, there was a fire and ice fountain.

Snowflakes and flames continuously shot out from the fountain, creating a dreamlike scene as beautiful as fireworks.

Aside from the fountain, there were several tables cut from crystal stones placed in the hall, with various delicate local pastries and fragrant teas and wines set aside for guests to enjoy.

Yun Sheng and the others were not the earliest arrivals; several Martial Artists and Mages were already waiting in the hall.

"Yun Sheng, look," Gu Feng whispered, not far away stood a person whose Magic Robe style was slightly different from that of ordinary Mages.

He wore a ring on his hand, Yun Sheng recognized at a glance, it was the Summoning Ring from the Summoning Institute.

It was a Summoner, there was actually a Summoner on the fourth floor of the Wanlong Gambling House.

The Summoner was a Female Summoner, dressed provocatively, wearing only a crop top and short armor that bared her midriff, her chest conspicuously white, and she wore leather pants that outlined the perfect curves of her lower body.

Next to the Female Summoner stood a muscular giant over two meters tall, holding in his hands two lead hammers each weighing dozens of kilograms, clearly a Martial Artist of considerable cultivation.

Seeing the aura around the Martial Artist, Yun Sheng believed that among the Martial Artists she knew, only Feng Kuo was slightly superior to him.

"That must be the servant of the Martial Artist. I heard that Summoners always have servants by their side, responsible for guarding them while they are summoning," Gu Feng, watching with envy, was excited that they encountered a Summoner at tonight’s stone gambling banquet, even if they could not buy a suitable soul stone, it made their trip worthwhile.

The surrounding Mages and Martial Artists were both cautious and fearful as they looked at the Summoner and Martial Artist pair.

From the style of their clothing, they did not seem to be from Great Zhou, and it was unknown what they were doing at the Wanlong Gambling House tonight.

Yun Sheng curbed her curiosity, more interested in the Stone gambling banquet that was about to start.

Yun Sheng learned the specific details about the stone gambling banquet from a helpful gambling house attendant nearby, all for the small price of a gold coin.

The so-called stone gambling banquet, as Yun Sheng had heard in her previous life about gambling over Jade and Jadeite, turned out to be different indeed.

She did not see the raw stones one by one, the gambling stones at the gambling feast, what was gambled were the soul stones on the demon beasts.

Soul stones, for Mages, Martial Artists, and Summoners, are extremely precious items. They can be used to replenish depleted Magic Elements and fighting spirit, as well as be inlaid in weapons and scepters, among which the wild Demon Beast Soul Stones are the most precious.

Each gambling feast, Wanlong Gambling House will provide about ten demon beasts, most of these beasts have already lost their ability to resist, are either dead or dying, but at least they are hunted within twenty-four hours, and their soul stones are the freshest.

Their ranks are uncertain, as are the quality of the soul stones on them.

Wanlong Gambling House will not inform the guests in advance of the specific ranks of the demon beasts, they don’t even guarantee that each beast will have a soul stone.

At the gambling feast, guests will first take turns admiring these demon beasts, then bid on the beast of their choice according to their preference, only the successful bidder will obtain that beast.

After hearing this explanation, Yun Sheng, Gu Feng, and Qi San didn’t expect that the so-called gambling feast would be like this.

"What if one wrongly estimates the rank of the demon beast and spends several or even hundreds of times the price to buy a beast without a soul stone? Wouldn’t that be a huge loss?" Gu Feng is the least gambling of the three, he feels that this kind of auction is too risky.

"That’s the fun of the gambling feast. If it was like in the Magic Tools Store, where each soul stone is evaluated and priced clearly, there would be no fun in gambling. Wanlong Gambling House is all about gambling, winning and losing depends on one’s eyesight," said the person from the Gambling House with a smile.

The stronger they are, the more arrogant they become, always believing that what they acknowledge is the truth.

Those who can enter the fourth floor of the Wanlong Gambling House to participate in this so-called gambling feast are all extremely special group of people from Great Zhou City or inside Yujing City, primarily Mages and Martial Artists. What they truly care about might not be an unclear-ranked soul stone, sometimes they just come for a form of recognition.

According to the staff of the Gambling House, the wins and losses of this gambling feast are much bigger than the gambling on the three floors below, being the real source of wealth for the Wanlong Gambling House.

Moreover, at the annual grand gambling feast, there have been soul stone kings above the ninth rank.

Some people have made a fortune overnight at the gambling feast, spending a few dozen gold coins to buy a sixth-rank peak demon beast, not to mention the soul stone of that beast, just its skin, bones, and blood alone made him make a fortune.

But there are also people who spent all their wealth to buy a so-called seventh-tier demon beast, only to find out in the end that it was just an ordinary wild animal without even a soul stone.

All kinds of stories, from becoming rich overnight to losing everything, have added a unique color to the Wanlong Gambling House’s gambling feast, attracting more and more Mages, Martial Artists, and even Summoners to come.

Among the Mages who participated in this gambling feast, Yun Sheng’s trio was the most inconspicuous.

All three of them are newly promoted Magicians, without much foundation, let alone fame. Those strong figures waiting in the hall, including that Female Summoner, didn’t even give them a proper glance.

"Yun Sheng, this is too unreliable, shall we just watch?" Gu Feng clicked his tongue, all of them were novice Magicians, who had not participated in outdoor adventures, only the Intermediate Students of the Royal Academy would have specialized demon beast identification courses.

In Gu Feng’s eyes, demon beasts are not much different from wild animals in the mountains.

"No rush, let’s decide after the demon beasts are brought out," Yun Sheng came tonight just to find a suitable Demon Beast Soul Stone for Gu Feng.

It was unexpected to encounter such a unique gambling feast, she indeed wanted to see, what demon beasts would appear in the upcoming gambling feast.

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