Chapter 433 The Rules
As he heard their various accusations, Childe You turned to Chile Liu with curiosity. “That boy did dare to hit you but you didn’t hit him back?”
“It’s not that I didn’t hit him back, but that a Yan Jing miss was beside him at that time, and we were not his rival in terms of family backgrounds, wealth, or fighting abilities, so we could only use this way to trample on him.”
Seeing Childe Liu’s embarrassed look, Childe Chen explained hurriedly.
“A Yan Jing miss? Who is she?”
Childe You frowned and became serious. True, he did not want to easily offend a miss from Yan Jing.
“Uh, the miss of the Wei Family, but she should only be his speaking acquaintance. We did not want to make a bad impression on Miss Wei, so we chose the fight-free competition.”
Realizing that this would go bad, Childe Chen explained hurriedly.
“That’s good. It is not worthwhile to offend a big family from Yan Jing only for venting anger.”
Childe You was relieved and said very thoughtfully, “Each time Master Mo goes to do this job, he consumes his power. Let’s leave now, and let Master Mo store up power.”
“Okay, Master Mo, have a good rest!”
All of them respectfully bowed to Master Mo and then walked out in a single file with excitement on their faces, imagining in a winner’s position that Ding Ning was defeated and cried loudly in sadness.
“How can Master Mo lose?” They had never thought about this possibility.
In the office, a slightly fat middle-aged man, who had been silent, lighted a cigarette, handed it to Master Mo, and asked worriedly, “I’ve heard from them that the guy is excellent at gambling on stones. Are you sure you can win?”
“Humph, there are no stone-gambling masters in the world. Don’t worry because my Gu insect is not useless.”
Master Mo, who had been posing as a person of high morals, instantly took the cigarette, put it into his mouth, raised his feet, and put them on the table. As he puffed, he said dismissively. The sage-like style he showed just now had disappeared completely.
The slightly fat middle-aged man took a deep drag on the cigarette. “Senior Brother Mo, Zhai Fang was only a disciple of our outside branch, and his death should be nothing important, but why did our sect head ask us to look for the murderer in such a high-profile manner? Ninghai is so big. How can we find the person?”
Master Mo knitted his brows and sighed, “I didn’t know the details, either, but I know that Zhai Fang planted the Curse of Life in the murderer. As long as the distance between us and the murderer is within one kilometer, the Gu insects inside us will respond.”
“The Curse of Life? Fuck, his soul would disappear. Zhai Fang was really cruel to himself.”
The middle-aged man was startled, and his cigarette ash fell to the floor.
“What’s the fucking use of being cruel? He died anyway. When he was surely going to die, what was the problem of letting his soul disappear?”
Master Mo shook his head gravely. “My Gu skill is only a little better than Zhai Fang’s. Since that murderer could push Zhai Fang to that situation, I don’t think I’m his match. If we meet him, we can’t take action but should hurriedly ask our cult leader to deal with him.”
“I know. I’ve just had a good life, so I won’t sacrifice my life for his case. At most, I can ask about the information for our cult leader. If I can meet him, let me meet him; if I can’t, I won’t go and look for him seriously.”
The middle-aged man took a deep drag on the cigarette and said comfortably. In the Demon Cult, his position was not higher than Zhai Fang’s, and he was not so loyal to the Demon Cult.
“Junior Brother Nie, what you said is completely right. Let’s join hands to make a large sum of money and enjoy life. Who will really put himself in danger?”
Master Mo was reclining on the boss chair without caring about his appearance. With his legs shaking on the office table, he said with a lewd expression, “The previous life in the cult was not the one a human should experience, and the fascinating mortal world is good indeed. Last night, the two little chicks You Jianping honored me with were really good.”
“Hehe, Senior Brother, relying on your current reputation, even if you asked the idiot You Jianping to bring his sister to you, he would do it without hesitation, let alone to only bring two chicks.”
As he narrowed his eyes, Nie Fan said with a lascivious smile, and his eyes glinted with admiration. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the abilities Master Mo had; otherwise, it would not have been Master Mo’s turn to enjoy those beautiful women.
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At two o’clock, Ding Ning arrived at the Fantastic Stones Shop, but he ignored Childe Liu and his partners, who had been here for a long time and were gathering together to chat. In his eyes, these spendthrifts were merely his ATMs.
Like picking watermelons, he kept feeling the raw stones scattered all over the floor. He not only came here to win the 300 million wager, but he also wanted to pick a few good-quality raw stones and take them home.
Murong Yanran had officially resigned and was preparing for her jewelry company. As a copartner, he did need to make a contribution to it.
“Oh!” Surprised, Ding Ning found that one in more than ten raw stones was with jadeite in the newly reopened Fantastic Stones Shop. This proportion was already quite high, no less than that when Yun Sihai was still the owner.
“It seems that this new boss Nie Fan is also a guy who has good channels!” Ding Ning said inwardly as he seemed to be thinking about something.
“Senior Brother, I…I’ve sensed that person, haven’t I? He won’t find us, will he?”
In the office, Nie Fan’s complexion suddenly changed, and he said as he trembled.
“I’ve also sensed him.”
Master Mo took a deep breath, appeased the restless Gu insect inside him, and trying to remain calm, said, “Don’t be nervous. This sense is unilateral. We can sense him, but he can’t sense us.”
“That’s good. Senior Brother, what should we do now?”
Nie Fan was a little relieved and asked hurriedly.
With his eyes glinting, Master Mo said calmly, “No hurry. First, we should make sure who he is, and then we should send a message to our cult leader immediately. As for how to deal with him, it will be none of our business.”
“Senior Brother, what you said is completely right.”
Influenced by Master Mo’s calmness, Nie Fan, who was panicky then, had now calmed down.
“Go, let’s confirm our target first. Remember, don’t expose yourself.”
Master Mo stood up to walk out and also warned him.
“I know, Senior Brother.”
Nie Fan took a deep breath and followed Master Mo, but he felt like his feet had become soft.
Master Mo had become sage-like again. With his hands knotted behind his back, he put on a calm face and walked out of the little building.
Childe Liu and his partners hurriedly came over and said respectfully, “Master Mo.”
Master Mo nodded in a reserved manner. It seemed that he was looking around unintentionally, but he was secretly searching for his target with the waves of his Gu insect inside him.
“Cousin, when will that boy come?”
Seeing that Master Mo had come out but the person who should come by appointment had not come, Childe You asked a little unhappily.
“He should have arrived.”
Childe Chen answered a little guiltily, and then he remembered that they only asked Ding Ning to come this afternoon but did not say the specific time, so he couldn’t help feeling worried.
“Is that guy too afraid to come?”
Someone muttered, and the others became sullen. “Right, what if that guy is too afraid to come?”
“What are you waiting for? Quick, call him now. Master Mo is very busy. How can we let him wait too long?”
Childe You acted like a lackey and said with the borrowed power.
“Right, right, right, call him, quick! Ask him to come soon.”
Childe Liu replied hastily.
As a result, they stared at one another and then realized that no one seemed to have Ding Ning’s phone number.
“Call him, quick! What are you waiting for?”
Childe You unhappily frowned and shouted. Usually, he did not dare to shout at Childe Liu and his partners, but now his relationship with Master Mo had made him become haughty.
“I…I don’t have his phone number.”
Childe Chen’s expression changed dramatically, and he hung his head and whispered.
“You, you guys don’t even have his phone number. How did you make this gamble? A group of hogs! You annoyed me so much.”
Childe You was dumbfounded. After a long time, he gritted teeth and roared.
Although Childe Liu and his partners were unhappy, they knew this was indeed their mistake, so they had to endure his shout with their thick skin. With pale faces, they were quite embarrassed.
“Arrived, that boy has arrived? Where is he?”
The woman named Sister Fang had sharp eyes. As she unintentionally raised her eyes, she saw Ding Ning and shouted joyfully.
“Where is he? Let me take a look.”
“Oh, it is him indeed. Let me go and call him.”
“I’m going to call him too. I didn’t expect this guy to be so confident.”
“Hehe, this is the real Guy Who Always Gives Money Away.”
…
The group of people, who were excited as if they had taken drugs, ran toward Ding Ning. It seemed that he was not their enemy because they were happier than seeing their dear fathers.
“You’ve arrived.”
“Great, quick, quick, quick!”
“We’re only waiting for you. Why didn’t you tell us when you came? That made us think that you were too afraid to come.”
“Quick, everyone is anxious in waiting.”
…
The group of people suddenly rushed over, took Ding Ning’s arms, and left while babbling. Feeling their enthusiasm, Ding Ning seemed to have a small illusion that the procuress of some small hostel was soliciting a guest. “These guys seem to have taken the wrong pills, right? Why are they more excited when they see me than seeing their idols?”
Master Mo’s face was a little pale. As Ding Ning came nearer and nearer, the Gu insect inside the master trembled uneasily as if it had met its natural enemy, so that he had to comfort it patiently.
Nie Fan was also pale as they looked at each other. Their eye contact confirmed that the person their cult leader was searching for was the one who would be gambling against them.
Nie Fan nodded knowingly and moved back silently. Since he confirmed that it was him, he should send their cult leader a message.
“Childe Ding, how do you think we’re going to gamble today?”
Childe Liu had learned Ding Ning’s name last night. After thinking for a long while, he addressed him with “Childe Ding”.
“Never mind, you make the rules.”
Ding Ning looked around indifferently but slowly. When he saw Master Mo, his pupils slightly shrank into a tiny spot. “This man looks like a god, but the feeling he gives me is very ghastly, somewhat like… what Zhai Fang gave me. Yes, it is what Zhai Fang gave me.”
Master Mo looked calm, but he was quite nervous and contracted all his muscles, ready to fight.
“This guy is a Gu master.” Ding Ning was silently amazed but was only so. “There are numerous Gu masters in the world, and it’s normal to meet one occasionally.” He did not think that there was some bond between him and Zhai Fang.
After all, it had been some time since Master Mo came to Ninghai, but Zhai Fang was just killed by him a few days ago, so it was impossible for this master to come to avenge Zhai Fang.
“Since you let us make the rules, we should do it.”
Looking at Master Mo and seeing a cool face, Childe Liu became calm at once and gave a winner’s smile. “Let’s do it this way: Let either of us choose three raw stones; the one who will have the higher value of jadeite taken out from the raw stones wins, and the loser will not only pay the 300 million wager to the other side, but he will also need to give the jadeite he takes out from the stones to the other side. What do you think?”
“Okay, no problem!”
With an indifferent smile, Ding Ning said in a manner of “I don’t mind”.
“Okay, since we’ve settled it, let’s find some appraisers to be our referees, so as to maintain the fairness of the game.”
Childe Liu made a serious proposal.
“Fine!”
Ding Ning nodded slightly. “The appraisers are definitely needed because they will evaluate the jadeite taken out from the stones at last.”
“Now you guys go and find a few appraisers.”
Childe Liu gave an instruction like a commander.
“No problem. The Navigation Auction House stands next door, and the appraisers working there are very prestigious indeed.”
Xiang Bolong volunteered to do it and trotted all the way to the Navigation Auction House.
Childe Liu was worried that Ding Ning would repudiate his debt when he lost and said smilingly, “Childe Ding, if you don’t believe these appraisers, you can also find some appraisers whom you are familiar with.”
“Not necessary. There are so many people here who have sharp eyes, and the appraisers won’t have the guts to cheat.”
Ding Ning said indifferently. True, the price of jadeite was basically transparent. Those who often dealt with jadeite would have a relatively fair price in their mind. Even if the appraisers cheated, they would not go too far.
