One, two, three.
A strange thing happened on the second day Li Wei and Yuan Cheng stayed in the town. People who were looking at their door would leave at a certain time and muttered: "It's time, it's time." Got it!"
But those who leave soon will come back again and continue to look at Li Wei and Yuan Cheng in the room.
It's not surprising that residents of some small places are disgusted with strangers. What's strange is that it's not normal for the same few people to always come and go.
It seems like stalking?
When they leave, where will they go?
Are it really just the neighbors who are worried about outsiders?
Li Wei didn't care about the little actions of these people. In his eyes, people who couldn't even control their Qi and blood well were not worthy of his attention at all.
But Yuan Cheng didn't think so. He thought these people might be enemies. An indescribable feeling lingered in his heart. He decided to follow them secretly to take a look.
It is too easy for a Kyoshi to stalk a person who has never practiced martial arts.
A small town is not very large, with at most a few hundred families living in it. Li Wei does not stop Yuan Cheng or follow him. If there is a trap or other unexpected situation, it is impossible for Yuan Cheng to be unable to even cry out for help, so He stayed inside.
But one hour passed, two hours passed, and Yuan Cheng still hadn't come back. Just when Li Wei couldn't sit still and was about to go out to look for it, Yuan Chengcai climbed over the wall and entered the yard.
"What took you so long?"
"I followed a man secretly to the north of the town and found two amazing shops!"
"Oh? What kind of magical method?"
"One is a pawn shop and the other is a grocery store!"
"What's so magical about this?"
"It's amazing. The things you can pawn in pawn shops are beyond your imagination, and the things sold in grocery stores are also beyond your imagination!"
"Oh? What can it be used as? It's nothing more than gold and silver. Or if you want some old clothes and shoes, what else can it be used as?"
"Hour!"
"What?!"
Li Wei's eyes widened, thinking that Yuan Cheng was joking, and hurriedly said: "Wushuang Sword Outside Wushuang City!"
"Bi Luo Dao in Bi Luo Pond, what are you doing?"
Li Wei laughed, scratched his head and said, "I'm afraid you are an enemy and have lost your mind and gone crazy!"
"Even the enemy wouldn't make such a joke with you. Wouldn't it be exposing yourself?"
"Okay, don't be angry, what did you just say when it was time??"
"Many residents here are living at that time. I wonder what the store can do to suck away these people's time!"
Li Wei felt even weirder when he heard this: "But what did they trade their time for? Money? Are all people here so poor?"
"Change Yuanzhu!"
"What is Yuanzhu? A kind of gem?"
"No, it's like gold and silver coins, you can buy things!"
"Tch...it's not like you're poor!"
"This is another weird thing about the store!"
"How can it be strange that this small place can still sell precious phantoms?"
"An item more magical than a Noble Phantasm!"
"What!?"
"Noble Phantasms require Kyoshis to use them, and ordinary people cannot control them. Some powerful Noble Phantasms cannot even be controlled by some Kyoshis, and require people with extremely strong energy and blood to suppress them! But the things sold in that grocery store can even be controlled by ordinary people. Use it, and the ability can be seen by any ordinary person!"
"What!?"
Such a thing was unheard of, and Li Wei, who had always been only interested in martial arts, became curious.
"Have you been staying there?"
"Yes, those two shops are very close to each other. Many people come out of this shop and go straight to the other shop!"
"You didn't try it?"
"I don't dare. It might be someone's trap inside!"
Indeed, such abilities and items for sale are not a trivial matter in any sect. Although there are not many people here, there are many passers-by. Even Yuan Cheng, who has just arrived here, can find something. Some people who often come here must know it, but why are there never any rumors about this place in the world?
There are probably two possibilities. One is that everyone here knows the importance of these two shops. No matter who can exchange for enough benefits and items, each of them keeps their mouths shut, or they must abide by certain rules in exchange for items. Rules, including a prohibition against telling outsiders?
Another possibility is that these two shops have just opened, and they are not from here, but are just targeting Yuan Cheng and Li Wei who have just entered here.
The best way to arouse a person's curiosity is to make things upside down and abnormal. Everyone will have a certain understanding of the people or things around them. When this understanding greatly exceeds the previous limit, then everyone will not be able to help but explore it. Ultimately.
Li Wei is no exception.
Night fell quietly, and it was impossible for the villagers who did not know martial arts to notice that the two outsiders who had been staring at them all day could easily climb over the two-meter-high wall and sneak out secretly.
Two figures, one behind the other, soon arrived at these two magical shops in the north of the town.
The shop has been closed, but the weak candlelight in the room still shines through the cracks in the door. Several people are moving around, and it doesn't look like a normal resting place.
Li Wei and Yuan Cheng climbed into the courtyard wall one after another. The room used as a shop was dark and nothing could be seen. The candlelight came from another room in the inner hall.
The two of them lightly stepped on the steps on the window and jumped to the roof. They walked to the center step by step, lifted two tiles, looked down, and saw several people in the room discussing something.
There is a carved wooden box on the mahogany table. The wooden box has no lid, and three rows of white jade-like beads are placed neatly together.
Yuan Cheng said quietly: "This is Yuan Zhu!"
An old man in coarse linen clothes knelt on the ground half-kneeling in the room, pleading: "Please, Uncle Qiu, give me three more yuan beads, and I can collect twelve in exchange for the longevity pill! Please, wait. After I obtain the Immortality Pill, I will pay you back the time I owe you all at once!"
A slightly fat middle-aged man sat at the table, playing with the yuan beads on the table, and said disdainfully: "Lai San, can you still collect twelve yuan beads? I'm afraid you have already gambled with them!"
Upon hearing this, Lai Sanyi said excitedly: "No, no, I have kept all the yuan beads that Uncle Qiu exchanged for before. How can I gamble on such an important thing?"
There were two other people standing next to the middle-aged man. They were both wearing short shirts and buckskin trousers. The strong muscles on their arms made it clear at a glance that this person was not easy to mess with.
After listening to Lai San, one of them kicked him up and said angrily: "Fart, I clearly saw you lost two Yuan Beads at Wanwu Casino yesterday, plus what you lost before, there is no way there are nine more." !”
Upon hearing this, Lai San panicked and said, "No, Mr. Zhang, you saw it wrong, that, that's not me!"
After Lai San was exposed, he knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up. He didn't even dare to look at Uncle Qiu who was sitting in the middle.
Another man in a short shirt and leather trousers then added a touch and said: "Lai San, you are addicted to gambling. No one in the town knows it. Now that you can't afford the Yuanzhu, you still want to rely on Uncle Qiu!" "
"Mr. Zhao, don't listen to other people's nonsense. They are all slanderous words. Although I have been wandering around the Wanwu Casino for many years, it is just for fun and I have never gambled!"
Mr. Zhang: "Never have you ever gambled? I saw it with my own eyes yesterday!"
Lai San's eyes rolled around, he lowered his head and said with a flattering smile: "Master Zhang, that, that's the first time!"
"Please, Uncle Qiu!"
Uncle Qiu sipped the tea in the cup carefully, slid his other hand up and down the Yuanzhu, and said slowly: "Whether you have gambled or not has nothing to do with me, but if you want the Yuanzhu, you have to Exchange for hours, this is the rule of my pawn shop, no one can break this rule, understand?"
"But, at this age, I last changed for more than 10,000 hours. I obviously feel that my body is not as good as before. I almost fall asleep during the day. If I continue to change, I'm afraid..." m.
Uncle Qiu: "This is your problem. If you don't want to exchange it, please leave. We have a big deal tomorrow. I'm afraid the remaining Yuanzhu will have to be exchanged. There is no room for you!"
"etc!"
When Lai Sanyi heard that Yuanzhu was about to be exchanged, he was afraid that there would be no chance, so he hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I'll exchange it for hours!"
Uncle Qiu showed a smile and said, "That's right. When you come to the pawn shop, you are our guest only if you pawn something!"
Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhao immediately changed their attitudes. One hurriedly brought tea over, and the other carried a stool and gave it to Lai San.
Uncle Qiu took out a small bowl, filled it with water, and put a ruler on the bowl.
After placing it on the table, he glanced at Lai San. Lai San had already done it many times and naturally understood. He hurriedly bit his finger and dripped the oozing blood into the bowl.
There are many strange words engraved on the ruler. It is unclear which dynasty and generation the words are written on, and there are also some strange patterns.
The blood was floating in the bowl and suddenly gathered like solidification. The blood threads were twisted into a ball before they reached the edge of the bowl. Viewed from above, it looked like a ball of rags had fallen into the bowl.
Uncle Qiu inserted the ruler into the blood mass. Several words engraved on the ruler flickered, not very bright. A small part of the pattern lit up and returned to normal. Lai San had seen this magical ruler many times, and he also He had seen this flicker many times, but it was different every time. He didn't know what it meant.
When he saw the small pattern light up, Uncle Qiu's mouth raised slightly, but he quickly suppressed it and said seriously to Lai San: "How are you going to play this time? By hour, or by Yuanzhu? "
Lai San thought about the account at Wanwu Casino. He had to pass this hurdle first, and he could always find an opportunity to redeem the hours later. He gritted his teeth and said, "I want three yuan beads. How many hours do I need to redeem them?"
"Four thousand three hundred hours!"
"Four thousand three!?"
Lai San calculated with his fingers and secretly rejoiced: "It's less than a year!"
"Okay, let's take it as 4,300!"
"Very good, I'll get ready!"
Uncle Qiu turned around and entered a small door, and took out a steel needle. Different from ordinary steel needles, there was a very large ball hanging on the other end of the steel needle, with a mouth protruding from the ball. Nothing else, very smooth.
Lai San took off his clothes, exposing the position of his heart. He saw Uncle Qiu taking out the steel needle and asked cautiously, "Uncle Qiu, why can you use it as three yuan beads in just one year this time, but you used it last time?" …”
Uncle Qiu took his time and pierced Lai San's heart with a steel needle while saying: "Everyone has a different fate, whether they are high or low. The life of a lowly person is cheap, and the life of a rich person is expensive. This is your first time here." I told you when the time came!"
Lai San said ecstatically: "Then, doesn't it mean..."
Mr. Zhang on the side said: "This may mean that your destiny will be good in the next year!"
Lai San said to himself: "Is it possible to turn over the original?"
Of course, Uncle Qiu didn't know that Lai San was still planning to continue gambling. He just inserted the steel needle in his hand into the heart without any bias, and pulled it out when the big mouth on the round head emitted a trace of red light.
Seeing Lai San staring at the Yuanzhu, Uncle Qiu took out three Yuanzhu from the box and handed them to Lai San, "Remember, don't gamble anymore, collect twelve as soon as possible to exchange for the Immortality Pill!"
"Yes, I know, little one!"
Laisan happily left the pawn shop with the Yuanzhu in his arms.
After Lai San left, Uncle Qiu, Mr. Zhang and Xiao Ye showed a strange smile at the same time. Their faces were very stiff, as if their mouths were pulled up by someone's hands. The three of them watched Lai San leave together. direction, but their expressions and postures are surprisingly consistent.
Yuan Cheng and Li Wei couldn't see this side from the roof, but they were just a little surprised that the three of them were stunned for a while.
Not long after Lai San left, the pawnshop turned off its candlelight.
Yuan Cheng and Li Wei's curiosity remained undiminished, and they secretly chased Lai San in the direction where he left. It was not difficult for an ordinary person, without Qi and blood, to chase him. However, they were stopped when they arrived at the Wanwu Casino.
"Why won't you let us in?"
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, we don't accept guests here at night!"
"How did that person get in?"
"Who is it?"
Yuan Cheng and Li Wei could see clearly that Lai San did not stop him from entering at all. Who knew that this small gambling house was surrounded by guards, and there was no chance to sneak in.
"you!!"
Li Wei was about to get angry when Yuan Cheng took out a piece of gold from his arms and waved it in front of the big man, "Can we go in now?"
Unexpectedly, the big man still said: "No!"
"I think you deserve a spanking!"
Li Wei couldn't help but wanted to take action, but Yuan Cheng forcibly pulled him away.
Walking far away, Li Wei asked: "Why are you holding me?"
"Don't you think it's strange?"
"Of course, why did they act like they didn't see Lai San when he went in?"
"Maybe we don't have what they want!"
"What?"
"Yuanzhu!"
"Yuanzhu!?"
"Yes, this casino is unfamiliar to us. It's so late at night. What are the gamblers betting on?"
"But why don't they let us in? How do they know we don't have Yuanzhu? They don't even ask?"
"This is the weird part. When a casino opens its doors for business, it naturally hopes to have as many customers as possible. If it opens at night, it means it is not visible to the public. But gambling on Yuanzhu is not a matter of murder and arson. Why should you hide it?"
"this…………"
"Maybe there's some amazing secret hidden inside!"
Li Wei: "These few people with weak Qi and blood can only serve as guards in this sparsely populated place. I'm afraid they are not enough for me to punch them. Why don't you beat them up and go in to take a look?"
"It's not difficult to force it in, but you may not be able to see the secrets inside. Wouldn't it be better if we wait for a time to go in without being discovered by them?"
"It's not easy. There are no less than twenty guards around the casino. There is no chance to sneak in!"
"Don't worry, I'll let you in!"
Yuan Cheng smiled mysteriously.
Some people died, but not completely...
