Chapter 1279 House

Chapter 1279: Chapter 1279 House

“Young Master Jiang Chen! Welcome back to the Golden Fortune! Are you feeling lucky today?” a beautiful hostess greeted him with a bright and professional smile.

She was young, elegant, and clearly well-trained in dealing with wealthy customers.

Her name was Xue Lengyan, and she had quickly become one of the more popular hostesses in the Golden Fortune.

Jiang Chen looked at her and smiled.

“I certainly am, Yan’er. Especially now that I’ve seen you, I have a feeling I’m going to win big today!”

Xue Lengyan covered her mouth and giggled softly.

“Young Master Jiang Chen certainly knows how to make a woman happy. I wish you the best of luck today. Please follow me, and I’ll take you to an available table.”

“Lead the way.”

A minute later, Ross was comfortably seated at one of the gambling tables.

The Golden Fortune was already bustling with activity.

Cultivators, merchants, young masters, wealthy families, and even a few mysterious experts could be seen gambling throughout the enormous establishment.

Spiritual stones and gold coins constantly changed hands.

Some people laughed joyfully after winning.

Others cursed their terrible luck after losing.

Jiang Chen, however, wasn’t concerned.

He had come here for a reason. He came here to win. It was an extremely simple dice game.

The dealer placed several dice beneath a small cup, shook them skillfully, and then placed the cup on the table.

Jiang Chen nodded.

“Let’s start already!”

The dealer smiled professionally.

“Please place your wager, Young Master Jiang Chen.”

Jiang Chen casually reached into his soul space and took out a single gold coin.

“Odds.”

He placed the gold coin on the table.

The dealer gave a respectful nod.

“Very well.”

He lifted the cup.

The dice rolled slightly before finally coming to a stop.

A three.

“Odds!”

The dealer smiled.

“Congratulations, Young Master Jiang Chen!”

He immediately pushed another gold coin toward Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen picked it up with a satisfied smile.

“So I won.”

“Indeed.”

The dealer’s expression remained perfectly professional.

The people nearby barely paid attention.

After all, one gold coin was nothing to most of the wealthy cultivators in the Golden Fortune.

But behind the scenes, everything had already been carefully calculated.

The first few games were designed to be easy.

Let the customer win.

Let him taste victory.

Let him believe that his luck was extraordinary.

Then, once confidence and greed took over, the house would gradually increase the stakes.

Eventually, the gambler would lose far more than he had ever won.

This was one of the oldest tricks in the gambling business.

It didn’t matter whether the gambling house was located on Earth or in a cultivation world.

The principles were exactly the same.

Give them a little sweetness first.

Make them believe fortune favors them.

Then take everything.

And the Golden Fortune had used this method countless times.

Unfortunately for them, Jiang Chen wasn’t an ordinary gambler.

As he looked at the gold coin in his hand, a mysterious smile appeared on his face.

“Let’s play again.”

And the game continued.

What was supposed to be a casual gambling session quickly turned into something that nobody in the Golden Fortune could have anticipated.

One game.

Then another.

Then another.

Every time the dealer shook the dice, Jiang Chen seemed to know exactly what the result would be.

“Odd.”

He won.

“Even.”

He won again.

“Odd.”

Another victory.

At first, the surrounding gamblers merely glanced at him.

After half an hour, they started paying attention.

After an hour, the entire gambling floor was practically watching him.

Upstairs, someone hurried through the corridor before stopping in front of a private room and knocking frantically on the door.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

“Miss Su! Miss Su!” Xue Lengyan’s anxious voice came from outside. “Something big is happening downstairs!”

A moment later, the door opened.

An exceptionally beautiful woman stepped out.

If Xue Lengyan possessed the youthful charm of a fresh flower, this woman carried the mature elegance of someone who had already experienced the complexities of the world.

Her every movement was graceful and composed, and her confident demeanor made it immediately clear that she was someone accustomed to being in control.

Her name was Su Hanyue.

She frowned slightly.

“What happened, Lengyan?”

“Please come quickly, Miss Su! You need to see this for yourself!”

Xue Lengyan was still visibly flustered.

Miss Su studied her for a moment before nodding.

“Very well.”

She followed Xue Lengyan down the corridor and stopped at the railing overlooking the main gambling floor.

She didn’t even need more than a glance.

The reason for the commotion was immediately obvious.

The entire area surrounding one particular table was packed with spectators.

At the center of it all sat Jiang Chen.

“Again!”

Ross laughed happily as he casually tossed several gold coins between his fingers.

In front of him was an increasingly ridiculous pile of winnings.

Gold coins were stacked into neat towers across the table, while even more had been piled beside his chair.

Someone nearby quietly counted the approximate amount.

“That’s… more than ten thousand gold coins.”

Another gambler stared in disbelief.

“In only one hour?”

“That’s impossible.”

“It can’t be luck.”

The whispers continued spreading.

Ross, however, seemed completely unconcerned by everyone’s attention.

He simply leaned back comfortably and looked toward the dealer.

“Come on. Next round.”

The dealer’s forehead was already covered in sweat.

His professional smile had become increasingly stiff.

Every victory had been devastating for the gambling house.

And what made the situation even worse was that Ross didn’t appear to be slowing down.

From Miss Su’s position above, the mountain of gold coins immediately caught her attention.

Her eyes narrowed.

Ten thousand gold coins was already an enormous sum.

And according to the information she had received, Ross had apparently lost a considerable amount of money at the Golden Fortune in the past.

Yet today, he had returned and was winning at a completely astonishing rate.

In barely an hour, his winnings had already exceeded twice the amount the original Jiang Chen had previously lost at this gambling house.

Miss Su’s expression gradually became serious.