txolops Chapter 583
Chapter 583
Wei Xi glanced at it, and several mouths opened and closed in her direction, reminiscent of baby birds chirping for food.
"Oh no..." Wei Xi quickly looked away. "That thing up there is really sharp. If we get entangled with it..."
What puzzled Wei Xi even more was that these gamblers seemed oblivious to everything, their chips bobbing between their lips and teeth in a chilling manner.
"Could this be... the boundary between life and death?"
"The fellow Daoists of various sects live parasitically in corpses, while I retain a normal appearance. Putting aside the absurd nonsense of Si Zhenniang and others, I have already formed my core. This is not only the difference between me and my fellow Daoists, but also the difference between me and those who are preparing to enter the cycle of reincarnation."
Wei Xi rubbed his fingers together a couple of times, then gave a brief smile.
"Of course, there is another difference, which is that I am still alive. If Dieji Mountain is really the starting point of reincarnation, even a Core Formation cultivator cannot escape the call of death."
To be honest, Wei has never thought about her lifespan since she successfully formed her core: she is still too young. Forming her core has made her already rich life even longer, so why should she worry about the old dying and the young crying?
"Could it be because I've broadened my horizons?"
Wei Xi used Yin-Yang Qi to enhance her eyes in the passage, only then realizing that the population density here was astonishing! At this moment, she belatedly discovered that Yin-Yang Qi was constantly swirling in her eyes.
Trying to gather his Yin and Yang energies, Wei Xi looked at the gambling table with his normal eyes and indeed, the constantly opening and closing mouth was no longer there.
"So that's how it is," Wei Xi thought to himself. "It's probably because of the special nature of Dieji Mountain that it has gradually been assimilated into a form that ordinary people can't see. Or perhaps it was originally a tool to maintain order in this place, hence the added blinding effect."
After Wei Xi successfully formed her core, or rather, attained enlightenment, her eyes could see ancient symbols intertwined with yin and yang energy. Through exploration, she also realized that not everything that required eye enhancement to see was an ancient symbol.
The two are not comparable: the ancient symbols entangled with Yin and Yang are the experiences (or knowledge) of all things, while other things... who knows what they are? In the end, they are all inseparable from Yin and Yang.
Wei Xi's heart stirred slightly, and a mischievous idea popped into her head. She pulled out the dozing Lingyin from her clothes and unceremoniously woke the bird, ordering it to open the second eyes on its wings.
Lingyin tilted her head and glanced at her master, sticking out her barbed tongue as if she were about to devour the food.
The next second, Lingyin's beak was pinched by Wei Xi's two fingers.
"Aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache from eating random things?! Get up and check your things, use your brother's eyes, and be careful not to get caught!"
Lingyin blinked, only to see that its master's face was serious and completely saw through its thoughts. Only then did it spread its wings and slowly open its reluctant bird eyes.
Wei Xi then loosened his grip, and Lingyin fluttered twice and flew up, circling above the gambling table.
Like its master, the creature is even more cunning than its master. Its hovering height not only allows it to take in the entire gambling table, but it is also quite provocative. Even if a gambler can jump, he may not be able to touch its claws.
With Lingyin's help, Wei Xi could multitask, observing the gamble from both normal and yin-yang perspectives.
The dice cup shook for a long time before finally stopping. The mouths, invisible to the naked eye, revealed sharp teeth, resembling animal traps, ready to swallow the chips at any moment.
The gamblers' breathing paused for a moment, then became heavy, their entire focus locked on the three dice cups that seemed to determine life and death.
Wei Xi noticed, however, that something seemed to want to jump out of the dice cup where fish were swimming.
She examined the inside of the die more closely using Lingyin's vision and discovered that it had somehow sprouted about ten tentacles, resembling an octopus. If the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, Wei Xi would have genuinely laughed.
The mutated dice are eager to break through the barrier of the dice cup.
Before Wei Xi could focus on the changes happening in the other two dice cups, all three dice cups were lifted at once, revealing three afterimages rolling together and tearing at each other.
The gamblers started shouting and yelling, looking like they wanted nothing more than to get involved in a fight in order to win all the chips on the table!
"This..." Wei Xi was speechless for a moment, "Is this a legitimate casino?"
Besides the octopus dice, the other two balls are also quite strange: the Flame Kitten and the Whirlwind Cockroach.
The Flame Cat exhaled bursts of flame, their size determined by the numbers on the dice in its eyes, and it set fires everywhere with great pleasure! The Whirlwind Cockroach, on the other hand, displayed changing numbers on its wings, and then released different numbers of... Whirlwind eggs, their offspring endless!
This may sound like a joke, but in reality, the flames, regardless of size, were incredibly hot, making people anxious and restless; the insect eggs released by the cockroaches would turn into poisonous smoke, and touching them would cause the body to fester; as for the dice-playing octopus, it was spinning them with great enthusiasm.
These three things, none of which are even the size of a palm, are fighting so fiercely that it looks somewhat comical.
With the excited shouts of gamblers filling his ears, Wei Xi switched back to Lingyin's perspective.
It turns out that the dice cups had changed at some point, and each cup was now using yin and yang energy to manipulate the gamblers' bloody chips.
Recalling the scenes of gamblers placing their bets, Wei Xi suddenly realized: This wasn't a game determined by point values at all! It was the simplest form of animal fighting!
"If the purpose of gambling dens is to extract the attachments from people, or to obtain something from them, then this place can ensure its efficiency!"
Judging by the fighting spirit of these three, Wei Xi will definitely only have one evil animal left in the end.
In this way, this place can collect up to 70% of the obsessions! These people gamble a few rounds in a daze, and their obsessions in this life will be completely cleansed!
Wei Xi felt a mix of emotions. Life and death are predestined. Since these people have already died, it is only natural for them to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Regardless of whether this is a conspiracy of the Heavenly Dao, at least they have a place to go.
But using such a method? Wei Xi looked around and could only see endless gambling tables and crowds of people who were unaware of their impending doom, and he felt a sense of bewilderment.
Before Wei Xi could savor the moment, the Cyclone Cockroach emerged victorious thanks to its resistance to venom.
Those who bet correctly were overjoyed, while those who lost either cursed or beat their chests in despair, and some even rushed to the gambling table to try and get their chips back.
Wei Xi closed his eyes, and all he could hear were screams and the sound of flesh and bones breaking.
When Wei Xi opened his eyes again, the chips and the clueless gamblers were gone, leaving only their mouths still chewing, seemingly unsatisfied.
The strange creature transformed back into the shape of dice and darted back into the dice cup.
Then, soft light shone on the gamblers who had placed their bets, and their chips grew out in full view of everyone!
And even more...precious?
This was the first adjective that popped into Wei Xi's mind. (End of Chapter)