The floor of the gaming room was about thirty centimeters lower than the outside ground level. The walls were a pale pink color, and a row of cone-shaped lamp posts stood on either side of the entrance, resembling tiger’s teeth. The floor was covered with anti-slip tiles that had a strong textured feel, like the sharp spines on a tiger’s tongue. Combined with the placement and colors of the large gambling machines, the whole scene looked like rows of blood-stained tiger fangs.
However, even the best Feng Shui setups have their weaknesses, known in the trade as “water release points.”
Shui Miao had heard from his grandfather, Xiong Ying, about the “tiger mouth formation.” Xiong Ying had traveled extensively throughout his life, visiting many famous mountains and rivers, and had been to countless casinos. He had personally witnessed and dismantled the tiger mouth formation. This formation is like a tiger, and the people who come to gamble are like those feeding the tiger. Once the tiger is full, it will stop eating, and at that point, the power of the tiger mouth formation weakens. Moreover, even without breaking the formation, not all the gaming machines are guaranteed to win. Every Feng Shui setup has its water release points, just like a mystical grand array, which always has both life gates and death gates—neither can be missing.
Therefore, if Shui Miao wanted to win money, he had to find the water release point.
Looking around, Shui Miao noticed two machines at the far end tied with chains, seemingly broken. A person was currently playing the machine right next to the chains.
Those two chained machines were clearly the water release points.
But Shui Miao hadn’t expected that the person who designed this layout was a master, actually using chains to block the water release points!
As Shui Miao circled around the machines, he noticed that both chained machines had mold growing underneath them, while the other machines did not.
Seeing Shui Miao lingering around the chained machines, a female server in her early twenties approached, “Sorry, these two machines are broken. Why don’t you choose another one?”
“Why aren’t they taken away if they’re broken?” Shui Miao casually asked.
The server was taken aback and waved her hand, saying she didn’t know—she was new.
Shui Miao glanced at the server. She was wearing a bright red uniform, which made her very noticeable. It showed how particular the shop owner was about details.
“Damn! Lost again!”
At that moment, the person playing the broken machine angrily punched it and stormed off. The server quickly approached to check if the machine had been damaged.
There were very few players, and none of them had purple aura around them.
Shui Miao didn’t act rashly but instead walked toward what seemed to be the tiger’s throat area—there was a restroom there. The restroom was very clean inside, and only one server was outside, clearly indicating that not many people were playing these gambling machines. Shui Miao thought to himself that if this were the case, the tiger must be very hungry indeed!
After using the restroom, Shui Miao suddenly had a strange idea—what if he used toilet paper to block the toilet?
He playfully imagined the toilet as the tiger’s throat.
Five minutes later, Shui Miao walked out of the restroom and found Huo Yuanliang waiting outside. Huo had just vomited on the young girl’s chest and still felt embarrassed. But immediately afterward, Shui Miao noticed a grayish aura entering the gambling room from the entrance. This aura was invisible to ordinary people, but Shui Miao could tell by its color that it was a chaotic water-elemental energy. Since the place was close to a river and the house was directly facing a waterway, with the stone lion formation already broken, this chaotic energy was likely water malevolence.
Water malevolence is extremely dangerous and greatly affects one’s fortune.
Shui Miao wasn’t afraid, though. He wanted to see how this energy would affect his gambling luck. So he went to the gambling machine that had just been punched by the player, inserted a ten-yuan coin, and started playing. In this place, ten yuan only gave one point, allowing only one bet and one spin.
Shui Miao waited a moment, and when the server wasn’t looking, he shook the chained gambling machine vigorously. Then, as the water elemental energy and water malevolence spread throughout the gaming room, he casually placed a bet. Seeing Shui Miao bet on the 100x multiplier, Huo Yuanliang frowned in disbelief because the odds of winning at 100x were almost zero.
However, Shui Miao was following his grandfather Xiong Ying’s method. Since he was near the water release point, he should win.
Shui Miao didn’t start the machine immediately but waited until the water malevolence had spread significantly before pressing the start button.
The female server noticed Shui Miao’s unusual behavior and walked over.
But the result was a miss.
Seeing that he hadn’t won, Shui Miao felt a sinking sensation, like a stone plunging into the sea, never to resurface again. He began to worry—what if he really didn’t win? How could he explain to Huo Yuanliang all the confident talk he had given before? It wasn’t like before, when immortal power coursed through his body, making defeat difficult. Now, his immortal abilities were sealed, and there was absolutely nothing he could do!
Huo Yuanliang’s mood plummeted. He had thought this young man was impressive, but he lost immediately, and thirty yuan was gone in an instant!
Shui Miao’s mind raced. The water release point was locked, and he couldn’t possibly unlock the chains in front of the server. The only option left was to use the Five Elements energy inside the gaming room to strengthen his aura.
The only thing Shui Miao could currently use was his blood. He believed there was still immortal power within his blood.
The Five Elements energy in the room wasn’t very strong. A large wave of water malevolence had just entered. Why not try a talisman to enhance water-elemental energy? As this thought crossed his mind, Shui Miao used his finger, which he had just cut outside, to draw a talisman on his left palm to boost his water-elemental energy.
Shui Miao’s movements were very discreet.
The server kept staring at him, suspecting he was cheating with a remote control. She approached and asked, “What are you doing?”
Shui Miao looked at her in confusion, then opened his hand to show her, clearly annoyed. “You’re just a server earning a few hundred yuan a month, why are you bossing me around? Are you even going to stop me from scribbling on my own palm?” Shui Miao was sure the server couldn’t recognize talismans, so he pretended to be angry.
After being scolded by Shui Miao, the server felt she had indeed been too nosy.
At this moment, Huo Yuanliang said to the server, “Xiao Hong, stop being so suspicious. I lost more than 3,000 yuan today, maybe because you kept standing behind me watching. Go away and leave us alone.” Seeing that Shui Miao was annoyed with the server, Huo Yuanliang waved at her.
The server felt a bit upset after hearing this. Was she really that unlucky?
After finishing the talisman, Shui Miao immediately felt his palm moistened by water-elemental energy. He quickly inserted another ten-yuan coin into the machine, betting on the same multiplier again. But once more, he didn’t win.
“Damn it!”
Shui Miao suddenly stood up and kicked the chained machine, causing the chain to fall to the ground. The chain had originally been hanging on the machine, and Shui Miao kicked it with great force, almost tipping the machine over.
“What are you doing?”
The server saw Shui Miao’s childish behavior and wasn’t afraid of him.
Shui Miao smirked and retorted, “What are you doing? Standing behind me, trying to make me lose money? It was already broken, so what’s wrong with me kicking it?”
“Can’t you play? If not, I’ll have someone throw you both out!”
The server had a fiery temper too.
Shui Miao turned around and looked at Huo Yuanliang.
Huo Yuanliang was already in a bad mood from losing money. Seeing Shui Miao look at him, for some reason, he suddenly got angry. He grabbed the server’s arm and pulled her out, saying, “Little brat, who do you think you are? We were playing fine, and you came to bother us? Come on, come with me to see your boss!”
Huo Yuanliang was strong and dragged the server away.
The server, who had been aggressive at first, was suddenly scared when she saw Huo Yuanliang’s strength. She quickly pulled away and ran behind the exchange counter.
Shui Miao took a deep breath and felt his spirits lift. He looked at the gambling machine, feeling a bit nervous and scared of losing again. As he hesitated, he saw a large amount of water malevolence, like black mist, rushing into the gambling room and directly converging into his palm. Seeing this, Shui Miao, with a shaky heart, slowly inserted his last ten-yuan coin into the machine. He slowly pressed the 100x multiplier button, closed his eyes, and hit the start button. Suddenly, the machine burst into music, and colorful lights flashed!
“Ah! No way! Did I really win!?”
Huo Yuanliang immediately became excited. He knew that this music was the jackpot sound.
Seeing this, the server quickly ran out to find the boss’s wife because she felt something was off with this young man.
Ten yuan at 100x multiplier meant one thousand yuan.
Shui Miao opened his eyes, somewhat disbelieving that he had actually won.
Winning and losing created a stark emotional contrast.
Shui Miao didn’t cash out but took advantage of his luck and casually pressed another button. This time, he bet fifteen points, not at the 100x multiplier but at around 30x. He quickly pressed the start button, and the machine once again played cheerful music, giving him a big score. All his bets hit the multipliers, and he won more than three thousand yuan in one go.
After the music stopped, Shui Miao placed a heavy bet, betting on all lines, and pressed start.
Just as he started, the boss’s wife was brought in by the server. The boss’s wife was a middle-aged woman, mature and composed. She came over and saw the machine’s reels spinning. She looked at the betting points on Shui Miao’s table. The result was a medium multiplier, a neutral outcome—neither a win nor a loss. She smiled and came over, asking Shui Miao to wait a moment while she checked the machine’s score records to confirm whether Shui Miao had cheated.
While the boss’s wife was checking the scores, Shui Miao glanced at the server and noticed that she was covered in water malevolence, obviously picked up earlier.
After checking the scores, the boss’s wife smiled and let Shui Miao continue playing.
Shui Miao looked at the other machines and said he didn’t want to play anymore, asking the boss’s wife to cash him out.
Since the records showed normal operation, the boss’s wife had no choice but to cash him out, giving Shui Miao 3,600 yuan.
Shui Miao took the money and went to a machine heavily shrouded in water malevolence, asking the boss’s wife to add 600 yuan worth of points. He casually placed his bets and won again, earning more than two thousand yuan. Noticing that the water malevolence around the machine seemed to have decreased a bit, Shui Miao began to suspect—could it be that the more he won, the more the water malevolence was being reduced?
Curious to test this theory, Shui Miao randomly chose several machines and placed bets. All of them hit, and he won money every time!
Initially thinking it was normal, the boss’s wife soon felt something was off. She herself placed some bets, but she didn’t win.
Shui Miao let Huo Yuanliang play, and Huo tried a few times but lost every time.
Through experimentation, Shui Miao realized it was because he had drawn a talisman on his hand to enhance the water-elemental energy. If that was the case, then he might as well go for a big win!
Shui Miao found a big machine and placed a heavy bet.
He won again!
The boss’s wife was stunned and hurriedly wanted to call her husband over, but Shui Miao beat her to it, asking her to cash him out.
This heavy bet earned Shui Miao 27,000 yuan.
In total, Shui Miao had won more than 33,000 yuan.
Shui Miao knew when to stop and decided to try other gambling rooms.
The boss’s wife said she didn’t have that much money and took Shui Miao and Huo Yuanliang to find the boss, Zhou Cai.
In the poker room,
The boss’s wife told Zhou Cai about Shui Miao’s winning streak. Zhou Cai was unconcerned and directly came over to ask Shui Miao if he wanted to play cards. If he wanted to play, he could exchange for chips; if not, he could take cash. Zhou Cai was a savvy person. Those machines couldn’t be cheated, and they hadn’t given out points for a long time. It was normal for them to give out some points today—nothing to be surprised about.
Shui Miao saw that Zhou Cai had a heavy purple aura around him. Pretending to be clueless, he approached Zhou Cai, deliberately breathing heavily while acting ignorant, asking Zhou Cai how the game worked. Then he asked Zhou Cai to exchange 20,000 yuan for chips. The poker room’s rule was that the minimum chip exchange was 10,000 yuan, so Shui Miao only exchanged 10,000 yuan, getting ten chips of 1,000 yuan each.
Shui Miao gave the remaining 20,000 or 30,000 yuan to Huo Yuanliang, telling him to go back and buy some vegetables, and also to buy him a few pheasants to eat.
Huo Yuanliang took the money in disbelief, feeling uneasy as he walked out…
Shui Miao didn’t play but used the excuse of not knowing how to play to look around, standing next to people with heavy purple auras and inhaling their energy vigorously. These wealthy bosses with purple auras were in a particularly good mood from winning money and didn’t mind a young man with a lucky and spiritual appearance like Shui Miao watching.
Gradually, everyone stopped paying attention to Shui Miao, as if they had forgotten he was even there.
After absorbing a large amount of purple aura, Shui Miao vaguely felt his condition improving, becoming more and more like his old self.
Unfortunately, his dantian still felt completely empty.
It wasn’t long before another group of bosses arrived. Shui Miao noticed that one of the younger bosses had an especially strong purple aura. He quickly ran over and sat in the seat next to him, placing his chips in front of him under the guise of gambling, while secretly absorbing the boss’s purple aura.
The group of bosses all knew each other. Seeing that Shui Miao looked pleasant, they not only didn’t get angry but were also quite accommodating toward him.
An older boss in his fifties smiled slightly and kindly said to Shui Miao, “Young man, gambling isn’t something everyone can play. I advise you not to gamble.”
As he spoke, a server brought him a million yuan worth of chips.
Shui Miao was dressed in Miao ethnic clothing, looking like an ordinary person, naturally making people look down on him.
“Hehe, my luck is good today. You won’t be able to beat me. Before long, all your chips will be in front of me.”
Shui Miao deliberately spoke in the tone of an innocent rich kid.
This immediately caused everyone to laugh.
Zhou Cai also came over, smiling and saying, “Yes! This young man’s luck is indeed quite good. He just won more than 30,000 yuan from the machines.”
“Really? Such good luck, then we must play with you for a while.” The older boss in his fifties was named Dai Rong, a wealthy real estate developer who had a very good gambling streak, so he spoke in a cheerful tone.
Shui Miao smiled slightly and looked at the young man beside him who had an unusually strong purple aura. The young man didn’t look sideways, maintaining an extremely aloof demeanor, his eyes revealing a hint of coldness, giving off an air of looking down on everyone.
Seeing Shui Miao looking at the person beside him, Dai Rong said, “Hehe, you say your luck is good. First, you have to beat your neighbor here, Master Gong Sun. He participated in the Macau King of Gambling competition and made it into the top 100. He’s never lost when playing with us. If you can beat him, we’ll believe your luck is truly good.”
“So impressive! I can’t compare…”
Shui Miao waved his hand and lowered his head.
Everyone thought Shui Miao was just shy and laughed again.
The card game began, and everyone played “Bullfighting.”
Shui Miao looked around. Everyone bet a thousand each time, with some winning and some losing. After nine rounds, Shui Miao was left with only one chip.
In everyone’s eyes, Shui Miao was just a joke.
However, unknown to everyone, through nine rounds of testing, Shui Miao verified his judgment: those with strong purple auras absolutely couldn’t win. Those with average purple auras were sure to win steadily.
Shui Miao waited patiently. When those with average purple auras were the dealers, he placed his bets. Soon, his luck improved, and he won a small pile of chips.
Seeing Shui Miao win a bit, everyone remained unconcerned, continuing to chat and laugh.
But after more than an hour passed, Shui Miao kept winning without losing, which made everyone puzzled. As they saw the chips piling up in front of Shui Miao, their laughter gradually faded.
Then, Shui Miao started placing aggressive bets. When he encountered opponents with weaker purple auras than himself, he bet heavily. After ten more rounds, Shui Miao had nearly a million yuan worth of chips in front of him.
At this point, the young man named Gong Sun finally gave Shui Miao a serious look.
However, this young man was the dealer, and Shui Miao didn’t place any bets.
After another dozen or so rounds, Shui Miao placed a single chip and beat this young man named Gong Sun. Shui Miao then realized that his own purple aura had surpassed Gong Sun’s.
At this time, Shui Miao had more than three million yuan worth of chips in front of him.
Shui Miao’s luck was simply breathtaking.
Many people gathered around, and no one dared to challenge him anymore with such good fortune.
Shui Miao looked at this young man named Gong Sun, pushed all his chips forward, and smiled slightly, “Esteemed senior master, it seems our luck is about the same now. Everyone is afraid to play with me, so I propose we have a final showdown. Let’s each draw one card and compare who has the higher card. If your card is higher, all these chips are yours. If I win, I don’t want your money. Let’s just become friends, okay?”
“…”
Shui Miao, so young, yet speaking such bold words that treated money as dirt, immediately shocked everyone present!
Shui Miao did this not for any other reason, but because this young man named Gong Sun still had a tremendous amount of purple aura around him—he was practically a purple-aura superman. Therefore, Shui Miao didn’t want to let go of this target and naturally wanted to find a way to get close to him. What were a few million yuan compared to that?
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