92: I wish you a lifetime of lock

“Greetings, Fellow Daoist Gu, and two princesses…”

The Dust Fate Pavilion gambling house was an industry of the Dust Fate Holy Land, with a Void Dao Realm mighty figure overseeing it.

Upon hearing that Gu Qing was coming, He Guanghui immediately put aside everything else and came to greet him, his face wreathed in smiles, his posture fawning.

Gu Qing hummed in response, his eyes swirling with divine light as he scanned the raw stones.

“I want this one, and that one…”

Gu Qing picked out more than a dozen raw stones as if he were buying vegetables. The cheapest one was worth over a billion high-grade spirit stones, and the expensive ones were tens of billions.

This made He Guanghui, who had originally intended to offer Gu Qing a discount or even a free pass, stiffen his smile for a moment. He quickly calculated in his mind and finally decided against the discount.

After all, even a small discount would mean losing tens of billions, and he simply couldn't make that decision.

“Fellow Daoist Gu, the total is thirty-two billion high-grade spirit stones.” He Guanghui's face was excited, and he was already calculating in his mind how many spirit stones he would get as a commission from this deal.

It would be enough for him to cultivate comfortably for decades.

“Wait!”

Just as Gu Qing was about to hand over the spirit stones, a loud shout rang out.

Su Chen was extremely anxious.

Because he knew that half of the raw stones Gu Qing had chosen contained great treasures.

The most precious among them was divine marrow, along with a piece of incomplete divine iron, and a hundred-thousand-year-old Earth Core Fruit.

These were all treasures that couldn't be bought with mere spirit stones.

Moreover, the divine marrow was crucial for him to change his physique; there could be no mistakes.

“Presumptuous.”

He Guanghui's eyes turned cold. A mere waste, daring to cause trouble here.

Even if Su Chen was Su Qingtian's only son, killing him would be no big deal.

He Guanghui thought so and acted accordingly, his eyes sharp, shooting out two fierce sword lights.

“Boom!”

Su Yi made a move to resolve it, his heart sinking to the bottom.

It was one thing for Su Chen to mess around with those scions, but offending Gu Qing meant that even ten lives wouldn't be enough for him to die.

“Young Master, he is a true disciple of the Star God Temple, a King Realm cultivator. We cannot afford to offend him,” he urgently transmitted.

“A mere King Realm…” Su Chen heard this, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes, and he shrugged indifferently.

He had broken through to the Divine Fire Realm in his nine lives, so he didn't put Gu Qing and the Star God Temple in his eyes at all.

He had killed countless King Realm cultivators, and even Saint Realm and Divine Fire Realm cultivators.

As long as he was given enough time, Gu Qing wouldn't even be qualified to look up to him.

Thinking this, Su Chen looked at Gu Qing, then at Liu Ruyan, a dull pain in his heart.

The two stood very close, and it was clear their relationship was unusual.

They were very likely a couple.

Liu Ruyan, that scummy woman, had kept Gu Qing's existence a secret for all nine previous lives.

If he hadn't been beaten by his father today, he probably would never have known about Gu Qing's existence.

Liu Ruyan had probably hidden many more things from him.

Fortunately, all of this could be redone.

He wished this pair of scumbag man and cheap woman would be locked together forever and not come back to harm him.

In this life, he only wanted Liu Ruyi.

“A mere King Realm?” Gu Qing smiled.

It seemed Su Chen hadn't recognized reality yet.

He still thought he was a Divine Fire Realm cultivator in the reincarnation world.

Liu Ruyan also looked at Su Chen in astonishment.

She never expected that her only childhood playmate would be so deluded.

Did Su Chen even know that Su Qingtian was almost blown up by Gu Qing's single finger?

Everyone else was also struck speechless by Su Chen's words.

A useless scion actually disdained a King Realm cultivator; truly, one lives long enough to see anything.

“Ru Yi, long time no see.”

Su Chen directly bypassed everyone, looking at Liu Ruyi with an excited expression.

He finally met the female villain.

In this life, he would never again betray Liu Ruyi's true feelings for him.

Liu Ruyi: “…”

Her smile instantly vanished, her clear, bright eyes filled with indifference as she stared coldly at Su Chen.

“Warning, the target's favorability towards the host is negative seventy. Liu Ruyi strongly wants to kill you.” The system's cold voice exploded in Su Chen's mind.

“…”

“dog system, are you mistaken? How could Ru Yi's favorability towards me be negative?”

Su Chen was shocked and questioned the system.

He didn't believe that just saying hello to Liu Ruyi would turn it from zero to negative.

One must know that in the nine reincarnated lives, Liu Ruyi had always wanted to recruit him and was willing to agree to any of his conditions.

Even when he was executed by Liu Ruyan, Liu Ruyi was the first to appear to collect his body.

It could be said that her love for him was deep and obsessive.

Su Chen would rather doubt the system than believe Liu Ruyi wanted to kill him.

“Idiot, what was Liu Ruyi's initial favorability towards you? Zero, it's zero, understand?”

The system's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Su Chen, chilling him from head to toe.

Damn it, he actually forgot that Liu Ruyi wasn't familiar with him now.

In fact, because he had approached Liu Ruyan in childhood, she had even taught him a lesson.

Thinking of this, Su Chen panicked.

He knew what kind of person Liu Ruyi was: ruthless, sinister, and crazy.

Being targeted by Liu Ruyi basically meant preparing for a funeral.

Su Chen's mind raced, and he sincerely apologized. “Princess Ru Yi, I'm sorry, I was presumptuous just now.”

Calling Liu Ruyi by her given name was also a grave offense.

In the Great Qing Empire, offending the emperor or empress might be fine.

If the emperor and empress died, the royal family would just support another person to take the throne.

But offending Liu Ruyi would absolutely mean certain death.

After all, everyone knew she was a reincarnated goddess, with boundless prospects, and the royal family's cherished treasure.

Her power and prestige were beyond what the emperor could compare to.

“Don't let it happen again!”

Liu Ruyi had already sentenced Su Chen in her heart, but in broad daylight, she couldn't do anything.

Later, she would have someone abduct Su Chen and uproot the Su Family.

“Warning, Liu Ruyi's negative favorability is seventy-two. Host, you are on your own.”

Su Chen's mouth twitched, frantic in his heart.

Liu Ruyi's attitude was completely different from what he had imagined.

In his mind, Liu Ruyi should have been ecstatic to see him.

But now was not the time to think about such things.

Su Chen looked at Gu Qing and smiled calmly.

“I heard that Fellow Daoist Gu's talent is unparalleled. I am not talented, but I wonder if Fellow Daoist Gu dares to gamble with me?”

It's over… Su Yi's heart turned to ashes, and he weakly sent a message to Su Qingtian.

He couldn't manage this at all.

“You can.”

Gu Qing looked at him deeply and nodded slightly with a smile.

Is he so easy to talk to… Su Chen looked at Gu Qing in surprise.

Gu Qing was different from all the other prodigies he had met; he seemed to lack that arrogant air.

“Then let's re-select three raw stones now. Whoever opens the raw stone with the highest value wins.”

Su Chen narrowed his eyes, continuing to probe.

“You can.” Gu Qing nodded.

“Good, straightforward.”

Su Chen was overjoyed, his eyes sweeping over the raw stones Gu Qing had purchased, and a plan immediately formed in his mind.

“Such a simple bet always lacks a bit of flavor. How about we make a wager? Whoever wins will help the other purchase ten raw stones. What do you think?”

Gu Qing had cuckolded him for nine lives. It was one thing not to know before.

Now that he knew, he would never let these two off easy.

Besides, he was now so poor that he only had a few hundred low-grade spirit stones left. If he didn't trick Gu Qing, he simply couldn't afford them.

“You can.” Gu Qing nodded.

Su Chen's excitement was palpable, and he immediately looked at Gu Qing as if he were looking at a huge sucker.

Ten raw stones, that would cost over ten billion spirit stones to purchase.

He wouldn't have to pay anything and would get divine marrow, divine iron, and eight rare treasures for free.

Moreover, as long as he displayed his gambling stone talent, Liu Ruyi would definitely no longer want to kill him, but would recruit him like in his previous life.

He could also make Gu Qing bleed heavily once. This was simply killing three birds with one stone.

The more Su Chen thought about it, the more excited he became, pretending to select from the raw stones Gu Qing had chosen.

“Alright, I'll take these three.”

Su Chen's mouth curved into a playful smile, his triumph evident, and he looked at Gu Qing with a provocative gaze.

Hmm? Why is the atmosphere wrong?

Su Chen glanced at the crowd. Why were they all looking at him as if he were a dead man?