Reverend Insanity

The deeper you go, the more splendid and prosperous it becomes.

There are fewer and fewer small stalls and more and more large tents.

I saw a variety of red, blue, yellow and green tents, some built in a square shape, and some in a barrel shape. Some have two door posts at the entrance roller shutters, and some have bright red lanterns. Some are brightly lit inside, others are dimly lit.

Fang Yuan walked and watched, and finally stopped at a gray tent.

"It's here." He looked up and saw that there were two uprights at the entrance of the tent, and a pair of couplets were engraved on the uprights using an inscription technique.

Left: Xiao Shi Courage, get lucky in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Right: Show your skills and get riches from the south, east, and northwest.

There is also a horizontal batch in the middle: time to run.

Yes, this is a casino.

This casino covers an area of ​​one acre and is already a large tent.

Fang Yuan walked in. Inside the tent, there are three rows of counters. There are pieces of amber or fossils on the counter. The small one is only the size of a palm, and the large one is as big as a washbasin. There are also bigger ones, as tall as one person. Naturally, it could not be placed on the counter, so it stood directly on the ground.

Different from the liveliness of other tent shops, it is quiet here.

There were twos and threes of Gu Masters, standing in front of the counter, some carefully scrutinizing the stones placed on the counter, some picked up the fossils and rubbed them carefully in their palms to feel the touch, some whispered with their companions, and some with the shopkeeper. Guys negotiate the price.

But no matter what they say, they speak softly and try not to disturb others.

This is a stone casino.

In this world of Gu, there are various, strange, and countless Gus. Gu worms have their own specific food. Without food, Gu worms can only last for a period of time and then die.

But nature, towards life, is both cruel and kind.

If there is a lack of food, Gu worms also have a chance of life. That is to fall into a deep sleep, self-seal.

For example, Moonlight Gu may seal itself without the moon orchid petals. It will shrink its strength as much as possible, similar to hibernation, falling into the deepest sleep. At this time, its body will not only dissipate the blue light, but also fade from a transparent crystal to a gray stone, covering it with a stone shell. As time goes by, the stone shell becomes heavier and heavier, and a stubborn stone will be formed.

Another example is the wine worm, if it seals itself, it will form a white cocoon. It will curl up and sleep in the cocoon.

Of course, this kind of seal sleeping doesn't happen to all Gu worms. The probability of it happening is very small. Under normal circumstances, Gu worms will not sleep, but will starve to death. Only a few individual Gu worms will seal themselves under certain circumstances.

Some Gu Masters accidentally got these stubborn stones or cocoons that sealed the Gu worms, awakening the sleeping Gu worms. Some made a small fortune as a result. Some have soared, and the trajectory of life has ushered in a turning point. These situations occur frequently in the Gu Master world, and there are often true or false rumors that make people imagine.

This is the source of the hard stones in this casino. Of course, these stones are all suspicious in appearance. To open it, you can determine whether there is really a Gu worm hidden in it.

"Like this kind of small stone casino, eight or nine out of ten stones are solid, and there are no Gu worms in them. Even if there are stones with Gu worms, they are not necessarily all live worms, and nine out of ten are dead Gus. But once you get a live Gu, in most cases, you can make a lot of money. If the Gu worms are extremely rare, then they will either flourish from now on, or they will be murdered to make money."

Fang Yuan's heart is clear, he is very clear about the doorway here.

In his previous life, he also participated in a caravan and worked as a clerk in a stone casino. For a while later, he even ran a stone casino, which was bigger than this one and was a medium-sized stone casino. He has cheated many gamblers, and he has also passed his eyes. Several times, he has been bet by other people for valuable Gu worms.

Fang Yuan stood at the door for a while,

He glanced around, and then slowly walked to the counter on the left.

Behind the counter, a few meters away stood a shop assistant, both male and female. They all wore cyan belts around their waists, not mortals, but all rank one Gu Masters. Most are beginners, and some are intermediate.

Seeing Fang Yuan coming to the front of the counter, a female Gu Master who was closest to him walked over with a smile on her face, and said softly, "What kind of Gu insect do you need, this son? It sells ten prime stones. If you are trying it for the first time, and if you want to gamble, you might as well go to the counter on the right, where the stones are only sold for five prime stones. A piece of stone costs twenty yuan."

This is an experienced female Gu Master who has been working in the stone casino for a long time.

After she saw Fang Yuan come in, she inferred from his appearance, age, height, etc. that he was a student.

Those who come to gamble with stones are all Gu Masters, not mortals. And the students can only be regarded as preparatory Gu Masters. They have just set foot on the practice and are usually financially strapped because of feeding Gu insects. Where would they have any spare money to gamble with stones?

Students like this often just come in and take a look, to open their eyes and see something new. Most of them are just looking at it and not buying it. There are a few people from good families who may buy one and try it out. But usually only the cheapest fossils are bought.

Therefore, the female Gu Master did not expect how many stones Fang Yuan could buy.

"I'll take a look first." Fang Yuan nodded to her expressionlessly, then immersed himself in watching.

In my memory, it should be the counter of this stone casino.

But five hundred years is really too long. Many things are very vague, especially five hundred years of memory is a huge reserve. To be honest, Fang Yuan doesn't remember very clearly.

I just vaguely remember that in this year, on the first night of the caravan's arrival, a lucky man spent ten primeval stones to buy a fossil with purple-gold lustre on the stone skin.

After he decomposed the stone on the spot, he got a mango toad. Then this Toad Gu was bought by someone, and he earned a lot of primeval stones because of it.

Fang Yuan watched for a while, and frowned slightly.

On this counter, there are more than 20 fossils glowing with purple-gold brilliance. In which piece is the mango toad hidden?

Each stone here costs ten primeval stones. Fang Yuan currently has ninety-eight primeval stones on his body, and at most nine can be purchased based on this estimate.

But it doesn't actually work that way.

Any risk or gamble has to consider the consequences.

Fang Yuan was not that kind of stunned, nor was he a pretentious gambler. People who think that they are favored by fate are usually under the trick of fate.

"I'm alone, with no support from relatives and friends. I must leave some primeval stones to support my life, and buy food to feed the Gu worms." He did a little calculation, and after the basic guarantee, he could buy a maximum of seven fossils.

"This stone is embellished with purple and gold like stars, but it is flat like a cake, and there will be no mango toads hidden in it."

"This piece of purple gold is dazzling, but it's only the size of a fist. If there is a mango toad in it, it should be at least 30% bigger than it."

"This purple gold fossil is big, but the surface is extremely smooth, and the stone skin of the slut toad is full of pits. Obviously not..."

Fang Yuan kept looking at and observing, excluding screening.

After the Gu worms were sealed and slumbered, the fossils formed were integrated into one body, eliminating most of the detection methods in the world. The remaining detection methods are almost all tough and arrogant. Once used, they will directly kill the dying Gu worms inside.

Therefore, when Gu Masters choose stones, they can only rely on guesswork, experience, luck, and the occasional flash of inspiration.

If it weren't for that, it wouldn't be called a casino.

Of course, this great world is full of surprises, and it is not ruled out that there are very few gentle detection methods, which can allow Gu Masters to know in advance whether there are Gu worms hidden in the stone.

Fang Yuan had heard some rumors in his previous life, but after verification, it was found that they were all rumors.

Fang Yuan thought privately: If such a method really exists, it must be a secret inheritance, and it will only be in the hands of a very small number of mysterious people. It has no effect on the overall situation of the gambling industry.

The area around Qingmao Mountain is better. The further east you go, the more popular casinos are. In the Baekdu Mountain area, each cottage has a casino. In some large cottages, there are also large casinos. Among the three major cottages known for their vision of gambling stones: Panshi Village, Ancient Tomb Village, and Cangjing Village, there are also super-large gambling stone farms.

Each of these three super-large stone casinos has a history of thousands of years. Business is still booming, and gamblers flock to it. Nothing has ever been swept away.

The tent where Fang Yuan is now is, at best, a small casino.

But if other fifteen-year-olds came here, they would definitely be dazzled by these fossils, and even picking fossils would be pure blindness.

But Fang Yuan is different.

First of all, he already knew some of the answers in advance, so the selection range was suddenly reduced to less than thirty yuan.

Of course, it is not easy to pick out the only one among the twenty or so fossils.

However, Fang Yuan had five hundred years of experience to build the foundation. With such a solid background, he observed for a moment and screened out the six purple-gold fossils that best met the criteria.

He was 80% sure that the toad was sleeping in one of the purple-gold fossils!