Chapter 48 048 This blessing is better left undone

Jiang Yan is now proficient in using spiritual power to cook, and everyone works together quite well, making cooking very easy.

After dinner, Jiang Yan took Ling Yue and Xiao Bai to wash the dishes.

She is no longer worried about Li Shu's medicine; he will definitely come to find her.

Before going to the Li residence, she was still somewhat uncertain, but after going, she was quite certain that the cooperation would proceed smoothly.

She couldn't be bothered with Li Shu's thoughts. The most important thing right now was to restore the spiritual energy of those people as soon as possible. So it didn't matter what Li Shu's mindset was when he finally cooperated with her.

...

Inside the room, Lin Yun suddenly conjured a set of Taoist talismans. He had made them himself in Medicine King Valley. The talismans were engraved with the Eight Trigrams, the Earthly Branches, constellations, and so on. The final outcome was determined by the divination results.

Who wants to play games?

Coal Ball's eyes lit up, and it rolled over in a flash, staring curiously at what he was holding.

Blinking her large, bell-like eyes, she looked on expectantly: "I want to play, I want to play~"

Lin Yun raised an eyebrow: "Count you in!"

Although Shen Yuchen didn't find the thing fun, he felt that the snake had ill intentions, so he walked over and said, "Count me in too."

Feng Qingyu, standing to the side, raised an eyebrow and glanced at the green snake. She couldn't help but snort, knowing that this spicy snack wouldn't stay still.

When Jiang Yan and the other two returned to their room after washing the dishes, they saw three mosaics gathered in her room, playing something. Suddenly, a black mosaic ball jumped onto her.

She said pitifully, "Master, they cheated! Waaah, I've already lost a bunch of magical artifacts, please help me win them back!"

Jiang Yan leaned over for a look, and wow, the magical artifacts in front of Lin Yun and Shen Yuchen were piled up like small mountains.

"You lost all of these?!"

The coal ball nodded fearfully: "Waaah~ Mmm!"

Jiang Yan frowned, staring at the black mosaic, and said, "So, the spiritual artifact you swallowed can be spat out?!"

Wow, this is a walking treasure trove!

Jiang Yan glanced at the pile of magical artifacts. There were mostly low-level artifacts, but also quite a few mid-level ones. How many magical artifacts did Elder Wushan feed it? He was really generous!

But now it's actually losing all of these things?

This is unbearable to watch!

Jiang Yan picked up the black ball of fur at her feet and said to the two, "What kind of skill is it for you to bully the weak? I'll take over!"

Lin Yun's eyes lit up. "Great! But if you switch players midway, the stakes will increase. If you lose three more rounds in a row, besides paying the corresponding spirit stones or magic items, you also need to meet one condition. If you refuse afterwards, the stakes will increase tenfold!"

Jiang Yan frowned, feeling that this was a trap.

She asked suspiciously, "For example?"

"For example, adding dishes tomorrow morning."

Jiang Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as it's not about me having to cultivate with you, anything is fine."

Lin Yun: "...You may be willing, but I'm not!"

Jiang Yan smiled, her eyes narrowing: "Let's begin!"

Lin Yun briefly explained the game rules, and Jiang Yan said she understood.

However, she underestimated the Dao tokens of this cultivation world, finding them really difficult to use, and lost three rounds in no time...

The coal ball then spat out another magical artifact.

It rubbed against Jiang Yan, looking at her pitifully: "Master, we're going bankrupt~ Waaah~"

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow and glanced at the bluish-green mosaic opposite her: "Let's try a different game! Dare to try?"

"What's there to be afraid of!"

Lin Yun pondered that he was always victorious in whatever game he played in Medicine King Valley! He had nothing to fear.

Jiang Yan took out a mahjong set from her treasure bag, squinted, and said, "Let's play this. We're one short. Anyone else want to join?"

Ling Yue originally wanted to go, but thinking about how little he had left, she decided against it... that was his only remaining dowry.

Xiao Bai had no intention of going. As a rogue cultivator, his wealth was quite limited. He had already lost several thousand spirit stones in the last bet and dared not gamble again…

Feng Qingyu raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "I'll do it."

Jiang Yan explained the rules and played a few rounds with them. After they understood the general rules, the game officially began.

Having spiritual power is great; you don't even have to shuffle the cards yourself.

Xiao Mei sighed in her mind, "Host, this is pure cheating."

As Jiang Yan drew her cards, she silently replied, "So, it's not considered cheating for them to drag me into playing cards? As a system, you can't be so hypocritical! Once you're at the gambling table, you have to accept the consequences!"

Xiao Mei snorted, "Then you'd better pray you keep winning!"

Jiang Yan ignored him, glanced at the card table, and laughed, "I won!"

Lin Yun used his snake tail to curl up a magical artifact and toss it to her. Shen Yuchen casually flicked his wings, and another magical artifact was tossed into Jiang Yan's arms.

No rush, they still have a lot of chips to play.

Feng Qingyu raised an eyebrow and said, "Let's settle the debt in advance."

Jiang Yan wasn't worried that he would renege on his debt. After all, he was a minor celestial lord in the Heavenly Court, and he must have some private property.

However, she had no intention of fighting them for long; she just wanted to win back her things as soon as possible so she could go to sleep.

The first half went smoothly, with wins every hand, and they quickly won back most of what Coal Ball had lost.

Coal Ball, Ling Yue, and Xiao Bai, who were watching from the sidelines, looked excited!

But things didn't go so well in the second half.

Those three mosaics, as if suddenly enlightened, actually started counting cards?

Jiang Yan had just thrown out a card when Lin Yun exclaimed, "I won!"

She leaned over to take a look, and to her surprise, he had actually won!

Lin Yun unceremoniously used his snake tail to snatch a magical artifact. "Continue!"

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow: "Who's afraid of who!"

She figured he had only won against her by sheer luck once.

But in the next match, Gongsun Jin actually won!

Then it was Su Yuchen... and then it was Lin Yun!

Jiang Yan watched as the magical artifacts she had painstakingly won dwindled one by one, and she felt numb... She couldn't afford to lose any more; she could at least win back these first!

She picked up the things in front of her and said, "I'm done playing, I'm going to sleep! Go back to your own rooms!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Meiqiu and Lingyue jumped onto the bed and waited obediently.

Lin Yun glanced at the two of them, then jumped onto the bed in a flash: "I want the same treatment as them, I want to sleep here too."

Jiang Yan frowned and refused: "No way!"

It was just a small bed to begin with, and now there's a rabbit too. Where is there room for him?

"Why can they all do it, but I can't?"

Jiang Yan frowned, but before she could speak, the snake said, "I told you before that if you refused, the stakes would be increased tenfold. If you want to pay, that's fine too."

"..."

So all that fuss about was just waiting for her? Trying to extort money from her? He can dream on!

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow at the mosaic, "Do as you please. If you're not afraid I'll drag you into dual cultivation in the middle of the night, then feel free to stay."

Lin Yun's emerald green snake eyes widened slightly, and he said with an air of seriousness, "Even if you had ten lives, you wouldn't dare..."

Jiang Yan was stunned. Why did it seem like he was actually hoping for this?

It's an illusion, it must be an illusion!

That night, Jiang Yan was half asleep when she suddenly felt a chill on her ankle.

Just as Lin Yun climbed up, he saw the rabbit sneakily moving around. With a gentle flick of its snake tail, it sent the rabbit flying away from its original spot.

Then, following Jiang Yan's ankle, he climbed all the way up to her arm.

Jiang Yan rolled over and ended up face-to-face with him...

Lin Yun felt her light, delicate scent waft towards him, like a wisp of orchid, instantly overwhelming his breath and inexplicably making his heart clench.

Lately, I don't know what's wrong with this snake's heart; it keeps beating inexplicably...

Suddenly, he heard her soft murmur in his ear: "Hurry up and break the contract, I want to break the contract..."

Lin Yun frowned and muttered, "Being able to form a bond with me is a blessing you've accumulated over many lifetimes!"

Half-asleep, Jiang Yan replied, "I'd rather not have this good fortune..."

"!!!"