"No wonder you were willing to gamble your life with me, so you have so much ghost money."
The two Xia Tianqiongs, one inside and one outside the mirror, looked exactly the same, but their expressions were completely different.
Outside, all was calm and collected, but inside, greed filled their eyes as they stared intently at the gold ingot.
For the supernatural, ghost money is a product of condensed nether energy, which can be directly absorbed without refining. However, different ghost money contains different levels of purity, with gold containing the purest nether energy, making it easier to enhance the supernatural's strength.
The supernatural prefers gold to human lifespan and soul.
"How do you convert gold to lifespan?" Xia Tianqiong asked.
"The rules of the Ghost Realm are that one tael of gold is worth one year's lifespan."
The gambler doesn't have ghost money, so they can only wager their lifespan. Xia Tianqiong, on the other hand, uses gold, so the conversion ratio needs to be agreed upon in advance.
"Let's begin!"
In the bathroom, the game of rock-paper-scissors began again.
They risked their lives by counting one, two, three, and the man and the charlatan attacked simultaneously.
In the best-of-three series, Xia Tianqiong won the first game and gained three years of lifespan.
"Haha, this is too easy."
Feeling much younger, Xia Tianqiong was in a great mood. "Best two out of three is too troublesome. Let's play one game at a time, betting ten years of lifespan on each game. How about it? Dare to bet?"
"Of course I dare, any amount is fine."
He answered with a sly smile, though inwardly he was overjoyed.
Humans are indeed both foolish and greedy. Watch how I win all your ghost money, and your lifespan will also be mine.
Song Shiqiao hurriedly dressed and prepared to escape the room. As she passed the bathroom door, she overheard a conversation between a human and a ghost.
She couldn't help but remind him, "You can't gamble anymore. Once you win the first round, you'll be able to move again. Leave now."
This was well-intentioned, but Xia Tianqiong turned to look at her and said indifferently, "Don't forget to prepare the money. I need ten billion today."
"Why do you only care about money? Is your life more important or money?"
Song Shiqiao had completely forgotten how she had succumbed to temptation before.
She had originally planned to leave, and if the man died here, she wouldn't have to pay him.
But I was also very curious.
The person suddenly appeared in the room, arriving without warning or a sound.
Could it be that he, like the objects in the mirror, is something so-called eerie?
Or perhaps they are extraordinary people?
Song Shiqiao's family was very powerful, and she had occasionally heard of such people.
A glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in my heart.
If this young man can deal with the eerie presence in the mirror, then he might also be able to help her restore her lifespan.
Xia Tianqiong ignored Song Shiqiao and the betting continued.
He has triggered the death rule. Now he either has to win the bet or find a way to break the rule, or he will die.
After a dozen or so rounds, he won more and lost less, gradually turning into the appearance of an eighteen-year-old.
"Haha, I'm really lucky. It feels so good to be young."
Xia Tianqiong's current lifespan is forty or fifty years. If she could truly reverse aging, she might be able to return to a cellular state.
However, perhaps due to the protection of the rules, when he returned to the appearance of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old, his physical appearance no longer changed, but his internal functions continued to improve.
The whole person looks energetic and vibrant.
A barely perceptible sneer appeared in the mirror's reflection; it was time to close the net.
Just like Song Shiqiao before, who won at first but lost later, the same thing will happen this time.
Xia Tianqiong suddenly laughed and said, "It's too slow. I don't know when we'll finish playing. Tell me how much life you have left. Let's settle this in one game."
"A single game to decide life or death?"
The gambler was a little confused. Was this person in such a hurry to die?
"I'll give you as much gold as you have left to live; let's gamble one last time."
As soon as Xia Tianqiong finished speaking, Du Minggui's eyes widened and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
Song Shiqiao, who was peeking through the door with only half her head showing, suddenly shouted, "Are you crazy? This will kill you!"
"How could that be? Can't you see how lucky I am?"
"But you can't win every game. What if you lose the next one?"
"It's okay, I have plenty of money."
Xia Tianqiong replied to Song Shiqiao with two sentences, then turned to urge the gambler, "Tell me, how much life do you have left to gamble?"
"Human, you may have some ghost money, but it's not enough for me to give up all my lifespan. If you want to gamble one last time, I agree. Bet all your ghost money and lifespan!"
The gambler smiled disdainfully.
The man in front of me just pulled out a handful of gold, probably only a few dozen taels. Even if I added his entire lifespan, it wouldn't be enough for me to give up all of my lifespan.
Song Shiqiao sighed softly, "That's all there is to it!"
She thought the other person was an extraordinary person.
After gambling for a while, it all came down to luck; there were no special tricks involved. And just like before, she lost her mind as she gambled, betting bigger and bigger stakes.
"Alright, then I'll take out all my gold, and hopefully you'll live a long life."
Xia Tianqiong smiled, took out more than a dozen gold ingots of various sizes from her pocket, and placed them in the sink in front of the mirror.
The gambler glanced at it and sneered, "This is only thirty or forty taels. Even if you add your entire lifespan, it's only a hundred and seventy or eighty years. It's far from enough to make me give up all my lifespan!"
"Don't rush! There's more."
As she spoke, Xia Tianqiong bent down and pulled open the cabinet under the sink.
Inside sat a chubby baby, holding two gold ingots in his hands.
Xia Tianqiong first patted his head to comfort him, then took the gold ingot and placed it in the pool.
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