If they let her continue winning here, it would severely impact their business.
Seeing the large pile of chips in front of Shi Xuan, the manager gritted his teeth, stepped forward and said to Shi Xuan, "My lady, you have plenty of chips. Would you like to go to the VIP room for a trial?"
Here she is! They wouldn't let her into the VIP room a moment ago, but now she can go in and have a look.
In reality, Shi Xuan's chips weren't enough to get her to the VIP room. However, this was a casino, and their motto was fairness and openness. If they stopped her from continuing just because she won some chips, it would be as if the casino couldn't afford to play. Besides, she was a popular disciple of the Lianfeng Sword Sect, and it wasn't appropriate to offend her.
But Shi Xuan sitting there winning all the time greatly affected the customers' perception, as if their casino was very lax and its patterns had been figured out.
The person in charge simply didn't want her to stay in the lobby any longer, so he invited her into the VIP room at the back.
In their VIP room, the people in charge are all Nascent Soul experts, so there's nothing she can do.
Shi Xuan then led his three accomplices into the VIP room openly and honestly.
Gu Liangce secretly gave her a thumbs-up behind her back. When she was stopped from entering the VIP room earlier, Gu Liangce guessed that Shi Xuan would not be stopped like that, and sure enough, she had many ways to do it.
Upon entering the VIP lounge, I was surprised to find that it was a completely different world, almost the same size as the main hall outside where there were so many people.
However, the place was very empty.
Benches are everywhere for people to rest, and small tables are set with spiritual fruits and wine for guests to enjoy. The treatment here is many times better than that in the messy hall outside.
Shi Xuan picked up a spiritual fruit without ceremony, took a bite, and the three behind him followed suit, each taking one to eat.
The receptionist watched silently, without any expression.
Shi Xuan munched on a spirit fruit while wandering aimlessly through the VIP lounge.
There was only one gambling den here, in a huge arena, surrounded by a group of people, all dressed smartly. The lowest level among them was Golden Core, and they were all wealthy Golden Core cultivators. Even Shi Xuan couldn't see through their cultivation levels, estimating that there were even Nascent Soul cultivators here.
She approached the enormous platform, which turned out to be a real-time projection mirror—what a grand scheme!
This is similar to the image-recording stone they used in the secret realm during the Six Sects Grand Competition, which projected the actual situation inside the secret realm so that people outside could see it.
This vast illusory mirror was even larger than the one used during the Six Sects Grand Competition!
It was laid flat in the middle of the entire venue, surrounding the holographic mirror, and the things inside looked like a miniature version of the real world.
In that shrunken world, several spirited horses galloped freely, chasing each other and vying to run forward. Each of them wore a badge with the words "A, B, C, D" written on it.
They were almost at the finish line, and the participants started shouting.
"Run, A-class character!"
"Ding ding ding ding!"
"Xin! Xin, get out there! Charge! Charge! Charge!"
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The gamblers have already entered the world of spirit horses, wishing they could transform into them and run alongside them.
Shi Xuan glanced at it and immediately understood: the bet was on which spirited horse would cross the finish line first.
The cultivators here generally have very high cultivation levels, or they are either very wealthy or noble, and the amount of money they gamble on is also enormous.
The game quickly came to an end, and the horse carrying the character "丙" crossed the finish line the fastest, becoming the winner of the game.
Looking at the expressions of the cultivators around him, Shi Xuan noticed that this Class C spirit horse seemed to be very unpopular, as no one had bet on it!
If these spirit horses didn't all depart from the secret realm, where outsiders couldn't interfere, many people would have thought this was a trap set by the bookmakers.
That Bing-character spirit horse is not the best in any aspect. Not only is it physically weak, but its past performance has also been very average. It has almost always been a runner-up, and no one would be foolish enough to bet on it.
But who would have thought that such an unremarkable spirited horse could defeat the well-fed and strong Jia and the ever-victorious Ding!
Shi Xuan smiled faintly. This scene was familiar to her! Wasn't this exactly what happened when she went to the black market arena for rogue cultivators during her Qi Refining stage? Showing weakness to lure others into a trap.
To this day, Dong Jingwei still harbors resentment about it, and the reason he finds Xiang Rong so displeasing is because she has a round face. After the Six Sects Tournament, when she returned to her sect, Dong Jingwei glared at her.
Now that we see this thin and weak No. C spirit horse, was this intentional or not?
Shi Xuan raised an eyebrow, but didn't rush to place a bet. She squeezed forward, found a good spot, and observed the situation on the field.
Lu Wenxing had already begun placing bets. This form of horse racing gambling was very special to him, and he couldn't wait to participate.
"Junior Sister, which horse do you think I should bet on?" Lu Wenxing had a strange trust in Shi Xuan.
A new round is about to begin. There are more than ten fine horses to choose from, some with bright coats and others as thin and inconspicuous as the one in number C from before.
Shi Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Bet on the red-haired one."
Lu Wenxing was puzzled. This red-haired dog was quite strong, but not the strongest, and its coat color didn't look the best. He couldn't understand why they had chosen it.
Shi Xuan transmitted his voice to him: "This horse is currently third in the odds. It just had an upset. If it has another upset, it might cause dissatisfaction among others. The one with the highest odds is too deliberate. So, the one with the third-highest odds looks good. Or you could choose the second one."
Shi Xuan had only watched half of the game and hadn't figured out their tactics yet, so he casually guessed and analyzed.
Lu Wenxing hesitated for a while, torn between the second and third odds, but finally decided to bet on both, splitting the stakes 50/50.
As expected, when the round ended, Red Hair took the lead and was the first to cross the finish line. And the one with the second-highest odds also came in second.
The situation was exactly as described in the official announcement, down to the last detail!
Shi Xuan raised an eyebrow, finding it interesting. She was intrigued by how the casino controlled the speed of the spirit horses inside from the outside and wanted to see the underlying principles.
If it's controlled from the outside, there will inevitably be some clues, just like the trick of using a small illusion to attach to the iron cup just now; there will always be some clues that can be revealed.
Shi Xuan patted the lucky charm on his head to make it work quickly, and then carefully observed the surrounding environment, not missing any details.
In the entire VIP lounge, besides the huge holographic mirror in the very center and the scattered tables and chairs for resting, there is also a large counter standing at the very front of the hall.
The counter was lavishly decorated, with a manager standing in the center and a low-ranking cultivator on each side of him, seemingly as an assistant. The cultivators placed their bets at this counter.
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