Chapter 1998: Chapter 72: Treasure Gambling (Part 3)
The Corpse-digging Ghost King hadn’t finished speaking, when he saw Yu Wuheng stroll inside on his own.
"Be careful of fakes,"
The Corpse-digging Ghost King couldn’t help but whisper as a reminder.
Then he saw Yu Wuheng casually stop in front of a female Cultivator’s stall, point to a few items, and then look at Wang Ba and the Five Ghost Kings, transmitting his voice:
"It costs three million tokens."
The Corpse-digging Ghost King was momentarily stunned, his eyes showing a trace of resignation, and he couldn’t help but look at Wang Ba.
Wang Ba, however, didn’t hesitate:
"Go pay for it."
The Five Ghost Kings and Yun Qi were all astonished upon hearing this, and even the steady Vine Grinding Ghost King hurriedly advised:
"Mountain Lord, should we authenticate it? See if it’s worth that many tokens?"
Wang Ba’s face remained calm:
"It’s okay, I trust her... or is it that you don’t have tokens in hand?"
"This..."
The Corpse-digging Ghost King hesitated for a moment, then shook his head:
"We do have some in hand."
Three million tokens is not a small amount, but Hundred Ghost Mountain had exchanged for many tokens here in the past, so we can barely manage.
But they were still somewhat reluctant.
In places like this, Cultivators often had no tokens to even rent a storefront, showing their destitution, so such people usually struggle to have anything good.
The price of three million tokens from the start clearly meant Yu Wuheng was taken as a fat sheep to be slaughtered, essentially putting a dent in their few savings of the Hundred Ghost Sect.
It might even be fake, who knows.
But Wang Ba was the decision-maker now, and, despite the Five Ghost Kings’ reluctance, they sent the Vine Grinding Ghost King and Corpse-digging Ghost King to the stall together.
Before long, the two Ghost Kings had returned with Yu Wuheng.
Except that Yu Wuheng remained looking calm, but the two Ghost Kings had faces grim as coal.
After spending the three million tokens, they reverted to poverty overnight.
Wang Ba directly ignored the Ghost Kings’ bitter expressions and looked at Yu Wuheng.
Yu Wuheng nodded imperceptibly, transmitting his voice:
"Checked it over, there are nine Innate Cloud Bans."
Wang Ba’s heart relaxed upon hearing this; indeed, spending money made a difference, and the whole process went unexpectedly smoothly.
He then felt slightly invigorated.
The Land-Parting Staff originally had twenty-two bans. Adding these nine put it at thirty-one Innate Cloud Bans, marking it undoubtedly as a top-grade innate treasure.
Forget just three million tokens; even thirty million would have been a steal.
Of course, a single fragment isn’t worth much, but Wang Ba didn’t bother dwelling on such trivial issues.
Just then, he suddenly felt something and looked again towards a previously sensed direction.
"It’s appearing again..."
Wang Ba felt a thrill.
Yet he was also puzzled because, in his senses, the Wind-Driving Staff’s fragment didn’t seem to have moved; it had stayed in place.
"Strange..."
Wang Ba didn’t dare delay, and immediately led the group toward the sensed location.
Flying wasn’t allowed here, but thankfully even without flight, beings like them wouldn’t take long to traverse such distances.
Just as they were nearing the destination, Wang Ba again lost sensing of the Wind-Driving Staff.
"What the hell is going on?"
Wang Ba couldn’t help but frown, feeling both startled and puzzled.
At this moment, the Corpse-digging Ghost King suddenly exclaimed in surprise:
"Treasure gambling!"
He looked at a nearby open area, prompting Wang Ba and the others to instinctively glance over.
That area looked remarkably expansive, surrounded by quite a few people, with occasional cheers and booing arising.
In the center of the crowd, a gate fixed with a Teleportation Array and a massive illusion could be faintly seen.
"What’s happening here?"
Before Wang Ba could speak, Yu Wuheng’s eyes unexpectedly brightened as he seldom spoke up to ask.
The Corpse-digging Ghost King had his eyes fixed on the illusion, his expression itching with anticipation, and explained murmuringly:
"This is what I mentioned before, ’treasure gambling,’ which is essentially opening a Realm Embryo on the spot. There are two games: one is entering the game, where Cultivators themselves spend tokens to open the Realm Embryo and see if good things can be found; the other is the external game, where bets are placed on the type of items that can emerge from the Realm Embryo—spirit materials, Innate Dao Treasures, or others... Shall we give it a try? Have a couple of rounds? I’m not bragging, I’m extremely accurate at guessing what’s inside, based on shapes and rounded corners..."
"Wang Bing!"
The Vine Grinding Ghost King couldn’t hold back anymore, angrily glaring at the overly excited Corpse-digging Ghost King.
"Cough... just saying."
The Corpse-digging Ghost King coughed dryly, forcing a barely visible smile onto his hideous face:
"Let’s go, let’s check out other things."
To his surprise, Wang Ba gently shook his head, displaying a peculiar expression:
"No, I haven’t tried it before, let’s check it out."
This statement surprised everyone, making the Vine Grinding Ghost King frown slightly and unable to resist advising:
"Mountain Lord, there are more important matters..."
Yet he only saw a blur before him as Yu Wuheng had flown straight over.
After Yu Wuheng flew over, Yu Yu followed suit.
"Mountain Lord, this..."
The Vine Grinding Ghost King looked at Yu Wuheng and Yu Yu, and then at Wang Ba, feeling somewhat overwhelmed.
Wang Ba chuckled slightly:
"Rest assured, I got this."
Upon hearing this, the Vine Grinding Ghost King felt anything but assured; in fact, he became more worried. Because many years ago, when the Corpse-digging Ghost King was working for others, he had said the same, only to receive another angry glare from the Vine Grinding Ghost King.
The other three Ghost Kings’ expressions also didn’t look good, as they had placed all their hopes on Wang Ba. Yet the Corpse-digging Ghost King enticed him into playing this Realm Embryo game, with the risk of gambling their lives away.