Chapter 44

"Gambling?" Xun Yi frowned; he didn't like this kind of gambling trick. However, if it was purely a matter of luck, he didn't think he would lose.

"Count me in! I'm quite interested in this kind of luck-based thing." Meng Han rubbed his hands together, as he was also a god of fortune with extraordinary luck. Looking at the card packs, he was very excited. "Is there definitely a Zhen bird in one of these?"

"Rest assured, there is definitely a Zhen bird in here. It's said there's also a special surprise inside." When the gods of wealth from the Heavenly Court asked him to help promote these, they mentioned that there seemed to be the essence of a high-ranking divine beast inside.

"However, these card packs need to be bought with divine currency. How much do you two have?" The old man smiled at the two benefactors.

Incense money, this is the money given by mortals when they worship the gods. Generally, it is used to maintain the daily expenses of the temple. However, in the eyes of the gods, the incense money is accompanied by a special golden incense spirit that enters the divine realm.

This special incense spirit mixed with wealth is the currency of the divine path. Ordinary gods exchange the incense spirit of wealth for divine currency through the gods of wealth. Since the Heavenly Court uses cloud-patterned thunder script, this currency is also called cloud-patterned coins.

"Ten cloud-patterned coins per card pack, inside which, besides the Zhen bird, there are essences of various spiritual and exotic beasts." Of course, the old man didn't mention that these essences of spiritual and exotic beasts might be of the lowest grade. Similar to the long-eared canine rabbit Xun Yi had seen before, a second-grade spiritual beast, almost the lowest grade. It couldn't even defend itself, let alone attack.

Xun Yi weighed his reading card in his hand. The library gave him some cloud-patterned coins after accepting his books. Of course, because his books had little value, they only symbolically gave him ten cloud-patterned coins.

"Only buy one pack to test our luck?" Just as Xun Yi was about to step forward, a thousand cloud-patterned coins suddenly appeared in his reading card.

"Oh, it seems your readers are quite generous, huh?" The old man glanced at him.

Xun Yi silently checked and found that a god had sent him money after he opened his reading account, as a reading fee.

"Alright, for 450 cloud-patterned coins, I'll give you all these card packs."

Before Xun Yi could speak, "Ding—" another message sound rang out.

Xiang Jun left a message with his real name: "Update 'Xiang Jun' within a year, or I'll come to your house." The blood-red words revealed the god's anger. However, Xiang Jun also gave him 500 cloud-patterned coins.

With money, Xun Yi looked at the pile of card packs: "I'm very confident in my luck, senior, don't let me draw it right away, okay?"

"No, I should be the one to draw it." Meng Han grinned, paid the money, and prepared to draw.

The old man chuckled, looking at the two young gods of fortune, secretly amused: "Unfortunately, you two forgot one thing. We, the gods of literature, especially the gods of literature and arts, oversee literary fortune and enjoy incense offerings. We are also gods of fortune. The amount of virtue I have accumulated is immense. How could I let your luck interfere?"

Moreover, this is the library's domain, the place where the power of the gods of literature is strongest. These two young gods of fortune want to rely on their luck?

Ha!

"Cut it out, it's definitely mine!" Xun Yi hurriedly paid the money and argued with Meng Han. The old man conveniently got a cardboard box and had both of them reach in at the same time.

Xun Yi and Meng Han stirred their hands in the box.

"Hey, don't grab randomly!" Meng Han had just picked up a card pack when Xun Yi quickly snatched it away. Reluctantly, Meng Han picked up another card pack.

After tearing them open, they were speechless.

Each card pack contained five essence seal cards. Meng Han held the essences of low-grade fox and dog spirits. He shook his hand, and a few puppies and foxes licked his fingers.

"These spirit beasts haven't even reached adulthood, I doubt they had even the power of the second heaven in their lifetimes?"

The old man glanced at them: "These spirits are divine transformations of ordinary animals, just beginning to possess intelligence. In terms of value, even a hundred of them are worth only five cloud-patterned coins."

What a loss! Meng Han forced a smile, with a white puppy lying on his head, its eyes staring at Xun Yi.

Xun Yi's results weren't good either. Two white canine rabbits rolled on the ground, two foxes circled around him, their fluffy tails reaching towards Xun Yi's nose. The last one was a flower spirit, seductive and leaning against Xun Yi.

"Again! This time, five packs!" Meng Han took out fifty shiny crystal coins, the incense spirit permeating.

"Hmm, which god of wealth gave you these coins? The craftsmanship is quite good." The old man looked at them and handed the box back.

At this moment, Xun Yi also paid fifty cloud-patterned coins and reached in to grab with Meng Han.

Meng Han secretly contacted the battle soul within him. The battle soul helplessly said: "Although both the paths of literature and martial arts are paths of the spirit, this administrator is already a sage, similar to the martial sage in the martial path. I'm one level below, so I can't help you."

By then, Xun Yi had already reached in to grab the card packs. Meng Han quickly put both hands in, grabbed Xun Yi's wrist with one hand, and then quickly drew out five card packs.

This time, there was some gain, drawing a few high-quality spirit beast essences, but no sign of the Zhen bird.

Xun Yi silently drew five card packs, and twenty-five essence seal cards transformed simultaneously. Besides some independent spirit beast essences, there were also broken parts like the claw and eye of a green dragon.

There were three in total, and the old man couldn't help but look at them closely. "Those gods of wealth said there's a surprise in these card packs. Could it be this thing?"

Xun Yi held up the green dragon claw, which slightly opened. Xun Yi used the dragon claw to pat Meng Han's face: "What is this thing?" Then, he grabbed the green dragon eye and bit it hard.

"Is this a vessel to summon a green dragon?" Meng Han said: "The spirit beasts in these card packs can be used as summoned spirits to protect oneself. This is the favorite self-protection method of the gods of fortune." Meng Han pulled out a stack of cards from his pocket, each card sealing a spirit beast.

"There are two paths in cultivation: the upper path is to become a god, and the lower path is to follow the spirit path. Both paths converge at the divine stage, participating in the supreme divine path. However, the path of becoming a god is difficult, and the gods of fortune are weakened in combat due to their strong luck, so preparing a guardian spirit beast is essential."

Waving his hand, the stack of cards transformed into various spirit beasts, dozens of spirit beasts circling around Meng Han. Among them was even a nine-headed phoenix, a divine beast.

"However, these spirit beast essences are extracted after the beasts' deaths and sealed in cards. In the items sold by the gods of wealth, there is also a special combat method, which is to invite a god."

"Invite a god?"

At this moment, the old man interjected: "Among the divine beasts, there are many powerful ones. For example, the divine dragon and phoenix, these high-ranking divine beasts are extremely powerful and require special vessels to summon. Your set of green dragon items should have seven pieces: eye, horn, scale, bone, tooth, heart, and blood. Collecting all of them can summon a green dragon to fight. It's said that the Heavenly Emperor refined a set of golden dragon plates from his shed dragon scales. Collecting these can summon the Heavenly Emperor."

The Heavenly Emperor, the ruler of the Heavenly Court, even his enemies have to admit that his power is the strongest in the world.

Even with just his own power, he can easily destroy the heavens and the earth. So this set of cards has only been a rumor.

Xun Yi's green dragon set is used to summon the Eastern Green Dragon. Currently, Xun Yi only has the claw, eye, and scale.

The old man started selling again: "Young man, why not try again? You might draw the other parts next time. A summoned green dragon has at least the power of the fourth heaven, and with the divine suppression, all spirit cultivators are irrelevant. It will ensure a smooth path to becoming a god. And the green dragon is of the wood element, your attribute seems to be wood too? The green dragon can also enhance your spell-casting level. Why not try another pack?"

Various sales pitches flowed from his mouth, where was the dignity of a sage of literature?

Xun Yi pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Senior, do you know someone surnamed Lu?"

"Lu?" The old man squinted: "What do you want to say?"

"Your actions are very similar to a meritorious minister of our Great Zhou Dynasty at the beginning. Lord Lu, it's said he is a descendant of the ancient Chancellor Lu, who once bought my ancestor's calligraphy and paintings for a thousand gold coins per word." It was because of Lord Lu's financial support that Duke Maode could recruit soldiers and start a rebellion with Emperor Gaozu.

"Spit! Who would buy his calligraphy and paintings?" Hearing this, the old man became agitated: "If it weren't for that bastard Xun Maode putting a sword to my neck, why would I be so foolish as to buy his stuff?"

"I must have had the worst luck to meet him. He forcibly dragged me into his scheme. If it weren't for my good fortune, I would have been wiped out by the previous dynasty's army!" However, the reward was great, directly becoming one of the founding marquises, and his descendants have flourished ever since.

Indeed, he is an acquaintance of my ancestor. Xun Yi sighed, my ancestor has too many acquaintances.

But it makes sense. After all, this is the Great Zhou Dynasty, which Duke Maode and Emperor Gaozu established together. The founding meritorious ministers all had complicated ties with Xun Maode.

Lord Cao of Qinglong City, Lord Zhaoling of the Zhou Dynasty's Dragon Palace, and now another administrator of the Great Zhou Library, it's all normal.

"So, because his ancestor tricked you, you're planning to trick him?" Meng Han looked at the card packs beside Lord Lu with disdain: "Who knows what else is in here. Xiao Yi, let's go, we'll find another way to deal with the Fei beast."

Xun Yi thought for a moment, suddenly jumped up, and transferred money from his reading card to Lord Lu: "Since he is an acquaintance of my ancestor, he is also an elder to Yi. This money is a token of respect." He bought all the remaining card packs and opened them one by one.

"I don't believe I can't draw it even if I buy them all!"

Sure enough, the Zhen bird was in one of the card packs, but for the green dragon set, only the horn and bone were found. After opening all the card packs, the heart and blood were still missing.

Xun Yi suddenly looked up and complained to Lord Lu: "As an elder, you wouldn't deceive a junior, right? What about the complete set of green dragon items? I plan to report this to my ancestor during the ancestral worship. If you bully me like this, I'll write a ten-thousand-word memorial to complain to my ancestor!"

"Right! My ancestor left the recordings of the tricks he played on you at home. Do you want me to find a way to copy them?"

"Images? Those images are in your hands?" Lord Lu was shocked. Xun Maode had played many dirty tricks on them and recorded a lot of black history. They had tried to investigate at the Xun family, but the descendants knew nothing.

Xun Yi didn't know either, but Zhaoling had let it slip recently. Xun Yi suspected that Lord Lu couldn't escape the clutches of his ancestor.

"Hmm, what do you think?"

Lord Lu's mouth twitched: "Someone came to buy essences yesterday, maybe they drew them?"

Meng Han pulled out a card from his deck and gave it to Xun Yi: "I heard that the green dragon set is the rarest for the horn and heart. I have a green dragon blood card, here you go."

Taking the green dragon blood, Xun Yi looked at Lord Lu again. It was as if he wanted to see through him. "You, an old senior, bullying a junior, forcing him to pay protection fees, and deliberately giving a bunch of useless cards to cover it up, can you bear it? If this spreads to Lord Cao and Lord Zhaoling..."

Those who receive the worship of the people can become gods. Many of those who followed Emperor Gaozu and Duke Maode to establish the dynasty became gods after death. If Xun Yi spread this, those old guys would mock him to death.

"Although Xun Maode and Emperor Gaozu went to the Abyss, Lord Cao is still around. He treats the Xun family like his own children and will definitely come after me. A scholar facing a soldier, there's no point in arguing, why should I confront Lord Cao?"

"Fine, fine. This was a gift from someone before the New Year. Here, take it as a gift from me, an elder. Save me from your gossip." He took out a green dragon heart from his pocket, and Xun Yi snatched it.

With the seven pieces combined, green light rose from the seven green dragon remains. Accompanied by dragon roars, a green dragon slowly emerged.

Majestic, powerful, sacred...

None of these adjectives fit this green dragon. It was like a small snake, only three feet long, and a childish voice said: "Mortal, in gratitude for reviving me, I will grant you one wish—"

Before the green dragon could finish, Xun Yi stepped on its slender body, his smile growing wider as he looked at Lord Lu: "Old man, what's going on here?"

The legendary celestial dragon? The legendary dragon god?

"This small snake-like thing is the legendary green dragon? This will cause a crisis of faith in the green dragon among the people?"

Seeing Xun Yi's smile, Lord Lu suddenly thought of Xun Maode and cursed inwardly: "Indeed, a family of troublemakers, the same mischief!"

On the surface, Lord Lu feigned surprise: "In theory, it should be the divine consciousness of the green dragon, capable of exerting the power of the fourth heaven. As for now, this little dragon seems to be a living creature?"

The cards contain the essences of dead spirit beasts, how could a living creature appear?

Lord Lu carefully examined the green dragon and suddenly realized: "My dragon heart card was problematic. It must have been a real heart extracted from a green dragon, not a fake created by the gods of wealth. So it carries a dragon soul. You got a good deal, this green dragon is a real green dragon soul, currently in a state between life and death. You can cultivate and revive it, and it will become a true guardian celestial dragon."

"Ha ha..." Xun Yi held the little dragon and tied it in a knot, just like how Xun Maode had once treated Lord Zhaoling. "How many resources does it take to cultivate this little dragon into a green dragon? I don't even have enough for my own cultivation!"

"Cut it out! Your Xun family's Qingyuan Hall is the best place for wood attributes, why are you crying in front of me?"

But Xun Yi sat on the ground and refused to leave, and Lord Lu had no choice but to throw him a few things: "Go, go, go! Aren't you going to deal with the Fei beast in Miaoxian? Staying here with the old man, aren't you afraid of wasting time?"

With a wave of his sleeve, he sent the two back to Miaoxian.

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