Chapter 1672 - 732: Underground Gambling Ring

Chapter 1672: Chapter 732: Underground Gambling Ring

The Huangquan Team is still a Fourth-tier Representative Team. Although she has Di Shen’s Jiu Provinces Card, Ye Lingyue hasn’t used the remaining balance after deducting fines and the Merit Points she owed to the Exotic Treasures Pavilion.

Because Ye Lingyue heard that the final ranking of the Jiu Provinces Hunting will be split between individual and team modes.

She wasn’t willing to drag Di Shen down in personal rankings because of her "reckless wife" behavior, even though she knew Di Shen didn’t care about such matters.

Due to these reasons, the Huangquan Team remains a Fourth-tier Team, whereas almost every team in the Jiu Provinces Main Camp is at least Third-tier.

This not only results in the Huangquan Team having the worst resources in terms of camp distribution and treatment, only having three tents, with the team leader living mixed with female team members.

The team members also have a tough time in the Jiu Provinces Main Camp, often facing discrimination.

Even though the other team members haven’t mentioned it in front of Ye Lingyue, it doesn’t mean that she is unaware.

Ye Lingyue signaled to Tang Lingbo, walked forward, wanting to see what was happening in the camp.

At the entrance of the camp, stood two burly men, no less sturdy than Tang Tiansong. They glanced at Ye Lingyue and Tang Lingbo, assuming they were ordinary female Demon Hunters, and didn’t react much.

When Ye Lingyue and Tang Lingbo walked into the camp, they discovered gambling taking place inside.

But unlike ordinary gambling, since it’s within the Jiu Provinces Main Camp, the gambling wasn’t for ordinary money, but entirely for Merit Points.

Moreover, those present were surprisingly figures at the team leader and vice team leader levels of various teams, their faces showing greed, as they wielded their Jiu Provinces Cards.

"One hundred thousand Merit Points, I’m betting on the Tang Family’s Representative Team."

"I bet 150,000 Merit Points on the Jin Family."

The Tang Family? The Jin Family?

Ye Lingyue was confused, while Tang Lingbo, after glancing a few times, understood and whispered a few sentences in Ye Lingyue’s ear.

"It seems that within the Jiu Provinces Main Camp, someone has set up a gamble on which of the Huangquan, Tang, and Jin teams will ultimately retrieve the Senluo Ghost Fruit King."

Tang Lingbo had been in the Jiu Provinces Main Camp longer than Ye Lingyue and had heard that there was a special entertainment activity there, namely an underground casino.

Because this round of the Jiu Provinces Hunting lasts so long, Demon Hunters and their teams remain in the Jiu Provinces Main Camp for half a year or even longer.

During this time, besides hunting demons, competitions like those at Fengyun Platform happen only occasionally, making the days extremely dull.

It’s unknown which noble family offspring or high-level personnel from the Jiu Provinces Alliance came up with the idea of the underground casino.

On the underground casino, one can bet on everything from the results of Fengyun Platform competitions, success or failure of a team’s missions, to the current Senluo Fruit mission, and most of the bets involve a substantial amount of Merit Points.

One gamble can make a team hunt demons till their hands tire.

Tang Lingbo had heard Tang Lei mention it before, but Tang Lingbo had never participated.

"The Alliance Leader Ning doesn’t manage such gambling?"

Ye Lingyue glanced at the emotionally charged Demon Hunters surrounding her.

"It’s useless to manage it. Moreover, I heard that the boss behind the gambling," generally speaking, the Tang Family originally was the strongest.

After all, they possess Great Divine Power Realm experts, with Tang Lingbo and Tang Lei at their strongest. But after Tang Lingbo’s death, it’s heard Lord Song quarreled with Tang Lei, likely involving super families."

Tang Lingbo shook her head.

"Super families? Isn’t the Tang Family a noble family of the Ancient Nine Provinces? Yet, Alliance Leader Ning doesn’t seem to highly regard the Tang Family."

Ye Lingyue was unimpressed.

"Although the Tang Family is an Outer World Family, it’s nothing compared to super families. The so-called super families are those that have produced several Void-level entities..."

As Tang Lingbo was speaking, a Demon Hunter asked.

"You two have been whispering for a while, are you betting or not? If not, leave."

Ye Lingyue and Tang Lingbo exchanged glances, neither expecting that upon entering the camp, they would be obliged to gamble.

Behind them, the two burly men who let them in earlier also stared at them aggressively.

"Bet, I’ll bet on the Huangquan Team."

Ye Lingyue glanced at the general value of the bets on the gambling table; the basic unit was thousand.

Red, yellow, blue, white, and black colors, with blue representing the Jin Family, accumulating bets worth twenty million Merit Points, with odds of two to one.

Red represented the Tang Family, with accumulated bets totaling thirteen million Merit Points, with odds of three to one.

Yellow represented the Huangquan Team, with odds of five to one.

White meant all three teams failed, with odds of one to one.

Black indicated unforeseen circumstances, where even if the mission was accomplished, it’s unrelated to the three teams, with odds also of five to one.

Ye Lingyue, earlier observing, heard bets on the Tang Family and Jin Family’s success, but no one betted on the Huangquan Team.

Being the team leader, she naturally felt uncomfortable.

"Huangquan Team?"

The Demon Hunter in charge of hosting heard this and rolled his eyes at Ye Lingyue, looking at her as she were an idiot.

Some other team leaders and vice team leaders nearby burst into laughter.

"I say, you two ladies have just arrived at the Jiu Provinces Main Camp not long ago, seeing the higher odds for the Huangquan Team and decided to bet? That Huangquan Team is a Fourth-tier Team; if they win, pigs might as well fly."

"What kind of talk is that? Isn’t there someone who bet on the Huangquan Team?"

Tang Lingbo was dissatisfied and pointed to the yellow area, where someone had betted ten thousand Merit Points.

Ten thousand Merit Points, although not a lot, isn’t a small amount either.

Especially with the high odds of the Huangquan Team, if they truly win, they’d earn fifty thousand Merit Points, which is an astonishing sum.

However, compared to other teams with millions, even the white area has 1.5 million bets; the Merit Points on the Huangquan Team and that black area are pitiably few.

"Not listening to advice will lead to loss soon, bets are final."

Ye Lingyue followed Tang Lingbo’s advice and, upon seeing this, frowned.

"Wait, I’ve changed my mind. I’ll bet..."

Ye Lingyue said, taking out Di Shen’s Jiu Provinces Card, thought for a bit, and drew twenty thousand Merit Points to bet on the black area.

If earlier, the crowd merely ridiculed Ye Lingyue and her companions for betting on the Huangquan Team, then Ye Lingyue’s action of betting on the black area was even more peculiar.

The black area, frankly speaking, indicates a fourth force involved in this task.

However, throughout the Jiu Provinces Main Camp, besides mission failure and attempts to recover the Senluo Ghost Fruit King, involving the Tang, Jin, and Huangquan, who would be foolish enough to infiltrate the Tongtian Tribe and oppose tens of thousands of demons?