Ask the Mirror Chapter 260: Gambler

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Night falls again. The Lichen Sect’s mountain gate is located thousands of feet high in the sky. There is little dust, so the light of the stars and moon is exceptionally clear. Especially when the night gets darker, the night sky is like black silk decorated with pearls and jade. It stretches to infinity and is intoxicating.

There was still an hour before the scheduled time, so Yu Ci arrived at Touchian Peak first and stepped into the field first. Although he still doesn't know why Zhang Yan would take the initiative to bet with him regardless of his face, but now that the matter is at this point, he still understands the principle of knowing oneself and the enemy, and being able to win a hundred battles. If one's cultivation is at a disadvantage, early preparations are becoming more and more important.

Different from the hustle and bustle during the day, there are not many people on Touching Heaven Peak at night. Occasionally, I met a few people inside who came specifically to watch the lively gambling fights.

The news that Zhang Yan sacrificed his dignity and had a bet with an outside disciple who came to the mountain gate to practice had already spread throughout the mountain gate after two days of fermentation, but it was far from reaching the point where the so-called "empty crowds" came to join in the fun.

Generally speaking, the lives of Shanmen monks, especially the monks of the Reality Department, are very regular. Except for those who have been in seclusion for a long time, people study the essence of the method and practice their practical abilities during the day, and at night they meditate and adjust their breath, absorb spiritual energy, and enhance their cultivation.

So every time late at night, Wanfa Jingshe is silent. Maybe the gambling itself is very curious, but people who concentrate on practice understand that practice is not easy, and most of them can still suppress the little Curiosity, stick to your own homework plan.

Zhang Yan should have had this consideration in setting the time at night.

After several trips up and down the cliff near the agreed-upon location, Yu Ci roughly figured out the terrain. Of course, there is no limit to the scope of the battlefield in gambling battles. Every corner of Touching Heaven Peak can become a battlefield. However, Yu Ci does not think that he can fight Zhang Yan to that extent, and he has no such intention.

"The odds of winning are not good..."

Both Li You and Meng Wei, including Hong Qianqiu, whom he had just met, told him very frankly that Zhang Yan might no longer be the Cardinal Dingding who single-handedly entered the Northern Wilderness at the age of forty-two and killed a sect. However, his decades-long foundation is still there, and many years of wasted time have not completely destroyed the man's outstanding swordsmanship, coupled with Huandan's cultivation of the gods. Suppression, under normal circumstances, Yu Ci's chance of winning is almost zero.

However, is it Yu Ci’s style to admit defeat before actually fighting?

In fact, Yu Ci already has a vague idea in mind, but due to the lack of the most intuitive understanding of Zhang Yan, it is difficult to implement it for the time being. Perhaps, he really has to wait until the gambling battle begins before he can make a decision.

After several leaps on the cliff, Yu Ci wanted to look in another direction, but after running a few miles, something caught his sight: that was at the intersection of the moonlight and the shadow of the cliff, a The person is half-lying and half-sitting on a protruding stone beam. His entire upper body is hidden in the shadows. Only his legs are hanging in the air, swinging back and forth in boredom.

Yu Ci was about to go around when a sudden movement occurred in his heart. He turned slightly to the side, borrowed an angle, and vaguely saw the man's face: "Senior Brother Zhang?"

When the man heard the greeting, he stood up in surprise and looked over. The two people's eyes met, and they were speechless for a moment: How could the opponent of tonight's gambling match meet here and now?

Yu Ci had only met Zhang Yan once, but she had a very deep impression on him.

Zhang Yan clearly gives people the impression of being "unkempt". There are many monks who are unkempt, and Hong Qianqiu is an example. But Zhang Yan was obviously different. The two times Yu Ci and him met, he was wearing a black Taoist robe that looked like it had never been changed every day. The front was torn open and the inner clothes were in a mess. This man's face was also unshaven. Similarly, Hong Qianqiu's words are rough and heroic, but when it comes to him, words like "down and out" and "decadent" seem to be specially prepared for him.

The reason for this feeling, Yu Ci thinks, may be that Senior Brother Zhang is more delicate and fair-skinned, but also has an unhealthy dark blue color. Moreover, this senior brother's eyes were too gloomy, his eyes were deeply sunken, and he always gave people the impression of being half-dead.

"Hello, Senior Brother Zhang."

Yu Ci was calm and behaved as expected. However, Zhang Yan was obviously a little distracted. He was stunned for a moment before nodding in response:

"Oh, Junior Brother Yu is here."

"Senior Brother Zhang came very early, shall we start now?"

"Let's do it as promised." Zhang Yan lay down in the shadow of the cliff again and spoke lazily.

Zhang Yan's voice was also very special. There seemed to be no energy in his words, just like the moans of a seriously ill person. Yu Ci frowned when he heard this, especially when he thought that the person in front of him was his opponent in the next bet, he felt even more unhappy.

Is this Zhang Yan’s attitude towards gambling?

Yu Ci grinned. It was not that he couldn't accept failure, but if he lost at the hands of such a person, he would feel aggrieved just thinking about it. He stood still, staring at Zhang Yan's face half-hidden in the shadows, recalling the news he had received from Li You and others.

Zhang Yan was also a famous figure in Shanmen back then. He reached the Huandan realm at the age of forty-two. Although he cannot be said to have the highest qualifications, he is still an eye-catching rising star in the mountain gate. The previous battle in the Northern Wilderness was his famous work. But for some reason, when he had a promising future, he suddenly became addicted to gambling and became addicted to it, unable to extricate himself. The rules he broke due to gambling made him spend two-thirds of the year thinking about his mistakes.

But the more this happened, the more he intensified. Over the past few decades, his cultivation level had not improved at all. The vigor and vigor he had gained when he advanced to Huandan also lost everything in this long gambling game. .

It was such a person who came to the door for no reason and took the initiative to bet with him... The ideas in Yu Ci's mind suddenly became clearer. He thought about it briefly and then walked over.

"I'll sit down for a while too." Yu Ci smiled and found a place beside Zhang Yan. The two were only four or five feet apart.

Zhang Yan was a little strange and raised his eyes to look at this rather unusual junior fellow apprentice. In fact, Yu Ci's name is already quite famous. Even a guy like him who is addicted to gambling has heard this name occasionally.

He knew that such a young man in his mid-twenties had already done several great things. The forces in Cliff City were reshuffled, and the Blood Monk's spirit-slaying conspiracy was overthrown. There was always the shadow of this young man in the aftermath. Such actions are even better than what he did back then. Moreover, he has a good temperament. It is no wonder that so many people are taking care of him just after he started. His good popularity is very enviable.

Well, these things have nothing to do with him anymore. As long as he is willing to admit defeat and do what the person wants...

At this time, Yu Ci spoke to him: "Senior Brother Zhang."

"Huh?"

"There is one thing I have always wanted to ask you. I wonder if Senior Brother Zhang can help me answer my question?"

"What's the matter? Let's talk about it after the gambling fight. Now we should recharge our batteries..." Zhang Yan said in a casual tone and closed his eyes again, as if these few words had used up all the strength in his body.

However, Yu Ci did not retreat without knowing the difficulty, and continued to ask: "I have also heard about senior brother's preferences. To put it bluntly, I think, with your temperament, senior brother, you are not capable of gambling or fighting with others. During the time in the garden, senior brother can find someone to bet on for thousands of times, why bother with this?"

This was actually quite rude, but Zhang Yanji was self-aware and did not get angry. He chuckled twice and said, "We are short on money, what can we do?"

"Huh? Senior brother, do you want to win the brand and exchange for gambling money?"

Yu Ci remembered that the gambler in front of him had set a very impressive record - the mountain gate had issued a special order: cut off the welfare supply of all Zhang Yan's cultivation resources, such as elixirs, magical tools, and cultivation venues. Wait, don't provide any more, so as not to let him take the elixir and magic weapon again, and then take him out to gamble.

Such a targeted method is said to be the first of its kind since the sect was founded. It is not wrong to say that it is unprecedented. This order forced Zhang Yan to a dead end. If he wanted to survive in Shanmen, he could only afford it by earning and struggling on his own. If he was still addicted to gambling, he would suffer.

But even so, this guy still hasn’t given up gambling. Nowadays, he only relies on the news of some good deeds in Tongde Hall, and the good deeds and rewards he received are all quickly squandered. No one in his family was willing to bet with him, so he went all the way to Beihuang, lost all his wealth, and then came back to continue looking for work.

This is probably the first person in the Lichen Sect who has become so addicted to gambling since the establishment of the sect.

Generally speaking, for the above edict, people think that the elders of the sect have exhausted their patience with Zhang Yan, but Yu Ci feels that it is not so much that the elders of the sect are displeased with him, but rather that they are still concerned about it. People have illusions and hope that this trick will force them to give up their gambling addiction and return to the right path.

But now it seems that this method and this thought are all in vain.

Yu Ci is not a sentimental person. As the war is approaching, he will not express emotions such as "what a pity". On the contrary, the vague ideas in my mind suddenly became clear.

He suddenly smiled and stared at Zhang Yan’s face, his eyes shining like stars:

"Senior Brother Zhang may not know this, but actually, I also like to gamble."

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