Richest Rag-picker

Chapter 332: Chapter 319: What’s the Reward for Tossing Chips into the Woven Bag? (Part 2)

When Demo Did mentioned that Fang Chenyi wasn’t going to the casino, the others paid him no mind. It had just been a casual question, after all. And so, the group hurried off toward the casino located on the eighteenth floor.

But as fate would have it, just as the group arrived on the eighteenth floor, so did Fang Chenyi, Qi Xiaotian, and Liu Yishou.

They ran right into each other. Demo Did froze for a second, then grinned and said:

"Hey, Boss! You’re early!"

The group was in a hurry to get inside, so they simply swept Fang Chenyi and his companions along with them toward the main hall. As they walked, Demo Did chattered on about the casino.

Fang Chenyi was left speechless. ’They obviously think I was here waiting for them.’

He knew, however, that his arrival was pure coincidence.

But the hallway wasn’t particularly wide and was packed with people, so he had no choice but to let the crowd carry him inside.

Once inside, Fang Chenyi found that the place really did resemble the casinos he’d seen in movies—in fact, it was even more extravagant.

The magnificent, gilded hall was filled with all sorts of gaming tables. Waiters in crisp suits weaved through the crowd, while provocatively dressed women in an assortment of qipaos and evening gowns hunted for their next mark.

"Haha, here, Boss! A million US Dollars in chips. Take them and have some fun."

While Fang Chenyi was still taking in the scene, Demo Did had already gotten his chips. He took a tray from one of his bodyguards and presented it to Fang Chenyi.

Fang Chenyi didn’t refuse. Compared to the value of his *Mona Lisa*, these chips were a mere drop in the bucket.

Seeing that Fang Chenyi didn’t refuse, Liu Yishou reached out and accepted the tray.

Fang Chenyi then told Demo Did it was his first time in a casino and that he just wanted to walk around a bit, so they should go ahead and play without him.

Demo Did agreed and left with his bodyguards.

They didn’t stick together either, instead splitting up to head to different parts of the casino.

Once Demo Did was gone, Fang Chenyi’s gaze fell on the large tray of chips. He smiled at Qi Xiaotian and Liu Yishou and said:

"You two take these and go have some fun. But whatever you do, don’t get hooked. Nine times out of ten, you lose when you gamble. If you lose it all, just let it be."

Both Qi Xiaotian and Liu Yishou were stunned.

’A million US Dollars in chips! He’s just giving them to us? That’s five hundred thousand each! Five hundred thousand US Dollars is almost three and a half million yuan. Brother Fang raised my salary to twenty thousand a month, which is only two hundred and forty thousand a year. Three and a half million... that’s almost fifteen years of my salary, and that’s if I don’t eat or drink!’

’And what was it Brother Fang said? "If you lose it all, just let it be"? Am I really going to take fifteen years of my salary and just lose it? I’d have to be out of my mind to do that.’

"No, no, I can’t, Brother Fang," Qi Xiaotian said. "This stuff is addictive. I’d better not touch it."

"Yeah, me neither, Brother Fang," Liu Yishou added.

Seeing their earnest expressions, Fang Chenyi smiled and nodded.

"Heh, you’re right. To be honest, even though I’m curious about this place, I don’t dare gamble myself. I’m afraid I wouldn’t have the willpower to stop. So, I’m not going to play either. How about this: you should be able to cash these chips back in over there. Split them between the two of you and go exchange them for cash later."

Those simple words made both of their hearts skip a beat, but they still shook their heads, refusing to take the money.

Fang Chenyi was quite satisfied with their attitude. ’Being able to control your own desires is no easy feat.’

"Heh, alright, stop making a fuss over such a small amount. People will start to think your Brother Fang is broke. Just take it. We’ll call it a salary advance."

With that, Fang Chenyi turned and walked deeper into the casino.

The two men behind him exchanged a look, a helpless expression mirrored in each other’s eyes.

After a lap around the floor, Fang Chenyi could feel how the casino’s atmosphere was designed to stir up desire. It was a world of pure hedonism, just like the ones described in novels.

"HOLY SHIT! I refuse to believe it! I’m definitely winning this hand! Come on, I’m betting five million US Dollars! A little bit of cash like this is nothing to your man Dimo!"

As Fang Chenyi meandered through the casino, Demo Did was in another section, shoving all his chips onto a table and shouting at the top of his lungs.

However, the hall was simply too crowded and noisy for Fang Chenyi to notice what was happening over there.

He continued his leisurely stroll, eventually stopping in front of a row of gaming machines. They looked a lot like the arcade cabinets he used to play as a kid.

They weren’t arcade games, though, but slot machines and coin pushers.

’Putting coin pushers on a rocking ship is a bold move,’ he thought. Luckily, the cruise liner was so stable that you could barely feel it move.

After he’d been watching for a moment, Qi Xiaotian came up beside him, still holding the tray.

"What do you think, Brother Fang? Want to try this one? It doesn’t look like it’d be too addictive."

As he spoke, Qi Xiaotian’s eyes were also drawn to the huge pile of ten-dollar chips teetering on the edge, with quite a few larger-denomination chips mixed in among them.

Fang Chenyi shook his head. "Nah, let’s skip it. If the chips don’t fall off on a rocking ship, it means there’s a trick to it. They’re not going to drop that easily."

But when his gaze landed on a small handful of ten-dollar chips that Qi Xiaotian offered him, an idea suddenly struck him. ’I wonder if "recycling" these will trigger a special reward from the system? And if it does, will the reward be in US Dollars?’

With that thought, Fang Chenyi reached out and took a few chips from Qi Xiaotian. Just as Qi Xiaotian and Liu Yishou assumed he was going to play, they watched him open his satchel and drop the whole handful inside.

[Host has collected one ten-dollar chip. System reward: 100 US Dollars. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check for receipt.]

[Host has collected one ten-dollar chip. System reward: 100 US Dollars. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check for receipt.]

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The notifications in his mind made Fang Chenyi shake his head. ’It’s what I expected, though. A tenfold return is still pretty good.’

But just as Fang Chenyi was considering whether he should "recycle" all one million US Dollars’ worth of chips that Qi Xiaotian was holding, another system notification made him freeze.

[Host has collected one ten-dollar chip, triggering a special system reward! Rewarding Host with: Pinnacle of Gambling Mastery! The skill has been directly infused into the Host’s sea of consciousness. Please experience it at your leisure.]

[Host has collected one ten-dollar chip. System reward: 100 US Dollars. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check for receipt.]

’Huh? It actually triggered a special reward? But this reward... holy hell, "Pinnacle of Gambling Mastery"? Weren’t all the skills I got before just at the "Proficient" level? This time it’s the "Pinnacle of Mastery." What does that even entail?’

Standing beside him, Qi Xiaotian and Liu Yishou saw Fang Chenyi put the chips in his satchel instead of playing. They had no idea what he was doing, but they knew they couldn’t ask.

When Fang Chenyi snapped out of his daze and looked at the coin pusher again, the principle of why the chips inside didn’t fall out easily instantly flooded his mind.

Not only that, Fang Chenyi felt as if a complete schematic of the coin pusher had been downloaded into his brain; he even knew the exact placement of every single screw.

Fang Chenyi had no doubt that he could build one from scratch without any issue. ’So this is the power of the Pinnacle of Gambling Mastery?’