Chapter 434: Chapter 434

"Accept it, of course we accept it. But you don't need to exchange chips for this, just go directly to the gambling table to play." that person replied. Though Xiaoyao's behavior was disappointing, even mosquito meat was still meat, one copper coin for each game wasn't bad either.

"Then why did you bring me here to exchange chips?" Xiaoyao said unhappily. "Isn't this wasting my time?"

"..." That person wanted to cry. Damn, I thought you would play bigger, didn't expect you to be unwilling to spend even ten coins at once, so stingy to only take out one copper coin.

"I thought the young master would gamble boldly once. Didn't expect you were just playing casually . Playing casually is fine too, no need to play too big." that person said with a forced smile. Honestly, he was still quite professional, didn't storm off or show displeasure.

"I'd also like to be bold once and exchange chips to play, but I only have this one copper coin on me now." Xiaoyao replied with a smile.

"Ah? Young master, you're really joking." That person was stunned at first, but quickly came to his senses, thinking Xiaoyao was joking. How could he only have one copper coin, he wouldn't believe it no matter what.

"I'm not joking. Before coming here, I spent some money buying things, they're all here." Xiaoyao patted the bulging pack on his back, which seemed to prove he wasn't lying.

"... Are you serious?" that person looked at Xiaoyao and asked quietly.

"Really!" Xiaoyao nodded.

"Then you play slowly, I have other business." At this point, if that person didn't storm off, it would be almost impossible. Damn, only one copper coin made me waste so much emotion!

Time to find another fat sheep. Sigh, shouldn't say "another"

"Oh, then goodbye!" Xiaoyao smiled, then went to play big or small. The rules were simple, everyone knew them. Generally it was just luck, as long as the house didn't cheat.

In this capital city, houses didn't cheat, this was commonly acknowledged. Anyway, no matter what you gambled, the house's winning probability was very high. As long as there were many customers, they earned more money. Cheating would actually earn much less, because it would affect the gambling house's reputation and fewer customers would come. Googlᴇ search noⅴelfire.net

What was generally said applied to ordinary people, ordinary people could only rely on luck. For gambling experts, they would listen to discern the internal situation and accurately calculate results. For such people, it was about comparing gambling skills.

The house's dice shaker was also an expert who could prevent people from hearing the internal situation. This was much simpler than listening, so generally speaking, to hear it required much higher gambling skills.

Xiaoyao murmured, then came to the gambling table. After everyone had placed their bets, he shouted loudly: "I bet on triple!"

"Triple? The odds are very high for that, but it's hard to hit. Little brother, think it over carefully." someone beside said. Triple was neither big nor small, if triple came up and you didn't bet on triple, you'd be wiped out.

But the probability of triple was very, very low, so naturally the odds were much higher too, about twenty times.

"No problem, I'm certain this round is triple! I'm betting," Xiaoyao said very seriously, then placed his bet, one copper coin!!

After everyone saw Xiaoyao's one copper coin, they all made dismissive sounds, looking down on Xiaoyao. They thought he was here to take big risks gambling large amounts, but it was just one copper coin. Even if he hit it, it would only be twenty coins, for people playing here, there wasn't much difference from one copper coin.

"Bets placed, hands off!" The house didn't even glance at Xiaoyao, addressing everyone.

Gamblers around the table began shouting for their chosen results. This was a very common phenomenon, which was why these large gambling houses separated these gambling methods, otherwise it would affect other games and other gamblers.

"Triple!" Xiaoyao shouted.

"Get lost!" everyone shouted at Xiaoyao. If triple came up, they'd all be wiped out. Xiaoyao naturally became public enemy.

They wouldn't think this round would be triple. Though the chance existed, as gamblers, who would want to think about such wiping possibilities? But the result left them gaping...

"Three fives, triple, everyone wiped out! Triple pays twenty coins!" The house opened the cup, all three dice showed five dots facing up. Xiaoyao won, he alone won.

For the house, this was the best possible result. Basically a complete wipe, with considerable earnings this round. For Xiaoyao's twenty coins, they readily produced two ten-coin chips.

For those gamblers, they could only look at Xiaoyao with resentful eyes. If allowed, they would even beat him up.

However, Xiaoyao didn't give them the chance. Taking his two chips and bet money, that one copper coin, he went to play something else.

Kid, lucky you ran fast, otherwise we'd definitely have taught you a lesson.

The gamblers glanced at Xiaoyao, then continued gambling. Such a small episode from Xiaoyao couldn't affect their enthusiasm, they continued as before.

No one would think Xiaoyao had heard the triple coming, they'd only think it was Xiaoyao's luck, absolutely just luck.

"Pai gow, let's play..."

Xiaoyao went to play pai gow...

"Double Heaven Supreme!!" Xiaoyao revealed his tiles.

"Damn, where did this kid get such dog shit luck to draw this hand. But what a waste! Just two small chips, if I had this hand, I could win a house."

Xiaoyao was envied again, envied for his good luck!

"Mahjong, this can be played for several rounds! This is good stuff..."

After Xiaoyao ran around several places, the chips in his hand had doubled and doubled again. Except for that one copper coin as his base bet, he almost always bet his entire fortune every hand, well, his entire current fortune.

He already had one tael of silver in chips. Though his one tael in chips didn't count as much here and was completely inadequate, if someone knew he had gone from one copper coin to one tael of silver, aside from shock, there would be no other expression.

Heavens, that was ten thousand times.

Mahjong wasn't generally house-banked at gambling establishments, there was no way to bank it. It was all gamblers playing among themselves, with the gambling house taking certain fees and rarely participating.

However, gambling houses sometimes opened betting pools with corresponding odds, but this was generally when famous players faced off. Though such opportunities weren't daily, they were very lively and popular.

For this, gambling houses would hold competitions every few days with generous prize money to attract famous players. They'd open betting pools and collect wagers, calculating odds properly so they basically couldn't lose.

This wasn't just mahjong, but also included go, chess, and so on, all had similar operations.

Whether it was Xiaoyao's luck or not, he happened to encounter a mahjong competition. Though just a small, not-too-big competition, it was quite lively with many skilled players.

This type of competition had no particular rules, you just needed to win a certain amount of money. Joining midway was fine too, since mahjong often had fewer players, and joining midway still had winning chances, just more difficult because being late meant winning much more than others to catch up.

Among those participating in these competitions were some experts, some were gambling house professionals, some were invited by the house, and some were just pure players. House professionals generally had high skill levels and were most stable, ensuring each competition's excitement.

"Kid, are you here to money?"

When Xiaoyao joined the table, a middle-aged man at the table looked at him with disdain, because Xiaoyao was too young. This sort of thing generally required accumulated experience. There were young experts, but very few truly skilled ones.

"I'm here to play around. Whether I money or not isn't important." Xiaoyao said with a smile.

Just playing around, such people were quite common. Everyone wasn't surprised and didn't pay much attention to someone like Xiaoyao joining, since he'd come down soon anyway.

"Then just play. Hope you don't lack money to pay up." the middle-aged man said again.

"Don't worry, I have one tael of silver!" Xiaoyao said very seriously.

People drinking water at the mahjong table spat it out. They had just thought Xiaoyao being so serious would mention a large amount, at least a hundred taels. Among those gambling here, there were plenty who threw around thousands of gold, one tael of silver was really laughable.

"Then you can only play one round. Any random turn might exceed your one tael. Then we'll have to pawn off your clothes, that fabric is quite good and worth some money." the middle-aged man smiled disdainfully.

Being able to wear clothes of such fabric shouldn't make him an ordinary person, at least not too poor.

Xiaoyao didn't know that his outfit had caused many misunderstandings about his identity, but he wouldn't change anything because he just wanted to dress comfortably, no need to make himself suffer.

Xiaoyao wasn't the type to shortchange himself to save money. Though he wouldn't waste, he would definitely spend on necessary things without any heartache. Besides, he had made these clothes himself, so they didn't cost much anyway.

"Maybe I'll be lucky and can play several more rounds." Xiaoyao smiled, saying nonchalantly.

"Good luck is useless, this requires skill!" the middle-aged man said disdainfully, wanting to shatter Xiaoyao's illusions.

"Luck is also a type of skill!" Xiaoyao said indifferently, continuing to arrange his tiles, organizing them neatly and placing them before himself.