Old Man Gu nodded to Mo Buping to show his encouragement. Mo Buping asked, "We have made an appointment to go on a boat trip to Mochou Lake to analyze tomorrow's battle situation. Senior Gu, won't you go with us?"
"You guys go ahead, I have something to do and I'll be there later."
Old Man Gu went to an inn outside Shengqi Tower and came to a guest room that he had booked three days ago. He checked the defensive talisman hidden on the door lintel and found that everything was as before, so he pushed the door in and sat silently at the table.
waiting.
About an hour later, he arrived at the people he was waiting for. There were four monks in total, the leader was a great mage, and the remaining three were all golden elixirs. The four of them had ordinary faces, and they were the kind of people who were difficult to recall clearly unless they were particularly familiar.
people.
Although they may look ordinary, their abilities are extraordinary. They are all dead men who have been trained by Old Man Gu for twenty years. He personally teaches the skills, prepares suitable magic weapons for them, and allows him to practice the Four Elephants Combination Attack technique for ten years.
, was extremely powerful during the assassination. He once ambushed a master in a certain pavilion five years ago without anyone knowing about it. The name of that master is still on the missing list of Dongji Pavilion, and the sect is still suffering.
Waiting for news.
With such a lineup, it would be easy to assassinate a newly-deceased Archmage!
However, what seemed to be an easy task failed today. Seeing the expressions on these people, Old Man Gu knew the result.
"Sit down. What's going on?"
The leading mage sat down and said, "No one is here. I don't know where he went."
Old Man Gu was a little surprised: "I saw him walking back."
"I don't know, I just didn't see anyone. I asked Xiaosi to look for him on the way, but I didn't see him. I don't know where he went temporarily, or whether he took another road back to Baoyue Villa, just like last time at the entrance of Wuyi Alley.
Same."
"It shouldn't be. This time is different from Wuyi Alley. It's uncertain whether he can enter Wuyi Alley or not. But this time he checked three days in advance. This is the road he takes every time he goes back...
…Could it be that you were exposed?”
"We were not exposed. We immediately changed locations before waiting for him, and we also deliberately paid attention to the ambush points. After waiting for so long, we did not see any sign that he would bring anyone back to search."
"That means he escaped temporarily because of something?
"It should be."
Old Man Gu thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter. I'll tell you when I get it right next time. You guys should go back quickly."
The leading mage hesitated and said: "Teacher, do you really want to kill him?"
Old Man Gu asked: "What do you mean?"
"Does the two mistakes mean that he is a person favored by God? I heard that he can predict severe droughts and pray for rain and snow..."
Old Man Gu said angrily: "Why is he favored by God? Let me tell you, his prediction of drought was due to the number of plum blossoms given by Patriarch Longyang. He lost three years of his life because of this! If he is really favored by God, can he lose his life? And, then,
It was not him who prayed for the rain and snow, it was just a coincidence! He had expressed this in private many times, otherwise why hadn't he been asked to pray for rain for a whole year? There was a drought in northern Shanxi last year, so why hadn't he been asked to go? These
You don’t know things. From my point of view, you have read too many journals. You have to have the most basic judgment on what you can and cannot believe!”
The great mage nodded slowly, and he and the other three junior brothers breathed a sigh of relief: "When the teacher said this, we felt much more relieved."
Old Man Gu said with some sadness: "Having said this, I still want to remind you to keep one thing in mind at all times. The family business that our masters and apprentices have worked so hard to build is about to be destroyed! Zhao Zhiran, Wei Chaozong, Dongfang Li,
Even Qiu Yunqing and Zhuo Yunfeng are our great enemies! Removing these people may not save Xiu'an, but it may bring about a turn for the better. Not to mention Qiu Yunqing and Zhuo Yunfeng, but other
The three must be killed as soon as possible, and Zhao Zhiran is the top priority among them! Last year, I judged that he might harm us and other important things, so I returned to the capital. Unfortunately, I was too cautious and failed to take action early, which led to today's great changes...
"
After some admonishment, Old Man Gu ordered the gathering point to be abandoned and to find another inn again.
Before parting, several disciples asked one after another: "Teacher, did you buy the lottery tickets for us?"
Old Man Gu said: "I bought it, why are you panicking? I will cash it out for you when you win. I'll say it again, you need to sign to buy a lottery ticket, so don't buy it privately."
Several disciples agreed and parted ways. Old Man Gu wandered to the Mochou Lake. After walking along the shore for a while, he saw the boat Mo Bu and others were riding.
After boarding the boat, he immediately joined in the heated debate and put forward his prediction for tomorrow's battle.
I have to admit that this small circle's predictions for the practice ball competition are quite accurate. They can basically support themselves by buying lottery tickets and live a relatively comfortable life. This shows that the winning rate is high.
This was fully proved in the first round of the competition the next day. The five people purchased a thousand bet combinations in total, each spending twenty taels of grain silver. The winning rate was generally over 15%, among which Mo Buping
It reached 20%.
A total of one hundred and fifty-seven taels were redeemed. Including Mo Buping and Old Man Gu, everyone made a profit of more than twenty-five taels, and only one person lost five taels.
If a small casual cultivator like Mo Buping can earn ten or twenty taels in one period, it will be five, six hundred, or even seven or eight hundred taels in a year. This is enough to ensure their comfortable life of cultivation. More
What's more, it also contains the chance of winning the heavenly prize, which is really indescribably satisfying.
After the prize redemption was completed, everyone shared their experiences. Two of them were frequent visitors to gambling houses in Beijing. They both said that they no longer go to gambling houses after playing the lottery. Not only did they feel refreshed, but their families also supported it.
Old Man Gu also smiled and sighed: "I used to be fond of gambling and lost countless silver coins. Although buying lottery tickets is only a small amount of money, it is more meaningful than simply playing in a gambling house. The knowledge involved is really broad and profound. I have studied it all my life.
I don’t know, so I stopped gambling. One day, if I study it thoroughly, and with a little luck, I can win ten thousand taels with one bet, which is a hundred times better than a gambling house!”
Several people talked about the lottery ticket that attracted the most attention in this period, but it did not bring good news to everyone. They won the lottery, but it was not a heaven prize, a ground prize, or a mysterious prize, but a space prize.
.
After this year's competition was changed from the top eight to the top ten, each group has one more game, and the combination number has been increased from twelve to fifteen. The difficulty has increased, but the awards have also added a Yu Award, and the Human Award.
Previously, once this issue was issued, it could be redeemed for one, two or six dollars.
The Yu prize means that four out of fifteen events were guessed wrong. Someone immediately said in disappointment: "It's still Abbot Zhao, and it's the general consultant of the organizing committee. It's not as good as me to buy a lottery ticket. I'm blind and follow him to buy it."
What the hell!"
Mo Buping said: "I'm quite happy. It's just that I won a prize, which shows that there is no shady secret in the practice ball competition. For lottery players like us, nothing is more important than a benign competition."
Old Man Gu also chuckled: "It's not bad to win one, two or six dollars. In fact, if you think about it carefully, if you really win the heavenly prize, how much will you get? I heard that there will be more people buying this year. Assuming the lottery pool of the heavenly prize
It has increased to 20,000 silver, but how much can you get? Yesterday, just you and I were present, but more than a hundred people bought this bet. How long did this news spread while you and I were away? How many people were there?
Will you buy this bet after hearing the news? So even if you win the heavenly prize, it will be the most amazing heavenly prize in history, and you won't get dozens of taels of silver."
Several people thought the same thing and immediately became happy. Old Man Gu added: "Xiao Mo is right. For us, the most important thing is that there is no shady story. Thinking back to the past when I participated in gambling, why did I lose everything? Is that true?
What a shame! It's a pity that I didn't think about it at the time... I thought we should think of a way to write a couplet or something, with good words in short, and send it to Xiangluxuan to inform Abbot Zhao and Li Yuan.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude, and also create momentum for the competition to become more popular, and we will do our best!"