nucmednet Chapter 125 The Mad Master
Chapter 125 The Mad Master
After a final argument, the odds were settled at 45.58.
It was Shen Rugo's idea to set such detailed figures.
The numbers shouldn't be too round; after all, people aren't stupid, and it's unlikely that they'd happen to be forty or fifty times.
Including a small fraction or decimal point makes it believable that it was calculated carefully.
45.58 times the odds—this payout must have driven those people ecstatic.
After all, earning 45.58 times the profit from 100 top-grade spirit stones would amount to 4,558 top-grade spirit stones.
One thousand is forty-five thousand five hundred and eighty top-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to four million five hundred and fifty-eight thousand low-grade spirit stones.
That's an astonishing number.
"These spirit stones are all kept here. This secret room is the safest place; no one can get in."
As for your spirit stones, and mine, we can each take them.
Of course, our odds aren't 45.58, but 1500.
When Xingchen Daoren saw Shen Rugo hesitate for a moment before nodding in agreement, he was overjoyed. With a wave of his hand, a pile of spirit stones flew up. Soon, the 1,000 top-grade spirit stones he had bet on, along with the 1.5 million top-grade spirit stones he received at a 1,500-fold payout, quickly entered his storage bag. He grinned from ear to ear.
His small storage bag was almost completely full.
The spirit stones that Shen Rugo collaborated on with Qinghe Daoren were given to her by Qinghe Daoren with a wave of his hand. He directly put 1,500 top-grade spirit stones into Shen Rugo's storage bag, keeping only a little over one-third for himself.
“Uncle-Master, let’s work together and split the profits 50/50, each of us getting half.”
Shen Rugo quickly replied.
"You child, don't argue with me. I'm an old man with so many spirit stones, enough for me to show off for the rest of my life."
As for drinking and eating meat, even five hundred years wouldn't be enough to spend it all.
"You have a long road ahead of you, and there will be many places where you'll need spirit stones."
"The Taoist priest of Qinghe said with a smile."
"That's right, that's right. It was given to you by your senior uncle, so you should just accept it."
The Starry Sky Taoist also smiled and said.
With so many spirit stones on him, he was truly wealthy and powerful, and he stood up exceptionally straight.
"Since you put it that way, Uncle-Master, I'll keep these spirit stones for now. If you ever need more, just ask me for them."
As Shen Rugo spoke, she suddenly turned to look at Xingchen Daoren.
"Why are you looking at me like that all of a sudden, kid? I've never partnered with you."
Xingchen Daoist had a bad feeling and quickly took two steps back, covering the storage bag.
“Master, we just performed the apprenticeship ceremony, and you have acknowledged me as your disciple. I didn’t have a chance to kowtow to you earlier, so I’ll make up for it now.”
As she spoke, Shen Rugo knelt on the ground and began kowtowing to Daoist Xingchen with a series of loud thuds.
"No, no, no, get up quickly, please don't kowtow!"
The Star Daoist sensed something was wrong and shouted loudly, trying to stop them.
Unfortunately, Shen Rugo was too fast, and in the blink of an eye, she had kowtowed three times.
Standing to the side, Qinghe Daoist looked at Xingchen Daoist with a smile on his face.
“Master, I must kowtow, because you are my master.”
After Shen Rugo stood up, she said with a smile.
"Just kowtowing, nothing else?"
Daoist Xingchen looked suspicious.
"Master, what do you think?"
Shen Rugo's smile deepened, and she even winked at Qinghe Daoren.
"You brat, can't you see that? Still pretending to be stupid? Rugo kowtowed to you as your disciple, are you just going to let it go like this? Don't you even know how to give your disciple a gift?"
Qinghe Daoist's face turned cold.
The Starry Sky Daoist has earned far more spirit stones than him; he must be taken advantage of.
"Oh, a gift?"
The Starry Sky Taoist cried out in surprise.
"What's wrong with this?"
Shen Rugo and Qinghe Daoist both looked at him at the same time.
"Well, well, it seems that when those five brats kowtowed to me to become my disciples, I didn't give them any gifts."
"I, your master, have always been fair and impartial, treating everyone equally. If I had given you a gift and those five brats found out, they would never forgive me, especially Chen Tianba."
The Starry Sky Daoist was stunned for a moment, then shouted out with righteous indignation.
To be honest, he used to be dirt poor, and when Xiao Changkong and the others became his disciples, he really didn't have any gifts to give them.
"Of course we know that. Because you were really poor back then and couldn't afford a gift. But things are different now; you're a very wealthy man."
Qinghe Daoren and Shen Rugo spoke in unison and walked towards him from the left and right respectively.
Upon seeing this, Daoist Xingchen used a spatial technique to turn and run away.
Clearly, the father and son had their eyes on the spirit stones he possessed and wanted to steal them.
But then, with a loud "bang," it crashed into the hard stone wall.
Instantly, a large bump appeared on his forehead, and his eyes filled with stars.
"You little brat, you think you can run away from me?"
The smug voice of the Taoist Qinghe rang out.
"Uncle-Master, how can you show me no respect at all? Rugo is still here."
Daoist Xingchen cried out loudly, feeling wronged.
"You brat, do you think our Ruge doesn't know your personality?"
She knew all along that you were going to use spatial magic to escape, and she told me to prepare in advance.
"I am very pleased with myself," said the Taoist priest of Qinghe.
This senior apprentice, how could he tell such things to outsiders?
Shen Rugo rolled her eyes at Qinghe Daoist, but immediately ran to Xingchen Daoist and reached out to touch the large bump on his forehead, comforting him, "Master, how could you be so careless and bump into something so hard? This big bump on your head is really affecting your image as the sect leader."
"Stop! Don't touch me! It hurts so much!"
Master Xingchen retreated repeatedly, his face full of vigilance.
This little apprentice is too clever; he's really a bit scared.
"You brat, hurry up and hand over your gift, or you're not leaving here today."
"We, Ruge, are cunning and meticulous; your every move is within her calculations."
Qinghe Daoist casually raised his hand and waved it, setting up a barrier around Xingchen Daoist.
“Alright, I’ll give you a gift. I’ve always been poor and don’t have anything good on me. Right now, all I have are spirit stones.”
"How about I give you 50,000 top-grade spirit stones? No, 100,000?"
Daoist Xingchen gritted his teeth, gestured, and took out 100,000 top-grade spirit stones, placing them in front of Shen Rugo.
"You little brat, are you trying to fob me off like a beggar?"
Shen Rugo from our family has over 1.5 million top-grade spirit stones in her bag, would she care about your 100,000?
A master should act like a master; he should be magnanimous!
Before Shen Rugo could speak, Qinghe Daoist called out.
"How about this, with so many spirit stones, I'll decide and give Ruge another 500,000 top-grade spirit stones?"
Suddenly, Xingchen Daoist's eyes flashed as he looked at the large pile of spirit stones.
"Don't even think about touching these spirit stones. Apart from those allocated to Xiao Changkong and his people, these are the resources of our Star Palace. No one is allowed to touch them, not even you, the sect leader."
Qinghe Daoist opened his eyes wide, his voice sharp and stern.
"Then, I'll add another 100,000 top-grade spirit stones. That'll be 1.5 million in total, plus 200,000 as a gift. Is that alright?"
Daoist Xingchen gritted his teeth and took out another 100,000 top-grade spirit stones.