Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 993 - 991: I Paid Off His Debt! [Ninth Update]

Zuo’s Business Firm is extraordinarily large.

Inside, there are many shops available for external leasing.

Of course.

Some of the most profitable industries are still under the control of the Zuo Family.

This Zuo’s Business Firm is also among the top five clans in the Yellow Region, ranking only after Domain Lord Huanyu, Zou Shaolong, and comparable to the Qiu Family where Qiu Yiyun belongs, as the second-tier family of the Yellow Region.

The Gambling Stone Workshop is indeed one of the most profitable businesses of Zuo’s Business Firm.

As the name suggests.

Gambling stones are gambling on raw stones.

Before the raw stones are unpacked, except for a few that are directly exposed in the mine and can be directly extracted, a large part of them is hidden under the stone skin. Due to the unique formation of raw stones, their stone skins are extremely tough, and can block spiritual probing.

Even a saint-level powerhouse cannot see through the stone skin of raw stones to determine whether there are raw stones inside.

One cut heaven, one cut hell.

This is what gambling on stones means.

Although gambling on stones carries an extremely high risk, and even some experienced gambling stone masters often fail here,

occasionally, there are a few lucky ones, as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Who bought the gambling stones at the price of a few raw stones, yet they could uncover hundreds to thousands of raw stones.

The profit is hundreds to thousands of times!

This is enough to drive the vast majority of people crazy!

Master Ning’s full name is Ning Delun.

He is also a well-known gambling stone master in the main city of the Yellow Region. It is said that Ning Delun was originally just an ordinary powerhouse in the Nantian Dynasty, but he has exceptional talent in gambling stones. Once, on a random occasion, he bought a gambling stone for ten million Gold Coins and uncovered three hundred raw stones from it.

Thus, he became famous in one battle.

He even spent one hundred raw stones to buy a quota to reside in the sacred land.

Compared to the resources of raw stones in the Nantian sacred land, those gambling stones venues in the Nantian Dynasty could only be called street workshops.

After entering the Nantian sacred land, Ning Delun became unstoppable, sometimes uncovering several gambling stones containing raw stones. Over time, he accumulated a significant fortune in the Nantian sacred land, which can be deduced from his ability to gather up tens of thousands of raw stones as capital.

Tens of thousands of raw stones, ah!

Even if the Nantian Dynasty were to dig three feet into their treasury, they could not produce so many.

And the gambling stone he chose today was obtained by Zuo’s Business Firm from a mine vein a hundred years ago, this stone has always been priced very high, with frequent inquiries, but few are truly willing to take the chance. Today, Ning Delun has finally decided to take the gamble, which can be called a grand event in the Gambling Stone Workshop.

The news attracted countless gambling stone enthusiasts, who crowded around the Gambling Stone Workshop.

Xiao Yi mingled among the crowd as he arrived at the Gambling Stone Workshop.

Wherever he looked.

Xiao Yi was soon drawn to a thin middle-aged man in the crowd, who had a pair of goatee beards and a sleazy face. Of course, it was not his build or appearance that attracted him, but the man’s left eye.

His left eye strangely had a golden vertical pupil, which gave Xiao Yi a very familiar feeling.

It seemed familiar.

Through the conversations of others, Xiao Yi also learned the identity of this sleazy middle-aged man – he was the well-known gambling stone master, Ning Delun.

"Where have I seen this left eye before?"

Xiao Yi looked puzzled.

At that moment...

A regretful sigh suddenly spread through the crowd: "Damn, it’s collapsed, there are only a few broken primal stones inside? Did Master Ning misjudge? No wonder it has been untouched for over a hundred years; no one dared to touch it!"

"It’s such a shame, I thought there wouldn’t be any issues with Master Ning making a move!"

"Even the immortals can hardly discern the quality of jade, let alone primal stones..."

"Master Ning has suffered a huge loss, it seems all his savings over the years might have gone into this!"

In the midst of murmuring voices.

Ning Delun’s face turned pale, he staggered backward several steps, looking considerably deflated, especially his left eye with vertical pupils dimmed, blood streaming down as he mumbled in despair, "Impossible, how could it collapse? I, I couldn’t have misjudged..."

"Master Ning, everyone makes mistakes, horses stumble. You’ve been immersed in the gambling stone field for many years, haven’t you seen through these yet?"

A young man holding a feather fan walked into the Gambling Stone Workshop, a playful and arrogant smile on his face. He squinted his eyes, especially when looking at Ning Delun’s left eye, his eyes showed a faint trace of Greed, and he said softly, "Master Ning, now you’ve lost all your possessions and are still in heavy debt, right? If you don’t want to lose your reputation and be driven out of the holy land, I advise you to cooperate with this young master and hand over what I want!"

"Hmph, indeed I am in debt, but what does that have to do with you?" Ning Delun retorted coldly.

"Isn’t that the third young master of Zuo’s Business Firm, Zuo Tianlin? Why is he confronting Master Ning?"

"You don’t know? I heard that the reason Master Ning used to win every gamble on stones was because he accidentally obtained a mystical artifact, and it seems young master Zuo is coveting it now!"

Nothing stays hidden under the sun.

Ning Delun, being an ordinary strongman within the Nantian Dynasty, managed to make a name for himself in the brutal world of stone gambling, naturally, countless people wanted to uncover his secrets.

Zuo Tianlin grinned, pulled out a stack of contracts from his bosom, and waved it in front of Ning Delun: "Sorry, but this does concern me. I forgot to tell you, that the debt of primal stones you borrowed externally has all been transferred to me. The contract clearly states if you don’t return the primal stones by today, the interest will increase by ten percent every day, Master Ning, have you thought it through?"

Sss!

Sounds of sharp intakes of breath suddenly echoed around.

Ten percent interest every day?

Even if Ning Delun only borrowed a thousand primal stones, that’s a hundred primal stones in interest every day!

Ning Delun’s face changed drastically, flush with a surge of anger, he roared: "I wondered why those guys lent the primal stones to me so readily; it turns out it was all your machination? Very well, Zuo Tianlin, you are impressive. To obtain information about the Ancient Sky-Devouring Dragon, you even resort to such means. You are despicable!"

"Ancient Sky-Devouring Dragon?"

In the crowd, Xiao Yi’s face dramatically changed.

He finally remembered why Ning Delun’s left eye looked so familiar; wasn’t it just like Little Lin’s when he reverted to his true form?

"This Ning Delun actually got the left eye of an Ancient Sky-Devouring Dragon? Maybe he knows something about the Ancient Sky-Devouring Dragons..." Xiao Yi’s heart raced, as Little Lin was still in slumber, and finding the Ancient Sky-Devouring Dragon clan was essential to finding a way to awaken him.

However, the Ancient Sky-Devouring Dragon clan had been lost without a trace since ancient times.

Without any information.

He never expected that his visit to Nantian holy land this time would lead him to meet Ning Delun.

"Despicable? You refused the ceremonial wine and thus must drink the penalty wine. I tried to negotiate nicely with you, yet you consistently refused to reveal where you got the Ancient Sky-Devouring Dragon’s left eye from, I just had to take some measures!"

Zuo Tianlin shook the loan contract in his hand, proudly saying, "I advise you to just tell this young master frankly, then I can return the contract to you. Otherwise, don’t blame this young master for reporting to the Arbitration Place and having you banished from the holy land. Once you are out of the holy land, whether to crush or twist you is up to this young master to decide!"

Within the holy land, fighting is strictly prohibited.

Even the powerful Zuo’s Business Firm dared not make a move within the holy land.

The only way was to have Ning Delun banished from the holy land.

Once he lost the status of being a resident in the holy land, Ning Delun would be a mere ant that the Zuo’s Business Firm could easily crush.

Ning Delun’s face turned from pale to white.

He knew that today’s crisis was likely insurmountable.

Amidst his hesitations.

A calm voice rose from the crowd: "I’ll pay off this debt for him!"