BookMe Chapter 455: Chu Xinghe should have never lost, right?
Chapter 455: Chu Xinghe should have never lost, right?
Once upon a time, the Black Tortoise believed he had mastered the mysteries of Fortune Essence and stood at its pinnacle!But at this moment, the Black Tortoise suddenly realized... his understanding of Fortune Essence was somewhat different from Chu Xinghe's.
Initially, when Chu Xinghe chose these small Black Tortoises, it seemed normal for there to be no issues.
After all, out of a thousand small Black Tortoises, only ten were wrongly chosen, so under normal circumstances, it was almost impossible to choose incorrectly.
But as the selection went on, the Black Tortoise realized something was off.
Chu Xinghe was no longer selecting the small Black Tortoises one by one as before; he started choosing them in batches while blindfolded.
Without a word, he would choose an entire batch!
Accompanying Chu Xinghe's bizarre selection method, even stranger things began to happen.
The small Black Tortoises with true Black Tortoise power seemed to cooperate with Chu Xinghe. Any area he chose, regardless of how many small Black Tortoises with Black Tortoise power were there, would inexplicably fly away before Chu Xinghe made his choice!
The Black Tortoise watched helplessly as, under Chu Xinghe's batch selections, the small Black Tortoises flying chaotically in the sky dwindled from a thousand to less than a hundred in no time.
Then to eighty... fifty... thirty... twenty...
When only the last twenty small Black Tortoises remained, Chu Xinghe made his final choice.
"Only twenty left, huh? Then let's choose these ten on the left together!"
As Chu Xinghe spoke, the ten small Black Tortoises on the left exploded, and none of them had Black Tortoise power.
The ones with Black Tortoise power were the remaining ten small Black Tortoises on the right.
What the Black Tortoise found hard to accept was that the moment Chu Xinghe finished his final selection... the ten small Black Tortoises on the right lined up in an orderly sequence from one to ten as if arranged at a specific time!
The Black Tortoise was at a loss for words.
As Chu Xinghe's selection ended, applause erupted on the scene, but looking at the others present, apart from Dou Ding, you couldn't see much excitement on their faces.
It was as if they already knew this would be the result.
Chu Xinghe, amidst the Black Tortoise's confusion, removed his blindfold and looked at the ten neatly arranged small Black Tortoises with Black Tortoise power, maintaining a calm demeanor.
What could he do... didn't he know his own situation?
If you said Chu Xinghe deliberately chose wrong today, then he was bound to lose... but if you said he chose completely right... then Chu Xinghe really didn't know how to lose.
Seeing the bewildered Black Tortoise, Tantai Jing patted the Black Tortoise's shoulder in consolation.
Others might not understand how the Black Tortoise felt at this moment, but Tantai Jing did.
That time when Dark Moon City opened, Chu Xinghe passed through the formation by throwing a shoe. When Tantai Jing later learned about it, do you know how he felt?
So, if you said to compete with Chu Xinghe in other things, Tantai Jing, though despairing, still held a sliver of hope.
But if you talked about pure Fortune Essence, what was the point of competing with Chu Xinghe?
Wasn't it a guaranteed loss?
The atmosphere on the scene was somewhat strange... because after Tantai Jing, Zheng Yu and others also came up to console the Black Tortoise.
"Black Tortoise Sovereign, don't be discouraged. Your Fortune Essence is actually very strong... it's just that you encountered Senior Brother Xinghe."
"Yes, yes... Black Tortoise Sovereign, you are a master of the mysteries of Fortune Essence... don't doubt yourself over a small failure today."
"Black Tortoise Sovereign... actually, without considering Senior Brother Xinghe, you didn't really lose..."
"Yes, yes... Black Tortoise Sovereign, rest assured, I'll tell Senior Brother Xinghe not to gamble with you in the future..."
Facing the consolation from this group of youngsters, the Black Tortoise felt like he was about to cry.
Weren't they supposed to learn what it meant for a gambler to meet a bad end?
How did it turn into me, the big gambler, being lectured?
Is this Chu Xinghe even human?
What kind of Fortune Essence is this? With such Fortune Essence, this person probably never knows what losing is!
The Black Tortoise couldn't restrain his curiosity and directly asked Chu Xinghe if he had ever known what losing was.
Facing the Black Tortoise's question... Chu Xinghe's eyes welled up with tears...
Well... Black Tortoise Sovereign... you're overthinking it...
I, Chu Xinghe, not only lose, but I also lose inexplicably all the time... Fortune Essence, this thing, is unreliable when it should be, and incredibly reliable when it shouldn't be...
Whether you master the mysteries of Fortune Essence or not, I, Chu Xinghe, don't know, but I do know that Fortune Essence keeps mystifying me all the time...
Hearing Chu Xinghe say he loses inexplicably all the time, the Black Tortoise was unconvinced. Are you kidding me?
With Fortune Essence like yours, how could you lose?
Unwilling to accept defeat, the Black Tortoise then engaged in several rounds of competition with Chu Xinghe...
From dice and Pai Gow... to blind guessing of size and numbers...
As long as it involved anything related to Fortune Essence, Chu Xinghe demonstrated to the Black Tortoise what a crushing defeat looked like.
By the end of the crushing defeat, the Black Tortoise no longer resembled a kind old grandfather; he looked like a frustrated old man who had lost everything...
The Black Tortoise was now teary-eyed, looking at the helpless Chu Xinghe, and broke down.
Damn it, you said you were always losing?
You call this always losing, Chu Xinghe?
Isn't your losing a bit too outrageous?
Facing the Black Tortoise's complaints, Chu Xinghe swore to the heavens, Black Tortoise Sovereign, if you said anything else, I, Chu Xinghe, would accept it today, but if you say I've never lost, I really can't accept it...
Should I take off my clothes and show you? My back is full of holes... you have no idea, no matter what kind of Fortune Essence, it has no use in front of a bunch of backstabbing dogs, you know!
No one cared about how dejected the Black Tortoise was; at this moment, Zheng Yu and others retrieved their previous bets from the Black Tortoise, but when it came to distributing the Fortune Essence inheritance, the Black Tortoise cried.
His Fortune Essence was indeed strong, but to provide Fortune Essence inheritance to seven people at once, after this round of inheritance... what Fortune Essence would the Black Tortoise still control?
What? You ask why it's seven people... does Chu Xinghe need the Black Tortoise's Fortune Essence inheritance?
If the Black Tortoise's Fortune Essence were to be inherited by Chu Xinghe, would that even be considered an inheritance? That would be tarnishing Chu Xinghe's Fortune Essence!
Seven strands of Fortune Essence flew from the Black Tortoise's body, entering their bodies according to the size of their bets.
These seven strands of Fortune Essence almost drained all the Fortune Essence from the Black Tortoise's body, and it was uncertain if the Black Tortoise's Fortune Essence could recover after leaving.
To be fair, Zheng Yu and the others were considerate, at least they didn't make the Black Tortoise leave his shell behind...
While receiving the Black Tortoise's Fortune Essence inheritance, they were still comforting the Black Tortoise.
"Black Tortoise Sovereign, don't worry, Fortune Essence is just an ethereal existence... if it's gone, it's gone... nothing to be upset about."
"Senior Brother Zheng Yu is right... even without Fortune Essence, Black Tortoise Sovereign, you are still strong... besides, without Fortune Essence, Senior Brother Xinghe has helped you quit gambling..."
"Yes, yes... Black Tortoise Sovereign, you just said it yourself, gamblers meet bad ends... now you don't have to be a gambler anymore..."
It must be said, the seven were good at comforting others, and under their series of consolations, the Black Tortoise's tears were comforted away. It was clear that the Black Tortoise was indeed comforted.
No one questioned whether the Fortune Essence given by the Black Tortoise matched their bets, not because the seven were kind, but mainly because they saw that the white glow of Fortune Essence originally enveloping the Black Tortoise had now completely transferred to them.
All the Fortune Essence from the Black Tortoise had been obtained by the seven of them.
The Black Tortoise immediately took out the Black Tortoise Star Chart and activated the Black Tortoise Altar for everyone...
But after losing Fortune Essence, the Black Tortoise was somewhat unlucky... it took him three tries to successfully activate the Black Tortoise Altar...
Seeing the unlucky Black Tortoise after losing Fortune Essence, Chu Xinghe quickly reminded him.
"Well... Black Tortoise Sovereign, without Fortune Essence, you must be very careful..."
Whether it was due to the influence of Fortune Essence or the strong impact of Chu Xinghe's words... the departing Black Tortoise accidentally fell into a ditch...
Chu Xinghe didn't know if the Black Tortoise's Fortune Essence could recover, but he knew that if it couldn't, the Black Tortoise would have to be very careful in the future...
But there was no need to worry about the Black Tortoise ending up like Jiang Yunhe, accidentally dying somewhere, after all, the Black Tortoise not only had invincible Fortune Essence, but also awesome defense.
Even if he wanted to die by accident, he didn't have the conditions for it!
After sending off the desolate Black Tortoise, Chu Xinghe held the Star Chart, and at this moment, the atmosphere on the scene became somewhat tense.
More tense than when they were undergoing the Black Tortoise's test earlier.
Chu Xinghe felt his palms sweating!
Well, Tantai... Xiao Ji... this is our last chance... can you be a bit more reliable?
After three consecutive failures, I, Chu Xinghe, must calculate carefully this time, how to ensure that the last attempt is a guaranteed failure.
Holding the Star Chart, Chu Xinghe was still the first to step into the Black Tortoise Altar, looking at the Black Tortoise Star Chart in his hand, he even tried to see if he could make a mistake while setting up the formation!
But it turned out that this method was completely unworkable; the Star Chart could only be embedded in the groove after setting up the correct formation, and if it was an incorrect formation, the Star Chart couldn't be embedded properly.
The path of the incorrect formation was blocked, so the question arose, should this attempt be placed upright or upside down?
At this moment, Chu Xinghe felt his brain was overheating, and finally, he decided on the placement of the Star Chart.
This time... let's place it upside down!