Chapter 499: Chapter 499: Huang Xiaolong is Here!
 

Seeing Huang Xiaolong and Lin Zicong have their appetites whetted, Bai Gang was extremely smug.

He boasted, “The Thousand-Handed Fox. The Thousand Hands refer to Miss Ji’s speed which is extremely fast! She can trick all her opponents and complete the card switch in a fraction of a second. This kind of speed is hard to distinguish by naked eye, even when the footage is slowed down by more than ten times, it’s hard to see how she makes her move…”

“How is that possible?” Lin Zicong questioned with a face full of doubt, “How can a mortal have such fast speed?”

“Hahaha~~ You, like a frog in a well, have naturally never seen a real gambling master face off,” Bai Gang sneered, “Anyway, Miss Ji’s hands are as fast as I just described! After the downfall of Gambling God Ji Zongyuan, Miss Ji, as the leader of the Eight Demons, is ranked second in the world in terms of gambling skills, just behind Mo Shaofeng, the Gambling Demon. If Miss Ji did not have real skills, how could she control such a large transnational group?”

“As for the ‘Fox’, it refers to Miss Ji’s beauty.” Bai Gang, with a face that looked like he was fantasizing about his goddess, said, “In our country’s mythology, the fox demon is the most beautiful. The legendary demon fox is said to possess unrivaled beauty and exceptional intelligence… you all know about Su Daji, right? That’s the nine-tailed fox demon, pretty, right?”

“Miss Ji, the Thousand-Handed Fox, is a character who possesses unparalleled gambling skills and a beauty that can bring down nations! This kind of person, is incomparably unique!” Bai Gang said, breathing heavily and trembling slightly, “As I said earlier, Miss Ji’s father, the Gambling God Ji Zongyuan, was crippled by Mo Shaofeng. Miss Ji once vowed that in her lifetime, she will challenge Mo Shaofeng and cripple his eyes and hands. Moreover, if there are other gambling masters who help Miss Ji fulfill her desire for revenge, Miss Ji is willing to marry him and hand over the Ji Group…”

“Hahaha~~ Bai Gang, you’re not bad at gambling. What about you? Why don’t you go challenge this Gambling Demon Mo Shaofeng, and defeat him? If you do, not only will you get the beautiful lady, but you can also get everything without doing anything, possess the wealthy Ji Group and become an international tycoon!” Lin Zicong said sardonically.

“Me…my gambling skills are nothing!” Bai Gang shook his head like a rattling drum, “I’m not even worth mentioning compared to Miss Ji, let alone those high-ranking gamblers who work for the Ji Group. The most powerful one among them is called ‘Nine Lives Cat Demon’ Mr. Ma! Among the Eight Demons, Mr. Ma ranks seventh!”

“Pfft~~~ Fox Demon? Cat Demon? Hahaha~~ I’m dying of laughter.” Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Bai Gang glared at Huang Xiaolong in anger, “What’s so funny? These are the most top-notch gamblers internationally that everyone admires, what right do you have to laugh at them?”

But Huang Xiaolong thought to himself, I came here tonight just to wreak havoc on Paradise Palace. I wonder if this Fox Demon and Cat Demon are here. If they are… I wouldn’t mind teaching them a lesson!

Lin Zicong asked curiously, “Hey Bai Gang, how do you know all these?”

“Hahaha ~~~ Honestly speaking, one of my cousin brothers works for Paradise Palace as a gambler. His gambling skills are ranked 129th in the world! He passed the test and received recognition from the World Gambling Association! Impressive, right? There are so many professional gamblers around the world, and my cousin ranks 129th!” Bai Gang said with admiration and pride.

“Oh, no wonder you’re so good at gambling. It turns out that your cousin taught you!” Lin Zicong thought to himself, damn it, I’ve been tricked! He’s a trained gambler. In the past, I didn’t know that and lost more than a hundred million to this kid. Huge loss!

“Okay, I’ll take you in now. If we’re lucky and bump into my cousin, I wouldn’t mind having him show you a thing or two! Hahaha~~~” Bai Gang’s voice was filled with eccentric arrogance.

“Master~~” Lin Zicong whispered, “Don’t bother with this guy.”

Huang Xiaolong smiled faintly, “Let’s go in and eat first. As for the casino…hehe, we’ll go play after dinner.”

“Right! If Master is interested, let’s have some fun after dinner!” Lin Zicong echoed.

The three of them walked shoulder to shoulder into Paradise Palace!

It was like they had walked into a colorful world!

…

In a not so large room in Paradise Palace, there was a variety of strange machines.

Bright Hui, Mr. Ma, and a few other gambling experts from the casino went into the room and closed the door.

“Mr. Ma, let’s test your memory first.” Bright Hui smiled and then went to a table and turned on a laptop on the table.

Mr. Ma sat in front of the laptop, his complexion becoming extremely focused, his eyes sharp, as if they could see through everything.

“Mr. Ma, are you ready?” Bright Hui asked with a smile.

“OK, start.” Mr. Ma nodded.

Bright Hui hit the return key.

Immediately, on the computer screen appeared a 10-second countdown.

Then, a row of disorganized numbers appeared, a total of 10 numbers.

When the 10-second countdown ended, the numbers disappeared.

Mr. Ma, in order, accurately recited every single number.

This test was similar to the memory challenge that Huang Xiaolong participated in at the ‘Golden Charm Memory Training Institute’.

“Start directly from the 21st level.” Mr. Ma said.

“Alright.” Bright Hui input a few data on the keyboard, and then on the computer screen appeared a 10-second countdown.

Next, all sorts of things like Tang poetry, Song lyrics, English words, license plate numbers, etc, appeared.

The 10-second countdown ended, all the graphics on the computer screen disappeared, and Mr. Ma recited the contents of his memory in sequence.

“OK, Mr. Ma, you’ve passed the 21st level, should we continue?”

“Of course, continue.”

…

Mr. Ma passed all the levels until he got stopped at the 30th level.

“Great! Mr. Ma, your memory index was 28 in the last test! This time it increased to 29!” Bright Hui said with a joyful surprise.

“Now, let’s test your hearing.” Mr. Ma stood up and sat in front of another table, took off a piece of black cloth from it, and deliberately blindfolded himself.

On the table, there was a machine similar to a lottery machine.

“Mr. Ma, can we start?” Bright Hui asked.

“Start.” Mr. Ma replied indifferently.

Minghui took a plastic ball from a box on the table and put it into the machine.

He pressed the switch.

Immediately, the machine started to shake, and the plastic balls collided within, making a pinging and ponging noise.

Mr. Ma’s ears twitched regularly for a few times, “18 balls.”

The machine was turned off, and Minghui took out all the plastic balls that had been put into the machine. Sure enough, no more, no less, exactly 18!

Then, Minghui put more plastic balls into the machine, shook it fiercely, and let Mr. Ma listen.

The more plastic balls in the machine, the greater the difficulty to judge their number by listening.

In the end, the limit of Mr. Ma’s hearing was to hear 72 plastic balls shaking simultaneously in the machine.

“Hearing index 72! Mr. Ma, as expected from a Nine-Lived Cat Demon, your hearing ability is out of this world!” Minghui genuinely praised.

Next was the eye speed test.

The machine for testing eye speed was somewhat similar to an electric fan.

However, it had 7 fan blades, color-coded as red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet, in the seven colors of the rainbow.

At the bottom of the machine was a numbered dial similar to the one on an electrician’s multimeter.

The number scale ranged from 1 to 200.

From a box on the table, Minghui took some stickers labeled with numbers and stuck them on each fan blade, then asked, “Mr. Ma, from which scale should we start?”

“Scale 80.” Mr. Ma smiled.

Minghui did as he was told and directly moved the dial at the bottom of the device to the “80” scale.

The scale was equivalent to the fan’s wind power switch.

The higher the scale, the faster the 7 fan blades would spin.

Whoo~~Whoo, Whoo~~Whoo, Whoo~~~

The fan blades began to spin rapidly.

Mr. Ma’s pupils contracted like needle points as he stared intently at the spinning fan blades, “The red corresponds to ‘9,’ the orange corresponds to ’11,’ the yellow corresponds to ‘8,’ the green corresponds to ‘4’…”.

After announcing 7 numbers, Minghui pressed stop.

Upon a brief inspection, the numbers Mr. Ma announced were indeed the same as the number labels on each fan blade, perfectly accurate!

Finally, when Minghui adjusted the scale to “92”, Mr. Ma made a mistake. His extreme eye speed index was “91”.

After testing Mr. Ma’s hand speed, Minghui entered some data into a laptop –

“Mr. Ma Fei

World Ranking: 8

Title: Nine-Lived Cat Demon

Gender: Male

Hand speed: 33

Eye speed: 91

Hearing: 72

Memory: 29

Overall Assessment: 56.25

Battle Record (Recorded, Certified Matches): 855 battles, 841 wins, 14 losses”

“Mr. Ma, all your indices have increased a bit…” Minghui said gratifyingly. “It won’t be long before your world ranking moves up.”

“Hmph! My goal is to challenge Miss Ji and Mo Shaofeng – the Gambler Prodigy!” Mr. Ma’s eyes flashed with insane ambition.

“Hmm.” Minghui nodded unemotionally.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Minghui said, “Come in.”

A runner entered, said respectfully, “Brother Hui, Huang Xiaolong has arrived and is currently dining in the restaurant. He was accompanied by Lin Zicong, the leader of the Binhai Four Young Elites, and Bai Gang, the young master of the Bai Family in Huadu City.”

“I see.” Minghui nodded slightly and then said to Mr. Ma, “Mr. Ma, Huang Xiaolong is here. Even though you don’t have to make a move, you might as well go and watch his gambling skills.”

“Fine, Brother Hui, for your sake, I will go and take a look. I just hope it won’t be too boring,” Mr. Ma said listlessly.

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