In the southwest corner of Barren Mountain City, you can only see a ruin, which seems to have been abandoned for a long time. However, if you get closer, it is not difficult to find that in the seemingly deserted place, it is not uninhabited.

Here, there is another world, a chaotic world that no one knows under the glamour.

There are similar places in many towns, but Ning Yue doesn't know much, but fortunately, he has been here before, so he knows the road and knows the secrets hidden under the surface.

"This is not the place for people like you to come. ”

A faint, cold voice suddenly sounded beside him. A figure leaned against a ruined wall not far away, as if there was no one there.

Without replying, Ning Yue leaned out of his sleeve and pressed a stack of silver coins, one of which stood out by a third on the top and bottom, not completely overlapping.

Seeing this, the man nodded, took the silver coins that he threw over, and said with a smile: "Go in, but remember to follow the rules." ”

"This is natural. ”

Ning Yue stepped over a line carved on the ground, which was also the dividing line, with a normal city area behind him, and another city hidden under the ruins in front of him, a city within a city.

Here are the rules that must be followed.

As he walked around the corner of the first ruin, he suddenly stopped, glanced sideways, and felt a secret feeling in his heart, as he expected, that he had just felt right.

I saw that at the entrance just now, several people in ordinary clothes were stopped, and the leader handed out a large handful of silver coins, but the guards did not pick them up at all, let alone let them go.

Just now, the key was not the silver coins handed out by Ning Yue, but the overlapping method, otherwise even if he gave several times more entry fees, the person in charge of guarding here would not let them go. If he hadn't been here with Senior Brother once before, he wouldn't have known.

After seeing the few people who had no result in the negotiation turned their heads back, he was also temporarily relieved in his heart, if he broke in, the consequences would be very serious, and the other party would not know the rules and could not enter, but naturally he did not dare to mess around.

It's just that they will be guarding not far from the exit, waiting for the rabbit.

"It seems that I underestimated the eyesight of the bounty hunters, and this kind of costume can deceive passers-by at best. "Press his hat, Ning Yue didn't take it off, there must be more people who don't know, and now in this chaotic area, even if he is not wanted, it is necessary to hide his identity.

Without further thought, he slowly descended along the gravel and rubbish-strewn road, twisting and turning down the winding path, a noise gradually heard in the distance, and the noise in his ears became clearer when he turned another toppled building.

In front of me, hundreds of stalls were scattered under the cover of the ruins, most of them were very simple, casually spread out rags and placed some strange things, blood-stained broken blades, and a few traces of flesh and blood animal bones, as well as some strange hidden weapons.

Among them, there were some shops that had been rebuilt against the ruins, which seemed to be more upscale, and the largest one was filled with the sound of beast roars and screams.

Ning Yue strode through the crowd, not slowing down because of anything, and the hundreds of people who had gathered here didn't look at him at all and continued their business.

This is the black market of Barren Mountain City, as long as you have money, or you can barter things of great value, you can buy many goods that you can't see in the normal market. Of course, it doesn't have to be a commodity, and temporary guards and even killers can be hired here.

Of course, there are also some special transactions, such as in a place where a few curtains are just drawn in the ruins, a scantily dressed bewitching woman has just sent off a guest, and seeing Ning Yue walking by, she hurriedly beckoned and secretly sent Qiu Bo.

Ning Yue also knew what kind of business it was, frowned and went directly, the pace was faster, the concealment of the curtain was not good, and the rapid wheezing sound of men and women came into his ears, making him only sixteen years old blush, but fortunately, there was a hat veil to block it, and others could not see it.

Near the end of the black market, a cold entrance digging underground along the dumped ruins, two strong men stood left and right, looking at the curtain from afar, whistling towards the bewitching woman, one of them saw Ning Yue coming, stretched out his hand expressionlessly, and the next moment, a few silver coins fell into the palm of his hand, and he was released.

With a pain in his heart, Ning Yue sighed secretly, half of his family was gone just after two doors, if the next step was not as smooth as he thought, then a bottle of elixir that he could barely afford would fly.

Underground, the noise boiled even more, and clusters of people gathered around, shouting with red faces, staring intently at the changes in the center.

This is a casino, and there are many ways to gamble, but there is only one thing he is looking for. Ten gambles and nine frauds, and that is the only game that can't be done.

Compared with the crowds of all kinds of games in other places, this position in the corner is inconspicuous, a thin old man leaned against the corner of the wall, and a pair of old chessboards were placed in front of him, most of the patent leather was taken off, and more than a dozen black and white chess pieces fell on the chessboard, which was an endgame.

"Rules, odds. ”

Sitting down in front of the chessboard, Ning Yue pushed out all his remaining assets, hesitated when he was about to take his hand away, and retrieved a silver coin.

If you lose, at least save some money for dinner.

The old man replied: "One pays three, you take the sunspot and go first, just don't lose." The normal rules of Demon War Chess, just remove the Demon King to upgrade, you and I can't. ”

"Good. ”

Ning Yue nodded, and directly reached out and pressed on a chess piece, but he didn't move immediately.

Demon War Chess, this is not a product of the human world, but another adjacent plane, the popular game of the Demon World, is said to be created to commemorate a great war in the past, with the chessboard as the battlefield, different chess pieces as soldiers, competing to kill. Legend has it that in the demon world, the high-ranking nobles often gambled with this and gambled a lot of money.

And in this continent ruled by humans, such games have also been introduced, but there are not many people who will do it, and some places even strictly prohibit it, especially the martial arts sect. In the Yunxu Sword Pavilion, it was the same, but Ning Yue didn't know why, the sword elder liked to play demon chess, and often played each other's left and right hands by himself, and later taught it to him, and the two fought many times in private, and he lost more and won less.

"You mean, it's okay not to lose? ”

Ning Yue responded lightly, letting go of the original chess piece symbolizing the knight, and instead pushed the other chess piece with a soldier standing two squares forward.

Nodding, the old man replied, "Yes, you win the draw." The premise is that you can actually win. ”

Half a quarter of an hour later, the victory and defeat had been divided, and Ning Yue looked at the defeat with a trembling body, and sighed helplessly.

In the end, he was still greedy, and used the soldier's promotion ability to turn into the strongest combat power of the magic war chess at the end of the enemy formation, the queen. However, it was too late to save the desperate situation of his own demon king.

It is said that in the Demon Realm, the queen recognized by the Demon Race must also have strong enough strength to stand out on the battlefield, otherwise she is not qualified to sit in that position. It's a pity that in the current chess game, overbelieving in the power of a chess piece cannot turn the overall situation around.

"I lost. ”

Willing to lose the bet, he sighed and got up to leave.

"Wait a minute, don't you want to try another game? There's no wager here, you just left a hand, didn't you?"

The old man smiled faintly, knocked on the pile of silver coins that Ning Yue had lost before, and continued: "If you win this game, take these back, and I will give you the same amount." If you lose, a silver coin will do. ”

"And such a good thing?"

Ning Yue was stunned, a little incredulous. Usually, it is not enough for the casino to strip people of their bottom line, but also to coerce and induce them to owe a large amount of foreign debt, how can there be a game with such high odds for a silver coin.

"It's rare for someone to visit the old man's gamble, and it should be a reward for you to play with me for a while. The old man looked indifferent, and he didn't wait for a reply, and took care of himself to put the chess pieces back in place.

"That's good. ”

The last silver coin was also placed on the table, Ning Yue wanted to simply gamble, if he lost again, he would definitely turn around and leave, not giving the other party a chance to lend money.

Who knows, when he was about to sit down, a slight sound attracted attention, the movement froze instantly, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that the chair had been moved, and the person who did it put the seat on the back and sat down with a big grin.

"What do you do?"

With a frown, Ning Yue was naturally unhappy, if he hadn't reacted fast enough, he would have fallen directly to the ground this time.

The man just glanced at him coldly, his gaze moved back to the old man who was playing chess, and hummed: "Old man Sun, I usually want to play chess with you, how big the bet is, no matter how small the odds are, you don't want to do a loss-making deal today?"

The old man's expression remained unchanged, and he just said lightly: "How the old man's chess game wants to play is my business, and it has nothing to do with you." Give up your seat, don't mess with it. ”

Seeing this, the man's gaze returned to Ning Yue, and said with a wicked smile: "Kid over there, get aside, you have already lost a game, this game will be replaced by me." Whether you win or lose, I'll double the money you just lost, how about I?"

"Thanks, no. I'll win it back myself, and even if I lose, I'm willing. ”

Coldly replied, Ning Yue looked at the old man again, nodded and said, "It may be a little disrespectful, I just stand like this, how about it?"

Suddenly, the eyes of the troublemaker changed slightly, and the old man looked at them all, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Qi, you have also lost a game, what are you still entangled in?" If you are not convinced, you have made a move with this kid, he is my subordinate, you beat him, and it will not be too late for me to win again." ”

After saying that, he turned the chessboard, and Bai Zifang fell in front of Ning Yue's eyes.

"I'm betting on him, winning him, it's all yours. ”

"Good. After thinking about it for a while, Ning Yue agreed, if in normal times, he would definitely not agree. But now, there is an urgent need for money, and there is another place to take advantage of it.

"Hmph, look down on me?

Zhang Qi was instantly interested, stood up and kicked the corner, and the seat fell back behind Ning Yue.

"Bet as much as you have. ”

The old man got up and stepped aside, giving up his seat.

With a twitch of the corners of his mouth, Zhang Qi unceremoniously sat down in front of Ning Yue and hummed, "Don't regret it." ”

As the words fell, he slapped a money bag, which slammed into the small table with a crisp clanging sound, and when he opened it, he saw that the gold was shining, and it was all gold coins, not silver coins.

Ning Yue was not moved, but in the surprise of the old man and Zhang Qi, he turned the chessboard in a new direction, and his side returned to the weak side of the original sunspot.

"Come on, you're going to lose. ”