Chapter 3 Everyday Life

The ghost city is worthy of being a trading concentration area, and in the early morning, the streets are full of merchants and ordinary passers-by, all dressed in fierce clothes, and those caravans are also leading huge beasts carrying goods, occupying most of the road.

Looking at the pedestrians coming and going, Lin Xuanzhong's mind fluctuated, and he kept thinking about whether he could live a normal life of martial arts cultivation in his lifetime. Although it has been confirmed that he has no cultivation potential, Lin Xuanzhong's heart to become a martial cultivator has never changed.

It's still early, and the tavern to go to should not have opened yet, so the master and servant plan to find a place to have breakfast first, then stop by the gambling house to have a look, and finally go to the tavern. The casino is closed all day and night, and it is always lively.

Unlike other direct descendants of the Lin family, because cultivation requires special ingredients, each person can eat one or two pieces of jade in one meal. Whatever the master and servant eat outside, they can't eat so much, and the price of the ghost city is not high.

After a simple breakfast, the two of them kept coming to the gambling house, which was so lively at any time, and the excited shouts could be transmitted from the east of the city to the west of the city, of course, this was just an exaggeration.

The people in the gambling house were very familiar with Lin Xuanzhong, and a guy greeted him from afar: "Young Master Lin, please come here." ”

That enthusiastic tone was very different from the attitude of those Lin family children towards Lin Xuanzhong, and even made people hear some respectful meaning. Speaking of which, there is actually a reason why that guy is so polite to Lin Xuanzhong.

As a gambler, in this gambling house, Lin Xuanzhong has always been the kind of person who loses less and wins more, so he has always been nicknamed "General Chang Sheng". However, Lin Xuanzhong didn't care about this, because the money won was used to do good deeds.

The gambling house is located in the jurisdiction of the Lin family, and the people who usually come to gamble are ordinary martial cultivators, so no matter what Lin Xuanzhong's personal strength is, in the gambling house, Lin Xuanzhong's existence is not much different from others. And because of Lin Xuanzhong's superb gambling skills, some gamblers often bend down to learn from Lin Xuanzhong.

After smiling and signaling to the guy in the gambling house, Lin Xuanzhong walked to the dice area, ready to play two hands to pass the time. Whether it was before or now, Lin Xuanzhong's purpose in coming to the gambling house was not to win or lose, but just to find something for himself to pass the time.

In addition, whenever he is immersed in the excitement of the gambling house, Lin Xuanzhong can temporarily forget the pain in his heart, so visiting the gambling house in the morning and going to the tavern in the afternoon has always been Lin Xuanzhong's daily routine.

Walking to the gambling table, those gamblers with dark eyes and who had not slept all night made way for a place in a playful manner, and some even threw a flattering smile at Lin Xuanzhong. Because as frequent customers of the gambling house, they only need to follow Lin Xuanzhong to buy big and small, and the result is also less loss and more win, so as soon as Lin Xuanzhong comes, those who have already lost to the loan have a chance to return to their capital.

There are many ways to play dice, but it is generally decided to win or lose by buying big and buying small. The guy who was in charge of shaking the dice in the gambling house, when he saw that it was Lin Xuanzhong coming over, he couldn't help but look up, and immediately cheered up. It's okay to fool ordinary gamblers, but it's very difficult to fool a regular like Lin Xuanzhong, so that guy has to be careful.

I saw that the guy skillfully shook the three dice with a wooden cup, and after a crashing sound, he immediately buckled on the table. Wait until the sound of the dice rolling inside dies down, and then a group of gamblers start placing bets.

From the moment the guy started shaking the dice to the end, a series of sounds from the cup were enough for Lin Xuanzhong to guess the size of the points inside, or even the exact number of points. It's just that winning or losing depends on Lin Xuanzhong's mood, and under the attention of other personnel, without any consideration, Lin Xuanzhong directly took out a piece of jade and pressed it in the area where he bought a large one.

In the next time, the people around him didn't want to directly follow the pressure. As soon as he saw that everyone had bought big, the guy who was shaking the dice suddenly looked ugly, as if he was suffering some kind of pain.

Fortunately, there is only one win or loss, and in the next game, according to the past practice, other gamblers need to bet before Lin Xuanzhong can place a bet. In addition, Lin Xuanzhong will not play at a gambling table for a long time, and sometimes he will deliberately buy and lose, so for the time being, that guy is not too worried, just endure it. As for the gambling money that was won back by those people at one time, as soon as Lin Xuanzhong leaves, he can win it back with a little effort. While comforting himself, he opened the cup holding the dice, and the smile on the man's face was not far-fetched.

Half an hour later, Lin Xuanzhong took the bag of jade he had won and exchanged it to another table. According to the past habits, the next thing to do is to kill time, so Lin Xuanzhong will not lose the money he won as soon as possible.

Gambling money has always been very simple for Lin Xuanzhong, because Lin Xuanzhong has a lot of experience in gambling money. According to Lin Xuanzhong's understanding, the victory or defeat at the gambling table is only related to three aspects. The first is to be good at observing the faces of the gambling house guys, the second is to understand the gambling skills of other gamblers, and the third is to understand people's desires. Regardless of the order of betting, the result of the general people's desire is to lose, so knowing how to observe words and emotions coupled with his own gambling skills, Lin Xuanzhong has always been at ease.

In addition, since he was seventeen years old, it has been nearly three years now, and there are so many jade squanders every day, no matter how stupid his brain is, Lin Xuanzhong can become a master, not to mention that Lin Xuanzhong himself is not stupid. As for the jade that Lin Xuanzhong squandered, it was not worth mentioning to the Lin family at all, so gambling money has never been a problem.

At noon, with the twenty pieces of jade they had won, the master and servant walked straight to the tavern.

A morning's fun in the gambling hall made Lin Xuanzhong forget a lot of unhappiness, and when he left the gambling house, Lin Xuanzhong, who was in a low mood when he came, had a little more smile on his face.

Lin Qingfeng, who was walking aside, saw that Lin Xuanzhong's mood had improved, and he immediately praised happily, "Young master, your gambling skills are becoming more and more exquisite, so you don't have to worry about food and clothing in the future." ”

On the other side, in the face of Lin Qingfeng's praise, Lin Xuanzhong just smiled helplessly, because no matter how good his gambling skills are, it is still nothing. Even if you win tens of thousands of jade stones every day, as long as you are a weak person in this world where martial arts are respected, more money will lead to death.

Not long after, the two of them walked to the door of the tavern they frequented. As soon as the master and servant arrived, the barmaids dressed in fancy clothes at the door greeted them warmly. Lin Xuanzhong is a frequent visitor, and those women in glamorous costumes know each other, so they keep greeting one by one, "Young Master Lin" and "Young Master Lin".

The voices are so charming and charming, and the style is infinite, which makes people crisp to the bones, just like their beauty, which makes people's hearts ripple. If it weren't for the frequent drinking at the tavern, Lin Xuanzhong might not be able to face them naturally. But right now, as a regular visitor, Lin Xuanzhong simply smiled at those women, which was a response.

After passing by several female bartenders, Lin Xuanzhong noticed that the tavern owner was walking towards them. At the age of more than forty, his figure is not out of shape at all, he is uneven, and he is obviously more charming than several female bartenders at the door, but Lin Xuanzhong does not mean anything about it. Every day when he came to the tavern, Lin Xuanzhong only wanted to see one person, and that person was Bai Qinglan, a famous bartender in the tavern. Three years ago, the two knew each other, and now they have made a private agreement for life.

The owner of the tavern saw that the guest was Lin Xuanzhong, and immediately greeted him warmly: "Young Master Lin, please come in." That tone was extremely cordial, of course, Lin Xuanzhong knew that the real relationship with the owner of the pavilion was the jade he carried. But that's fine, as long as you have enough jade on your body, you won't have too much psychological pressure here.

"Where is Qinglan?" was not polite to the hall owner, Lin Xuanzhong directly stated that he was not interested in the hall owner.

Regarding Lin Xuanzhong's directness, the female pavilion owner didn't care, because Lin Xuanzhong had always been like this.

"Qinglan freshened up early in the morning and was waiting for her son upstairs, just?" Saying this, the female pavilion master's tone changed, and she looked at Lin Xuanzhong with deep meaning.

The female pavilion owner's face made Lin Xuanzhong feel disgusted, and after turning around and signaling to Lin Qingfeng, Lin Qingfeng reacted in time, and immediately took out ten pieces of jade and handed them to the female pavilion owner.

Ten pieces of jade is not a small amount, and the monthly cost of an ordinary martial cultivator on cultivation is no more than that. Therefore, compared to other guests, in the tavern, Lin Xuanzhong has always made mistakes, far from being comparable to most guests. However, for Lin Xuanzhong, it doesn't make a difference whether it's ten or fifty yuan, as long as you can see the person you want to see.

"Lin Gongzi is really refreshing, please come inside," On the other side, the female pavilion owner quickly took the jade, and without even checking the specific number, she directly made a gesture of invitation to Lin Xuanzhong.

The praise of the female hall owner did not make Lin Xuanzhong happy, nodded, and the master and servant walked directly upstairs. Leaving an envious gaze at the door, if those female bartenders at the door could have the dedication of a distinguished guest like Lin Xuanzhong, then they would not have to stand at the door and greet the guests.

Not long after, the master and servant walked to the door of Bai Qinglan's room. Before entering the house, Lin Xuanzhong asked Lin Qingfeng to relieve some refugees outside the city as usual.

Although there has been no war in the Beiling area for a long time, because of the flood of fierce beasts in the Beiming Continent, there are some refugees outside the city who have been displaced because of the destruction of their homes by fierce beasts. Among those refugees were a small number of martial cultivators, but many more were ordinary civilians. Some of them were too weak to even ask for coolies, so they had to beg outside the city from passing merchants and ordinary passers-by.

For a long time in the past, Lin Xuanzhong would ask Lin Qingfeng to help those refugees every afternoon, and then wait until the evening, and the two would meet up and go back together.

When Lin Qingfeng left, Lin Xuanzhong habitually knocked on the door twice.

"Childe, please come in," and it didn't take long for a crisp response to come from inside the room.

Pushing open the door, Lin Xuanzhong stepped in, looking as he walked.

The furnishings in the house are quiet and elegant, a table and a chair give people an extremely comfortable feeling, every time he sees the furnishings in the house, Lin Xuanzhong has a feeling of returning to his home.