It was late at night when I returned to the chamber of commerce's quarters.

Hubert is depressed, Linko is full of spring breeze, Cher is distressed, Lilith is still cold, and Neil doesn't care.

Mento looked at the combination of these people in surprise, inexplicable.

Isn't it just that after a day of wandering around the imperial capital, why is it very weird, he shook his head and turned around and went back to the house.

"How about Young Master Cohen, the scenery of the Imperial Capital is very different from that of Windy City, right?" Harris, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, came to greet him.

"Well, it's really good, although the academy and the imperial palace are only looking at it from a distance, you can clearly feel the meaning of magnificence, the imperial capital is also big enough, it is too many times more prosperous than the Wind City, there is no comparison!" Lin Ke said with a smile.

"That's, after all, it's one of the top ten cities in the mainland, the imperial capital of the God of War Empire, it's not blown out," Harris glanced at Hubert, who was not in good shape, and said, "Young Master Hubert, what's wrong with you?"

Hubert exclaimed, "Nothing, nothing, it's just...... It's just that...... It's just a little tired, so I'll go back to the house and rest first," he said and hurried away.

Lin Ke couldn't help but shook his head and muttered, "Brother Lobby is really breathless, I didn't throw much money out, he panicked first." ”

"Ahh

"Ah, haha, our Mutes family is not so rich, where am I willing to throw money, it is true that I hope that the emperor will throw some money to me, oops, I am also a little tired after a day of wandering, it is better to rest early, Uncle Harris, you should rest early, I will go first, oops, I am a little tired," Lin Ke slipped away.

Only Harris was left there, looking at Cher and the others inexplicably.

Xue'er stretched generously, smiled apologetically and left.

Lilith didn't even look at him and left.

As for Neil, this guy smiled so brightly that he didn't say anything and walked away after the three of them.

Harris suddenly had a sense of foreboding......

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The next day, Lin Ke got up early in the morning, and after completing the necessary cultivation content for each day, he went out in a leisurely manner.

Target: War Casino.

It turned out that the night before, he found the Sixteen Iron Guards again, and borrowed more than 100 gold coins from Serena for the Iron Guard's living expenses......

But when I arrived at the gambling house, I was dumbfounded.

The odds of buying Windy City Cohen, Lilith and Cher three wins suddenly slipped to the point where they could barely make a few dollars, and the odds of buying three people lost were raised, and a large number of people in the gambling house paid attention to the change in odds every day, and this abrupt change immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.

Sullen, Lin Ke returned to the Chamber of Commerce to return the money of the Sixteen Iron Guards, and finally began to stay in the house to make final preparations for the exam.

Lin Ke, who had completely calmed down, began to slowly feel the two forces in his body.

Only then did he realize that the wind magic energy that had already hit a bottleneck and stagnated still hadn't changed much, and no matter how much effort he put into meditation and cultivation, he probably wouldn't be able to break through that barrier.

This is the helplessness of every genius.

Everyone only saw that geniuses could release magic that ordinary people could not release at the same level, and reach the speed and strength that ordinary people at the same level could not achieve at all, but they didn't know that the more talented geniuses encountered the bottleneck on the road to growth, or the level, it was many times more difficult to break through than ordinary people, because their perception of energy itself had surpassed the upper limit of the current level's perception of energy.

Linko is no exception.

Since he crossed into Cohen's soul, he found that his current soul is a little different, compared to himself in his previous life and Cohen's memory, his current self is far beyond the first two in terms of reaction speed and calculation ability, and his cultivation speed and efficiency are also greatly exceeded, but at the same time, the bottleneck encountered in the breakthrough of cultivation is also more difficult than that of Cohen's period, if it were not for the series of adventures encountered in the past six months, I am afraid that he would not have reached the level of the fourth order of Xiong Li now, let alone touching the edge of the fifth order at the age of fourteen。

At the same time, the strange thing is that the dark energy that lurks in the depths of the soul and surrounds the black stone block also stops when it reaches the peak of the fifth order and can break through to the sixth order at any time! But Lin Ke didn't feel any bottleneck here, as if as long as he meditated for a moment more, absorbing a little bit of free dark energy, he could smoothly step into the next step, but when he really did this, he found that it was impossible, the dark energy was like a cup full of water, and it was impossible to add a little more to it, even if he added a little more, he could cross to the sixth order!

This made Lin Ke a little depressed, and he turned his head and planned to forcibly break through the bottleneck of the fifth order of wind magic energy, and he vaguely sensed that maybe only after the wind magic energy broke through the bottleneck of the fifth order, the dark energy could rise smoothly and smoothly into the sixth order range.

I thought about it, so he did it.

Close your eyes and meditate, quickly absorb the free wind magic energy from the outside world, operate the wind magic energy in your body, and then slam into the unknown bottleneck!

Burst!

A mouthful of blood spurted out!

Linko suffered some minor internal injuries.

Fortunately, this will not affect the play of his strength, but his ability to resist hitting will be greatly reduced......

"Cohen, the exam is going to be in a few days, you don't have to do anything during this time, just stay in the room and recuperate, waiting for that day to come," Eller said with a calm face.

Lin Ke stood on the ground and nodded like a child who had done something wrong.

In fact, after that risky attempt, he himself really no longer dared to do such a thing, after all, all the people had told him that the so-called cultivation needs to go with the flow, and the breakthrough should be a matter of course, otherwise there will be such consequences, and what will happen if the foundation is damaged, he is not unlistened, but if he doesn't really experience such a time, he is still a little unbelieving.

So our young master Cohen was grounded in another way, and it was Hubert who carried out this, and Hubert was ordered by Eller not to leave Linko for half a step, which made him quite annoyed, and Linko was also troubled.

Two big men stayed in the small courtyard, it was really embarrassing to have nothing to do, and in desperation, Lin Ke had to find some pieces of paper to make a simple poker, which attracted everyone's attention for a while, and even the unsmiling Eller came over to play a few games, and was full of praise for the entertainment cards designed by Lin Ke.

So Lin Ke's mind came alive again.

After all, I have crossed over from a technological civilization like the earth, with a mind full of earth culture, although after actually coming here, I found that the world of this magical civilization is also highly developed, but there will always be some aspects that are superior to the earth, such as the cards in front of me.

In fact, there are some card board games in the empire, but most of them are simple to the extreme, often used as a game between children, and adults are rarely involved, and although Lin Ke was a boring person in his previous life, he also learned a lot of chess and card games and entertainment projects, what mahjong, chess, poker, etc., all of them are combined to be afraid that it will not be able to open a large entertainment city.

Coupled with the fact that the crooked and unaesthetic poker in front of you has attracted the favor of so many adults, it shows that those items that are very popular on Earth also have a market in this other world, and that is enough.

The first thing that is lacking is funding.

Lin Ke squinted his eyes and quickly turned his thoughts in his heart, he had bet on himself and Lilith with one hundred gold coins each, once the two of them successfully passed the first round, it would be six hundred and fifty gold coins, bet on Xue'er for six hundred gold coins, and once Xue'er won, it would be three thousand nine hundred gold coins, and after repaying their respective loans, they could earn three thousand seven hundred and fifty gold coins!

That's definitely a lot of money.

Although it is a little nervous to open an entertainment city in a place like the imperial capital, as long as your content is really attractive and making money is not a problem, and then think about how to play a few unexpected advertisements, the rest of the things will be done.

It's just that money is troublesome on the one hand, but talent is on the other.

Lilith and Neil go first, she and Cher are both candidates who can run it, if anyone is not admitted to the God of War Academy, then at least someone can run it, if she and Cher are admitted to the academy, then there is no one who can find someone to take care of the business, and no matter how many ideas you have in your head, it is empty.

Or simply give these ideas to the family and let Grandpa and Mom and the Mutters family business run it?

Lin Ke shook his head secretly, firstly, they couldn't understand some of their own points of view at all, and it was difficult to do things completely according to their own ideas, and secondly, even if they made money, they still had to be shared by the family, and they could still use a few, Lin Ke had some ambitions in his heart, and everything needed a lot of gold coins as a backing, and the words of the Mutes family were too inefficient.

"Cohen, hurry up and play your cards, why are you stunned?!" Hubert picked up a pot of herbal tea from the little catwoman Mei Li who was standing beside Lin Ke, and said to Lin Ke impatiently after taking a big sip.

Linko shook his head to drive the disturbing thoughts out of his mind, and casually threw down a bomb that interrupted Hubert's self-conceived rhythm of playing cards, and under the latter's bitter gaze, he cleaned up the cards in his hand in one breath, looked at the stunned Hubert shook his head, stood up and swaggered away.

"Brother Lobby, you really can't play cards well, you ask Mei Li to play with you, I'd better go back and sleep more refreshingly." ”

Hubert looked at the innocent little catwoman and was speechless for a moment.

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Five days passed quickly.

Early this morning, Linko was woken up by Hubert's noisy shouting.

When he came to the hall and saw that Cher Lilith and Neil were also here, Lin Ke asked with some confusion, "Brother Hall, is there any urgency to call us up so early?" ”

"Hey, you're really not *hearted, ...... at once" Hubert quickly covered his mouth and lowered his voice, and then said, "I've bet so many gold coins up, I can't sleep if I don't know what to do, you guy doesn't even take it seriously?!"

Lin Ke noticed a booklet waving in Hubert's hand at this time, and said in surprise, "Brother Hall, could this be the booklet sold by the War Gambling House?!"

Hubert hated iron and said, "Yes, your cousin and I went to the gambling house in the middle of the night to wait in line, and finally bought a booklet, such a thin booklet can be sold for fifty silver coins, what a group of damn vicious vampires, the cost is not only a few copper coins?"

Ignoring Hubert, who was whining, Linko had already snatched the booklet into his hand.