novelraw Chapter 1273 - 565: Wager
Chapter 1273 - 565: Wager
It does resemble an adventure game, like a round of Gwent.
"Turquoise Pool, want to give it a try?" Li Qianxia curiously coaxed.
Turquoise Pool chuckled: "In terms of the number of treasures, I have the most, but this contest clearly focuses on quality."
"The key is whether skills count as 'treasures'." Yang Qinglan waved Ruyi and used "Information Reading" on the small island, but it failed.
Li Qianxia, who had gathered quite a bit of information, said: "Each Fog Shadow has its own rules. This one is about gambling with treasures, so it restricts any other means."
The four discussed for a while, thinking that it shouldn't be dangerous, and if things went wrong, they could concede and wouldn't lose even their weapons.
Li Qianxia volunteered and jumped onto the small island.
Just in case, she put all her important belongings in Li Changzhou's backpack.
The octopus Fog Shadow was suddenly activated with emotion in its tone: "Treasure, treasure!"
Li Qianxia responded: "Aba aba?"
"Treasure, treasure treasure, treasure darling!" The octopus Fog Shadow extended a tentacle, and a light sphere appeared between them.
Inside the light sphere was a stone.
Divine Sense was useless, and all detection spells failed, but without any means, it was clear it was just an ordinary stone.
Because...
[An ordinary stone held by the Cosmic Collector in their dying moment]
—Such a light screen displayed above the stone.
"Cosmic Collector?" Li Qianxia was curious.
The octopus Fog Shadow did a gentlemanly gesture, clearly indicating itself.
"A Cosmic Level collector, seems like it has quite a lot of treasures." Turquoise Pool laughed.
Yang Qinglan said: "Producing a stone with no value, it seems confident in its own treasury."
Li Changzhou followed with: "Like someone with the trump card in hand, who loves to play a single 3."
Yang Qinglan nodded, indicating he spoke her thoughts.
On the island, Li Qianxia prepared to bring out a treasure... then suddenly realized the hardest part of the game—evaluation.
How to ensure that her treasure's value exceeds her opponent's?
In human terms, a piece of clothing and a stone naturally means the clothing is more valuable.
But here?
Clothing is fabric, stone is material, who decides the value between fabric and material?
It must be an assured win; to be safe, it's best to use extraordinary items, but she has nothing on her, it's all in Li Changzhou's backpack.
Originally wanting to play a bit more, seems like she has to start experimenting directly.
She tried to bet on the skill "Gold Coin Silver Coin" (Effect: Take a gold coin from the Sun, a silver coin from the Moon).
Successful.
A light sphere flew out, aligned with the stone, with a light screen appearing above it.
[A skill of the Primordial Divine Body's sister]
[Skill] appeared, the [Stone] dimmed, becoming a capsule that rolled onto the ground.
Even though it didn't display detailed information, the octopus Fog Shadow unhesitatingly pointed out its tentacle, also creating a light sphere.
"Treasure! Treasure!" It cheered ardently.
Li Qianxia's [skill] dulled, turning into a capsule that fell onto the sand.
Skills could indeed count as 'treasures' for gambling, experiment complete.
Experiment two...
"I surrender."
No response.
Could not concede verbally, experiment two complete.
Li Qianxia was about to take out a white crop top bought from BM and imagined the octopus Fog Shadow wearing it when an inspiration flashed in her mind...
She had an experiment she wanted to do herself.
She pulled out a strand of her hair.
Experiment three: Could the body count as a treasure, and... could her single hair hold more value than a skill?
The hair floated out, aligned with [The Cosmic Collector's Skill].
A light screen appeared on the hair: [Inferior Primordial Hair of the Primordial Divine Body's sister]
"Aba aba! Why add 'inferior'? It makes my hair seem bad, aba!" Li Qianxia was displeased, her hair was quite good.
[Skill] dimmed, turning into the third capsule on the sand.
"Treasure, treasure treasure!" The octopus Fog Shadow was wildly enthusiastic, staring at Li Qianxia's hair.
But it didn't slow down, still instantly recognizing the value of the hair.
The Fog Shadow's tentacle flicked, revealing a finger as white as jade, floating mid-air.
[An inferior Primordial Divine Body's finger]
[Hair] turned into a capsule, rolling onto the sand.
"Even has something like that?" The three on the flying boat were astonished.
Don't be fooled into thinking Li Changzhou is truly the Primordial Divine Body, Yang Tianlu, Li Yuyin also have the Primordial Divine Body, Li Huoya is the Primordial Fire Tree, Li Qianxia has the Primordial Bloodline, Tathagata is the Primordial Faith Golden Body - that doesn't mean there are many 'Primordial'.
Across the universe, perhaps they are the only living 'Primordial'.
The octopus before them even possesses an 'inferior Primordial' finger, worthy of the title Cosmic Collector.
The three were intrigued, while Li Qianxia on the island was in a dilemma.
What could surpass [an inferior Primordial finger] in value?
Obviously two fingers.
But for the sake of a game, the prize likely being still a [Stone]—the octopus's burial accessory,[Finger]—simply a dead man's remains, would she cut off two of her fingers?
She hesitated, the octopus Fog Shadow sighed.
Turquoise Pool immediately understood and smiled: "The Collector can't be sure of the value of 'inferior Primordial Hair', to ensure a win, it brought out an 'inferior Primordial Finger'. Such things are of little temptation to Li Qianxia, which doesn't fit the Collector's tactic to entice the opponent into continual betting."