Stop crying, I'll give it to you, okay?

.

Xie Hanfeng, Xuanlu, and Guan Chengzhao gathered together, looking at each other with serious expressions, as if there were undercurrents surging around them, their eyes full of shrewd calculations.

Xie Hanfeng stood up, his eyes filled with intense killing intent. The other two looked at him even more warily, their hidden fingers twitching slightly, as if they were about to take out their magical weapons to deal with him.

Xie Hanfeng suddenly pulled something out of his pocket, slammed it heavily on the stone table, and shouted sharply, "A King!!!"

Xuanlu jumped up and slammed the card down: "A 2!!!"

Guan Chengzhao's expression was serious. "No."

Xie Hanfeng cried out excitedly, "Your Majesty!!! I only have one card left!"

Xuanlu: "My bomb!!!"

Xie Hanfeng's eyes widened. He braced himself on the stone table and leaned closer. "How come you have a bomb?!"

"Heh heh, didn't expect that, did you?" Xuan Lu revealed the remaining 2 and 3 in his hand, a sly grin on his face. He glanced at his junior brother, who was on his team, and seeing that he only had one card, his lips curled up even higher. "Senior brother, do you know what despair is?"

Xie Hanfeng gritted her teeth and looked at him.

Xuanlu slowly drew a 2, displayed it in front of him, and then suddenly threw out a small 3, "A 3!"

Xie Hanfeng:............

Guan Chengzhao: ..........

Xuanlu exclaimed excitedly, "Come on! Junior Brother, throw the cards out hard!!"

Guan Chengzhao: "No."

Xie Hanfeng calmly played his card: "A 4, I win."

Xuanlu: ..........

Xuanlu was devastated. "Junior brother, what kind of worthless card are you? You don't even want a single 3??"

Guan Chengzhao revealed his last card—a 3.

Xuanlu: ...........

"Hahahaha!!" Xie Hanfeng clutched his stomach and burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face. He spread his hands, demanding spirit stones from the two men, "Give me money! Give me money quickly! There was a bomb earlier, it doubled the payout!"

Guan Chengzhao silently handed over the money, while Xuanlu clutched his own 2, filled with regret.

"No!" Xuanlu said, "One more round!"

The suggestion was exactly what Xie Hanfeng wanted to hear, and he happily agreed, "Great!"

Guan Chengzhao frowned and said in an old-fashioned manner, "Senior brother, I don't want to be on the same team as fifth senior brother."

Xuanlu said shyly, "Hey! Junior Brother, I can hear you!"

Xie Hanfeng laughed heartily again, but after another round, he stopped laughing because his smile had shifted to Xuan Lu's face.

"Hehehe...Give me money, give me money!" Landlord Xuanlu stretched out his two hands, revealing an even more wicked smile.

Xie Hanfeng returned the money he had just taken from him, saying, "Don't be too smug, you're bound to lose next time!"

Guan Chengzhao looked at the last remaining King in his hand, glanced down at Xie Hanfeng's one-on-three attack and Xuanlu's one-on-four attack, and fell silent.

"Junior brother, pay up!" Xuanlu said matter-of-factly.

Guan Chengzhao handed him the spirit stone and silently proceeded to the third round. Unsurprisingly, he, as the host, also lost.

"Junior brother~ Give me the money!" Xuanlu and Xie Hanfeng simultaneously stretched out their hands in front of him and said in unison.

Guan Chengzhao:............

After a long pause, he spoke up: "Do you two senior brothers feel that I won too much yesterday?"

Actually, I didn't win much, only about 10,000 high-grade spirit stones.

Xie Hanfeng taught them how to play Dou Dizhu. At first, he and Xuanlu didn't know how and lost a lot of money, but he learned quickly. Plus, he was quite smart. After understanding the rules, he started memorizing the cards and kept winning.

But today...

He looked at the two people in front of him who, after listening to him, were staring at the sky and the ground respectively, and there was no need to guess anymore.

Today's game was a trap set for him by the two of them.

Xuanlu scratched his head, then looked at Xie Hanfeng and began to change the subject, "Senior brother, the games you brought from over there are quite fun."

Upon hearing this, Xie Hanfeng, feeling guilty, quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, it's quite fun, you..."

Suddenly, he stopped speaking abruptly, his pupils trembled slightly, and he murmured, repeating Xuanlu's words, "The game they brought over there?"

Xuanlu covered her mouth, but it was too late; Xie Hanfeng's eyes had already changed.

Guan Chengzhao:.......

It's better to keep swindling him out of spirit stones.

"Senior brother, let me explain." Xuanlu said helplessly, opening his mouth to say, "You..."

Before the words were finished, dark clouds suddenly filled the sky. The group quickly stood up and turned to look in the direction where the clouds were gathering—Snowy Crimson Peak.

High above, thunderclouds surged, and purple-gold lightning flashed through the dark clouds, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

This scene was familiar to everyone; it was exactly the same when Xiao Wuli became a god half a year ago. Could it be...?

In the herb room, Luo Yiyi and Chang Yan exchanged glances; in the sword training ground, Wei Hanling and Shen Qianhe exchanged glances; and the three people by the stone table looked at each other, each finding the same guess in the other's eyes.

"Boom—!"

A thunderous roar heralded the reopening of the path to godhood.

Everyone in the cultivation world stared blankly in the direction of the flashing thunder, and the bustling mortal streets also paused for a moment as they all looked up.

"What is this...?" someone asked, puzzled.

"Heavenly Tribulation! Someone is undergoing tribulation! If successful, they will become a god!" shouted those in the crowd who understood.

"The world is about to be amazed again! Where on earth is such a celestial path? If my child is born with the potential for immortality, I will definitely send him there!"

"It's the direction of the Lingxiao Sect."

"As expected of the number one sect in the cultivation world!"

"Heh, who said that transcending tribulation guarantees becoming a god? There are plenty of people in this world who undergo tribulation, but in the past ten thousand years, only that one person did so half a year ago!"

Upon hearing this, everyone calmed down.

"That makes sense. The gates of the divine realm are now tightly shut; anyone attempting tribulation now would be courting death!"

"There's nothing to envy. With the heavens' might so overwhelming, it's unlikely he could overcome it. He's just a half-dead man now."

"......."