I'm not just human!

The gate was quite old, made of mahogany, with peeling paint revealing splinters, and the brass door handles were worn shiny.

Banli winked at Xia Fa, signaling him to be quiet, then quietly stepped forward and gently knocked on the door.

Thump—, thump thump!

Xia Fa noticed that she actually used a knocking method of one long knock followed by two short knocks, and knocked a total of three times.

Above the main gate, a small rectangular panel suddenly and without warning pulled open from the inside, revealing a pair of wary blue eyes.

"Who is it? What do they want?"

The blue-eyed girl sized up Chestnut, then glanced at Xiafa before cautiously asking a question.

Instead of answering directly, Chestnut took out a gold coin from her small satchel.

Xiafa immediately recognized it as a gold coin issued by the Kingdom of Augu, with a face value of one gold pound and the family crest of a roaring lion engraved on it.

The Kingdom of Augustus had two types of gold coins with a face value of one gold pound, issued by the banks of the Augustus family and the Selene royal family, respectively.

The gold coins bearing the lion's roar crest are those issued by the Augustan family six hundred years ago or even earlier, and are commonly referred to as the old gold coins.

The gold coins engraved with the family crest of a dragon breathing fire were naturally the gold coins issued by the Selenes royal family over the past six hundred years, and were known by the people as royal gold coins.

Xia Fa had previously wondered why the Selenes royal family did not collect a large number of old gold coins and melt them down to make new ones after they seized the throne.

In retrospect, the oddities surrounding this are quite intriguing.

Six hundred years ago, there must have been some great secret behind that change of dynasty.

Once I join the Augustus family and gradually become a core member, perhaps I can find out some information.

Just as he was thinking this, the blue eyes in the doorway disappeared, and a short while later a hand reached out and took the old gold coin that Chestnut handed over.

The moment he took the gold coins, Xia Fa raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Because Xia Fa clearly saw that the front of the old gold coin was indeed a relief of a roaring lion, but the back... was actually a relief of a dragon breathing fire!

What's happening here?

A gold coin bearing the coats of arms of both the Augustus family and the Selene royal family.

Suddenly, a rhythmic "click" sound came from inside the door, like some kind of mechanical gate gradually unlocking.

The next moment, the mahogany door retracted into the left-hand crack and opened.

The owner of the blue eyes came into their sight. He was a young man wearing a captain's hat but dressed in a white sailor uniform, with an elegant yet sly smile on his face.

With a flick of his thumb, the gold coin made a soft clanging sound, traced a graceful parabola in the air, and landed back in Chestnut's hand.

The young man smiled and said:

"Welcome, guests. As usual, the entrance fee is one hundred gold pounds per person."

One hundred gold pounds?

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised. What kind of entertainment venue was this? Why were the prices so high?

That's almost a third of the annual income of a middle-class family!

Fortunately, he had 2.05 million gold pounds, so after a slight surprise, Xia Fa flipped his palm and prepared to pay.

But just then, Chestnut pulled out four fifty-pound notes from the small satchel with a cat pattern.

"Here, this is for both of us."

The blue-eyed young man took the banknotes, his smile unchanged, and stepped back.

"Understood. Please come in, both guests."

Seeing this, Xia Fa was somewhat surprised, not expecting that Ban Li would actually pay on his own initiative.

Two hundred gold pounds is nothing to me, but for Chestnut... well, it doesn't seem to be much either.

After all, she was born into the Silver Iris Orchid Rat Clan, the only noble family in the rat clan, which was equivalent to the rat royal family, and she also had a demigod grandfather...

Xia Fa pursed her lips and decided to insist on paying next time, since she couldn't always let Ban Li pay.

He followed Chestnut into the house.

But Xia Fa immediately felt somewhat lost.

The room was completely empty; there was no one else there, except for three large doors at the back of the room.

These three gates are undisguised, heavy iron gates, unlike the mahogany gate which is clearly a mechanically driven gate disguised with mahogany, and the disguise is quite convincing.

On the left iron gate, there was a carving of two boxing gloves colliding with each other.

This pattern gave Xia Fa a vague idea that it was probably some kind of underground fighting arena.

But what's behind the other two iron gates?

On the iron gate in the middle was a monster that looked like a slime, which at first glance resembled the traveling slime that Offe rode.

The iron gate on the right is even stranger; it's actually a map with three paths: top, middle, and bottom.

All three paths originate from the same house, traverse canyon-like terrain, and converge to another room.

Which one do you want to play first?

Chestnut smiled and looked at Xiafa, asking in a gentle yet playful tone.

Xia Fa asked in confusion:

"Behind these three doors..."

Chestnut chuckled:

"Actually, I don't know either. This old royal gold coin was passed down to me by my grandfather. I heard that he, Uncle Axor, and Uncle Bedivere often came here when they were young. Occasionally, Uncle Cardan and Prince Ariman would also come."

Now, Xia Fa was genuinely curious. This place looked remote, but it was actually a hidden gem!

Chestnut continued:

"You choose one, I'll listen to you!"

Xia Fa's gaze wandered between the three doors, finally settling on the middle iron door with a slime carving pattern.

"Let's choose this one."

Chestnut nodded obediently:

"it is good!"

She seemed quite happy today, and took Xia Fa's hand, leading her to the iron gate in the middle.

This time, she once again took out that old royal gold coin and pressed it onto the slime pattern on the iron gate.

The slime pattern suddenly lit up, and then the iron gate opened to the top and bottom.

Noise and shouts poured out from the long corridor inside the door, which seemed to conceal a mysterious world filled with pleasure, excitement, and endless joy.

Then, Xia Fa witnessed a scene that was quite unbelievable to him.

At the end of the passageway was an extremely spacious hall. The floor and ceiling were made of large iron plates joined together with rivets, and the walls were covered with all sorts of graffiti.

The purple neon tubes emitted a soft glow, illuminating the faces of the guests.

Some faces were flushed red, some were filled with ecstasy, and some were sighing, but they were all gathered in twos and threes around the tables, waving their fists and shouting something.

"Hahaha, I got it! I got it! It's a treasure worth a thousand gold pounds! I'm rich!"

"I'm so envious. I played ten rounds and got nothing but a single, worthless 'Purgo', which is only worth fifty gold pounds."

"A thousand gold pounds is enough to make you happy? I sold a sealed artifact the day before yesterday for a whopping three thousand seven hundred gold pounds!"

"That's nothing. I once sold a high-level secret contract. You know what a high-level secret contract is? I sold it for 20,000 gold pounds. I think it was called something like Lord of the Bees!"

"I've heard that it's possible to obtain a Hegemon-level Secret Contract. Has anyone obtained one?"

"Just listen to the boss's bragging. This shop has been open for almost three hundred years, and I've never heard of anyone revealing a top-level secret contract."

As Xia Fa listened to the guests' conversation, he was quite intrigued. His gaze swept across the room and settled on an empty table.

He didn't forget to take Chestnut's smooth and delicate little hand and led her quickly over.

Chestnut looked around with great curiosity, as this was her first time visiting the place. She had only heard her grandfather and Uncle Yaxo mention it briefly in conversations before.

Finally, Xia Fa and Ban Li arrived at an empty table.

The other guests, seeing that they seemed to be a young couple, and that Xia Fa was dressed like a commoner while Chestnut was quite fashionable and a rare member of the rat tribe, did not disturb them.

Xia Fazhe was able to see what was on the empty table.

It was a table with a hollow interior, half a meter deep, and in the middle of the table was a slime the size of a tomato, bouncing around.

That was clearly what the Traveling Slime looked like, with a dreamy pink hue; however, Traveling Slimes don't seem to be this small.

But strangely, in the corner of the table, there was a toy soldier wearing metallic armor and holding a sharp longsword that was polished to a cold gleam.

On the west side of the table, in front of Xia Fa, there was a small, long, narrow opening, seemingly for putting money in, with the number "100" written below it.

"One hundred gold pounds per game?"

Based on the guests' previous conversations, and the occasional gasps and curses that still erupted, Xia Fa immediately understood how to play.

He was about to flip his palm and take out a stack of gold coins to try it out. Anyway, he was here to relax with Chestnut today. He had been too tired these past few days, so he could have some fun.

Just then, a pair of fair hands reached out in front of him, holding a stack of banknotes.

"Xia Fa, here, let's each play once!"

Xia Fa glanced at it and found that it was a full thousand gold pounds. He turned his head and met Chestnut's sincere eyes.

Chestnut's idea was actually very simple. After all, Xia Fa had only recently become a superhuman and was still just an insect-level superhuman. He probably hadn't caught any good prey in the Mist God Hunting Grounds and probably didn't have much money.

In this situation, when the two go on a date together, she should naturally pay for it.

She was unaware that in addition to receiving a title, Xia Fa had also received a bank draft worth one million gold pounds. In fact, only Prince Ariman, who was in charge of the matter, knew about it, and it was scheduled to be cashed three months later.

Xia Fa accepted the thousand pounds, thought for a moment, and then decided not to refuse the chestnut's offer.

Anyway, there's still plenty of time today, and he absolutely can't let Chestnut pay any more money next time!

Thinking this, Xia Fa nodded to himself, took out a 100-pound gold pound from the stack of money, and stuffed it into the long, narrow hole.

The gold pound sterling shot in with an incredibly smooth "whoosh."

The next moment, a "click-clack" sound rang out, and the toy soldiers on the table began to twist their necks and rotate their shoulders, their expressions becoming more lively.