The two thugs from the Golden Hook Gambling House fled the Magic Tool shop in a panic, practically pissing themselves.
The spectators gathered at the entrance promptly made way, every one of them wearing looks of contempt and disdain.
There were many gambling houses in Thousand Stars Immortal City. Some followed the rules, while others were utterly vile, stopping at nothing to drain gamblers' Storage Bags dry. Countless cultivators had been ruined because of them, even reduced to slave cultivators.
The Golden Hook Gambling House belonged to the latter sort and had a notorious reputation throughout the Seventh Quadrant.
Yet any gambling house that could open in Thousand Stars Immortal City had powerful backing. Ordinary people could hardly afford to provoke them, so everyone had only dared to rage in silence.
Now that they saw the Golden Hook Gambling House's thugs suffer a setback, everyone inwardly cheered.
"Wait!"
At that moment, Su Ziling suddenly rushed out and stopped one of the burly men. She asked coldly, "How did my father die? Where is his body?"
The burly man hesitated, then looked back at Wang Chen before answering, "H-he was caught cheating. Someone took him outside the city and beat him to death. It had nothing to do with our Golden Hook Gambling House."
It turned out that after Su Ziling's father, Su Wenhui, lost a large sum of Spirit Stones at the Golden Hook Gambling House, he had been unwilling to accept his losses and wanted to win his money back. So he went to gamble at an underground den.
Though the Golden Hook Gambling House was black-hearted, it was still a business that operated openly and did not dare go too far.
Underground gambling dens were different. Once they caught Su Wenhui, they showed him no mercy.
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