"An opportunity?"
Qiu Tu keenly caught those two words. His eyes blinked as he looked at Zhao Ji, then he grinned and probed, "Sister Zhao Ji, what kind of opportunity is it?"
Over this period, Zhao Ji had come to understand Qiu Tu's personality to some extent.
This man looked somewhat carefree and flippant, but he was actually extremely ambitious and loved to gamble.
That was obvious from how he could have developed steadily, yet repeatedly chose to walk a tightrope and use small stakes for huge gains.
But it had to be said, this man truly seemed to possess something extraordinary. He always seemed able to create miracles and turn dangerous situations into opportunities.
Just like the "Sixth Shelter Incident" this time.
At the very beginning of the incident, Qiu Tu had merely been a minor speaker. He had not even been qualified to personally receive Consort Xi.
After all, at the time, before becoming one of the Shelter's upper echelons, he had been nothing more than an ant too tiny to notice in the eyes of the various powers and leaders of the three Shelters.
Yet Qiu Tu had leveraged La Riluo, leveraged Zhao Ji, leveraged the Tang Family, walked the tightrope, and gambled madly, forcefully swallowing an elephant with a snake:
He had first swallowed Heaven and Earth Provinces, earning himself the right to enter the game;
Then, he had seized Pang Hai Chen's weakness, entered the game himself, won the support of the Shelter's first and second-in-command, devoured Pang Hai Chen alone, and used that to rise into the Shelter's leadership and become a regional powerhouse;
Afterward, once he had capital, he pretended to cooperate with Consort Xi while secretly communicating with the Kou Family, placing bets on both sides.
After gaining the support of both