Tong Xun Was a Human-Ghost Hybrid?

"Enough. Let's get down to business."

"What are you waiting for me here for?"

"With your strength, if I'm not mistaken, you're at least a Divine Emperor, right?"

"Then why'd you let yourself end up looking like this?" Chen Changan asked, looking disgusted.

Seeing the look of disgust on Chen Changan's face, Tong Xun didn't seem to mind. Instead, he said with a smile, "It's called keeping a low profile. You know what that means?"

"I used to be quite the big shot, too. It's just that... I fell on hard times."

Hard times?

How could a Divine Emperor fall on hard times?

In the Tongtian Realm, he could be treated like an ancestor if he wanted. How did that have anything to do with falling on hard times?

"Ahem, it's just... I picked up a bad habit."

"Ah, gambling. That stuff's really no good."

"One thought, and your whole family's fortune is gone."

Chen Changan understood even less after hearing that. Gambling was enough to make a Divine Emperor fall on hard times?

What the hell, was all that cultivation just for show?

This was obviously a sure-win situation, and he'd still managed to turn himself into this mess?

Where was his brain?

Seeing Chen Changan's expression, Tong Xun knew what he was thinking.

"What's the greatest pleasure in gambling?"

"It's the joy of winning when you don't know what's going to happen."

"Of course I could use my cultivation, but then where's the fun in gambling?"

"What you want... is a thrill!" Tong Xun said excitedly.

A thrill!

It sure was thrilling. Turning yourself into this sorry state for a bit of fun—now that was a thrill.

"Do you... have a different take on it?"

Seeing Chen Changan's look of disdain, Tong Xun was a little confused, too.