The silk Marriage Contract rolled across the gambling table, unfurling a little.
Within a field of vision invisible to ordinary people, Hong Yuan saw strands of scarlet karmic calamity power coiling around it, carrying an ominous air.
For an ordinary person, taking this object would mean inviting disaster. Their death would not be far off.
Hong Yuan's expression did not change. He simply reached out and took the silk document.
He had not used his divine awareness to inspect it. He had merely seen the words "Reply to a Marriage Proposal" on its exposed corner and realized it was a Marriage Contract.
Now he spread it open and skimmed it, and a strange look immediately appeared between his brows.
Zheng Heng had thrown out this Marriage Contract as a wager. It looked as though his losses had driven him out of his mind, yet his face was expressionless as he stared straight at Hong Yuan. "This is the Marriage Contract between me and a daughter of the Cui Clan. Its value would be no less than ten thousand gold-"
Before Hong Yuan could respond, the gambling house's dealer staggered back several steps, his face aghast. Cold sweat streamed down his large bald head as he stammered, "Young Master Zheng, please be careful what you say. If you're short of funds, the Fortune and Prosperity Gambling House can lend you some."
The other gamblers sucked in cold breaths, looking at Zheng Heng as though he were a madman.
Whose fearless champion was this? How could he be so ferocious?
How did he dare?
Sanyuan County was only so large. The renowned young master of the Zheng Clan had been driven back to his hometown from the commandery seat, and all sorts of rumors about Zheng Heng had long since spread.
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