Chu Yang's performance might have fooled that old man, but it could not fool Li Heishui and the other three.
Even if they were beaten to death, they would never believe that the famed Young Emperor Chu of the Eastern Wilderness was such a wastrel, with the air of a gambler who had lost his head.
Anyone who had seen him before would likely have been able to spot how overacted it was.
After gathering all the Source Stones he had chosen, Chu Yang glanced at Li Heishui and the others before heading straight out.
This time, he did not return to the courtyard. Instead, he went directly to the other stone gambling houses in Chaoyang City.
There were six stone gambling houses in the city. Aside from the Yaochi Holy Land's establishment, the owners behind the other five were merely local powers in Qu Prefecture.
After spending nearly two hours going from place to place, Chu Yang ultimately gained very little.
Compared with the Jade Pool Stone Gambling House, the other five were simply far too inferior.
Chu Yang had even seen many so-called Source Stones that were nothing more than ordinary rocks. Others had been tampered with—the Source inside had been removed, and the stones had then been resealed to look intact.
Including the Source Stones he had bought from the Jade Pool Stone Gambling House before leaving, Chu Yang estimated that he could still obtain roughly a thousand jin of Source.
That half-fist-sized piece of Fire-red Source had been a completely unexpected windfall, greatly making up for the shortage of resources he needed for his breakthrough.
The gains from this trip combined were enough for him to cultivate the Sea of Wheels Realm to perfection and advance into the Dao Palace Divine Treasury!
Whether he could enter