In Changhong Subdistrict, Nanshan District, Jiangbei City, a vast, bustling commercial district had been built around a villa compound, seeming to stand guard over it.
The owners of the surrounding shops all knew that this entire street belonged to the mysterious family inside the compound.
Even someone who swept the floors there could turn out to be a secret millionaire.
The people in the villa compound had astonishingly powerful backgrounds.
A wealthy man famous throughout the Nine Provinces had once taken a liking to the area's feng shui and tried to buy the street. Later, he had even resorted to some underhanded methods, only for news of his accidental death to arrive a few days later.
It was nearing evening.
Three cars stopped on Changhong Street. A group of people in black trench coats stepped out and headed straight for a commercial building.
They entered the elevator and pressed a particular sequence of buttons.
The elevator, which supposedly went no lower than the second basement level, displayed -8 before dropping at high speed.
The doors opened.
Some people were drinking tea and chatting, while others played cards at several gambling tables.
A sign hung up ahead: "Tang Casino."
The decor was extremely luxurious, likely the work of a famous designer. Even a random painting was worth hundreds of thousands, and every antique on display was genuine.
There was none of a casino's chaos, clamor, or disorder.
Instead, the place had a touch of elegance.
Yet the sums these gamblers wagered were staggering. There were single-digit tables, double-digit tables, triple-digit tables, and four-digit tables.
All the wagers were in Underworld Points!
Converted to Nine Provinces Currency, those figures had to be multiplied by ten thousand.
That meant a single game at the highest stakes could see tens of millions won or