Ning Cheng was silent, he didn’t know how he should comfort Jing Hao.
It could not be said that Jing Hao had given a lot for Shi Yu Lan, but he did not expect that after all the hardships they had gone through to get here, Shi Yu Lan would actually abandon Jing Hao and get close to a Star River King.
He did not comment because he had never met Shi Yulan and he had no idea about what kind of person Shi Yulan was.
But from Ning Cheng’s experience in the cultivation world, even if he and Jing Hao were from the same planet, Jing Hao would not be able to push his heart towards him so much. It was obvious that Jing Hao had something to turn to him for help, but he had touched a sentiment and vented it.
“If that’s the case, why doesn’t Brother Jing leave Haibo City to fight for something, instead of staying here?” Ning Cheng opened his mouth and said. He was eager to ask about the fire attribute origin, and he knew that now was not the time.
Jing Hao finally snapped out of that sad feeling and picked up the second pot of wine that the fellow had just brought and took another sip before he sighed, “It’s not that I don’t want to leave, but I can’t leave. After Yu Lan left, I was so dishevelled that I was actually instigated to enter the casino, using it to forget something I didn’t want to think about.”
Ning Cheng noticed that this was the first time Jing Hao had addressed Yu Lan, before he had just substituted her for anything he said.
“I owe billions of blue coins at the casino, the deadline for returning them is coming up, and I have been frantically trying to pay them back over the years. After all these years, there are still hundreds of millions of blue coins left to be repaid, alas ……”
Ning Cheng asked suspiciously, “Since there are still hundreds of millions of blue coins, can’t you just pay it back?”
Jing Hao shook his head, “The deadline is coming up, there are still a few months left, if I am unable to pay back these blue coins within the deadline, I will become a slave and be pledged to someone else. In the future, there will be no more Jing Hao in heaven and earth, only a slave with the same name.”
Ning Cheng fell silent, he had heard Lan Ya talk about the horrors of becoming a slave.
“I went to the casino, trying to take a chance, but every time I not only couldn’t win back those blue coins, but I lost more and more.”
When Jing Hao said this, Ning Cheng finally understood why Jing Hao had to go to the casino. If it was him, I guess there was nowhere to earn a few hundred million blue coins in a few months’ time, apart from going to the casino, which was a completely desperate bet.
“So I want to ask you to do me a favor ……” After Jing Hao said this, Ning Cheng finally understood what the other party wanted him to help, this was to borrow money.
Several hundred million blue coins he could not take out as well, Ning Cheng said somewhat apologetically, “Brother Jing, I would love to help you, it’s just that I don’t have that much blue coins either. I still have 100 million black coins on me, which is still a hundred thousand miles away from the amount you asked for.”
A hint of hotness appeared in Jing Hao’s eyes, “Brother Ning, I just need you to lend me a little black coin and I will definitely win back my capital at the casino.”
Ning Cheng said somewhat speechlessly, “Brother Jing, it’s not that I don’t believe in your gambling skills. As far as I know, there is absolutely no such thing as getting rich from gambling. Every gambler’s path is a history of regret and bloodshed, and I don’t recommend you to gamble. Think about it, if casinos don’t make money, can they open them?”
Jing Hao stood up, grabbed Ning Cheng’s clothes and said, “Brother Ning, Brother Ning, please do me this favour. I know that gambling doesn’t end well, but I don’t have a second path to take besides this one. If I don’t pay back the money, in a few months’ time, I will be a slave and I have no way back. Besides it’s only a draw in that casino, the casino itself is not involved in gambling, it’s pure luck that gets you into gambling.”
Ning Cheng laughed coldly, he didn’t even bother to reply to Jing Hao. The casino was not involved in gambling, it was only a draw, that was a lie to the devil. He had seen this kind of thing too many times since he had come from Earth. Jing Hao had lived thousands of years longer than him and had spent all his time on cultivation, or rather didn’t bother to research and inquire about such things.
“Alright, I won’t persuade you either. I still have 100 million black coins here, I’ll give it all to you, and don’t talk about returning it.” Ning Cheng took out that one black coin card and handed it to Jing Hao. He had something to ask Jing Hao, and this 100 million black coins was nothing to him.
Jing Hao took the black coin card, bowed and gave a salute to Ning Cheng and said, “Thank you, Brother Ning. Whether I succeed or fail, I will remember this kindness from Brother Ning.”
“It’s not much, Brother Ning doesn’t need to put it to heart ……” Ning Cheng hurriedly said politely, this 100 million black coins only counted as a million blue coins, it really wasn’t much. Ning Cheng knew that the cave he lived in would require around a million blue coins a month.
Jing Hao nodded his head and didn’t bother to be polite again. After he collected the black coins, he once again struck a soundproofing ban and said, “Brother Ning, as we part, I want to tell you something. When I first obtained the fire origin, there was still a fire origin bead, and that sliver of origin was produced by the origin bead. However, my cultivation level at that time was too low, so I was unable to move the fire origin pearl ……”
Ning Cheng’s heart suddenly pounded, he had planned to ask Jing Hao where he had found the fire origin, he did not expect him to take the initiative to say it before he had even asked Jing Hao. And what surprised him even more was that there was really a Fire Origin Pearl there.
“Immediately after she got a trace of the origin, she started to close down. I thought at the time that I would tell her when her cultivation level was high. Oh, there’s no need to tell now. Here is a starry sky jade sketch map, the place where I found the Fire Origin Pearl is on it, I drew it in great detail, I am giving it to you now ……” Jing Hao took out a jade sketch and handed it to Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng subconsciously took the jade slip, Jing Hao took the initiative to give it to him, instead he felt ashamed, “This, Brother Jing, I know about the Origin, the value is simply immeasurable, and the Origin Pearl is even more immeasurably valuable. I do want such things, but ……”
“I’m always out here making money and looking for various cultivation resources, and I don’t have any friends. You are also considered my only friend, right? You lent me 100 million black coins the first time we met and knew that there was a good chance I wouldn’t be able to pay it back. I’m most satisfied in my heart to give this to you.” Jing Hao said with a sigh, that Fire Origin Pearl, he had wanted to get it to Yu Lan, but unfortunately she had abandoned him.
He found a golden mountain, he just scraped a trace of gold powder on it to bring back to her, and she kicked him away. I wonder what kind of emotion she felt when she realised he still had a gold mountain sitting there.
“Brother Jing, if you have this jade slip, even if you go anywhere, you can exchange it for tens of billions of blue coins.” Ning Cheng said slowly.
Jing Hao smiled to himself, “Brother Ning, you are a little too young. Do you think that I can exchange this jade slip for blue coins when I take it out? I would be giving away my own life if I took it out. No one would voluntarily give me ten billion blue coins just because I took out a jade slip. He would bring me to the place where the Fire Origin Pearl is, and after getting this bead, then kill me.
Besides, this Fire Origin Pearl was discovered by me after all the hardships, and I won’t be cheap to these vampires. Brother Ning, we are both from the Yixing Continent, and I can see that you and I are one of a kind. I am a metallic primary spirit root, I can’t use that. I’ll give it to you willingly.”
“In that case, then Ning Cheng thanks Brother Jing for the gift.” Ning Cheng put away the jade slip, stood up and bowed to Jing Hao, he was truly grateful to him. The Origin Pearl was simply too important to him. Moreover, he could tell that Jing Hao’s tone was sincere and should not be lying to him.
Ning Cheng was a character where people respected me a foot and I respected them a foot, not to mention that the Origin Pearl was not measured in value at all. If one used blue coins, even if one were to pile up Haibo City, one would not be able to purchase the Fire Origin Beads.
Before he could say anything, Jing Hao produced the location where the Origin Pearl was located, which made Ning Cheng make up his mind that if Jing Hao was unable to win with the 100 million black coins, he would take out the pile of blue coins in his ring. Paying was mutual, Ning Cheng did not have the idea of just taking advantage of people and not paying.
Jing Hao laughed and drained the second pot in one go. The sadness in his eyes and face from before disappeared, as if the person who was sad and grieving just now was not him at all, “Ning Cheng, go back and cultivate well, your cultivation level is too low, you can’t go to that place until after you reach at least the Gathering Star. I’m going to the casino, whether I succeed or fail, I’m going to try once. Whether you treat me as a friend or not, I already treat you as a friend.”
“Brother Jing, let me accompany you to the casino.” Ning Cheng said calmly as he drained the same sip of wine he had only taken from the table.
Jing Hao looked at Ning Cheng suspiciously, “I can tell that you are someone who abhors gambling, why would you want to accompany me?”
“It’s true that I loathe gambling, but I don’t loathe Brother Jing. I don’t have many friends, and since Brother Jing treats me as a friend, then Brother Jing will be my friend Ning Cheng from now on.” Ning Cheng said sincerely.
He really did not have many friends, there were really very few besides Tai Shu Shi and Cang Wei who could truly become his heartfelt friends. Mushroom Hanrui and Liang Kexin were also considered his friends, but they were female cultivators.
Ning Cheng was sure that someone was targeting Jing Hao, and since he considered Jing Hao a friend, he didn’t care about that. The friend he wanted to make was not someone who added flowers to the brocade, but someone who sent charcoal in the snow. Similarly, he also hoped that he was not a friend who was someone who added flowers to the brocade, but also a friend who sent charcoal in the snow.
“Good, from now on there will be no more Jing Hao in the world, I will be called Jing Wu Ming from now on.” Jing Hao did not expect Ning Cheng to treat him as a friend, knowing that there was trouble in associating with him.
Earlier, the two of them had entered the Rest Inn together to drink, this had affected Ning Cheng though, the matter was not too big. As long as Ning Cheng could explain it clearly, there wouldn’t be any people to target a Life Robbing Realm cultivator. This was because his reason for being with Ning Cheng and a good explanation, which was to borrow money.
But now that Ning Cheng was accompanying him to the casino, it was completely different, it meant going in and out together. He thought the same as Ning Cheng, that Ning Cheng was a friend worth making. True friends met in times of trouble, not the kind that could share glory but not hardship.
At this moment, he realised how many wonderful things he had missed out on over the countless years when he had focused his energy on that woman. Friend, what a warm name it was, and now he had it too.
Ning Cheng also understood what Jing Hao meant, he only wished to change his name, to forget all about his past and would rather be a nameless person.