"Each person twelve dice, betting on the points..."

Ye Ming looked at Qin Fang opposite him, his face had returned to normal, and then he murmured.

Wow~~

Qin Fang hadn't had time to react when the crowd watching below let out a gasp of astonishment first.

Most of the people mingling here loved to gamble, and naturally, they had played with dice before. However, they usually bet on the size or even-odd with just three dice, and only sometimes those who felt more impressive dared to bet on the points.

However, that was limited to a scenario with fewer dice, where, with some training of the ears, one could vaguely grasp certain patterns. Some dice masters had trained themselves that way.

Three dice weren't satisfying enough, and the difficulty was relatively low, so a more challenging variant with six dice came into play. This kind of game was mostly for quite formidable experts, and ordinary people couldn't handle it well, often ending up losing disastrously even if relying on luck.

When six dice clattered and spun uncontrollably inside the dice cup, the unpredictability increased significantly, to the point that even very skilled gambling masters couldn't be sure of winning.

Yet, Ye Ming went even further, doubling the number to twelve dice. This level of difficulty was not just significant; it was enormous, causing almost everyone present to gape in shock, unable to close their mouths for a long time.

"Big? Small?"

Qin Fang's face didn't look very good either. Bidding with twelve dice was quite troublesome, and although he had learned Cheating Skills, his Proficiency wasn't high. The skills weren't too useful, let alone facing Ye Ming who had mastered Qianmen Illusion Technique.

There are only so many options to bet on with dice—big, small, even-odd, or specific points.

Betting on specific points was practically out of the question. With twelve dice, points could range from a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 72, although some more impressive experts might be able to roll a minimal 1, making the range of possible numbers even greater. It was nearly impossible to correctly guess a specific number, neither Qin Fang nor Ye Ming could do it.

Betting on even-odd also seemed unlikely; it was a fifty-fifty chance, and Qin Fang could just guess, with a hitting rate of fifty percent being too high.

That left only betting on big or small.

"Small!"

Ye Ming declared confidently, and as if worried Qin Fang didn't understand, he immediately added, "Twelve dice each, we roll once, and whoever gets the lowest points wins..."

Indeed!

Almost the moment Ye Ming mentioned betting on big or small, and specifically betting on small, Qin Fang had already guessed this possibility.

The greatest difficulty with twelve dice wasn't rolling twelve sixes but rolling a minimal one—that is, the theoretically smallest point, one.

"Alright!"

Although Qin Fang's brows were deeply furrowed, after a moment's thought, he nodded his head in agreement.

"You're very confident?"

Looking at Ye Ming's confident and arrogant face, Qin Fang casually smiled and said.

"Why wouldn't I be confident? Just because I've lost to you before? Then you're underestimating me! I forgot to tell you, my mentor has a nickname called Dice Demon!"

Qin Fang's psychological tactic seemed to have no effect, as Ye Ming dismissed it with a Tai Chi-esque shove, simultaneously revealing some news.

"Dice Demon!"

Hearing this name, Qin Fang's heart also skipped a beat.

Thousand Gate was not short of gambling masters; some of them were not less capable than those world-class Gambling Kings, but they preferred to keep a lower profile. After all, the Thousand Gate was still considered an unorthodox sect, not part of the mainstream. Even though there were quite a few well-known gambling experts from Thousand Gate, few people knew of their origins.

For instance, historical figures such as Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Zhang Liang, and even Zhuge Wuhou had illustrious reputations, but whether they came from Thousand Gate was mostly speculation by later generations, as they never mentioned it themselves.

Their silence didn't mean nobody inside Thousand Gate knew about it, though. They each had their own nickname within the sect, and while the nicknames of those figures could no longer be traced, Ye Ming's mentor's title of Dice Demon indicated his profound mastery of dice or that he was undoubtedly a top expert of Qianmen Illusion Technique.

"Twelve dice are too few. If we're going to play, let's go big, make it eighteen, no, straight to twenty..."

When Ye Ming proposed twelve dice, he naturally had some leeway, perhaps his real strength reached fourteen, or maybe even fifteen or sixteen.

Qin Fang couldn't let him off easy and straight-up added eight more. Twelve to twenty, and this level of difficulty was not just a small increase.

For each additional dice, the uncertainty doubled, and now from twelve to twenty, the added uncertainty was more than just tenfold.

Qin Fang was almost certain that Ye Ming might manage one with twelve dice, but with twenty... that wouldn't be so easy. Any problem with a single dice would ruin all the others; aiming for one... it really wasn't much easier than reaching the heavens, maybe even Ye Ming's mentor the Dice Demon could do it.

"Okay, twenty!"

Ye Ming was silent for a while, but eventually nodded his head.

Indeed, twenty dice were beyond his limit, but he had worked hard on his dice skills, certainly much stronger than Qin Fang, who was obviously just a beginner in Cheating Skills.

He realized Qin Fang knew his advantage with dice wasn't clear, so he used increasing the number of dice to strike at him.

"Hmph, I'll let you see my true strength!"

Ye Ming secretly resolved himself; he also wanted to challenge beyond his limits, as only such challenges could provide the greatest motivation for improvement. (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast a recommendation ticket, monthly ticket, your support is my biggest motivation.)

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