Suddenly, Gao Jianfei felt a sharp glint flash in the man's eyes, like a bolt of lightning streaking across the night!
"What sharp eyes!" Gao Jianfei couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. "You're the sharpshooter Hua Rong?"
"I dare not accept such praise, I am Hua Rong!" A charmingly masculine smile flickered across the man's lips.
"Come, come, come, Xiao Gao, come and have a drink!" Zhu Cong seemed to be the master of the room, and he waved to Gao Jianfei warmly.
Gao Jianfei walked straight over and sat on the long wooden bench. At this moment, Hua Rong had already poured Gao Jianfei a bowl of wine. He raised his wine cup to Gao Jianfei and said, "Little Gao, thank you for bringing me here. Hua Rong toasts you!"
Chapter 108 Peak Eye Speed!
Chapter 108 Peak Eye Speed!
As it turns out, in the haunted house, Wong Fei-hung could use a liniment for bruises and sprains to apply and rub Gao Jianfei's swollen back injury, and the effect was remarkable; and Hua Rong, Ke Zhen'e, and Zhu Cong could also invite Gao Jianfei to drink a few cups. No, a few bowls.
The alcohol is real.
Served in a rough ceramic bowl, the wine is pure white in color. Upon tasting it, it feels like a raging fire, burning and boiling. As it slides down the throat, a spicy and exhilarating sensation immediately washes over the entire body!
"Ah! So spicy!" Gao Jianfei took a big gulp of wine and put down his bowl. He didn't dare to drink a whole bowl like Hua Rong and Ke Zhen'e. He could only take a small sip.
“Xiao Gao, it’s Shaodaozi,” Hua Rong said with a smile. In fact, his every word and action was quite impressive, especially his eyes, which seemed to be able to see through people’s hearts.
After drinking for a while, Gao Jianfei thought to himself, "It's already the afternoon of the 20th. I should hurry up and learn Hua Rong's special skill in eyesight first! I can't just cram at the last minute before the competition tomorrow."
With that thought in mind, Gao Jianfei drank a few more sips of wine with Hua Rong and the other two, and then said to the intelligent program, "I'm going to learn the special skills of Level 2 Ghost Hua Rong right now!"
The intelligent program's voice immediately rang out... "Dear user, as you wish! Super Ghost Instrument, learning space activated!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than the environment of rooms 2-8 changed dramatically.
The tavern setting suddenly transforms into a desolate mountain range! Yellow sand churns on the mountain, wild geese fly high, creating a scene of desolate grandeur!
This time, in addition to Hua Rong and Gao Jianfei entering the study space, Ke Zhen'e and Zhu Cong also joined in for the fun.
Hua Rong, at this time, looks very stylish!
He rode a tall horse with pure red fur, without a single blemish, wearing gleaming knight's armor and a general's helmet. An iron bow and quiver hung from the saddle. He looked absolutely stunning!
Ke Zhen'e and Zhu Cong stood aside, smiling. A slight hint of disdain flickered in Zhu Cong's eyes.
Gao Jianfei ignored Ke Zhen'e and Zhu Cong, those two idle ghosts, and instead said to Hua Rong on horseback, "Hua Rong... General! Uh, General Hua, now, I want to learn your special skill of eyesight." Gao Jianfei knew that as a peak level 2 ghost, Hua Rong's special skills were national-level eyesight and provincial-level archery skills.
Gao Jianfei also couldn't understand why Hua Rong's archery skills were only at the provincial level. However, after thinking about it, he realized that perhaps Hua Rong was just one of the most skilled archers among the 108 heroes of Liangshan. But looking at the whole history, his archery skills probably weren't even considered top-notch.
Gao Jianfei had studied history; he knew that Lü Bu, Li Guang, Zhebie, Huang Zhong, and Wang Bodang were all masters of archery. And considering Hua Rong's "provincial-level" archery skills, Lü Bu and Huang Zhong, these historical figures, might even have surpassed him in archery!
Of course, Hua Rong's archery skills weren't something Gao Jianfei should be concerned with right now. He wasn't here to learn archery! Absolutely not! To be honest, Gao Jianfei wasn't very interested in archery! The reason was simple: in modern society, with firearms and other firearms, the practicality of bows and crossbows wasn't actually that great. Besides, Gao Jianfei already possessed the skills of both Du Dajin and Ke Zhen'e in concealed weapons, making him quite adept at ranged attacks. Concealed weapons were easy to carry; carrying a large bow would be such an eyesore.
Before Hua Rong could answer Gao Jianfei's question, the blind man Ke Zhen'e spoke up first, "While we were drinking earlier, I heard that General Hua is skilled in archery on horseback. Perfect timing, I, a blind man, also know a few tricks with hidden weapons. Since I'm free anyway, I'll just have to experience General Hua's divine archery skills!"
Hua Rong's face remained calm, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes, and he nodded slightly, "Okay."
Zhu Cong chuckled and said to Gao Jianfei, "Little Gao, let's have a little competition and see if General Hua's archery is better or my elder brother's iron spikes are better."
Gao Jianfei was speechless.
He went into the learning space to ask Hua Rong for guidance, so why did this old blind man and Zhu Cong come over to interfere? They even wanted to compete with Hua Rong?
Are you bored out of your mind in that ghost den?
Before Gao Jianfei could even process what was happening, Zhu Cong grabbed a pebble and threw it directly into the sky, startling a flock of geese overhead into flight!
Ke Zhen'e's ears twitched violently a few times, and his right hand swung several times, throwing out three iron spikes!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Three geese landed in response!
"Brother, what amazing skills!" Zhu Cong exclaimed, clapping his hands with delight.
Ke Zhen'e turned his face toward Hua Rong with a smug look on his face.
Suddenly, Hua Rong swiftly retrieved a longbow from beside the saddle, nocked an arrow, drew the bowstring taut, his pupils slightly contracted, and then…
"boom!"
A sharp arrow, accompanied by a fierce whistling sound, was launched!
"Thud!" The arrow pierced through the neck of a goose, but its momentum did not diminish, and it pierced through the neck of another goose above it before finally falling to the ground.
Kill two birds with one stone!
"Amazing! Killing two birds with one stone! So impressive!" Gao Jianfei exclaimed loudly. To be honest, Gao Jianfei's own hidden weapon skills had surpassed Ke Zhen'e's, but he really couldn't achieve the result of killing two birds with one stone using any hidden weapon! Even with his trump card, Little Li's Flying Dagger, he could only kill one target at a time!
Hua Rong placed the longbow back beside the saddle as if it were a trivial matter, and then said to Gao Jianfei, "This archery skill can be taught to you."
Before Gao Jianfei could answer, Ke Zhen'e continued rambling, "General Hua, you only have the advantage of your weapon. It's not that my hidden weapon skills are inferior to your archery. The blind man is very dissatisfied. Why don't we have a contest of our fist and foot skills?"
Competitive and ambitious! Ke Zhen'e's personality is just too competitive! Gao Jianfei immediately thought of the bet between the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan and Qiu Chuji mentioned in the book. These seven people are all crazy, insisting on competing with each other! Although Ke Zhen'e's words make sense—Hua Rong killed two birds with one stone because of the characteristics of the bow and arrow, not because he was actually better than Ke Zhen'e—how could Gao Jianfei allow Ke Zhen'e and Zhu Cong, two unrelated devils, to cause trouble and waste his precious study time?
Gao Jianfei angrily ordered the AI program, "Get those two unrelated people out of here!"
Fortunately, Gao Jianfei was the master of the Ghost Den, and was supreme. So, as soon as he finished speaking, Ke Zhen'e and Zhu Cong obediently left the study space.
Gao Jianfei breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Hua Rong. "Heh, their personalities are a bit eccentric, General Hua, please don't take offense. Alright, let's begin our studies!"
Seeing Hua Rong demonstrate his skills, Gao Jianfei was overjoyed. Although he didn't need to learn archery techniques right now, he could learn them later when he had time. Putting everything else aside, once he mastered Hua Rong's archery skills, winning a few gold medals in the Olympic archery competition would be no problem at all.
Hua Rong had no reason to refuse Gao Jianfei's request to study. Immediately, he began to train Gao Jianfei's eyesight.
Generally speaking, there are two steps to improving your eyesight.
The first step was to make Gao Jianfei stare at a specific object without blinking! Hua Rong told Gao Jianfei, "Only if you can see an object without blinking for a moment can you become a master archer." For this training, Hua Rong prepared a loom for Gao Jianfei. It was the kind of small machine that ancient women used for spinning and weaving. Gao Jianfei lay under the loom, staring at the rows of needles in the loom. After two hours of this, even when the needles touched Gao Jianfei's eyelashes, he wouldn't blink.
The second step is to train yourself to see small things as large and to see minute details clearly. Hua Rong then said to Gao Jianfei, "If you can see the small as large and the minute as huge, then your eyesight will be perfected!"
To practice this step, Hua Rong had a small louse hanging from the tail of his own warhorse, and Gao Jianfei used his eyesight to stare intently at the louse.
And so, he stared at it for another two hours. To Gao Jianfei, the tiny louse looked as big as a car wheel!
My eyesight has finally improved!
It took four hours!
National-level vision!
Now, Gao Jianfei can adjust the focus of his pupils at will. Sometimes he can look at objects normally, but when he strains his eyes, he can see even the smallest dust particles in great detail and can see flies hundreds of meters away clearly!
Gao Jianfei excitedly bid farewell to Hua Rong, then ran to Tie Mian's room and used gambling tools to test his eye speed. Gao Jianfei's eye speed was a terrifying 170!
Iron Face had already astonished Gao Jianfei to the point of being a superhuman!
"Xiao Gao, your current stats have reached the pinnacle of the world's gambling scene! I think it will be a long time before anyone surpasses you! Even your ultimate rival, Chen Yifeng, is like a kindergarten child compared to you, or a special forces soldier!" After his exclamation and admiration, Iron Face continued, "However, Xiao Gao, I must remind you, 'The tallest tree in the forest catches the most wind!' Before you have enough power to protect yourself, you must not reveal your true gambling skills! Chen Yifeng is a very despicable person. Back then, his battle with the God of Gamblers, Gao Jin, was rumored to have used unfair means outside the arena. This time, with your battle with Wu Youcun, perhaps Chen Yifeng will watch the recording afterwards. If he discovers your true gambling skills, he will surely murder you, this genius! So... conceal your abilities! Conserve your strength! Keep a low profile!"
“Okay, I understand.” Gao Jianfei snapped his fingers. “I won’t go all out in every match until I qualify to challenge Chen Yifeng! I know that gambling isn’t just about playing on the gambling table; it also includes the grudges and conspiracies outside the casino! I’m very clear about that.”
At this point, Gao Jianfei's four gambling skill metrics have reached...
Hand speed: 110
Eye speed: 170
Hearing: 110
Memory: 162
Overall rating: 138”
Impressive!
Absolutely formidable!
Aside from having zero competition experience, Gao Jianfei could absolutely sit firmly on the throne of the world's number one bettor!
What does it mean to be number one in the world of gambling?
Gao Jianfei might not understand, but Tie Mian should know that it means...
Women! Power! Money! The flattery, appeasement, and fawning of various forces around the world!
To turn clouds into rain!
"Xiao Gao, from today onwards, you are no longer an ordinary person. I hope that after you achieve great success, you must remember that no matter how glorious you are, don't let victory go to your head!" Iron Face said earnestly as Gao Jianfei left Ghost Den.
Gao Jianfei bid farewell to the iron-faced man, and with a thought, returned to his bedroom.
It's 5:30 pm, and there's still half an hour until dinner.
Gao Jianfei lay on the bed, thinking... "I'm not an ordinary person anymore? No, I still think I'm an ordinary person! If it weren't for avenging my father, I wouldn't have learned gambling skills, nor would I have entered this circle. I'd rather be some Level 2 ghost who's good at calligraphy, painting, appreciation, folk arts, literature, sports, or cooking! Ha!"
Life is like a gamble, and Gao Jianfei's personality doesn't actually suit this line of work. However, since he's already joined, he has to take every game seriously!
Before eating, Gao Jianfei also turned on the virtual display screen and scanned...
"The Exorcist: Gao Jianfei"
Age: 23
Level: 2
Exorcism Point: 90/6705
Experience: 6700
Experience required to upgrade to Level 3 Exorcist: 93,300
Gao Jianfei is in a very good mood right now, really good.
He had a sense of superiority! Although his identity was merely that of a gambling expert recruited by underground forces, which was nothing to boast about, Gao Jianfei inexplicably felt a sense of superiority!
Of course, this feeling was fleeting, and soon Chen Xian called softly from outside, "Jianfei, don't sleep in, get up and have dinner!"
Gao Jianfei ran out of the bedroom with a big smile, giving Chen Xian a bright and confident smile that made her a little dazed. She murmured, "Jianfei, what's making you so happy?"
"Hey, I just had a dream that I took you home to meet my parents and aunt. They all really like you!" Gao Jianfei said casually.
A blush of happiness spread across Chen Xian's pretty face. "Heh, Jianfei, you miss home so much? Then I'll go back with you! I'll try my best to make the old folks like me."
"Okay, let's not talk about that for now, let's eat first!" Gao Jianfei rushed to the dining table and looked at the dishes for tonight, which were indeed plentiful.
The four of them enjoyed the meal immensely.
That evening, Chen Yaohui returned to the hotel.
He and Gao Jianfei were alone in a study.
“Jianfei, tomorrow night at 8 PM is the moment that will decide the outcome! I won't say anything more, but in short, Dongxing and I are standing behind you!” Chen Yaohui said solemnly. He then handed Gao Jianfei a set of clothes he had brought with him. “Jianfei, a competition between high-stakes gamblers is a glamorous and prestigious affair, so clothing is important. A few days ago, I ordered an outfit for you, designed by the famous Parisian stylist, Lampa. Jianfei, you'll look absolutely stunning in this tomorrow! You must win beautifully!”