The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In terms of the gambling odds of Baccarat, winning banker bets are 1-to-1.

Winning player bets are 1-to-1.

Winning tie bets are 8-to-1. 

Winning pair bets are 11-to-1.

The winning hand this round turned out to be a pair!

Huang Xiaolong’s 10-buck poker chip turned into 110 bucks.

“Xiaolong, you’ve bet correctly! You’ve won!” Su Xiaoman, who was standing next to Huang Xiaolong, was pleasantly surprised. She had not expected Huang Xiaolong to bet successfully just like that.

Huang Xiaolong’s expression barely stirred. For the next round, he bet all 110-bucks worth of poker chips on the banker winning.

The hand was revealed. True enough, the banker had won, and 110 bucks now turned into 220 bucks.

In the computer room on the second floor.

“F*ck! This farmer boy’s luck isn’t bad at all,” Brother Tiger sneered. “However, out of ten bets one usually loses nine of them; luck is useless here!”

For the third round, the player won. 220 bucks turned into 440 bucks.

For the fourth round, it was a tie. 440 bucks turned into 3520 bucks.

For the fifth round, it was a tie. 3520 bucks turned into 28160 bucks.

For the sixth round, the banker won. 28160 bucks turned into 56320 bucks.

…

The seventh round!

The eighth round!

The ninth round!

The tenth round!

…

Very quickly, Huang Xiaolong had bet correctly for ten consecutive rounds!

The initial 10-buck poker chip in front of him had transformed into a huge pile, within which there were many chips of the highest denomination at 5000 bucks.

Huang Xiaolong placed his bet each time without a moment of hesitation. Moreover, he went all-in for every bet and pushed all the poker chips out no matter how many were before him!

He won every bet without a single loss!

This was crazy!

All the gamblers at the table dared not play anymore and watched Huang Xiaolong fearfully. Quite a few other gamblers also gathered around the table.

“Oh my God, how incredible. He had bet correctly for ten consecutive rounds and have probably won hundreds of thousands…”

“This guy only used a ten-buck poker chip and won so much money within ten minutes…how domineering! My idol!”

“He must be a professional gambler!”

“Is he here to wreak havoc? Let’s stay away so we don’t get dragged into this mess.”

…

The card dealer’s face had turned pale and sweat dripped down her forehead. She looked at Huang Xiaolong imploringly. If Huang Xiaolong were to continue winning at the gambling table that she was responsible for, she feared that she would lose her job.

“Xiaolong…you…you…you are unbelievable…” Su Xiaoman fumbled over her words.

“Sis Xiaoman, I will soon be able to help you pay off all the money you owe Brother Tiger,” Huang Xiaolong laughed heartily. “I’ve had enough of Baccarat, let’s play dice.”

Halfway speaking, Huang Xiaolong stood up and sorted out the poker chips before him, piling them onto a tray. Then, he picked up a 1000-buck poker chip and flicked it. The poker chip cartwheeled through the air and landed squarely on the pretty dealer’s round and full cleavage.

“Sis dealer, use that to buy yourself a new blouse,” Huang Xiaolong said as he flashed a smile.

A shiver crept up the pretty dealer’s spine, she glanced at Huang Xiaolong in a momentary daze.

Huang Xiaolong brought Su Xiaoman to a dice gambling table.

Trailing behind was a crowd of onlooking gamblers.

In the computer room on the second floor.

Chaos!

Utter chaos!

“F*ck! What’s going on? What exactly is going on?” Brother Tiger’s eyes were bulging. His sight was glued to Huang Xiaolong through the surveillance camera screen. “He…how was it possible for him to win ten rounds consecutively?”

“Brother Tiger, we…we fear we have met a true pro…” One of the smarter staff members in the computer room said distractedly. “Just now…just now he must have observed the machine’s pattern…once he found the pattern, he could…he could win every single round like a hot knife through butter…also…Brother Tiger, look…look at him, his expression is scarily calm, his eyes like still water. He has already won a lot, but…but he does not appear even the least bit excited after winning the money. This…this is a type of behavior; it is said that a true professional gamble can put on a poker face and keep a steady heart no matter how much money is won or lost, unfazed even if the sky were to collapse…”

“Shut up!” Brother Tiger’s voice shook slightly, his expression was somewhat malevolent.

This casino was loaded, but the real boss behind the scenes was not Brother Tiger. He was merely in charge of the casino’s operational matters, with the side-job as a loan shark.

If the casino were to suffer severe losses, he would be in deep trouble!

“Motherf*cker! You hillbilly, you have been playing dumb all this time, f*cking teaming up with this b*tch Su Xiaoman to set me up!” Brother Tiger raged, staring daggers. “I want you dead! I want you all dead!”

“Brother Tiger…the rules of the casino do not…do not permit the use of violence…” A staff member reminded him. “Brother Tiger, we can’t ruin our reputation…otherwise, who will dare gamble here in the future?”

“Bullsh*t! Do you think I’m not aware of the rules? Get Fourth Brother Yin over here this instant! Quickly!” Brother Tiger thundered.

Huang Xiaolong sauntered to a dice gambling table with Su Xiaoman. Several gamblers were playing at this table, and all of them sprang to their feet, retreating like they were avoiding trouble.

Huang Xiaolong sat down, unaffected.

A young woman dealer around thirty years of age shook the chest which contained three dice.

There were many methods to place bets; one could bet big or small, the odds of which are both 1-to-1.

In addition to that, one could bet on the three dice total, the odds of which are higher.

If one were to bet correctly on a leopard (TN: a leopard refers to any triple), the odds were up to a staggering 33-fold. Naturally, it was extremely rare to roll out even one leopard out of one hundred rolls.

“Sis dealer, you can start shaking the chest,” Huang Xiaolong nodded with a smile at the young woman dealer, before unwrapping another piece of chocolate and putting it into his mouth to chew slowly on it.

The young woman dealer took a deep breath, composed herself then started shaking the dice chest speedily, causing the dice to collide with the inner walls of the chest, creating dense pitter-patter sounds like rain falling upon plantain.

As she was shaking the dice, Huang Xiaolong’s ears twitched slightly.

More than ten seconds later, the young woman dealer had finished shaking the dice and placed the dice chest on top of the gambling table. She stared at Huang Xiaolong and said, “Please place your bet.”

“I know, Sis dealer.” Huang Xiaolong laughed innocuously before pouring all the poker chips on the tray onto the betting area labeled ’11’.

If one were to bet correctly on 11, the odds were 1-to-7.

Huang Xiaolong had around 4 or 500 thousand bucks worth of poker chips, which also meant that if he were to win the bet this round, he would win 2 or 3 million bucks at the very least!

No one had ever seen a high roller like him at Brother Tiger’s casino before!

All the onlooking gamblers held their breaths!

Sweat ran down the young woman dealer’s face, ruining her makeup. She did not know herself what combination she had rolled out. 

‘The speed at which I shake the chest has never been slow; if he were to bet big or small, he’d still have a fifty percent probability of winning…however, he bet straight-up on the total, his chances of winning are close to impossible!’ The young woman pulled herself together. 

“Sis dealer, open it.” Huang Xiaolong grinned.

The gamblers to the side started clamoring, “Open it! Open it! Open it! Open it!”

“OK…” The young woman dealer placed her hand upon the dice chest.

Su Xiaoman was so nervous she could hardly breathe. She clasped her hands together in a prayer pose.

It opened!

2-3-6!

11 in total!

He had won!

There was pin-drop silence around the gambling table!

“Hehe,” Huang Xiaolong appeared laid-back, “Sis Xiaoman, I’ve won a million bucks already! I can help you pay back the money you owe Brother Tiger.”

“You’ve won…you’ve won…I no longer…no longer have to live in fear…worried that Brother Tiger would come after me to chase up the unpaid debt…” Tears poured down Su Xiaoman’s face as she choked with emotion. She looked at Huang Xiaolong tenderly.

The young woman dealer was so shocked that her soul seemed to have left her body. She froze in place like a statue, her back soaked in cold sweat.

“Sis dealer, quick, pay me my poker chips,” Huang Xiaolong prompted.

Right at this moment, a somber male voice sounded aloud. “Pay him the poker chips. We open our doors to do business. A win is a win, a loss is a loss. We can afford to lose this bit of money.”

Huang Xiaolong felt a flicker of interest and looked toward the source of the voice only to see that it was a scrawny man of around forty years of age who had spoken. 

This guy had a ghastly appearance. He was around 1.8 meters in height and was as thin as a bamboo stick. His cheeks were sunken, his complexion pallid. Under a dim light at night, at first glance, he would have looked more or less like a zombie and would scare people out of their wits.

Brother Tiger, Brother Earthworm, and their lackeys all trailed behind this zombie man.

“F*ck, hillbilly, you and this b*tch Su Xiaoman set me up! You’ve got guts!” Brother Tiger’s expression was livid, looking as though he wanted to skin Huang Xiaolong alive.

However, Huang Xiaolong did not pay Brother Tiger any attention at all. He looked at the zombie man with deep interest, a playful smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

Huang Xiaolong saw that crouched upon the zombie man’s left shoulder was a five or six-month-old baby with bruises covering its entire body. The baby was glaring fiercely at Huang Xiaolong with haunted eyes filled with venom!

Of course, no one else in the room, including the zombie man himself could see this baby.

‘Rearing a little ghost…hehe, interesting…’ Huang Xiaolong shook his head lightly.

This baby was an evil spirit reared by humans and could bring a certain degree of good fortune to them. 

A wooden plaque made from willow wood hung from the zombie man’s neck; willow wood absorbed spirits. A small evil figure was carved onto the surface of the wooden plaque which emitted a wisp of ghostly aura, forming a connection with the little ghost crouched upon the zombie man’s shoulder.

Rearing little ghosts was a type of demonic arts used to control spirits, extremely prevalent in Hong Kong Island. Those who were rich and had social status would acquire little ghosts at any cost to help themselves advance their careers and become even richer.

Little ghosts could also function as spies and reported to you some things you wanted to know.

However, the little ghost crouched upon the zombie man’s shoulder had too much resentment. The so-called good fortune was obtained through absorbing resentment; good fortune with resentment. The little ghost fed on the spirit of the zombie man. Over time, the zombie man’s bodily essence would eventually dry up and he would end up dead.

“Brother Tiger, I’ll pay you back the 1 million bucks I owe you now. The gambling debt is settled by gambling.” Huang Xiaolong said happily to Brother Tiger.

“You! Not so easy!” Brother Tiger raged.

“Heh…friend, this set-up of yours is too devious.” The zombie man said ominously. “With your gambling skill, you didn’t have to come here to make money…forget it, it’s meaningless for you to gamble with a machine. Machines are dead, while humans are alive. I’m Yin Four, and I want to experience your gambling skill.”

“Ah? You want to gamble with me?” Huang Xiaolong shook his head at once. “Actually, I hate to gamble. Money won through gambling are ill-gotten gains. If one keeps spending this kind of money, one will have a shorter lifespan. The reason why I’m here today isn’t to win money, rather it’s to help Sis Xiaoman pay back the money.”

Upon hearing Huang Xiaolong’s words, the onlooking gamblers to the side felt disapproval in their hearts. ‘He doesn’t want to win money? Motherf*cker, aren’t you pretentious to a fault!’

“Friend, our casino is open to doing business. We aren’t afraid of you coming here to gamble, neither are we afraid of you winning money. We never do anything out of line, however…” Fourth Brother Yin’s eyes flashed with a touch of fierceness. He continued, “Now that you’ve won, you want to leave. I’m afraid, isn’t that a bit too out of line with our rules?”

Huang Xiaolong felt like he was getting a slight headache. War waged inside his head for quite some time before he finally muttered, “Forget it, I’ll play several rounds more then, at worst I’ll send all the money I win back to the village for the village chief to build a school. Building a school is a huge virtue, it can offset the bad luck brought by ill-gotten gains…”

“Then…alright…what do you want to play with me?” Huang Xiaolong looked at Fourth Brother Yin reluctantly.

“Let’s play mahjong,” Fourth Brother Yin said. His eyes brewed with a hint of conspiracy.

“Oh…alright, let’s play mahjong then.” Huang Xiaolong agreed readily.

He looked at the little ghost crouched upon Fourth Brother Yin’s shoulder. It was clear to him then.

This guy’s biggest advantage was none other than making use of the little ghost’s spying function to spy on other people’s mahjong tiles during the game.