Chapter Fifty-Seven: Grasping Iron into Mud

  Zhang Xiaobao was shocked and said, "I've been practicing this move for so long, I don't know how many times I've been beaten by Fat Daddy, how much suffering I've endured to get some results. How can you, Brother Yue, master it at first sight, and succeed with just one practice?"

  Yue Fei smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? Let me show you a move that's truly challenging." After finishing speaking, he rolled up the sleeves of his entire arm to his shoulders, and then flipped over the copper coins on his forearm in front of everyone.

  A miracle happened, under the gaze of everyone, that copper coin actually moved slowly like a small insect, sticking to Yue Fei's arm. First, it slowly slid down to the base of the palm, then slowly climbed up, climbing over the elbow pit, towards the upper arm.

  Yue Fei's performance not only stunned Niu Gao and Xiao Bao, but also attracted the surrounding gamblers who gathered around to watch the excitement. Yue Fei took a deep breath, and the copper coins flew straight at Niu Gao, although without the usual force of throwing hidden weapons, it still made a small whistling sound. The crowd cheered in unison.

  Niu Gao stood up and let others disperse. On this side, Xiao Bao asked: "Big brother, what kind of immortal method is this? It's so wonderful."

  Yue Fei smiled and stroked Xiaobao's head, saying: "This is not some kind of immortal magic, but a method of controlling muscles with internal energy. Later, your father will teach you."

  Zhang Xiaobao nodded, seeming to understand but not really understanding.

  Tang Huai looked at the hourglass on the cabinet, it was already noon. The brothers and Zhang Xiaobao went to a restaurant near the Four Seas Casino to eat. Taking advantage of the time, Yue Fei asked Zhang Xiaobao some questions, such as the timing of speaking out, the techniques for diverting attention, etc. Zhang Xiaobao naturally answered everything he knew. The brothers were greatly inspired by what they heard.

  When the time came, Yue Fei and his party re-entered the Four Seas Casino once again.

  It is indeed true that "life is not as good as being familiar", so of course Yue Fei and his brothers would return to the stall where they gambled with money in the morning.

  It was probably just after dinner time, and there were only a few people around the gambling table.

  "Ah, sir," the shopkeeper recognized Yue Fei and was delighted. The fish belly from this morning had reappeared, so he asked with a smile: "Which dish do you want to buy?"

  Yue Fei, however, ignored him and instead turned to the four directions with a fist salute, saying: "Just now, the shopkeeper who asked me which door I bought won several rounds against my brothers and me this morning. My brothers are not convinced. If you gentlemen have the interest, why don't we take a break for a few rounds and watch me duel the shopkeeper alone?"

  Gamblers love to watch two strong players meet, and they all cheered in unison. Zhang Xiaobao shouted loudly: "Two tigers fighting, one must be injured!"

  Xiao Bao's words were inflammatory. Not only did the atmosphere on this side become more intense, but even people from nearby casinos started to gather around. Among them were some burly men who looked like they were casino bouncers.

  The monk swept a glance at Yue Fei and his brothers, feeling a wave of disdain in his heart, but not revealing anything on his face. He covered a pile of copper coins with a copper tray, pushed it to the middle of the gambling table, placed a wooden tray properly, and said calmly:

  "Which department would you like to go to, sir?"

  "First, I kept pressing 'one' this morning but it didn't work. Now I'm still pressing the word 'one'", Yue Fei replied.

  Actually, the boss was a bit regretful and didn't want to provoke these outsiders. Because there are four numbers on the stall, when many people place bets, there are wins and losses, the boss doesn't need to hurt himself, and can also take a commission, making money comfortably. But this outsider came up and wanted to duel alone, driving away others who wanted to place bets. This way, if he won consecutively, he would be in trouble.

  Realizing this, the boss was not flustered. He had a trick up his sleeve when it came to counting money. Seeing that Yue Fei had placed five strings of copper coins on the "one" tray, he lifted the lid of the copper container and began to count the money.

  One four, two four, three four...

  The gamblers around were holding their breath, watching as the banker swept four piles of money into a heap of copper coins, and as it went on, everyone's heart was getting tighter. After finishing the last one, there were still three left. Yue Fei, who had bet on "one", naturally lost.

  The monk stretched out his hand to retrieve the "one" character and put the money away in the cabinet. He then placed the "one" character tray back in its original position. Then, he tilted his head and asked: "Sir, do you want to play again?"

  "Also pawn the character 'one'." Yue Fei also calmly took out a silver ingot and placed it on the wooden tray, "Pawning ten taels of silver."

  The monk picked up the silver from the tray, weighed it, and put it back on the tray, saying "Enough, ten taels of white silver." Then he began to count the money.

  This round, after splitting the money, there were still two copper coins left.

  The monk smiled and said, "This customer lost five taels in the last round and ten taels this round. Fifteen taels of silver were lost just like that. Do you want to continue playing?"

  "Still pressing the word 'one'" Yue Fei took out a gold ingot and placed it on the wooden tray, saying: "Pressing five taels of yellow gold".

  At this time, a man who looked like a master brought several big men over, his left hand still playing with a pair of iron eggs the size of chicken eggs. Yue Fei took one look and saw that these people's temples were slightly bulging, their fists had visible veins, they should be skilled in martial arts.

  The young monk saw Master Li coming over and hastily nodded his head and bowed at the waist, saying: "Master Li, you've arrived."

  That old Li didn't say a word, picked up the gold from the tray, bit it with his teeth, then tossed it in his hand and said: "It's pure gold, Golden Fish Eye, you'd better be careful."

  The monk repeatedly claimed it was true.

  Li Ye swung the iron egg in his hand with a whooshing sound, turned his head and said to Yue Fei with disdain: "Outsider, you're quite bold, but you'd better calm down. Don't try to welch on your bet later if you lose, this Four Seas Casino won't tolerate anyone trying to cheat."

  As soon as the words fell, Niu Gao suddenly jumped up and slapped Li Ye's face with a palm as big as a winnowing fan.

  Li Ye didn't expect these outsiders to dare to use force, and just now they were still showing off their might. This cow suddenly pounced over, caught off guard, "slap" sound, was hit right on the spot, fell to the ground on the spot, lost two teeth, spat out a mouthful of blood, didn't make a sound and fainted. The iron egg in his hand fell to the ground, just landed at Yue Fei's feet.

  The surroundings were quiet for a while, and suddenly a whistle sounded. Dozens of people rushed over, surrounding Yue Fei and his brothers. It turned out that the guards from the gambling den had all arrived.

  A path emerged from the crowd, and a big black man walked out in the middle. He had a face as dark as lacquer, leopard-like head, ringed eyes, pig-like nose, and a large mouth with blood-stained lips. His appearance was extremely ugly. The brothers couldn't help but laugh: this little guy, apart from being a bit shorter, looked almost exactly like Niu Gao.

  Zhang Xiaobao pulled at Yue Fei's clothes and said in a low voice, "This is the head of the guards at the Four Seas Casino, surnamed Niu, named Dahai, nicknamed 'Copper Skin Iron Bone'. He has a strong external family skill, his martial arts are extremely powerful, and he is famous in the capital."

  Niu Gao was delighted, pointing at the big black man and saying: "That Hanzi, how come you look just like me? Come over quickly and be my younger brother, don't stay in this lowly place."

  "Niu Dahai let out a loud roar: 'Enough! What are you people doing here causing trouble, do you want to die or something?'"

  "Hmph!" Yue Fei sneered and picked up two iron eggs from the ground, extending them towards Niu Dahai.

  Niu Dahai thought Yue Fei was going to hit him with an iron egg, so he hastily sidestepped and retreated two steps.

  "Coward." Yue Fei said, his right hand clenched into a fist around two iron eggs, and with a squeeze, the sound of "hiss" could be heard... Between his tightly clenched fingers, a mud-like iron paste was actually squeezed out.