Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 1775: Chapter 1774: Heaven Has a Path Which You Do Not Take

The man who just walked in was called Miao Lun.

He was a Southborne businessman.

In the recent months, he had traveled from Southborne to Jadeite City.

In Jadeite City, he developed a jade business, and now he and the Jewelry King Dong Tiancheng had each carved out half of the market as their territory.

The two had always been in competition, like fire and water. This was precisely why Dong Tiancheng felt so displeased upon seeing Miao Lun.

Hearing Dong Tiancheng’s blunt and unfriendly words, Miao Lun grinned and said, ”Boss Dong, broaden your horizons. Don’t be so petty, alright?”

”This time, I’ve come to resolve the grievances between us.”

At this moment, he also noticed Qin Yitian and Wei Hu standing to the side.

”Perfect timing. With Miss Qin Yitian and Young Master Wei Hu here, they can serve as witnesses for us.”

Hearing this, Dong Tiancheng said, ”Resolve grievances? And how do you propose we do that?”

”Using the methods of the jade betting circle. You and I, our grievances stem from the jade business, so we’ll end our grudges through stone gambling,” Miao Lun said.

Dong Tiancheng sneered coldly, ”Miao Lun, and how exactly do you plan to gamble stones?”

”Today, you and I will compete in stone gambling. At the same time, through the gambling, we’ll divide up our territories. What do you think?” Miao Lun said.

Having been in the jade business for decades, Dong Tiancheng’s ability to stay upright and unshaken in the chaotic world of jade stones was entirely due to his strong gambling expertise.

In this field, he had never feared anyone!

”I’ve dominated the jade betting circle for decades. I’ve only ever lost once in Demon City, and that was to Master Lin. Do you think I’d be afraid of you, Miao Lun? Today, I’ll gamble with you!” Dong Tiancheng declared.

”Ha! Master Lin, huh? That so-called Master Lin is already dead. Only you people from Dragon Country still revere him,” Miao Lun, the Southborne businessman, said with a mocking laugh.

Dong Tiancheng roared in fury, ”Shut your mouth! Master Lin may have passed, but someone like you, a rat, has no right to insult him!”

On the side, Qin Yitian chimed in, ”Miao Lun, if you want to stone gamble with Dong Tiancheng, just focus on the stones. Don’t bring Master Lin into this. Figures like Master Lin are not for someone like you to criticize.”

”If Master Lin’s followers from those days heard what you just said, even Yama couldn’t save you.”

Miao Lun quickly cleared his throat and said, ”Miss Yitian is right; I spoke thoughtlessly.”

”Alright, enough of that. Dong Tiancheng, let’s start the stone gambling!”

”Recently, our ’Nanyang Jewelry’ has taken an interest in the business on this Jadeite Street. However, this street has always been monopolized by your Dong family’s ’Jewelry King.’ You’ve been operating here for decades, and half the shops on this street are under your management.”

”For the first bet, I want you to use the operating rights to Jadeite Street as the stake!”

Hearing this, Dong Tiancheng responded icily, ”So, Nanyang Jewelry, you’ve indeed set your sights on the operating rights to this Jadeite Street.”

”But for such a big stake, what comparable bet are you going to offer in return?”

Miao Lun said indifferently, ”I’ll use three floors’ worth of jade assets from our Nanyang Jewelry as my stake!”

Dong Tiancheng fell silent for a moment before raising four fingers. ”Three floors are not enough—make it four!”

Miao Lun subtly glanced toward Wei Hu, who was standing to the side. He saw Wei Hu mouth something silently.

Then Miao Lun turned back to Dong Tiancheng and said, ”Fine! Four floors it is!”

No one besides Lin Dong, with his keen observation, noticed this exchange. Dong Tiancheng, Qin Yitian, and the others remained unaware.

At this moment, Lin Dong thought to himself, ”It seems there’s some kind of connection between Miao Lun and Dong Tiancheng...”

After the stakes had been set between Miao Lun and Dong Tiancheng, they began their stone gambling duel.

Stone gambling isn’t just about picking stones to see if they yield jadeite—it’s much more than that.

Many people add additional stakes after the initial bets.

Especially among those in the jade industry, resolving conflicts through stone gambling had become a common preference.

And now, the two of them were doing exactly that.

”For the first bet, within this entire Jadeite Street, each of us will have ten minutes to pick three raw stones. Whoever cuts out the jadeite with the higher value wins. How about it?” Miao Lun suggested.

Dong Tiancheng nodded. ”Okay!”

With that, the two of them finalized their stakes and the rules of the gambling match. They then began selecting raw stones.

The entire Jadeite Street held an estimated several hundred thousand stones.

Among these raw stones, most were obviously worthless, but there were indeed some promising ones.

To pick three high-value stones from such a massive pool was far from a matter of mere luck.

It required vision and expertise!

Both Dong Tiancheng and Miao Lun were clearly experts in the jade betting circle. At this moment, the two were meticulously and professionally selecting their stones.

Time slipped away like fine sand, falling through one’s hands and vanishing between fingers.

Before long, the ten-minute time limit for the stone gambling had passed.

The two of them had each finalized their selection of three raw stones.

As they looked at the stones laid out before them, Qin Yitian asked from the side, ”Wei Hu, who do you think will win this stone gambling match between them?”

Wei Hu chuckled and said, ”I think Miao Lun will win. Miao Lun is the top figure in our Nanyang stone gambling circle. They say he was born with a natural eye for stone gambling and has never been defeated.”

”But the Jewelry King, Dong Tiancheng, is also the number one figure in their Jadeite City stone gambling scene. Except for losing to Master Lin once, he too has never been defeated,” Qin Yitian countered.

At this, she turned to Lin Dong and asked, ”Kid, who do you think will win?”

Wei Hu, clearly displeased, interjected, ”Miss Yitian, why are you asking him? What does he even know? He’s just an outsider!”

”But he won against you just now, didn’t he? You called it waste material, yet he managed to cut out glass-quality jadeite,” Qin Yitian said, spreading her hands. ”You call him an outsider, so what does that make you—an even bigger outsider?”

Wei Hu’s face turned an iron shade of blue, left speechless and flustered. All he could muster was, ”That was just luck.”

At this moment, Lin Dong shook his head. He knew that this time, Dong Tiancheng was going to lose.

But Lin Dong couldn’t be bothered to say much. It wasn’t his concern, so he decided to stay uninvolved.

Right now, he was only interested in collecting his money and heading to the Black Market in Jadeite City to handle his own affairs.

Seeing Lin Dong remain silent, Wei Hu grew even cockier.

”Miss Yitian, see? I told you he knows nothing,” Wei Hu gloated.

Turning to Lin Dong with a sneer, he added, ”Kid, get lost already. Stop getting in the way!”

Initially, Lin Dong intended to stay out of the matter. However, Wei Hu had now thoroughly angered him.

Qin Yitian and Dong Tiancheng might not have noticed the subtle collusion between Wei Hu and Miao Lun, but Lin Dong had caught every sly glance and unspoken word exchanged between the two.

At this moment, Lin Dong suddenly changed his mind.

He had originally planned to remain detached, but now he decided to help Dong Tiancheng and disrupt the plans of Wei Hu and Miao Lun.

If you refuse the path to heaven and insist on barging into hell, don’t blame Lin Dong for what comes next.