Chapter 13 Bark for Me! [Please Add to Favorites]

Just as Li Chen was in a bind, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of a welfare lottery store ahead.

Right, his eyes could see through things, perfect for buying lottery tickets!

Humming a popular tune, Li Chen strode into the Lottery Store and began picking out instant scratch tickets in the scratch-off area.

His eyes narrowed to slits, a barely perceptible sharp light bursting forth, scanning over the scratch tickets like an infrared scanner.

This one's 5 bucks, this one's a dud, this one's 20, whoa, is this one a thousand?

Another young punk with dyed yellow hair also playing scratch tickets saw Li Chen picking and choosing and disdainfully said, "Bro, these scratch tickets all look the same. Whether you win or not is all about character. If you've got bad luck, no matter how much you pick, you won't win!"

As he spoke, he deliberately took out a 500-yuan scratch ticket and flaunted it in front of Li Chen to show off his explosive luck today.

Li Chen raised an eyebrow and said with a cold laugh, "Oh, so your character's pretty good today?"

The young man, full of pride, lifted his chin and said, "Of course, who do you think I am?"

Li Chen pulled out the thousand-yuan scratch ticket and said, "Do you believe that this one I've got has a higher prize than the one you're holding?"

Seeing Li Chen randomly grab a scratch ticket and confidently claim it was worth more than his 500, the yellow-haired youth burst out laughing. After all, he'd scratched hundreds of tickets to win that 500 yuan.

Li Chen quirked an eyebrow and asked, "So, you don't believe me?"

The young man shook his head and said, "Nope!"

Li Chen replied, "Alright then, let's make a bet: whoever loses has to bark like a dog three times, deal?"

The yellow-haired youth slammed the table and declared, "Sure, I'll take that bet!"

Seeing the young man agree without hesitation, Li Chen shook his head with a smile and started scratching the ticket with his fingernail.

First appeared a 1, then a 0, followed by another 0, and a third 0!

"Boss, this is a winning amount, a thousand bucks, could you check it?"

The Lottery Store owner, skeptical, took the scratch ticket from Li Chen and rubbed his eyes in disbelief—it was indeed a thousand bucks.

Seeing an odd look on the owner's face, the yellow-haired youth hurriedly asked, "Boss Wang, did he win anything?"

Boss Wang nodded and acknowledged, "Won a thousand!"

Li Chen picked his eyebrow and smiled at the yellow-haired youth, "Bro, a bet's a bet, start barking!"

The young man, unable to face losing, scowled and growled fiercely, "Do you know who I am to dare make me bark like a dog?"

Li Chen's expression turned cold, "I don't care who you are; I know a bet's a bet."

The Lottery Store owner quickly tugged at Li Chen's arm and whispered, "Young man, I think you should let this one go. This guy's the boss here, ruling over several streets. Is it worth getting into trouble with him?"

However, Li Chen was not appeased at all.

"It's fine; I can handle my own affairs!"

Having said that, Li Chen walked over to the yellow-haired youth and asked coldly, "I'll ask you one more time, are you going to bark or not?"

The yellow-haired youth, seeing Li Chen's chilling gaze, couldn't help but shiver.

But as a street thug, face was everything. If he caved in to a high school kid, how could he continue to hang out in society if that got out?

He mustered his courage and yelled at Li Chen, "Psh, who the hell do you think you are? Anger me and see if I don't chop you to pieces in minutes!"

Li Chen sneered, squeezing out two words through clenched teeth, "Very good!"

Seeing Li Chen not taking him seriously at all, the yellow-haired youth flew into a rage and threw a punch at his face.

However, as soon as his fist lifted, he suddenly felt a piercing pain in his knee and fell to the ground stiff as a board, like a dog eating shit.

Li Chen's expression was icy as he spoke deliberately and slowly, "Don't test my patience, I'll ask you one last time, bark or not?"

The yellow-haired youth was stepped on by Li Chen like a dog on the ground.

At that moment, he realized he had hit a steel plate.

"I'll bark, I'll bark, isn't that enough?"

"Woof, woof, woof, woof woof woof, woof woof woof!"

Just then, a dad was bringing his little girl to buy lottery tickets when they suddenly heard barking before even entering the door. The little girl was so scared that she burst into tears, provoking laughter from everyone in the room.

Li Chen laughed along, clapped his hands, and said, "Alright, you can get lost now!"

The blond youth was relieved and scrambled towards the door, rolling and crawling.

Once he reached the street, he shot Li Chen a vicious glare.

Hmmph, detestable guy, I will get back at you for today's embarrassment. I'll make you wish you were dead!

After the blond youth left, Li Chen scratched off a few more lottery tickets in the Lottery Store.

He won a total of 14,250 yuan, leaving the store owner practically in tears.

Li Chen wandered through a few more Lottery Stores, but the winnings were minimal. All in all, it was less than fifty thousand yuan.

If he wanted to gather the nearly three hundred thousand needed for the pill ingredients, he would probably have to hit up every scratch card in town.

This won't do, it's not a solution. Moreover, using X-ray vision takes a heavy toll on the Primordial Spirit. Without even making fifty thousand, I'm already exhausting myself to the point of collapse.

In the future, he needs to refine top-grade pills, and there will be many expenses. He must find a job that makes money quickly and isn't too tiring.

But what kind of job isn't tiring and also makes money fast?

Surely, I can't go be a gigolo at a nightclub?

The thought made Li Chen laugh at the absurdity.

If the people of Immortal Realm knew that the noble Donghua Immortal Emperor had gone to work as a gigolo at a nightclub, they would die laughing.

Those Heavenly Pride Girls and young ladies from aristocratic families would probably line up to book him.

Having the essence of Donghua Immortal Emperor inside them would be a lifetime's boast for those Heavenly Pride Girls. If they were lucky enough to hit the jackpot and conceive his child, their whole family could bask in the glory. One ascends to immortality, and all his kin are elevated with him.

Of course, all these matters are predicated on the basis that he is still the Donghua Immortal Emperor.

Now, he's just an ordinary high school student. Even trying to hook up on WeChat Nearby, he'd probably get rejected eight out of ten times.

"Brother Gou, that's the guy who beat me up!" Down the street, the blond youth who had just been barking earlier was pointing at Li Chen, speaking to his boss Zhao Ergou.

Zhao Ergou looked in the direction of the blond's pointing, and with an annoyed look scolded, "Damn it, Blondie, how come you're getting worse the longer you're in the gang? You can't even handle a high school kid. Now you're calling for me to step in, you're not ashamed, but I've got a face to lose here!"

Having said that, he intended to stride away.

Zhao Ergou was a face-known figure in several nearby streets. Bullying a high school student was something he had quit doing years ago, as it was beneath him.

However, what Blondie said next made him think that stooping low occasionally wasn't such a bad idea after all. Consider it experiencing life, how did that old saying go? You must not forget your roots, always remember the hard times to appreciate the sweet.

"Brother Gou, this kid got lucky today, won several thousands in scratch cards!"

Zhao Ergou became interested and asked urgently, "For real?"

Blondie nodded vigorously, sycophantically saying, "Brother Gou, I might lie to anyone but I'd never dare to lie to you, right?"

Zhao Ergou, with a smug smile, patted Blondie on the shoulder and said, "That's well said, if you dared to lie to me, I'd break your damn legs!"

Then he waved to the people behind him and said, "Brothers, we've got a big score today, stay sharp."

While Zhao Ergou, Blondie, and the others were plotting how to skin Li Chen, the fat fish, Li Chen was also planning how to squeeze some benefits from these local bullies.

He glanced around the corners of his eyes.

This was the bustling downtown area; there were cameras at every intersection. Starting trouble on the street could get the police to invite him for a soap-picking session in the detention center.

At last!

His gaze landed on a dilapidated alley.

Perfect, this is a prime spot for a mugging!

Having made up his mind, Li Chen pretended to have a sudden urge to pee and scurried off into the alley.

Seeing this, Zhao Ergou and the others thought "Heaven is on our side," and they all scurried after him in a frenzy.