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It was already late at night when he returned to the chamber of commerce.

Hubert was in a daze, Link was beaming, Cheryl was in pain, Lilith was cold, Neil was all right.

Gatekeeper looked at these people's arrangement in surprise, he didn't know what was going on.

Wasn't it just touring the imperial city for a day? Why were all of them acting so strangely? They shook their heads and returned to the room.

"How is it, Master Cohen? The scenery of the imperial city is very different from the Wind City, right?" The manager of the Chamber of Commerce, Harris, came over to greet him.

"Mmm, it's indeed not bad. Although the academy and the palace are only looking from afar, one can clearly feel its magnificent aura. The imperial city is big enough, it's way too bustling compared to the Wind City. There's no comparison at all!" Lin Ke laughed.

"That's true. After all, it is one of the top ten cities on the continent, and the imperial capital of the Warlord Empire is not something to be bragged about." Harris looked at Hubert who was in a bad state, "Master Hubert, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?! "

Hubert said in surprise, "It's nothing, just …" But... "It's just that I'm a bit tired, so I'll head back to my room to rest first." Saying this, he hurriedly left.

Lin Ke could not help but shake his head as he muttered, "Big Cousin really can't hold it in. I didn't even throw out that much money, so he panicked a little."

"Ah?" "Master Cohen, what did you say about throwing money?" He didn't expect that Harris would have such sharp ears.

"Ah, haha, our Moutes' family isn't that rich. How could I bear to throw away money, it's true that I was hoping the rich in the imperial city would throw some money at me. Aiya, I'm a little tired after wandering around for the whole day, so I might as well rest early. Uncle Harris, you should rest early. I'll go first. Aiya, I'm a bit tired."

The only one left was Harris, who looked at Xue'er and the others with a strange look on his face.

Xue'er stretched her back and left with an apologetic smile.

Lilisse left without even giving him a glance.

As for Neil, this fellow's smile was extremely brilliant. He didn't say anything else and just followed behind the three of them.

Harris had a sudden foreboding...

— —

The next day, Lin Ke got up very early in the morning, and after completing the daily training routine, he wandered out of the house.

Target: The war gambling den.

It turned out that he had found the sixteen iron guards the night before and borrowed over a hundred gold coins from Serena for the living expenses of the iron guards …

However, when he arrived at the gambling den, he was dumbfounded.

Buying Wind City's Cohen, Lilith, and Xue'er's odds of winning all of a sudden fell to the point that they could barely earn a few dollars, while the odds of buying three people were actually raised. The gambling house had a large number of people paying attention to the change in the odds every day, and this sudden change immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.

The depressed Lin Ke returned to the Chamber of Commerce to return the 16 Iron Guards' money, and finally began to stay in the room to do the final preparations for the exam.

Lin Ke, who had completely calmed down, began to slowly feel the two energies within his body.

Only now did he discover that the wind magic energy that had already reached a bottleneck still hadn't changed much. No matter how much effort he put into meditating and cultivating, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to break through that barrier.

This was the helplessness of every genius.

Everyone could only see that the geniuses were able to release magic that ordinary people could not release at the same level, reaching a speed and strength that could not be reached at the same level, but they did not know that the more talented a genius was, the harder it was to break through the bottleneck they had encountered while they were growing, and that was because their comprehension of energy itself already exceeded the limit of what ordinary people could achieve at the current level.

Linke was no exception.

Compared to his memories from his previous life, his current reaction speed and computational ability far exceeded those of the previous two. His training speed and efficiency also greatly exceeded those of the previous two, but at the same time, the bottlenecks he encountered during his cultivation breakthroughs were even more difficult than those during the period of Cohen. If not for the series of fortuitous encounters he had over the past half a year, it would have been impossible for him to have reached the fourth stage of Bear Strength, let alone touching the edge of the fifth stage at the age of fourteen.

At the same time, the strange thing was that the dark energy around the black stone in the depths of his soul also stopped when it reached the peak of the fifth step and he could break through to the sixth step at any time! It was as if as long as he meditated for a moment more, he could absorb a little more dark energy and smoothly step onto the next step. But when he did so, he realized that it was impossible, the dark energy was like a cup filled with water, it was impossible to add even a little more, even a little more and he would be able to step into the sixth step!

With his stubborn temper, he turned around, planning to forcefully break through the bottleneck of the fifth stage of wind magic. He vaguely sensed that perhaps only after the wind magic energy broke through the bottleneck of the fifth stage would the dark energy rise smoothly and enter the range of the sixth step.

So he did it.

Closing his eyes to meditate, he rapidly absorbed the outside wind magic energy and circulated the wind magic energy in his body. Then, he fiercely crashed into that unknown bottleneck!

Puff!

A mouthful of blood sprayed out!

Linke suffered minor internal injuries.

Fortunately, this wouldn't affect his ability to fight, but his ability to resist blows would be greatly reduced …

As a result, when he reached the table, he met Heller's wrath without any surprise.

"Cohen, there are only a few days left before the exam. During this time, don't do anything, just quietly rest in your room and wait for that day to come," said Heller with a dark expression.

Link stood there nodding like a child who had done something wrong.

After all, everyone had once told him that the so-called training required letting nature take its course. Breaking through should be a matter of course, otherwise, how would one end up, and what would happen if one's foundation was damaged. It wasn't that he didn't listen to them, it was just that he couldn't really experience such a situation.

So our Master Cohen was grounded in another way, and Hubert was the one who did it. Hubert was ordered by Heller not to take even half a step out of Linke, which annoyed him quite a bit, and the same was true for Linke.

It was really embarrassing for two men to not have anything to do in the small courtyard, so he had no choice but to find some papers to make a simple poker card, immediately attracting everyone's attention. Even the unsmiling Heller came over to play a few games of cards, praising the game designed by Lin Ke to the fullest.

And so, Linke's mind was filled with life.

After all, he had transmigrated from a technological civilization like Earth with a mind full of the culture of Earth. Although he had only realized after coming here that the world of magical civilizations was also highly developed, there were always aspects of Earth's superiority, such as the card in front of him.

They were often used as a game between children, with very little participation by adults. Although Lin Ke was an uninteresting person in his previous life, he had also learned a lot of chess games and entertainment projects, such as mahjong, chess, poker, etc., all combined, they were all unlikely to be able to open a large-scale entertainment city.

Add to that the fact that this crooked, unattractive poker game had attracted so many grownups, it was enough to show that items that were very popular on Earth had markets in this world.

The first thing he lacked was money.

Lin Ke narrowed his eyes as he quickly thought of something. Previously, he bet 100 gold coins on himself and Lilisse. Once the two of them successfully passed the first round, they would bet 650 gold coins, and once Xue'er won, she would bet 3900 gold coins.

This was definitely a huge sum of money.

Although it was slightly nerve-racking to open an entertainment city in a place like the imperial capital, as long as one's content was indeed attractive, earning money was not a problem. After considering how to advertise in a few unexpected places, the rest of the business would be settled.

It was just that money was one aspect of trouble, while talent was another aspect.

He and Xue'er were both people that could manage the business. If any of them didn't get into War God Academy, then at least someone could manage it. If both he and Xue'er got into the school, then no one would be able to take care of the business.

Or perhaps he could simply provide these ideas to the family and let his grandfather and mother, as well as the Moutes family's Chamber of Commerce, operate them?

Firstly, they were unable to understand their own views and it was very difficult for them to act according to their own thoughts. Secondly, even if they made a lot of money, they still had to return to the clan, and the amount of money he could use was still very little.

"Cohen, hurry up and play your cards. What are you waiting for?!" Hubert took a large gulp of cold tea from a pot of tea and impatiently said to Link.

Lin Ke shook his head to clear his mind of all the distracting thoughts. He casually threw down a bomb to interrupt Hubert's playing rhythm, and under the latter's pained gaze, he took out all the cards in his hand in one breath. Looking at the dumbstruck Hubert, he shook his head, stood up and swaggered away.

"Big Cousin, you really aren't good at playing cards. Tell Merry to play with you, I think it's better for me to go back and sleep."

Hubert looked at the innocent kitten girl, speechless.

— —

Five days passed quickly.

Early that morning, Lin Ke was roused from bed by Hubert's loud shouting.

Arriving at the great hall, he saw that Xue'er, Lilisse, and Neil were also here. He asked with some doubt, "Big Cousin, is there something urgent you need to wake us up so early?" You see, it's not even dawn yet. "

"Hey!" "You really don't need to worry, betting once …" Hubert hurriedly covered his mouth and whispered, "After betting so many gold coins, how can I not be able to sleep even if I don't understand the situation?!"

Lin Ke then noticed the booklet in Hubert's hand and exclaimed in surprise, "Big Cousin, could this be the booklet sold by the war gambling den?!"

Hubert said resentfully, "That's right. Your cousin ran to the gambling den in the middle of the night to wait in line and finally bought a booklet. He sold such a thin booklet for fifty silver coins.

Ignoring Hubert's grumbling, Rincewind snatched the book from his hands.