The fight on the stage was fierce, and Feng Ming in the audience was watching attentively. He was thinking about how he would respond and fight back if he was on the stage, facing such an opponent. It was because he was also at the peak of the qi gathering realm right now.
Even though Zong Yupao and the others had famous teachers to guide them, Feng Ming also had one. Bai Qiaomo was better than many famous teachers. Usually, Bai Qiaomo guided him in cultivation and martial arts.
After watching for a while, Feng Ming was able to point out the shortcomings of the two people on stage. If it was him on stage, he would be able to seize the opportunity of a small flaw just revealed by the disciple of the Liefeng Sect and launch a fierce attack, forcing the opponent off the stage.
Similarly, he could find opportunities to attack the disciple on his own side.
Bai Qiaomo was very pleased to hear this. Junior Brother Ming’s talent wasn’t bad, and his combat instinct was very sharp. Perhaps it was related to Junior Brother Ming’s previous life.
The two of them fought on the stage for nearly half an hour. In the end, the disciple of the Liefeng Sect was slightly inferior and jumped off the stage on his own initiative.
The disciple of Sihong Academy was also exhausted. At this time, a cultivator didn’t abide by the ethics of martial arts and jumped onto the stage to challenge him.
The disciple knew that he wouldn’t be able to hold out for long, so he simply handed the stage over to the opponent. The other cultivators cheered in the audience.
Fighting in the arena wasn’t about martial ethics. This was why they had to use a strategy if they wanted to use their position as the champion.
Due to this, after a whole morning, not many essence liquid realm cultivators came up to compete for the title of champion. Only cultivators in the late or peak stage of the qi gathering realm were taking turns to guard the arena.
Feng Ming, Bai Qiaomo, Cheng Miao, and Elder Shi went out to find a place to have lunch at noon. Then they came back to continue watching the fighting.
Shi Yan brought a piece of news to Feng Ming. “You don’t know, right? Those rich and powerful children in Imperial City are so bored that they set up a gambling game to bet on who will be the champion, runner-up, third place, and later rankings.”
Feng Ming became excited when he heard it. “Who has the most people betting on them to be the champion? What about my Brother Bai?”
Shi Yan laughed. He knew that this little fox Feng Ming would be interested. “The one with the greatest chance of winning is Zong Yupao from the Imperial Academy. Little friend Bai isn’t favored at all. The odds of betting on him to win the championship are 20 to 1. Meanwhile, the odds for Zong Yupao are 1 to 1.2.”
Feng Ming gritted his teeth at first, thinking it was too much. Why were Brother Bai’s odds so high?
Then he soon became excited again. “It would be a big loss if we don’t make some money from such a good opportunity. Brother Bai, why don’t you stay here while Elder Shi and I go out for a walk? By the way, give me your yuan crystals too. It would be a waste if we don’t make some money from these useless people.”
Seeing Feng Ming’s angry and excited look, Bai Qiaomo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He readily gave the yuan crystals to Feng Ming.
He thought to himself that he couldn’t hold back at this time. He must not let Feng Ming lose money.
For the yuan crystals and to make Junior Brother Ming happy, he would try his best to fight to the end.
Feng Ming took the yuan crystals and waved to Bai Qiaomo. Then he turned around and ran happily after Shi Yan, bringing Cheng Miao with him to broaden his horizons.
After leaving the competition venue, Feng Ming asked, “How many betting games have been opened? Have you figured them all out, old man?”
Shi Yan glared. “Aren’t you afraid that you will anger those rich and powerful children, forcing them to hunt you down in the end?”
This little fox had some calculations in his heart and seemed very confident that Bai Qiaomo would win the championship. Thus, Shi Yan was afraid he would have too big an appetite and wanted to ask him to be more restrained. After all, this was Imperial City, not their home ground.
Feng Ming waved his hand. “What is there to be afraid of? In the end, we aren’t the ones who will lose face, but those who opened the betting games. If they dare to do this, they shouldn’t be afraid of losing money. Who made them not optimistic about Brother Bai? Besides, they might lose money to me, but will definitely make a lot of money from others.”
Shi Yan said, “Okay, it is up to you. In any case, your master is here, and it isn’t my turn to worry about you. Let’s go, I’ll take you with me to place your bets.”’
Feng Ming said disdainfully, “This old man has long been optimistic, but you actually persuaded me to hold back.”
Shi Yan laughed while Cheng Miao was having fun listening. He didn’t know when his father had clearly found out about these things.
Shi Yan told Feng Ming everything he knew. He found a total of 12 betting games. The people behind them were quite powerful, so there was no need to worry that they couldn’t afford the yuan crystals.
Feng Ming didn’t hide his identity at all. He brought Shi Yan and Cheng Miao to each betting site openly. He didn’t bet on anyone other than Bai Qiaomo, and he bet one million yuan crystals at each betting site.
Just thinking about how much these twelve million yuan crystals would bring him in the end, Feng Ming was so happy that he couldn’t help smiling.
Feng Ming specifically bet on Bai Qiaomo to win. Not only did he bet on Bai Qiaomo to win, he also bet on him to win the championship. Shi Yan took the opportunity to follow suit and bet 100,000. He bet in the name of his grandson and told this to outsiders.
Once the time came, he just needed to follow Feng Ming to collect the debts. He believed there was no situation where he couldn’t collect it.
Cheng Miao followed all the way. He silently calculated in his mind that if Brother Bai Qiaomo really won the championship, he would receive more than 20 million yuan crystals.
He was terrified just thinking about it. He never owned so many yuan crystals before.
If he wasn’t worried about being unable to leave Imperial City, Shi Yan would’ve wanted to follow suit and place a bet of one million. At this moment, he really envied Feng Ming because the other person had a master and Sihong Academy to rely on. This allowed him to dare to do such a thing.
It caused quite a stir when Feng Ming bet on Bai Qiaomo to win the championship.
Everyone found out that he bet at not only one site, but also went to the other eleven sites and made the same bet. Then the commotion became a big deal and reached the ears of Ji Yuan and Zong Yupao, who were at the competition venue.
Ji Yuan could hardly maintain his composure after listening to this. He asked in surprise, “Is this guy crazy? He spent more than 10 million to bet on Bai Qiaomo to win the championship?”
Then he said, “Is he so confident in Bai Qiaomo or is he just affectionate to Bai Qiaomo that he will give support no matter whether Bai Qiaomo wins or loses?”
Even people of their status wouldn’t think that more than ten million yuan crystals was a small number. This ger was really generous.
Qiu Yi gritted his teeth. “Brother Zong, I’ll bet on you to win.”
Zong Yupao glanced at him. “Do you have no place to spend your yuan crystals? Why are you competing with him for this? Ji Yuan, do you think the ger is trying to attract attention or does he have a purpose?”
The circumstances before and after the appearance of the ruins in the Netherworld Valley were compiled into a document and sent to Ji Yuan. He had read it together with Qiu Yi and Zong Yupao.
Judging from the information, there were no traces of Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo’s existence. However, based on their own admission and the good relationship between them and Shi Yan and his grandson, the three of them, including Qiu Yi, didn’t believe that these two people weren’t involved.
Qiu Yi asked, “So who were they?”
Ji Yuan sneered. “Without a doubt, it is the Qiao brothers. The moment they appeared, they saved Shi Yan’s grandson. This is a great favor to Shi Yan. This is why Shi Yan’s grandson trusts Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo very much and came to watch their competition.”
Qiu Yi didn’t doubt Brother Ji’s inference. He just looked through the information again. “The Qiao brothers didn’t enter the relic mansion.”
Zong Yupao said, “They didn’t go in openly, but who knows if they went in secretly? It is written in the information that there were five mature flowers, but one slipped away. No one could find the escaped flower, so maybe it fell into their hands. If this is the case, they do have a chance to sneak into the mansion in the Netherworld Valley. Then there is a new question. How did they use the formations of the mansion to harm Wu Yingyan?”
Ji Yuan deduced it. “The only possibility is that one of them is proficient in formations and seized control of the mansion first, killing Wu Yingyan by manipulating the formations of the mansion.”
Ji Yuan felt more and more that he was right. “Look at the information. Shi Yan got a lot of opportunities in the mansion. In the beginning, he was lucky enough to enter a room.”
Zong Yupao asked in surprise, “You mean that this opportunity was given to Shi Yan by these two people?”
“Who else could it be if not them?”
“Then who is the one who knows formations? It is unlikely to be Feng Ming.”
“It can only be Bai Qiaomo, but this is our speculation. Like Kong Zhao, we have no evidence unless we can force Bai Qiaomo to reveal his methods, but that can’t happen in the arena.”
Qiu Yi became more and more confused as he listened. He asked, “Then if Bai Qiaomo is as proficient in formations as Senior Brother Ji, why would he hide it?”
Ji Yuan smiled. People like him would always hide some methods and wouldn’t expose all their abilities. This was the way of survival for people like them.
Why did Bai Qiaomo hide it? It was because he had an enemy at that time, Wu Yingyan. Behind Wu Yingyan was the Wu family. If he didn’t hide it, the Wu family would only become more wary, and try their best to kill him.
So at first, Bai Qiaomo didn’t reveal the fact that his dantian had been repaired or that he had been accepted as Pei Changqing’s disciple.
Look, in the end, Wu Yingyan’s dantian was destroyed due to their tricks, and he eventually died.
Ji Yuan had no sympathy for Wu Yingyan at all. If Ji Yuan was in his place, he would’ve retaliated in the same way.
Thinking of this, Ji Yuan suddenly looked up at Zong Yupao. Then he said with a bit of gloating, “Brother Zong, you have to be careful in this competition. Don’t be careless and fall into Bai Qiaomo’s hands. Feng Ming dared to spend so many yuan crystals on him. It isn’t a joke or because he is rich. I think Feng Ming is very confident in Bai Qiaomo. The odds are 20 times, so I think the ger wants to make a fortune from this.”
Qiu Yi gritted his teeth. “Impossible. How could Senior Brother Zong not be able to beat Bai Qiaomo? Senior Brother Zong is at the peak of the essence liquid realm, while Bai Qiaomo is only at the late stage. His dantian was destroyed, and he was delayed for a while. How can he be qualified to compare with Senior Brother Zong?”
Ji Yuan wanted to comfort Qiu Yi, but at this time, he really had the hunch that Zong Yupao might lose.
Zong Yupao could see what he meant. Only his nephew was on his side, and Ji Yuan was just watching his joke.
He glared at Ji Yuan coldly. “It isn’t easy to beat me. After the finals, I will find you Ji Yuan, for you to practice your skills well.”
Now Qiu Yi didn’t know who to help. Senior Brother Ji was really no match for Senior Brother Zong.
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