98: Chapter 98 Actually, Auntie also bought some.

Wang Hu was never one to keep secrets. Prompted by his mother now, he could no longer hold it in. Slapping his thigh excitedly, his face flushed with triumph, he poured out the whole story of their black market bet, turning five hundred million into three hundred billion, speaking with flying spittle and beaming radiance.

"Mom! We really hit the jackpot this time! Before the match, Brother Ye and I emptied out all our private savings and bet all the way on him to win the championship. It directly multiplied by over six hundred times, earning a full three hundred billion-plus Credit Points! From now on, we will never lack cultivation resources again!"

As his voice fell, Liu Yun smiled gently upon hearing this, without a trace of surprise on her face. Instead, a trace of mischievous amusement flashed across the depths of her eyes. Her calm and collected demeanor instantly stunned the hyperactive Wang Hu.

"Silly boy, with just those five hundred million of yours, how do you have the face to bring it up?"

Liu Yun picked up her teacup and took a light sip, her smile gentle yet her tone carrying absolute confidence, slowly revealing a secret that instantly left the two of them dumbfounded.

"Actually, you see, your Auntie here also bought some."

Wang Hu and Lin Ye both froze simultaneously, lifting their heads to look at Liu Yun with faces full of astonishment.

Seeing their shocked expressions, Liu Yun stopped playing hard to get and calmly detailed the whole story: "Starting from your battles, once I saw that your dependents had evolved, I bought in. Furthermore, starting from the match where you dueled Ye Feng of the Ye family, I was certain that you, Lin Ye, could make a counterattack all the way to the end. That match was looked down upon by the entire network, and your odds were suppressed to 1.3 to 1, which was a decent gap."

"At that time, I gritted my teeth and took a gamble, smashing all the movable liquid funds the family had—a full ten billion Credit Points—right into it. Besides that, I even took out the ten drops of Faith Liquid that the family had treasured for many years and couldn't bear to use, betting all of them on you to win!"

As every word fell, Wang Hu sucked in a cold breath on the spot, his face filled with shock.

Ten billion Credit Points, plus ten drops of incomparably precious Faith Liquid!

That was the family's entire fortune accumulated over many years, all the wealth that his parents had saved through thrift and hard work their entire lives—truly a desperate all-in gamble!

Lin Ye's heart was also slightly moved. He hadn't expected that at a time when everyone was pessimistic about him and the entire internet mocked him for underestimating the enemy, Wang Hu's mother would dare to be so decisive, pouring out her entire net worth to trust him.

Liu Yun sighed softly, a trace of vexation and regret flashing across the depths of her eyes, and continued: "In the previous few matches, I steadily bet on you to win every single time. Winning several matches in a row, the returns piled up layer upon layer. Only for the very last grand finals match, the one where you fought against Bai Ruoxue, did I truly not dare to gamble again."

"Before that match, everyone was convinced that Bai Ruoxue would definitely win. Her sacred bloodline suppression, top-tier foundation, and absolute combat strength seemed to crush everything. Moreover, I saw with my own eyes that in your previous few fierce battles, more than half of your dependents were dead or wounded, and your own consumption was immense, with your state visibly exhausted and weak."

Speaking of this, Liu Yun was full of regret, gently slapping her thigh: "My heart was panicked at the time, and I really didn't dare to gamble, afraid of losing everything in the final hand, so I directly stopped and didn't dare to place a bet. Looking back now, my intestines are practically turning green with regret! I vainly missed out on the highest wave of odds dividends!"

Although filled with regret, Liu Yun still couldn't hide the joy in the depths of her eyes, slowly bursting out with the ultimate terrifying returns, shocking the whole scene.

"Even if I didn't keep up with the last match, this heavy-position bet of mine still earned me a massive fortune."

"The original ten billion Credit Points, after multiple rounds of odds accumulation and doubling, have now skyrocketed to over six hundred billion Credit Points!"

"And those ten bottom-of-the-box drops of Faith Liquid were even more incomparably scarce, with even higher odds, directly multiplying by over fourfold to become forty-two drops of pure Faith Liquid!"

Five hundred billion Credit Points! Forty-two drops of Faith Liquid!

At this moment, even the normally calm and collected Lin Ye had a thick flash of shock cross the depths of his eyes.

Their turning of five hundred million into three hundred billion was already heaven-defying enough, but Liu Yun's heavy-position bet of her entire family fortune yielded returns far more terrifying than theirs. A family fortune accumulated over decades doubled overnight and skyrocketed severalfold, directly achieving resource freedom in the true sense of the word.

You must know that forty-two drops of Faith Liquid, placed in the entire Nantan Prefecture, were top-tier origin resources sufficient to make municipal noble families and high-tier cultivation officials fight over them crazily, with immeasurable value.

Wang Hu was completely dumbfounded, stunned in place for a long time unable to speak. Afterwards, wild joy surged into his heart once more, shaking all over with excitement: "Mom! Our family has directly stepped into the heavens in a single bound! Forget about not worrying about resources for a few years, even for the next dozen or so years of cultivation, we won't have to panic at all anymore!"

Liu Yun smiled and nodded, her eyes filled with gratification and gratitude, her gaze falling gently on Lin Ye: "When all is said and done, it's all thanks to you, Xiao Ye. If it hadn't been for you turning the tables against the adverse current all the way and defying the heavens to win the championship, our family's fortune would only sit quietly in storage and could never exchange for such monstrous fortuitous encounters."

"Tonight, aside from anything else, Auntie will properly celebrate your victory! I wish you a smooth path all the way in your future cultivation, standing at the summit of proud prodigies, and rushing towards higher mountains and seas!"

Warm lighting spilled across the dining table, the table full of delicacies was steaming hot, and laughter and chatter lingered around the room.

Lin Ye looked at the warm and harmonious scene before him, his heart completely peaceful.

The fortuitous encounter of accidentally getting rich overnight, the unreserved trust of others, and the endless stream of top-tier resources were all his backing for rising against the adverse current.

He picked up the juice in front of him, gently raised his cup, and the gaze in the depths of his eyes grew increasingly firm.

Resources, wealth, and foundation were now all fully prepared.

Next was to settle his mind to polish the Shaling Divine Kingdom, refine his dependents, and consolidate his Dao path.

The laughter and chatter gradually came to an end, and the night grew increasingly deep.

After a hearty celebration banquet, Lin Ye politely declined Liu Yun's subsequent midnight snack hospitality and returned to his room alone to rest and recuperate.

The moment he closed the room door, the external bustle and warmth were completely isolated outside. Inside the room, it was quiet and silent, leaving only a night lamp quietly casting soft light.

Lin Ye sat cross-legged on the bed, his mind completely settling down. Casting aside all distracting thoughts, with a single thought of his mind, his divine soul instantly sank into the Shaling Divine Kingdom, which had undergone multiple transformations and possessed vast territory.

At this moment, the Shaling Divine Kingdom had long since shed its early youthful appearance of barrenness, disorder, and violence.

The territory of three thousand square kilometers spread out in all directions, with the four major landforms of mountain ranges, spiritual rivers, plains, and dense forests scattered in an orderly fashion, each fulfilling its own duties.

Between heaven and earth, dark red Shaling surged and churned, their concentration skyrocketing severalfold compared to past days. Jinghun Hall stood eternally at the core, maintaining the perfect checks and balances between purification and erosion, with fierce malevolent origin and warm vitality coexisting as one.

Sweeping his divine sense across the entire heaven and earth, Lin Ye noticed the qualitative change in the Shaling Divine Kingdom's production at the very first moment.

Previously, his Shaling Divine Kingdom had a weak foundation and a barren Shaling origin, and the entire heaven and earth could only nurture basic C-grade fiendish aura crystals, barely able to supply low-tier dependents for daily cultivation.

But after being blessed by match resources, territory expansion, eight years of time-flow nourishment, and landform assimilation and transformation, the Shaling Divine Kingdom's origin was now extremely profound. Within the rock strata mineral veins, Shaling abysses, and mountain hinterlands, high-grade crystals with translucent textures and pure origins were constantly condensing one after another.