121: Immortal jade, a shocking gamble!

Gu Liangyuan smiled as he looked at the odds.

Zhao Chi's heart sank when he saw Gu Liangyuan's smile.

A feeling of unease welled up in him.

Although he didn't know why, his intuition told him that he was about to have bad Luck.

The next moment, Gu Liangyuan pulled out two Storage Pouches.

Zhao Chi was familiar with these two Storage Pouches; he had personally given them to Gu Liangyuan.

These two Storage Pouches contained all the Spirit Stones Gu Liangyuan had won, a total of forty million.

"Bet it all on Sun Pu."

Sun Pu?

The confusion in Zhao Chi's eyes flickered and disappeared as he turned his head to look at the list behind him, finding Sun Pu's name at the end of the list.

He pondered for a moment before he found information about Sun Pu in his mind.

A Personal Disciple of the Six Harmonies Sect, at the Peak of Foundation Establishment cultivation, who had once slain a Demon Race member who had just entered the Golden Core stage.

Speaking of which, to have such a record could be considered a Prodigy, but it also depended on who he was compared to.

Among Disciples who were almost all in the Golden Core realm, he had almost no advantage.

Moreover, Sun Pu's performance in the first two matches had been unremarkable, so his odds had not fluctuated much.

How dared Gu Liangyuan bet all his stakes on him?

Perhaps he had misjudged?

Possible!

This time, I will reclaim everything I've lost!

At this moment, Gu Liangyuan was the focus of the arena. Seeing Gu Liangyuan place another bet, the other Elders also looked towards Sun Pu below.

Under their observation, they found that Sun Pu's Foundation Establishment Peak cultivation was even a bit unstable, truly unremarkable.

They really couldn't understand why Gu Liangyuan had so much confidence in Sun Pu.

However, the information Gu Liangyuan saw with his Insight Skill was different from what they saw.

Name: Sun Pu

Affiliation: Personal Disciple of the Six Harmonies Sect

Cultivation: Core Formation Peak

Spiritual Root: Water and Fire

Comprehension Ability: Once in a century

Luck: Unremarkable

Cultivation Technique: Six Harmonies Scripture

Spell: Qi Concealment Art, Turtle Breath Technique...

Treasures: Hidden Jade, Heaven-Disrupting Mechanism...

Summary: A Disciple with extreme lack of security, good at hiding himself.

Looking at the pile of Spells and Divine Abilities that concealed cultivation, Gu Liangyuan sighed with emotion, 'Look how cautious he is, this is what a qualified Disciple should do.'

Zhao Chi confirmed with Gu Liangyuan again:

"Fellow Daoist, are you sure you want to bet on Sun Pu?"

Gu Liangyuan did not answer directly, but instead asked back:

"What, you can't afford to lose?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chi bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on!

"I can't afford to lose!?"

Zhao Chi touched the Storage Ring in his hand, and one hundred white jade stones appeared on the table.

As soon as these jade stones appeared, the hall was instantly enveloped by a mysterious aura.

Gu Liangyuan was familiar with this aura; he often felt it from Song Xianer.

Gu Liangyuan used an Insight Skill, and the information about the jade stones immediately appeared:

Name: immortal jade

Effect: Jade stone that grows in the Immortal Realm, containing a small amount of Immortal Qi. One immortal jade is worth one million Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

Zhao Chi stood up and pointed at the immortal jade on the table:

"Is this enough!"

Everyone also recognized the immortal jade and exclaimed in wonder:

"People from the Gathering Treasure Pavilion are indeed rich. Although the selling price of this immortal jade is one million Top-Grade Spirit Stones, one often has to pay a premium to purchase immortal jade."

"Yes, the value of these one hundred immortal jade is already equivalent to a small Top-Grade Spirit Stone mine."

"Forty million, with three times the odds. If he wins again, that would be over one hundred million Top-Grade Spirit Stones. Even the Four Great Holy Lands would be severely impacted if they had to take out that much at once."

"This gambling match is going to be interesting."

...

Listening to the people around him, Gu Liangyuan gained a clear understanding of Jun Ao Zhi's profligacy for the first time.

Even if he won this round, his total income would not be as much as Jun Ao Zhi spent in one instance of profligacy!

Looking at Zhao Chi, Gu Liangyuan waved his hand:

"Alright, put away my immortal jade."

Heart-piercing words!

Zhao Chi was like a gambler who had lost his temper. Although he suffered critical damage in his heart, he refused to admit defeat:

"Don't be happy too soon. It's still unknown who will win or lose!"

Gu Liangyuan did not engage in a war of words with Zhao Chi and walked aside with a smile.

If Gu Liangyuan had continued to bet on his Disciple, others might have tried to follow suit.

But suddenly betting on an unfamiliar Disciple caused these gamblers to chicken out again, and few dared to follow Gu Liangyuan's bet.

Soon, everyone else also finished placing their bets.

However, at this point, everyone was no longer so concerned about their own wins or losses; instead, their attention was focused on the gambling match between Gu Liangyuan and Zhao Chi.

The current situation in the arena was that Gu Liangyuan and Zhao Chi were almost gambling against each other, and they were just following along and placing small bets.

Lü Qingmei came to Gu Liangyuan's side, her face filled with worry:

"Junior Martial Uncle, are you confident?"

The amount of this gambling match was too large, so large that even she felt a faint palpitation!

Gu Liangyuan smiled slightly:

"Ninety-nine percent."

"Then I'm relieved."

As all the Disciples dispersed, the Elders of each sect also bade farewell and returned to their respective residences, waiting for the next day's battle.

As they left, they were still discussing Gu Liangyuan's gambling match today, each expressing their own views on Sun Pu.

Zhao Chi also packed up the gambling table and returned to his residence.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, his thoughts were in disarray, and he couldn't calm down no matter what.

These one hundred immortal jade were all of his accumulated wealth over several centuries.

Although he was very confident.

But what if...

What if he lost...

No, I can't just sit here and wait for death!

Looking at the dark night outside, Zhao Chi had an idea.

He looked left and right through the window, and after confirming that no one was around, he quickly formed hand seals.

It was unknown what method he used, but Zhao Chi's body gradually became transparent.

Then his figure flickered and he headed straight for the Six Harmonies Sect's residence.

Before long, Zhao Chi arrived at the temporary residence of the Six Harmonies Sect.

He patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, and a green flying insect immediately flew out of the pouch.

This insect was a rare insect called the Spirit Devouring Insect.

Once bitten by this insect, the Spiritual Qi in the body would instantly disappear.

And there was a mysterious substance in this insect that would suppress the recovery of Spiritual Qi.

"With your Spiritual Qi depleted, let's see how you'll compete tomorrow!"

Zhao Chi thought this in his heart, and he also chanted some unknown incantation.

The Spirit Devouring Insect in Zhao Chi's palm flickered a few times and also became transparent.

Just as Zhao Chi was about to release the Spirit Devouring Insect, a familiar voice sounded behind Zhao Chi:

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Zhao, you're also out enjoying the moon."

Zhao Chi clearly trembled all over and slowly turned his somewhat stiff body around.

What came into view was a bright smile.

"Yes, Fellow Daoist Gu Liang, you're also out enjoying the moon."

"Oh, this Spirit Devouring Insect in your hand is quite rare. Is it for me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chi quickly handed the beast-controlling pouch at his waist and the Spirit Devouring Insect to Gu Liangyuan:

"I didn't expect Fellow Daoist to guess it. I was indeed preparing to give it to Fellow Daoist."

Gu Liangyuan nodded: "So that's how it is."

"Alright, nothing else. You can go back."

"See you again, Fellow Daoist."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chi felt relieved and fled as if escaping.

Looking at Zhao Chi's retreating back, Gu Liangyuan chuckled softly.

Playing dirty?

I've seen this kind of trick many times in Xuanhuan novels!