"Sister, I want to bet something." Si Yu came in front of the betting counters and said,
"What is it, sir?" the female at the counter replied with a smile.
"I would like to bet my life."
"What?! Are you serious?" The counter female was shocked, not just her, but her fellow companions who were also registering bets, and the people standing next to her were also shocked after hearing Si Yu.
They were all stunned for a reason: after all, Si Yu wanted to bet his life that not even the old people who were close to dying could do so. And he was still young at that.
"Is he really serious?! "
"He is just a kid! How can he put his life on the line by putting his hope on complete strangers?"
"I wonder what made him do this? Is he doing it for his loved ones?"
The people standing next to the counter were all shocked to see this.
"Sir, please tell us what you want in return and on whom do you want to place your bet?" The female who was recording bets on paper hurriedly asked.
"I want twenty thousand essence stones in return if I win the bet." Si Yu spoke, shocking the people again.
"Sir, that's not possible. Even though we have expanded the bet rewards for a life, you can only take ten thousand essence stones if you win." The counter female shook her head and announced to Si Yu.
As brother Fen suspected, even though the clans are giving free rewards for a life if we win, they have placed limits on the rewards obtainable. If they don't, they fear that other people might want extravagant rewards in return: Si Yu remembered what Yang Zhai had told him.
"Very well then, I will just go with that. Also, here, I am giving you three thousand low-grade essence stones, if I win, I want sixty mid-grade essence stones instead of six thousand low-grade essence stones."
Si Yu activated a storage bracelet and three thousand essence stones were thrown on the counter. Yang Zhai had given the bracelet to Si Yu for holding all of these essence stones.
"Where did he obtain so many essence stones from?!"
"Is he the son of an elder?"
"I haven't seen so many essence stones in my entire life, and he pulled them out so easily. Who wouldn't be shocked?"
"Forget about that, but he also has a storage type treasure, if I am not wrong, storage type treasures are extremely rare."
Everyone was flabbergasted at the site. They had not expected that they would be seeing a situation like this.
Yang Zhai knew that if Si Yu won the bet and took 100 mid grade essence stones from the counter, then there was a chance that he would be attacked on his way back to the clan: however, after Si Yu pulled out a treasure and so many essence stones so easily, others would think that Si Yu was not a normal person and was the son of an elder of someone powerful. This way, he would not be easily attacked by the others.
"Very well then, sir, on which competitor are you betting, and from which clan do you want these rewards?" The counter female said after the servants counted the essence stones.
"I want to bet on Yang Zhai that he would win, and I want these rewards from the Ma clan." Si Yu spoke with a smile. Yang Zhai had already told them his real name.
Yang Zhai wanted to confuse both of the clans and also wanted to make the Ma clan believe that the Bai clan was doing this on purpose. Even though ten thousand essence stones were not much, it could still make the Ma clan believe that the Bai clan was behind all this. This could also increase the conflict between them.
After all, Yang Zhai was a Bai clan cultivator and Si Yu wanted the essence stones from the Ma clan if they lost or for their loss. Simply a mocking. It was like they were being mocked by the Bai clan. The Ma clan would be paying for their loss, wasn't this a deliberate provocation?
Yang Zhai walked up the stage and looked at his competitor, Yen Hu.
"Where did he come from all of a sudden?"
"Wasn't he supposed to be missing? Or, could it be that the Bai clan did this on purpose?"
"The Bai clan must be playing with us."
"Whatever, we must win this fight no matter what."
The Ma clan elders had gloomy expressions after seeing Yang Zhai appear from nowhere. This competition's win was almost within their reach, but it was a matter of skills now after Yang Zhai arrived.
"What do you think will happen now? Who will win this competition now that Yang Zhai has appeared?"
"I don't know, but the Ma clan must be angry after seeing the situation. They were about to win, and their win was only a single word away, but it is a mystery now as to who would win and whether the Ma clan can win this round or not."
"Not just that, but someone also placed their life for ten thousand essence stones on Yang Zhai."
"Yeah, it would be interesting to see this now. The situation has really turned fascinating."
"Furthermore, placing bets on Yang Zhai and asking for the essence stones from the Ma clan, haha. It's like they know that the Ma clan would lose, and they want the essence stones from the Ma clan in return for their loss. What do you make of this?"
The people in the crowd having insights and knowledge also understood what was going on. It was like the person behind all this was playing with the Ma clan, most likely the Bai clan. After all, the Bai clan was the one to put forward such a competition.
"Thank goodness he returned: I thought we were going to lose without even fighting."
"I wonder how his timing was so accurate? He arrived just before Zing Ghe could announce his final word and declare Ma clan the victor of this competition."
"Forget it, maybe it was just a coincidence, instead, we should be happy that he arrived."
"Yeah," the Third elder of the Bai clan said with relieved eyes.
"Brother, I hope that we have a fair fight, and thanks for the last time." Yen Hu bowed to Yang Zhai, showing his respect for Yang Zhai.
If Yang Zhai wanted to win their previous fight, Yen Hu would have lost to him without a doubt, but Yang Zhai had given up the fight. How could Yen Hu, who had never lost a fight before not be respectful towards Yang Zhai for not letting him taste one?
"Hmm," Yang Zhai nodded and did not say anything.
"Why did you arrive so late?" Zing Ghe inquired from Yang Zhai.
"About that, Elder Cu Gil ordered me to arrive exactly at this time. I can't deny his orders, so I am sorry for that." Yang Zhai had already decided what to say before he arrived.
However, this sentence was not so simple to the Ma clan and the Bai clan elders.
"As I suspected, it was planned by the Bai clan. No wonder Yang Zhai arrived just before we were about to win. And if I am not mistaken, him being missing was also planned by the Bai clan." One of the elders of the Ma clan said with rage in his tone. His eyes were constricted from anger.
How could he not be angry? All of the Ma clan elders were excited and happy just a while ago, but this was all a plan made by the Bai clan. He was manipulated by the Bai clan. The Bai clan had simply made fun of them in the public.
The Ma clan elders might have thought that everything was just a coincidence: but when Yang Zhai mentioned the name of a Bai clan elder, the coincidence word was removed from their dictionary.
"How can this be? Why did elder Ci Gil do this?" the third elder of the Bai clan, Zihao De also muttered with narrowed eyes. He could not understand the reason behind this.
"Forget it, I will just ask him after returning back to the Clan." Elder Zihao De did not fret over this anymore and simply decided to put this matter to the side for now. He was just happy that Yang Zhai returned before the Bai clan could lose.
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