Chapter 17 Arena Bet
"Thank you, Senior Brother Xu, for your help." Zhu Liuqing took the spirit stone with both hands, a look of gratitude on her face.
Zhu Liuqing turned around and handed the bag containing fifteen high-grade spiritual stones to Chen Kang. Chen Kang reluctantly took the bag, opened it, looked at it, and then put it away.
Chen Kang suddenly put on a fake smile on his face and said to Xu Yang: "May I ask which family this young master is a disciple of? If you are so generous, Mr. Chen is polite here." After speaking, he clasped his fists and saluted hypocritically.
"I don't dare to take it seriously. I'm just an ordinary secular child. I got some spiritual stones by chance. I am practicing in the Wood Spirit Academy with Junior Sister Zhu." Xu Yang said.
After hearing this, the smile on Chen Kang's face suddenly disappeared.
"I thought he came from a noble family, but he turned out to be just a secular disciple. I originally wanted to ask this fellow Daoist Xu to guarantee the rest, but it seems that it won't work." There was a hint of arrogance in Chen Kang's tone.
"I really don't have the financial resources to vouch for Junior Sister Zhu at the moment." Xu Yang said neither humble nor overbearing.
"I think Miss Zhu can't find a guarantor for a while. How about this, I'll give you a chance. Choose one of you brothers and sisters to compete with me. If you win, the remaining high-grade spirits will be If you lose, Miss Zhu will agree to practice double cultivation with me. After you and I become a family, the debt will be canceled together. If not, I will see you in the law enforcement hall." After saying this, he showed his folding fan and fanned it twice. He looked down, with a proud look on his face, seemingly full of confidence.
"Mr. Chen, you are too smart. My brother and sister have only entered the second level of the spiritual realm. But I heard that Mr. Chen's cultivation has successfully advanced to the first level of the virtual realm three months ago. Mr. Chen is using his hands like this to bully the weak." Zhu Liuqing said with sarcasm.
"Miss Zhu is really smart. Yes, I have already reached the Void Realm. Since your brother and sister don't dare to challenge, you can ask Senior Brother Xu next to you to step in for me. Do you dare to fight me? "After saying that, he made a "swish" sound from the folding fan in his hand and put it away with force, showing a fierce look on his face.
Chen Kang thought in his mind, this boy named Xu doesn't know how high the sky is and dares to interfere in my good deeds. If he dares to agree to compete with me, he will be ruthless and let this boy named Xu know the consequences of messing with me, Chen Kang.
"My cultivation is only in the spirit realm. Your Excellency, a monk in the realm of virtual reality, is specifically looking for opponents of monks in the spirit realm. Aren't you afraid of making people laugh?" Xu Yang also said sarcastically.
"This Chen Kang's cultivation is higher than any of the three of us. Not only is he a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, he is also the direct young master of the Chen family. He is very powerful. Even though he has the blood of the Lin clan, he has no chance of winning." Zhu Liuqing secretly thought.
"Since Mr. Chen has proposed a martial arts bet, my brother and sister consider themselves far inferior to Mr. Chen. Can I ask a fellow Taoist who has the same level of cultivation as Mr. Chen to compete with Mr. Chen on my behalf?" Zhu Liuqing thought. Said after a moment.
After hearing this, Chen Kang glanced back and forth around Zhu Liuqing with his sneaky eyes, but he didn't find any powerful helpers around Zhu Liuqing. His eyes deliberately stopped on Xu Yang's face, and he smiled contemptuously.
Chen Kang calculated in his mind that the boy named Xu next to him had only reached the second level of spiritual realm. He was also a mortal and could not be his opponent. He is wearing the uniform of a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, so others will not meddle in his own business. Moreover, his cultivation level is not only the first level of the Realm of Transformation, but also the second level of the Realm of Transformation with the help of the family elders' secret techniques.
Thinking of this, Chen Kang smiled strangely. He unfolded the black folding fan in his hand, shook it twice, and said, "Okay, I don't know who Miss Zhu can ask to fight for you."
"Mr. Chen, there is no need to worry about this. Let's go to the competition ring in the gambling house now and we will see the result then." Zhu Liuqing answered decisively.
"Okay, I'm afraid you can't run away. In this case, I will take the first step." After saying that, Chen Kang turned around and got into the carriage, waiting for him to sit down safely in the carriage. The old man with an eagle nose who was driving the car shouted and the carriage sped away.
"What can I do, sister?" Zhu Liunian asked, looking at the carriage disappearing in the distance.
"Let's go to the competition arena first." Zhu Liuqing did not answer directly, with a bit of hesitation on his face.
The gambling houses within the Tiangui Sect are all concentrated on a street called "Jinbao Street".
"Jinbao Street" is one of the busiest streets in Zongneifang City. There are many restaurants and gambling houses on both sides of the street. There is a small square not far from the gambling house. There are several arenas in the square for fighting and bets.
Tiangui Sect encourages its disciples to compete with each other, and actual combat is also one of the important means to improve cultivation and break through bottlenecks.
The internal rule of the Tiangui Sect is that martial arts competitions in the gambling house can only be conducted by monks below the Peiyuan realm. High-level monks above the True Alchemy Realm are not allowed to fight in private. Fighting between True Alchemy Realm monks must be approved by the Law Enforcement Hall within the sect and must be conducted at the designated "Fighting Soul Platform".
Not only because the destructive power of monks above the true elixir realm is too great, but also because the monks above the true elixir realm are the core combat power of the sect and are not allowed to consume themselves at will.
In the arena area of the gambling house, a arena about ten feet high stands in a small square.
When the three of them arrived at the competition arena, Chen Kang was already waiting here.
Under the ring, Chen Kang and Zhu Liuqing signed and signed at the ring enforcement office.
"Chen Kang, I agree to today's bet, come on stage." Zhu Liuqing's tone was full of decisiveness.
"I hope you don't regret it, girl, it's settled." After saying that, Chen Kang couldn't wait to jump onto the ring.
Zhu Liuqing also used the soaring technique to gracefully enter the ring.
Seeing that someone was going to the ring to fight, a crowd of people slowly gathered under the ring to watch.
Zhu Liuqing stood on the ring, clasped her fists towards the crowd below the ring and said: "Little girl Zhu Liuqing, today I was invited to have a ring fight with the fellow Taoist Chen Kang next to me. Unfortunately, my cultivation is low and I can only enter the spiritual realm. And this one wants to fight with the little Taoist friend Chen Kang. Mr. Chen, who is fighting with a woman, is already in the realm of transformation."
After speaking, he glanced at Chen Kang beside him.
"If you enter the spirit realm and challenge the virtual realm, you are not a genius. You have no chance of winning." Someone in the crowd said.
Chen Kang held his left hand behind his back, and the ink-colored folding fan in his right hand had been unfolded and waved slightly, with a proud look on his face.
Zhu Liuqing hesitated for a moment and took out a small copper bell from the storage bag. He said loudly: "The little girl implores the heroic man in the audience to compete with Mr. Chen on my behalf. The cultivation level is limited to the realm of transformation. If I win, the little girl is willing to become a Taoist couple with this man. The prerequisite is that Can ring this "soul power bell" in my hand."
The "Soul Power Bell" is a magic weapon used to test a cultivator's soul power. Without considerable soul power, it cannot be rung at all. The tripod soul power bell that Zhu Liuqing took out was specially used to test the magic weapons used by elite disciples. Ordinary disciples in the Void Realm are unable to ring this bell. Zhu Liuqing was planning on the person who could ring the bell. His soul power was at least three times his own, and he should be able to defeat Chen Kang in front of him.
"This is great. Isn't this a martial arts competition to recruit a bride? This girl named Zhu Liuqing is really good-looking."
"That's right, that's right. The little girl is not only good-looking, but also has a fierce personality, which is exactly what I like."
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There was a lot of discussion under the ring, and many people were eager to give it a try.
Looking at Chen Kang again, his originally proud face turned blue and green, which was extremely ugly.
"I didn't expect that little girl Zhu Liuqing would be so decisive. She would rather marry a stranger than practice double cultivation with myself. When I win the bet, I will definitely take this girl home and train her well. Then it will be an heirloom of the Zhu family." "The blood jade unicorn is within easy reach." Chen Kang cursed in his heart.
"Sister, how could you make such a move?" Zhu Liunian on the side was filled with regret.
"Chen Kang has long coveted our family's heirloom treasures. Your gambling debt this time is probably a trap set by him. Chen Kang actually has the nerve to come to the Zhu family to propose marriage. I just want to put an end to his idea. Besides, you can really The person who rings this soul power bell and dares to challenge Chen Kang should also be a hero, and it is not unfair for my sister to marry him," Zhu Liuqing explained.
"Hey, it's all my fault, brother, for my incompetence."
Chen Kang glanced at the restless crowd in the audience. He said loudly: "Chen Kang, the direct disciple of the Chen family, is now serving in the Law Enforcement Hall. If you are short-sighted, please come to the stage. Don't blame my men for being ruthless."
When everyone heard that Chen Kang was a direct disciple of the Chen family, several people who were originally going to take the stage backed down.
"This Chen Kang is the direct son of the Chen family of the cultivation family. The Chen family has many properties in Tiangui Zongfang City. It has strong financial resources and influence. No one dares to provoke him easily."
"If there are elders in the Chen family, they will serve as elders in the Law Enforcement Hall. If you beat Chen Kang, you will be punished."
"It's Chen Kang, I've heard of him. He is also considered a powerful figure among the young disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall. Who among the monks at the same level can be sure to defeat him? If he loses, not only will he lose the beauty, but he will also offend the Chen family and steal the The chicken cannot lose the rice.
Perhaps due to the power of the Chen family or the power of the Law Enforcement Hall, no one came forward to challenge them for a while.
After half an hour, no one came on stage.
Zhu Liuqing looked anxious and clenched her pink fists. I thought to myself: "If no one comes on stage, I will fight with this Chen Kang to the point where I would rather die than lose everything, and I can't let Chen Kang succeed."
"Can I try it?" At this moment, a loud voice came from the crowd under the ring.