Chapter 0008: Betting a Fortune

"One to ten odds!

Upon hearing Lin Hui's words, the crowd bursts into a round of low snickers.

Lin Hui winning only offers an odd of one to one, while for Luo Feng to win, the odds stand at one to ten!

The immense difference in ratio is akin to declaring Luo Feng a certain loser.

"I bet forty taels of silver on Lin Hui's victory!"

"I also bet on Lin Hui's victory - one hundred and twenty taels of silver!"

"Fifty taels for me!"

"Two hundred taels!"

The crowd rushes towards Qin Feng. In a blink of an eye, he is surrounded by a small hill of silver notes and ingots, all wagering on Lin Hui's victory.

Although Luo Feng's odds are attractive, these fellow students think that Luo Feng, who's only in the mid-stage of the Cultivation Power Realm, doesn't stand a chance against Lin Hui.

Luo Feng gazes at the radiant Lin Hui in the crowd, a sneer hinting at the corner of his mouth.

This spectacle has clearly been carefully orchestrated by Lin Hui for him to witness, the aim of which is obvious – to humiliate him!

"I bet Luo Feng will win! Six hundred taels!" The pleasant and gentle tone of a woman unexpectedly drowns out the murmurings of the crowd.

Bing Ruolan elegantly steps out amidst the startled crowd. Her blue headband flutters like a butterfly; she hands out a silver note of the face value of six hundred taels to Qin Feng from her jade-like wrist.

"This…" Qin Feng was taken aback by the silver note in Bing Ruolan's hand. He looks at Lin Hui with uncertainty.

He hadn't anticipated that anyone would bet on Luo Feng's victory. Moreover, six hundred taels was not a small sum. It was enough to purchase two Condensation Yuan Pills.

Lin Hui glowers at Bing Ruolan. This is obviously an attempt to undermine him, but due to fear of Bing Ruolan's strength, he can only swallow his resentment.

"Hahaha ... the class president is impressive indeed. A fool is he who passes on a chance to make money! Six hundred taels, I accept!"

Lin Hui suddenly bursts into laughter as he grabs the silver note.

"Well said, a fool is he who passes on a chance to make money..." Luo Feng also laughs lightly before walking over and asking Bing Ruolan – "Class President, how much money do you have on you?"

He had spent all his savings on Lin XiaoXiao and was now broke.

Bing Ruolan takes out an embroidered silk bag, peeps in, and says, "Only a little over five thousand taels left."

Luo Feng pauses for a moment.

"Carrying thousands of taels isn't something an ordinary clan's child could manage. I've never heard of this girl before, I wonder what secrets lie beneath…"

A thought flickers in Luo Feng's mind, but he quickly dismisses it. He reaches out his hand. "Lend it all to me."

Bing Ruolan looks startled, but quickly removes the silver notes from the silk bag and hands them to Luo Feng, saying suspiciously, "Could you be planning to…"

"I'll return it to you soon." Llaughing Luo Feng takes the notes.

Smack!

Turning around, Luo Feng smacks the silver notes into Qin Feng's hand.

"Five thousand three hundred taels, all on me!"

"Five thousand three hundred taels!"

A peculiar silence envelops the crowd. The students all stare at Luo Feng as if he's lost his mind.

Five thousand three hundred taels! That's a huge amount, not everyone can afford it.

Qin Feng is also petrified, staring at the silver notes in his hand. He can't get his head around what just happened.

Luo Feng arches an eyebrow and looks disdainfully at Lin Hui, "Oh, what's the matter? You were so arrogant just now, but a paltry few thousand taels scares you?"

Provoked, Lin Hui snorts, "Who says I'm scared? As long as you dare to wager, I'll dare to accept!" He then reaches for the silver notes.

"Hold on!"

Luo Feng intercepts Lin Hui with an arrogant raise of his brows. Gazing at the furious Lin Hui, he laughs, "Five thousand three hundred taels, plus Bing Ruolan's six hundred taels, that makes six thousand taels. If I win, that would be sixty thousand taels! Lin Hui, can you afford to pay that?"

"I won't lose!" retorts Lin Hui defiantly.

"But what if you do?" Luo Feng's tone isn't the least bit rushed. He looks at Lin Hui with a playful smile.

"You!" Lin Hui is livid, but there's nothing he can do. His family is just a minor wealthy clan; were it not for Lin XiaoXiao, he wouldn't even have his current status in the Silver Moon class. It is indeed too much to ask him to come up with tens of thousands of taels just like that.

"Hehe, since we're in a humour to gamble, let me take on this bet." A clear and cheerful voice rings out all of a sudden as two figures stroll over from the side.

"XiaoXiao!" Upon seeing who it is, Lin Hui lights up and quickly rushes over.

One of the two figures is none other than Lin XiaoXiao herself.

Lin XiaoXiao nods in acknowledgment. Her eyes fall upon Luo Feng standing nearby. There is a slight tremor in her gaze, which quickly resumes its icy demeanour.

Luo Feng's advancement to the fourth stage of the Meridian Wheel Realm, the mid-stage of Cultivation Power Realm, in such a short time is slightly surprising. Yet his modest improvement doesn't warrant her attention.

"This bitch has also made a breakthrough!"

Luo Feng also takes notice of Lin XiaoXiao. Her skin emanates a faint jade-like luster, clearly indicating that her powers have reached the mid-stage of the Rigid-Soft Realm; she has improved quite a bit.

"She seems to have reaped quite a few benefits from Duanmu Yu …"

Luo Feng snorts disdainfully in his heart. He turns away, his eyes resting on the young man standing next to Lin XiaoXiao.

The youth's face is fair and clean, his lips red and his teeth white. He sports a treasured sword at his waist and carries a rather handsome appearance. There is a blazing sun emblem embroidered on his uniform, indicating he too is a student in the Golden Sun class.

"A peak-stage expert of the Rigid-Soft Realm and he's even a notch above Bing Ruolan…" Luo Feng senses through the youth's aura that his profound cultivation level exceeds Bing Ruolan's, a glint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

The teenage swordsman who was wearing the sword felt Luo Feng's gaze, he stood up and looked at Luo Feng with an arrogant look, "You must be Luo Feng. I accept this bet."

Luo Feng didn't quite appreciate the condescending gaze from the young man, he replied calmly, "If you have the ability to pay back sixty thousand silver, then there's no issue."

The attitude of Luo Feng caused the young swordsman's brow to furrow.

A mere trash from Silver Moon class, even dares to show me an attitude!

Li Yunhao was furious deep inside, but refrained to show it off in front of everyone. He kept his anger within him, waved his sleeve, and said pompously, "I, Li Yunhao, am worth more than sixty thousand!"

Li Yunhao's words took all students from Silver Moon class aback and they all gasped.

Li Yunhao had quite a reputation in the outer courtyard of Purple Sun School.

Although Li Yunhao's cultivation level was not extraordinary, his Qinggong was ranked among the top five. His mid-ranking martial art 'Traceless Steps' had already reached the Great Accomplishment Realm. Going all out, he could produce three illusory figures, which were difficult to distinguish between real and fake. During a fight, the opponent couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes, thus earning him the title 'Ghost Shadow'.

With the Great Accomplishment of Traceless Steps, in the previous Challenge King competition, Li Yunhao successfully entered the top ten, becoming one of the ten Challenge Kings and made a name for himself in the outer courtyard!

The area suddenly became quiet. The students from Golden Palace always viewed those from Silver Moon class as trash, and those from Silver Moon class also looked down at the arrogant students from Golden Palace. Both classes simply could not eye each other.

During last year's Challenge King competition, the top ten kings were all from the Golden Palace class. Bing Ruolan ranked eleventh and was unfortunately eliminated. This result only intensified the tension between the two classes.

Ironically, Li Yunhao happened to be the tenth Challenge King. His appearance here was a provocation in itself, and even Bing Ruolan's gaze turned colder by a few degrees.

"I accept your challenge," Luo Feng said after contemplating for a moment.

A ready-to-pluck plum shouldn't be missed!

Luo Feng's straightforward response made Li Yunhao pause for a moment. Then, nodding his head, Li Yunhao smiled and said: "Good!"

"The instructor is here!"

Someone yelled that out and everyone turned their heads to see Ji Wuyue, decked in vigorous attire and with a well-built figure, striding towards them.

"Can anyone explain to me what is going on?" Ji Wuyue walked over, sensing the unusual atmosphere, she raised her brows and her sharp gaze swept across all the students.

"Instructor, here's the thing..." Bing Ruolan had no choice but to stand out and explain everything that had transpired.

After hearing the whole story, Ji Wuyue glanced at Lin Hui, who was standing with Li Yunhao, raised her eyebrows, and suddenly raised her hand. Just when everyone thought she was going to explode and held their breath in fear, Ji Wuyue suddenly slapped Luo Feng's shoulder and pulled him to her side.

"You've already reached the mid-stage of the Cultivation Power Realm, not bad! With the mid-stage of the Cultivation Power Realm strength to challenge late-stage Cultivation Power Realm, commendable courage indeed!"

Luo Feng was being held in front of Ji Wuyue, and Ji Wuyue's exaggerated chest was right within his line of sight. With each word Ji Wuyue uttered, Luo Feng could only see a dazzlingly white scenery swaying in front of him, making his mouth went dry momentarily.

"Gulp!" Luo Feng swallowed his saliva and quickly averted his gaze.

Ji Wuyue looked over at the silver note, she patted Luo Feng's shoulder and laughed: "Luo Feng, it seems you're not favored to win. Doesn't matter, I, your instructor, support you! I bet on your victory!"

Luo Feng was touched, but he saw Ji Wuyue taking out a bright piece of silver and tossing it to Li Yunhao from a distance: "Luo Feng wins, ten liangs!"

"Ten liangs..."

Luo Feng's lips twitched, and he swallowed his words of gratitude whole.

"Well, the instructor has been a little tight on money recently..." Looking at Luo Feng's expression, Ji Wuyue said somewhat awkwardly.

"Just like a student like their instructor, tsk tsk, ten liangs... Even when I am giving alms to beggars, I can give more than this. No wonder she's teaching a group of trash!" Li Yunhao took the silver and flipped it in his hand, and disparaged with disdain.

Bang!

The aura on Ji Wuyue suddenly exploded. She was just one step away from Li Yunhao, staring angrily at him, her hair fluttered, and she yelled, "What did you say?"

Thump... Thump...

Facing the enraged Ji Wuyue, a trace of fear slipped into Li Yunhao's eyes and he stepped back several times.

Although his cultivation level had reached the late peak stage of the fourth level of Rigid-Soft Realm in the Meridian Wheel Realm, in front of Ji Wuyue who had opened up six Meridian Wheels, he had no power to resist.

"I was merely speaking the truth." Li Yunhao was also a proud person and said with gritted teeth.

"Remember this! My students are not yours to command! If you dare to say one more word, I will crush every inch of your bones!" Ji Wuyue huffed coldly, clenched her fists, bones making a thunderous trembling sound, which left Li Yunhao in cold sweat, his face pale.

Bone Bursting Thunder Sound, the signature of the Bone Iron Realm in the sixth cycle of the Meridian Wheel stage!

"Luo Feng, do you have confidence in this duel?" Ji Wuyue suddenly turned to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng came back to his senses from the shock, nodded seriously: "I'm utterly confident!"

"Good! I believe in you!"

Without any hesitation, Ji Wuyue reached into her bosom, took out a glittering gold note and threw it into Li Yunhao's hand: "Ten thousand liangs, Luo Feng wins!"

The entire audience was shocked. Ten thousand liangs, if Luo Feng were to win, it would be a hundred thousand liangs! This was a high-stake gamble!

"Originally, I just accompanied Lin Xiao Xiao over to take a look. I didn't expect to have this unexpected gain..." Li Yunhao grabbed the gold note in his hand, a smile appeared in his eyes.

It was impossible to continue the class now, Ji Wuyue directly took everyone to the martial arts field next to the training ground.

There were dozens of rings in the martial arts field, which was a place specifically given to the students for practicing. Moreover, the school had an unwritten rule that once one stepped on the martial arts platform, one's life and death were up to oneself!

"Lin Hui, come here."

Li Yunhao stood in the corner, glanced at Luo Feng, called Lin Hui over, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Lin Hui kept nodding his head, a ferocious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He glanced at Luo Feng, directly leaped onto the ring, crossed his fists and waited for Luo Feng to come up.

"Luo Feng, I put everything on the line, you better not disappoint me." Ji Wuyue looked at Luo Feng and reminded him.

If it were usual times, ten thousand liangs wouldn't have meant much to her. But now, Ji Wuyue was at the critical point of challenging the Golden Palace assessment. A single pill cost several thousand liangs, and she was spending money like water. Only due to her wish to prevent Li Yunhao from insulting her students, did she angrily take it out.

Luo Feng gave a faint smile: "Instructor, your ten thousand liangs will soon turn into a hundred thousand!"