Li Jun's arrogance was instantly crushed. Looking at the refining materials left by Shi Xuan, he had nothing left to be proud of. Obediently refining weapons was better than anything else.

Li Jun was a fanatic, completely obsessed with weapon crafting. He once spent ten days and nights crafting weapons without sleep. Now, he just considered it as crafting weapons in a different place. He had come to terms with his status as a slave and it didn't matter anymore. In any case, apart from Zeng Mo, who was of the same status as him, he couldn't see anyone else.

In addition, his prized talent was utterly crushed in front of Shi Xuan...

There was nothing to complain about. Li Jun walked up to the refining materials and sighed, "This is pretty good too."

*

When the announcement was made, there were only two days left until the Six Sects Grand Competition.

As soon as she stepped out of her courtyard, she saw Lu Wenxing rushing towards her.

Seeing that Shi Xuan had finally come out, Lu Wenxing quickly pulled her to the middle of the courtyard where their sect was located. There, the sect's fellow disciples were gathered together, arguing about something.

When Shi Xuan appeared, everyone gathered around.

Tang Nong first gestured for everyone to quiet down, then said, "Let's hear what Junior Sister has to say first!"

"What is it?" Shi Xuan asked.

Tang Nong replied, "We are discussing the betting odds for the Six Sects Grand Competition. The market has opened betting, and everyone wants to participate."

"Oh?" Shi Xuan became interested; this was a good opportunity to earn spirit stones.

"Tell me, what kind of betting games were played?"

Before Tang Nong could speak, Lu Wenxing hurriedly explained to her, "All categories are open! There's a singles championship prediction, a team battle prediction, and the singles competition is further divided into five categories: alchemy, talisman, weapon, and formation battles. Moreover, there are separate betting odds for each level of cultivation—there are so many that we can't even count them all! We were just discussing who to bet on."

The Six Sects Grand Competition includes individual and team events. The team events are self-explanatory, while the individual events are divided into battles involving alchemy, talismans, artifacts, and formations, as each of the six sects in the Qian Yuan Western Region has its own strengths.

The Divine Cauldron Sect excels in alchemy, the Hidden Hidden Sect excels in talisman arrays, the Langya Sect focuses on weapon cultivation, the Restoration Source Sect is dominated by magic cultivation, the Condensing Edge Sword Sect naturally focuses on sword cultivation, and there is also the Beast Taming Sect, which is a sect that focuses on beast taming.

In general, this classification is most advantageous to the Hidden Sect, while the Converging Edge Sword Sect, Restoring Origin Sect, and Controlling Movement Sect can only exert their strength in combat.

That's why the winner of the battle receives more rewards.

Within these five categories, each competition was further divided into groups based on the participating disciples' cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core were tested separately to determine the champion.

Each bet is specifically assigned to each individual member of each participating sect, making the odds quite substantial; it all depends on how everyone chooses.

After listening, Shi Xuan pondered for a moment and asked, "Does everyone want to choose a few items to bet on, or do they want to bet on every single one?"

“We can’t bet on everything,” Tang Nong said, her eyes wide. “With our limited spirit stones, we should be lucky to pick a few that we’re confident about.”

“That makes things simple,” Shi Xuan said. “You can all just bet on me to win.”

"All? What does 'all' mean?" Lu Wenxing felt a little confused. His junior sister's combat strength was indeed formidable, and he was confident in betting on both Dan and Zhan, but what did she mean by "everything"?

Shi Xuan smiled slightly, revealing two cute dimples. The girl's bright face radiated confidence: "That means I am the leader in the Golden Core stage in terms of pills, talismans, weapons, formations, and battles."

Lu Wenxing's eyes widened in surprise: "No, how come I didn't know you could use talismans, artifacts, and formations?"

Shi Xuan winked at him playfully and replied in a relaxed tone, "I just learned it recently."

Disciples of the Lianfeng Sword Sect: ...

No, you've just learned three new arts: talismans, artifacts, and formations, and then you say you can win the Golden Core group? What about us?

It's a must to bet on the junior sister in alchemy, but everyone knows her achievements in alchemy, so there's probably not much profit to be made.

Currently, the most popular candidate for the Golden Core stage talisman is Sun Shaoxing of the Luoyin Sect, the most popular candidate for weapon crafting is Shen Wuyang of the Langya Sect, the most popular candidate for formation is Chen Qi of the Luoyin Sect, and the most popular candidate for combat is Zhang Yingxin of the Fuyuan Sect.

Shi Xuan is undoubtedly the top alchemist, which is a no-brainer. This means that even if you bet on her, you won't earn any spirit stones.

But if she can really win the championship in all four categories of talisman, weapon, formation, and combat, it would be a huge upset, and she would make a fortune if she succeeded!

Shi Xuan held a high position in the hearts of the Lianfeng Sword Sect disciples, but they still looked at him with doubt, as if to say: Is he reliable or not?

“I know you might be wondering, so let me give you an example. I’ll bet 10,000 high-grade spirit stones on each of the four categories: talismans, artifacts, formations, and combat. Now you’ll have a better idea of ​​what to expect.”

What?! The puzzled look turned into shock, not because she was confident she could win, but because she had so many spirit stones!

What incredible stroke of luck did Shi Xuan encounter, or did he strike it rich in a spirit stone mine? How could he be so wealthy! In comparison, these disciples are considered quite rich if each of them can produce a few hundred high-grade spirit stones!

Regardless, Shi Xuan's move is indeed convincing. If they really lose money, they will only lose tens of thousands, while Shi Xuan will lose tens or hundreds of thousands.

Lu Wenxing looked at Shi Xuan longingly. These days, his junior sister hadn't asked him to do any work, so he had lost his source of income. The meager monthly allowance from the sect wasn't enough to cover his expenses.

Speaking of monthly allowances, Shi Xuan's was ten times more than his... Thinking about this, Lu Wenxing felt even more resentful.

Seeing his aggrieved look, Shi Xuan laughed and said, "How about I lend some spirit stones to Second Senior Brother?"

Xiao Lu, who had felt wronged, immediately broke into a smile.

"How about this," Shi Xuan thought, since he had already lent the money to his second senior brother, he might as well take care of all the disciples in the sect: "I can provide each person with a loan of one thousand high-grade spirit stones, on the condition that they can only bet on me to win, and then repay me after the Six Sects Tournament. If I don't win, then I don't have to repay the spirit stones."

Such a good thing!

The disciples were overjoyed.

"Then, isn't Junior Sister taking on the risk for nothing, without getting any benefit at all?"

“How can there be no benefits?” Shi Xuan laughed. “Isn’t it a good thing for everyone to prosper together?”

Moreover, although such group activities are a gamble, they can easily unite the disciples and increase their trust in her, which is helpful for the team competition strategy.

A win-win situation.

The disciples assumed that Shi Xuan had attained enlightenment and the entire sect had ascended to immortality. They were all very happy and collected their spirit stones before heading out to place bets at the market.

It's just betting everything on the junior sister, that's easy.

Lu Wenxing, Tang Nong, and He Weiqing each received five thousand coins. Since the three of them were direct disciples of the same master, it was understandable.

So, on the eve of the Six Sects Grand Competition, near the closing time, a group of disciples from the Lianfeng Sword Sect descended from the sky and occupied the entire Jubaozhai.