"Ha, this kid talks so arrogantly. Doesn't he look like a weakling? Can he even withstand a punch?"
"Hey, don't underestimate skinny guys, they might be able to take three punches!"
"Ha ha ha ha"
There was only malicious mockery around them; no one thought Yao Yao could win, after all, that burly man was almost three times the size of Yao Yao.
Min Liang, sitting below the stage, listened to the malicious speculations of those around him and felt a surge of urge to act, but Xu Chi restrained him.
"What are you doing? If they talk about Yan'er like that, I'll beat them half to death!"
Xu Chi frowned slightly. "Don't be impulsive. There are too many people around here. Don't expose yourself."
“But…” Min Liang wanted to say something, but Xu Chi cut him off with a single sentence: “Do you also think the young master will lose?”
Min Liang naturally didn't think so. He had seen Yao Yao's martial arts skills, and they were incredibly fast!
Min Liang shook his head. "Then why are you acting impulsively? You're going to get slapped in the face anyway. If you're going to panic over a few small fry, what will you do in the future?"
Well, Min Liang had no choice but to stay quietly to the side.
However, the crowd was not so easily appeased.
"I bet a tael of silver that he definitely won't last a single punch!"
"Hey, I told you not to look down on skinny guys. So what if they're skinny? Maybe they can take a beating. I bet a tael of silver three punches."
And so, a gambling game was spontaneously set up.
But amidst the excitement, no one thought Yao Yao would win.
"I bet him a hundred taels of silver that he will win."
He was naturally referring to Yao Yao. Everyone was taken aback. "Brother, you can't renege on your debt after losing this money!"
Everyone assumed Min Liang was trying a risky tactic, but then Xu Chi chimed in, "I'll bet a hundred taels of silver that he wins."
Everyone looked at Xu Chi and Min Liang as if they were idiots, thinking they were just easy targets who would all end up in their pockets anyway...
"Ah!" A scream came from the arena.
The person on the ring wins if they fall off the ring.
"Hahaha, I told you, you couldn't last three punches..." The voice of the person shouting gradually faded away, because... the person standing on the stage was Yao Yao, and she had won.
"This...this is impossible!"
Min Liang rolled his eyes without any politeness. "What's impossible about it? Everyone's watching. The one on stage who won has to honor his bet and hand over the money."
Many people placed bets, but only Xu Chi and Min Liang bet on Yao Yao to win. All the silver on the table was gathered next to Min Liang, who glanced at the somewhat unwilling crowd and said, "You have to accept your losses, but you can't renege on your bets. You just said that yourselves."
The group of people reluctantly looked away.
There was still a short time before the incense burned out.
"Hmph, but he was lucky. That big guy was guarding the arena the whole time. Maybe he was already exhausted. He just got lucky and got a good deal!"
At this moment, the second challenger also came up on stage; he was a swordsman who looked somewhat old.
"Please enlighten me," the swordsman said, bowing slightly to Yaoyao. Yaoyao, naturally respecting those who respected her, returned the gesture with a fist bump and said, "Please enlighten me."
"I bet that kid will lose this time! This swordsman definitely won't underestimate his opponent, and he's strong too!"
Another round of gambling began, and naturally no one chose Yaoyao to win. However, Min Liang and Xu Chi still placed a hundred taels of silver bet on Yaoyao to win.
Watching the two players' actions, the onlookers scoffed, "They think they can keep winning just because they've tasted success? Dream on!"
After paying their respects, the two on stage assumed a fighting stance.
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