Ultimately, the stakes were the same as those of the Lu family: ten privately owned prefectures and 20,000 private guards.
The Qi family also sent Qi Lili's cousin, Qi Zhengzheng, but the Qi family's main business is politics, not the military.
So, just like the Chang family, they used an A-grade energy mine as a gamble to exchange for twenty resource states in Jinshangyue's hands.
The main reason is that these civil officials do not have private armies; otherwise, the Qi family would definitely have chosen the Yu family's private guard.
Then there are first- and second-tier families like the Jiang, Tang, Shi, and Yang families, who are afraid of offending the Yu family and would be retaliated against if they took anything from them.
Instead of going up against Jinshangyue alone, he chose to participate in betting.
In each round, they bet a lot of money, always betting on others to win, and always losing big.
It wasn't just these few families with children; families who had suffered losses in Jinshangyue also participated in betting.
All the guests at the banquet participated in betting to some extent.
After all, this is an opportunity to gain benefits without getting involved, so why not take advantage of it?
Xue Yirou ultimately failed to find an opportunity to continue using the spirit gu to bewitch people and gamble with Jin Shangyue on other things.
Because those involved were all instructed by their respective patriarchs, if she tried to control them and change their minds, she would definitely be discovered.
Therefore, the only option left was to resort to drugging.
Seeing that no one wanted to duel with him alone, Jinshang Yue said, "Let's begin then, in the order you suggested when you proposed the duels."
"The first match is a competition against the young master of the Yuan family to see who can make medicine. How will the competition go?"
Yuan Xinglu said with a dark look in his eyes, "It's about who can produce the highest purity, the fewest side effects, and the fastest and best-performing advanced healing potion first."
“I have invited Master Lin, the senior pharmacist of our Yuan family, to compete on my behalf.”
Jin Shangyue nodded slightly: "Alright, let's begin then."
Seeing that Jin Shangyue seemed determined to go herself, Yuan Xinglu frowned slightly: "Aren't you going to find someone to compete for you?"
"I'm talking about making high-grade potions, not ordinary ones."
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