That's right, both the betting platform and the auction house are Jubaozhai.
Jubaozhai is arguably the most powerful shop in the Langya Sect's market. It is said that it is backed by the main peak of the Langya Sect, and has a strong background and excellent reputation.
Originally, the odds were basically set at this point, but Shi Xuan's entry with a large group of people has caused some changes in Shi Xuan's odds.
Surprisingly, their entire sect seemed to have gone mad, refusing to bet on sure wins and instead choosing the least likely outcomes.
While upsets may offer higher odds and potentially more profit, you still have to actually win!
Shi Xuan's name is well-known in the entire Qian Yuan Western Region, yet not a single person from the Lianfeng Sword Sect, including Shi Xuan himself, placed a bet on Shi Xuan's solo alchemy competition!
They still bet on Shi Xuan, but they bet all on the four items of talismans, weapons, formations, and battles, and bet more on whichever has the higher odds, completely disregarding the possibility of winning or losing!
What kind of people are they?! Even though the more they bet, the more Jubaozhai earns, the cultivators who processed their paperwork couldn't help but feel sorry for them as they watched so many spirit stones go down the drain!
"Are you sure this is the betting method?" the cultivator handling the paperwork asked. "Fairy Shixuan has a very high win rate in the solo alchemy competition..."
He stopped halfway through his sentence. First, staff members were not allowed to offer suggestions to customers. Second, Shi Xuan was right there. Did she not know that she had the highest chance of winning?
Holding a staggering five thousand high-grade spirit stones, Lu Wenxing said with boundless arrogance, "Don't worry, our junior sister from the Lianfeng Sword Sect must win every competition she participates in! We'll naturally bet on the ones with the highest odds."
The cultivator's face twitched; he was speechless.
What do you mean by saying that the junior sister can win at everything? Are they all collectively obsessed? He has worked here for many years and has handled countless betting transactions. People who are too profit-driven usually end up in a bad way, and may even lose everything.
"The Lianfeng Sword Sect's medicine pills!" The cultivator muttered to himself as he completed the formalities.
But it's hard to reason with a damned ghost; the Lianfeng Sword Sect must have been tainted by something unclean.
No matter how much I complained in my heart, the procedures were completed for everyone very quickly.
On the way back, the group chatted excitedly about the rumors that had circulated during Shi Xuan's absence these past few days.
"Junior Sister, do you know that Fan Mingzhu has never left the mountain since the auction and has been staying in the courtyard of the Divine Cauldron Sect every day?"
"Really? She doesn't have to be that timid. Why not just have two senior brothers accompany her?"
"Probably because they were ashamed... those two men said they were in a hurry to find her because of a relationship dispute."
"Pfft!" Shi Xuan burst out laughing. These two weren't let out for nothing; they were really cunning. They behaved so well; next time they meet, he could reward them with a few spirit stones.
Walking back to the mountain gate, I saw the protagonist of our conversation standing there, his gaze fixed on the inscription on the Langya Sect's mountain gate.
A few days ago, when the Lianfeng Sword Sect came, Shi Xuan had an epiphany here. Anyway, every time they went to another sect, they would have to ponder the inscriptions in front of their mountain gates, so the people of the Lianfeng Sword Sect were used to it.
At this moment, Fan Mingzhu stared at the three large characters of Langya Sect with her brows furrowed, clearly trying to figure out what was going on.
He probably thought that the Six Sects Grand Competition was coming up tomorrow, and since no one had passed by the mountain gate today, he came out alone to try his luck. Even if he couldn't achieve enlightenment, it wouldn't be shameful.
But who would have thought that the group from the Lianfeng Sword Sect happened to be going out to place bets together today, and then they ran into Fan Mingzhu, who was trying to achieve enlightenment, right in front of the mountain gate. What a coincidence!
Fan Mingzhu's demeanor made it clear to everyone that she was anxious because Shi Xuan had gained so much enlightenment.
When Fan Mingzhu saw the approaching group of twenty-odd people from the Lianfeng Sword Sect, she felt a little embarrassed, but she quickly recovered and pretended to be looking around to admire the scenery.
The disciples of the Lianfeng Sword Sect began to cough one by one, as if their throats were damaged. For a time, the sound of coughing was constant at the mountain gate.
Fan Mingzhu was furious, but she couldn't say anything, since she couldn't forbid others from coughing.
Lu Wenxing started speaking in a sarcastic tone, exaggeratedly standing to Shi Xuan's left front, blocking Shi Xuan's view of the mountain gate, and loudly said: "Junior Sister, don't look at the inscription of Langya Sect. If you accidentally have another enlightenment, how are we going to go to the competition tomorrow!"
Fan Mingzhu...
I knew you'd have an epiphany, was it really necessary to make such a big deal out of it?
What's even more infuriating is that, upon hearing Lu Wenxing say this, the other disciples also began to echo him.
"Yes, hurry and protect Junior Sister Shi Xuan. Don't let her have another epiphany. Last time she was trying to understand something from a thousand o'clock until dark. It's already afternoon now. If she tries to understand something again, she'll probably be trying until tomorrow!"
"Speaking of which, Junior Sister must have an epiphany every time she arrives at a mountain gate, right? Our Lianfeng Sword Sect, Fuyuan Sect, Luoyin Sect, and Langya Sect, they've all had epiphanies!"
"That's not entirely true. There's actually another sect that hasn't achieved enlightenment."
"Oh! Right! Divine Cauldron Sect! Junior Sister didn't have any enlightenment at the Divine Cauldron Sect! Why! Something's not right."
"If Junior Sister only has occasional moments of enlightenment, then perhaps it's her problem. But Junior Sister gains enlightenment every time she encounters a mountain, so... it must be a problem with that mountain sect."
"Could it be that the ancestor of the Divine Cauldron Sect was not powerful enough, and the characters he wrote lacked Daoist charm?"
"That's really possible. Otherwise, why would Junior Sister be able to achieve enlightenment in every sect except for that one?"
"Is it possible that their ancestor simply lacked comprehension?"
...
The crowd kept talking amongst themselves, infuriating Fan Mingzhu. First, they mocked her for not being able to achieve enlightenment, then they made veiled criticisms of their Divine Cauldron Sect's patriarch—how could she tolerate this!
She shouted, "Stop right there!"
Shi Xuan and his disciples stopped in their tracks, turned around to look at Fan Mingzhu, and then exclaimed in alarm, "Second Senior Brother, hurry! Quickly take out the recording stone! Fan Mingzhu is trying to bully us! You know that taking action before the Six Sects Grand Competition will result in disqualification. We can't let her get away with this!"
Fan Mingzhu's chest heaved with anger as she shouted, "You! You've gone too far!"
Lu Wenxing actually took out a recording stone and opened it with great seriousness. Anyway, Shi Xuan had spirit stones now, and he had bought a lot of these things, so he could use them as he pleased.
Shi Xuan said to the recording stone activated by Lu Wenxing, "We were walking normally when Fan Mingzhu suddenly came out and stopped us. It wasn't us who stopped her. Now she wants to make a move. Our Lianfeng Sword Sect is not easy to bully! If she attacks us now, she won't be able to participate in the Six Sects Grand Competition. We have the recording stone as proof!"
"You were the ones who started the mockery!" Fan Mingzhu was so angry that she almost unleashed her demonic aura.
Tianjun instructed her in her mind, "Don't fuss over such trivial matters; you won't gain anything from it. When the Six Sects Grand Competition comes, find an opportunity to kill them."
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