Chapter 561

Vermilion table, black paper spread out.

Thin fresh blood spread out, incense ash floated, but no matter how it vibrated, it remained scattered and could not gather.

Zhu Zongwang didn't believe in evil, and the joints knocking on the table became more forceful and rapid.

Until the fine nanmu table was knocked out with two holes, the fate map was nowhere to be found.

Mouth dry and tongue parched.

"Hongyuan, how many years of incense ash did you take?"

"Thirty years mixed with fifty years."

"Are there any older ones?"

Huo Hongyuan didn't talk nonsense, went out and came back, a small pottery jar was placed on the table.

"One hundred years!"

Try again,

Knock again.

The incense ash on the surface of the floating blood gradually swam. Zhu Zongwang was overjoyed, but before it could gather into shape, the half-hidden, half-visible fate map collapsed again.

The slightly comforted mood fell to the bottom.

Looking at Huo Hongyuan, the fate map didn't even have signs of struggling; it was a mass of dirty ash from beginning to end.

Gulp!

Adam's apple rolled.

Sweat gradually broke out on his forehead.

Zhu Zongwang opened his portable water bottle and drank it dry. Water trails flowed down the corners of his mouth. He took two steps back, sat down on the armchair, and his brain became a mess.

The fate changed by the twenty-eight mansions of the Wolf Smoke Realm has really disappeared!

"Fate will not change for no reason... Has Lushan changed?"

"It shouldn't be like this." Huo Hongyuan shook his head. "The wonders of Lushan are the best in the world. Many people have visited Lushan, and I have never heard of anyone changing their fate because of climbing Lushan."

Dead silence.

Zhu Zongwang closed his eyes to rest.

Huo Hongyuan stared at the incense ash.

The sound of rain outside the window gradually stopped, and sunlight shone through the window.

"Any big events recently?"

"Magistrate Xu's birthday, the Great Hunting Meeting."

"Could it be the birthday?" Zhu Zongwang sat up. "What powerful characters did your Xu family invite? Martial Saint? Which enfeoffed prince?"

Huo Hongyuan frowned: "Are there powerful figures coming?"

"When we came back earlier, many people were looking at us." Zhu Zongwang gradually recovered his calm from the predicament of fate "disappearing" and recalled more details. "People and events will all affect fate...

Your and my fate "disappearing" temporarily is not necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps there is a change, but the change is not yet decided, causing a piece of fog.

After the military examination, your and my fate were also unclear for a few days, just not as exaggerated as this time, remember?"

Huo Hongyuan was thoughtful and stepped out of the door.

"I'll go ask."

Evening.

"Yang Dongxiong, Liang Qu..."

The news of Lady Xu's family fermented fiercely, and it didn't take any effort to find out clearly.

Zhu Zongwang's doubts grew: "Is it because he is about to become a Grandmaster, or because of this Liang Qu?"

"Won't we know if we test him?"

Huo Hongyuan heard the servants chatting and comparing himself to someone who popped out from who knows where, and he was very angry.

"Don't act rashly!"

Zhu Zongwang reached out to stop him.

Fate "lost" is a big deal. The situation is temporarily unclear, and absolutely no third party can know.

If it was really caused by the latter, and not fully prepared, wouldn't it be hitting the gun barrel and becoming a foregone conclusion?

Even a good thing would turn into a bad thing!

"Delay leads to change." Huo Hongyuan retorted. "A good thing will still turn into a bad thing!"

"It won't take too long." Zhu Zongwang knew the Ji Water Leopard's temperament. "The Great Hunting Meeting! Wait until the Great Hunting Meeting, in the deep mountains and old forests, the two of us will join forces and test him! Only then will it be foolproof!"

"Elder, why not take a break?"

Long Yao and Long Li brought over a reclining chair, adjusted the cheese paste, and watched Liang Qu, who had returned from the Mistress's place, walk from east to west, and then from west to east, looking like a husband anxiously waiting outside the delivery room.

Making clothes caused worries?

"You sit."

Liang Qu waved his hand, his footsteps didn't stop, his heart was heavy.

"Why haven't they come to make trouble yet?"

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and it was about to be night, a figure rushed into the courtyard.

"It's open, it's open!" Xu Zishuai waved the ticket and ran to the front. "Ashui, you lost."

Lost?

Seeing the red cross on the ticket, Liang Qu's eyes went dark, and he stumbled and sat down on the reclining chair.

Long Yao and Long Li didn't know the situation, so they hurriedly fanned him, handed over the cheese paste, and applied a cold towel to his forehead.

Liang Qu grabbed the towel and groaned in pain.

A few days ago, he heard from Ancestor Xu that there were betting odds, so he let Xu Zishuai secretly bet three thousand taels, betting on the Hai Yecha making trouble on the spot...

All his capital was lost!

Damn!

The anger came!

What kind of dog-fart Wrathful Hai Yecha, blowing it up to the sky, when something really happens, it's not useful at all.

Coward!

Liang Qu took a fierce sip of the cheese paste, drank it dry in three gulps, grabbed the towel, sat up, and glared at Xu Zishuai.

"Three thousand taels, you compensate me!"

Xu Zishuai looked around, confirmed that Liang Qu was talking about himself, and widened his eyes: "I compensate? You let me place the bet!"

"If you didn't go bragging, where would the betting odds come from? How could I lose?"

"?"

"No money? Write an IOU! Long Yao, go get paper and pen!"

"No." Xu Zishuai was at a loss first. Seeing Long Yao really go to the study, he hurriedly comforted the Liang Shidi and replaced Long Li to massage the Liang Shidi's shoulders. "Liang Shidi, don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Three thousand taels, Cao Shixiong can't take it out, isn't it just a splash of water to you?

We lost this time, but next time there will be betting odds on winning or losing! How much were the odds for making trouble on the spot? I saw a group of people howling, and even if they won, they wouldn't make big money.

Betting on winning or losing is different, the odds are fifty-fifty! Liang Shidi, you have it in the bag, one punch for each, it's guaranteed profit!"

"You write a note! I'll bet another three thousand taels. If there's an accident, compensate me six thousand taels!"

Lost once.

Liang Qu wants to transfer the risk!

Besides winning or losing, there are many accidents, so he must protect one hand first.

Long Yao walked out of the room, smiling and handing over paper and pen.

"Cao Shixiong Xu, please."

Xu Zishuai was numb. He took the paper and pen, hesitated, and doubted.

"Liang Shidi, you won't deliberately throw the match to retaliate against Cao Shixiong, right?"

Liang Qu sneered: "Am I that kind of person?"

"Aba aba..."

"Phew!"

Long Yao blew on the paper lightly, confirmed that the ink was dry, and collected it carefully.

Xu Zishuai was worried and sighed: "I'm going back to rest."

"Wait, there's one more thing."

"That's enough!" Xu Zishuai jumped. "Didn't I just brag? The talk of teaching a lesson was spread by the servants themselves, it has nothing to do with me!"

"Finish it and we're even."

"Speak!"

"Ask around if that 'Tail-Wei Huo Hu' is participating in the Great Hunting Meeting."

"Just this? He should be." Xu Zishuai said, "Under thirty-five, clear identity, all can participate, and it's before the birthday banquet, no reason not to go."

"Find out clearly. If he really participates, try to incite the bookmaker to open another betting odd."

Liang Qu was brooding over the three thousand taels he lost.

"What betting odds?"

"Betting on who wins and who loses between me and the Tail-Wei Huo Hu."

Xu Zishuai was shocked: "Didn't you hear the ancestor say the day before yesterday? The Tail-Wei Huo Hu is a Hunting Tiger!"

"Just entered."

"Just entered is also a Hunting Tiger!"

"What I'm fighting is a Hunting Tiger!" Liang Qu simply clarified, "If you wanted to stir up trouble between me and the Tail-Wei Huo Hu a few days ago, I wouldn't blame you, I would even praise you for stirring it up well!"

Xu Zishuai smacked his lips, wondering if Liang Qu had been with Guan Congjian for too long and had been infected with some bad habits.

After thinking for a moment.

Leaned over quietly.

"Honestly, Liang Shidi, what are your chances of winning?"

"Ten percent, I guess." Liang Qu thought for a moment and added, "Eight or nine out of ten."

The next day.

"What the hell? Tail-Wei Huo Hu and Liang Jiulang? One to sixteen? Hunting Tiger fighting Wolf Smoke?"

"There are higher odds! Tail-Wei Huo Hu, Ji Water Leopard, and Liang Jiulang? One to thirty! Damn, someone has already bet four thousand six!"

"Who bet it?"