Chapter 1466: Double Blessing Arrives at the Door

The Crossing War came to an end, and all the various squads were able to rest and reorganize, because the next great battle would be in ten days, and this period would also allow the squads from each academy to digest the gains from this Crossing War.

And Li Luo at this time sought out the vice-principals of the other Holy Academies in the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou, beginning to gather Sky Mirror Sand for the "Sand Gambling Match."

"Instructor Li Luo, are you planning to participate in the Sand Gambling Match?"

Regarding Li Luo's move to borrow Sky Mirror Sand, vice-principals like Guo Guo Jiufeng, Wang Xu, and Chen Chi all understood his intentions and immediately hesitated slightly.

They certainly knew that the Sand Gambling Match was the fastest way to earn "Sky Mirror Sand," but this thing was also a gamble—after all, which team that dared to participate in the Sand Gambling Match would be a pushover?

Even some insidious fellows, for the sake of the Sand Gambling Match, would deliberately hide their methods, preserving their strength and trump cards during the Crossing War, just to ambush someone in the Sand Gambling Match and make a killing.

Therefore, this Sand Gambling Match rarely saw participation from Holy Academy squads of the Outer Shenzhou, because their strength was insufficient to play in such a deep-water game.

Sky Mirror Sand was a rare top-tier cultivation resource for them; if they lost it gambling, it would pain them for three years.

"I will team up with Sister Jiang Qing to participate in the Sand Gambling Match. If you all trust us, you can give it a try." Li Luo said frankly.

Hearing that Jiang Jiang Qinge would also participate, vice-principals like Guo Guo Jiufeng were slightly tempted, after all, Jiang Jiang Qinge's strength indeed gave one a measure of confidence—presumably, as long as they didn't encounter an Eighth-Grade Marquis-tier powerhouse, they would have the power to contend.

And the opponents in the Sand Gambling Match, according to the rules, would be chosen through mutual selection; Li Luo naturally could not afford to provoke an Eighth-Grade Marquis-tier powerhouse at this time.

Thinking this way, the vice-principals of the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou ultimately chose to give Li Luo this favor and trust, after all, no matter how you looked at it, their ability to achieve such an outstanding result this time was almost entirely reliant on Li Luo.

Of course, some cautious vice-principals did not dare to lend out all their Sky Mirror Sand, and still held some back.

So after a round of gathering, Li Luo borrowed twenty measures of Sky Mirror Sand. Adding the eighteen—no, seventeen—from their own Saintly Xuanxing Academy, he now had thirty-seven measures of Sky Mirror Sand in hand.

And at this time, Jiang Jiang Qinge also hurried over to meet up with Li Luo: "I have a total of twenty-three measures of Sky Mirror Sand on my side."

She had also gathered some from the Holy Light Ancient Academy, but since there were quite a few ambitious people in the Holy Light Ancient Academy who also coveted the "Sand Gambling Match," the gathering was actually less effective than in the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou.

"If you feel it's not enough, I can still borrow ten more measures of Sky Mirror Sand." Lv Qing'er suddenly spoke up.

"That's enough!"

Li Luo laughed. With this, they could gather seventy measures of Sky Mirror Sand—a quite astonishing amount. He was even starting to worry whether any team would really dare to take on such a large bet.

This should count as the biggest single stake in this Sand Gambling Match, right?

After all, according to the rules of the Sand Gambling Match, the Sky Mirror Sand provided by both sides needed to reach an equal amount.

And just as Li Luo was feeling anxious about this, several figures suddenly came stepping through the air and landed on the platform of their Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou side.

When these figures appeared, Li Luo clearly sensed that Instructor Xi Chan beside him suddenly turned icy cold, with thick disgust and fear surfacing in her eyes.

He immediately looked up thoughtfully, and sure enough, among the arrivals was Xi Chi, whom he had met once before.

However, this time Xi Chi was positioned further back; in front of him was a man with a thin build, dark red pupils, and a dangerous aura emanating from his entire body.

"Xi Li, Mystic Spirit Ancient Academy, Upper Seventh-Grade Marquis-tier powerhouse." A piece of information flashed through Li Luo's mind.

And this person had also performed extremely well in the previous Crossing War, considered the top combat power on the Mystic Spirit Ancient Academy's side.

"Xi Chan, long time no see." The man with dark red pupils cast his gaze toward Xi Chan, a reminiscent smile surfacing on his face.

Xi Chan's slender hands clenched tightly together at this moment, blue veins even surfacing on her snow-white skin. She said coldly, "Xi Li, I don't want to see you."

Xi Li said with a faint smile, "Xi Chan, come home with me. Your parents have been waiting for you. These years haven't gone too well for them either. Have you ever thought about them, being so willful?"

Upon hearing these words, Xi Chan's beautiful eyes instantly turned red. She stared at Xi Li with a gaze that could devour him, and said sharply, "What have you done to them?!"

"Relax, I haven't done anything to them. After all, our main family still has its rules. We just occasionally assign some rather dangerous missions, that's all."

"Oh, right, a few years ago your father lost an arm while carrying out a mission." Xi Li said casually.

"Xi Li!"

Xi Chan's whole body trembled. That instructor who had always been intellectual and elegant now no longer possessed that composure. Her whole body's resonant power surged as she could barely restrain herself from striking out in fury.

But a palm reached out at this moment and gripped her slender arm.

It was Li Luo.

"Instructor Xi Chan, don't be hasty." Li Luo comforted softly.

Tears gathered in Xi Chan's eyes, her five fingers clenched tightly together. She knew Xi Li was trying to provoke and threaten her, just to make her soften and compromise.

But when she heard that her father had lost an arm, her heart was still cut like a knife.

Li Luo stood in front of Instructor Xi Chan, his slightly cold gaze looking toward Xi Li, and said slowly, "Using someone else's parents to threaten them—your methods are truly rather despicable."

Xi Li first glanced at Jiang Jiang Qinge beside Li Luo, then slightly eased his tone and said, "Li Luo, this is a family matter of our Xi family. You have no reason to interfere. And why stand up for a woman with no backing?"

"Our Xi family, although we are in the Mystic Spirit Shenzhou, are still willing to be on good terms with the Dragon Fang Lineage, and this benefit is something she cannot give you."

Li Luo glanced at Instructor Xi Chan—this instructor who had once seemed so powerful in his eyes that she could offer him protection now appeared unprecedentedly fragile.

"In your eyes, Instructor Xi Chan's weight naturally cannot compare to your Xi family."

"But..."

Li Luo stared at Xi Li, his gaze gradually growing sharp and cold: "In my eyes, your entire Xi family combined cannot compare to a single finger of hers."

Back then at the House Luolan Mansion's Mansion Sacrifice, Instructor Xi Chan, to protect him, had resigned from her position as an instructor at Saintly Xuanxing Academy and stood alone, blocking the mountain gate of Lanling Mansion.

How could this debt of gratitude, in Li Luo's heart, be easily weighed by a Xi family?

Xi Li's gaze also gradually darkened, and he said slowly, "It seems you are determined to make an enemy of me for her sake."

"Is making an enemy of you that strange?" Jiang Jiang Qinge stepped forward, her voice icy.

Fierce energy rose in Xi Li's eyes. Clearly, Li Luo's and Jiang Jiang Qinge's refusal to show respect also made him furious in his heart. So he took a deep breath and said coldly, "What big tempers indeed. Do you really think I'm afraid of you? This is the Sky Mirror Pagoda, not your Li Li Tianwang's lineage."

"Here, I have plenty of means to bring you trouble."

"Li Luo, don't you want to play the Sand Gambling Match? You don't want to be ambushed, do you?"

Li Luo was stunned upon hearing this, then could not help but show a delighted expression: "You, you want to play the Sand Gambling Match?"

His reaction instead caused Xi Li's eye corner to twitch, and he sneered, "What? Is that not allowed?"

"Of course it's allowed."

Li Luo said happily, "I've gathered seventy measures of Sky Mirror Sand. Do you want to play?"

A blank look surfaced on Xi Li's face. He had calculated every possible way to gather on his side, and it was only twenty measures of Sky Mirror Sand, yet Li Luo was going to put up seventy measures for the Sand Gambling Match?

What kind of deranged gambler is this?!

"What? You can't scrape together seventy grains of Sky Mirror Sand?" Li Luo saw this and couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed, saying: "If it really won't work, I can take a step back—fifty grains will do."

Xi Li's face darkened. Even fifty grains of Sky Mirror Sand, he couldn't scrape together!

"Heh heh, Li Luo, you really think that in the Sky Mirror Pagoda, no one can deal with you lot?"

And just as Xi Li was feeling awkward, a coquettish woman's laughter suddenly rang out. Everyone looked up and saw Lü Ruyan leading a group of people into the arena.

"Lü Ruyan, what are you doing here?" Lü Qing'er's face instantly chilled when she saw her.

Lü Ruyan let out a coquettish laugh and said: "If I didn't come, wouldn't there be no one left to play with Li Luo? What, afraid I'll play him to pieces?"

Li Luo was slightly surprised—he hadn't expected Lü Ruyan to come and stick her nose in.

Lü Ruyan turned her gaze to Xi Li and said: "Mentor Xi Li, how about the two of us team up and play a round of Sand Fighting against Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge?"

Lü Qing'er's people had ambushed her earlier. Now that she had a chance for revenge, Lü Ruyan naturally wouldn't let it slip. Of course, if she could win the Sky Mirror Sand in Li Luo's hands, that would be even more delightful.

Xi Li was somewhat surprised. He also knew Lü Ruyan's background—she had the backing of Golden Dragon Mountain. He had always wanted to get on good terms with her, but never had a good chance. He hadn't expected her to proactively suggest teaming up now.

So he nodded at once and said with great poise, smiling: "If Young Lady Ruyan is interested, I shall gladly risk my life to keep you company."

Li Luo watched the two of them stirring together and laughed with great interest.

This scene really proved that saying.

When enemies meet, the road is narrow; double happiness arrives at the gate.