Chapter 194: Meeting Friends Through Martial Arts, Generously Scattering Wealth

The array floating island of the Immortal Forest hung in the magic Qi clouds, with inns and restaurants scattered below, which were already gathered with a large number of martial cultivators from all over the world.

With the two cloth banners at the crossroads rising, fluttering in the wind, it naturally caused a sensation.

The two lines of text written on the banners each contained a powerful combat intent and were extremely imposing.

Below the "Peerless Number One in the Same Realm" banner on the left, there was also a line of small text:

Fourth Realm of the Five Seas, Li Youyi of Lizhou, Southern Border.

"The Peerless Number One in the Same Realm, Ten Moves to Defeat All Enemies in the World. Setting up such a banner will inevitably provoke public anger; aren't you afraid of the banner falling and the person dying?"

"So arrogant! Having been in Qiuzhouzhoucheng for so long, he counts as the first madman since Luan Sheng Lin You!"

"Who is Li Youyi? I am also a martial cultivator from Lizhou; why have I never heard of this person?"

In less than a quarter of an hour, the martial cultivators gathered under the ring were already a sea of people, heads moving.

Although Li Youyi and Shi Shishi were slightly famous in Qiuzhouzhoucheng because of the arrogant words about capturing Yang Qingxi, no one had yet associated these two names together.

"It's best if he has true ability; if he's just grandstanding, he will definitely pay the price of his life."

There were quite a few proud and arrogant people present, and some were already rubbing their hands, wanting to personally split the two banners.

More martial cultivators saw the clues and felt that this matter was not simple.

Because the opponent was able to summon a spirit-sense master from the Zuoqiu clan to set up the array, it could not possibly be just for fun.

"These two lines of text... such strong combat intent fluctuations; they shouldn't be from the hand of a martial cultivator in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas!"

Qin Changfeng and two friends got off the carriage.

The three were all Pure Immortal Bodies, with magic Qi overflowing from their bodies; they were originally prepared to go to the Immortal Forest and happened to pass by here.

Qin Changfeng didn't take the arrogant words on the banner to heart at all, only feeling that someone wanted to become famous and had gone crazy! But the implication of the text above attracted him, so he released his combat intent, wanting to fight against it.

He came from Fuzhou, one of the core eight states of the imperial court, and was a cultivator in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas.

Those who could cultivate to this level before the age of thirty were not ordinary people. Although they couldn't compare to those top geniuses, they were still among the top dozens in a state.

"So strong, this is Zuoqiu Ting's 'Peaches and Plums All Over the World' combat intent!"

Qin Changfeng was repelled three steps by the combat intent on the two lines of text, his eyes full of disbelief.

In the intent battle just now, endless peach and plum blossoms flew out from the two cloth banners, each petal carrying text, with extremely powerful momentum.

His two friends, also experts of the younger generation in Fuzhou, were all surprised: "Peaches and Plums All Over the World!"

"This is the text written for him by Zuoqiu Ting?"

Under the ring.

The group of martial cultivators heard their conversation and exploded instantly: "This is Zuoqiu Ting's evaluation of him? Who exactly is Li Youyi?"

"This must be flattering words; how could anyone be invincible in ten moves in the same realm? Does Zuoqiu Ting admit that he can't take ten moves from him in the same realm?"

"It only refers to being invincible in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas! But how could such a proud son of heaven be unknown?"

To the lower left of the ring, Li Youyi ignored the increasingly boiling young martial cultivators. These people, with cultivation realms at most in the First or Second Realm of the Five Seas, and half of them in the Gushing Spring Realm, were not his target audience.

At most, they could only count as spreaders of news.

Qi Wangshu introduced his brother to Li Youyi: "Brother Youyi, this is my brother, one of the top three experts of the younger generation in Zhizhou, surnamed Qi, named Xiao, a talented person who counts among the seven states of the Southern Border."

Li Youyi hurriedly cupped his hands, expressing his gratitude.

Qi Xiao was invited to be a referee.

Qi Xiao looked very similar to Qi Wangshu, but one was a Pure Immortal Body and the other was a mortal.

His face was slightly fat, his figure slightly short, but he had no trace of bloat; looking at the two cloth banners on the flagpole, his brows frowned involuntarily, and he said lightly: "Not even entering the Second Grade, and still saying he is a top expert, it's simply shameful!"

He really didn't understand how the First Successor, such a shrewd and wise character, could have such a deep friendship with a martial cultivator in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas, even writing such a boastful evaluation for him.

Invincible in the same realm was already an extreme evaluation, enough to provoke the resentment of many people.

And defeating all opponents in the same realm within ten moves, I'm afraid it had to be characters like Ge Xiantong and Luan Sheng Lin You who dared to say such things.

This wasn't a question of whether it was arrogant or not, but rather very unwise.

Oh well, just consider it giving the First Successor some face.

"Brother, you will definitely enter the Third Grade." Qi Wangshu said.

Qi Xiao had never considered himself Third Grade; those on the Second Grade would sooner or later be challenged. With solid combat records, he would tell the Due Temple that they had also misjudged.

Li Youyi smiled: "With the Qianlong Lantern Festival approaching, big figures like Brother Qi Xiao should be actively preparing for battle; I've delayed your time! How about this, all income today, I'll give you ten percent."

"No need! You are a friend of the First Successor, so naturally you are also a friend of mine, Qi Xiao; why talk about money for such a small favor."

Qi Xiao knew better than anyone that some things couldn't be bought with money. Suddenly realizing something, he said: "Isn't it a ring battle? What does income mean?"

"Brother, it's like this."

Qi Wangshu whispered a word to him, and then giggled, waving his hand, ordering people to open the three large black iron boxes placed under the ring and the foot-long wooden box.

In an instant, three boxes full of jade-white Gushing Spring coins appeared before everyone's eyes, emitting a glowing jade light.

That wooden box erupted with brilliant blood radiance, actually filled with blood crystals.

Qi Xiao, who had just sat down, stood up abruptly as if electrocuted, his whole person stunned.

With his status and cultivation, he had naturally seen huge amounts of wealth, but that was in the Qi family treasury. Who would move so many Gushing Spring coins and blood crystals to the street?

Qi Wangshu said: "Each large box here is fifty thousand Gushing Spring coins, which is five million silver coins. Three large boxes, that's one hundred and fifty thousand Gushing Spring coins."

"That box of blood crystals is roughly worth ten thousand Gushing Spring coins."

Qi Xiao digested the shock in his heart and transmitted his voice to the two, asking: "What exactly are you trying to do? Is the First Successor planning something?"

"Brother Qi Xiao, don't overthink it; just sit down and drink tea first. We are just setting up a ring to meet friends through martial arts, that's all."

Li Youyi looked at Zuoqiu Baiyuan and asked: "Is the ring competition rule written?"

"It's written!"

After Zuoqiu Baiyuan finished writing, he checked it seriously and asked: "Can it be posted?"

"Post it, and read it to everyone again."

Li Youyi, in a blue martial arts uniform, had an extraordinary demeanor, his figure straight and capable, and he walked toward the seven-zhang-square ring.

The ring was not set up on the street, but in an open space next to the crossroads, occupying almost the entire flat area.

After the three boxes and one small box were opened, the sensation and clamor had already escalated.

Where had ordinary martial cultivators ever seen such a huge sum of wealth?

After the ring competition rules were posted, the emotions of the martial cultivators present were all ignited.

Qi Wangshu stood directly under the ring and raised his voice with magic Qi: "Today, there is Li Youyi, a hero from Lizhou, who has the ambition of Martial Dao despite his mortal qualifications. Coming to Qiuzhouzhoucheng for the first time, he is bold and generous, righteous and scattering wealth, and has specially set up a ring to meet friends through martial arts."

"One hundred and fifty thousand Gushing Spring coins, one box of blood crystals. While supplies last, first come, first served."

"The rules are as follows: as long as you are a martial cultivator in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas, whether you are a Pure Immortal Body or a deformed species, you can all come on stage to challenge. If you can take ten moves from him, remain standing, and stay on the ring, you can immediately receive ten thousand Gushing Spring coins."

"Boom!"

All the martial cultivators' eyes lit up, and the discussion sounded like a boiling pot of oil.

Ten thousand Gushing Spring coins was one million silver coins.

The Lingxiao Life Realm had been at war for years, and all major forces were short of money and food, which naturally affected these young martial cultivators. Who didn't want to buy Qi-Increasing Pills to improve their cultivation speed? Buy blood crystals to refine their bodies? Buy high-grade magic weapons to increase their combat power?

For any martial cultivator in the Five Seas Realm, this was a huge sum of wealth.

The wind direction changed.

"So it's meeting friends through martial arts, specifically giving away Gushing Spring coins, wanting to trade for the bold name of a wealthy youth."

"It won't be that simple; this person must have extraordinary strength. To get this ten thousand Gushing Spring coins, I estimate it must be a Pure Immortal Body or a Nine Springs Supreme Person; he wants to scatter money to make friends with top geniuses in the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas. And these geniuses mostly come from sects and sects with millions or tens of millions. The people he wants to make friends with are upper-level figures." A martial cultivator who thought he understood the essence analyzed it this way.

Qin Changfeng lost interest in going to the Immortal Forest, feeling excited, never expecting to encounter such a good thing as pie falling from the sky.

"If I can get ten thousand Gushing Spring coins, I can immediately go and buy that high-grade magic weapon battle suit I had my eye on before." Lin Yi, one of Qin Changfeng's two companions, was overjoyed.

Another companion, Jiang Qing, was in the Fifth Realm of the Five Seas and had no qualification to challenge, so he laughed: "Look at your lack of ambition; ten thousand Gushing Spring coins is enough to satisfy you?"

Qin Changfeng's heart moved, and standing on the periphery of the crowd, he used magic Qi to enter his voice, his tone melodious: "In the same realm, taking ten moves from a mortal martial cultivator, is that difficult? If I can defeat this Li Youyi, or even defeat him within ten moves, what do you say?"

Li Youyi sat in the center of the ring, knowing that business had come, and replied personally: "If you can defeat me, the reward will be ten times higher. If you can defeat me within ten moves, all the Gushing Spring coins and blood crystals here will belong to you. The challenge rules are already written clearly."

"I'll challenge!"

"I'll go first..."

"Brother Youyi, I've made you a friend!"

As soon as the words fell, six figures had already leaped onto the ring one after another, each full of spirit and energy, with powerful intent and momentum.

To fight over who would challenge first, the six almost started fighting among themselves.

Qin Changfeng and Lin Yi, seeing this scene, were also secretly anxious, worried that the three boxes of Gushing Spring coins would be won by someone else first.

Zuoqiu Baiyuan walked onto the ring and read the last rule: "Young Master Li already guessed that this would be the situation, so there is one more rule. Before everyone challenges, you must first pay a challenge fee of five hundred Gushing Spring coins."

"Challenge fee?"

The six martial cultivators on the ring instantly calmed down and adjusted their appearance.

A relatively rational martial cultivator saw through the essence: "So this isn't meeting friends through martial arts at all, but a gambling game."

Zuoqiu Baiyuan had no good face: "Pay a challenge fee of five hundred Gushing Spring coins, take ten moves, and win ten thousand Gushing Spring coins; even if it's a gambling game, there are countless people willing to participate. Those who have money to pay the challenge fee stay, those who don't... please leave the ring."

Li Youyi's trick of setting up a ring to earn money was learned from the Dharma Dao Fire Ape back then.

As long as you set the bait well, you don't have to worry about not having fish.

"If you can't even take out five hundred Gushing Spring coins, you don't have the qualification to challenge in the first place. Where in the world is there such a thing as giving away money for free?"

Qin Changfeng and Lin Yi were both high-spirited and squeezed through the crowd, walking in unhurriedly from the periphery.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 195 =====