Chapter 199

Four days later.

East City, Thunder Pool Studio.

This ancient studio, which had been abandoned for a hundred years and covered dozens of acres, was built on a low hill in the city planted with pines and cypresses. Although dilapidated, it had a wide view. It was bought by Lu Cangsheng with a large sum of money after he came to Qiuzhou City.

He filled the three-acre pond in the studio with water from the Thunder Sea.

Taking the Thunder Pool as the center, he set up a nine-story array tower as the base for the young Wu Xiu of the Lei Xiao Sect in the East City.

All parties handed over all matters of the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival to the leaders of the younger generation, and did not interfere in how to arrange alliances with whom.

The Duer Temple was looking for the Hidden Dragon to support the world.

The older generation of all forces also wanted to see what the young geniuses they cultivated were really like.

As a rare genius of the Lei Xiao Sect in a thousand years, Lu Cangsheng deeply understood one truth. In doing anything, one must first think of a retreat, must have the power to protect oneself before advancing, and must have full preparations before plotting, so as to be in an invincible position.

The Thunder Pool Studio was the place he built to welcome the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival and protect himself.

"Let me in, you dare to stop me..."

Lu Lu Wensheng's cold voice came from outside, arguing with the Lei Xiao Sect disciples guarding the Thunder Pool.

Lu Cangsheng, who was meditating on the surface of the Thunder Pool, was restless, opened his eyes, and sighed: "Let him in!"

Lu Lu Wensheng came to the side of the Thunder Pool, watched Lu Cangsheng walking step by step on the water to the shore, and after organizing his emotions, said as calmly as possible: "Cang sheng, lend me another 200,000 Spring-Gushing coins, this time I will definitely be able to win it all back!"

All of Lu Cangsheng's patience had been exhausted in these few days: "Still want to fight? You have already lost three matches, haven't you seen clearly yet? The other party's combat power is far above yours, and he has been playing with you all along."

"No! In three exchanges, no one knows his combat power level better than me. He is indeed very strong, and I am not his opponent, but I no longer hold the mentality of defeating him! I am very clear-headed, I have self-knowledge..." Lu Lu Wensheng said.

Before he could finish, Lu Cangsheng scolded: "Brother, being in the mountain, you can't see the mountain. In these three matches, you lost your magic artifact battle suit, lost your Sky Thunder Blade, all your cultivation resources were mortgaged, and you borrowed 200,000 Spring-Gushing coins at Qianli Mountain, right? You can't go to the arena again, you can't beat him."

In these few days, Lu Lu Wensheng had become very sensitive, trembling with anger at Lu Cangsheng's words, and roared: "I never thought about winning! Five moves, I only need to take five moves from him, and I can win back everything I lost before. I am a Nine-Spring Pure Immortal Body, with the Eighteen Thunder Strike Array on my body, and I can't even take five moves from him in the same realm?"

"There is heaven beyond heaven, and people beyond people. You can't win!"

Lu Cangsheng said in a firm tone: "I have been to watch a few matches. Although Li Li Youyi's realm is still low, his martial arts attainment is far superior to yours. He has been hiding his clumsiness and hasn't shown his true ability at all. In the same realm, I might not be his opponent. The 260,000 Spring-Gushing coins you borrowed from me, I will just consider it spent on your cultivation, no need to pay it back. I can also help you pay back what you borrowed at Qianli Mountain, but you must promise me that you cannot go to the arena again..."

"I don't need your pity!"

Lu Lu Wensheng was greatly stimulated: "I know, you don't look down on me at all, just like everyone else in the sect. You are a genius, and I am just a piece of trash! But I am also a genius, I am just not as good as you. That's right, ten moves, I can't take, but five moves I will definitely be able to take."

"Cang sheng... brother... Senior Brother, lend me the Spring-Gushing coins, I beg you, let me fight one last time, I promise, it is absolutely the last time, I swear by the spirits of our parents in heaven."

"If I don't win back what I lost, I will die. How can I have the face to live in this world? Those people in the sect are all laughing at me behind my back. I must prove myself, otherwise... I can only go to die!"

Speaking to the end, Lu Lu Wensheng's body gradually lowered, wanting to kneel to Lu Cangsheng.

Lu Cangsheng could be ruthless to anyone, but had the greatest tolerance for this brother. He took a deep breath, a chill flashed in his eyes, then quickly turned into a smile, and helped Lu Lu Wensheng up with both hands: "Last time?"

Lu Lu Wensheng laughed through tears, moved: "Parents died early, we brothers depend on each other. Cang sheng, I knew you wouldn't ignore my life or death! Last time, I will definitely win back five times the Spring-Gushing coins."

Lu Cangsheng took out a rectangular medicine box from his boundary bag and handed it over: "This 1,600-year-old Black Dragon Grass was picked by me from the bottom of the East Sea, worth about 200,000 Spring-Gushing coins."

"Cang sheng, you are so good, don't worry, this time I will definitely win!"

Lu Lu Wensheng left quickly, holding the medicine box happily.

Qin Qian walked in from outside, watched Lu Lu Wensheng leave, and then looked at Lu Cangsheng's gloomy face and murderous intent at the side of the Thunder Pool.

She said: "Brother Lu was never in such a crazy and sensitive state before, he was an extremely calm and restrained person. It's all Li Li Youyi's fault. I'll go kill him!"

She was a Pure Immortal Body cultivating the Sixth Sea, naturally having the confidence to kill Li Li Youyi.

Lu Cangsheng stared at the Thunder Pool: "Just a chess piece! What we should really think about is, why did Brother Zuoqiu Ting push this chess piece out?"

Qin Qian said: "There is news that Li Li Youyi is Cang Li's brother-in-law."

"Cang Li's brother-in-law? Isn't it said that he is the son-in-law of the Brother Zuoqiu family?" Lu Cangsheng frowned.

Qin Qian said: "There are even rumors that he possesses the strength to defeat Yang Yang Zhiyong of the Sui Sect. All kinds of news are flying everywhere, true and false, very misleading."

Lu Cangsheng thought for a moment: "The Brother Zuoqiu family and the Nine Li tribe have avoided war for ten years, recuperating, sitting and watching the heroes of the world fight with the imperial court, consuming each other, killing until the rivers run red with blood. And they, with deep foundations, don't know how many provisions, resources, elixirs, magic artifacts, battle arrays, and exotic beasts they have hoarded. Now, borrowing the momentum of the Duer Temple and the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, they want to officially enter the game and plot to be the fisherman."

"The imperial court must regard them as the primary target for attack, giving the Duer Temple and the Brother Zuoqiu family a head-on lesson."

"The confrontation of the younger generation at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival will inevitably be in such a pattern."

"So, for a mere Fourth Realm Wu Xiu of the Five Seas, the Lei Xiao Sect doesn't need to take action at this time, and must restrain itself from charging into battle."

"How about this, you go tell the Dragon Palace. If the Dragon Gate can kill Li Li Youyi, the cooperation between our two families can continue."

"Is the Dragon Gate willing to charge into battle?" Qin Qian said.

Lu Cangsheng said: "In the chaos of Lizhou, the Dragon Gate itself has already offended the Nine Li tribe, and there will inevitably be a contest at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. Moreover, the Dragon Gate should have suffered quite a loss in this pit-falling arena gambling game."

"How many shrewd Wu Xiu have been led into the game step by step, all becoming gamblers like lunatics."

"Fortunately, that Li Li Youyi only has the cultivation of the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas. If he were three realms higher, the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival would be ruined by him alone, and directly renamed the Hidden Dragon Gambling Festival. This person cannot be left alive."

The challenge fee was 500 Spring-Gushing coins on the first day.

It rose to 1,000 on the second day.

On the third day, the rules were directly changed, with no upper limit on the challenge fee, and a loss of one paid ten.

On the fourth day, the arena was already deserted, with many spectators but very few daring to go on stage.

But with the second banner of "Five moves to defeat all enemies under heaven" hung out, the top Wu Xiu of the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas who had been scared of losing in the first four days immediately regained their spirit, running around everywhere to raise Spring-Gushing coins.

The enthusiasm was ignited again, and everyone had the confidence to hold on for five moves.

"This time, it's not about paying a challenge fee. The rules say it's an opportunity for us to win back our losses, preparing to return all the money we lost."

"One to five, as long as you take five moves from him, no matter how many Spring-Gushing coins we take out, he will pay five times."

"But he said, telling us to restrain ourselves, to act according to our ability, and definitely not to take out too huge funds."

"Restrain? He is afraid of losing and not being able to pay."

"Defeating all Wu Xiu in the same realm within five moves, no one can be sure, so he naturally has to be a little cautious."

"I can't take ten moves! In the same realm, if I can't even take five moves, what is the meaning of this martial arts cultivation?"

At the Qiuzhou Attendant Palace Yamen, on the top floor of the central vermilion tower, Jiang Ning was wearing a state governor's official robe from a thousand years ago, sitting in the center of a circular array diagram, cultivating the Dragon Awakening Technique.

The Dragon Awakening Technique is the only way to obtain the dragon soul power inside the official robe.

Of the three hundred state governor's official robes from a thousand years ago, half were stored in the palace. The other half were lost among the people and in the nether realms.

Hearing the noise and heated discussion under the tower, she stopped cultivating and asked Zhuang Yue: "What happened again?"

Zhuang Yue changed into a pair of scarlet demon eyes, her pupils like jade, and she, who was always cold-faced, had a bit of charm on her. Her expression was strange: "It's just Qin Changfeng, Lin Yi, the Fifth Young Master and the others, preparing to go to the arena again, raising money everywhere, claiming they want to make a big haul."

Jiang Ning's eyes were covered with white dragon-patterned gauze, and there were already three mist-like dragon souls swimming around her body, her tone quiet: "Fifth brother was also brought in by them?"

"The Fifth Young Master has already lost three matches, lost his magic artifacts, and was injured. That guy doesn't show any mercy at all." Zhuang Yue snorted.

Jiang Ning said: "Lost so much, still want to fight?"

"Brother Zuoqiu Ting wrote him another piece of text, writing 'Five moves to defeat all enemies under heaven'. Just taking five moves, how could Qin Changfeng and the Fifth Young Master not take the bait?"

Zhuang Yue also said: "Brother Zuoqiu Ting is clearly using him. If he keeps winning like this, he will inevitably provoke public anger and be very dangerous."

(End of chapter)