Chapter 1410: Making a Bet

Xun Shuang Xianzi and Xiao Feng's ideas have always been at odds.

"Ah."

Xiao Feng sighed and said: "The ancients wrote books to lay a foundation for later generations, so that later generations could stand on the shoulders of the ancients and climb higher. Their wisdom should be respected, but it should not become a shackle. Any theory could possibly be overturned; doing scholarship means holding doubt toward both the known and the unknown, in order to possibly discover more. If you treat the ancients' wisdom as the endpoint, you will never surpass them in this lifetime."

Xun Shuang Xianzi objected, questioning: "Don't spout empty talk; first surpass the creator of the origin book you cultivate, then come lecture me."

Xiao Feng was also left speechless by her stubborn notion.

Seeing her stubborn and insensible appearance, I couldn't help but say: "When I reach that step, I will definitely give you a lesson!"

"Hah, your cultivation isn't high, but your tone is big; you don't think being invincible among adventurers lets you look down on the whole cultivation world, do you?" Xun Shuang saw his theories piled up but practice shallow, was also not pleased, and wanted to educate him with her seniority.

Xiao Feng pouted and said: "I'm only late Nascent Soul, my cultivation time is still short. After I cultivate a few more years, I will definitely defeat you!"

"A few years? Don't joke; not to mention a few years, even if I gave you decades, you still wouldn't have the qualification to let me go all out." Xun Shuang shook her head.

"Fairy Maiden, don't be too confident." Xiao Feng's competitive spirit was completely aroused by her.

He admitted that Xun Shuang Xianzi is stronger than him, but this is only temporary.

Everyone is growing; the immortals' upgrade speed is definitely not as fast as the Nascent Soul stage.

In a few years, when he enters the Spirit Transformation stage, or even the Tribulation stage, he will definitely be able to defeat her!

"I'm just this confident; what can you do to me?"

Xun Shuang Xianzi's competitive spirit also rose; for three thousand years she had never met anyone who could be compared to her, and now being lectured by a boy with extremely short cultivation time, she cannot accept it no matter what, and must defeat him!

"How about we make a bet?" Xiao Feng said.

"A duel? What's the stake?" Xun Shuang Xianzi had no objection, she just wanted to know the content of the bet.

Xiao Feng thought and said: "In five years we'll fight again; if I lose, you can make any demand of me; if you lose, you'll be at my disposal—dare you?"

Xun Shuang Xianzi smiled and said: "I'll give you ten years. If you lose, I don't want to do anything to you; just reflect on your mistakes properly and stop with all the daydreaming."

"So generous, aren't you afraid of losing?" The more Xiao Feng saw her confident appearance, the more he wanted to pull her down from the clouds.

"I've never lost, and I won't lose." Xun Shuang Xianzi's confidence was about to overflow.

Xiao Feng gave a light hum: "Fine, then as you say. But if you lose, I may have some demands for you."

"What demands?" Xun Shuang asked.

Xiao Feng said: "Next time we fight, if you lose to me, let me see your true appearance."

Xun Shuang Xianzi blinked slightly.

I thought he had some nasty idea, wanting her to be his dao companion or something…… but didn't expect the demand to be so low.

"What's the difficulty? I'm not so ugly as to be unfit to be seen." She directly agreed.

"Uh......"

Seeing her agree so readily, Xiao Feng suddenly felt his condition was too simple.

"I heard your looks are the most beautiful in all of history in the Nine Provinces Immortal Realm?" he asked.

Xun Shuang Xianzi shook her head: "Boring people just randomly praise. Appearance has no standard; everyone likes different things, so where does the notion of 'most' come from?"

"Then why do you use an illusion spell to hide your looks? Are you afraid you're not pretty enough, so people will be disappointed if they see you?" Xiao Feng tried to use the goading tactic to get her to voluntarily show her peerless appearance, and meanwhile change the bet.

But Xun Shuang Xianzi didn't fall for it, calmly saying: "My strength is more intimidating than my appearance; I do this only hoping others won't pay too much attention to superficial looks."

"Emmm......"

Seeing the plan fail, Xiao Feng could only say directly: "Well... how about we change the bet?"

Xun Shuang now chuckled lightly: "How so, regretting it? Feeling you got too little of the bargain?"

Xiao Feng thick-skinned nodded.

Actually, Xun Shuang Xianzi's demand of him is quite simple; conversely, his demand of her shouldn't be too excessive either, for the wager to be fair.

Now this condition is exactly a gentleman's agreement.

But Xiao Feng still has a bit of greed, after all defeating someone who cultivates the same technique as him and has terrifying talent is of high difficulty, needing greater motivation for him to fully exert himself and squeeze out his potential.

Xun Shuang Xianzi said indifferently: "Whatever, any condition doesn't matter; anyway you can't win."

"Damn, saying that, are you really that confident?"

Xiao Feng was stimulated again, so he simply steeled himself: "This is what you said, so if you lose, then later you'll be my concubine!"

Xun Shuang Xianzi glared with both eyes, not expecting him to dare say that.

And it's still a 'concubine'! Not even a dao companion!

"Pah, shameless wretch!" She expressed contempt for this.

But she didn't reject the bet, obviously confident she wouldn't lose.

Xiao Feng chuckled happily: "Shameless is shameless, as long as I can beat you. Tsk... speaking of which, if that day really comes, wouldn't your Venerable senior sister and Dao Ancestor master come out and beat me to death?"

Xun Shuang Xianzi said contemptuously: "If you have the guts, you can try."

She didn't mention the consequences, but judging from her tone, it's probably not simple.

Xiao Feng was also just venting; thinking that she still has a Venerable and a Dao Ancestor behind her, saying he isn't wary is impossible.

Even if he really won, if Xun Shuang Xianzi has no feeling for him at all, he wouldn't dare act recklessly.

Mutual affection is quite important, after all!

The bet was settled, they also understood each other's cultivation; next is to leave this ruined world.

Xiao Feng stood up and took out the Xing Kong Gate from his backpack.

"I don't know what world we'll be transmitted to next." He said somewhat expectantly.

If we could directly return to the Nine Provinces Immortal Realm, that would be best—saving time and effort, and we could also save Da Bai.

If we go to another world, we'll have to find a way again.

In his hand there are two transmission gates: one is the purely random 【Disordered Chapter Xing Kong Gate】, the other is the 【Parallel World Xing Kong Gate】 leading to worlds of the same level.

The latter, Xiao Feng, felt a bit uneasy, fearing that if it were sent to another abandoned world, it would be all for nothing.

So he planned to first use the 【Chaos Chapter Star Gate】.

"Can this Void Gate take people?" Xun Shuang Xianzi asked, not feeling very at ease.

Xiao Feng replied: "It should be fine; even if not, you just leave, I have another way to get back."

She nodded slightly.

Anyway, as long as she leaves this barren world and goes to any civilized place, she can rely on manpower to build a Teleportation Array and thus return to the Nine Provinces.

"Let's begin." she said.

Xiao Feng handed the 【Chaos Chapter Star Gate】 to her, letting her use it, lest they truly encounter a single-user teleportation gate that only the user can see.

Xun Shuang Xianzi took the mirror-like Star Gate, her jade-white finger lightly pinching it.

Crack!

The mirror shattered.

Spatial power surged forth, and a 2-meter-tall Void Gate immediately formed before them.

Their luck was good; Xiao Feng could also see it, indicating that two people could pass together.

"Go." He grabbed Xun Shuang Xianzi's wrist and stepped into the Teleportation Gate.