Chapter 80

"Fellow cultivators, all my wealth is here, and I am short on funds. May I borrow some source from you to buy stone?" Jiang Xuan seemed to sense the goodwill of the Sacred Land Family elders and spoke to borrow source.

"Haha, as long as the amount does not exceed one million jin of source, little friend, help yourself." A Holy Land Elder said generously.

"Thank you, Senior. I will go select stones now. It will take half a day at least, three days at most, and I will surely return." Jiang Xuan cupped his hands, turned and left, and several people from the Sacred Land Families followed behind him.

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After Jiang Xuan left.

"Fellow cultivators, spread this bet throughout the entire Holy City within half a day. Any objections?" A powerhouse transmitted his voice, the gentle expression on his face disappearing, replaced by cold frost.

"This is easy. We Sacred Land Family heads control the entire Holy City. Within two hours, this place will become the most eye-catching spot in the Holy City." Li Yishui of the Illusion Extinction Palace transmitted his voice.

"Fellow cultivators, I hope to spare this boy's life." A Jiang Family powerhouse saw that the situation could not be changed and sighed softly. Even though the Jiang Family was powerful, this was a joint decision by all the powerhouses of the Sacred Land Families, and he found it hard to change anything.

"Hmph, Heaven and Earth are unkind, treating all things as straw dogs." Liu San Yuan, Supreme Elder of the Yin Yang Sect, let out a cold snort and suddenly spoke these words.

The Jiang Family powerhouse sighed inwardly. It seemed this Emperor Armament was about to move. The other party's favor was too great; it was someone designated by a God King, protected at any cost.

In less than two hours, people kept arriving at the Dao Yi Stone Workshop's Tian-character-sized source. Lao Dao Gu opened a spacious area capable of holding tens of thousands of people.

Seeing the time was right, the Sacred Land Family powerhouses took action one after another, spending hundreds of thousands of jin of source directly. Life Essence Qi soared into the sky. They wanted to attract everyone's attention and spread this bet throughout the entire Holy City.

"I bet four hundred thousand jin of source!"

"I bet two hundred thousand jin of source!"

"One hundred thousand!"

"Five hundred thousand!"

People from the Sacred Land Families joined in one after another, as if they were certain to win this bet, and joining it was like picking up source. Their goal was to attract gamblers from outside the Sacred Land Families to join.

As for losing, could they possibly lose? How could the Sacred Land Families lose?

If they really lost, then if Jiang Tun knew what was good for him and left behind the Immortality Medicine and the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword, he could have a way to live. As for the gambling funds from outside the Sacred Land Families, weren't those won by them from stone gambling anyway?

If Jiang Tun lost, then he must be a fraud, and his enemies coming to wipe him out, along with looting Source Mountain, would be quite normal. After all, there are too many accidents in this world.

Disciples of the Sacred Land Families kept walking around the various stone workshops, saying that Jiang Tun had cut out a piece of Dragon Pattern Black Gold as big as a human head, and there was also a nearly complete Immortality Medicine. All the Sacred Land Families wanted to conduct a heaven-shaking grand bet with him, winner takes all. However, the value of the Immortality Medicine and Immortal Gold was immense and immeasurable. Even the Sacred Land Families could not gather enough source in a short time, so they had to reluctantly let everyone participate together, raise funds, and bet against Jiang Tun.

If they won, once the Pure Source price corresponding to the Immortality Medicine and Immortal Gold was set, all participants could share the profits according to their contribution ratio.

One thing could be confirmed: just one of the Immortality Medicine or Immortal Gold was already worth a fortune and could not be measured by source. Together, they were simply heavenly wealth. If they won the bet, they probably wouldn't have to worry about cultivation resources for the rest of their lives.

"Already eight million jin of Pure Source has been bet. Oh heavens, I've never seen so much source in my life. Adding Jiang Tun's gambling funds, even if the entire Northern Domain were sold, there wouldn't be this much source." An old peasant who had just walked out of the great mountains had his eyes blinded by so much source.

"So many Sacred Land powerhouses jointly betting that Jiang Tun will lose. They really don't think highly of Jiang Tun!"

"The methods of the Sacred Land Families are unfathomable, not something we Loose Cultivators can speculate on. Now they are all betting against Jiang Tun. They must have some special means to determine that there is no more Immortality Medicine or Immortal Gold in the Holy City. It seems Jiang Xuan will surely lose this bet." Someone's eyes sparkled with wisdom, analyzing with sound reasoning.

"In my opinion, this Jiang Tun is simply absurd. Immortality Medicine and Immortal Gold—let alone in the Northern Domain, even in Donghuang, or even the entire Northern Dipper Great Land, one might not be able to find another. This Jiang Tun isn't afraid that a strong wind will flash his tongue. Maybe he's hiding somewhere right now, secretly regretting his rash words. This old peasant will also place a bet: three thousand jin of source!"

"Exactly right. Jiang Tun will surely lose. I'll bet ten thousand jin of source."

More and more people joined this bet. Some even put up a magic treasure that had just been refined, with the Heavenly Demon Treasure Tower providing the valuation.

"Fellow cultivators, thank you all for coming to support us. The value of the Immortality Medicine and Immortal Gold is immeasurable. To win these two divine objects, we had to use this method to raise funds and bet against Jiang Tun. Our gambling funds here are now worth forty million jin of source. Although still far behind the value of the two divine objects, I suppose that fellow Jiang Tun won't say anything. Let's stop raising funds here for now." Finally, a Yaoguang Supreme Elder came forward to announce.

"Senior, we haven't bet yet. I'll bet now. I bet fifteen thousand jin of Pure Source."

"The value of divine objects is immense. It's best to raise Pure Source equal to their value, so that Jiang Tun will acknowledge the debt. Otherwise, if he loses and regrets it, that won't be good. I bet eighty thousand jin of Pure Source."

"Wait, I want to bet."

"I want to bet too."

The powerhouses of the various Sacred Land Families glanced at each other, smiles in the corners of their eyes, nodding frequently.

"Ai!" The Jiang Family powerhouse sighed inwardly, throwing over a million jin of source into the Hengyu Furnace carried by Jiang Yifei.

A large group followed Jiang Xuan mightily to select stones. There were many stone workshops in the Holy City. Jiang Xuan went straight to the Yaoguang Stone Workshop. As expected, the Qilin Immortality Medicine and the Sheng Huang Zi should be in the Tian-character-sized garden of the Yaoguang Stone Workshop.

After strolling around the Stone Garden to observe, he walked toward a strange stone called the Magic Embryo. It was rumored that this strange stone could absorb the essence of the sun and moon. In earlier years, it had been hyped up to an astronomical price, but later, various Source Masters probed it and all shook their heads and left. No one asked about it. The price of this strange stone kept dropping, and finally it was priced at one hundred and twenty thousand jin of Pure Source.

If a few more days passed, the price would probably drop further.

Jiang Xuan activated his Yin Yang Dual Pupils to the extreme. One eye was like a black hole devouring all things, the other like a raging Blood Sea. Two divine lights continuously scanned this Magic Embryo.

After a quarter of an hour, Jiang Xuan threw down one hundred and twenty thousand jin of source and took away the Magic Embryo.

With this Magic Embryo strange stone, the bet was no longer a worry. However, Jiang Xuan did not intend to waste this opportunity. After this, the various stone workshops would surely be on guard, and selecting stones in the future might require more effort.

He still had eight hundred and eighty thousand jin of Pure Source in hand. Jiang Xuan prepared to use this opportunity to spend it all on buying stone materials.

Just as he was about to leave the Yaoguang Stone Workshop, Jiang Xuan caught sight of a stone material in the ordinary Stone Garden out of the corner of his eye. At this moment, a Source Master of that garden was sitting on it as a stone bench.

"How much source for this stone material?" Jiang Xuan asked casually.

"Three jin of Pure Source." The Source Master didn't expect anyone would want to buy the stone bench he was sitting on.

"Haha, looking at his appearance, he has given up on himself. He actually dares to fantasize about cutting out an immortal treasure from a stone bench."

Jiang Xuan strode forward, and both great treasures were in his hands. He was in high spirits.

(Chapter End)