Chapter 110 Pacifying Ling Ruoxue, Placing Bets at the Gambling Booth
After announcing Tianyuan Sect's victory, Qin Xiao walked down wearing tattered clothes, his body without a single wound, his skin even faintly gleaming with luster.
This was also because Qin Xiao had fully activated his Body Refinement Fourth Layer, pulling his body's strength to its extreme, which produced this effect.
After leaving the arena, Qin Xiao changed his clothes, then headed toward the Immortal Dao Merchant Association's preparation area.
"What trick is this kid up to again?"
"Could it be because Qin Xiao borrowed some protective treasure from the Immortal Dao Merchant Association and is now returning it?"
"Very likely, I heard yesterday it was this Qin Xiao on the fourth floor of the auction house, seems he made some deal with the Immortal Dao Merchant Association."
"So it was him, no wonder, with such financial power, the treasures on him must be countless."
Seeing Qin Xiao heading toward the Immortal Dao Merchant Association, others began speculating again.
"What are you doing coming here to us?"
Ling Ruoxue said helplessly, she had also heard quite a bit of gossip.
"Nothing, I just came to ask if the external gambling booth is opened by your Immortal Dao Merchant Association?"
Qin Xiao came specifically to ask this. If it was opened by the Immortal Dao Merchant Association, he wouldn't take advantage, after all, his Black Tortoise Armor was still in their hands.
"No, it's opened by other forces, our merchant association doesn't do this line of business."
Ling Ruoxue thought he was going to ask something else, turned out it was about the external gambling booth.
"Is that so? Then why don't we cooperate?"
Seeing it wasn't the Immortal Dao Merchant Association's, Qin Xiao had some mischievous thoughts.
"What do you mean?"
Ling Ruoxue didn't quite understand Qin Xiao's meaning.
"That is, we exchange information, then we go place bets, guaranteed profit without loss. Spirit Stones, who would complain about having too many? What do you think? Your brother told me to look after you, now that there's a money-making method, I naturally came to look after you."
The reason Qin Xiao wanted to bring Ling Ruoxue in was because he couldn't place bets himself. As a contestant, placing bets would be seen as match-fixing, and external gambling booths wouldn't dare take his bets either.
"How would we exchange information?"
Ling Ruoxue also became interested. Although her family didn't let her get involved in gambling, since Qin Xiao had a method, she could try it. She still trusted Qin Xiao quite a bit.
"There are still two matches left, yours against Mysterious Yin Sect, ours against Pure Yang Sect. As long as we know the results in advance, regardless of the odds, we're guaranteed profit without loss. So I need to know if you can defeat Mysterious Yin Sect."
Qin Xiao said this.
"Actually, win or lose is fine. Based on previous estimates, we just need to make top three. Now that you've won, to keep our top three position, we can only win. As for you against Pure Yang Sect, any chance of winning? If you concede, the odds won't be high. Only if you defeat Pure Yang Sect can we make big money."
Ling Ruoxue was indeed interested. Moreover, their Immortal Dao Merchant Association never competed for first place each time. Not that they lacked strength, but the Ways of the World. Taking top three gave face to the local forces, and they didn't lose too many spots either. So she was quite confident about facing Mysterious Yin Sect.
"Guaranteed win. But is the bookmaker force reliable? What's the maximum bet?"
Since the Immortal Dao Merchant Association guaranteed a win, and he roughly understood Nascent Soul late-stage strength, then he could also guarantee a win. Now it was about whether the bookmaker was reliable, and how much could be bet.
"The bookmaker's backing is the City Lord Manor, you think it's reliable? But I heard the maximum bet is only 100 million, not sure about the odds. New odds should be out now, I'll send someone to check."
After saying this, Ling Ruoxue sent someone to investigate the odds.
"Only 100 million? Fine, less is less, even a fly's leg is still meat."
Hearing the limit was only 100 million, Qin Xiao was a bit disappointed.
Fortunately, the two were quietly conversing. If others heard, they would definitely curse him as a greedy capitalist.
Qin Xiao simply waited here because there was a one-hour intermission for contestants to rest and recover, also convenient for the gambling booth to calculate odds and settle the previous match.
Not long after, someone delivered a note with the odds for the next two matches.
Betting on Immortal Dao Merchant Association to win, odds only 1:1.5. Betting on Mysterious Yin Sect to win, odds were 1:2.1.
Although both sides had three Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators, since the Immortal Dao Merchant Association started participating, they never fell out of top three. That's why the odds were so low. Mysterious Yin Sect, though equally formidable, already had two people who consumed a Spirit-Burst Pill, unable to consume it again within a day. If the Immortal Dao Merchant Association also had a Spirit-Burst Pill, then they had a great chance of winning.
But also because Mysterious Yin Sect directly conceded, leaving Su Lin. Su Lin's strength was naturally not weak. If he also consumed a Spirit-Burst Pill and used some trump cards, perhaps he could fight one against three. After all, Sects and merchant associations had different focuses. In combat, Sects should be slightly stronger.
Even so, Mysterious Yin Sect's odds reached 1:2.1, and the gambling booth still favored the Immortal Dao Merchant Association.
As for Pure Yang Sect and Tianyuan Sect, it was different. Betting on Pure Yang Sect to win, odds only 1:1.1. Betting on Tianyuan Sect to win, odds 1:8.
Even with Yun Man's supernormal performance, and Qin Xiao's unshakable defense, Pure Yang Sect as Qingzhou's top Sect had a foundation that was not something ordinary people could compare to. More importantly, Pure Yang Sect also had a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator. If they also consumed a Spirit-Burst Pill or similar Pills, they could directly reach the Nascent Soul peak.
"This is good, this is good. You can only make 55 million there, I can make 700 million here."
Seeing his side's odds, Qin Xiao almost jumped with joy. 1:8, finally able to make some money.
"You really have confidence? The other side dares to set such odds, they must have some inside information. Don't lose money."
Ling Ruoxue also didn't expect Tianyuan Sect's odds to be so high, immediately asking with some worry.
"What are you afraid of? Even if we lose, it's only 100 million. If we win, it's 800 million, a pure profit of 700 million."
Although Qin Xiao knew the other side had trump cards, he still didn't fear them. Unless they could directly ascend to Soul Formation, the Nascent Soul peak might cause him harm, but still couldn't kill him. With Spirit Liquid constantly replenishing, he could make mistakes countless times, but the other side could only make one mistake.
"Then let's do it. Bring the Spirit Stones, I'll send someone to place the bet."
Ling Ruoxue, after being persuaded by Qin Xiao, also decided to gamble. After all, she still trusted Qin Xiao quite a bit.
"Uh, this, could you front the Spirit Stones for me first? I don't have this much on me. Front me 200 million first, deduct from the winnings if we win. If we lose, I'll compensate you with Spirit Liquid."
Qin Xiao currently couldn't produce 200 million Spirit Stones, and could only ask Ling Ruoxue to front it first.
"You really don't have it?"
Ling Ruoxue asked somewhat disbelievingly. You don't have Spirit Stones? Trying to fool ghosts?
"I really don't have that much. Don't you trust my character? Would I be short of your few Spirit Stones? Besides, my Black Tortoise Armor is still in your hands."
Seeing Ling Ruoxue somewhat distrusting him, Qin Xiao quickly added. I still have tens of billions worth of stuff in your hands, yet you worry I'd cheat you out of 200 million Spirit Stones?
"Seems that makes sense. Fine, I'll front it for you first. Let me say clearly, if we lose, you have to compensate me."
Ling Ruoxue thought, seems right, the Black Tortoise Armor is in her hands, so she readily agreed.
Subsequently, two people came to the gambling booth, each placing 200 million bets, both betting on the Immortal Dao Merchant Association to win and Tianyuan Sect to win.
The gambling booth manager was almost crazy with joy. Someone actually placed large bets. Betting on the Immortal Dao Merchant Association he could understand, but betting on Tianyuan Sect to win, he could only say the other party was rich but foolish.
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