"How much?!"
"The two sides staked three thousand grains of gilded sands, a thousand jade pool golden flowers, three thousand jin of renchen iron, and three thousand Eight-Turn Golden Pills?!"
Beside the Nine-Heaven Origin Mechanism Pool, Lin Fan stared at the message True Lord Yuming had sent through the Communication Jade Talisman and cried out despite himself. If such an enormous fortune fell into his hands, he might well ascend straight to Mahayana!
"Senior brother, what are you talking about? What stakes?" Ling Qiu looked blankly at the loudly exclaiming Lin Fan. Although she was the youngest of Penglai's thirteenth-generation True Disciples and was doted on by all her senior brothers and sisters, she really did not have much contact with True Lord Yuming.
After all, True Lord Yuming was the foremost of Penglai's tenth-generation True Disciples. Before Jiang Sheng appeared, everyone in Penglai had acknowledged him as a Pure Yang Seedling. Even after Jiang Sheng burst onto the scene, hailed as a monstrous genius unprecedented in ten thousand years, True Lord Yuming remained a Pure Yang Seed recognized by the patriarchs. Among the six generations of True Disciples from Penglai's eighth generation to its current thirteenth, he was one of the few with the greatest hope of attaining Pure Yang.
Moreover, True Lord Yuming was dashing and carefree, coming and going without a trace. Beyond her admiration for him, Ling Qiu had spent very little time in his company.
Nor was Ling Qiu alone in this. Across Penglai's twelfth and thirteenth generations, only Jiang Sheng and Lin Fan were truly close to True Lord Yuming and could act freely around him.
In Jiang Sheng's case, his talent was enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with True Lord Yuming, or even surpass him. The two appreciated one another and associated