"What... what just happened?"
They had lost without knowing why, utterly bewildered. One Nascent Soul cultivator after another looked up at the Song Family Ancestor.
Of course, they did not think the Song Family Ancestor had deliberately tampered with anything. How could such a trivial wager catch his eye? Why would he resort to cheating and invite ridicule?
"That young man is quite interesting!"
The Song Family Ancestor smiled and nodded. "The Jianmu Spirit Diagram has an extraordinary origin and cannot be refined at all. This old man cannot fully control it either, so I cannot make sense of exactly what happened. However, that young man must have used some method to trigger the spiritual pressure around the Ambrosial Arbor."
"The Jianmu spiritual pressure? He triggered it? Then he rode that force and used its push to send himself to the roots of the Ambrosial Arbor?"
Combining it with the scene displayed on the light screen, everyone thought it over briefly and arrived at the "truth." They no longer took that "cheating" kid's lucky, temporary first place seriously.
This was only the first step. He was still far from reaching the peak of the Ambrosial Arbor! With such a cheap trick and no real ability, how could he possibly reach the summit? How could he possibly take first place?
"Old Freak Song, you won the first round, but do not get smug. Let's keep betting!"
Wu Dingqiu had intended to embarrass Old Freak Song, yet Old Freak Song had turned the tables and made him lose face instead. Naturally, he was eager to win it back.
"Keep betting? Good! Good!"
At that moment, Old Freak Song looked toward the light screen. When he saw Meng Hao, he heard another bell chime. Given its previous performance, Old Freak Song had immense