Opening the Betting!

"Damn it, my dear little brother—how had you been killed?"

Standing by the window, Xue Chentian sighed, a trace of disappointment on his face. Though he did not particularly care about this younger brother, he was still his brother. If Xue Chenyang had been killed, Xue Chentian would lose face as well.

Xue Chentian was the true prodigy of the Xue Family. Xue Chenyang had merely been a playboy.

Xue Chenyang had cultivated for more than a hundred years before breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Xue Chentian was different: he had broken through to the Void Refinement Stage at only two hundred years old and was hailed as the Xue Family's greatest hope.

"Fine. Since Father said he has his own arrangements, I'll wait and see. If that doesn't work, taking revenge once I grow strong enough won't be too late either."

Since he was called a prodigy, Xue Chentian naturally possessed deep scheming. Before he had sufficient confidence, he would not rashly seek revenge.

With that thought, Xue Chentian settled down once more and began cultivating. From the fluctuations of his aura, it was not difficult to tell that he was about to attempt a breakthrough to the Mid-stage Void Refinement.

"Damn it, get in there!"

"Fuck his mother! I bet an entire year's income on you—get in there!"

"Crimson Blood Wolf, bite him!"

In the spectator stands of the Heavenly Courage Beast Arena, countless gamblers watched the battle atop the beast-fighting platform and roared themselves hoarse. Where there were beast fights, there were betting markets, and the Heavenly Courage Beast Arena was the biggest bookmaker among them.

Meanwhile, news of Lu Jiuyuan and the others had already reached the ears of the Chen Family personnel stationed at the Heavenly Courage Beast Arena.

"Since the Ling Family people want to have some fun here, make the arrangements. Give them a little slack, then eliminate them when they reach their fifth consecutive win."

Chen Chi was one of the Chen Family's upper echelon and the man the Chen Family had stationed here to manage the Heavenly Courage Beast Arena. His cultivation had reached the Integrated Body Peak Stage.

After receiving news of Ling Qingdi and the others, Chen Chi swiftly gave the order. Only after his subordinates had all left did he ponder with a curious expression.

"Just what is the background of the person Ling Qingdi brought? He actually dared to kill Xue Chenyang outright. Is he not afraid of the Xue Family's retaliation? Still, no matter what, the entire Yuanwu Kingdom's landscape will likely shift again."

As the Xue Family's second young master, Xue Chenyang had been brazenly killed. No matter what, the Xue Family would never let the matter rest.

As the Heavenly Courage Beast Arena made its arrangements, Little Earth Dog was soon given an opponent: a Soft Bone Rabbit at the Qi Refining Stage.

Though it was at the Qi Refining Stage, it possessed little strength. It was merely much faster than ordinary rabbits. Before Little Earth Dog, it would simply be slaughtered.

When Little Earth Dog saw that its opponent was actually a rabbit, a look of disdain appeared on his face. Ling Qingping and the others happened to witness the scene.

"Look, it seems disdainful!"

Ling Qingping spoke with astonishment. Ling Qingdi was somewhat startled as well. Demonic beasts at the Qi Refining Stage had not yet developed intelligence. In other words, they might not even understand human speech, so how could one display such a disdainful expression?

Could there truly be something mysterious about it?

Lu Jiuyuan, meanwhile, became even more certain that Little Earth Dog was far from ordinary.

It was just a pity that Long Aotian had said he was too lazy to come and had remained in Qingshan Garden refining Dragon Blood. Otherwise, Long Aotian might have been able to discern Little Earth Dog's mystery.

"Alright, time is almost up. Go get ready first!"

Lu Jiuyuan spoke first, then scooped Little Earth Dog up and headed toward the preparation area. Just as he was about to enter, Lu Jiuyuan stopped and turned to Ling Qingdi.

"By the way, if the opponent's demonic beast dies, can I buy it with Spirit Stones?"

"Of course you can. It just depends on whether the other party agrees."

Ling Qingdi froze for a moment before answering. Then he asked curiously.

"Brother Lu, why are you asking that?"

"Nothing. I heard Soft Bone Rabbit meat is delicious. I just want to make a spicy rabbit head to eat."

After saying that, Lu Jiuyuan carried Little Earth Dog inside. Ling Qingdi was about to head for the spectator stands when Ling Qingping stopped him.

"What is it?"

"Brother, let's place a bet. We should give Jiuyuan some face, after all."

Ling Qingping thought it over before speaking. Nearly everyone who came to watch beast fights bet on the market, so it was only reasonable for them to bet on Lu Jiuyuan to win.

"This... fine."

Ling Qingdi could guess that the Heavenly Courage Beast Arena would likely give him some face and deliberately let Lu Jiuyuan win several matches in a row. But that also meant the odds for the first few matches would probably be low.

During the break after each match, bets could still be placed. With that in mind, Ling Qingdi led Ling Qingping to the betting window. Seeing the sea of people in the queue, they could only wait patiently.

Soon, it was their turn. When they saw Lu Jiuyuan's odds, they were somewhat surprised. Lu Jiuyuan and his opponent both had one-to-one odds, which meant that even if they bet, they could only get their principal back.

But they were only doing this to give Lu Jiuyuan face anyway. After some thought, Ling Qingdi still took out ten thousand high-grade Spirit Stones. That was no small amount of Spirit Stones even for him.

Ling Qingping, meanwhile, took out one hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones, because that was all she received as monthly spending money.

As they were about to leave, Ling Qingdi noticed that several people had actually bet on Lu Jiuyuan to win. Unfortunately, the bettors' identities were not disclosed. Otherwise, Ling Qingdi would have been quite curious about who had bet on Lu Jiuyuan.

After placing their bets, Ling Qingdi and Ling Qingping headed toward the beast-fighting platform assigned to Lu Jiuyuan. The Heavenly Courage Beast Arena naturally had more than one such platform. There were a full ten beast-fighting platforms within the arena, each with different spectators.

The beast-fighting platform where Lu Jiuyuan was located was Platform Number Nine!