Lin Bai rested in the small courtyard while Liu Fuyun summoned all the martial artists at the Dao Venerable level and instructed them about tomorrow's martial arts competition.
Once the Moon God Sacrifice ended, the Dao Venerable competition would begin the next day.
It would last five days.
As the competition drew near, Star City also began to bustle.
The various bookmakers and gambling houses opened one after another, setting odds for each match based on the rankings on the Star Ranking.
The martial arts competition at the Evil Moon Grand Feast attracted the attention of the entire Evil Moon Thousand Provinces every year.
Gambling houses were not only opening in Star City. Many martial artists had now gathered in the major cities of Moon Province, most of them there to set up gambling houses.
Quite a few gambling houses had also opened in the nearby Twenty-Seven Provinces of Yunling.
Many scions from the great clans and powerful families of the Evil Moon Thousand Provinces would go to the gambling houses to place bets.
Some had once made a fortune through the Evil Moon Grand Feast, while others had wagered fortunes and ended up losing everything.
The Evil Moon Sect had established a rule: although it did not participate in the gambling houses it set up, it also required the participating sects and lineages not to take part in gambling or place bets.
The reason was simple. If the participating sects and lineages also placed bets at the gambling houses, it would be easy for them to arrange fixed matches.
Although the Evil Moon Sect had expressly forbidden it, many weaker lineages and sects would secretly set up gambling houses and place bets, instructing their disciples to hold back in the matches.
For example, at the Evil Moon Grand Feast