When a red sun leapt up from the horizon, Five Immortal Island, quiet throughout the night, suddenly awakened and became incomparably bustling.
Without question, the liveliest place was Five Immortal Arena!
So long as one of the Five Immortal Arena's arena masters began defending the arena, it would be the most bustling place on all of Five Immortal Island, surpassing even the brothels and pleasure houses.
The blood of every martial artist carried traces of fervor and violence, and the area around Five Immortal Arena was also a gathering place for gamblers.
Some became rich overnight, while others lost their entire fortunes in a single night.
After weeping bitterly, those who had lost everything would find a corner to silently tend their wounds, while those who became rich overnight would call upon friends and celebrate until they were too drunk to return.
As time passed, more and more overnight-riches legends arose around Five Immortal Arena, drawing countless speculators.
Sure enough, dawn had barely broken. Before Five Immortal Island's official betting counters and stewards had even begun work, the gambling stalls operated by merchant houses were already calling out.
Many martial artists had gathered in groups of three or five around the various gambling stalls, beginning to discuss their wagers.
In truth, because Five Immortal Arena's officials had once suffered at the hands of major merchant houses secretly manipulating matches, they had imposed mandatory restrictions on the odds. Each wager was capped at ten thousand High-grade Spirit Stones. Betting at Five Immortal Arena's official stalls, especially on a consecutively victorious arena master, actually brought very little profit.
At Ye Zhen's lowest odds yesterday, they had not even reached half a percent, standing at 0.3 percent.
In other words, ten thousand High-grade Spirit Stones would pay out only three hundred High-grade Spirit