Gradually, the commotion grew, and more and more cultivators came. Fights over good vantage points broke out from time to time.
Eventually, the Southern Heavenly Court's Ji Division dispatched the Profound Soldier Guard to set up a grand formation around Sun Peak and cordon off viewing areas. At last, the disturbances came to an end.
"Uncle, Uncle! I got one, I really got one! Ten moves, paying two to one. My stake was too small—I only bet twenty Profound Yellow Pills."
At a cliff in the back mountains, over a thousand people were packed shoulder to shoulder, huddled in countless little groups wherever they could find space. Liu San had been squeezed until his clothes were nearly falling off, but at last he made it to his uncle, Eldest Brother Liu. He held up a yellowing betting slip, beaming with excitement.
Eldest Brother Liu didn't even glance at him. He said coldly, "You might as well have thrown those pills into the water. You really think you've got a chance? Divine Diagram Fifth Realm against Second Realm of Domain, and you expect him to last ten moves? Dream on."
Liu San shuddered. "Uncle, you can't say for sure how things will go. Xu Yi is pretty capable. Blind Li analyzed it and said he's quite likely to last more than ten moves. He's always had a good eye for this sort of thing."
Before Eldest Brother Liu could reply, a cultivator with a hooked nose nearby on the left sneered, "You'd really listen to Blind Li about a bet like this? Blind Li's barely qualified to comment on the Divine Diagram Realm, and he can't even see what kind of occasion this is. Who's Wu Xiuxian? Leaving everything else aside, just look at his title as the young master of