"King Xuan seems to have a little time on his hands today."
Li Jingzhou raised an eyebrow and settled back into the seat of honor.
"Nothing to do, so I thought a little gambling might pass the time."
Chu Hanzhou replied casually:
"How would you like to bet?"
Li Jingzhou pondered for a moment, then smiled faintly.
"Out in the Outer Starry Sky, I still have a mid-sized star domain. It contains seven high-grade life stars, nineteen mid-grade stars, and thirty-seven low-grade stars. I'll stake it on Gao Linyuan taking first place."
The wager of an entire star domain was so extravagant that everyone from the Yunlai Immortal Palace around them drew in a sharp breath.
Chu Hanzhou merely laughed when he heard this.
"Why don't we make the bet even bigger?"
Li Jingzhou's gaze sharpened. He studied the smile on Chu Hanzhou's face, uncertain what to make of it.
"Then I'll add a one-pattern Emperor Weapon to my stake."
After a long pause, Li Jingzhou spoke coolly, raising the stakes. Then he continued without missing a beat:
"I want to bet on the Nine-Dragon Cauldron and the Taiyin Soul-Restoring Golden Pill in your hands."
"Sure."
Chu Hanzhou nodded with a smile, not hesitating in the slightest.
"Since you're betting on Gao Linyuan to win... then I'll bet that Gao Linyuan is bound to lose today!"
Li Jingzhou frowned slightly at Chu Hanzhou's manner. He had dared to wager so heavily because he knew Gao Linyuan well and had immense confidence in him.
Where did Chu Hanzhou get that confidence? Had he found some monstrous prodigy hidden deep in Divine Province, someone no one had discovered?
The more Li Jingzhou thought about it, the more he felt he had stepped into a trap. His chest tightened.
But now that their