Honestly, while showing off was human nature—a flaunting instinct woven into one's bones from childhood onward—
Li Su, having already become an adult and endured society's brutal beatings, had not the slightest such urge.
This kind of behavior was, in truth, not much different from courting death.
Thus, upon hearing Dao Xuan's words, his first thought was whether he should simply not go out yet.
But when he saw the stakes these people had casually brought out—especially the full nine Star Crystals—Li Su's gaze was immediately dragged toward them, again and again.
He was not poor, but he was undoubtedly nowhere close to wealthy. At his rate of consumption, he would most likely never become well-off before attaining sainthood.
Nine Star Crystals meant that even if he directly reached the Taiyi realm, they would be enough to last him for quite a while.
For a moment, Li Su could not help but feel tempted, his heart stirring.
The Dao Scion of the Demon Court truly was a good person. With one sentence, an enormous fortune had become Li Su's property.
Under such circumstances, exposing a little something was still acceptable. After all, the gains outweighed the losses.
And Li Su had thought it through. The rewards here presumably would not be too excessive—at most, he might obtain some Great Dao substances to further upgrade the Heavenly Palace, or gain a wisp of Monkey Bro's true intent to enhance the power of his mindscape.
After all, this was where Monkey Bro had slain enemies, not some deliberately designed blessed grotto-heaven.
There surely would not be some ten-thousand-radiance spectacle, four-colored light, or rewards like supreme treasures.
In other words, no matter what the rewards were, the others would at most realize that Li Su had gained quite a harvest. They would have