His Schemes Were Beyond Even My Expectations

"Hoo!"

Even Old Man Wu could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.

He raised his head and gave Yi Feng across from him a meaningful look. To him, Yi Feng taking out the Flame Bead seemed like a response to the doubts in his heart.

As though he were saying, I can casually take out a Flame Bead—but what about you?

At that moment, Yi Feng noticed Old Man Wu's gaze and smiled as he nodded, wearing an expression of gracious concession. After all, he had won this game of chess without lifting a finger.

Sure enough.

Seeing this, Old Man Wu confirmed that Yi Feng truly was as he had suspected.

He glanced at the chessboard. Yes, he had lost the chess game, but that was no longer where his intentions lay. The two of them had already risen from chess to a contest on another level.

He had to admit, he had never expected Yi Feng to be able to produce a Flame Bead.

The Flame Bead was far more valuable than one might imagine.

Equal in value were the Water Spirit Bead, Earth Domain Bead, Adamantine Bead, and Wood Breath Bead. If all five beads were combined, they could become the Great Immeasurable Bead, allowing an ordinary mortal who had never cultivated to become a saint in an instant.

It was said that a heaven-reaching mighty expert in the North Sea had already gathered the other four spirit beads, lacking only a Flame Bead.

Yet who would have thought that this Flame Bead was here...

If one took this bead to trade with that mighty expert, who happened to lack a Flame Bead, one could almost certainly exchange it for treasures countless times more valuable than the bead itself.

But he had not.

Why?

With his cultivation, it was unlikely that he did not know about this.

That meant he clearly knew he could use the Flame Bead to exchange for something of even greater value, yet had not done so. It meant that he did not particularly need things worth several times more than the Flame Bead.

Perhaps he even disdained them...

This man's cultivation was impossible to see through, and his schemes were even more formidable than I had imagined!

Watching Yi Feng, Old Man Wu came to that conclusion.

On the surface, he had merely taken out a Flame Bead, but the value it represented went far beyond a single Flame Bead!

In other words, if Old Man Wu wanted to gain the upper hand in this contest, he would have to produce a treasure several times more valuable than the Flame Bead.

No wonder, no wonder he could be so confident.

However...

It seemed that he had underestimated Old Man Wu as well.

A sharp glint flashed through Old Man Wu's hawkish eyes. He truly did possess such an item.

"Brother Yi, take a look at this for me." With a wave of his hand, a rake with seven teeth appeared in his palm.

Seeing the rake suddenly appear in his hand, Yi Feng did not pay it much mind. He figured the old man had probably just returned from farming and happened to bring it along.

This rake was probably no longer very useful. Knowing that Yi Feng also worked part-time as a blacksmith, the old man had asked him to take a look. Well, then he would take a look. Yi Feng casually accepted it and examined it carefully.

Seeing Yi Feng's scrutinizing expression, Old Man Wu smiled smugly.

His Seven-Toothed Saint Rake looked dull and unremarkable, without the slightest highlight, but it was a divine relic handed down from ancient times. It possessed Saint Grade quality. Even though it was somewhat damaged, if activated with vital energy, it could still unleash one-tenth of a Saint Grade item's might.

Saint Grade.

Something of legend.

Even if it was slightly damaged, its value was still by no means something a Flame Bead could compare to.

And Old Man Wu believed that, with Yi Feng's cultivation, he would certainly be able to see that.

Thus, at that very moment, he could practically already see Yi Feng's jaw dropping in shock.

Speaking of which, obtaining this Seven-Toothed Saint Rake had cost him the savings of his entire life, and he had even lost half his life in the process. So no matter how astonished Yi Feng was about to be, it would not be an exaggeration.