Xiao Yan had gained most of his Fire Energy by robbing veteran students who had tried to rob him. One veteran might not have had much, but fifty of them together—even split three ways—added up to a huge sum.
Though Liu Bai was the master of Medicine Gate, he had many subordinates, including alchemists. He had to distribute Fire Energy to them, buy alchemy ingredients, and pay for his own cultivation. The Fire Energy he could freely spend was nowhere near Xiao Yan's.
Still, few veteran students in the Inner Academy could wager a trading location worth over a thousand Fire Energy in one stroke.
Seeing the contest stall, Han Beng gritted his teeth and took a Jade Bottle from his Storage Ring. "Add this Beast Flame from a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast. That should be enough, shouldn't it?"
"A Sixth-Tier Magical Beast's Beast Flame!" Looking at the dazzling golden flames in Han Beng's Jade Bottle, Liu Bai could sense they came from a powerful Magical Beast.
Han Beng said, "This Beast Flame came from a Sixth-Tier Molten Battle-Axe Golden Kui."
"That Magical Beast?" Liu Bai sucked in a sharp breath.
The Molten Battle-Axe Golden Kui was said to live in underground magma. It sought out rare metals and strange ores to eat, melting them with the Beast Flame inside its body and turning them into defensive armor.
Constantly refining such hard substances made its Beast Flame exceptionally powerful among beasts of the same tier.
"Well..." Liu Bai looked up at Han Beng. They were hardly close friends; Han Beng would not hand over the Beast Flame for nothing.
Han Beng smiled. "Liu Bai, you're confident enough to wager Medicine Gate's trading location. What, are you afraid now? I won't fight you for the prize. I just want to vent some