"That damned Eight Views Dao Palace is deliberately making things difficult for the young master!"
"If it were just an ordinary Ghost King, the young master certainly wouldn't lose. Why must the Eight Views Dao Palace be so heartless?"
Inside the Discussion Hall of the city lord's residence in Thousand Mechanisms City, Mysterious Wasteland Heaven.
After hearing Guangyuanzi's words, Zhai Mo and Yuzhu both looked furious.
Gongshu Nanxing, beside them, said nothing, but her eyes were likewise filled with anger.
At the city lord's invitation, the three had come to Thousand Mechanisms City to escape pursuit by the Nine Abysses and watch Xu Taiping's wager with the Eight Views Dao Palace together.
"Perhaps the Eight Views Dao Palace has its own considerations."
Seated at the head of the hall, the city lord spoke in a somewhat heavy tone.
The city lord's name was Gongshu Chi. Though his hair was entirely white, his frame remained burly and vigorous. Only his right arm and right leg differed from those of ordinary people, looking as though they had been mechanically constructed.
"First he borrowed a Dragon Pearl for our Thousand Mechanisms City, and now he has gone this far for our Mysterious Wasteland Heaven. Even if Young Master Taiping loses this round, as long as he is willing to keep climbing the tower, I will do everything I can to rally the Spirit Refining Realm cultivators of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven to help him!"
Just then, a white-robed youth who had been sitting beside City Lord Gongshu Chi suddenly stood and spoke.
Had Xu Taiping been there, he would certainly have recognized the young man, for he was Gongshu Bai, who had given Xu Taiping the Mysterious Wasteland Ring outside Youyun Prefecture that day.
"Bai, go prepare the notice. We cannot control what