More than a month ago, at the School Hunting Meet viewing stands, Zheng Qing and the others had been persuaded by Blue-Green Eyes to buy a few betting slips, guessing the eventual champion and best hunter of the School Hunt Competition. Zheng Qing had staked three credits, five silver horns, and eighteen Copper Coins, while Dr. Xiao had put down five Gold Beans.
The final result had left everyone stunned.
The more thoroughly someone understood the hunting competition rules, the more familiar they were with every hunting team, and the more eloquently they could discuss the hunters—people like Elder Zhang and Fatty Xin—the worse their luck seemed to be. Being able to keep their losses small was already something to thank the heavens for.
Meanwhile, those who paid little attention to the competition and only had a vague understanding of it had astonishingly good luck instead.
Zheng Qing, for example, had correctly picked the Freshman Competition champion, the best hunting team, and the best hunter. His three credits had immediately multiplied, earning him nearly ten credits.
Dr. Xiao had been even more unbelievable. Among the many powerful teams in the main School Hunt Competition, he had picked the relatively unremarkable Judgement Hunting Team and bet that Judgement would ultimately win the Academy Cup. Judgement had lived up to expectations, not only taking this year's School Hunt Competition championship but also sweeping both Best Hunter and Best Hunting Team. As a result, Dr. Xiao's five Gold Beans had instantly turned into more than four hundred, forcibly shaving a tenth off Little John Neville's prize money.
The matter had left a deep impression on Neville.
So, after he had just finished selling betting slips to a group of second-year students, Blue-Green Eyes immediately could not resist coming over when he spotted several