Take a Gamble

"Hmph, I won't let this matter rest!"

Gu Yifan snorted coldly and said no more.

At this moment, Grand Elder Meng Qian walked up to Lu Ren and said with a smile, "Lu Ren, congratulations on obtaining Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Legacy. What grade is your bloodline now?"

"I'm still a Scrap Bloodline!"

Lu Ren answered truthfully.

"You're still a Scrap Bloodline?"

Meng Qian stared at Lu Ren with disbelief. "How is that possible? You obtained Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Legacy, so how could you still have a Scrap Bloodline?"

Lu Ren deliberately said, "Ancient Emperor Tuoshe didn't give me any great fortune. I'm still a Scrap Bloodline!"

"Is that true?"

Meng Qian asked again, unconvinced.

Lu Ren nodded.

"Fine, a Scrap Bloodline is a Scrap Bloodline. But you should have obtained some supreme treasure from Ancient Emperor Tuoshe, shouldn't you?"

Meng Qian asked.

Ancient Emperor Tuoshe had been a Martial Emperor Realm expert. He must have possessed countless treasures. If they could obtain even one or two of them, Qingyun Sect would be able to rise rapidly.

"Ancient Emperor Tuoshe didn't give me anything!"

Lu Ren shook his head.

For a moment, Meng Qian seemed to have fallen from heaven into hell, utterly despondent.

"I don't believe Ancient Emperor Tuoshe gave him nothing!"

A strange glint appeared in Gu Yifan's eyes.

"Gu Yifan, what do you mean by that? I said there was nothing, so there's nothing!"

Lu Ren said coldly.

"A man is innocent, but possessing jade makes him guilty. If you had obtained a supreme treasure, would you tell everyone that you had it? You would definitely keep it hidden for yourself!"

Gu Yifan said in a low voice, "Unless you take out everything in your Storage Ring and let us inspect it!"

"Gu Yifan, don't go too far!"

Yun Qingyao's expression turned cold as she spoke indifferently.

A Storage Ring was private to anyone. How could it be casually shown to others?

Of course, she did not believe that Lu Ren had obtained nothing either, unless he had never received Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Legacy.

But if someone obtained a treasure, they certainly would not tell others about it.

When Gu Yifan heard Yun Qingyao's words, his eyes filled with killing intent. What right did Lu Ren, a Scrap Bloodline, have to receive such regard from Yun Qingyao?

Xie Kuang and the elders from the other sects all wore doubtful expressions.

If Lu Ren had truly taken a supreme treasure and presented it to Qingyun Sect, it would be an enormous blow to their sects.

"Elder Yun, before long, I fear that everyone in Jiangyun Kingdom will know that Lu Ren obtained Ancient Emperor Tuoshe's Legacy. If he truly carries a great treasure, that would not be a good thing for him!"

Xie Kuang's eyes flickered as he smiled faintly.

"Even if my disciple truly obtained a great treasure, it belongs to him. Whoever dares seize it will be making an enemy of me, Yun Qingyao!"

Yun Qingyao's face remained cold.

While everyone was arguing, Lu Ren suddenly spoke. "I can let you inspect my Storage Ring. But if there is no supreme treasure inside it, Gu Yifan must kowtow to me three times!"

He had no supreme treasure on him to begin with. Ancient Emperor Tuoshe's treasures were all inside Tuoshe's Secret Treasure.

He might as well use this chance to prove to everyone that he had not taken any treasure. Otherwise, it was highly likely to bring him a deadly disaster.

"What? Three kowtows?"

Gu Yifan glared furiously at Lu Ren.

He was a core disciple of Imperial Dao Sect, one of the Three Outstanding Figures of Jiangyun Kingdom, and the Ghost Sword King's most favored successor. It was absolutely impossible for him to kowtow to someone with a Scrap Bloodline.

If he truly kowtowed, the other Three Outstanding Figures would surely laugh at him.

"Since you suspect that I have a supreme treasure but don't dare gamble with me, why should I let you inspect my Storage Ring?"

Lu Ren stared at Gu Yifan and sneered.

Making a genius like Gu Yifan kowtow to him would definitely be more unbearable than killing him.

"Fine, we'll gamble with you!"

Before Gu Yifan could speak, Xie Kuang directly agreed.

"Elder Xie, what did you say?"

Gu Yifan was greatly startled. He had not expected Xie Kuang to agree so quickly. What if Lu Ren really had not obtained Ancient Emperor Tuoshe's supreme treasure?

He would be the one kneeling and kowtowing, not Xie Kuang.

"Gu Yifan, Ancient Emperor Tuoshe was a Martial Emperor Realm expert. How could he possibly have had no treasures in life? Even if he had none, he must have had several powerful cultivation manuals!"

Xie Kuang said with absolute certainty.

How could a Martial Emperor Realm expert possibly have no treasures?

Even a Mysterious Tier cultivation technique would count as a treasure.

Gu Yifan gritted his teeth and nodded. "Fine, I agree!"

Lu Ren smiled, took out the storage pouch on his person, and handed it to Xie Kuang.

Xie Kuang accepted the storage pouch, urged his true energy into it, and began probing through it.

Copper coins, one million.

More than seventy Human Tier Low-grade Martial Skills, over twenty Human Tier Mid-grade and high-grade Martial Skills, three Yellow Tier Low-grade Martial Skills, and one spirit herb.

As for everything else, there was only a single longsword.

Other than that, there was nothing valuable at all.

"How could this be? Impossible!"

Xie Kuang shook his head wildly, his face full of disbelief.

The wealth on Lu Ren was clearly what he had obtained by killing those Aperture Opening Realm Martial Artists. Other than that, there was no other wealth.

"What do you mean, impossible? Is there nothing?"

Gu Yifan snatched the storage pouch from Xie Kuang's hand and began searching through it frantically.

But the results he found were identical to Xie Kuang's. There were only some ordinary resources. As for any so-called supreme treasure, he did not see a single one.

"Impossible!"

Gu Yifan roared and searched through it once more, checking nearly every corner of the small space, yet he still found no valuable treasure—not even a decent cultivation manual.

Suddenly!

He saw a familiar weapon. It was actually the Ghost Slaying Sword of his sixth junior brother, Zhang Quan.

The Ghost Slaying Sword was a weapon Zhang Quan had spent a great sum to have forged by a master artificer. It was a high-grade spirit artifact.

Why was this weapon on Lu Ren?

Thinking of this, he used his true energy to draw out the Ghost Slaying Sword and glared at Lu Ren as he demanded, "Lu Ren, why is my sixth junior brother's Ghost Slaying Sword in your possession? If you don't give me an explanation, don't even think about leaving today!"

"Oh, so this sword is called the Ghost Slaying Sword? The moment I came out of the light gate, a man in black ambushed me and tried to seize my opportunity. I killed him with a casual strike. Was he also a Ghost Sword Successor?"

Lu Ren asked with a surprised look.

"What did you say? My junior brother ambushed you, and you killed him?"

Gu Yifan's face was filled with disbelief.

He knew Zhang Quan's strength better than anyone. Zhang Quan had opened ten Spiritual Apertures and was a Fifth-grade Bloodline genius. He was especially skilled in assassination and often helped his master carry out assassination missions.

Yet Lu Ren claimed that he had killed Zhang Quan in an instant.

Zhang Quan had three more Spiritual Apertures than Lu Ren. How could he possibly have been killed by Lu Ren?

This Lu Ren must have obtained Ancient Emperor Tuoshe's Legacy.

"My disciple actually killed Zhang Quan?"

Yun Qingyao's beautiful eyes fell upon Lu Ren, and she was equally shocked inwardly.

As a former Ghost Sword Successor, she naturally knew Zhang Quan extremely well.

Zhang Quan had once assassinated Martial Artists stronger than those in the Spirit Stream Realm, yet he had now been killed by Lu Ren.