Eternal Taoist King Chapter 9

Song

Ning noticed that Zhang Mo and Qiu Yue stood at the sub-stage of inter

disciples. On behalf of the inter disciples of Tianhe City, they participated

in this match.

The

surrounding disciples got excited. As Li Mu gave the order, the match started.

As

the match began on the stage, Sun Mu started a gamble.

"Conventions!

Would you like to have a try, brothers and sisters? Small gambling is

rewarding, just one spiritual stone," cried Sun Mu.

It

wasn't banned by explicit order, but being too much of a show-off was not good.

"Four

areas, Tianhe City wins!" A disciple took a spiritual stone out directly.

"Me,

too."

"So

do I."

Most

disciples of Tianhe City bet money on the outcome.

"Sun,

what does it mean? What is win and what is loss?" Song Ning didn't take a bet

but he felt curious.

Sun

Mu gave him a stare and walked past him, pretending to hear nothing.

"Sun

Mu, you will make a lot of money this time." An ordinary disciple threw a

spiritual stone to Sun Mu, "The eastern, Cloud Mountain wins; the western,

Tianhe City; the southern, Sunset Mountain; the northern, Tianhe City."

"Ok,

I have noted down." Sun Mu took a pen out of nowhere and took notes on a piece

of paper.

Actually

the gambling rule was simple. A gambler just needed to guess which school would

win in four match sub-stages. If a gambler's four answers were totally right,

he would win back double wagers; if any one of his answers was wrong, he would

lose.

"Sun,

I would like to …" said Song Ning.

However,

Sun Mu walked away.

"I

want to bet three spiritual stones on Tianhe City," said Song Ning.

Sun

Mu squeezed his way out of the crowd swiftly and came to him. He bet three

spiritual stones on Tianhe City, he must lose because Tianhe City didn't have

quality to make a clean sweep.

"Bring

your spiritual stones." Sun Mu stretched out his hand.

Song

Ning handed his spiritual stones over Sun Mu. Sun Mu took them and wrote the

name of Song Ning on paper, then left.

At

this time, the match stage were witnessing four fierce competitions. From the

eastern area to the western, the southern and the northern, competitions

dropped in intensity. Therefore, most people were watching the eastern and the

western sub-stages but ignoring the rest sub-stages.

Soon

the disciples of Tianhe City stopped cheering, because their school lost in

four areas.

It

could be better if they just won in one area. Complete defeat brought shame on

the elders.

Half

hour later, the match ended. The match result was announced on that very day

with two disciples of Cloud Mountain wining and two of Sunset Mountain wining.

Tianhe City was drowned.

The

elders of Tianhe City couldn't accept the result, so did its disciples.

The

elder Li Mu's face was ghastly pale. After announcing the result, he said

immediately, "There will be challenging matches tomorrow. Winners of the four

areas could be challenged once by each school. If you succeed, you would still

win a reputation for your school. You'd better think carefully tonight. If you

want to issue your challenge, you must register tomorrow."

When

Li Mu finished speaking, Taoist Red Maple stood up, "The match ended today,

Fang Yu, you arrange the disciples of other two school to have a rest."

The

first match ended with unpleasant result. Song Ning followed the crowd back and

he heard different voices along the way. They sighed, felt helpless or angry,

but none recommended themselves. They all understood that the elect must be an

outstanding disciple of his rank, so their self-recommendation was good for

nothing.

As

Song Ning came to the outside of his room, his door opened. He pushed the door

and entered only to find Qiu Yue sat on his bed with her face blushing. "Song

Ning, close the door and I have something to tell you."