Chapter 76

"Come, come, hurry up and place your bets, whether it's for the outer disciples' competition or the ordinary disciples' competition, you can all place your bets..."

"Come, come, Xiao Qianfan is now at a 1:1 payout for entering the top hundred..."

"..."

Bu Zheng arrived at the market and found that the most frequent calls were not from vendors, but from the gambling stands, which seemed to have taken over half of the market. Whenever there was a martial arts competition, the gambling stands would inevitably appear, and this time, with the sect's grand competition, there were various matches to bet on, naturally making the gambling stands flourish.

These gambling stands accepted different types of bets: some only accepted bets on entering the top hundred, some on the top eight list, some on individual matches, some on rankings, and some accepted all types, but the bets couldn't be too high.

Because of this, those placing bets had to go to the stands that accepted their type of bet, not every stand would accept every type.

"Bet on Zhao Liang, within the top sixty, ten taels of silver, 1:3 payout."

As Bu Zheng passed by a stand, he heard a successful bet being announced. This betting method seemed to be on rankings, and the clearer the rank, the higher the payout. If you bet on someone getting a specific rank, the payout would be over ten times.

Of course, there were only rankings for the top hundred. If you bet on a rank outside of the top hundred, you wouldn't win.

Bu Zheng didn't join in the excitement. He never participated in gambling unless he knew it was a sure win, but generally, there was no such thing as a sure win in gambling.

A small bet for a big win?

Bu Zheng felt that the big win wasn't worth the small loss, so he thought it was best not to gamble at all.

The gambling here didn't affect Bu Zheng's business; in fact, it seemed to improve it. Ordinary elixirs that were usually hard to sell now had buyers.

Because of the gambling stands, the market became much busier, with more people around. Since the grand competition was coming up, everyone was buying elixirs as a precaution.

Bu Zheng quickly packed up his stall.

"Isn't this Little Brother Bu? It's been a long time, how have you been recently?"

Just as Bu Zheng was about to pack up and leave, he heard a sarcastic voice. The voice seemed full of resentment, clearly not friendly towards Bu Zheng.

"It's Senior Brother Bu, I've been doing well recently." Bu Zheng recognized the person as Bu Haifeng and immediately bowed in greeting.

"You're doing well, of course. I heard Qin Shuang came to say goodbye to you a few days ago." Bu Haifeng said this with a sour tone, as Qin Shuang had only visited Bu Zheng.

"Yes, Senior Sister Qin seems to have returned to the Divine Sword Dynasty. I don't know when she'll be back." Bu Zheng nodded, treating it as a friendly conversation.

"When will she be back? Ha ha, it turns out you didn't even know about this. Qin Shuang didn't take you seriously at all." Bu Haifeng suddenly burst out laughing, releasing the frustration he had been feeling.

"Do you know?" Bu Zheng asked.

"I know, of course I know. She has already returned to her family and won't come back to our small place anymore." Bu Haifeng said proudly, as if knowing this made him look good.

"Is that so? Senior Sister Qin and you must have a good relationship. She didn't tell me these things." Bu Zheng looked at Bu Haifeng and said casually.

"..." Bu Haifeng immediately deflated, and the people with him couldn't help but chuckle.

If Senior Sister Qin had come to see Bu Haifeng, would he have been so jealous?

Although these people were Bu Haifeng's friends, the situation was indeed ironic, and the laughter stimulated Bu Haifeng's nerves, making him very angry and embarrassed.

"You... you're doing well..." Bu Haifeng pointed at Bu Zheng, wanting to get angry but unable to. If he fought with Bu Zheng, he would lose face, as Bu Zheng was just a miscellaneous disciple.

Moreover, Bu Zheng had a good relationship with Chu Xiong and others, and he didn't want to offend Chu Xiong. More importantly, Bu Zheng was the only one in the Qingyun Sword Sect who received Qin Shuang's farewell, even the sect leader didn't have that privilege.

Bu Zheng might not know, but because of Qin Shuang, he had been noticed by some people. However, everyone just saw him as a lucky person, and since this wasn't Qin Shuang's influence, no one tried to get close to Bu Zheng.

"Haifeng, don't argue with a little miscellaneous disciple. Let's go place our bets." At this moment, one of Bu Haifeng's friends said.

"Yes, arguing with a little miscellaneous disciple is a loss of dignity. Let's go place our bets. Our bet is a year's income for them, and he probably doesn't even have the money to bet." Another person chimed in.

"You're right, it's my mistake. I shouldn't have wasted this time." Bu Haifeng nodded and looked at Bu Zheng with disdain.

Seeing the disdainful looks from everyone, how would Bu Zheng react? Would he accept the disdain for the sake of money, or would he fight back?

Naturally—

"Who said I don't have money to bet!" Bu Zheng said angrily, choosing to fight back. If Xiu Ying saw this, she would be very surprised. Bu Zheng actually went to gamble, how could he bear to spend this money?

"Oh, I didn't realize you had money to bet. Let's see who you bet on." Bu Haifeng's voice changed again, sounding strange and sarcastic.

Bu Zheng ignored Bu Haifeng and walked straight to a gambling stand, saying, "I bet on Li Xiu Ying, that she will enter the top fifty of the outer disciples."

"..."

The gambling stand, which had been noisy just a moment ago, suddenly fell silent. It wasn't because of Li Xiu Ying's name, as there were many people named Li Xiu Ying, and in the Qingyun Sword Sect, not everyone knew a specific Li Xiu Ying, nor was there a particularly outstanding one.

They fell silent because of the way Bu Zheng placed his bet, betting on such a precise rank, and such a low one at that. If it were the top ten, people might still place bets, but the changes in the lower ranks were too numerous, and almost no one could be certain.

The chances of winning were very low, so the payout would be very high!

"Are you sure you want to bet on the fifty-first place?" the gambling stand owner asked. He accepted these types of bets, but this was the first time someone had placed such a specific bet.

"Yes, the fifty-first place. What's the payout?" Bu Zheng nodded and asked.

"If you bet directly on the fifty-first place, the payout will be 1:100, but no cheating." The gambling stand owner said. Normally, he wouldn't mention the no cheating rule, as gambling was a mutual agreement, and even if you wanted to cheat, others wouldn't agree.

But Bu Zheng's bet was so obscure, and no one was betting against him, with such a high payout, the gambling stand owner had to specifically remind him.

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