Chapter 92

"Ha ha, with his kind of talent, he still wants to practice Qi cultivation? Ha ha, what a joke! Someone like us, Jun Yu, with upper and lower grade innate fire spirit veins, has the qualifications to compete for the Foundation Establishment stage. You little guy, you’d better go home and play with your martial arts skills!"

Another youth named Nian laughed along, pointing at Zhu Lingwu while praising Zhu Junyu.

Zhu Lingwu gave him a cold look, "Hmph, what’s the matter? Do you want to fight me too? Come on, come on, I’m not afraid of you. Who said I can’t practice Qi cultivation? Hmph, if you have the guts, make a bet with me. See if I can practice Qi cultivation! Let me tell you, I’ve already made a bet with the patriarch of the Seventh House. If I can reach the third level of Qi cultivation within five years, he will reward me with a high-grade magical artifact!"

Zhu Lingwu decided to act foolish to the end, almost getting into arguments with everyone. After all, it was just acting. Once this scene was over, he figured no one would dare to mock him in public again.

As the saying goes, the fierce fear the stubborn, and the stubborn fear the foolish. Now, by acting foolish and stubborn, no one dared to provoke him. Provoking a fool would just be asking for trouble.

"What? What did you say? You made a bet with the patriarch of the Seventh House? Ha ha, A Tian, A Nian, do you believe him? Alright, then let’s make a bet too. Not five years, that’s too far away. By then, I might not even be at home, maybe I’ll already be a disciple of the White Ridge Sect! Let’s say one year. If you can reach the first level of Qi cultivation within a year, then I’ll admit I lost. How about it!"

Zhu Junyu from the Zhu family’s main house clearly found Zhu Lingwu very amusing. He originally thought this child was just a laughingstock of the family, but now it seemed he was just a foolish boy.

However, he was indeed confident, claiming he could join the White Ridge Sect, a transcendent sect in the Chong'an Kingdom, within a year. For the children of the scholar-gentry, this was a true condition for entering the world of cultivation.

Families like theirs usually only had cultivation techniques up to the Foundation Establishment stage. As for the techniques beyond that, they were rarely obtained. Although the Zhu family’s ancestor was said to be a Golden Core cultivator, unfortunately, this ancestor did not leave behind any Golden Core cultivation techniques.

Therefore, for the children of the scholar-gentry to truly enter the world of cultivation, they still needed to join a transcendent sect. Only then could they obtain high-grade cultivation techniques, thus advancing from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage, and even higher, to have a chance of becoming immortals.

In the Chong'an Kingdom, the most famous was naturally the White Ridge Sect. Zhu Junyu had dreamed of joining the White Ridge Sect since he was young, hoping to ascend to the heavens and the immortal realm on the path of cultivation.

Of course, this was also due to his upper and lower grade innate fire spirit veins. Now, hearing Zhu Lingwu’s words, he felt a mix of amusement and frustration. With Zhu Lingwu’s lower-grade innate spirit veins, he actually dared to make a bet and even hoped to obtain a high-grade magical artifact from the Foundation Establishment patriarch.

This was just a joke!

He was completely unconvinced that Zhu Lingwu could reach the third level of Qi cultivation within five years, let alone the first level within a year. Therefore, he actually made a bet with Zhu Lingwu.

However, it was true that, according to normal standards, for someone with Zhu Lingwu’s lower-grade innate spirit veins, reaching the first level of Qi cultivation within a year was indeed unlikely.

Perhaps giving Zhu Lingwu three to five years might allow him to reach the first level of Qi cultivation, so Zhu Junyu felt confident enough to make the bet with Zhu Lingwu.

Hearing his words, Zhu Lingwu scratched his nose, somewhat surprised. He hadn’t expected things to turn out this way. He originally wanted to fight, but now the situation had developed into this.

"But, a bet? Isn’t this just someone giving me a free bet?"

Zhu Lingwu began to calculate in his mind. This might indeed be a way to get something for free. He just didn’t know what these three kids had that was worth betting.

With the help of the five Xuanming Ghost Heads, Zhu Lingwu was absolutely confident he could reach the first level of Qi cultivation within a year, and possibly even a higher level.

If he couldn’t do this, he might as well become a witch doctor. After all, he had the Xuanming Sect’s artifact-making methods and could perhaps create some decent undead slaves with further research.

Seeing Zhu Lingwu’s hesitant expression, the youth named Tian Run, who was standing next to Zhu Junyu, couldn’t help but encourage him, "Ha ha, little cousin from the Seventh House, what’s the matter? Afraid to bet with Junyu? Or do you have nothing to bet with? Oh, right, I heard that the patriarch of the Seventh House summoned you and gave you some pills and talismans. Why don’t you bet with those?"

This youth was quite well-informed, knowing about what had happened to Zhu Lingwu in the Seventh House’s ancestral hall. Clearly, he was interested in the pills and talismans in Zhu Lingwu’s possession.

"Hmph, bet I will, I’m not afraid. But what can you bet with me? These pills and talismans are gifts from the patriarchs. What do you have that I would value?"

Zhu Lingwu had already made up his mind and wouldn’t let such an opportunity slip away. So he continued to act like a stubborn boy, shouting,

He thought, I’m just afraid you don’t have any treasures. Otherwise, I’ll just wait for you to hand them over. But, am I bullying kids? No, that’s not right. Bullying kids, will they cheat in the bet in a year?

No, kids’ words can’t be trusted, especially when both sides are kids. I need to make sure they find someone to guarantee this bet. Yes, that’s what I need to do.

The three youths on the other side had never thought they would lose. But now, if they were to bet, they really had nothing to offer. For a moment, the three of them were speechless.

"What, you have nothing to bet with? Trying to trick this little kid with empty hands? Hmph, I’ll go to the family ancestral hall and report you, and let you taste the family law!"

Seeing that they couldn’t speak, Zhu Lingwu couldn’t help but feel disappointed. He had hoped for some unexpected gains, but now it seemed they were just three poor kids. Oh, what a waste of my time, making me happy for nothing.

"Who said we don’t have anything? Junyu, don’t you have a bottle of Qi Condensation Pills? Bet with that. After all, you’re using those pills to break through to the seventh level of Qi cultivation, and you won’t need them for one or two years. This bottle of Qi Condensation Pills is enough to match his pills and talismans!"

Just as Zhu Lingwu thought he had been happy for nothing and wouldn’t get anything, the cousin named Nian said something that satisfied Zhu Lingwu.