Alchemy Sovereign Against the Heaven-Chapter 83 Are Those People Crazy?

Upon hearing Niu Feng’s words, Mo Wangchen couldn’t help but show a look of surprise on his face. He had not expected the matter to have blown up to such an extent.

Niu Feng continued, "But since Xiang Fei is indeed a seasoned expert, many people are guessing that you’ll definitely suffer a crushing defeat in ten days. Furthermore, there are bets placed on this duel, all wagering Xuan Stones, with the odds for betting on your victory at ten to one, and for betting on Xiang Fei, one to one..."

"Ten to one?"

Mo Wangchen burst into incredulous laughter. Could it be that he was so little regarded?

The odds were ridiculously skewed...

"Hey! Although I myself don’t think you’ll win, I wagered all my Xuan Stones on your victory to show my respect," Niu Feng said with a chuckle.

"At least you have some loyalty," Mo Wangchen said contentedly, nodding his head and then asking, "How much did you bet?"

"Heh heh..."

Looking a bit embarrassed, Niu Feng scratched his head and said, "I only had a dozen or so Xuan Stones on me, bet them all and now only ten remain..."

"You only bet a few Xuan Stones?!"

Mo Wangchen was speechless. It appeared the other party still did not have faith in him after all. Instead of showing respect, it seemed more like he was seeking some psychological comfort.

"Nowadays, there are quite a few outside placing bets, all on Xiang Fei winning. They’re giving the bookies a run for their money. I even saw some disciples from the Mo Pavilion secretly betting on Xiang Fei too. These guys really... at the very least, he’s your Pavilion Master, and yet they do such a thing. I have no respect for them," Niu Feng scoffed.

Hearing this, Mo Wangchen’s face was completely speechless. After a moment of silence, he snorted coldly, "I hope they don’t lose everything!"

With that, he took out a Storage Bag and handed it to Niu Feng, "Take these Xuan Stones and bet it all on my victory!"

Uh!

Niu Feng was taken aback for a moment and weakly suggested, "I think, Pavilion Master, it would be better if you kept these Xuan Stones to cultivate at the Artifact Refining Tower. Perhaps you could improve your strength a bit before the day of the duel comes..."

Damn!

Such words clearly showed he also doubted his strength.

"I have some more here, that’s enough for me. Take these Xuan Stones and bet it all," said Mo Wangchen, waving his hand dismissively.

"You have more?" Niu Feng was stunned by his statement. Mo Wangchen had just joined the Academy, and he was supposed to have received ten Xuan Stones for the month, which Niu Feng presumed were all in this Storage Bag. Now Mo Wangchen was saying he had more on him?

While puzzled, Niu Feng opened the Storage Bag to take a look and the very next moment, he inhaled sharply in astonishment, exclaiming, "Holy shit! So much?!"

Inside the Storage Bag lay a vast expanse of white, brimming with Xuan Stones, easily numbering in the hundreds.

Niu Feng swallowed hard, trying to calm his emotions before looking at Mo Wangchen, "All of it... bet it all?"

Several hundred Xuan Stones; Niu Feng had no idea where Mo Wangchen had gotten them from, but these stones were equivalent to what a disciple could accumulate over several years of allowances from the Academy, weren’t they?

Was Mo Wangchen truly prepared to stake them all on his own victory?

Wasn’t that just like throwing them into the water...

Could it be that he genuinely believed he would undoubtedly win?!

"Inside the Exotic Treasure Pavilion, you can exchange martial techniques for Xuan Stones. I can even bring out Xuan Rank Martial Techniques. What’s a mere few hundred Xuan Stones to me? Bet it all!" Mo Wangchen’s face was filled with disdain. To others, Xuan Stones might be as valuable as gold, but to him, they were no different from the stones on the ground.

"You go tell the Mo Pavilion disciples, if they want to earn Xuan Stones, they need to seize this opportunity fast, there’s only one chance!" Mo Wangchen chuckled with a sly smile.

Soon, after Niu Feng left, a message began to spread among the Mo Pavilion disciples.

"What?!"

"Pavilion Master bet five hundred Xuan Stones on his own victory?!"

"Holy smokes! Where did the Pavilion Master get so many Xuan Stones? Is it for real?!"

"Isn’t that obvious? Would the Pavilion Master lack Xuan Stones if he can produce so many martial techniques?"

"But five hundred is really too much, isn’t it? Betting that much is like throwing it into the water..."

"That may not be the case. A few days ago, the Pavilion Master managed to defeat Fang Jie—that really happened right before our eyes. Since he dares to bet on his own victory this time, maybe he has some trick up his sleeve?"

"That makes sense. Plus, I heard Brother Niu Feng just received a Xuan Rank Martial Technique as a reward from the Pavilion Master..."

"Really?!"

"The Pavilion Master actually has an Xuan Rank Martial Technique? With that in mind, he must have cultivated one himself!"

"Haha! This looks promising! I’ve decided to bet all the Xuan Stones I’ve received from the Exotic Treasure Pavilion on the Pavilion Master winning!"

"Me too! Ten Xuan Stones, I’ve always been reluctant to use them, but with a return of ten to one, hehe, wouldn’t that be a huge profit?"

Everyone was talking, and quickly many people in the Mo Pavilion started placing the Xuan Stones they had on Mo Wangchen.

This suddenly made the person who set up the betting odds beam with joy!

The man was named Wan Fugui, the Vice Sect Leader of the Wind Snow Sect, whose cultivation was at the ninth level of the Vein Condensation Realm, and he was also in the top ten of the Outer Court’s power rankings.

Among the five big families of Yunge City, aside from Jun Muqing’s Jun Family, Liang Yuqiu’s Liang Family, and Yang Xu, who cherished feelings for Liang Yuqiu, from the Yang Family, the other two clans were the Lin Family and Wan Fugui’s family.

Among the five big families, the Wan Family was the wealthiest, because on the Tian Nan Continent, Alchemists were the most profitable profession, followed by Artifact Refiners, who specialized in making weapons and magical treasures for others.

The Wan Family was an Artifact Refining family, exuberantly wealthy!

Wan Fugui, as the second young master of the Wan Family, had enough confidence to set up a betting shop.

However, like most others, he did not believe that Mo Wangchen could win. After all, Mo Wangchen was only a newcomer who had joined this year, and in terms of strength, Wan Fugui, as one of the top ten experts on the power rankings, was well aware that a mere newcomer couldn’t possibly be a match for Xiang Fei.

Seeing that many people suddenly came to bet on Mo Wangchen winning today, the usually sullen-faced Wan Fugui’s face bloomed with happiness.

Even when Niu Feng came to him with a full five hundred Xuan Stones to place a bet later, Wan Fugui nearly fainted from joy.

"Have those people gone mad? They’re all betting on Mo Wangchen to win?"

"It seems they are all new members from this year, probably disciples from the Mo Pavilion. They probably don’t want the Mo Pavilion to lose face by not having any bets on Mo Wangchen..."

"Hehe, they’re not afraid of losing everything they have! With those Xuan Stones, they’d be better off cultivating in the Qi Refinement Tower. This Mo Wangchen really swindled his own people big time!"