With the great sun in the sky, the registration time quickly ended, and all participants entered the venue. There were a total of one thousand and thirteen people, which was not much different from Li Beifei's guess.
More than a thousand people stood scattered on the field. At this moment, an old man in a purple robe appeared. He floated in the sky, his aura restrained, but it was clear that most people present recognized him.
The Purple Robe Celestial, an extraordinary realm elder from the ZIwei Forbidden Land. For Li Beifei and the others, the extraordinary realm was nothing new. After all, the instructors in their academy were at least at the Entering Sainthood Realm, and the strongest dean was even a living saint. The extraordinary realm was nothing; they believed they would surpass this realm soon.
But the others were different. When the Purple Robe Celestial appeared, there were still bursts of exclamations from the audience. The Purple Robe Celestial had a calm expression, but the joy in the depths of his eyes showed that he enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention.
He gently raised his right hand, and the sound from the audience immediately disappeared. He nodded in satisfaction and then said, "Welcome, fellow Daoists, to participate in the once-in-a-century Stone Gambling Gathering. I am the host of this gathering, and those who are kind enough can call me Purple Robe Celestial!"
"Without further ado, everyone knows the rules of the Stone Gambling Gathering, so I won't repeat them."
"In order to ensure the absolute fairness and impartiality of the gathering, the judges of this Stone Gambling Gathering will be powerful experts sent by the various immortal forces of the Eastern Region!"
The various immortal forces have a competitive relationship, and they obviously won't work together to engage in shady operations that harm others and do not benefit themselves, so everyone is very relieved.
As the Purple Robe Celestial introduced them, people walked out of the boxes above the audience seats, each from the Gu family, the first aristocratic family of the ancient times, the Qin family of Qinling, the Yaochi Holy Land, the Taishi Holy Land, and the ZIwei Holy Land, the organizer of this gathering.
The one who walked out of the Gu family was an extremely young man without any aura, but he was obviously not an ordinary person. No one present could see through his details, which meant he was more powerful than everyone present.
"Huh!"
Old Six in Li Beifei's body gave a soft 'huh'.
"What's wrong? Did you find a good stone?" Li Beifei thought Old Six had found something good in the preliminary source mine area, but he didn't know that it was because he saw the person coming out of the Gu family that he was so surprised.
The one who came out of the Gu family to act as a judge was Gu Youxian!
At this time, in the Gu family's box, the Gu family head, Gu Wei, and the previous generation of Gu family goddess, Gu Wei, had embarrassed expressions.
"Old Ancestor Youxian is probably too idle at home!" Gu Wei said with a wry smile. If other forces knew that sitting with them was a quasi-emperor peak expert about to become a Dao, they would be scared silly.
With the five judges in place, the Purple Robe Celestial announced the official start of the Stone Gambling Tournament.
More than a thousand contestants rushed to enter the preliminary source mine area to select ore. The selection of ore follows the principle of first come, first served. Whoever chooses the stone first and marks it, others cannot choose the stone again. Similarly, those who have already selected a stone cannot select other stones. After all, each contestant can only select one.
Li Beifei and the others didn't dare to fall behind too much. After all, each contestant only had one hour to choose.
"Brother Li, can you do it?" Bai Yifei asked.
"How can a man say he can't do it? You should pay attention. The Heavenly Eye Royal Daughter is so powerful. You will have a hard time maintaining husband's authority in the future!" Li Beifei responded.
Bai Yifei couldn't help but roll his eyes. A year had passed, and he no longer worried about whether he had married into the family, but what Li Beifei said made sense. Bah, it made no sense at all; it was all nonsense!
"Follow me!" Li Beifei beckoned to them and walked in the direction Old Six gave him.
The other contestants were using their own abilities to observe one ore after another, but most of them were relying on their past experience in stone gambling to select ore. Only a few people were selecting ore in a decent manner. What set them apart from ordinary people was that they all exuded a mysterious aura to varying degrees. Obviously, they were all people with real skills.
Source Art!
Knowledgeable viewers recognized that they were using Source Art at a glance, which immediately aroused the enthusiasm of the audience.
They spent 10,000 high-grade source crystals not to watch others gamble on stones but to see the magic of Source Art.
Now that they saw it, they were naturally extremely excited.
But their cheers did not affect the contestants because there were special formations on the field that could reduce the noise from the audience.
Bai Yi and the others also noticed the sensation caused by those few Source Masters. Looking at the ore they selected, even if he was an amateur, he could see that it was extraordinary. Looking at the area Li Beifei brought them to, damn, they were the only five people here. Even those who were addicted to stone gambling didn't come to this area.
"Brother Li, can you be reliable? These stones look like crooked melons and cracked dates(歪瓜裂枣: misshapen fruits), what good things can you cut out?"
Bai Yifei complained weakly as he looked at the ore in front of them.
At this time, Li Beifei was also complaining to Old Six in his heart.
"Are these things you chose going to work?" Li Beifei asked.
"I said as long as you guarantee your advancement, but I didn't say it had to be good!" Old Six said lazily.
"Are you sure you won't fail at a critical moment?" Li Beifei asked again.
"Believe it or not!" Old Six's tone was full of indifference.
"..."
Li Beifei gritted his teeth. Although Old Six was very unreliable most of the time, he was very reliable every time. He believed it!
Li Beifei turned to the four and said, "Trust me, when have I ever tricked you?"
The four looked at Li Beifei suspiciously, and Xuanmingzi said directly, "Boss, you are the most treacherous person on the list of those selected by our academy!"
"..."
"That thing was just created by someone who was jealous of your boss and me." Li Beifei said unhappily. Wasn't it just that Tianshan wanted to knock him out? Why put himself on the list of the most unreliable people?
The others naturally believed Li Beifei. Under Li Beifei's guidance, they each chose a crooked melon and cracked date(歪瓜裂枣: misshapen fruits) stone.
This scene was naturally seen by the audience.
When they saw this scene, they all laughed.
"No, are these guys here to be funny? They don't think the plot of the protagonist discovering treasure andshaming others in the tales of the strange will happen in front of them, do they? Hahaha, it's so funny. These 10,000 high-grade source crystals are worth it!"
"Hahaha, five idiots!"
The audience laughed unrestrainedly. Seeing this, the other contestants also looked at Li Beifei and the others with silly expressions. Fortunately, they had all undergone meticulous disguise. It was impossible to see through their disguise unless they reached the carefree realm. Even if they reached the carefree realm, they couldn't see through their disguise without looking carefully.
Otherwise, just the appearance of Daozi Li Ruoyu here would be enough to drive everyone crazy.
Except for the Gu family, the strongest people sent by other immortal forces were at the Entering Sainthood Realm, so naturally, they couldn't see through Li Beifei's disguise.
However, their actions caused a commotion, which naturally attracted the attention of Gu Youxian and Gu Wei in the box.
Gu Wei and Gu Youxian were both experts above the Saint Realm, one at the peak of the Saint King and the other at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor, so naturally, they saw through Li Beifei's disguise at a glance.
"Is that them?" Gu Wei was surprised in her heart. She already knew that Li Beifei was a disciple of their Gu family's ancestor, so according to seniority, he was also her grand-uncle.
Gu Youxian had never seen Li Beifei, but he could see that he was born with a sword body. With a little thought, he knew that he was his grandfather's disciple, that is, his uncle Li Beifei.
"It's exactly the same as what Grandpa said. My little uncle is very cunning, likes to pretending to be weak to deceive others!"
With Gu Youxian's strength, he could naturally ignore the patterns of these ores and see the things inside the ore. The quality of the treasures inside the ore selected by Li Beifei and the others was above average, enough to advance without worry!
As a disciple of his grandfather, it was obviously impossible for him to be stumped by stone gambling. The reason why his little uncle didn't choose the best stone was obviously because he wanted to be acunning person and sound of hitting slap the faces of those who mocking them in the finals.
In simple terms, the little uncle likes to show off!
Originally, Gu Youxian was just bored and came out to get some fresh air, but now that he saw this scene, he was full of expectations for this Stone Gambling Tournament.
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