"Boom!"
The divine source shattered, and the big black dog leaped out.
"Woof woof!"
The big black dog barked at everyone, seeming no different from an ordinary black dog, barking madly at strangers.
"This is really just an ordinary dog!"
They didn't sense any cultivator's aura on the big black dog, and all thought it was just an ordinary dog.
Even Gu Youxian, sitting in the audience, thought so. He didn't see anything extraordinary about the dog. Either it was a common dog found everywhere, or its cultivation was stronger than his, preventing him from seeing through it.
Gu Youxian immediately dismissed the latter possibility. But since it was sealed in a divine source, perhaps it had some special qualities!
"Woof woof woof..."
The big black dog ran around frantically, barking constantly. In everyone's eyes, it was just a dog behaving normally in a strange environment.
"What a pity, I thought it was some ancient creature, which would have been very valuable for research. I didn't expect it to be just an ordinary dog!"
Everyone expressed their disappointment.
Those in the same group as Yuan Tian congratulated him, congratulating him on his successful advancement and on cutting out a dog!
Yuan Tian's face was as black as charcoal, but he looked at the big black dog and sighed inwardly. He wouldn't bother arguing with a dog, or he would become an even bigger laughingstock.
Before the finals, everything the contestants cut out belonged to them. However, according to the rules of the Stone Gambling Convention, after the finals, everyone except the first-place winner had to sell the cut items to the organizers at half price.
This rule was undoubtedly a hegemonic clause, but it was normal for the organizers to be overbearing since they were immortal powers.
Seeing that Yuan Tian didn't intend to take the big black dog back, they naturally wouldn't care about it. On the judges' seat, the Qin family representative smiled and said, "Is this dog worth a low-grade source crystal?"
His words were naturally directed at the Ziwei Holy Land representative. After all, the more heaven-defying the things the contestants cut out, the better, because in the end, they would basically end up in the organizer's pocket. The first-place winner in the finals challenging the organizer had a win rate of less than 10% based on past experience.
The Ziwei Holy Land was naturally unhappy that Yuan Tian had cut out a big black dog, but as a representative of the Holy Land, he wouldn't bother with a dog.
Thus, a strange scene unfolded. The big black dog ran around the huge venue, but no one stopped it. The audience even treated it as an accidental performance and smiled. Seeing that the audience had no objections and even seemed happy to see this, the Purple Robed Superior naturally wouldn't take down the big black dog.
The big black dog, perhaps tired from running, actually lay down on the ground panting, but its lively eyes were observing its surroundings. Clearly, this was no ordinary dog.
Suddenly, it noticed Li Beifei, who was cutting a stone with the old master craftsman, and its eyes lit up.
"Woof woof woof..."
The big black dog ran frantically towards Li Beifei, even faster than before.
"Boss, be careful!"
Xuan Mingzi noticed the big black dog and immediately reminded Li Beifei, who was focused on discussing with the old master craftsman and didn't notice the dog running towards him.
"Bang!"
"Damn, who slapped my butt?"
Li Beifei suddenly felt a force hitting his butt. He turned around and saw a big black dog, standing at least as tall as a person, staring at him.
"Where did this dog come from?" Li Beifei asked.
Bai Yifei and the others shrugged and said, "The first-place winner cut it out."
The first-place winner was naturally the first-place winner in the preliminary round. They didn't know Yuan Tian, so they used the first-place winner instead.
"There's also a huge divine source!" Xuan Mingzi added, otherwise Li Beifei would definitely think that the first-place winner only cut out this big black dog.
Li Beifei looked at the big black dog, and the big black dog sat on the ground and looked up at him. The two had a deep gaze.
"Damn, the boss wouldn't have taken a fancy to this dog, right? But my dog is male!"
Xuan Mingzi clicked his tongue.
But Li Beifei only looked for a while and then turned around. His stone wasn't finished yet.
"Woof!"
The big black dog barked again.
Li Beifei suddenly turned around and said to the big black dog, "If you bark again, I'll stew you later!"
These words were very threatening, and the big black dog immediately didn't dare to bark, but it still stared at Li Beifei, and sometimes even circled around him, sniffing with its nose, and then sat down, staring at Li Beifei.
This scene surprised Xuan Mingzi and the others, but now Li Beifei was cooperating with the old master craftsman to cut the stone, so it was not good to disturb him.
On Li Beifei's side, the old master craftsman's movements were getting slower and slower, and more and more careful. At this time, the stone Li Beifei selected had become the shape of a palm.
"Swish swish swish..."
The old master craftsman carefully polished it. Finally, a white light appeared. He stopped his movements. When the white light dissipated, his expression froze.
"This is... a bone!"
The exposed part of the stone was white bone, and judging by its shape, it was a metacarpal bone.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a powerful invisible pressure radiated out, instantly sweeping the audience.
Except for Gu Youxian, everyone on the judges' seat couldn't sit still and stood up, staring at the uncut stone in front of Li Beifei. The pressure came from this stone.
"This is..."
Several people's voices were full of uncertainty.
"This is a quasi-emperor's hand bone!"
At this time, Gu Youxian spoke.
"Quasi-emperor's hand bone?"
Everyone exclaimed. The strongest among them was only at the Entering Saint Realm. Saints were unreachable existences in their eyes, let alone quasi-emperors.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, are you sure you're not mistaken?" the Ziwei Holy Land representative asked.
Gu Youxian just chuckled and didn't answer.
A quasi-emperor's hand bone was nothing. He had killed quasi-emperors before. What was so rare about a quasi-emperor's hand bone?
However, although the quasi-emperor's hand bone was not rare to him, it was different for others.
A quasi-emperor was the person closest to the Great Emperor. Even a hand bone was priceless. Quasi-emperor-level bones were as hard as immortal gold and could be used to refine weapons, not much worse than immortal gold. Moreover, the pressure emitted by the hand bone just now showed that the hand bone still had the aura of a quasi-emperor. Perhaps it could be used to comprehend the quasi-emperor's Dao and Dharma, equivalent to obtaining the inheritance of a quasi-emperor.
This... was extremely tempting!
Countless people looked at Li Beifei with glowing eyes.
Especially the Ziwei Holy Land representative. According to the rules of the Stone Gambling Convention, as long as Li Beifei was not the first in the finals, he would have to sell all the cut items to the Ziwei Holy Land at half price. He now regarded this hand bone as something in his pocket. He desperately hoped that the finals would come soon, but unfortunately, there were still two days until the finals.
"Young man, are you still cutting?" the old master craftsman asked.
Li Beifei shook his head and said, "I'm not cutting anymore. I've already advanced anyway."
That was true. Bai Yifei and the others had really found a few waste stones, all of which had collapsed. As long as Li Beifei cut out something, he could successfully advance.
Li Beifei cutting out the quasi-emperor's hand bone was naturally attributed to good luck by the audience.
Li Beifei successfully advanced, and other groups were also able to quickly determine the advancement quota. There were a total of people, including three source masters. The person who cut out the semi-saint medicine in the preliminary round was also on the list.
After congratulating them, the Purple Robed Superior announced that the competition for today was over.
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be the time to select the Stone King. Every Stone Gambling Convention will give two days to select the Stone King. The reason why so much time is given is because the Stone King is a very special ore. Even Gu Youxian, a quasi-emperor peak powerhouse, could not see through what was inside.
Two days to choose the Stone King that you think will rise the most. Time is very tight.
After Li Beifei and the others walked out of the venue, they went to their residence. The big black dog had been following behind them.
...
"Boss, this dog is still following us!" Xuan Mingzi looked at the big black dog. They stopped, and the big black dog also stopped. They walked, and the big black dog quickly followed.
The others also noticed the big black dog. Li Ruoyu said, "I think it's not following us, but following Brother Li!"
Li Beifei was also full of doubts. What relationship did this big black dog have with him?
"Forget it, let it follow if it likes to follow!" Li Beifei said, but he planned to go back and ask Old Six.
So five people and a dog became a beautiful scenery on the street.
What they didn't know was that in the distance, there were a few people sneaking behind them. Soon, they followed Li Beifei to their residence and stopped.
"A Gui, you stay here and watch. We'll go back and report to the young master!"
A leading figure said to another person.
"Okay!" A Gui nodded.
The other two left in a hurry, while the person named A Gui stared at the inn selected by Li Beifei and the others.
"These guys actually dared to offend the young master. They're simply courting death."
A Gui muttered, but suddenly his vision was blocked. He said impatiently, "Who is so bold to block my way?"
A Gui cursed in dissatisfaction. As a Saint family in Zixiao City, the Shen family could be said to be the first family in Zixiao City. However, because this was the venue for the Stone Gambling Convention, they were not so arrogant to use the name of the first family in Zixiao City. However, the Shen family's style of doing things was indeed to regard themselves as the first family.
Even the Shen family's servants were superior to others outside, let alone A Gui, who served the young master of the Shen family. Now that he saw someone blocking his vision, he cursed and even wanted to do something.
But just as he was about to do something, he found that his late-stage Condensing Spirit Realm cultivation had been sealed.
"Who are you? What are you doing following us sneakily?"
Li Beifei said coldly, Bai Yifei and the others also looked at A Gui coldly.
"Who's following you? The road is open to the sky, I can walk however I want. Say I'm following you, do you have evidence?"
Even with his cultivation sealed, A Gui still showed an arrogant look. He was the Shen family's young master's guard, and he didn't believe that these people dared to attack him.
A Gui shouted loudly, and soon attracted onlookers.
"Isn't that Young Master Shen's guard? Why is he here?"
"Obviously, these outsiders have offended Young Master Shen, and Young Master Shen is sending people to keep an eye on them!"
"Shh, do you not want to live anymore?"
The surrounding people discussed in a low voice, very carefully, for fear of being heard and passed on to Shen Huan. But Li Beifei and the others were all eighth-level Life and Death Realm experts. No matter how low their voices were, they entered their ears word for word.
"Young Master Shen?"
Li Beifei and the others looked at each other. When did they offend someone named Shen?
"Could it be the guy who lost the stone gambling before?" Xia Wuji said.
As soon as he said this, everyone felt it made sense, so Li Beifei looked at A Gui and questioned, "Did your young master participate in the Stone Gambling Convention today?"
Hearing this, A Gui said proudly, "My young master is the Shen family's only heir, Shen Huan. You better let me go now, otherwise when my young master comes, he'll make you regret it."
"Yo, this dog is actually more noble than a human?" Xuan Mingzi looked at A Gui in surprise. He didn't know how a small Condensing Spirit Realm guard dared to be arrogant in front of their five great Life and Death Realm experts.
"Woof woof woof!"
As soon as Xuan Mingzi finished speaking, a dog barked, and the big black dog stared at Xuan Mingzi with a displeased look.
"Cough cough, I didn't say you, I didn't say you!" Xuan Mingzi explained.
Hearing Xuan Mingzi's mocking words, A Gui not only wasn't angry, but also looked proud.
"Kill him?"
Xia Wuji asked.
Li Beifei nodded, Bai Yifei didn't care, Xuan Mingzi didn't need to be said, he had wanted to attack long ago, and only Li Ruoyu considered more.
"After killing him, after the finals, I'm afraid we'll face the Shen family's revenge. Everyone be prepared then!"
Li Ruoyu also supported killing him, but reminded everyone to be prepared to run away. They had all disguised themselves, so they didn't worry about being chased and killed.
"Bang!"
A Gui's body directly exploded, leaving only a pool of blood in place. A Gui didn't know until his death why these people didn't fear the master behind him, who was the heir of a Saint family.
Those who were watching were shocked by this scene.
"Run!"
Someone shouted, and everyone dispersed, fearing that Shen Huan would cause trouble for them. After all, Shen Huan was a little tyrant in Zixiao City, and there was nothing he didn't dare to do.
Li Beifei and the others returned to Drunken Immortal Residence.
This Drunken Immortal Residence is really all over all the human cities!
For them, killing someone who was about to become an enemy force didn't affect their mood.
They were all very curious about the quasi-emperor's hand bone!
"I'm afraid Little Martial Uncle is going to be chased and killed!"
In the clouds, Gu Youxian had a panoramic view of what had just happened. Behind him, Gu Wei stood respectfully.
"Do we need to take action then?" Gu Wei asked. Since she knew that Li Beifei was the ancestor's disciple, it was right to take action when Li Beifei was in danger.
Just as Gu Youxian was about to speak, a voice rang out.
"Why interfere? These little ones are currently having smooth sailing. Before the Ancient Starry Road opens, a bit of fighting is necessary."
Gu Changsheng, dressed in azure robes, walked out, closely followed by a stunningly beautiful woman with bare jade feet.
"Grandfather (Ancestor)!"
