Seeing the increasingly tense atmosphere between Li Beifei and Yuan Tian, the Purple-Robed Elder quickly said, "Everyone, hurry and make your selections; you only have two days."
Indeed, these words were quite effective. Unlike Li Beifei, who had a cheat, they needed to carefully and meticulously select their Stone Kings, given the opportunity. Two days might not be enough; they wished they had two months or even two years to examine these Stone Kings.
"Hmph!"
Yuan Tian snorted coldly at Li Beifei, then turned and headed towards the twenty-four Stone Kings. The others quickly followed, afraid of falling behind and having less time to study the stones.
"Why rush so much!"
Li Beifei muttered again. The Purple-Robed Elder, hearing this, said, "Young Master Li Yifei, please hurry as well!"
The Purple-Robed Elder was helpless. If he weren't the host of the Stone Gambling Tournament, he would have scolded Li Beifei. "Li Yifei" was Li Beifei's alias; they had disguised themselves and couldn't reveal their real names.
Hmm... Doesn't it sound like Bai Yifei? If Bai Yifei weren't present, Li Beifei probably would have used Bai Yifei's name, as he was used to it!
Li Beifei muttered once more, then leisurely walked towards the twenty-four Stone Kings.
The audience, seeing his nonchalant attitude, booed.
"That guy has no skill at all; he relies entirely on luck when choosing stones. He can afford to take his time."
Someone said, believing he had figured out the secret. The people next to him echoed his sentiments, making him extremely smug.
"Hey, do you think this guy will win first place again by luck?" someone asked.
"Him? If he wins first place, I, Long Yun, will eat sh*t upside down!"
Someone immediately declared, his tone full of mockery towards Li Beifei, causing everyone to laugh. They naturally didn't believe Li Beifei would win the final first place, but they didn't mind using Li Beifei as a joke.
At this moment, Bai Yifei and the others were sitting in specially arranged seats in the audience, and they happened to hear Long Yun's boastful words.
Xuan Mingzi sneered, "There are even people who like such filthy things; could they be dogs?"
"Woof woof..."
Xuan Mingzi's words clearly implied that someone was turning into a dog.
Li Beifei's leisurely stroll wasn't just a casual walk; he was discussing things with Old Six in his body.
"Old Six, which of these stones contains the most valuable treasure?" Li Beifei asked.
"There are three stones, and the treasures inside are of similar value." Old Six didn't waste words. The others mocking Li Beifei was equivalent to mocking it, so it naturally wouldn't trick Li Beifei.
"Three?"
Li Beifei was surprised and regretful. Each person could only choose one stone, so he would miss out on the other two treasures. It would have been better if he hadn't known, but now that he did, he felt extremely pained.
"Old Six, it's all your fault; I'm losing out big time!" Li Beifei blamed Old Six, who told him about three. It should have just told him about one!
Old Six ignored Li Beifei's complaints and said to itself, "The one in the eastern corner contains a semi-divine herb. The one over there has a fist-sized piece of Immortal Scar Orange Gold. And the last one over there contains a skull!"
Li Beifei, who was following Old Six's instructions and noting the locations, was stunned when he heard what was inside the last Stone King.
"More bones?" Li Beifei wondered if he was destined to be associated with dead people's things. Yesterday, he had cut out a quasi-Emperor's hand bone, and now there was another bone.
"Not bone, skull!" Old Six corrected.
"Not the same?" Li Beifei asked.
"..."
Li Beifei was about to head towards the Stone King containing Immortal Gold, but Old Six in his body said, "I suggest you choose the skull."
"Why?"
Li Beifei was puzzled but stopped.
"Because that skull is golden!" Old Six said.
"And then?" Li Beifei continued to ask. A golden skull wasn't rare; there were so many races in the universe, and it was normal for some races to have golden bones.
"Although the original owner of this skull was only at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm, he cultivated the Undying Scripture during his lifetime," Old Six said.
"Undying Scripture?" Li Beifei was even more confused. What was the Undying Scripture? He had never heard of it, but the name sounded impressive.
"Just choose it when I tell you to; why so much nonsense? So girly!" Old Six directly retorted.
"..."
"Damn it, who's the host and who's the system?" Li Beifei cursed, but he obediently listened to Old Six and walked to the Stone King containing the skull.
This Stone King was only as tall as an adult but was three zhang wide, looking like a fat person sitting in front of Li Beifei.
Thinking of a fat person, Li Beifei couldn't help but think of Duan Fei, who was far away on the Northern Dipper Star.
"I wonder what that kid has done with the sect!" Li Beifei muttered, then marked the "fat" Stone King in front of him as his. Now, only he had the right to handle this Stone King.
The time it took Li Beifei to ask Old Six and choose the stone was only a dozen breaths. His quick selection surprised the audience but also seemed reasonable.
"As expected, this guy wants to rely on luck again."
"Damn it, I'm so jealous. Why can he cut open Stone Kings without any skill?"
The audience was so jealous of Li Beifei that they were going crazy. Few of those who dared to spend ten thousand high-grade source crystals to come here didn't like stone gambling. Anyone who liked stone gambling dreamed of cutting open a Stone King themselves, and some who were addicted to stone gambling compared it to becoming a Saint!
From this, it could be seen how heavy a blow it was to them that Li Beifei had so casually chosen a stone.
Yuan Tian naturally saw this scene and said disdainfully, "Wishful thinking!"
What wishful thinking? Naturally, he meant that Li Beifei's desire to win first place by luck was wishful thinking.
Li Beifei wasn't the type to endure being scolded, especially since he was disguised, so he was even more unscrupulous.
He walked to Yuan Tian's side, not even looking at him, and said as if talking to himself, "Yesterday, I cut out a dog; I wonder if I'll cut out a cat today? I'm really looking forward to it!"
"You..." Yuan Tian was furious. The fact that he had cut out a big black dog yesterday had spread throughout Purple Firmament City. He was the heir of the Yuan family, but he had cut out a dog. This was undoubtedly a humiliation to him and his family. However, the others didn't dare to openly mention this in front of Yuan Tian out of respect for the Yuan family, but Li Beifei was not like the others. Who had a bigger background than him? He was the Saint Emperor's personal disciple, although this personal disciple thing was a bit dubious.
Yuan Tian was so angry that even the source technique he was using stagnated for a moment, but Li Beifei seemed not to see or hear anything and continued to say to himself, "I even brought that dog here today. It's watching from the VIP viewing platform. It can see the light of day again, thanks to someone!"
"Bang!"
Yuan Tian's aura was unstable, and he almost tripped over the Stone King in front of him.
"Purple-Robed Elder, I protest. This person is constantly interfering with me, preventing me from choosing properly!" Yuan Tian couldn't outargue Li Beifei, so he protested to the host, the Purple-Robed Elder.
But before the Purple-Robed Elder could speak, Li Beifei said,
"The rules of the Stone Gambling Tournament's finals don't say anything about not being able to interfere with opponents."
"This..." The Purple-Robed Elder was stunned, but Li Beifei was right. The Stone Gambling Tournament didn't explicitly state that interfering with opponents was prohibited, but that was because in all the previous tournaments, everyone had focused on choosing Stone Kings. Who had the time or inclination to interfere with others?
Yuan Tian was also stunned. Seeing this, the others immediately retracted the words they wanted to use to mock Li Beifei. They didn't want to be interfered with by Li Beifei. Didn't they see that even the heir of the Golden Family, Yuan, couldn't choose stones properly under his interference?
The Purple-Robed Elder was speechless. With a flash, he arrived in front of the judging panel and said, "Gentlemen, you are the judges of this tournament. This matter must be decided by you!"
The Purple-Robed Elder was quite clever. If he directly stopped Li Beifei from interfering with Yuan Tian, although it wouldn't have much impact based on the current mood of the audience, the Stone Gambling Tournament was a grand event held every hundred years, hosted by the immortal forces of the Eastern Region in rotation. If he took action to stop Li Beifei, he would inevitably be criticized. Moreover, from a personal point of view and to protect the interests of the Ziwei Holy Land, he hoped that Yuan Tian would choose a not-so-good stone under Li Beifei's interference.
After all, Yuan Tian's mastery of source techniques was already terrifying. Even if the Holy Land had sent source technique experts to help, they couldn't be sure of winning against Yuan Tian.
Stone Gambling, in addition to strength, also required some luck. That Li guy was a good example.
But since Yuan Tian had protested, he couldn't do nothing, so he had to pass the buck to the people sitting on the judging panel.
The representative of the Ziwei Holy Land naturally had the same thoughts as the Purple-Robed Elder, hoping that Li Beifei would continue to interfere with Yuan Tian, so he smiled and said, "Gentlemen, you decide. With my identity, it's not convenient for me to speak!"
The others nodded in understanding. As the host, the Ziwei Holy Land was embarrassed to express their opinion.
"We are holding the Stone Gambling Tournament. Although there is no explicit rule against interfering with opponents, there is also no rule that allows interfering with opponents. Let that kid stop!" The representative of the Taishi Holy Land said with a chuckle.
The others echoed his sentiments. Qin, the Dragon Daoist of the Dao Saint Sect, all agreed. They all wanted Yuan Tian to win first place and then win when challenging the Ziwei Holy Land, so that the Ziwei Holy Land would shoot themselves in the foot.
The Ziwei Holy Land representative naturally knew what these people were thinking, but he was helpless. Although they took turns hosting the Stone Gambling Tournament, they were, after all, competitors. If he were in their position, he would also want Yuan Tian to win.
"What do you two think?" Seeing that Gu Youxian and the middle-aged beautiful woman hadn't spoken, the Ziwei Holy Land representative couldn't help but ask. As long as either of them disagreed with the Taishi Holy Land representative, he could operate and let Li Beifei continue to interfere.
"Daoist Gu, I'll listen to you!" The middle-aged beautiful woman said to Gu Youxian.
The Yaochi Holy Land and the Gu family were related by marriage. For hundreds of thousands of years, most of the Holy Maidens of the Yaochi Holy Land had married into the Gu family. To some extent, the Gu family's attitude represented the Yaochi Holy Land's attitude, so the others weren't surprised by what the middle-aged beautiful woman said.
Gu Youxian smiled and said, "I have no opinion!"
No opinion? What did that mean? Did he have no opinion on Li Beifei interfering with Yuan Tian, or did he have no opinion on the suggestion made by the Taishi Holy Land representative?
However, the middle-aged beautiful woman understood Gu Youxian's words.
"Then let him stop interfering!"
In the end, the Purple-Robed Elder came forward and told Li Beifei to stop interfering with Yuan Tian.
"Tch, no fun!" Li Beifei hissed and sat down in front of the stone he had chosen, leaning against the stone, but he asked about the Undying Scripture in his mind.
"The Undying Scripture is a legendary body refining technique!" Old Six said.
"Even you haven't seen it?" Li Beifei clicked his tongue. Old Six was known as the number one cheat in the Three Thousand Chaos Worlds, but it even used the word "legendary." It was conceivable how amazing the origin of this Undying Scripture was.
"I'm just a cheat, not omnipotent and omniscient." Old Six really wanted to roll its eyes at Li Beifei. Not to mention, it didn't know what realm or strength Gu Changsheng was at now. Was it strange to have one more Undying Scripture?
"Then how do you know about the Undying Scripture?" Li Beifei was picking on words.
"Because the existence of the Undying Scripture is similar to mine!" Old Six said.
"I was born in the Hongmeng Space, and the Undying Scripture is also a technique conceived by the Hongmeng Space, but since the Hongmeng shattered, no one has truly cultivated the Undying Scripture to completion, so over time, the Undying Scripture has become a legend in the Three Thousand Chaos Worlds."
"Hiss..." Li Beifei gasped. How many experts were there in the Three Thousand Chaos Worlds? Countless was not enough to describe it. Yet no one had cultivated the Undying Scripture to completion. The Undying Scripture must be incredibly powerful.
"That's not right. Then why can a Quasi-Emperor peak cultivate the Undying Scripture?" Li Beifei asked.
"I think you misunderstood my words. I said no one has truly cultivated the Undying Scripture to completion, not that no one can cultivate it. How do you think the owner of that skull cultivated to the Quasi-Emperor peak? That's because he almost cultivated the first level of the Undying Scripture to the entry level. If he had successfully cultivated to the entry level, he could have become an Emperor, and a very powerful Emperor at that."
Old Six's words shocked Li Beifei. He asked, "Then which is stronger, the Undying Scripture or the Thirty-Three Heavens Creation Immortal Technique?"
"Are you insulting our existence born from Hongmeng?" Old Six retorted.
"Uh..." Without Old Six's answer, he knew which was more powerful.
"As long as you cultivate the Undying Scripture to the seventh level, you can roam the Three Thousand Chaos Worlds."
"So awesome. If I cultivate the Undying Scripture to completion, wouldn't I be able to make Gu Changsheng kneel and sing 'Conquest'?"
Li Beifei's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of making his master sing 'Conquest'.
Fortunately, Old Six didn't have a face, otherwise, it would definitely be dark at this moment. You haven't even obtained the Undying Scripture yet, and you're already fantasizing? Tsk tsk, Gu Changsheng is unlucky to have a disciple like you!
...
"Undying Scripture?" A look of contemplation appeared on Gu Changsheng's face.
"This is quite suitable for my future wife to cultivate!" Gu Changsheng had been worrying about how to make his unborn wife stronger. He didn't need her to become as strong as him, but at least their life levels couldn't be too far apart. Otherwise, his wife might not be able to handle their wedding night!
The emergence of the Eternal Scripture is just perfect!
"However, it seems like it's been over a year since I last gave this kid some 'loving education.' As the saying goes, 'spare the rod, spoil the child,' and after more than a year without a beating, this kid is going to defy the heavens!"
