"Young friend, congratulations on becoming the first place winner of this Stone Gambling Convention!"
A smiling representative from the Ziwei Holy Land looked at Li Beifei. At this moment, he regarded Li Beifei as the savior of this Stone Gambling Convention.
"Thank you, but please congratulate me after I win against the host!" Li Beifei's face was full of a simple and honest smile. Anyone who didn't know him would think he was a kind and simple person. As a result, the representative from the Ziwei Holy Land was even happier.
With such an honest and simple appearance, challenging their Ziwei Holy Land was simply handing over everything they had gained from the Stone Gambling Convention! Looking at Li Beifei's smile, he even felt a little embarrassed and wanted to advise him not to challenge.
However, since Li Beifei wanted to challenge, arrangements were naturally made.
Before long, an old man with flowing white hair walked out and went straight to Li Beifei, chuckling, "So you're the little fellow who won first place in this Stone Gambling Convention? Hmm... truly, heroes come from young!"
The old man originally wanted to praise Li Beifei for being extraordinarily handsome, but when he saw his ordinary appearance, he changed it to heroes come from young.
As for why he praised Li Beifei, it was naturally because Li Beifei won first place in the finals with "luck", so he didn't have to compete with Yuan Tian. He had been paying attention to Yuan Tian the entire time these past few days, and he discovered that his attainments in Source Arts were actually three points worse than Yuan Tian's, which made his heart very heavy.
If Yuan Tian had won first place, he wouldn't have been confident in not losing, but fortunately, a lucky little fellow actually beat Yuan Tian.
"It's me. Can we start? I'm in a hurry!"
Li Beifei said. He was really in a hurry. He had just received a voice transmission from Bai Yifei and the others that many people were already watching him outside the venue. Needless to say, these people must have been arranged by the Shen family.
"Uh..." The old man wanted to say something, but Li Beifei's words "I'm in a hurry" choked him back. He couldn't help but feel very dissatisfied with Li Beifei in his heart.
"Hmph, just wait to lose everything!" The old man snorted coldly in his heart, but his face smiled like a chrysanthemum as he said, "You're the first place winner, so naturally you can decide when to start."
"That's good, I'll go pick a stone now."
After Li Beifei finished speaking, he jumped down from the judge's seat and came to the Stone King area. The first place winner in the finals challenges the Stone Kings selected by the host, and the selection is made from the Stone Kings remaining from the finals.
Li Beifei, who already had a target in mind, came to a three-zhang-tall Stone King and said, "It's you, it's your turn!"
The old man was also taken aback by Li Beifei's swift and decisive actions. This guy chose so quickly, wouldn't he try to win against me with luck again?
When he thought that Li Beifei had relied on "heaven-defying luck" a total of three times from the preliminary rounds to the finals, and even won against Yuan Tian in the finals, the old man couldn't help but feel a sense of unease in his heart.
Could it be that someone really has such heaven-defying luck?
Of course not, but Li Beifei had a cheat in his body.
Seeing that the old man was not moving, Li Beifei said, "You're not picking... are you admitting defeat?"
The old man came back to his senses and chuckled, "Young friend, you jest!"
But Li Beifei said seriously, "I'm not joking. Seriously, it's better if you just admit defeat, I'm really in a hurry."
Wasn't he in a hurry? If the Shen family set up an inescapable net when they left Zixiao City, it would be difficult for them to escape.
But the old man didn't know that. He only felt that Li Beifei didn't seem as honest as he appeared on the surface, but rather a bit arrogant.
"Has he been overwhelmed by the victory brought by continuous good luck?" The old man was puzzled, but he still began to carefully select a Stone King.
At this time, Li Beifei asked, "You're not going to take two days too, are you?"
"Hehe, no need, no need. This old man has been observing these Stone Kings for a long time." The old man chuckled. These Stone Kings were all provided by the Ziwei Holy Land. As a venerated elder of the Ziwei Holy Land, he was naturally different from others. He had been observing these Stone Kings for at least a dozen years for the shortest one, and even a hundred years for the longest one. He had some ideas about these Stone Kings in his heart.
However, even Quasi-Emperor experts couldn't see through the Stone Kings, so he naturally couldn't be sure which Stone King could produce a peerless treasure.
The old man carefully observed the remaining thirteen Stone Kings, and finally came to a humanoid Stone King.
Li Beifei narrowed his eyes, feeling a little surprised in his heart. Old Liu had previously listed three Stone Kings with similar value for him. Of course, the Quasi-Emperor skull that had cultivated the Undying Sutra was the most precious, but that was also because Old Liu had a way to extract the cultivation method of the Undying Sutra from the skull. If it were placed in front of others, many people would rank Immortal Gold first among Semi-Divine Medicine, Immortal Gold, and the skull of a Quasi-Emperor peak.
Fortunately, no one had cut out Immortal Gold and Semi-Divine Medicine, otherwise this first place in the finals would have been contentious.
He naturally chose the Immortal Scar Orange Gold that was most useful to his Seven Star Sword Chest, but the old man chose the Semi-Divine Medicine. It could only be said that he was worthy of having researched it for so long.
"Hehe, young friend, this old man has made his selection." The old man chuckled, feeling extremely fortunate in his heart at this moment. He didn't expect that the Stone King he valued hadn't been chosen by the contestants. He was even more confident now.
"Then let's cut!"
After Li Beifei finished speaking, he summoned the Tianshu Sword and wanted to chop at the Stone King, but he was stopped by the old man.
"Young friend, what are you doing..."
"Opening the stone!" Li Beifei rolled his eyes at him. Didn't he even understand this?
"This old man naturally knows that, but won't you damage the treasure inside the Stone King by doing this?" the old man asked.
"Wouldn't it be better if it was damaged? That way you'll win directly," Li Beifei said.
"Uh... although that's what you say, even if this old man wins like this, it would be a dishonorable victory."
"..."
Everyone was speechless at the old man's words. The Ziwei Holy Land representative almost cursed, but he didn't dare to speak out. Although the old man's cultivation was lower than his, only in the Transcendent Realm, his status in the Ziwei Holy Land was much higher than his. Even the Holy Master had to treat him politely, after all, he was the most accomplished person in Source Arts in the Ziwei Holy Land. He had to be the one to investigate Source mineral veins, and there were even rumors within the Holy Land that they wanted to forcibly increase his cultivation in order to extend his life.
Li Beifei was also speechless. Because of Ziwei Shengzi, he was quite biased against the Ziwei Holy Land. He didn't expect there to be such an upright old man.
"I'm in a hurry!"
Li Beifei gave this answer, and then the sword shadows flew, and countless stone chips splashed.
"When did Brother Li learn to cut stones?" Bai Yifei asked in surprise.
The others shook their heads. Only the old master who had helped Li Beifei cut stones before looked shocked. Wasn't this his stone cutting technique? When did this kid learn it? Could it be that he learned it just by watching twice at close range?
Li Beifei did learn it after watching twice, and applied it flexibly. The old master used a short knife, he used a long sword, and because of his strength, his speed was faster than the old master, but some details were not as good as the old master, after all, he had only watched twice.
This was also thanks to him being a natural sword body, with naturally formed sword bones, and a natural sensitivity to swordsmanship and even knife techniques.
In the clouds, a smile suddenly appeared on Gu Changsheng's face.
"Master, what's wrong?" the White Tiger Demon Emperor asked curiously.
"This kid's sword body is about to awaken!"
Yes, the sword body can be awakened!
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