Best Young Master

After the two matches ended, it was already noon. Wu Jingtian and Zhou Zhaolong and the others were badly injured, making it impossible to continue the competition.

Lan Yingfei consulted Dean Old Immortal and decided to postpone the matches of the four, holding the first group round robin in the afternoon.

After the two matches in the morning, the buzz around Qi Tianlin’s championship was growing louder. Almost everyone believed he would eventually win the championship.

Especially the new disciples of this session, all knew that Qi Tianlin, after leaving seclusion, rapidly passed the tests at Heaven and Earth Bridge and Lake of Reincarnation, and also passed the test at Life and Death Tower, becoming the only mid-stage Divine Realm strong person to clear all levels.

"The championship this time definitely belongs to the demon Qi!"

"If Zhou Zhaolong could defeat Wu Jingtian with absolute dominance, maybe he could compete with the demon Qi. But now, it seems... impossible!"

"Without a doubt, the first place of this session is definitely the demon Qi. He’s too powerful; no new disciple can defeat him!"

"We can only strive not to lose too badly and achieve a middle-high rank level!"

"This is the stage for a demon..."

"..."

Such opinions could be heard everywhere in the academy. After the two matches in the morning, Qi Tianlin’s popularity reached its peak, and almost everyone believed he would eventually win the championship.

And at this time, an astonishing news came out. Saintess Yaling, one of the Four Great Immortals of Immortal Martial Academy, opened betting in the name of Treasure Pavilion, betting on the final champion of this ranking competition.

It shocked people that in Yaling’s betting, Ye Fan, who wasn’t even rated among the four seed players, had the lowest odds, only 1 to 1.8. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

This means that in Yaling’s bet, Ye Fan is dominating the four seed players, being the greatest favorite to win the championship!

Wow!

The moment the news came out, everyone was astonished!

No one expected the usually shrewd Treasure Pavilion would offer such odds, which seemed to many as simply giving away spirit stones!

Qi Tianlin, with the highest buzz for the championship, still had odds of 1 to 2.5, while Zhou Zhaolong’s odds were 1 to 6, obviously thinking he couldn’t win!

"Isn’t this Saintess Yaling out of her mind or squeezed her head by the door? How could she offer such odds, isn’t she crazy?"

"Isn’t this clearly giving away spirit stones to everyone? Hurry and buy, before she changes her mind!"

At once, everyone rushed madly to the betting desk set by Yaling, nearly everyone bet that Qi Tianlin would ultimately win the championship.

Many bet their entire fortunes and even borrowed treasures and spirit stones from familiar people!

Because, as Yaling mentioned, in this betting, any person, any form of bet, spirit stones, treasure medicine, spiritual artifacts, can all be appraised!

As such, it sparked a gambling craze throughout the academy, not only did disciples from previous sessions come to place bets, but even some unclear-background teachers joined in.

"Brother, we have good relations, right? Lend me a thousand pounds of spirit stones!"

"Brother, you’re late. I wanted to help, but I just mortgaged all my spirit stones and treasures and now even have no copper coins left."

Instantly, the matter spread rapidly throughout the academy, many went to find familiar friends to borrow spirit stones and treasures, hoping to make a big profit from this opportunity.

Because everyone knew Ye Fan was only at early-stage Divine Realm, whereas Qi Tianlin was at the peak of mid-stage Divine Realm, battling across stages was no problem at all.

In many people’s view, as long as Qi Tianlin doesn’t throw the match, Ye Fan has no hope of winning first place.

Moreover, Ye Fan wants to challenge Qi Tianlin, but first has to get past Zhou Zhaolong, Wu Jingtian, and Yue Chuan.

None of these three are easy opponents, Ye Fan probably can’t beat them, let alone win the championship. Even if Qi Tianlin were willing to throw the match, it wouldn’t help.

In this situation, people went crazy, many even wagered life-binding spiritual treasures, if Ye Fan really made a surprising win, probably quite a few would end up committing suicide.

"Could there be some conspiracy? I heard that Saintess Yaling is good at business, she’s famously savvy, would she do such an obviously losing deal?"

Some were cautious, buying Qi Tianlin while also buying some Ye Fan, to avoid ending up in complete ruin.

"This shrewd little girl, she’s going to bankrupt everyone!"

Upon hearing the news, Dean Old Immortal was speechless but did not stop it, willing to bet is a rule of the game, he couldn’t break it.

But he knew, this time quite a few people were going to cry, Ye Fan’s real strength couldn’t be hidden from everyone, but not from him, every move of Ye Fan’s was under his watch, no one knew better than him how strong Ye Fan was.

"Uh..."

Upon learning this, Lan Yingfei’s heart skipped a beat. He knew Ye Fan’s strength was quite strong, definitely not inferior to Wu Jingtian and others, but compared to Qi Tianlin, he might not necessarily win; where did Yaling’s confidence come from? To believe he would definitely win the championship?

"No, this matter must be reported to Old Immortal, let him decide!"

Lan Yingfei scratched his head, deciding to let the Old Immortal go and worry about it.

"Arrange for someone to quietly place a bet, betting that Ye Fan can ultimately win the championship. We can’t let the Treasure Pavilion earn all the money; we should get a share too!"

In the end, the Dean Old Immortal made such a decision.

"Remember, you absolutely cannot spread the word, do not let anyone know we did it, otherwise those people definitely won’t fall for it!" The Old Immortal revealed a cunning smile, gazing into the distance as he chuckled, "Old man, you have a good granddaughter! But I just don’t want you all to have the meal alone. You eat the meat, I also need to get some broth!"

If the disciples in the academy knew that even the Dean secretly sent people to bet on Ye Fan ultimately winning, they would immediately sense something.

Just before the afternoon competition started, as people rushed to the viewing seats to wait, Yaling welcomed a special guest.

Bam!

The visitor placed a fist-sized jade gourd in front of Yaling and whispered, "Bet on Ye Fan winning! This is a hundred thousand pounds of top-grade spirit stones!"

Hmm?

Yaling was stunned, realizing this small jade gourd was a precious space spiritual artifact, engraved with space array patterns, and despite its small size, it could easily hold fifty thousand pounds of top-grade spirit stones.

Yaling looked thoughtfully at the visitor, immediately understanding that someone was intentionally scheming against her. She didn’t know who was behind it, but she knew she couldn’t announce it, so she quickly put away the jade gourd, nodded, and recorded this bet separately.

"Miss Yaling, you’re quite skilled, but don’t play too excessively, otherwise lots of people might lose everything!"

As the person left, he transmitted to Yaling using divine consciousness.

Gulp!

Yaling’s heart pounded, not understanding why the visitor said that.

Before Yaling could grasp the meaning, the bettor had already left.

Soon after, a disciple who entered the academy earlier than Yaling came over hesitantly and said, "Saintess Yaling, I don’t have any spirit stones or treasures left, but I have contribution points. Can I bet with those?"

Contribution points?

Those are items that can be exchanged for cultivation time in the Dragon Tower, absolutely the most valuable thing for the academy’s disciples.

"Certainly!"

Yaling nodded; as long as you’re willing to bet, there’s nothing she wouldn’t dare to take, except for people.

"What? Even contribution points can be bet? I’m going to bet right away!"

Upon hearing Yaling was accepting contribution points, many became eager and rushed to place more bets before the match started.

Qi Tianlin, upon hearing the news, smiled faintly; he also placed a bet, and a large one, on himself, confident that he would certainly win the championship, believing Ye Fan couldn’t possibly compete with him.

He admitted, Ye Fan was very strong, an unbeatable existence in the same realm, even able to defeat ordinary strong people at mid-stage Divine Power Realm.

But he wasn’t just any strong person; he was a demon-level genius, capable of fighting above his level. Even if Ye Fan was the same type as him, he was confident he could defeat him!

In fact, in his heart, Ye Fan didn’t even qualify to be his opponent!

"With just him wanting to win the championship, in this competition, I’m going to make him look bad, defeat him directly, and strip him of eligibility to challenge, causing Saintess Yaling to lose everything!"

Li Tianfeng’s face turned gloomy, his eyes emitting fierce light, his fist clenched tightly until his knuckles turned white.

"Do your utmost to defeat him; even if you can’t defeat him, force out his true combat power, let’s see how many moves it takes to beat him!"

Meanwhile, Zhou Zhaolong found Li Tianfeng.

In the first group Ye Fan was in, there were several people under Zhou Zhaolong, and although their strength wasn’t particularly strong, they had all broken into mid-stage Divine Power Realm. Ye Fan was just at early-stage Divine Power Realm, and he was confident that even if Li Tianfeng couldn’t defeat him, he could force out his full power.

"Don’t worry, leave it to me. I’ll make sure he doesn’t pass this level!"

A female cultivator named Sun Biyue said with a smile.

"Be careful, this kid has cultivated the Xuandi Fist of the Nine Heavens Xuan Emperor, it’s mighty powerful. You need to be cautious." Zhou Zhaolong reminded them.

"What? He’s cultivated the Xuandi Fist of the Emperor Clan Ling Family? How can Ling Family let him go? Though in the academy the Ling Family might not dare do anything, once outside, Ling Family definitely won’t let him go; their unique skill cannot be passed on!"

Upon hearing this news, Li Tianfeng and others were initially shocked, but then immediately understood, bursting into laughter; Ye Fan not only couldn’t win the championship this time, but might never leave the academy, unless he could cultivate to the Venerable Realm at least.

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