Niu Houdao glanced disdainfully at Hong Jiang and said bluntly, "You thousand-year-old bastard, how dare I compete with you on this? Ask anyone here, who has ever taken advantage of you?"

Hong Jiang chuckled and teased, "Oh~ so you’re saying you’re bound to lose?"

Niu Houdao choked a little and glared at Hong Jiang, "I meant I won’t bet Heart Flower with you!"

Upon hearing this, Hong Jiang felt bored and waved his hand, "That’s no fun, let’s not bet then."

Niu Houdao’s face darkened.

Hong Jiang deliberately muttered loudly, "A single cowardly soldier, a nest of cowardly generals. You’re cowardly, your students are all cowardly!"

Niu Houdao: "..."

At this moment, Yang Zhi, as the principal of the Alliance First Military Academy, suddenly said, "Old Niu, bet with him."

Niu Houdao was stunned, "But I don’t have any left..."

Yang Zhi said, "No worries, you know the coordinates of that planet, right? Given the great capability of Old Hong Jiang, I’m convinced he can personally collect it."

Hong Jiang raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.

With Yang Zhi’s advice, Niu Houdao turned to Hong Jiang, frowned, and said, "Truth be told, I really can’t bet Heart Flower with you because I have none left, but I did collect the location when I discovered it years ago. Through continuous exploration, I’ve roughly confirmed it. How about betting with the location information of Heart Flower?"

Hong Jiang pondered internally for a moment and quickly shook his head, saying, "That’s not a deal. If I win, wouldn’t I suffer great losses? A Heart Flower takes hundreds of years to grow, and a planet may produce at most one flower each time. What use is the location to me? Do you expect me to wait hundreds of years? I would need both the ability and the lifespan to harvest it."

Niu Houdao pursed his lips, "You, a thousand-year-old bastard, won’t live long enough? If not, you could have your disciples and descendants retrieve it."

Hong Jiang: "..."

For once in his life, Hong Jiang was truly stumped.

Niu Houdao really didn’t have any Heart Flowers left, which indeed caught Hong Jiang by surprise. He had occasionally heard people say that over 50 years ago, during Niu Houdao’s solo space voyage in the universe, he accidentally lost his way and stumbled upon a star system humans hadn’t discovered or explored yet. He almost spent his whole life lost in the universe but discovered a habitable planet where he lived for a while. Before leaving, he accidentally acquired a Heart Flower.

When Hong Jiang heard about this, he couldn’t help but marvel: Niu Houdao may not have other skills, but he sure has luck. Not only did he return alive, he also gained tremendous benefits!

No wonder he originally couldn’t defeat me, yet his strength suddenly soared! More so, in recent years, he’s often flaunting in front of me, challenging for a showdown, though I paid him no mind.

Cough cough...

It’s certainly not because Hong Jiang was afraid of losing.

Cough cough...

Skipping over those points, let’s focus on the Heart Flower. Niu Houdao said he’s out of Heart Flowers. Is that true, or does he just not want to reveal it?

Regarding this, Hong Jiang trusted Niu Houdao wouldn’t lie; if he said he’s out, then he’s truly out.

Perhaps he used it himself or gave it to someone else.

Heart Flower is such a rare treasure; over the years, only three have been discovered in the entire human world, including Niu Houdao’s flower. Niu Houdao’s flower, found more than 50 years ago by chance, was the third one discovered, but let’s put that aside.

The first Heart Flower discovered by humans was found 500 years ago during the outbreak of Beast Tide. After a mechanical warrior defeated a level 12 Flying Bird Star Beast, they found a Heart Flower in its lair, which was located on a sheer cliff with treacherous conditions.

Later people searched the entire mountain and the entire planet, yet still couldn’t find a second Heart Flower.

This planet remains under human surveillance to this day, but after all these years, the place where the Heart Flower grows still only has leaves, and another Heart Flower has never bloomed.

The second Heart Flower discovered by humans was found 100 years ago in the nursery pouch of a level 12 Bloodthirsty Kangaroo. At that time, to kill it, a battalion of 500 Alliance warriors was deployed. After killing it, instead of finding a joey in the nursery pouch, a Heart Flower was unexpectedly found.

Regrettably, this Bloodthirsty Kangaroo had already been roaming through the starry sky for a long time when it broke into Alliance territory. It’s impossible to trace where it came from, where it traveled, or where it was heading... Thus, no one truly knows where "Heart Flower", this rare treasure, actually grows.

All three were extremely difficult to come by.

Finding another one?

Challenging.

As hard as ascending to the heavens.

Hong Jiang felt a headache coming on.

But he only felt the headache for a moment before quickly declaring, "Bet!"

Niu Houdao, Yang Zhi, and other school representatives were all startled and looked over upon hearing Hong Jiang’s words.

Principal Qu from Alliance Second Military Academy raised his eyebrow and said, "Well now! Old Hong, you’re really betting on this too? That kind of information might just be imaginary, and if there’s truly another Heart Flower, you think Old Niu wouldn’t go look for it himself? Why would he even need to bet with you?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Jiang looked at Niu Houdao and Yang Zhi, saying, "Old Qu isn’t wrong either, but life itself is a grand gamble! I love challenging the impossible most - people say I can’t, and I insist on—

Showing them I can!" 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Everyone: "..."

Yang Zhi frowned, saying, "Enough of your solo comedy performance. Nobody wants to hear it. Let’s talk about something serious, how do we bet?"

"Hehe~" Hong Jiang smiled, "However, just giving me the information won’t do! You need to add some stakes!"

Upon saying this, Hong Jiang paused slightly, then smiled and said, "Everyone knows about the news; even if I get it, it won’t be useful. How about this: at the time, each of you give me 1000 Butterfly Honey Beans, 5 pounds of Cloud Mist Tea, and 1000 pounds of natural snow mountain water, how about it?"

Upon hearing this, Niu Houdao and Yang Zhi’s brows immediately furrowed tightly!

Niu Houdao cursed, "Are you out of your mind trying to extort?"

"Listen to you," Hong Jiang immediately grew unhappy and said, "It’s a mutual agreement, how can you call it extortion? You agreed to the bet yourself, if you have other opinions, just feel free to mention them. It’s not like we can’t negotiate."

Hong Jiang displayed an attitude of open negotiation, prompting Niu Houdao not to argue at length.

Yang Zhi said, "Your public admission of being inferior to us is meaningless to us because whether you admit it or not, it’s a fact that you’re inferior to us, and we don’t have time to listen to your nonsense. How about this, 500 Candy Beans, 1 pound of Cloud Mist Tea, and 500 pounds of natural snow mountain water!

Whoever loses, pays up!

What do you say? If you’re unafraid, let’s start a bet right now!" Yang Zhi stared at Hong Jiang as he spoke.