Chapter 93 Fulfill the Bet!

"Eh?"

"Could Absolute Kill Tower have gone wrong?"

The doors on the second and third floors had not moved at all. Then where had that sound of a door opening come from?

"Ah!"

In the crowd, a sharp-eyed youth suddenly cried out in alarm.

"Damn it, why are you shrieking like that?" someone nearby immediately snapped in displeasure.

"Six... the sixth floor!"

At his words, everyone's gaze turned toward the sixth floor at the same time.

There, on the sixth floor, stood a tall, straight figure. He wore white robes unstained by even a speck of dust.

Looking at that confident young man, everyone could not help rubbing their eyes.

Once they confirmed that the person truly was Tang Yan, the crowd instantly burst into an uproar.

"Ten points!"

Another cry rang out from among the people. Their hearts shook, and they all looked toward the side of the sixth-floor door.

The enormous "10" left everyone with their mouths hanging open, unable to close them for a long while.

No one had reached the sixth floor in so many years. Today, not only had someone entered the sixth floor, he had even passed it!

What made it even harder to accept was that the one who had passed was from Yun City.

"We won! Sister, that's ten million taels of silver!" Chang Ying finally came back to himself and shouted in excitement.

The bookie was still muddleheaded. When he heard Chang Ying's words, he jolted awake at once and began wondering whether he should flee.

But when he saw Wan Fei's gaze fixed on him, he could only give a bitter smile.

"Two wagers, one paying tenfold and one paying hundredfold, for a total of eleven million taels of silver. Surely the bookie won't go back on his word?"

A brilliant smile appeared on Wan Fei's face.

"No, no, of course not. How could I, Bookie Li, ever go back on my word?"

The bookie knew he could not escape this. If he tried to shirk the debt now and ruined his reputation, he would never be able to run a betting pool again.

But he truly could not produce such an enormous sum, so he looked miserably toward Zhao Yuqian.

How could Zhao Yuqian not understand his meaning?

Though she was unwilling in her heart, proud and arrogant as she was, she also refused to break her word before so many people of the Eastern Region.

With a cold face, she took paper and brush from her robe, wrote out a debt note in a few swift strokes, and tossed it forward.

"Take this note to my Zhao family, and you may collect the full amount!"

The bookie thanked her again and again, then walked over to Wan Fei with a face full of ingratiating smiles.

"Miss Wan, I do not have that much silver on hand for the moment. Please accept these two million taels first. Tomorrow, I will send the rest to your residence all at once. How does that sound?"

"I trust Bookie Li will not break his word."

Wan Fei accepted the silver notes and tucked them into her robe without even looking at them.

After the bookie also paid Lin Xiao back his one hundred taels of silver, he shook his head and sighed inwardly at his rotten luck.

Damn it, to open a betting pool and still lose money-wouldn't his peers laugh themselves to death?

Tang Yan walked down from the sixth floor.

Under everyone's stare, Tang Yan came before Su Wei.

"You lost."

Su Wei's expression turned complicated, and a trace of humiliation flashed through his eyes.

"Maybe something inside Absolute Kill Tower broke! I object!" Yao Yuan shouted.

"Heh. Can't afford to lose?"

Tang Yan's gaze was contemptuous.

Su Wei clenched his fists and stared hard at Tang Yan. A trace of venom flashed through his eyes as he gritted his teeth and said, "Leave some room when you act. Young Master Tang, must you truly press matters so far?"

"The wager was agreed upon by both sides. If you wish to go back on it now, that is not up to you."

Lin Xiao's voice was indifferent.

"What, Brother Lin? Do you intend to bully the young with your seniority?"

An angry voice rang out.

A burly man in a red cloak strode over from afar with tiger-like steps.

"Yu City's City Lord, Yao Qian!"

Someone recognized the man's identity.

Seeing who had come, Lin Xiao waved his hand and said, "Brother Yao, your words are too serious. It is your Yu City juniors who intend to break faith."

Yao Qian already knew what had happened, and annoyance surged in his heart.

He had merely arrived a little late, yet these little bastards had already stirred up such trouble.

If Su Wei truly shouted three times today that "Yu City is inferior to Yun City," then Yu City's face would be fit to sweep the floors of the entire Eastern Region.

"A few juniors were ignorant and spoke out of turn. Brother Lin cannot be taking it seriously, can he?" Yao Qian asked with a loud laugh.

Seeing Yao Qian act as though this were a minor matter, Lin Xiao immediately grew displeased.

Over the years, at the Eastern Region Grand Competition, he had endured no small amount of mockery from these people.

He said sternly, "The younger generation participating in the Eastern Region Grand Competition all represent the face of their cities. They are no longer children. If they can make a wager and then go back on their word, who would dare deal with Yu City in the future?"

With only a few sentences, Lin Xiao raised the matter to the level of an entire city's reputation.

Yao Qian's breath caught.

Seeing Lin Xiao's expression, he knew the man was determined to make Yu City lose face. His voice cooled at once.

"Brother Lin, if you insist on disgracing my Yu City today, then during the Eastern Region Grand Competition, should your people meet my Yu City juniors, I fear they may not show mercy."

"There is no need for Brother Yao to trouble himself over that, nor is there any need to drag the matter so far afield. Since they lost, they should fulfill the wager."

Lin Xiao waved his hand.

Yao Qian glared at Lin Xiao, then shifted his gaze to Tang Yan.

"A wager between juniors does not require Brother Lin's interference. Young Master, since you were able to come out from the sixth floor, your strength must be extraordinary.

"How about this? Fight Su Wei once more. If you win, not only will the previous wager remain in effect, I will also give you three Third-grade Pills. If you lose, the previous matter will be written off, and I will still give you one Third-grade Pill. What do you say?"

Third-grade Pills!

Everyone's pupils abruptly shrank.

Forget the Eastern Region-even in the whole of Tingxiang Kingdom, Third-grade Pills were extremely precious.

The wager had indeed been won by Tang Yan, so Lin Xiao could not interfere too much. He simply stood aside and watched to see how Tang Yan would respond.

A look of scorn appeared on Tang Yan's face.

"I am not even the number one person in Yun City. What would I use to fight him? Hurry up and fulfill the wager."

Everyone was greatly disappointed.

They had thought there would be more excitement to watch.

But after thinking it over, that made sense as well. How could a place like Yun City produce any astonishing genius?

Tang Yan was probably only someone especially skilled at passing the tower's trials.

"How about this? I will give you all three Pills, and we end this matter here. How is that?"

Yao Qian's heart ached, but to preserve even a little of Yu City's dignity, he had no choice but to take this path.

With such generous terms, even Lin Xiao felt somewhat tempted.

Making Su Wei shout "Yu City is inferior to Yun City" three times would at most win back some face. There would be no real benefit.

But if three Third-grade Pills fell into their hands, those would be rare treasures.

The others' eyes also filled with intense envy.

Third-grade Pills! Sometimes, even if one wished to buy them, there was nowhere to do so.

Lin Xiao sighed softly.

Such temptation stirred even him, let alone Tang Yan.

"Fulfill the wager."

Just as everyone believed Tang Yan would agree, a calm voice came from his mouth.

Hearing Tang Yan's words, everyone froze.

Even Yao Qian had not expected Tang Yan to refuse so cleanly.

These were Third-grade Pills! Could this fellow be a fool?

In other people's eyes, Third-grade Pills might be extremely precious, but in Tang Yan's eyes, they were not much different from sugar beans.

So long as he was willing, he could refine them himself. If he wanted them, he could have as many as he pleased.

Seeing that Tang Yan yielded to neither soft words nor hard pressure, Yao Qian was greatly angered.

He also felt no small resentment toward Su Wei and the others. Losing to any other city would have been one thing, but these useless fellows just had to lose to Yun City, the city that had always ranked last.

At once, he said in irritation, "Hurry up and shout!"