Chapter 71: Brother Cheng Is Quite the Yin Yang Person

Brother Cheng’s idea was simple, just guess. If you guess wrong, you compensate me. If you guess right, I’ll give you a bunch of air at most. Guaranteed profit with no loss, where else can you find such a deal? "Sect Leader Jiang..." Xu Xing was having a bit of trouble keeping up with the change. "Hmm?" "Why did you change your ring?" "Does your gambling require me to use a specific ring?" Facing Brother Cheng’s innocent and clear gaze, Xu Xing swallowed hard and shook his head with clenched teeth. "Not really, use whatever you like." Just hope this ring also contains a Tier Nine Spirit Talisman. After clarifying some details, the ring guessing game began just like that. "Senior Brother Zhang, I guess your ring contains a Tier Four Sword-shaped Spiritual Artifact, is that correct?" The guessed Senior Brother Zhang laughed heartily. "You really guessed it right, I’ll give it to you!" With a swipe on his ring, he happily handed over a Tier Four Spirit Sword to the disciple who just guessed correctly. It’s all acting anyway. Besides, a Tier Four Spiritual Artifact means nothing to them. Then, he guessed the next person. "Junior Sister Song, I guess your ring contains a Fifth-Grade Water Spirit Talisman, is that so?" Junior Sister Song covered her mouth and giggled, "Senior Brother Zhang guessed wrong, my ring doesn’t have one." After speaking, she activated her spiritual power to send the ring to the arbitrator, Xu Xing, for inspection to ensure there really wasn’t a Fifth-Grade Water Spirit Talisman inside. Jiang Cheng noticed that when passing the ring, everyone secretly glanced at him. What does this mean, is it for me to see? Are they worried I won’t cooperate with the inspection? Do they look down on me or something? "Junior Sister Song’s ring indeed doesn’t have a Fifth-Grade Water Spirit Talisman, Junior Brother Zhang, you lost again." "Haha, I guess my luck is really bad!" The Senior Brother Zhang laughed freely, swiped his ring, and pulled out a Fifth-Grade Spirit Talisman to compensate Junior Sister Song. Next, it was Junior Sister Song’s turn to guess the next person on the right. Like this, the game continued round after round. Because they were collectively acting to deceive Jiang Cheng, they kept the stakes low, betting with Fourth and Fifth Grade pills or Fourth and Fifth Tier Spiritual Artifacts, keeping the atmosphere light and carefree. In the Extreme Moon Sect, these things were considered treasures; in the Duanmu Family, they were eye-catching; in the Eight Clouds Hall, they were nothing special. Everyone was secretly observing Jiang Cheng’s expressions and reactions. Their biggest concern was that he might quit halfway through. But after observing for a while, they found this guy was very interested, seemingly looking forward to his turn. Everyone couldn’t help but secretly snicker, he’s fallen into the trap without knowing it! Soon, it was Li Yehong’s turn, sitting to Brother Cheng’s left, to guess. Having her positioned before Jiang Cheng was part of the plan from the beginning. In this group, aside from Xu Xing, Li Yehong had the highest cultivation, so the important task naturally fell to an important person. She frowned, pretending to scrutinize the rings on the table. Each ring had restrictions, and unless one used spiritual power to touch it, one couldn’t discern anything from the outside. For the moment, she really didn’t know what to guess. According to the original plan, she was supposed to directly guess something like a Tier Nine Spirit Talisman or Spiritual Artifact. If Jiang Cheng had it, he would have to give it to her. If not, Xu Xing would inspect it; getting the ring in hand would mean success. But with a different ring in play, the plan had gone awry. Li Yehong was unsure now. To be safe, guess a Tier Three or Four Spiritual Artifact, losing wouldn’t hurt? But greed suddenly took hold of her... Given Jiang Cheng’s extravagant display with a Ninth-Grade Spirit Talisman, even if he changed rings, there should be at least a Tier Seven Spiritual Artifact, right? It’s said this person uses a sword too. She happened to lack a Tier Seven Spirit Sword, so why not take this chance to profit from him? With this thought, she decided to gamble. "Sect Leader Jiang, I guess your ring contains a Tier Seven Spirit Sword, is that correct?" Her eyes gleamed, staring straight into Jiang Cheng’s, as if trying to see through his heart. The relaxed atmosphere in the hall vanished, everyone held their breath, waiting for Jiang Cheng to reveal the answer. "You guessed wrong." "What? I don’t believe you, you’re lying to me, aren’t you?" Li Yehong’s voice raised. Jiang Cheng looked speechless, girl, you’re showing a bit too much here. "Why is that hard to believe, isn’t there an arbitration?" He casually tossed the ring to Xu Xing. Did he really hand over the ring just like that? So straightforward? At this moment, in the side hall next to Tongming Hall, Qi Cang, who had been observing in secret, started breathing heavily. Even if it’s a different ring, there might be treasures inside? Xu Xing was also at a loss, picking up the ring, he infused it with spiritual power to probe inside, almost cursing out loud. Damn, it’s actually an empty ring! This ring guessing game was their invention; they hadn’t thought it through before. Who would have known Brother Cheng would find a loophole to win without losing in their first game? Facing Li Yehong’s anxious gaze, Xu Xing helplessly shook his head. "There’s really nothing, Junior Sister Li, you lost." "What?" Li Yehong still didn’t want to accept it, secretly sending a message to Xu Xing to question, "Are you sure there’s really no Tier Seven Spirit Sword inside?" Xu Xing also replied in secret, "There really isn’t." The judge revealing the truth already constituted an undeniable breach of game fairness. But since they were conspiring together, they couldn’t care too much. "What’s inside then? If it’s filled with Tier Nine Spiritual Artifacts and Talismans, we can seize the ring and take him down!" Li Yehong didn’t want to compensate Jiang Cheng with a Tier Seven Spirit Sword, she just wanted to end the game directly now. "There’s nothing inside this ring, all his treasures should be in another ring on his finger. The Young Master also ordered that until we get the real Treasure Ring, we can’t turn on him!" "Nothing at all?" Li Yehong sat back down, dejected. She really wanted to grab Jiang Cheng by the collar and angrily scold him, how can you be so despicable and shameless? Using an empty ring to participate in the game, what kind of sect leader are you? However, she couldn’t say it out loud. Saying it would mean admitting to knowing what’s inside the ring, confirming collusion with the judge to cheat. "Miss Li, as per our agreement, didn’t you guess wrong and owe me a Tier Seven Spirit Sword?" Jiang Cheng was delighted inside, getting a Tier Seven Spirit Sword for free. In Feixian Sect currently only Ji Linghan had a Tier Nine Spirit Armor, besides that there’s the Tier Seven Blood Transformation Blade seized from the Duanmu Family. The rest of the Spiritual Artifacts weren’t even at Tier Seven. This was a pleasant bonus for him seeing him rubbing his hands happily, everyone was extremely frustrated. All their trickery had backfired on them and still, he was oblivious! "I... I don’t believe it!" Li Yehong muttered to herself as she sunk back into her seat. She so badly wanted to grab Jiang Cheng by the collar and say it out loud, but she couldn’t. "Miss Li, according to the agreement, you guessed wrong, so aren’t you supposed to compensate me with a Tier Seven Spirit Sword?" Anger boiled inside her as she watched Jiang Cheng with a smiling face rubbing his fingers together. Her fellow juniors and sisters joined in supportively. "Lady Jiang, are you really going to gamble away a Tier Seven Spirit Sword over this?" "It’s just a game, really, you don’t have to take it so seriously, do you?" "Considering Sect Leader Jiang’s wealth, a mere Tier Seven Spiritual Artifact shouldn’t be such a big deal, right?" Seeing them starting to act true to their nature and growing, Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but smile. "What’s this, you all can’t even come up with a Tier Seven Spiritual Artifact?" At this, the entire hall fell silent.