Chapter 5 The Prince's Luck

Zhou Tieyi's body stiffened slightly and he stared at Guan Guan.

After staring at each other for a second, Guan Guan continued to transmit his voice through the divine seed, "If I had not been able to still sense the divine seed, I might have been tempted to kill him just now."

"Sir, don't rush to answer now. Tell Guan Guan slowly later."

Zhou Tieyi reached out and pinched Guan Guan's chin, "Okay, I'll follow your advice, my beauty."

After saying that, Zhou Tieyi looked across the crowd and shouted to a figure in the distance, "Brother Jing, this Zhao Taisui wants to fight with me today, why don't you come over and stand so far away!"

People's eyes followed the direction of Zhou Tieyi's roar, and there stood a graceful young man in blue. His appearance was no less than Zhao Taisui, but he was a little thinner than Zhou Tieyi. He was not wearing a crown, and let his long hair hang loose, looking carefree and unrestrained. In his peach blossom eyes, there was a hint of intoxication as if he had not yet woken up from a hangover.

Li Jing, Prince Anle, the fourth prince of the current dynasty, is also the mastermind behind arranging tonight's events.

Hearing Zhou Tieyi's roar, Anle King Li Jing came over with a bit of helplessness, "I just thought that a beauty is matched with a hero, so I brought Brother Zhou and Miss Guan Guan together, but I never thought it would cause a dispute."

Zhou Tieyi glanced at Anle King Li Jing. Even now, the other party was still trying to sow discord. It seemed that as Guan Guan said, Li Jing was one of the driving forces behind the scenes. He, as a chess piece, was still useful in his hands, so his words could be trusted, but not completely believed.

When King Anle said, "A beauty matches a hero," it once again irritated Zhao Taisui, who immediately said, "Zhou Zhongman, since we've made the bet, it's between you and me, why bother involving outsiders?"

Although Zhao Taisui had low intelligence, he knew that less trouble was better than more, and he did not want to involve Li Jing, the unpopular prince.

Zhou Tieyi stroked his chin and said, "That's true, but it's too monotonous to just bet on beauties without any treasures."

As he spoke, he patted King Anle's shoulder in a familiar manner, "I didn't bring any treasures with me today. If you have any good stuff, take it out and gamble with us. If you win, we can split it equally between the two of us!"

Li Jing thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "I just happen to have a treasure here that we can gamble with."

He took out a jade pendant in the shape of a dragon from his arms. The jade pendant was crystal clear, with mist flowing in the middle like smoke, making the dragon look like it was about to fly.

As soon as Li Jing took out the jade pendant, the servants behind him looked a little flustered.

A glimmer of enlightenment flashed in everyone's eyes. Although Daxia did not prohibit the people from using dragon and phoenix shapes, considering Li Jing's identity, this dragon jade pendant was most likely a reward from the palace and used for gambling. If it was reported to the emperor by the censors of the Censorate, it would be a crime of not too small a size.

Li Jing was not worried at all, and said to Zhao Taisui, "This jade pendant is a gift from the Queen Mother during the New Year. Let's gamble. No matter who wins or loses, it will be considered as money that goes into our family's pocket. Do you have any treasures to gamble with?"

There was obviously some covetousness in Zhao Taisui's eyes when he looked at the round dragon jade pendant. Although he longed for such a treasure, there was no way his aunt would reward him with the round dragon jade pendant during the New Year.

"How come I don't have any treasure?"

Zhao Taisui said hurriedly, taking out a small box from his arms. He opened the box, revealing a three-colored glazed bead, which was only the size of a thumb. Then, the faint sound of Sanskrit chanting was heard.

"Meat relics!"

Some of the dude couldn't help but let out a low cry.

The dandies in Tianjing were naturally divided into different classes. Zhao Taisui and Prince Anle were of the first class. The treasures they brought out were rarely seen by ordinary dignitaries.

Zhou Tieyi was watching the show from the side. He couldn't estimate how precious the dragon jade pendant that King Anle took out was, but he recognized the value of the three-colored relic.

From low to high, the relics are divided into three colors, six colors, and nine colors. The three-color relics are the life crystallization of the middle-level Buddhist practitioners. If there is the Buddhist method of enlightenment, it can even create another middle-level Buddhist monk immediately.

However, it is difficult for this kind of mid-level cultivator to break through. Zhou Tieyi said to King Anle with a smile, "Brother!"

He looks like he has been sold out by someone else and is still counting money for others.

Zhao Taisui was already a little impatient, wanting to get both the dragon jade pendant and the beauty at the same time. He looked at Zhou Tieyi and said, "I won't bully you. The martial artist behind you is a seventh-rank martial artist, and the swordsman under my tutelage is also a seventh-rank martial artist. How about letting them play a round to decide the winner?"

Zhou Tieyi casually glanced at the monk next to Zhao Taisui.

The reason why Zhao Taisui was so sure of Ah Da's strength was probably because of the message from the monk next to him.

From his observation just now, Zhou Tieyi had confirmed that there was a ball of sword energy lingering in the sword cultivator's kidney. There was also a ball of cloud above the sword cultivator's head. The cloud was light red in color, and in the center there was a sword ready to be unsheathed.

Zhou Tieyi looked at Ada beside him. Ada seemed eager to try, but the clouds above his head were covered with an ominous gray-black color.

Does this mean that Ada might lose?
No wonder the monk was confident enough to propose such a bet.

Zhou Tieyi was just about to delay and wait for the experts at home to arrive, when suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. The reason why the swordsman was able to defeat Ah Da might be related to the sharp golden light at his throat.

The two of them have similar strengths, and the golden light hidden in the sword cultivator's mouth is the key to determining victory or defeat!

As soon as this thought came to his mind, when he looked at Ada again, the gray-black cloud above Ada's head naturally dissipated, and the shape of the Bi'an became clearer and clearer.

"What, you don't dare to gamble anymore?"

Zhao Taisui urged.

Zhou Tieyi immediately confirmed his guess and replied, "Let's go to the competition stage."

Linshuixuan covers a vast area, and naturally there is a place for gambling. It is a huge water pavilion, which is like a whole piece of stone. It covers an area of ​​nine acres and stands on the lake in the shape of the Eight Diagrams. It is called Lingbo Terrace.

On the way to the arena, Zhou Tieyi patted Ah Da's back without any expression and shouted, "If you win this round, the relic will be given to you as a reward."

In addition to switching to military arts, martial artists can also switch to Buddhism and other schools.

Taking the opportunity to pat Ah Da's back, Zhou Tieyi used his index finger as a pen and, under the cover of night, quickly wrote the five words "Be careful of the sword in your mouth" on his back.

As a seventh-rank martial artist, Ah Da's perception of external forces surpasses that of ordinary people, and he understood it instantly.

Under the arena, Zhou Tieyi and Zhao Taisui signed a temporary gambling agreement prepared by the manager of Linshuixuan. Naturally, Linshuixuan did not miss the good opportunity to make money. It sent people to verify that both parties were of seventh-grade cultivation, and temporarily opened a gambling table for many spectators to place bets.

Zhou Tieyi said to Anle Wang Li Jing with some envy, "Linshuixuan is really good at doing business. The prince's business is making a fortune, isn't it enough to describe it?"

Prince Anle Li Jing picked up the wine in front of him, drank it all, and sighed, "I'm not envious of Linshuixuan making a fortune every day, but I envy one thing."

Zhou Tieyi asked curiously, "Which point?"

Li Jing pointed at Guan Guan, who was hugged by Zhou Tieyi, and said, "The most popular beauties from this month to December are all selected by Linshuixuan. You can enjoy the most famous flowers in the world by sitting here. Is this misfortune or happiness?"

Zhou Tieyi glanced at Guan Guan, whose beautiful eyes were filled with affection, and then at Li Jing, who was happy and even delighted. After a moment's pause, he said, "It is a great blessing for the prince to have a blessed place like Linshuixuan, and a brother like Jing'er who does not fight for power!"

(End of this chapter)