Chapter 3592: Wager

In one of the five commanders’ estates of the Observance Heaven City, the ancestor of the Ye clan, Ye Beifeng, stood sternly in the centre of the hall. Before him sat a man in black.

The man in black was Ye Qingyun!

At this moment, Ye Qingyun was pale and haggard. He gave off a sense of feebleness. Clearly, he was extremely heavily injured.

The ancestor of the Ye family, Ye Beifeng, stared at Ye Qingyun sternly. “Qingyun, you’ve already become so injured. Are you really confident that you can make it to the very end given your current state? There are still a few more battles to go.”

“You may possess two high quality god artifacts, which cover both your offences and defences, but the opponents you will face aren’t weakling either. I’m worried that you can’t make it to the very end.”

Ye Beifeng was rather anxious as if he was afraid that Ye Qingyun would fail. After all, their Ye family had to find a vice city lord of the Observance Heaven City, the Master of Fire Virtue, to earn this open position among the Thousand Immortal Generals.

If someone else claimed the position, would their efforts not have gone to nothing?

“Please don’t worry, great grandfather. I’m still confident,” Ye Qingyun said weakly.

Ye Beifeng sighed and said, “I’m obviously aware of your strength, but this isn’t a matter of confidence. Instead, it’s the fact that none of your opponents are simple. In particular, out of the Immortal Emperors who have managed to last until now, the backgrounds of the nine other people are all greater than our Ye family. The only exception is the independent cultivator who’s just there to make up for the numbers and managed to last until now through ungodly luck. It’s already very impressive if you can defeat one of these people, but can you really defeat two or three of them?”

“Qingyun, I’m very perplexed about why you have to contend for a post this time around. Are you really unable to wait a few more thousand years? If you wait until next time, there will be several dozen posts for Thousand Immortal Generals freed up. Your chances at earning one by then will greatly increase.”

“I can’t wait. Once I lose this chance, the difficulty for me to reach Immortal Exalt will greatly increase.” Ye Qingyun shook his head gently. There was some hesitation in his eyes, but he made a decision soon and immediately took out a damaged white jade bottle.

The jade bottle seemed extremely ancient. It gave off an ancient presence; it was covered in cracks as if it could shatter at any moment.

Ye Qingyun cradled the bottle carefully in his hand as if he was afraid that the slightest force would shatter it. He said with burning eyes, “Great grandfather, I obtained this jade bottle through a coincidence. It’s not an item of this aeon. Instead, it’s a mysterious treasure from an aeon that has already passed.”

Ye Beifeng narrowed his eyes and carefully studied the jade bottle, but he failed to notice anything despite staring at it for all this time. In his eyes, the jade bottle was just a regular, damaged bottle. There was nothing special about it.

“Are there any purposes that this bottle serves?” Ye Beifeng asked curiously.

“Great grandfather, I’m unable to see through all the functions of this bottle, but one of its functions is to gather Stainless Qi. As long as I bring this bottle with me into the sacred land of the Observance Heaven City, I’ll be able to gather a large amount of Stainless Qi rapidly.

“Perhaps a single strand of Stainless Qi is not enough for me to break through, but if I obtain a vast amount of it, I’ll definitely be able to reach Immortal Exalt.”

Ye Qingyun’s eyes burned brightly, filled with undisguised eagerness and excitement. He yearned for the arrival of that day.

But shortly afterwards, when he looked at the jade bottle again, disappointment flashed through his eyes. “It’s just a pity that the jade bottle is far too damaged. It has existed for an extremely long time. The power of time has been eroding away at it constantly, which cannot be stopped or reversed. At this rate, the bottle will be reduced to a pile of dust by the power of time in a few more thousand years.”

“This is why I’m doing so much to earn the post of the Thousand Immortal General. It can’t wait until the next round of new posts.”

Ye Beifeng shuddered inside when he heard that. He murmured, “Stainless Qi does appear in the sacred land of the Observance Heaven City, but this Stainless Qi can’t be obtained so easily. Some people have gone several tens of thousand years without obtaining a single strand. Does the damaged bottle in your position really have such a wondrous effect?”

“If the bottle doesn’t have such an effect, I wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths to contend for the Thousand Immortal General’s post.”

Ye Beifeng fell silent for a moment. In the end, he made a decision, and his presence of life rapidly weakened. From the tip of his finger, a ball of surging vitality gradually appeared.

“What are you doing, great grandfather?” Seeing this, Ye Qingyun was immediately startled. He could obviously tell that Ye Beifeng was siphoning away his own vitality.

A few seconds later, Ye Beifeng’s presence plummeted. He became much more feeble. He had forcefully stripped part of his vitality from his body, condensing it into the energy of life on the tip of his finger before sending it into Ye Qingyun’s body. “This should help you recover quite a lot. Qingyun, our Ye family has prospered and declined through the ages. Now, this is all that we have. It’s nowhere close to those great organisations. I can only help you with so much. Whether you can claim the post of the Thousand Immortal General will all be up to you.”

With that, Ye Beifeng levitated out of the commander’s estate.

Ye Qingyun’s injuries immediately took a rapid turn for the better after receiving Ye Beifeng’s vitality.

His expression became extremely mixed, as Ye Beifeng would need several centuries or even more than that to recover after shedding this bit of vitality.

“Great grandfather, so you still don’t trust my strength after all. When I said I had ninety percent confidence, I definitely meant that I had ninety percent confidence at the very least,” Ye Qingyun murmured.

Similar things happened with the nine other Immortal Emperors. All of them received the support of their clans, rapidly recovering through various methods.

On the other hand, Jian Chen became the most lax competitor. At this moment, he erased his presence and made his way through the Observance Heaven City with nothing better to do, visiting stores that sold heavenly resources.

During this period of time, he searched for materials to refine high grade Godking pills in the Observance Heaven City.

After a great expenditure, he managed to buy many auxiliary resources.

Very soon, Jian Chen discovered something extremely fascinating on a busy street in the Observance Heaven City.

He found an ancient structure shaped like a tower. They regularly played a game similar to gambling. For this game, they could wager on the Immortal Emperors who contended for the post of the Thousand Immortal General.

If the Immortal Emperor they wagered on earned the Thousand Immortal General’s post, then the people who wagered on them would receive a great payoff according to a relative rate.

Jian Chen subconsciously entered the tower and discovered that many cultivators were gathered inside. The names of eleven Immortal Emperors were displayed in great, golden letters above his head. His name was among them.

“I want to wager thirty five-coloured immortal crystals on senior Xia Mingtian. Xia Mingtian comes from a court of heaven. He has the greatest chances at becoming the Thousand Immortal General.”

“I want to wager fifty five-coloured immortal crystals on senior Zhou Dan entering the top six. It’s said that senior Zhou Dan obtained a supreme expert’s legacy in the past. His strength is so great that he’s known to be invincible among his peers. I can’t say for sure that he’ll become the Thousand Immortal General, but reaching the top six won’t be a problem.”

“I want to wager ten five-coloured immortal crystals on senior Ye Qingyun reaching the top six.”

“I want to wager ten five-coloured immortal crystals on Zi Huaiyu reaching the top six.”

“I want to wager twenty five-coloured immortal crystals on the person who gets a free round.”

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Within the tower, immortals of varying strengths and appearances placed bets. Some people wagered on who would make it to the top six, some wagered on who would make it to the top three, and some wagered on who would make it to the very end.

There were even people wagering on who would receive the bye for the next round.

Jian Chen browsed through it roughly. Out of the eleven Immortal Emperors that had made it so far, the ten others all had people wagering on them apart from himself. Even at a minimum, there were people wagering on them reaching the top six.

Meanwhile, no one placed a single bet on the Sixth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperor independent cultivator, Chang Yang.