There are at least 100,000 clouds of various colors surrounding Canglong Mountain, the main peak in the middle of Lilong Island.
The years of cultivation are lonely and boring. Hundreds and thousands of years may have passed for an immortal monk in seclusion. Therefore, the immortals are the most lively people in the world. When they learned that the Dou family and the Zhao family on Lilong Island were using all their wealth to gamble, they came all the way and waited for the excitement here. .
On these clouds, there were three or five immortals with their maids and Taoist boys, who were not crowded. On the clouds, there were important figures from an immortal sect or a family gathered here. There were at least three to five hundred people. The number of maids and servants is even greater.
On some clouds, there are palaces, pavilions, huts, buildings, boats and other magical objects floating. Various auspicious lights erupt from these magical objects, dyeing the whole world into colorful, and dyeing the Canglong Mountain into one big piece. color palette.
Outside the headquarters of the Lilong Island Clan Elders Association at the top of Canglong Peak, dozens of long cases were lined up neatly.
Each of the seven major families on Lilong Island has three elders who have joined the Clan Elders Association and are responsible for coordinating and managing all affairs on Lilong Island. However, the Dou family was unlucky. In the fight between two passing golden immortals, all the senior elders were seriously injured, so now only eighteen immortal-level elders appeared in the clan elders meeting. Three of them, wearing red robes and full beards, were the Zhao family members. of elders.
In addition to these eighteen respected clan elders, there were also dozens of important figures from around Lilong Island sitting behind these papers.
They are either the master of an island, the headmaster of a certain great immortal sect, or the head of a large family. Of course, there are also a few golden immortal-level experts with unpredictable cultivation. They all sat behind the desk calmly and exchanged their views on this gambling battle with the VIPs around them with a slight smile. .
These big shots occupied the north of the square at the top of Canglong Mountain, while the east of the square was occupied by thousands of red-robed immortals and monks. The current head of the Zhao family, Zhao Yanyan, sat arrogantly behind a long table. Behind him, he was surrounded by thirty-six alchemists whose bodies were filled with the aroma of medicine and whose expressions bore an air of arrogance.
These alchemists stood behind Zhao Yanyan, looking powerful and powerful, but every time their eyes glanced at a girl in a red dress in the Zhao family's team, they were like mangy dogs with broken bones, the expressions on their faces The arrogance and domineeringness suddenly disappeared without a trace, and a flattering flavor revealed from his bones could be felt even from a distance.
The girl in the red dress had a hibiscus-like face and was radiant. She stood there quietly, surrounded by several maids in blue dresses. These maids are delicate and refined, just like the green leaves under the peony flowers, which make the girl more graceful and luxurious, and truly have the taste of national beauty and heavenly fragrance.
This girl in red dress is Shi Xiangxiang, an alchemy wizard from the Yandang Continent historian.
On the clouds around Canglong Mountain, countless immortal monks were chattering about the outcome of the gambling battle between the Zhao family and the Dou family. But no matter which family they prefer, they all believe that the Dou family's prospects this time are extremely bad.
Not to mention the thirty-six alchemists prepared by the Zhao family, they are already the thirty-six strongest alchemy masters within hundreds of millions of miles around Lilong Island, including the seventeen masters who were originally enshrined in the Dou family. characters. Just say that Shi Xiangxiang alone is enough to defeat the combined efforts of these thirty-six alchemists.
The alchemists prepared by the Zhao family themselves were enough to destroy the Dou family.
The appearance of Shi Xiangxiang made everyone feel that the Zhao family was a bit too bullying. Shi Xiangxiang's alchemy skills aside, she is a well-known alchemy wizard in Yandang Continent. And the Shi family behind her is even more behemoth. Does the Dou family have the confidence to confront the Shi family
In other words, even if the Dou family's alchemist could defeat Shi Xiangxiang, would he dare to win
Some immortals who had a good impression of the Dou family couldn't help but shook their heads and sighed heavily.
"The Dou family is finished. It's a pity that they have such good elixirs."
"Isn't it? The Dou family may be uprooted this time. In fact, the Dou family's pills are much more affordable than the Zhao family's."
"Yes, the Dou family's elixirs are more than 30% more powerful than the Zhao family's elixirs, but the price is the same."
"Furthermore, the Dou family does business in a harmonious and fair manner, and there has never been any case of a shopkeeper bullying customers. Let's not mention this about the Zhao family."
"There will be no more Dou family in the future. If all the elixir shops around Lilong Island are monopolized by the Zhao family, hey, everyone, prepare to bleed."
Among the clouds, there were also some monks wearing short shirts with a copper coin pattern embroidered on their cuffs, sneaking back and forth. They kept asking the immortals and monks on the cloud whether they were interested in placing bets on the gambling battle between the Dou family and the Zhao family. Because of the disparity in strength between the two families, the handicap between the two families has reached an extremely outrageous level.
If you bet on the Zhao family's victory and bet on 10,000 immortal stones, you would only get 50 yuan in profit. But if the Dou family wins, then if you bet 10,000 immortal stones, the profit will reach a terrifying 50,000 yuan.
All the immortals and monks who were fond of gambling placed their bets. Most of them bet on the victory of the Zhao family, but there were also some who liked the big handicap and bet heavily on the Dou family's eventual victory.
When Yin Xuege sat in the Dou family's carriage and flew all the way to Canglong Mountain, he saw such a lively scene. As soon as the Dou family's large group of troops appeared, countless immortals and monks in the surrounding clouds applauded, and some shouted loudly, "The people from the Dou family are here" and "Who is the alchemist of the Dou family?", and they were all shouting. Noisy.
In the square on the top of Canglong Mountain, all the elders of the Clan Elders Association stood up one after another. The three elders of the Zhao family winked at each other with proud smiles. In their opinion, once the Dou family agreed to the bet, they would definitely lose. The huge property of the Dou family will become the property of the Zhao family, and the historians have already found a place for these people of the Dou family.
Standing in the crowd, Shi Xiangxiang raised his head proudly, and his big black and white eyes disdainfully glanced at Yin Xuege, who was sitting on the chariot.
"This group of doujia from the Dou family is quite capable. We will win all their property and leave them with no place to live. I, the Shi family, will be merciful and let them take shelter under my family. From now on, my family will have countless medicinal gardens and medicine gardens." , someone will take care of it.”
Shi Xiangxiang sneered softly, his tone full of absolute confidence. This is the plan of the Shi family and the Zhao family. The Zhao family wants the money of the Dou family, while the Shi family wants the members of the Dou family. The magical medicine Xiancao cultivated by the Dou family is 30% more powerful than the medicine cultivated by others. This is not a small number. As a very good alchemist, Shi Xiangxiang knew its great value.
Dou Siji led his tribe to the west side of the square, where tables, chairs and other items had been placed. Yin Xuege slowly left the chariot, and countless immortal consciousnesses around him suddenly swept towards Yin Xuege at the same time. Some of the extremely powerful immortal consciousnesses penetrated into his body almost unscrupulously, and even penetrated into his sea of consciousness and Dantian. Got in.
These guys want to see the true nature of Yin Xuege. They rely on their cultivation to be so tyrannical that they don't even bother to pay attention to the most basic taboos in the immortal world. And a large part of these immortal knowledge come from the direction of the Zhao family members.
"Looking for death." Yin Xuege sneered, and suddenly a ball of red flames shot up into the sky from his body.
Shen Yuan Dong Xuan Li Fire ranks among the top 36,000 kinds of earth fires in the day after tomorrow. It can melt gold and eliminate iron, and has great power. And Yin Xuege maliciously incorporated a trace of the blood flames from the sea of blood into it, adding a trace of strange corrosive power to this ball of Shen Yuan Cave Xuanli Fire out of thin air to melt immortal souls and destroy human spirits.
Tens of thousands of immortal consciousnesses touched the flames on Yin Xuege's body, and countless immortals around him groaned in pain at the same time. Some of the weaker ones spurted out a mouthful of blood. In the direction of the Zhao family members, dozens of heavenly and earthly immortals vomited blood at the same time, and some even had steam rising from their bodies. This was clearly a sign that the fire poison had entered their bodies and was evaporating their essence and blood.
In just three to five breaths, the Zhao family immortals who had heat coming out of their bodies all howled miserably. They could not suppress the fire poison in their bodies, and they fainted from the pain of the fire. Many members of the Zhao family suddenly went into chaos. Many monks cried for their fathers and mothers and gathered around these immortals. They hurriedly poured down various elixirs with ice properties that could dissolve and suppress fire poisons.
Zhao Yanyan was so angry that the veins in the corners of his eyes were twitching. He stood up suddenly, pointed at Yin Xuege and shouted sternly: "Xuedan Sanren, you poisoned me, the Zhao family, for no reason. Who gave you, a delusional person, such courage? "
"For no reason?" After hanging out with the blood parrot for a long time, Yin Xuege's words became a bit vicious and mean. He put away the rolling flames on his body, opened his eyes and yelled at Zhao Yanyan: "They used fairy stones to force themselves to spy on me. Could it be that I still want to be nice to them? Head of the Zhao family, when you and your wife are performing the courtesy of Duke Zhou, can I watch?"
Zhao Yanyan was stunned. He pointed at Yin Xuege and yelled: "Shameless, ridiculous, and such privacy, how can you just watch? You are simply obscene!"
Nodding seriously, Yin Xuege clasped his hands behind his back and said calmly: "Yes, the Zhao family master does not like outsiders to watch when he and his wife have sex. The same is true for me. I have a good body, and only my future wife will be there." I can see everything clearly, but as for you guys, it’s better not to have such thoughts.”
Many immortals and monks on the countless clouds around were speechless at the same time. They looked at each other. Those immortals who had just been burned by the immortal consciousness and vomited blood at the mouth shook their heads and put away their contempt for Yin Xuege. Heart.
Although Yin Xuege's words were a bit rogue, he was on point. These immortals unscrupulously used their immortal consciousness to spy on him. This was a huge taboo in the first place. If Yin Xuege used Shen Yuan Cave Xuanli Fire to burn his immortal consciousness, he was asking for it.
Zhao Yanyan was also silenced by Yin Xuege's words. He glared angrily at the tribesmen behind him who were rescuing people who had been poisoned by the fire, and swallowed his breath forcibly. A group of useless things, trying to peek into Yin Xuege's reality failed, but they were put aside by Yin Xuege. These useless things were really useless to the extreme.
Dou Sji gloated at Zhao Yanyan and smiled a few times. Then he took a few brothers and strode towards the seats of the elders and distinguished guests in the north of the square. Seeing Dou Siji's behavior, Zhao Yanyan also hurriedly took several tribesmen and also walked to the VIP table in the north.
The heads of both families warmly saluted the distinguished guests who came from afar, and their words were very polite.
These VIPs were clearly divided into two camps. Some VIPs smiled broadly at Dou Siji, while some VIPs were very enthusiastic about Zhao Yanyan. Obviously, these distinguished guests had been prepared well in advance by the two families and received countless benefits.
Yin Xuege couldn't help but nod secretly. It seemed that Dou Siji was quite capable as a family head. Among the distinguished guests he just visited, there were three golden immortals and more than a dozen leading figures from the great immortal sect and big families. With such foreign aid, this gambling battle can at least be fair and just in terms of rules.
And with so many outside immortals and monks around, they are not afraid of the Zhao family causing trouble or defaulting on their debts. This is a condition that is beneficial to the Dou family.
After some pleasantries, Liu Gengzhi, the most powerful head of the Liu family on Lilong Island, stood up and pressed down gently with his hands. All the immortal monks near Canglong Mountain closed their mouths, and the surroundings became silent.
Liu Gengzhi coughed lightly and said loudly: "You all have come from afar, and I, Lilong Island, did not treat you well. I ask for your understanding, fellow Taoists."
"I won’t go into details about the causes and consequences of this gambling fight, right and wrong. In short, the Dou family and the Zhao family both established their clans based on elixirs. In this gambling fight between the two families, the winner can monopolize all the immortal grass spirits on Lilong Island. As for the production of the medicine, the loser will leave all his property and leave Lilong Island, and he will not be allowed to go anywhere within a billion miles around Lilong Island for the rest of his life."
The elders of several major families looked at each other with a thoughtful look in their eyes.
Whether it's the Liu family or other families, they all have their own considerations. In fact, deep down in their hearts, they hope that the Dou family and the Zhao family will remain the same. If the two families compete, the other families can get the cheapest and most affordable supply of elixirs. If they had to leave behind a family of medicinal herbs, then they hoped it would be the Dou family. After all, the Dou family members were naturally gentle and had excellent relationships with other families.
As for the Zhao family, no one hopes that the Zhao family will win in the end. However, the strength of the Zhao family surpassed that of the Dou family, and they actually brought in Shi Xiangxiang as foreign aid. The powerful Shi family made several major families headed by the Liu family dare not say anything, and they could only let the gambling fight continue.
Looking at Zhao Yanyan and Dou Siji with complicated expressions, Liu Gengzhi took out a scroll and with a flick of his hand, it turned into a curtain of light and hung in the sky. Lines of golden writing were listed in the light screen, and Liu Gengzhi said in a deep voice: "Fellow Taoists, these are the rules set by the Dou family and the Zhao family for this gambling fight. The gambling fight is divided into three levels. All alchemists must pass three levels, and then the winner will be determined based on the final alchemy results."
The three levels of gambling competition test the overall strength of an alchemist.
The first level is to identify the herbs. The Dou family and the Zhao family will each take out 54,000 common and uncommon herbs for the alchemists participating in the gambling battle to identify them on the spot. All alchemists identified on the spot and entered the results into a blank jade slip. All alchemists were ranked according to the number of herbs identified and the accuracy rate within one stick of incense. The last ten alchemists were directly eliminated.
The second level is to temper the spiritual liquid. The Dou family and the Zhao family also took out five elixirs respectively, and a total of ten elixirs for the alchemists participating in the gambling battle to extract the essence of the elixirs and refine the elixir liquid. The ranking is ultimately determined based on the time it takes and the grade of the spirit liquid extracted. But this time, the twenty alchemists at the bottom were eliminated.
In the third level, including Yin Xuege and Shi Xiangxiang, there are a total of thirty-eight alchemists. After the thirty were eliminated, the remaining eight alchemists started making alchemy. The first furnace was used to refine the elixir specified by the Zhao family. According to the elixir completion time and elixir level, the last four alchemists were eliminated. The second batch of elixirs was refining the elixir recipe designated by the Dou family, also based on the elixir completion time and elixir grade, and the last two alchemists were eliminated.
In the end, there are still two alchemists left. The Dou family and the Zhao family will each provide 360 kinds of alchemy formulas. The notary of the betting battle, Liu Gengzhi, the head of the Liu family, will draw a formula from the 720 kinds of alchemy formulas. , and hand it over to the last two alchemists for refining. Based on the time of refining the elixir, the quantity of the elixirs produced, and the quality of the elixirs produced, the alchemist who finally wins the bet will be determined.
Whichever family this alchemist belongs to will win the final victory.
There is no doubt that the Dou family only has one alchemist, Yin Xuege, while the Zhao family has a total of thirty-seven alchemists participating in the gambling battle. The probability of the Zhao family winning is definitely more than a hundred times that of the Dou family.
Liu Gengzhi explained the rules of gambling, and the immortals and monks nearby nodded.
This kind of three-level gambling battle is really fair and impartial. In front of hundreds of millions of immortals, no one can cheat.
But everyone could see it. The Zhao family selected thirty-seven alchemy masters to participate in the gambling battle, but the Dou family only had Yin Xuege. No matter how it seemed, the Dou family suffered a big loss, while the Zhao family took advantage.
The well-informed person explained the mystery to the surrounding immortals and monks - all the original alchemists of the Dou family were poached by the Zhao family using various means. The Zhao family was very ruthless, and even those alchemists None of the master's apprentices were left. The Dou family originally had some loyal alchemists who were unwilling to abandon the Dou family, but within just three months, these loyal alchemists all had accidents.
As a result, the huge Dou family can only take out one Yin Xuege to participate in the gambling battle.
Dou Siji stood next to Yin Xuege, so nervous that he was sweating all over. He looked at Yin Xuege tremblingly, and carefully lowered his voice: "Senior, this time, the life and death of my Dou family depends on it. It’s senior’s.”
After a pause, Dou Siji said in a deep voice: "In the first level, our Dou family took out 54,000 elixirs. Logically speaking, we should give seniors a list so that they can prepare. But my Dou family We have agreed with the Zhao family that this gambling battle will be an upright and aboveboard gambling battle, and this kind of cheating is absolutely not allowed, so when the time comes, it all depends on the senior’s own performance.”
It was a good thing that Dou Siji didn't mention this. As soon as he said this, Yin Xuege rolled his eyes in anger.
He was surprised. The first step was clearly that the Dou family had to come up with 54,000 elixirs for people to identify, so why did Dou Siji never mention this to him. Feelings: Dou Siji is a 'real gentleman', he doesn't do this kind of cheating
Helplessly giving Dou Siji a thumbs up, Yin Xuege sighed: "Master Dou, you are such a good person!"
With a flick of his sleeves, Yin Xuege strode into the square, and the thirty-seven alchemists from the Zhao family also walked out.
(End of chapter)