Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World Chapter 1781 - 903: Sect Realm Versus King Realm! Life-or-Death Match (2)

Lu Chensong’s actions paused, and he sneered.

"What? Now you’re scared? Want to back out? Too late!"

Gu Sheng shook his head and spoke unhurriedly.

"Since it’s a duel to the death, there should be some stakes to make it more interesting, shouldn’t there?"

"Stakes?"

Lu Chensong was taken aback, then sneered.

"Someone like you, a bumpkin from East Desolation, what kind of stakes could you possibly come up with? Don’t bring out some trash to embarrass yourself!"

Gu Sheng ignored his ridicule and stated his wager directly.

"If I lose, I will offer three pounds of Earth Tea leaves, a Venerable Realm martial skill with Daoist Rhythm, and...ten million High-grade Spirit Stones."

Each time he mentioned one, Lu Chensong’s sneer froze a bit more.

By the time Gu Sheng finished speaking, Lu Chensong’s face had become extremely ugly, his eyes filled with shock and greed, but mostly disbelief!

Three pounds of Earth Tea leaves! This stuff is a priceless treasure with miraculous effects on nurturing meridians and refining True Qi, and the value of just one pound is incalculable!

A Venerable Realm martial skill with Daoist Rhythm! This is something that could be the Sect’s Treasure of a mid-sized sect, its value cannot be measured by ordinary Spirit Stones!

Ten million High-grade Spirit Stones! Converted to Top-grade Spirit Stones, that’s a billion! This is an immense fortune that would drive many King Realm experts crazy!

Any one of these wagers would be enough to cause a sensation. All three combined, their total value is so high that even someone like him, a son of the Myriad Phenomena Holy Land, feels his heart race! This is absolutely an enormous wealth that he personally could not easily come up with!

"You...where did you get these things? What tricks are you trying to pull?"

Lu Chensong was both shocked and suspicious, unable to believe that a "bumpkin" from East Desolation could produce such astonishing stakes.

After hearing Gu Sheng’s wager, Lu Chensong was first shocked by its value, then a thick mockery and disbelief appeared on his face. He sneered, looking at Gu Sheng with disdain.

"Three pounds of Earth Tea? A Venerable Realm martial skill with Daoist Rhythm? Ten million High-grade Spirit Stones? Hahaha! Such big talk! Gu Sheng, you’re just a bumpkin from that backward area of East Desolation, probably haven’t even seen what High-grade Spirit Stones look like, right? Do you think you’re worthy of offering such valuable stakes? Talking big without backing it up, who would believe that? Trying to get something for nothing, do you think you’re capable?"

He simply did not believe Gu Sheng could produce these things, thinking it was just a bluff on the other party’s part, an inept trick to scare him off.

Before Gu Sheng could respond, Tantai Xuefei stepped forward, her charming face frosted over, her voice resolute and undeniable.

"I’ll cover his wager! Lu Chensong, just think about what you can come up with of equal value to bet against it! If you can’t, then tuck your tail between your legs and scram, don’t embarrass yourself here!"

As soon as Tantai Xuefei spoke, Lu Chensong’s mockery froze instantly, and he sharply turned his head to look at Tantai Xuefei, his gaze growing darker and more unreadable.

He didn’t expect Tantai Xuefei to go to such lengths for this lad from East Desolation! This only confirmed his suspicion that Gu Sheng was just a scapegoat Tantai Xuefei had pushed out, her goal being to completely sever the entanglement of their marriage contract!

"Good! Very good!"

Lu Chensong gritted his teeth, squeezing out his words.

"Tantai Xuefei, you’ve really gone all out to get rid of me!"

Tantai Xuefei couldn’t be bothered to argue with him any longer and directly instructed the white-robed female steward beside her.

"Prepare the contract documents for the duel to the death immediately, listing the details of both parties’ stakes. Let the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall act as guarantor!"

"Yes, miss!"

The female steward didn’t hesitate, turning around to handle it immediately. As a major business of the Tantai Family, the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall itself often acts as guarantor for high-stakes duels and transactions, with a well-practiced process.

In a short time, two contract documents made of special materials, containing a faint power of rules, were delivered. They clearly listed the identities of both parties, the rules of the duel to the death, and those staggering stakes.

Gu Sheng didn’t even look at the specific terms, picked up a pen, and flamboyantly signed his name in the spot for the second party.

Then, he raised his eyes, looked at Lu Chensong calmly, and said, "Sign it. Once signed, we’ll start."

Lu Chensong snorted coldly, his face icy, pretending to be enraged, though his mind was already calculating quickly.

’Three pounds of Earth Tea, a Venerable Realm martial skill with Daoist Rhythm, ten million High-grade Spirit Stones...’ His heart burned, ’These stakes are too rich! Even if I can’t use this to renew the marriage contract, obtaining these things would definitely be a huge profit!

Tantai Xuefei seems determined to use Gu Sheng’s life and this vast fortune to buy off her entanglement with me!’

He believed he’d seen through Tantai Xuefei’s "strategy," thinking that his arrogant and reckless demeanor was just to lull the other party into complacency, while his heart was actually very clear.

He hadn’t had much hope for renewing the marriage contract, and now being able to swap an effectively defunct contract for such astonishing actual benefits was a sure win!

’Gu Sheng is just a pitiable fool being used by a woman without even realizing it!’ He looked down on Gu Sheng, even casting a pitying glance at him.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, showing a faint sneer as if forced yet greedy, he swept his large hand and signed his name in the spot for the first party, pressing his Soul Seal as well.

"The document is established, and the rules are set!"

The female steward collected both copies of the contract and announced loudly.

Lu Chensong sneered at Gu Sheng and asked, "Tell me, where shall we fight? This young master can’t wait to send you on your way!"

Gu Sheng looked at Tantai Xuefei.

Tantai Xuefei understood and said directly, "Let’s go to the Martial Arts Arena on the second floor."

The second floor of the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall was designed with a huge open structure. In the center stood a broad platform made of extremely hard Xuangang Stone, covered with reinforcement arrays.

Around the platform were tiered spectator seats like a theater, which were already being seized by martial artists who had heard the news.

The Ten Thousand Treasures Hall itself deals in the business of betting duels, especially attracting large crowds during the anonymous death duels held every tenth of the month, generating considerable income.

Although today was not a scheduled date, with the involvement of a Myriad Phenomena Holy Land scion and a Tantai Family young miss, and stakes reaching the dizzying heavens, news spread and immediately drew a large audience.

In the bustling crowd, a figure quietly concealed herself in a corner.

She had applied simple disguise, appearing ordinary, but her eyes, as cold as a winter’s pool, carried a trace of doubt and scrutiny. She was none other than Tantai Xueling, who had just arrived in Wanxiang City not long ago via another transmission route.

She was filled with questions, not understanding why Gu Sheng appeared on this platform, nor why he was entangled with her troublesome third sister, and even that annoying ex-fiancé Lu Chensong.

She had not had time to contact Gu Sheng since her return before hearing the news that "the third young lady was leading someone to a death match with her ex-fiancé," prompting her to rush over.

She perked up her ears, listening to the whispered conversations around her.

"Have you heard? The stakes are terrifying! Three pounds of Earth Tea, a Venerable Realm martial skill with Daoist Rhythm, and ten million High-grade Spirit Stones!"

"My goodness! Ten million...and it’s High-grade Spirit Stones? Converted to Top-grade Spirit Stones, that’s a billion, right? This...this is insanely wealthy!"

"Does Lu Chensong dare to accept it? Can he come up with something of equal value?"

"Hey, if he loses and can’t produce it, do you think his grandfather would dare to renege on a debt to the Tantai Family? The Myriad Phenomena Holy Land may be powerful, but to renege on a debt for an elder’s grandson? I think they wouldn’t have the guts!"

Hearing these discussions, a flash of realization crossed Tantai Xueling’s cold eyes, and then the corners of her mouth curved in a barely noticeable smile.

’So it’s a side hustle...’ she thought silently, her gaze falling on that blue-clad figure on stage, ’Looks like Lu Chensong is in for a disaster. However, should Myriad Phenomena Holy Land dare deny the debt afterward, I might have to ask the ancestors to personally collect it for Qingyun.’