The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 1108: The Battle Between Humans and Demons

Like the North Heavenly Gate, the East Heavenly Gate is guarded by divine palace cultivators, and human cultivators can also freely enter and exit.

Here, at the border between the human and demon races, there is no clear boundary.

The so-called border is not definitively defined. Human settlements are enclosed by a barrier, while the territory outside is freely occupied by demons and monsters.

However, humans dislike the dark and ominous demonic energy of the demon race, so they use demon-suppressing stones to block it outside the North Heavenly Gate, lest the demonic energy spread to their doorsteps, which would be unpleasant to look at.

Since the living environment of the demon race and the human race is the same, there is no need for any clear-cut boundaries.

Because of this, outside the East Heavenly Gate, there are demons wandering around, and also people who come here to travel.

Xiao Han carried Ba Dou and flew forward casually.

Upon reaching the floating island closest to the Eastern Heavenly Gate, even before getting close, they sensed fluctuations in the power of laws.

Is someone engaging in a magical duel?

Xiao Han cautiously approached slowly. The fighting power wasn't strong; it was probably that of a True God Realm cultivator.

This reassured her a lot, and she sped up her pace.

At this moment, in the void above the floating island, two male cultivators were engaged in a fierce battle.

The clash of the laws caused muffled thunder to echo in the void from time to time.

Xiao Han saw many cultivators standing in the void watching. Some of these cultivators could be sensed as having demonic energy, while others could not.

Among the onlookers were not only true gods and divine rulers, but even divine kings.

Then, Xiao Han's face lit up with surprise, and she immediately flew towards one of the female cultivators.

Sensing someone approaching, the female cultivator turned around and gave Xiao Han a smile.

Xiao Han smiled and, as always, respectfully performed a junior's bow, saying, "Senior Jiang!"

This female cultivator was none other than Jiang Yujiao's mother, Jiang Mingshuang.

Jiang Mingshuang nodded, "Fellow Daoist Xiao."

Xiao Han then asked, "Is Sister Yu Jiao here?"

Jiang Mingshuang shook her head, "She went to travel elsewhere."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Xiao Han pointed to the two people fighting in the void and asked, "Why are these two fighting?"

What she really wanted to say was, why were so many people gathered around to watch two True God Realm cultivators fight?

Jiang Mingshuang didn't hide anything and told Xiao Han the reason directly.

It turns out that more than a hundred years ago, a human cultivator and a demon cultivator made a bet to fight each other, and then the human cultivators and demon cultivators near this floating island at that time were all drawn in, placing bets to support the cultivator on their side.

Inspired by this, idle human and demon cultivators began to frequently gamble and fight here, and the rules became increasingly sophisticated.

Now, this place is presided over by both human and demon god-king level cultivators, making it a gambling arena where magical duels are used.

Jiang Mingshuang is the Divine King Realm cultivator who is stationed on the human cultivation side.

Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well watch the fun and earn some pocket money for my daughter.

Xiao Han never expected that she would see an alternative version of gambling and beast fighting in the God Realm.

Jiang Mingshuang wasn't very interested in watching the fight between two True God Realm cultivators, so she started encouraging Xiao Han instead.

"Should we go up and fight? Anyway, our lives aren't in danger. If we can't win, we can just admit defeat."

Anyway, losing is no big deal, it's just embarrassing, but winning means you get a prize.

Jiang Mingshuang encouraged Xiao Han to go up and fight because she had a good impression of her.

To prevent other cultivators from hearing their conversation, Jiang Mingshuang even put on a soundproof shield.

Xiao Han shook his head, "I rarely engage in magical duels. If I were to actually go into battle, I would probably lose."

Jiang Mingshuang said, "So what if we lose? If we win, we'll get paid."

After her detailed explanation, Xiao Han realized that this gambling was different from any other form of gambling she knew before.

Among the cultivators who participate in the betting, human cultivators bet on human cultivators to win, and demon cultivators bet on demon cultivators to win.

After the bets are placed, if the human cultivator wins, all the money bet by the demon race will go to the human cultivator. If the demon cultivator wins, all the money bet by the human cultivator will naturally go to the demon cultivator.

It's extremely simple and straightforward.

The winning cultivators will divide the total winnings as follows: 10% to the organizer, 20% to the contestants, and the remaining 70% will be split equally among the betting cultivators according to their betting ratios.

Xiao Han quickly spotted a loophole and asked, "What if it's a match where very few cultivators bet on the demon cultivators' side, say only two or three? Even if the human cultivators win, they won't gain much, right?"

Jiang Mingshuang laughed and said, "This worry is completely unnecessary. Before each match, there is a verbal battle. Who would want their side to be despised and looked down upon by their opponent?"

The reason why the human cultivators and demon cultivators initially looked down on each other was because it led to the magical contests and gambling.

Later, in every duel, if one side bet too little money, they would be subjected to extreme insults and ridicule by the opposing cultivators.

Everyone has a temper, and they'll always increase their bets amidst the insults from their opponents.

Xiao Han still found it a bit unbelievable, and without fully understanding the situation, she naturally wouldn't agree to go on stage so rashly.

Moreover, she had little confidence in her combat skills.

While the two were talking, the contest in the void had already been decided.

The human cultivator was knocked a thousand miles away by his opponent, which can be considered a defeat.

The demon cultivators cheered immediately, while the onlookers all had gloomy expressions.

A cultivator at the Divine Lord realm tossed a storage bag containing betting funds to a demon cultivator at the Divine Lord realm from the demon race.

The demon cultivator at the Divine Lord Realm took the storage bag and laughed loudly, "You human cultivators, if you don't have magic treasures, pills, talismans, and other external aids, how can you possibly defeat us demons? You are just a bunch of incompetent fools who only know how to rely on unorthodox methods."

Xiao Han: Oh my god, those words are just too hateful.

Human cultivators, as long as they have any sense of decency, cannot tolerate this.

Sure enough, a human cultivator couldn't hold back any longer and jumped out to curse, "You only won once temporarily, what's there to be proud of? Come on, let's fight again. Let me have a go at you bunch of brute force but no brains."

A demon cultivator also jumped out and said, "Let's fight then. Without external help, what else can you rely on?"

Another demon cultivator shouted, "Place your bets! Place your bets now! You bunch of weak and poor human cultivators, you can't even afford to put up your bets, can you?"

Other demon cultivators also began to ridicule him to the fullest extent.

"I reckon that bet just now has emptied their savings, so where would they get the money to continue betting?"

"That's right, that's right. Human cultivators are all poor and cunning, they're all just thinking about taking advantage of others."

"Who says otherwise? They just lost and they're heartbroken. They wouldn't dare to gamble again. Bah! I despise these self-important people who are actually useless."

Xiao Han finally understood why Jiang Mingshuang thought her previous worries were unnecessary; no one could tolerate such a verbal battle.