System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

After receiving a response from Man Niu, Yu Lou Gongzi, while enjoying drinks with his two friends in a quiet private room, looked at Qing Tian Xiao Lou with an extremely provocative gaze and sneered, "You value this Chen Xuan so much, even claiming him to be a friend or brother? If he dies tragically in this arena today, let's see how you compete with me in the future."

Young Master Yulou made no attempt to hide his words, saying them in front of his two friends. Upon hearing this, Xuanming and Heming raised their cups and laughed, "Then let's celebrate in advance, Brother Yulou."

"Hahaha, come on, drink this cup to the brim!"

Compared to the relaxed atmosphere at Yu Lou Gongzi's place, the atmosphere at Qing Tian Xiao Lou's place was rather heavy and oppressive. At this moment, Qing Tian Xiao Lou stood nervously at the window, staring down at Chen Xuan and the fiery serpent bull that was full of murderous aura.

"What? Xiao Lou, you don't have confidence in him?" The fox fairy hesitated slightly when she saw how nervous Qing Tian Xiao Lou was. In previous competitions, even when highly regarded retainers participated, this young master Xiao Lou had never been this nervous.

Qing Tian Xiao Lou shook his head slightly upon hearing this, "He definitely lacks confidence. Although my brother has a profound foundation, his strength is only at the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. In a one-on-one battle at the same realm, a Qi Refining cultivator is no match for a Divine Demon Body Refining cultivator. Now that Yu Lou is offering his freedom as a reward, that brute will definitely fight desperately in this battle."

Seeing the bull's condition and sharp eyes on the sidelines, the fox fairy nodded slightly. "Freedom is something a servant longs for. In this match, it will no longer hide anything."

Seeing that her friend did not bring up Chen Xuan's origins and background, the fox fairy did not press the matter further. After all, there were many secrets about the Qingtian Marquis's mansion that it was not convenient for her, as an insider of Wanbaoshan, to inquire about.

"It's about to begin," the fox fairy said softly as she watched the great formation below slowly rise.

"Come on, Brother Chen Xuan! If you're no match for him, don't be stubborn, just admit defeat immediately!" Qing Tian Xiao Lou clenched his fists and murmured.

At this moment, both on and off the field, Chen Xuan and the Fire Python Bull have undoubtedly become the focus of everyone's attention.

The cultivators on the first and second floors who were placing bets were all intently watching the outcome of this battle.

Of course, most people didn't have a high opinion of Chen Xuan, an unknown nobody. At the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, he was still a Qi Refining cultivator. Facing a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator with supernatural powers and the bloodline of an ancient warrior who had reached the Perfected Body Refinement Realm, Chen Xuan seemed like cannon fodder, with no suspense whatsoever.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

"Bull, I've staked everything on you, so don't underestimate me!"

"If I win this time, my net worth will exceed 100 jin. It all depends on you, fellow Daoist!"

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The alluring young fox-spirit merely raised his hand slowly; before he could even announce the start of the fight, the assembled rogue cultivators and peripheral disciples had already gone wild.

In contrast, the other core disciples from the various sects on the second floor, such as Ling Chen and Zi Mu from the three major academies, simply watched quietly with their heads down, though most of their gazes were focused on Chen Xuan. This demonstrates the difference in how people at different levels think about problems.

"To be publicly acknowledged as a brother by the young master Qing Tian Xiao Lou, I'd like to see what qualifications you have?" Ling Chen's lips curled into a smile, his sharp eyes looking at Chen Xuan, who stood calmly with his hands behind his back in the audience.

"The five top-grade array plates I acquired were from your hands. You must also be a chosen one. I'm somewhat looking forward to the upcoming battle." Zi Mo spent 70% of his wealth to acquire Chen Xuan's array plates, and now he was playing with them while muttering to himself.

"He's off the stage, Senior Brother! Senior Chen Xuan has left the stage!" Hei Song was extremely excited when he saw Chen Xuan land directly in the arena.

"After three years, are we finally going to see your former glory again, senior?" Ziyu looked at Chen Xuan with great emotion. "I have a feeling that after this battle, your reputation will spread far and wide in Qingtian City."

"Yes, that's what we think too." Ziyun and the others nodded in agreement.

Compared to Ziyu, a second-generation disciple, and Hei Song, Ziyun, Qingyue, Jingshui, and other strong third-generation disciples, his family background was shallow.

This bet is an all-or-nothing gamble; if Chen Xuan suffers a crushing defeat, they will have no resources to cultivate for some time to come.

So, facing the impending battle, Ziyun and the others had sweaty palms and nervously looked at Chen Xuan on the stage, "We must win, senior, if you lose we'll be bankrupt."

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on this fierce battle.

The alluring fox-spirit man smiled, raised his right hand, and shouted, "The prize for the winner of this contest is 880 catties of spirit liquid. Who will take home such a huge prize? Let's wait and see!"

"On my command, the duel begins now!"

The atmosphere was instantly stirred by the fox-clan man. As the word "start" fell, all the cultivators who had placed bets on the stage and below stood up, everyone tense about the outcome of the competition.

Nearly a thousand gold spirit liquids! This wealth is comparable to the entire net worth of a Nascent Soul Ancestor of a small sect, yet it's just the prize money for a fight among the纨绔子弟 (spoiled brats) of Qingtian City.

Countless people gasped when they heard this number.

As the battle began, the Fire Python Bull roared and began spewing pillars of fire from its nostrils. Crimson divine power swirled around it, and its body rapidly grew, from nearly three meters tall to a towering seven meters.

"Boy, take your life!"

Revealing its true form as a fiery serpent bull, and then unleashing the "Law of Heaven and Earth" divine power, the fiery serpent bull at this moment is extremely visually striking, as if time and space have been displaced, returning to the ancient battlefield where gods perished.

Bang bang bang - bang bang bang -

The bull stomped its four hooves on the ground like a crimson tide, moving at incredible speed. With its head down, it bellowed and unleashed its two dazzling horns, displaying divine power as it charged straight at the enemy! It first gathered its strength, then charged with its massive and heavy divine body. Even the core disciples of the major sects paled slightly at the sight of this destructive power.

However, Chen Xuan was an exception. Facing the bull's initial attack, Chen Xuan merely smiled and with a backhand motion, nine emerald green array plates appeared, the array base discs in Chen Xuan's palm like pets.

Then, with a wave of Chen Xuan's hand, the nine array plates transformed into nine streams of light, which swiftly and accurately anchored themselves in half of the battle corridor.

"Array up!"

Chen Xuan simply stood quietly, then flipped his hand to take out the array plate, and with a flick of his wrist, the array was successfully set up. As he uttered "Array activated," half of the battle corridor was instantly shrouded in mist, and Chen Xuan's figure became invisible.

"what?"

Although the raging bull was prepared to charge, it was not a lowly ancient bloodline with limited intelligence. On the contrary, it had studied formations in the small world and knew their terrifying power. Seeing that the battle corridor ahead was completely shrouded in the mist of the formation, the raging bull immediately stopped its charge.

At the same time, as Chen Xuan revealed nine more emerald array plates, Zi Mo Fairy of Tianqing Academy on the second floor was shocked and looked incredulously at the top-grade array plates that were exactly the same as those in her own hand.

"How is that possible? How could he possibly still have such a top-grade array base?"

"What?! He actually produced nine of these top-grade magic treasure array plates, each worth 2000 jin of spiritual liquid?" Ling Chen from the Fallen Immortal Academy exclaimed in astonishment.

"Interesting. This kid is indeed lucky. Zi Mo is in trouble now. He spent 1900 taels of spirit liquid to get five pieces, but this guy just took out nine more and used them in the middle of the battle."