Chapter 613: The Sixth Miss Makes a Bet

This Sixth Miss had just walked over from the stone pillars and had no idea about the conversation between the young man and Gan Yiping.

She had just taken a look and found that she had no way to deal with these stone pillars.

Even a proud daughter of heaven with vast knowledge had no means, yet this fellow here dared to boast that he could solve them all... Feeling displeased, she retorted.

“Who do you think you are? Am I talking to you, steward?”

With a glance, Sun Qiang was full of arrogance.

“You...”

The Sixth Miss was taken aback.

“What ‘you’ this, ‘I’ that!”

Sun Qiang flicked his sleeves and lifted his chin: “I’m discussing matters with the building master; it’s not your turn to interrupt, you who can’t even solve a single stone pillar!”

“What did you say?”

The Sixth Miss finally reacted and nearly fainted. A five-star master teacher, a Mortal Transformation sixth-layer expert, was being looked down upon by someone only at Mortal Transformation second layer. Her chest heaved with anger, about to explode.

“How dare you!” The young man, hearing his pursued goddess being scolded, also looked displeased.

“How dare I? You have the nerve to talk about me? If I didn’t call you out, you’d think you’re something special. You haven’t solved a single stone pillar, have zero points, and no skill at all, yet you spout nonsense and break the rules... Thinking a few stinking coins make you great?”

With a snort, Sun Qiang was full of disdain.

What kind of people were these? Dressed impressively, but failing to conquer the stele, they resorted to buying their way in, even using their status to threaten... How disgraceful!

A five-star master teacher? In front of our master, even Mo Gaoyuan, the hall master of Hongyuan Empire and a six-star peak expert, behaves himself and dares not talk back.

“You...”

Seeing his contemptuous gaze, the young man and the Sixth Miss exchanged glances, both about to go mad.

They were dragons and phoenixes among men, famous wherever they went, yet now being despised by a mere steward. If not for their high cultivation, they would have exploded long ago.

“Since you say your young master can solve them, who is he? Where is he? Can you invite him over to try?”

Flicking his sleeves, the young man snorted: “I’d like to see if he really can solve them all, as you claim!”

He hadn’t solved a single one, yet this fellow said his young master could solve them all—what a joke!

“This...”

Before he finished, a helpless voice sounded from the side.

“The young master he’s talking about... seems to be me.”

Then, a young man walked over with an awkward expression.

When Zhang Xuan heard the building master agree to sell the items, he wanted to go over and say something, but seeing Sun Qiang already there, he let it be.

He thought this guy had been reliable lately and it wouldn’t hurt to let him talk, but in just a few words, he had put him on the spot...

What kind of mess was this?

Talking like that, how could he stay low-key?

“You... can solve the stone pillars cleanly?”

The Sixth Miss snorted: “Arrogant!”

She had thought the young master he mentioned was some kind of formidable figure, but it turned out to be just a youth under twenty, and she couldn’t help feeling repulsed.

As a princess and a beauty, wherever she went, she faced a crowd of suitors. She had seen plenty of these self-important types who knew nothing but pretended to be impressive, utterly ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.

“This... my servant talks nonsense. Please don’t take it seriously!”

Seeing that he was disliked before even saying a word, Zhang Xuan waved his hand apologetically.

“What nonsense? Young master, they’re just some stone pillars. Show them what you can do, what’s the big deal? Let these inexperienced people see what real strength is!”

Seeing his young master being modest, Sun Qiang wouldn’t have it and quickly spoke up.

“Enough, stop talking nonsense!”

Zhang Xuan’s face darkened as he waved his hand: “Didn’t you hear? The building master just said these stone pillars are very hard to solve. Even he only managed three in fifty years. How could it be so easy?”

“Young master...”

“That’s enough!” Interrupting him, Zhang Xuan looked at the three before him: “My apologies, I failed to discipline my subordinate. You must have found it amusing!”

“Hmph!”

Seeing him admit fault, the young man and the Sixth Miss’s expressions softened a bit, and they lifted their chins.

“It’s nothing for a subordinate to admire his master and argue on his behalf.”

Gan Yiping nodded.

It was normal for a servant to idolize his master and believe him invincible.

“Thank you for understanding, building master!”

Relieved that the awkwardness was resolved, Zhang Xuan finally relaxed and looked at Gan Yiping: “Building master... I want the Luosnake Inner Core, the Duyou Grass, and the Ice Rain Sword below. How many stone pillars would I need to solve to get them?”

“...” The young man and the Sixth Miss both staggered.

He had just scolded his servant for talking nonsense, and now he himself was asking how many pillars to solve... As if he could solve as many as he wanted...

Was he really that pretentious?

Did he think these stone pillars were his own, to break as he pleased?

“Solve a few stone pillars... suitable?”

Gan Yiping’s eyebrows twitched, but he still explained: “The Luosnake Inner Core is ten points, the Duyou Grass seven, and the Ice Rain Sword six, totaling twenty-three points. The standard for solving stone pillars is: the first gives one point, the second two, the third three, and so on. Only by solving seven pillars will you have enough points.”

“Seven pillars?”

Hearing that it matched what Sun Qiang had said earlier, Zhang Xuan relaxed and scratched his head: “Then... can I go and try?”

“You may.”

Gan Yiping nodded.

“One more thing, I’m a bit embarrassed to ask...”

Seeing him agree so readily, Zhang Xuan felt even more awkward: “I heard that if you solve a stone pillar, the ten spirit stones you paid will be refunded. That is, if you can solve them, it’s free. You see... I have no money. Can I try first? I’ll solve a few extra later as compensation...”

“...”

Gan Yiping exchanged glances with the Sixth Miss and the young man, nearly spitting blood.

Just now, when he scolded the fat man, he sounded so righteous, making them think this young man, though young, was modest and knew the rules. But in the blink of an eye, he said this...

“Solve a few suitable,” “solve a few extra as compensation”...

Damn it, did he think solving these stone pillars was a game? Something you could do at will?

Earlier, they thought the fat man was arrogant enough, but this guy was even more arrogant...

“Arrogant nonsense!”

The Sixth Miss’s pretty face showed anger: “From your tone, you think you can solve as many as you want?”

“I’ll just do my best...” Not expecting such a strong reaction to his casual remark, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

“Fine, since you’re so confident, how about we make a bet?”

Seeing that he still didn’t get it even after she spelled it out, the Sixth Miss gritted her teeth.

“A bet?”

Zhang Xuan blinked.

What did his solving the pillars have to do with her? What bet?

“That’s right. I’ll pay your ten spirit stones. If you can solve even one pillar, I’ll give you a hundred mid-grade spirit stones... If you can’t, I don’t need compensation; you just need to kneel and admit your mistake! Dare you or not?”

The Sixth Miss snorted.

Knowing nothing, he spouted nonsense—too arrogant!

If she didn’t cut him down to size, he wouldn’t even know who he was!

“Solve one pillar and you’ll give me a hundred mid-grade spirit stones?”

Turning to look at the two rows of over a hundred stone pillars, Zhang Xuan’s breathing quickened: “Are you sure?”

One hundred per pillar; if he could solve all hundred-plus, that would be over ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones!

If he could get that much, he wouldn’t have to worry about cultivation resources for a long time...

“Of course! What, scared? If you’re scared, don’t waste words!”

The Sixth Miss waved her jade hand.

“I’m not scared, I’m just afraid you’ll go back on your word later...” After hesitating, Zhang Xuan said.

Over ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones—he didn’t believe she could produce that. Better to clarify first.

“You...”

The Sixth Miss’s eyes reddened with anger.

She was a five-star master teacher with an extremely noble status—how could she go back on her word?

Clenching her teeth: “Don’t worry, I, Yu Fei’er, mean what I say. Since I dare to bet with you, I naturally won’t renege. On the other hand, when you kneel later, I hope you won’t hesitate either!”

“As long as you won’t renege...”

Relieved, Zhang Xuan’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the stone pillars nearby and clasped his hands to Gan Yiping: “As long as I identify the treasure inside the pillar, it will explode, right?”

“Yes.”

Gan Yiping nodded.

“Good.”

With that, Zhang Xuan stepped forward and approached.

Up close to the stone pillar, he understood why the young man and the Sixth Miss looked so grim.

The writing on it wasn’t a hint at all, but some unknown language, like special patterns, incomprehensible.

With an incomprehensible language, naturally one couldn’t guess the meaning or content... In such a situation, how could anyone guess what was inside the pillar?

“What an arrogant and ignorant fool!”

Seeing that this guy actually dared to bet with the Sixth Miss, the young man sneered coldly.

He had personally experienced the difficulty of the stone pillars and knew how terrifying they were. Even five-star and six-star appraisers couldn’t solve them or identify them. How could a twenty-year-old kid possibly solve them?

Kneeling to the Sixth Miss—without a doubt, it was already a foregone conclusion!

“Putting on airs, having a bit of skill at a young age and being insufferably arrogant, not knowing how high the sky is or how thick the earth is!”

The Sixth Miss also snorted. Her beautiful eyes fixed on the young man ahead, she was about to continue when she saw him look over with a smile.

“Can I start now?”

“You may.”

Lighting a long incense stick, Gan Yiping nodded.

“Alright then...”

Zhang Xuan took a deep breath and pointed at the first stone pillar: “This is the Sevenfold Golden Heart Shuttle!”

Crack!

As he finished speaking, the stone pillar before him cracked and instantly turned to powder, revealing a golden shuttle-shaped weapon before everyone’s eyes.

“This is the Purple Cloud Meteor Hammer...”

“This is the Iron Bone Fist Seal...”

“This is the Concentric Bowl...”

Walking forward, he pointed at each stone pillar. Every time Zhang Xuan pointed, the pillar exploded with a bang, sending碎石 flying wherever he went.