72: Chapter 72 Lin Youcai

Those watching Yuan Pi select and purchase chaos original stones here were basically all elderly men of advanced age.

They were veteran elders from various Sects and Families.

Young Cultivators have to strive for advancement, and only these retired old men have the time to hang around various large stone shops every day.

Hearing Yuan Pi's words at this moment, their eyes instantly glowed green, just like lechers seeing a stark naked beauty.

For those of them who enjoyed dealing with chaos original stones all day long, stone gambling was the most interesting thing.

"Agree to him! Agree to him..." A few old men ran directly to Lin Bei's side to egg him on.

"Gamble?" Lin Bei shook his head like a rattle-drum, "Not coming, not coming!"

As a youth of the "four virtues," he had long ago raised his hand under the Yellow Heaven, swearing to be irreconcilable with gambling and drugs!

Besides, he was busy looking for the immortal bell fragment; how could he have time to play with a child?

Seeing Lin Bei refuse, a sullen look flashed in Yuan Pi's eyes, but on the surface, he remained calm, still wearing a smile.

"No matter," he cupped his fists towards the surroundings, saying half-jokingly, "Seniors, please let this Fellow Daoist in. I dare not delay the business of the Jiuli Stone Shop!"

Immediately, the crowded crowd parted a gap.

Lin Bei nodded in thanks and walked through the crowd into the stone shop.

There were still constant words of persuasion in his ears.

"Little brother, just have a bet with Young Master Yuan!"

"That's right, that's right. If you have the ability, why hide it?"

"Little friend, the Tianji Sect predicted that this old man will kick the bucket tomorrow. Before I die, I just want to watch a round of stone gambling..."

"Hmph! I reckon this little fellow isn't a stone master at all! He's unwilling to accept the challenge just because he's afraid of being exposed!"

...

The Jiuli Stone Shop was quite large, with thousands of chaos original stones of various sizes.

With so many people present, Lin Bei couldn't be too casual, so he had to pretend to walk up to the chaos original stones one by one to observe them.

Seeing his actions, a flash of disdain and a cunning glint passed through the depths of Yuan Pi's eyes; he also stopped speaking and continued to select original stones.

Before long, Yuan Pi had already picked out three original stones.

Lin Bei took a moment to glance at them.

Not bad; there were indeed things inside these three chaos original stones.

Suddenly!

"Bang!" A chaos original stone he had just passed suddenly exploded! A surging wave of Qi rushed towards him.

The incident was too sudden; even the Half-Saint of the Jiuli Imperial Dynasty guarding this place didn't have time to react.

With such power, if it were an ordinary Void Soaring Late Stage Cultivator, they would either be dead or severely injured.

"Heh..." Lin Bei's lips curled slightly, and he waved a palm, causing the wave of Qi to dissipate without a trace before him.

"Haha..." Yuan Pi's laughter came from the side, "Fellow Daoist has good methods! Your luck is even more admirable to me, to be able to encounter something like a chaos original stone self-detonating!"

"Perhaps it is because I met Fellow Daoist Yuan here that my luck has improved?"

Lin Bei replied indifferently.

He had seen that chaos original stone earlier; there was indeed a fire Ore inside, but it was extremely stable. Without external causes, it would never have exploded so easily.

After saying this, he no longer paid attention to the other party and continued to check the chaos original stones.

Soon, his expression brightened; he had already seen an original stone containing an immortal bell fragment.

Lin Bei walked over quickly, however, a hand landed on that original stone a step ahead of him.

"Fellow Daoist seems to want this stone? Unfortunately, I, Yuan, am also particularly fond of this stone!" Yuan Pi said with a mocking tone.

Lin Bei also smiled!

He suddenly discovered that this Yuan Pi's ability to court death seemed no weaker than his own.

The group of old guys watching from the side had glinting eyes, having long sensed that the atmosphere was wrong.

"Good! Fight... fight..."

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, what would it take for you to yield this stone to me?"

Since the other party was acting so recklessly, Lin Bei decided to play along with him.

Otherwise, with one Empty Hand Skill, let alone that original stone, he could even strip Yuan Pi's underpants off!

"As long as Fellow Daoist is willing to have a bet with me, you can take this chaos original stone!" Seeing that Lin Bei had finally fallen into his trap, Yuan Pi smiled triumphantly.

Lin Bei nodded, "Fine, but I declare in advance, this is not gambling, this is just a friendly exchange!"

He never forgot for a moment that he had sworn an oath to the heavens.

Even though the heaven now was not the same one as it was back then!

His answer drew a wave of excitement from those around.

"They're betting, they're betting, they finally bet!"

"Haha... coming here today was truly the right choice!"

"It's just that I don't know how this little fellow's stone arts are. If it's only superficial, then there's nothing worth watching..."

...

"May I ask how to address you, Fellow Daoist!?" Yuan Pi looked at Lin Bei.

"Lin Youcai!"

"Uh..."

Not only Yuan Pi, but many of the watching old men were also stunned.

"Fellow Daoist Lin has a good name!" After a long silence, Yuan Pi spoke.

"Then let us follow the rules of the trade: we will decide the winner with three original stones. The loser must give everything opened from the chaos original stones to the winner. What do you think?"

Lin Bei shook his head.

"How so? Does Fellow Daoist Lin have other ideas?" Yuan Pi frowned.

Lin Bei slowly extended a finger, "One thousand fangyuan! I want to add a stake of one thousand fangyuan!"

In an instant, the entire stone shop fell silent.

After a long while, a few old voices came out.

"He said, how much?"

"I am old, my ears are failing..."

...

"Gulp..." Yuan Pi's face flushed red, "One thousand fangyuan stones, can you actually produce that?"

Lin Bei didn't waste words; he took out a Storage Pouch, didn't even blink an eye, and threw it directly to the Half-Saint of the Jiuli Imperial Dynasty who had been sitting cross-legged in the stone shop.

"Senior, please act as a witness!"

The Half-Saint was stunned; he didn't expect the other party to approach him.

One thousand fangyuan stones, even he was tempted!

But in public, he had to prioritize the face of the Jiuli Imperial Dynasty.

His spiritual sense swept into the Storage Pouch, and he nodded, "There is indeed one thousand fangyuan!"

"Holy crap! This guy's name really isn't just for show!" Exclamations suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Lin Bei glanced at Yuan Pi; at this moment, the other party's expression was extremely ugly.

"How about it? The eldest Young Master of the Yuan Family wouldn't be unable to produce the stake of one thousand fangyuan, would he?" He said, pretending to be surprised.

"I... I... I just purchased quite a few chaos original stones in Blue Demon City recently, so I am slightly short on fangyuan stones. Wait for me a moment!"

After saying this, Yuan Pi walked towards a few old men he knew in the crowd... to borrow money.

It must be said that the Yuan Family really had some prestige in the Desolate Ancient Continent.

Half an hour later, Yuan Pi managed to scrape together one thousand fangyuan stones.

He handed the one thousand fangyuan stones to the Half-Saint of the Jiuli Imperial Dynasty and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Lin Youcai! Just wait and see how you cry later!"

"Fellow Daoist Lin, shall we start selecting the stones then?"

Lin Bei spread his hands, "I don't mind; Fellow Daoist Yuan can go ahead and choose first!"

That casual attitude made everyone grit their teeth.

Damn it, this was a high-stakes gamble involving one thousand fangyuan stones! Could you be a bit more serious?

Yuan Pi didn't speak anymore. Although he was confident of victory, it was his first time engaging in such a high-stakes gamble with someone, so he was still a bit nervous.

Just at this moment, a hearty laugh came from outside.

"Hahaha... I heard that Brother Yuan has graced our Jiuli Imperial Dynasty stone shop, so I, Li, have specially come to meet you."