Several murderous intentions

Zhou Yuan sat in the Qiao family's viewing stands, looking at the square below. The square was divided into hundreds of small areas, evidently prepared for the competition.

Although it was divided, Talisman refining was quite dangerous. Once a mistake was made, it would inevitably affect those around.

This could potentially lead to a chain of errors.

After a brief glance, Zhou Yuan slowly closed his eyes to rest.

In the square, the clamor was incessant, but Zhou Yuan paid it no mind.

After an unknown amount of time, Leng Qingxue's voice came from beside Zhou Yuan, and he opened his eyes.

"Brother Zhou Yuan, this is a Jade Slip that Uncle Zi Ying just sent!"

Zhou Yuan took it from Leng Qingxue's hand, then placed the Jade Slip on his brow.

Qin Chen's voice came from within the Jade Slip.

The general meaning was that Qin Chen had a total of forty-seven people, and Zhong Chengan had a total of nineteen, all ready!

A faint smile appeared on Zhou Yuan's lips. His gaze swept around, and he found that, at some unknown point, the entire square was already packed with people!

The six tallest viewing stands were now full, and the Qin Family's stand was directly above, not far from the Qiao family's.

As Zhou Yuan looked towards the Qin Family, his eyes met Qin Yaoguang's.

A faint sneer appeared on Qin Yaoguang's lips, and there was a hint of disdain in his eyes.

Qin Chen had just agreed to take Qin Yaoguang as his Disciple after this Talisman competition concluded.

He was a direct descendant of the Qin Family, while Zhou Yuan was merely an outsider, who had now joined the Qiao family's faction, which the Qin Family had abandoned.

He estimated that even if Zhou Yuan went to the Qin Family in the future, the other Elders of the Qin Family would not tolerate him!

So what if the other party was stronger than him in the Path of Talismans?

Families still valued blood ties!

At this moment, on the Qiao family's side, Qiao Youqing also looked at Qin Yaoguang not far away, her eyes filled with hatred.

She believed she had treated Qin Yaoguang very well, but she never expected him to come and break off the engagement. This was an absolute humiliation.

Qin Yaoguang glanced at Qiao Youqing, a disdainful smile on his lips, then turned away, no longer paying her any attention.

Zhou Yuan calmly shifted his gaze from Qin Yaoguang, then met Qin Chen's eyes.

Qin Chen nodded slightly without saying much.

Qin Jianxun also noticed Zhou Yuan at this moment, turned to look at Qin Yaoguang, and couldn't help but ask softly, "Yaoguang, who is this child? Do you know him?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yaoguang's lips curled into a mocking smile, and he whispered to his father:

"Father, he is Fifth Elder's Disciple, named Zhou Yuan. When he came to the Qin Family last time, I had someone directly chase him away!"

Qin Jianxun's brows furrowed slightly upon hearing this, then he looked at Zhou Yuan, a hint of killing intent flickering in his eyes.

Now that Fifth Elder had agreed to take Qin Yaoguang as a Disciple, he naturally couldn't let an outsider interfere!

Zhou Yuan seemed to sense Qin Jianxun's killing intent, and his gaze involuntarily turned to Qin Jianxun, his Qi Luck Eye activating!

"[Detected person: Qin Jianxun]"

"[Cultivation: Dongtian Realm]"

"[Affection: 22]"

"[Qi Luck Value: 159000]"

Seeing the affection of 22, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but sneer. It seemed this Qin Family head had developed killing intent towards him!

However, he was too lazy to bother. Ninety-nine percent of the people present today would die; very few would survive.

Why should he bother with a dying man!

Zhou Yuan then saw Zhong Chengan, who nodded slightly to Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan also nodded in response, then his gaze turned to the other five major families.

Under Zhou Yuan's Qi Luck Eye, these people had nowhere to hide.

Through observation, Zhou Yuan immediately discovered that among the six Eight-Order Inscriptionist families in Saint Symbol City, the Qin Family had the weakest overall strength.

It was important to note that he had only found Qin Jianxun, an Dongtian Realm cultivator, on the Qin Family's side.

However, the other five families all had two Cave Heaven Realm cultivators, and one of them was even a Dongtian Realm cultivator.

This alone showed the decline of the Qin Family.

Zhou Yuan then looked at a platform not far away and was slightly stunned. This platform was level with the Qiao family's, which meant it was open to Level 7 Talisman families.

But on a platform not far away, there were only two figures, one old and one young, directly occupying a platform.

Zhou Yuan quickly activated his Qi Luck Eye to check the information of these two people.

"[Detected person: Lin Feng]"

"[Cultivation: Dongtian Realm]"

"[Affection: Unknown]"

"[Qi Luck Value: 148000]"

Seeing the System panel's introduction, he instantly knew who this person was: the Eight-Order Inscriptionist in Saint Symbol City who hadn't joined any Family.

The man behind him, without needing to guess, was his Disciple!

"Fellow Daoist Zi Ying, how are the arrangements?"

Zhou Yuan suddenly thought of something and quickly asked.

Zi Ying smiled slightly, then said with a laugh, "Young Master, everything is going smoothly. Fellow Daoist Shi is handling this, with Zhu Zi assisting, and the results are excellent!"

"When I just arrived, they had already collected about eight million Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Now, it's probably already over ten million!"

Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up upon hearing this. This was something he had thought of just yesterday afternoon.

He had people buy a list of Talisman competition participants, selected ten people from it, and then arranged a gambling game.

This gambling game was naturally to bet on who would win first place in the Talisman competition.

Of course, there were many ways to bet. One could not only bet on first place but also on second place, with a unified odds of one to six!

This gambling game, with a little promotion, immediately attracted the attention of many people.

The key was that Stone Valley Wind, a Cave Heaven Realm expert, provided a guarantee, which greatly increased trustworthiness.

This was a method Zhou Yuan used to plunder the wealth of Saint Symbol City.

Saint Symbol City was about to face a great catastrophe. These Spirit Stones would be wasted if left here; it was better to keep them for himself, to be used for building new Bandit Strongholds in the future.

Among these ten people, his name was naturally included, but it wasn't Zhou Yuan; it was 'Wang Lin'!

Zhou Yuan knew without thinking that almost no one would bet on him to win.

Even if no major disaster descended, he would still make a steady profit from this.

Those who bet on first place were almost all sending him Spirit Stones. Among a hundred people, perhaps a very few would bet on second place.

Zhou Yuan naturally couldn't miss out on such a cost-free business.

Zhou Yuan's eyes gleamed. If this speed continued, there would be at least thirty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones as a base.

If he didn't seize this immense fortune, Zhou Yuan felt he would truly be letting down his 'Bandit Conscience'!

Zhou Yuan was in a great mood. His gaze swept through the crowd, and suddenly he felt a killing intent lock onto him.

He looked in the direction of the killing intent and met Zhou Heavenly King's cold eyes.

At this moment, there were six figures around Zhou Heavenly King. Zhou Yuan noticed a new face and was slightly surprised, quickly activating his Qi Luck Eye to check.

"[Detected person: Zhou Hefei]"

"[Cultivation: Dongtian Realm]"

"[Affection: 17]"

"[Qi Luck Value: 138000]"

Zhou Yuan was slightly stunned, wondering who this Zhou Hefei was.