275: Chapter 142 Muffled Fortune_Part 2 275: Chapter 142 Muffled Fortune_Part 2 The Five Evils of Hundred Peaks arrived at this moment, clearly intent on causing trouble!
“Elder Copper Plate, are you trying to drive us away?” Beichen Ying smiled and looked at Elder Copper Plate.
Knowing the relationship between Elder Copper Plate and Cao Zhen, he didn’t take offense and was actually quite happy since they had earned a great deal of money.
“What?” Elder Copper Plate was taken aback.
Beichen Ying’s attitude didn’t seem like he was looking for trouble but rather seemed like he was joking?
Hadn’t they just had a falling out with Cao Zhen?
Was their spat a ruse for Li Ke’s benefit?
But, Li Ke was here at the moment.
It had been hard for Cao Zhen to find such an outstanding partner, and it would be terrible if this issue ruined everything.
Elder Copper Plate felt a pang of worry and quickly looked over at Li Ke.
In his line of sight, Li Ke was already heading towards the Five Evils of Hundred Peaks.
This could be bad…
Elder Copper Plate was anxious but at a loss for what to do.
Li Ke walked up to the Five Evils of Hundred Peaks, extended a hand, and said, “Hand it over.”
“Minus the rake from the betting houses and our running costs, here is a total of forty million Spiritual Stone Tickets.” Beichen Ying was straightforward, pulling out several Spiritual Stone Tickets from his chest and handing them to Li Ke.
As he spoke, he still had a smile on his face as he looked at Elder Copper Plate and said, “Elder Copper Plate, I didn’t lie to you, did I?
If we hadn’t shown up, someone would really be anxious, right?”
Elder Copper Plate was utterly flabbergasted.
What was going on?
Hadn’t Little Cao fallen out with them?
And wasn’t it because of Li Ke that they had fallen out?
Why were they giving Li Ke so many spirit stones after arriving at Four Treasures Peak?
Forty million…
that’s forty million Spirit Stones, not just forty thousand!
As an Elder of the Ministry of Works Immortal Palace, he had never seen so many spirit stones in his life!
Why were the Five Evils of Hundred Peaks giving Li Ke Spirit Stones?
And where did they get so many spirit stones?
The betting houses!
Elder Copper Plate suddenly recalled the betting situation in the major betting houses and had heard that the Five Evils of Hundred Peaks had wagered a large amount of spirit stones, all betting against Four Treasures Peak’s rise in rank.
So…
As Beichen Ying was handing the Spiritual Stone Tickets to Li Ke, he pulled out even more Spirit Stone Tickets and beckoned to Cao Zhen who was coming forward: “Little Sixth Son, these are your Spiritual Stone Tickets.
We certainly can’t cheat you, our brother, out of your due.
However, the betting house still takes a cut.
After deducting their rake, we’ve exchanged for you one hundred thousand Spiritual Crystal Tickets, and forty-one million Spirit Stone Tickets.”
Cao Zhen took the tickets, seeing a Spiritual Crystal Ticket for the first time.
A Spirit Crystal is actually a higher purity spirit stone, and for higher cultivation bases, spirit stones are not very effective anymore, requiring the higher purity Spirit Crystals instead.
A single Spirit Crystal could be exchanged for a thousand Spirit Stones.
One hundred thousand Spirit Crystals plus forty-one million Spirit Stones was actually equal to one hundred and forty-one million Spirit Stones.
“Spiritual Crystal Tickets, and it’s a hundred thousand Spirit Crystals!” Elder Copper Plate, hearing this number, felt as if he had been struck by lightning from the ninth heaven, and nothing but numbness followed.
Standing by, Deng Qixing and Chao Zi were also completely stunned.
That was Spirit Crystal!
They didn’t even have a single Spirit Crystal on Seven Star Peak!
It wasn’t that they couldn’t exchange for them, but that nobody would make the exchange for them.
Swap a thousand Spirit Stones for a single Spirit Crystal?
Who would bother with such an exchange?
To exchange for Spirit Crystals, one had to start with at least a hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
Having received the Spirit Crystals and Spirit Stone Tickets, Cao Zhen turned back to look at Elder Copper Plate, Deng Qixing, and Chao Zi who were all completely astonished, and a look of apology crossed his face.
“Elders, and Peak Master Deng, old Chao, I’m truly sorry for not telling you the truth earlier, especially you, Elder.
I even deceived you before,” he said.
Cao Zhen, pointing to the Five Evils of Hundred Peaks nearby, continued: “Actually, we’ve never been enemies.
That day we simply put on a show, pretending to have a fallout so others would believe that our sect, Hundred Peaks, would rank last, making it a plausible scenario.”
Deng Qixing, having seen Beichen Ying give the Spirit Stone Tickets to Li Ke and Cao Zhen, already had a hunch.
Hearing Cao Zhen’s admission, he suddenly realized what was happening and exclaimed: “So, during the Hundred Peaks competition, Four Treasures Peak didn’t just have bad luck or misjudge itself in failing to get a Peak Bamboo.
You intended to lose, because only by doing so could you ensure not getting any Peak Bamboo, and only by doing so could you ensure ending up in the last place.
Even because in the last competition, you were already in the last place, so this time, even if another peak didn’t manage to get a Peak Bamboo, you would still be securely in the one hundredth place.”
The ranking in the Hundred Peaks competition is determined by the number of Peak Bamboos obtained.
If two peaks get the same amount, it’s about who got more in the combat competition.
The one with more from the combat competition ranks higher.
If the combat competition results in a tie, then it’s the previous Hundred Peaks competition ranking that counts.
Whoever ranked higher in the last competition naturally ranks higher.
Four Treasures Peak was ranked one hundredth in the previous competition, so even if they didn’t get any Peak Bamboo and another peak also ended up without any, they were still firmly in one hundredth place.