Martial Arts Overlord - Chapter 8: Spending Extravagantly

Chapter 8: Spending Extravagantly

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

One-to-ten!

Hearing Lin Hui’s words, muffled laughter washed over the crowd.

If Lin Hui were to win, the returns would only be one-to-one, but if Luo Feng won, the returns would be one-to-ten!

The huge discrepancy between the returns was practically saying that Luo Feng was bound to lose.

“I’ll place my bets on Lin Hui! 42 taels of silver!”

“I’ll bet on Lin Hui too! 102 taels of silver!”

“I’ll put in 52 taels of silver!”

“200 taels of silver!”

The crowd surged towards Qin Feng, and before long, silver had piled up into a miniature mountain. They were all bets on Lin Hui.

Although Luo Feng’s odds were extremely alluring, in the mind of the students, there was no way that Luo Feng, who was only in the middle phase of his Energy Boundary, would stand a chance against Lin Hui.

As Luo Feng observed Lin Hui, who was confidently smiling among the crowd of people, a mocking grin crept onto his face.

It was obvious that Lin Hui was doing this on purpose, and his goal was to humiliate Luo Feng!

“My bet’s on Luo Feng! 1000 taels!” A light and gentle voice rang out, masking the surrounding cacophony.

Bing Ruolan walked out from the crowd of surprised faces. With her blue headband fluttering like a butterfly, she extended her jade-like hands, taking out a silver ticket¹ worth over 1000 taels of silver, and handed it over to Qin Feng.

“This…” Upon noticing the silver ticket in Bing Ruolan’s hand, Qin Feng turned to look at Lin Hui with a hesitant expression.

He truly had not expected anyone to place their bets on Luo Feng. Moreover, a thousand taels of silver was by no means a small value, as it was enough money to purchase two Vitality Condensation Pills.

Lin Hui looked at Bing Ruolan with a gloomy expression. It was clear that she meant to disrupt his operation, but after considering Bing Ruolan’s abilities, all he could do was swallow it down.

“Hahaha… As expected of the class representative, you really are a special one. To think that you would give away your shot at making money, you dumb*ss! Fine then, I’ll just take the thousand taels of silver for myself then!”

Lin Hui suddenly burst out laughing and kept the silver ticket in his pocket.

“Well said, only dumbasses would give away their chances at making money…” Luo Feng snickered softly. He then walked forward and directed a question to Bing Ruolan, “Class representative, how much silver do you have on you?”

Since Luo Feng had spent all his savings on Lin Xiaoxiao, he was now as poor as a church mouse.

Bing Ruolan brought out an embroidered pouch and took a look at its contents. She then answered, “I only have five-thousand or so taels of silver left.”

Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.

‘No ordinary person would carry thousands of taels of silver on them. I’ve never heard of any rumors regarding this chick before… Who knows how many secrets she carries…”

An idea sparked within Luo Feng’s mind, and an ounce of hesitation, he held out his hand and said, “Lend them all to me.”

Bing Ruolan hesitated for a moment before taking out her silver tickets from the pouch and placing them onto Luo Feng’s palm. In a cautious tone, she questioned, “Don’t tell me that…”

“I’ll return them to you later.” Luo Feng flashed a smile and seized the silver tickets.

Smack!

Luo Feng spun around and slapped the wad of silver tickets onto Qin Feng’s palm.

“5300 taels of silver! I’m betting on my own victory!”

“5300 taels of silver?!”

A wave of silence shrouded the surroundings and the students looked at Luo Feng as if he had gone mad.

5300 taels of silver was a significant amount of money. It was not an amount to be played around with.

Qin Feng was stunned and speechless. His eyes locked onto the wad of silver tickets in his hand, and his mind had already drifted away.

Luo Feng raised an eyebrow, looked disdainfully at Lin Hui and asked, “What’s the matter? Weren’t you guys acting so arrogantly earlier? It’s only a few thousand taels of silver, are you guys that afraid to accept it?”

Provoked, Lin Hui harrumphed. “Who are you calling afraid? If you’re betting, then I’m taking!” The moment he finished his sentence, Lin Hui extended his hand to retrieve the silver tickets.

“Hold it!”

Luo Feng raised his eyebrows yet again as he held out his hand to block Lin Hui’s hand. As he observed Lin Hui’s enraged expression, he chuckled. “5300 taels plus Bing Ruolan’s 1000 equals 6300 taels of silver in stakes. If I were to win our battle, you’ll need to fork out 63000 taels of silver! Lin Hui, would you be able to afford it?”

“I won’t lose to you!” Lin Hui proudly declared.

“What if you do though?” Luo Feng’s tone was calm and unrushed as he smiled cheekily at Lin Hui.

“YOU!” Lin Hui was seething with rage, but he was not able to retort. After all, he hailed from a family that was only moderately well-off, and had it not been for his connection with Lin Xiaoxiao, he would never have obtained his current position in Silver Moon Class. As such, coughing up tens of thousands of silver was well and truly beyond his capability.

“Hoho, it seems that everyone is enjoying themselves. Well then, I guess I’ll take the role of the bookmaker in your stead then.” A cheerful tone rang out, and two figures walked out from the corner.

“Xiaoxiao!” Lin Hui raised his head. Overjoyed, he hurriedly ran over to her side.

Among the two figures, one of them was Lin Xiaoxiao.

Lin Xiaoxiao nodded her head and took a glance at Luo Feng. Her gaze slightly wavered, but it soon returned to her usual cold expression.

Luo Feng made a breakthrough into the Level Three Meridian Cycle, the Energy Boundary within a short span of time, and while it was a surprising revelation, it still was not worth her attention.

‘This scumbag made a breakthrough as well!”

Luo Feng had noticed Lin Xiaoxiao’s change as well. Her skin emitted a faint glow, which was a clear indicator that she had made it into the middle phase of the Strength Boundary. It was a huge improvement.

“It seems that she’s obtained several benefits from Duanmu Yu…”

Luo Feng mentally harrumphed and looked away. Instead, his gaze was now directed at the young man beside Lin Xiaoxiao.

The person had rosy-red lips, a string of pearly whites, and snow-white skin. He carried a sword at his hip, had dashing looks, and a blazing sun was sewed onto his uniform, indicating that he was a student from Golden Sun Class.

“An expert who has reached the peak of the Strength Boundary, huh. He’s several times stronger than Bing Ruolan…” Luo Feng could sense the thick aura emanating from the sword-wielding teen and was utterly surprised.

Sensing Luo Feng’s gaze, the sword-wielding teen responded by stepping up and smiled at him. With a proud look in his eyes, he said to Luo Feng, “You’re Luo Feng, I presume? Well then, I’ll be taking over this betting rig.”

Luo Feng was extremely displeased with the teen’s high and mighty attitude. He nonchalantly answered, “Well, I have no qualms if you’re able to fork out 60000 taels of silver.”

His attitude caused the sword-wielding teen to frown.

‘How dare this Silver Moon Class trash try and act mighty in front of me!’

Li Yunhao was seething with rage. However, as it would do him no good to throw a tantrum in front of others, he was forced to suppress his anger. He swung his sleeves and declared pompously, “Just my name itself, Li Yunhao, has already surpassed the value of 60000 taels!”

Upon hearing those words, the surrounding students from Silver Moon Class gasped in astonishment.

After all, Li Yunhao was extremely famous among Purple Sun Institution’s Outer Institution.

Although Li Yunhao’s cultivation was by no means amazing, he was among the top five when it came to Light Body techniques. He had already cultivated the Yellow Rank Middle Class martial art, Untraceable Steps to the Success State, and when used at its full potential, Li Yunhao was able to produce three illusions of himself. The illusions were hard to differentiate, and when used in combat, none of his opponents were able to even make contact with the corner of his clothes. Hence, he was nicknamed ‘The Phantom’ by others!

Through the use of his Untraceable Steps, he had secured himself a top ten finish in the last Roaming King Tournament, earning himself a place within the Ten Great Roaming Kings. It was news that shook the Outer Institution to its core!

Silence enveloped the area. The students from Golden Sun Class had always regarded those from Silver Moon Class as trash, whereas those from Silver Moon Class despised Golden Sun Class students. As such, the two factions had never seen eye to eye.

Back in the previous Roaming King Tournament, all of the top ten finishers were students from Golden Sun Class, whereas Bing Ruolan had only managed to get the eleventh place. It was a brutal result and was also fuel to raise tensions between the two factions.

Coincidentally, Li Yunhao, who had earned a top ten finish in the tournament was now present. Whether intentional or not, this was an insult, and even the look on Bing Ruolan’s face had turned several degrees colder.

“I agree to your proposition then.” Luo Feng groaned.

‘It’s free money! There’s no such thing as misfortune!’

On the other hand, Luo Feng’s prompt response had surprised Li Yunhao. However, he later nodded his head and said with a smile, “Very well then!”

“The mentor is here!”

Someone called out, which caused everyone to turn their heads around to look at Ji Wuyue with a flaming hot body in tights heading in their direction.

“Anyone mind explaining the situation to me?” Sensing the unusual atmosphere, upon her arrival, Ji Wuyue asked as she swept her piercing gaze across her students.

“The situation is that…” Left with no options, all Bing Ruolan could do was step out and explain the whole scenario.

After listening to Bing Ruolan’s situation, Ji Wuyue took a glance at Li Yunhao and Lin Hui. Then, she raised her eyebrows and lifted up her hands. Just as everyone thought that she was about to erupt in anger, and braced themselves for the worst, Ji Wuyue suddenly placed her hand on Luo Feng’s shoulder and dragged him to her side.

“You’ve finally reached the middle phase of the Energy Boundary, huh! Not bad! Your courage to face a later phase student with your middle phase abilities is admirable indeed!”

Luo Feng was pressing on Ji Wuyue, and by coincidence, his view was obstructed by her bountiful rack. As she spoke, a field of white flitted across his eyes, and all Luo Feng could feel was his throat and tongue drying.

“Gulp!” Luo Feng swallowed a huge wad of saliva, and immediately diverted his attention.

Ji Wuyue saw the pile of silver, and upon noticing it, she patted Luo Feng’s shoulder and chuckled. “It seems that you’re being underestimated, Luo Feng. No worries, your mentor will support you! I’ll bet on you winning!”

Luo Feng was touched. However, he then saw Ji Wuyue tossing a shiny piece of silver past Li Yunhao. “My bet’s on Luo Feng! 10 taels!”

“10 taels…”

The corner of Luo Feng’s mouth twitched and he swallowed his words of appreciation.

“Umm… about that, your mentor’s kind of strapped for cash recently…” Ji Wuyue awkwardly stated upon noticing Luo Feng’s expression.

“Hah, like mentor like student! Heh, ten taels… I give beggars more money than this! No wonder all your students are trash!” Li Yunhao received the silver and condescendingly shook the money in his hand.

Boom!

Ji Wuyue’s aura exploded, and even her leather armor quivered. With just a single step, she reached Li Yunhao’s side. In a furious tone, she demanded, “What did you just say!?”

Thump…Thump…

Faced against the violent Ji Wuyue, a shred of fear appeared within Li Yunhao’s eyes, and he took several steps back.

Although he had already reached the peak of his Level Four Meridian Cycle Boundary, he was still powerless against Ji Wuyue who had already activated six of her Meridian Cycles.

“I’m just speaking the truth.” Li Yunhao was a man of his words, and as such, he still forced the words out of his gritted teeth.

“You’d better take my words to heart! My students aren’t pushovers! Repeat what you said one more time and I’ll break every single bone in your body!” Ji Wuyue snorted coldly. She then clasped her fists together, and a thunderous crack resounded, causing Li Yunhao to perspire in fear and his face to turn white.

The thunderous crack of her bones was a hallmark of the Iron Bone Boundary!

“Luo Feng, are you confident with this match?” Ji Wuyue suddenly turned around to look at Luo Feng.

Snapping back to reality, Luo Feng solemnly nodded his head. “Absolutely!”

“Alright! I believe you!”

Without an ounce of hesitation, Ji Wuyue took out a shiny gold ticket from her sleeves and dropped it onto Li Yunhao’s palm. “10000 taels! I’m betting on Luo Feng!”

The crowd was stunned. Should Luo Feng win, she would earn a hundred thousand taels in returns! This was a gamble fit for the rich!

“I was originally here just to accompany Lin Xiaoxiao, but I had never expected such a catch…” Li Yunhao broke into a smile as he gripped the gold ticket.

Unable to proceed with the usual class, Ji Wuyue then brought everyone over to the gymnasium beside the training grounds.

There were ten arenas contained within the gymnasium, and each of them were specially created for students to fight each other. Furthermore, the institution had an unspoken rule, whereby whoever stepped onto the arena would be responsible for their own life!

“Lin Hui, come over.”

Li Yunhao was currently standing in a corner. He took a glance at Luo Feng and called Lin Hui over, whispering a few words to Lin Hui.

Lin Hui constantly nodded his head at Li Yunhao’s words. He then revealed a savage smile, and after taking a quick glance at Luo Feng, he hopped onto the arena with his fists clasped together. He was waiting for Luo Feng to head up.

“Luo Feng, I’ve gone all out for you. So, you’d better not disappoint me.” Ji Wuyue nagged Luo Feng.

Had it been any other time, 10000 taels was a minor amount of money for her. However, now that she was preparing for her Golden Halls Assessment, she needed to spend an extravagant amount of money on her spirit pills, and each one cost over 1000 taels of silver. Nevertheless, in order to teach Li Yunhao a lesson not to ridicule her students, she was forced to put down such a huge bet.

Luo Feng smiled calmly. “Mentor, your 10000 taels will soon be converted to 100000 taels!”