Chapter 1389: Finding Someone to Place Bets in My Stead
As Lin Chen entered the stage, he still fought with the defender for half an hour because Lin Chen didn't want to reveal his identity.
During the fight, Lin Chen appeared extremely exhausted and in a miserable state, and the defender wasn't feeling well either.
Eventually, Lin Chen repeated his old tricks, using his own strength to create the illusion for everyone that he found the defender's flaw and thus defeated the defender.
"How is this possible, this guy actually won by a narrow margin again, he was clearly going to lose, how did he turn the tables and win?"
"I'm freaking suspicious that these two pre-agreed to play a fake match on purpose."
"My spirit crystal, I'm ruined miserably, lost all my property."
"Mr. Tang, your analysis was crap, you've ruined me..."
"I never told you to follow my bet…"
"It's really strange, with this kid's cultivation, it's absolutely impossible to defeat the challenger. If not the challenger loosening up, then it's this kid's deliberate concealing of strength."
"That's right, the kid bet Ten thousand low-grade spirit crystals on himself before going on stage, it seems he really hid his strength."
"Damn, if I had known I would've bet with this guy."
Under the arena, everyone watched as Lin Chen and the defender's fight ended, losing money again, and started to complain endlessly discussing it.
Many felt that Lin Chen could win two matches in a row, and in the seemingly absolute impossibility of victory situation, so they all believed that Lin Chen probably hid his strength to win consecutively.
At this moment, Lin Chen walked down from the arena, hearing everyone's talk, feeling quite depressed in his heart, secretly thinking that people nowadays are so smart, they actually guessed that he was hiding his strength.
In this view, if he continued to participate in the competition, these guys would probably follow him to bet, and the bookmaker would surely lower the odds, then he wouldn't make any money.
Moreover, if his strength is overly exposed and he keeps winning, it's easy to guess his identity, attracting Shi An and Wang Shuo's attention which would be trouble.
"Bring me my odds."
Lin Chen came to the betting booth, speaking lightly.
The person responsible for the ninth betting booth, looked at Lin Chen with murderous eyes, if eyes could kill, Lin Chen would die a thousand times.
This time the odds weren't changed, but Lin Chen betted a huge amount, full Ten thousand low-grade spirit crystals, so Lin Chen still earned a hundred thousand odds, deducting the principal, made Ninety thousand low-grade spirit crystals.
Thankfully, this time apart from Lin Chen, everyone else betted on the defender, which is why after paying Lin Chen the odds, the bookmaker didn't lose money.
"Kid, are you continuing the challenge in the next match?"
The person responsible for the ninth arena addressed Lin Chen, coldly asked.
That look, seemed like wanting to eat people, and not spit out bones, hating cannot take all the spirit crystals Lin Chen won from them back.
"The fight just now was not only a huge consumption, but it also injured me, I'll recuperate for a while."
Lin Chen said to the bookmaker's representative.
As long as Lin Chen didn't say he'd leave after winning, the bookmaker's representative didn't do anything to him, just coldly watched Lin Chen walk to a quiet place and sit down cross-legged.
After Lin Chen went to a quiet place, he began to think about how to continue making money next.
If Lin Chen betted on himself to win again, surely he would only get the extremely low odds of one-to-one odds, after all, those people just said they would follow his bets.
So continuing to bet on himself to win, Lin Chen found it difficult to make money.
While thinking, Lin Chen suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd.
That person was none other than Zhou Liang, who was also betting.
Zhou Liang came to the arena betting booth, intending to participate in the gambling fight to earn some spirit crystals to redeem his bloodline contract with Lin Chen.
However, he had no capital at all.
This made Zhou Liang could only enjoy watching around, no matter how anxious he felt inside, there was nothing he could do.
At that moment, a transmission sounded in his mind.
"Zhou Liang."
Lin Chen transmitted his voice.
"Who called me?"
Upon hearing the transmission, Zhou Liang immediately became vigilant, responding.
"It's me, Lin Chen. In a moment, head to the small woods to the east side of the martial arts practice ground, three miles away under a big tree, retrieve a spatial ring I placed there, it contains Ten thousand low-grade spirit crystals, then bet those Ten thousand low-grade spirit crystals on the ninth challenger, Master Qingxu to win."
"Afterwards, consider this act for me as worth one thousand low-grade spirit crystals!"
Lin Chen transmitted to Zhou Liang.
Zhou Liang frowned upon hearing Lin Chen's transmission, feeling puzzled.
If it's betting, Lin Chen could just go directly, why transmit the message to let him do it instead.
But after pondering for a moment, Zhou Liang understood.
Because after that matter at the Refinement Hall, he did some investigating on Lin Chen, discovering that Lin Chen had a deep conflict with the Heaven Hall people.
Therefore, for this Spirit Martial Arena match, Lin Chen couldn't bet here, after all the place was surrounded by Heaven Hall disciples, Lin Chen came here fearing there's no good outcome, hence he transmitted to let him assist.
Thinking about this, Zhou Liang coldly smiled, sarcastically thinking that Lin Chen also had times seeking his help.
Then, Zhou Liang went to the small woods on the east side to get the spirit crystals.
After all, he had signed a bloodline contract with Lin Chen, if Lin Chen gave orders, he could only comply, and doing this could offset what he owed Lin Chen by one thousand low-grade spirit crystals, why not.
Entering the woods, he found the spatial ring, divine soul inspecting, sure enough, there were Ten thousand low-grade spirit crystals, Zhou Liang was overjoyed, he had never seen so much money.
Mind you he had worked hard for many years at Yunlong Heavenly Palace, his wealth amounted to only Fifty thousand low-grade spirit crystals.
Now holding so many spirit crystals, how could he not be moved, but he dared not to abscond with the money, having the bloodline contract, he couldn't escape.
It's precisely because of the bloodline contract that Lin Chen had him take care of this.