Primordial Emperor

Soon, the events at table nine reached the ears of Shi An, the general manager of the Spirit Martial Arena organized by the Heaven Hall this time.

Hearing about Lin Chen's feats in the first two matches, Shi An was greatly surprised and instantly thought that the so-called Master Qingxu might be Lin Chen in disguise.

Thus, he was immediately prepared to dispatch the Heaven Hall disciples to ambush, intending to teach Lin Chen a lesson, after all, Lin Chen had subjected him to enormous humiliation.

However, Shi An also understood that Lin Chen was extremely cunning. In order not to disrupt the order of the Spirit Martial Arena, Shi An only instructed people to secretly monitor Master Qingxu, as long as he did not leave the Spirit Martial Arena's vicinity, they would let it go for now and wait until the matches were over.

After all, whether Master Qingxu was Lin Chen was just Shi An's speculation, and if this wasn't true, the actions of the Heaven Hall would be inappropriate.

Indeed, it would significantly damage the reputation of the Heaven Hall, as others might think the Heaven Hall couldn't afford to lose and wanted to take action against Master Qingxu.

However, after the third match, Shi An dismissed the idea that Master Qingxu was Lin Chen.

After all, he knew Lin Chen somewhat, and even a Half-step to Creation Realm expert like Liu Yong, who was also one of the Top Ten Heroes of Yunlong City, was defeated by Lin Chen.

Yet this Master Qingxu actually lost the third match.

Moreover, Lin Chen was so greedy for money, losing twenty thousand low-grade Spirit Crystals would probably upset him more than losing his life.

Thus, based on the result of the third match, Shi An immediately excluded Master Qingxu from suspicion as Lin Chen and stopped having him monitored.

Yet how could Shi An know, Lin Chen used those twenty thousand low-grade Spirit Crystals to bet on his own victory as a setup to get others to follow suit, causing the bookmaker to lower their odds on his side and increase the odds on the other side, paving the way for Zhou Liang to take the stage.

Although Lin Chen lost twenty thousand low-grade Spirit Crystals, he gained a much larger victory, earning two million low-grade Spirit Crystals.

Overall, in these few battles, table nine was the least profitable among the ten tables, and the three matches involving Lin Chen nearly caused losses for the bookmaker.

This made Shi An furious, and he replaced the person in charge of table nine, assigning him to hard labor work in the Heaven Hall, with exhausting and laborious tasks.

...

Lin Chen returned to the Yellow Hall, and Yu Weilian and Yang Minghui hadn't yet returned from classes.

So Lin Chen simply sat cross-legged in the Martial Arts Practice Ground to train, while waiting for Zi Ling and others.

Before long, Zi Ling arrived with Yang Minghui and others back to the Yellow Hall, heading straight to the Martial Arts Practice Ground.

"Junior Brother Lin Chen, are you so eager to have Senior Sister train you today? You came so early, since that's the case, your sister will take good care of you today, and increase the difficulty a bit."

Zi Ling came to the Martial Arts Practice Ground, looked at Lin Chen sitting on the arena, and said slightly, her mouth curling gently.

Upon hearing these words from Zi Ling, Lin Chen's face changed instantly, and he wanted to curse Zi Ling in his mind.

Damn it, if I come late I'll be punished, if I come early I get special care.

Does that mean no matter what, I can't escape getting beaten?

Lin Chen couldn't help but suspect that this girl was deliberately targeting him.

"Alright, since Junior Brother Lin Chen is already here, let's start today's training."

"As Junior Brother Lin Chen arrived early today, for a reward, Senior Sister will take extra care of you. Liangzi, you're up second today."

Zi Ling looked at Cheng Liang and said gently.

"Yes, Senior Sister."

Cheng Liang quickly agreed, feeling delighted, and then looked at Lin Chen, thinking that Junior Brother Lin Chen is indeed a good person.

After all, the one who goes first in training gets beaten the worst by Zi Ling every time.

...

On the Martial Arts Practice Ground, Zi Ling began training everyone at the Martial Arts Practice Ground of the Outer Sect of the Yunlong Heavenly Palace.

Zhou Liang placed his Spatial Ring in the little woods to the east before preparing to return to his residence.

Although he didn't get revenge on Lin Chen this time, and Lin Chen did place a successful bet, he felt he didn't lose out, running an errand gained him a deduction of one thousand low-grade Spirit Crystals, opportunities like this are hard to find.

"Stop!"

However, as Zhou Liang prepared to leave back to his residence, a group of figures surrounded him.

"Zhang Yuan? What do you want with me?"

Zhou Liang frowned, looking up at the group, seeing Zhang Yuan at the forefront.

Zhou Liang could guess Zhang Yuan's intentions for coming to him.

After all, Zhang Yuan was undoubtedly out to get Lin Chen.

However, Zhou Liang had no interest in this.

After all, he now had a Bloodline Contract with Lin Chen and saw that Lin Chen was extraordinary, opposing Lin Chen was of no benefit.

"Hehe, since I brought so many people to see Senior Brother, of course, there's something."

"I heard that in today's gambling match, Senior Brother made quite a fortune. That day I gave Senior Brother an elixir, does Senior Brother plan to hog all this fortune alone?"

Zhang Yuan looked at Zhou Liang and said with a sly smile.

"What big fortune, what are you talking about?"

Zhou Liang frowned, not wanting to associate with Zhang Yuan, fearing Lin Chen might misunderstand, it was best to keep a clear line.

"Senior Brother Zhou, stop pretending. You placed a bet on the challenger's victory at table nine and made two million low-grade Spirit Crystals. This has already spread throughout the gambling world, Senior Brother Zhou is quite the famous person now."

"That day I gave Senior Brother Zhou an elixir to nourish your Spiritual Power, that counts as helping, right?"

Zhang Yuan looked at Zhou Liang, his intention quite clear, he was there for the money.

"You've got the wrong person."

"Hmph, Junior Brother should know that money wasn't mine, I was only placing the bet for someone else."

Zhou Liang looked at Zhang Yuan and said directly.

It was only at this moment Zhou Liang realized, no wonder running an errand for Lin Chen earned him a deduction of a thousand low-grade Spirit Crystals, Lin Chen had premeditated everything, using him as a shield against others' ill intentions.