43. Bet

Dan Fai and the others defeated all the participants. The audience are in uproar shouting and cheering their mercenary. The subordinates of the cultivators defeated are looking at Meixiang's group full of hostility. After their injured subordinates are carried out to the arena, they are also escorted out leaving only Meixiang's group on the stage.

A girl in mint green hanfu was escorted by six burly men to the ring. The announcer and the organizers walks toward the girl and greeted her respectfully. When the audience notice this, they stop cheering and look dumbly at the scene. They recognize the girl in mint green hanfu, she is named Lishi Mian, the only daughter of the headmaster of the Mercenary Organization.

Lishi Mian stood at the very middle of the ring. She asked for the device of the announcer for her voice to be audible to everyone present.

"As the representative of the head master of the Mercenary Organization, I, Lishi Mian, welcomes the new member of the mercenary powerhouse, Amazing Mercenary."

The audience cheered.

"Every year's mercenary qualification test is with three days span to test the new mercenary groups, unexpectedly this year, Amazing Mercenary defeated all the participants with their top notch abilities and resources so the higher ups decided what to do with the remaining two days. The leaders gave a proposal to the newly member of the organization." Lishi Mian then look at Meixiang, her eyes can reflect his indifference towards their group.

Meixiang curled her lips. It seems she once again offended a young miss out of no where.

"The supposedly three days for testing the new qualified mercenaries cuts to a day leaving only one team left so decided to use the day after tomorrow of this event to showcase the strength of ALL the members of the Amazing Mercenary. This illustration is by doing a battle against the most treasured beast of the Mercenary Organization."

The whole arena is in turmoil. Two years ago the Mercenary Organization subdued a beast on its venerable level. Although a lot of strong cultivators are killed, the Mercenary Organization proves their strength by possessing a venerable level beast that is the reason the same year they had a great loss of strong cultivators they also gain numbers of talents and mercenary groups to their powerhouse, this is the reason of Mercenary Organization's over numbered mercenary groups.

"This...if just the Amazing Mercenary lives to their name and agree to this proposal."

Meixiang's lips curled. They inform her while announcing this to the whole arena and now they are asking if this is with their consent. If not agreed, the people of Central can only look at them as a coward and their name would just be a laughingstock. Meixiang would naturally agree but not because of this young miss' taunt but because this is good opportunity to earn something today.

"This Meixiang can only agree if that's the leaders' words. It's just this illustration is too risky."

The audience nodded their heads inwardly. Their lives for a simple illustration is indeed risky.

"If we killed or tamed this 'treasured' beast of the organization, wouldn't our group be bullied?"

Everyone choked. So this is the risk the little tycoon is talking about? What kill? What tame? The mercenary organization didn't even manage to tame it for the pass two years! Didn't the little tycoon know this treasured beast is a venerable level beast? Please someone inform her!

Lishi Mian's lips curled. It's the same proud and arrogant image this little girl show off at the Central College that day. Now that she's under their organization, she wanted to let this little girl taste her own medicine.

Yes, Lishi Mian is one of the spectator watching from the sideline when the Fian princesses and Meixiang are having a 'conversation' way back at the entrance examination of the eight academies.

"The young lady indeed believes and trust her subordinates' strength."

"Isn't why the leaders' offer this proposal? It's with a reason of believing and trusting this group's strength? Or would it be otherwise?"

Everyone gulp. Lishi Mian just told how Meixiang looks too highly of her people and also hinted everyone how dependent she is to her people's strength in entering the powerful Mercenary powerhouse. But Meixiang ignore this and threw a double meaning statement. Although Meixiang's words may sound the mercenary group is giving this proposal to Meixiang's team because they believe they will subdue the warlock and will show case the mercenary powerhouse strength, that is not the real case. Inside Meixiang's statement, there are two hidden meaning that everyone can decipher but no one can go against as it is hidden.

Either the headmaster of the Mercenary Organization, Lishi Mian's father, believes to their group's strength and was threaten so now trying to dispatch them with this 'illustration of strength'. Or the Mercenary group looks lowly of their group's strength and wanted to use them to entertain the audience. Either way, in Meixiang's statement, their group is being dispatch by Lishi Mian's father.

"Of course the otherwise isn't existing."

Everyone gulp. Everyone can only relax after Meixiang's next words.

"This Meixiang not only trust and believes her subordinates but also the seniors. It's just this illustration would exhaust this group and the group's resources."

Lishi Mian, who is oblivious of Meixiang's hidden meaning of her statements, scoff inwardly. Exhaust? She indeed look too highly of herself as if being killed is out of the possibilities. "As my father's representative, the headmaster of the mercenary powerhouse, I, Lishi Mian promised beast cores and spiritual crystals ten million worth to the survivors of the Amazing Mercenary group."

The audience gape. Ten million of tael worth of beast cores and spiritual crystals! But when they remember they can only earn this amount after a battle against a venerable level beast, they can only step back. This amount would be given to the survivors of the group...if there would be a survivor!

With Lishi Mian mentioning 'survivor', it approves the latter meaning of Meixiang's hidden words. The mercenary group looks lowly of their group and trying to entertain the audience with their lives.

Meixiang can only shook her head inwardly. Not only impulsive but also an idiot. She mentally note this Lishi Mian is a low level piece lower than the princess of Wei Kingdom. This kind of piece is easy to manipulate and use to make a small discord. But with this small piece position, a daughter of a headmaster of a powerhouse, this low level piece may bring bigger chaos. This time, Meixiang just wanted to use this low level piece to earn money.

Meixiang smiled.

"The young miss must not know. My subordinate's warlock is bought with a mere ten million at the grand auction of Vian Din Pavilion. This ten million is worthless to this group."

The audience are dumb. Ten million warlock? And she simply gave it to a subordinate?!! Wait no! Three months ago a Jade member of Vian Din Pavilion bought a dark attribute warlock with ten million taels. Isn't she a gold member who bought the purple eyed wiltt? Why is it she's a Jade member this time?

Lishi Mian naturally know about this. Although the group have a dark magician and a warlock with a dark attribute of ninth stage, this is all worthless to the venerable level warlock their powerhouse own. She also thought these dark magicians are the reason Meixiang is confident with this battle. Lishi Mian smiled and got more confident.

"What about ten million worth of beast cores and spiritual crystals to EACH of the survivors?"

Meixiang nodded. "Adding the beast if tamed or killed?"

Lishi Mian smirked, "Adding the beast if it was tamed and killed."

Meixiang smiled deeper.

Everyone is in uproar.

Meixiang's group went out of the arena. Before entering their manor, Meixiang stops from her track. She look at the old martial arts books and scrolls at the entrance of their manor. Meixiang just chuckled when realize what are these for. She order Dan Fai to carry it inside his room.

That day, Meixiang and the others had a 'very important' discussion.

The next day, almost all the tents of the mercenary groups turn to become a betting station for the tomorrow's battle of the now sensational Amazing Mercenary against the Venerable Level Beast.

Two certain powerful warlocks on their human form carrying multiple interspatial rings are given an 'important mission' to complete that day.

The day Amazing Mercenary battles against the Venerable level warlock arrived.

At the special seats above where the leaders of the eight great families and their predecessor are located, a carefree laugh of a young master was heard.

"It's all around the Central that all the betting stakes are now depends with the today's battle. The bets are only with choices of how long the Amazing Mercenary would survive with this battle at first but when two crazy rich tycoons going around the betting grounds and made a bet that the mercenary will win against the venerable warlock, a bet of weather the mercenary group will win or loss was created. Almost everyone once again and put their bets with the obvious result."

"Such bet is happening?"

Everyone look at the young man with his usual gold robe. In ordinary days, this young patriarch will not give a glimpse unless it's someone he's interested to play and kill. It seems the new mercenary group earns the interest of the mad man.

"Patriarch Jin Lang is interested?"

"What about us the eight great families have a bet?"

All gazes are at Jin Lang's smirking smile who is looking at the team of Meixiang who just arrived at the arena.

"The strongest member of our family are at stake."

Everyone frown. They all know this young patriarch is a mad man who is crazy for buying and slaving powerful men and kill them if he got bored.

"What's Patriarch Jin's bet would be?"

Jin Lang look at the young man who just talk. It's the crown prince of Gan Kingdom, Gan Junjie. Jin Lang smiled like a crazy man looking at Meixiang from afar.

"The mercenary would defeat the warlock."

Everyone was taken aback from Jin Lang's words. Gan Junjie, on the other side, isn't surprise. He's observing him the last time, although he didn't see with his own eyes the battle of mental power of the two, he knew something happened that day.

"A pity, this crown prince have the same bet with the Patriarch Jin."

Jin Lang then look at Gan Junjie.

"It seems the crown prince knows this people."

"This crown prince was accidentally associated with the little girl at the grand auction three months ago."

Jin Lang knows the Gan Family's ability in accumulating information in the dark. He naturally knows this 'accidentally associated' was preplanned by him. It means something was with the little girl that catches the smart crown prince's attention.

Jin Lang turn his head and once again focus at Meixiang's team, this time, his gaze is on Meixiang alone. He smirk looking at her intently like he's eyeing for a prey,"So it's the little girl."

"What about this crown prince and Patriarch Jin bet of different thing? Ourselves at stake."

Jin Lang draw an interest with what he heard.

"Let's bet if either they will kill or tame the warlock."

Jin Lang raised both of his eyebrow. "So she can tame a venerable level warlock?" He himself, as summoner with his level of mental power can't tame a venerable level warlock, but thinking of that day's strong mental power, he can't help but get excited.

The people around are dumb with the conversation of the two. Are they crazy? Not only they thought this mercenary group can live after today's battle but even bet if ever they 'will' kill or tame the warlock in venerable level! They had enough learning there's two crazy rich tycoons willing to bet a large amount to the small mercenary against the venerable level beast...then this two crazy mad men on their side are now having a bet if either the small group mercenary will kill or tame the venerable level beast! Not even 'can' but 'will'!

At the highest seat above the eight great families where the leaders of the five powerhouses are seated, a certain grandfather-grandson pair just rush their confidants to bet half of their properties after learning of the bets circulating around the Central.