Ridiculous Wager (1)

He surveyed his surroundings. Then, he sneered and said, "All of you think that you are very competent, is that it? I will say this now. If any of you can beat Shen Jue in this competition, I will personally give you a hundred thousand gold coins. However, if I were to hear anyone bad-mouth him behind his back, don't blame me for taking action without any regard for our relationship as classmates!"

A hundred thousand gold coins…

Everyone was thoroughly dumbstruck. They knew that the five great aristocratic families were affluent, but they did not expect that Tang Nazhi would make a casual promise with a hundred thousand gold coins.

All they had to do to win the coins was to win against a first-year student? Was that even supposed to pose any difficulty for them?