Jie Yu opened the box despite the old womanâs dissuasion.
The content of the box left the juniors of the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion with mixed feelings. Even Chu Feng and Bai Yunqing revealed astonished looks too.
Inside the box was a Life Crystal. It was sealed by a formation, but there was no question that it was a Life Crystal.
âYouâre going to stake this on the bet?â Chu Feng asked in disbelief.
âThatâs right. You mentioned that you need Life Crystals. Donât worry, I wonât ask anything from you in return. For this bet, weâll compete with our true capabilities in front of everyone else. Do you dare to accept the bet?â Jie Yu asked.
âHow do you want to go about it?â Chu Feng asked.
âSince youâre a world spiritist too, letâs compete on our ability to construct formations. The two of us will spend an hour constructing a formation, then weâll pit our formations against each other. The first one to destroy the enemyâs formation is the victor. Donât worry, I wonât take advantage of you.â
Jie Yu released his spirit power before slowly suppressing it, reducing it from Blue Dragon God-cloak to White Dragon God-cloak.
âAre you sure that you want to suppress your spirit power in this bet?â Chu Feng didnât think that Jie Yu would suppress his own spirit power for this battle on his own accord.
âI, Jie Yu, am not a sore loser, but I canât accept how you simply took out that crystal and claimed that you did it yourself. Itâs the same for the others too, which is why they accused you of cheating. Since you were able to achieve such an outstanding result in the trial, it should mean that youâre a proficient world spiritist too. Iâll give you a chance to prove yourself right now.
âIf you defeat me, you can take the Life Crystal away with you. Iâll also fulfill our earlier bet and respectfully address you as âgrandpaâ every time I meet you,â Jie Yu said.
âThatâs not fair for you, young master Jie Yu. You donât need to do this for someone as insignificant as him!â
The juniors of the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion panicked, for they understood how important the Life Crystals were. They didnât think that Jie Yu should use it for the bet, not to mention that he wasnât demanding Chu Feng to bring out anything proportionate in value either.
On the other hand, those words raised Chu Feng and Bai Yunqingâs impression of Jie Yu. It was not to say that they had a favorable impression of Jie Yu now; the latter did underestimate them and provoke Bai Yunqing earlier, after all.
Nevertheless, it was impressive how he was willing to put something valuable on the line and not use it as an opportunity to extort something out of Chu Feng. It made him seem like a man who was willing to take responsibility for his words.
âItâs true that I need Life Crystals. If I win, all you have to do is to give the Life Crystal to me. Thereâs no need for you to call me grandpa,â Chu Feng replied.
It was clear that Jie Yu was someone who valued his reputation. Calling Chu Feng grandpa was probably much more painful to him than losing a Life Crystal. Otherwise, he wouldnât have put a Life Crystal on the line to demand a second bet.
âAre you pitying me? I donât need that!â Jie Yu scoffed.
âIâm not pitying you. I just think that itâs a much fairer trade that way,â Chu Feng replied.
âThereâs no need for that. Itâs a fair trade as it is. If you lose this duel, itâll show that you donât have the capability to nourish such a crystal and have been lying all along. Itâll prove that you are someone without honor and dignity, and thatâs sufficient for me,â Jie Yu replied.
âThatâs true too,â Chu Feng remarked with a chuckle.
âDoes that mean that youâre accepting the bet?â Jie Yu asked.
âOf course. Since you donât believe me, Iâll just have to prove myself to you,â Chu Feng replied.
âLetâs begin then.â
As soon as he finished those words, Jie Yu began constructing his formation. Chu Feng also swiftly delved into it, not daring to take his opponent lightly.
It didnât take long for the outlines of Jie Yuâs formation to take shape. In comparison, Chu Feng was in the midst of building the foundation. Upon seeing that, the worried juniors of the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion breathed a sigh of relief.
It took skill to swiftly construct the foundation of a formation. On that aspect, Jie Yu appeared to be the superior world spiritist of the two.
Most important of all, the juniors were already able to tell what kind of formation Jie Yu was constructing. They knew that as long as he successfully constructed the formation, there was no way he would lose this bet.
âChu Feng, there seems to be something peculiar about Jie Yuâs formation,â Eggy said.
âItâs a pretty formidable formation. It looks like I really shouldnât underestimate the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion.â Chu Feng had to acknowledge Jie Yuâs skills as a world spiritist.
Jie Yuâs formation had the traits of a reinforcement formation ingeniously weaved into it, thus amplifying the prowess of the formation. It was impressive indeed.
âBig brother Chu Feng, why arenât you giving it your all?â Bai Yunqing asked worriedly via voice transmission.
He knew that Chu Feng was capable of constructing formations that surpassed even Blue Dragon God-cloak World Spiritists, but for some reason, the latter wasnât giving all that he had here. Instead, he had suppressed his spirit power to White Dragon God-cloak as well.
âI want to win the Life Crystal, but I want to make him accept his defeat too,â Chu Feng said. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
He was suppressing his spirit power to White Dragon God-cloak because Jie Yu had done the same too. Of course, it wouldnât have been cheating even if he used his usual means, since that was also proof of his capability too. However, he thought that Jie Yu would be more willing to accept the outcome if he kept his spirit power at White Dragon God-cloak.
âBig brother Chu Feng, you mustnât underestimate Jie Yu! He isnât just constructing any normal formation but one from the Seven Realms Sacred Mansionâs Heaven Tome! Heaven Tome is a secret manual containing many powerful formations, each of them ingeniously designed so that it looks as if they possess a life of their own.
âThese formations can draw out the greatest potential within a world spiritist. If Jie Yu completes that formation, his formation will harness strength far surpassing his own. Itâll be pushing the very limits of what a White Dragon God-cloak World Spiritist is capable of. This was also how I lost to Jie Yu in our previous betâ¦
âIn fact, he intentionally set the time limit to an hour because that is how long it takes for him to complete that formation. Furthermore, it also looks like he has gained a greater mastery of that formation since our last duel. Big brother, he only made this bet because he is confident of defeating you. You mustnât get careless!â Bai Yunqing reminded.
âThere is such a formation in the world?â Chu Feng was surprised.
If what Bai Yunqing mentioned was true, it would mean that the formation that Jie Yu was constructing was much stronger than he had expected.
âThe Heaven Tome is the secret behind the Seven Realm Sacred Mansionâs strength,â Bai Yunqing emphasized.
âIt wonât be a problem,â Chu Feng replied.
Having already warned Chu Feng on the matter, Bai Yunqing decided not to say anything else lest he distracted Chu Feng from this matter. It didnât take long for an hour to be up.
Jie Yu finished his formation in the nick of time and stopped channeling his spirit power. Chu Feng did the same too.
Mocking laughter could be heard from the crowd.
âWhat the hell did you construct? Have you already given up on the bet?â
âI really wonder where you find the guts to claim that you nurtured a crystal of that level with your own strength when this is all youâre capable of?â
âWhat a joke! Is this how you prove yourself?â
âHe did prove himself to be a trash here. We should give him credit for that. Hahaha!â
The juniors of the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion laughed in contempt.
It was only natural for them to react in such a manner, for Chu Fengâs formation hadnât fully taken shape yet. Its outlines remained blurry, looking more like a huge blob than anything else. It would be a stretch to even call it a half-completed formation.
But in contrast to the juniorsâ mocking, the old woman had a severe look on her face. Her complexion turned pale as she alternated her gaze between Chu Feng and his formation.
âChu Feng, are you admitting defeat by constructing such a formation?â Jie Yu sneered.
He had thought all along that Chu Feng was just putting on a brave front, but he didnât think that the latter would be this inept. Just then, he received a voice transmission from the old woman.
âYoung master Jie Yu, donât proceed with the bet. Thereâs more to his formation than what you see,â the old woman said.
Jie Yuâs arrogance dissipated right away. He knew that the old woman must have noticed something that he had overlooked to offer such advice⦠but he was confident in his formation too. After all, this was a formation from the Heaven Tome!
He had reached a high level of mastery in this formation, allowing him to draw out a White Dragon God-cloak World Spiritistâs power to its very limit⦠but the old woman knew about this too. She must have her reason for issuing such advice.
Confused, Jie Yu turned to Chu Feng and asked, âWhat are you up to?â
âSomeone must have warned you.â
Chu Feng glanced at the old woman, knowing that his little tricks wouldnât be able to fool a true expert. Jie Yu must have heard something, or else his confidence wouldnât suddenly dissipate into hesitance.