Chapter 67: My Hero

Lu Qingyuan took first place!

He really took first place.

The news that Lu Qingyuan had won first place in this Sword Path Grand Competition instantly seemed to grow wings, flying across the entire Bright Moon Capital.

Then it spread throughout the whole cultivation world.

“Evil. Too damn evil!”

“Who are you calling evil? Lu Qingyuan, or that youth surnamed Lin from Cloudridge?”

“Both of them are evil! How did Lu Qingyuan take first place? Has he been hiding his strength all this time? And how did Lin Yuchu from Cloudridge know Lu Qingyuan’s true strength?”

“Maybe he guessed? A blind cat ran into a dead rat?”

“No. The way that youth looked so completely confident, he must have been certain. I thought he had lost his mind before, but looking at it now, clearly we were the ones who failed to recognize Mount Tai!”

“…”

“…”

Those cultivators who had once favored Qinchuan and Bai Luozhou, who had wildly hyped the two of them, and who would rather die than believe Lin Yuchu’s poisonous-milk theory, now had faces swollen like pig heads. Whether they believed in this evil or not, they had no choice but to believe it!

But no matter how they thought about it, they could not understand how Lin Yuchu had known Lu Qingyuan would win first place.

Could it be…

“Could it be that you are proficient in divination and calculation, and possess the ability to foresee the future?”

Inside the second floor of Immortal Guest Inn.

Finally, someone could not hold back and asked Lin Yuchu, who was sitting calmly inside the building and drinking tea.

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu raised his head. His gaze fell on the cultivator before him, whose face was filled with curiosity, confusion, and an odd expression as he looked at him. On that fair, beautiful face, which was usually cold and rarely showed any expression, a rare smile appeared. The corners of his lips lifted, and his tone was light, as if carrying the slightest hint of wickedness, as he said, “What are you talking about?”

“How could I understand those things? I’m only an ordinary, perfectly unremarkable person.”

The youth’s expression was innocent and pure.

“…” The cultivator who had asked the question.

“…” And everyone else in the building who had secretly pricked up their ears to eavesdrop.

Hearing this, they nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Perfectly unremarkable… ordinary person. Ordinary, your sister!

They were about to stop recognizing the four words “perfectly unremarkable,” all right?

A peerlessly rare youth in bearing and appearance, who claimed to be a perfectly unremarkable ordinary person, yet seemed as if he had opened a cheat and could foresee the future.

Heh.

“All right, I won’t tease you anymore.”

Lin Yuchu looked at the cultivator in front of him, whose expression had cracked all over and was filled with indescribable complicatedness. He also knew how many people in this building were watching him in secret. The expression on his face returned to its initial coldness, without a trace of emotion.

His tone was also faint as he said, “The reason I bet on Lu Qingyuan taking first place is naturally because he has the ability to take first place.”

“…” The cultivator.

“…” Everyone in the building.

Hearing this.

Quite a few people’s faces showed, What the hell kind of nonsense are you saying?

Those with sharper minds, however, felt their hearts stir. Thoughtful expressions appeared on their faces, as if they had thought of and understood something.

Perhaps because he had won a large sum of spiritual stones and become rich overnight, Lin Yuchu was in an exceptionally good mood today. Even the expression on his face seemed much livelier and richer than usual.

For once, he kindly reminded all the cultivators in the building, saying, “Are you feeling miserable, heartbroken, and lost because you lost everything at the gambling table? There’s no need to worry. Right now, a brand-new chance to make back your losses, or even become rich overnight, has been placed before your eyes.”

The way he said this…

He really sounded like one of those great scammers who bewitched the world with demonic words.

But—

How tempting!

They wanted it so badly!

But because of their reserve, although the many cultivators in the building were already restless inside and could hardly wait, their faces still showed restraint and self-control. Not a single one of them spoke.

They only stared at Lin Yuchu ahead with shining eyes.

What chance was it?

Say it already!

If you don’t say it, you’re not human!

And Lin Yuchu did not disappoint them. He did not keep them in suspense or mystify things. Instead, he generously told everyone about the opportunity. With the tone of someone selling recommendations, he vigorously promoted it outward. “Lin Yuchu, invincible in battle, unafraid of anyone, able to bring victory no matter who the opponent is, never making a losing deal, known in the cultivation world as the Little Prince of the Gambling Table…”

After saying this, he paused.

Lin Yuchu raised his head, swept his gaze across all the cultivators in the building, then revealed a practiced recommendation-selling smile and said, “Care to learn more?”

“…” All the cultivators in the building who had pricked up their ears to listen to him.

At once, they collapsed.

The corners of their mouths twitched nonstop. Impressive…

They had never seen anyone praise and sell themselves like this.

Should they say this youth’s confidence was unprecedentedly powerful, or should they say he was shameless to the extreme?

In short…

After a long silence that was so awkward it was suffocating.

“Boss, I’ll bet ten thousand spiritual stones on that guy, Su Ming. Yes, Su Ming! I bet he wins.”

“Then I’ll bet thirty thousand spiritual stones on Song Jifei winning.”

“You’re all betting on Su Ming and Song Jifei, so I’ll bet twenty thousand spiritual stones on Gu Chun winning.”

“…”

“…”

After listening to Lin Yuchu’s speech, the many cultivators in the building began placing their bets one after another.

But whether by coincidence or on purpose, not a single person bet on Lin Yuchu winning. They all cast their “votes” for his opponents.

They just didn’t want to see that brat’s smug face! —by everyone in the building.

Although they knew very well that this youth was extraordinary.

They could no longer treat his words with the same disregard and carelessness as before. But the cultivators in the building did not want to let that youth become even more smug, so they stubbornly opposed him, going against him and refusing to follow his wishes!

“Tsk…”

Seeing this unexpected result, Lin Yuchu immediately clicked his tongue lightly, his face full of regret, and said, “What a group of stubborn men who refuse to admit defeat.”

“I hope that when the final board is revealed and you’ve lost so badly you don’t even have your pants left, you can still maintain your current stubbornness.”

Hearing this, the cultivators said, “…”

After hearing Lin Yuchu’s words, the cultivators in the building felt a trace of guilt flash through their hearts for an instant.

For no reason, they felt unconfident. Even they themselves could not say why they were so wary of that youth.

Perhaps it was because… because this youth was too evil!

But the stubborn cultivators who refused to admit defeat still shouted stubbornly, “You brat, don’t get too pleased with yourself! You haven’t won yet.”

“That’s right, that’s right. Who knows what the result will be before the very last moment!”

“You’re too arrogant. Looking down on people will teach you a lesson!”

“…”

“…”

Listening to these voices around him singing doom over him, Lin Yuchu kept a faint smile on his face the entire time. From beginning to end, the curve of his lips did not change in the slightest.

This made Gu Chun, who was sitting across from him, unable to stop the corner of his mouth from twitching.

Looking at Lin Yuchu like this, Gu Chun could not help remembering the unlucky fellows who had tried to rob them on the mountain road halfway here, only to be casually black-eaten by Lin Yuchu instead…

This guy never smiled.

Gu Chun looked at Lin Yuchu before him, whose smile was growing more and more brilliant, and thought to himself, Once he smiles, that means… it’s the devil’s smile!

This guy was a demon who showed no mercy at all!

He already had a premonition that this group of cultivators in the building would probably become the second group of unlucky fools. Huh!

Suddenly, Gu Chun seemed to think of something. He abruptly lifted his eyes and stared at Lin Yuchu in front of him.

“Did you do that on purpose?”

Gu Chun could not help asking.

Hearing his words, Lin Yuchu also looked toward him. The smile in his eyes was sly. He raised a finger and placed it against his lips, softly shushing Gu Chun before him, then said, “Don’t talk.”

“For this kind of thing, it’s enough that you and I understand.”

Lin Yuchu smiled brilliantly and said, “Let that group of fools keep being foolish.”

“…” Gu Chun.

After hearing Lin Yuchu’s words, Gu Chun was immediately speechless.

The corner of his mouth twitched as he looked at Lin Yuchu before him, thinking, Impressive, my friend!

Lin Yuchu’s reaction confirmed the guess in his heart. That’s right. Lin Yuchu had done it on purpose! He had deliberately provoked this group of cultivators, who had just lost so badly at the gambling table that they were doubting life, making them lose their heads and frantically buy Lin Yuchu’s opponents to win.

He instantly multiplied the odds by more than ten times…

If Lin Yuchu really won in the end, then he would become rich overnight!

Schemes. They were all schemes!

How could this person be so cunning to this degree?

Gu Chun expressed that he had learned something!

And Lin Yuchu, sitting opposite him, blinked at him, his smile sly as he said, “Since we’re going to play, then we might as well play big!”

“…” Gu Chun.

And Lu Qingyuan, who had just walked over and was about to strike up a conversation with Lin Yuchu: “…”

What kind of person was Lu Qingyuan? His mind was transparent and keen. As soon as he heard Lin Yuchu’s words, and then saw Gu Chun’s reaction, he knew what idea Lin Yuchu was playing at. At once, he found it amusing.

He looked at the youth in front of him and felt that this child was truly too good at making use of people’s hearts. His grasp of the situation was simply far too impressive.

With a turn of the hand, he could overturn clouds and rain.

He could not be underestimated.

Lu Qingyuan thought to himself that even if this youth were not a peerless sword cultivator, he would still be able to dominate a region and make all the heroes under heaven bend their waists in submission.

As he thought all these random thoughts, his gaze rested on Lin Yuchu before him. A gentle smile appeared on his face. Lu Qingyuan, who had stepped down from the arena and ended his battle, had once again returned to the gentlemanly bearing he’d had when they first met, as clear and bright as a fresh breeze and a luminous moon. “Won’t you invite me to drink a cup of tea?”

Hearing his voice, Lin Yuchu raised his head and looked at him. “Of course.”

Then Lin Yuchu lifted the teacup in his hand and said to Lu Qingyuan before him, “To our hero.”

Upon hearing this.

The expression on Lu Qingyuan’s face shifted faintly, and his gaze fixed on him.

After a long while, he laughed despite himself and said, “Hero?”

In his pitch-black eyes, waves of light surged, as if countless fierce and complicated emotions were hidden within them. The look he gave Lin Yuchu seemed to contain a thousand words.

Yet in the end, he said nothing.

He only reached out, accepted the cup of tea from Lin Yuchu’s hand, and drank it down in one gulp.

He swallowed the words “Am I your hero?” together with the tea in the cup.

In the end.

Lu Qingyuan asked nothing. He only reached out and patted the youth before him on the shoulder. Looking down at him from above, his gaze deep and dark, he spoke in a low voice.

“Go.”

“My youth, like a hero…”

Like me.

“Bring victory back.”

Bring it to me.

Hearing this.

Lin Yuchu raised his head and looked at him.

Then he curved his lips at him, his smile wild and confident, and said, “Of course!”

…

Qinchuan and Bai Luozhou respectively bought Lin Yuchu’s opponents, Song Jifei and Su Ming, to win, while Lou Qianxue followed closely in Lu Qingyuan’s footsteps and bought Lin Yuchu to win.

Perhaps because of Gu Chun’s close relationship with Lin Yuchu, everyone hated the house and its crow, so there were very few people who bought Gu Chun to win. Most people went to buy Song Jifei and Su Ming instead.

All at once, Song Jifei and Su Ming were lifted up as the popular candidates among the young sword cultivators to take first place in this Sword Path Grand Competition.

Quite a few malicious cultivators looked forward to this pair of good buddies, Gu Chun and Lin Yuchu, loving and killing each other. Ideally, Lin Yuchu would be stabbed in the back by the good buddy he trusted, so they bought Gu Chun to take first place… Or rather, the people who bought Gu Chun to take first place were all exactly that sort of trash.

As for Song Jifei and Su Ming, who had unexpectedly been lifted up as popular candidates to take first place among the young sword cultivators this time, they were…

“Damn it, I somehow feel like I’ve already lost! No, I can’t lose heart at a time like this. As long as I defeat that guy, it’ll be fine, right?” Su Ming secretly made up his mind. “Only by defeating that guy can I prove myself!”

Before the battle had even begun, soaring fighting spirit had already blazed fiercely.

As for Song Jifei.

His eyes fixed on the odds in the gambling pool, and he let out an “Eh”…

“The odds for Lin Yuchu winning have already risen to sixty times…”

“Wow, that’s a huge amount of money!”

Song Jifei felt a little excited inside and secretly thought, Should I buy a little on him winning?

In the end, because he wanted victory too much, he gave up.

“If I lose, even having a huge pile of spiritual stones wouldn’t make me happy, right?”

Holding this thought, Song Jifei missed his chance to become rich overnight.

This was an honest child. If it were Lin Yuchu…

If I lose, having a huge pile of spiritual stones to make up for the damage I suffered wouldn’t be bad either!

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