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Why cheat them out of their money?

Yue Jian, Tian Dali, and the other senior disciples, as well as the bald elder and the Martial Mansion instructors, were all stunned—what did Mansion Lord Gu mean by that?

After a long while, everyone came back to their senses.

Yue Jian couldn't hide the unsightly look on his face: "Mansion Lord Gu, are you saying that I am no match for Xu Ming at all?"

Gu Hanmo's words were undoubtedly hurtful. The other senior disciples also cast unconvinced glances at Gu Hanmo.

"Mansion Lord Gu, you say Xu Ming is very powerful? But we don't feel it at all!"

"That's right! Mansion Lord Gu, just let Xu Ming stand up and have a gambling battle, and even if we lose, we will be convinced!"

"Yes! It must be a gamble!"

Xu Ming's focus, however, was: "Seriously, Mansion Lord Gu, when did I ever cheat them out of their money? They insisted on having a gambling battle with me, I couldn't help it..."

"They insisted on a gambling battle?" Gu Hanmo chuckled, "They just wanted a battle, right? The gambling part, you added that later, didn't you?"

"Hehe..." Xu Ming gave a dry laugh.

Gu Hanmo ignored Xu Ming and instead lectured the disciples: "Are you all so hot-headed, wanting to use all your wealth for a gambling battle?—It's fine if you win, but what if you lose? For the next half year, you'll be penniless, what will you use to buy cultivation resources?"

"Mansion Lord Gu, we won't lose!"

"I won't lose!" Yue Jian's eyes were determined.

Gu Hanmo disdainfully said: "Xu Ming also thinks he won't lose—and, he dares to deliberately lure you into betting big, do you think he has a lot of confidence in winning?"

"We won't lose!"

"Even if we lose, we will be convinced!"

Many of the senior disciples were still very stubborn.

"Convinced? Humph!" Gu Hanmo snorted coldly, "You are at the age where your cultivation improves the fastest! At this time, if you lose money gambling and don't have money to buy resources, and miss half a year of golden cultivation time; then in the future, even if you spend a few years or decades, you won't be able to make up for it!"

Seeing that the crowd showed disbelief, Gu Hanmo continued to lecture; "I've seen too many people stuck at the Inner Refinement Completion stage, unable to step into the Innate realm! Many of them are because they squandered a precious period of time when they were young, and later wanted to work hard, but their talent was exhausted and they lacked stamina!—Alright, today's gambling battle ends here, everyone disperse!"

"Mansion Lord Gu..."

Yue Jian wanted to say something, but Gu Hanmo interrupted him: "If you're really not convinced, don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities to compete with Xu Ming in the future! The Martial Mansion's annual Hunting Competition is coming up soon, and there will also be a Birthday Celebration afterwards. Whoever is not convinced will have plenty of opportunities to challenge then!—I might as well say it here, whoever can get first place at the Birthday Celebration, I will give him a spot to go to the Savage Desolation Sect!"

A spot to go to the Savage Desolation Sect!?

Yue Jian and Tian Dali couldn't hide their excitement: "Alright, then we will defeat Xu Ming openly at the Birthday Celebration and get that spot!"

Under Gu Hanmo's reprimand, the disciples no longer surrounded Xu Ming and dispersed.

Yue Jian and Tian Dali walked to the side, their faces still showing dissatisfaction.

"It seems that in the Mansion Lord's eyes, we are weaker than Xu Ming!" Yue Jian snorted.

"It's possible that even the spot to go to the Savage Desolation Sect this year has already been decided internally for Xu Ming!" Tian Dali also said.

"Hmph, then at the Birthday Celebration, let Mansion Lord Gu take a good look at our strength! When I humiliate Xu Ming then, let's see what Mansion Lord Gu has to say!"

"And the Hunting Competition, we must let Xu Ming see how big the gap between him and us is!"

"Yes! Let the Mansion Lord take a good look at our strength!"

……

At this time, Xu Ming and Gu Hanmo also walked to the side.

"I say, Mansion Lord Gu, seriously, why are you so angry?"

The anger on Gu Hanmo's face was completely gone, and instead, he seemed to be suppressing a smile: "If I didn't say harsh words, how could I suppress them?"

"To blame, you can only blame you, the Mansion Lord, for being too young!" Xu Ming teased.

"Too young, it's really not good for suppressing the situation!" Gu Hanmo sighed, "But you're really something, is it easy for the Martial Mansion to cultivate a group of senior disciples? If you cheat them all out of their money, how are they going to live for the next half year? Wasting half a year of time?"

The path of martial arts is already difficult, if you waste half a year at the best age, then it will really be difficult to achieve anything.

"What do you mean cheat? I could lose too, okay?" Xu Ming shouted.

"You lose?" Gu Hanmo cast a completely disbelieving look, "If you weren't 100% sure, would you play such a big gamble? And, if I'm not mistaken, your realm seems to have broken through to the Subtle level these past few days, right?"

"Hehe!" Xu Ming smiled, "The Mansion Lord has keen eyes!"

"Keen eyes? I wouldn't dare!" Gu Hanmo said strangely, "Until now, I still can't see through your bottom line of strength! Every time I think I understand your strength, I immediately find that you are stronger than I imagined—to be honest, sometimes I really want to try, try to see how powerful you really are."

"No, no, no!" Xu Ming said repeatedly.

Xu Ming still had self-awareness: "If I fight you, aren't I just asking to be abused?"

"Alright, I won't talk nonsense with you!" Gu Hanmo said, "This Hunting Competition, you get me a good ranking, don't embarrass me!"

"What kind of ranking do you want?"

"First!"

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In a blink of an eye, the day of the Hunting Competition arrived.

"Boss, Boss!" Sun Ji ran over, panting.

Xu Ming was as lazy as ever to attend the Martial Mansion's meetings, so Sun Ji was the one who went to listen to the matters concerning the Hunting Competition and then relay them.

"What's the rush, what's the rush!" Xu Ming said, "Calm down!"

"I can't calm down, everyone else has rushed out, and we're the only two left who haven't set off yet," Sun Ji said repeatedly.

"How many days does this Hunting Competition last?"

"Ten days."

"Ten days, what are you panicking about!"

"But, the earlier you set off, the more demon beasts you can hunt, right?"

"It's not a matter of so little time, tell me what the rules are first!"

"Okay..." Sun Ji reluctantly began to explain.

The Hunting Competition is actually a comprehensive test of the disciples' practical ability, teamwork ability, and field survival ability by the Savage Desolation Martial Mansion. It is usually divided into two parts: one is to find the hunting area, and the other is to hunt demon beasts in the hunting area.

"The Martial Mansion will tell us which direction the hunting area is roughly in, and then we have to find it ourselves by traversing the vast Demon Beast Mountain Range. Generally, those who are fast can find the hunting area in two or three days; those who are slow and unlucky can definitely find it in six or seven days."

"Around the hunting area, the Martial Mansion elders and instructors will block it off to prevent irrelevant people from entering!"

"And in the hunting area, there will be some demon beasts that have been branded with runes." Sun Ji took out a rune sample, "What we have to do is find the demon beasts branded with this kind of rune, kill them, and peel off the fur with the runes branded on it!"

"Are all the runes the same?" Xu Ming's heart stirred.

"Of course not the same—each rune is marked with a score, ranging from one point to ten thousand points. Usually, the stronger the demon beast, the higher the score on its fur; of course, it is also possible to be lucky and pick up a high-scoring rune fur from a low-level demon beast!" Sun Ji said, "The rules are very simple, the higher the total score of the rune furs brought back in the end, the higher the ranking! And, in order to prevent cheating, secret marks are left on each rune, which are impossible to decipher in a short time!"

"I understand!" Xu Ming said.

"Then let's set off quickly!"

"No!" Xu Ming shook his head, "You go first, I won't go with you!"

"Boss, you're not going with me?" Sun Ji said, "I was planning to cling to your coattails and get some points with you!"

"It's okay to sponge off points, I'll contact you by sound transmission when I get to the hunting area!" Xu Ming said, "But on the way to the hunting area, you still shouldn't be with me."

"Why?" Sun Ji asked, puzzled.

Xu Ming frowned slightly: "Just now, Wen Shuai sent me a message saying that I'm on the Hidden Assassin Organization's bounty list, and told me to be careful when going out."