Boss Jia looked at Xie Tian with a smile. Without waiting for Xie Tian to come closer, he chuckled and said, "Not bad, not bad."
Chen Qin glanced at Boss Jia. He didn't know who this person was, but from what Boss Jia said, he knew that this person was Xie Tian's friend. Seeing that Xie Tian won, he congratulated him.
"You're quite something to be able to come out unscathed in front of Zhou Zhaoyang." Boss Jia patted Xie Tian's shoulder and said earnestly, "This will be enough for you to be proud of for the rest of your life. Now that you've fulfilled your dream, it's time to face reality. From now on, be a good shop assistant. As long as I have food to eat, you won't starve."
Chen Qin and Chen Qiang were stunned when they heard this. Then, Boss Jia turned around and smiled at the dumbfounded waiter. "Zhou Zhaoyang's odds are 100 to 1. I bet a hundred taels of silver. Give me back a hundred and one taels. Hey, hurry up, don't be silly."
"Help him down," Xie Tian said to Chen Qiang as he pointed at Boss Jia who was in a daze.
Chen Qiang, who was confused, walked behind Boss Jia. Just as he made a gesture to help him up, he saw the waiter suddenly come back to his senses. He then chuckled and said, "Zhou … Zhou Zhaoyang lost. F * ck, our, our gambling house made a fortune …"
Boss Jia became impatient. He knocked on the counter with his finger. "I know Zhou Zhaoyang won. I'm not interested in whether you made a fortune or not. I only know that you have to give me a hundred and one taels of silver. Hurry up and give me the money!"
The waiter finally looked at Boss Jia, but his gaze was no different from looking at an idiot. "Boss Jia, right? You bet a hundred taels of silver on Zhou Zhaoyang's victory. Now that Zhou Zhaoyang lost, I'm sorry. Our gambling house will kindly accept your hundred taels of silver!"
Boss Jia sneered and turned to look at Xie Tian. "Zhou Zhaoyang lost?"
Xie Tian was silent for a moment and nodded.
Boss Jia sneered again and looked at Chen Qin. "Zhou Zhaoyang lost?"
Chen Qin vaguely saw something. Enduring the cramps in his stomach, he answered, "Yes."
Boss Jia sneered for the third time and looked at Chen Qiang behind him. Before he could speak, Chen Qiang pointed at Xie Tian and frowned, "Aren't you Xie Tian's friend? He clearly defeated Zhou Zhaoyang, why don't you believe him?"
Boss Jia's eyes widened and his body went limp. He collapsed into Chen Qiang's open arms like a pile of mud. At the same time, the waiter who followed Chen Qiang's finger and looked at Xie Tian also collapsed.
Before the waiter fainted, he couldn't believe two things. One was that the thin and weak Xie Tian was actually the monster who defeated Zhou Zhaoyang. The second was that Boss Jia, who was obviously friends with Xie Tian, should have bet 1: 1000 and become rich within the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, but he actually bet on Zhou Zhaoyang.
Elder Gong calmly announced the outcome of combat ring number 36. However, he regretted it as soon as he spoke.
Elder Gong, who had been thinking that he couldn't expose Xie Tian, inexplicably changed the four contestants' victory to someone's defeat. He thought this way, he wouldn't be exposed.
Generally speaking, this method was very feasible. Unfortunately, in his shock, he forgot two things. First, he only needed to call out Xie Tian's number. Second, the opponent he chose for Xie Tian was impossible to be defeated in everyone's eyes.
Therefore, within the time it took for half an incense to burn, the entire arena was in chaos.
Who was Zhou Zhaoyang? In the Brute Force Competition in Bianliang City, almost everyone knew about him. The first contestant to win the championship was defeated? What a joke!
No one believed this. Their firm belief in Zhou Zhaoyang's strength turned into a strong emotion in an instant.
Therefore, the referee was no longer in the mood to judge. The contestants hastily withdrew their half-executed moves and walked down the ring hand in hand with their injured and bleeding opponents. They gathered at the referee's stand.
The first to arrive were the members of the Zhou Family.
Because it was the preliminaries, almost no one from the Zhou Family watched Zhou Zhaoyang's fight. Only a child in open-crotch pants ran to his father after Zhou Zhaoyang was sent flying, and said in a childish voice that Cousin Zhaoyang was sent flying.
What he got in return were two slaps on his buttocks. After the slaps, his father wanted to reprimand him, but Elder Gong's voice came. The child in open-crotch pants shivered and jumped excitedly. When his father came back to his senses, he slapped him a few more times.
After the fight, the members of the Zhou Family rumbled to the referee's stand like dragons and questioned Elder Gong with silent faces.
This silence was the respect the members of the Zhou Family had for Elder Gong. Elder Gong knew this, but he couldn't speak for the time being because no one was present. Even if he spoke, no one would believe him.
Not long after, the unconscious Zhou Zhaoyang was carried over by several referees. Elder Gong didn't have time to talk to Yin He, who had come back to his senses, and slowly came to Zhou Zhaoyang's side.
"Since you're awake, get up."
As soon as Elder Gong's voice sounded, Zhou Zhaoyang opened his bright red eyes. Then, he shed tears that terrified the members of the Zhou Family.
Zhou Zhaoyang actually cried?
"Do you admit defeat?" Elder Gong asked indifferently.
"I, don't, admit defeat!"
Elder Gong nodded and asked again, "Did you lose?"
Zhou Zhaoyang was silent. After a long time, he choked back his sobs and said, "I lost!"
Elder Gong then stood up and faced the members of the Zhou Family. "Do you have any other opinions?"
One of the elders of the Zhou Family had a livid expression, but he had no choice but to nod. Seeing this, Elder Gong pointed to the distance. "You guys deal with those people. I still have something to say to Zhaoyang."
When there were only three people left on the referee's stand, Zhou Zhaoyang finally couldn't control his emotions and fell to the ground crying.
"The Zhou Family's martial arts foundation is extremely deep. The family head, Zhou Boran, is a hero in the Kingdom of Song." Elder Gong was indifferent to Zhou Zhaoyang's breakdown. He continued, "In my eyes, the members of the Zhou Family have always been the pride of the Kingdom of Song. Unfortunately, your performance today has disappointed me."
"I was too arrogant!" Zhou Zhaoyang wiped away his tears and snot. He sobbed and said, "Otherwise, I would have won for sure!"
Elder Gong shook his head in pity. "It's good that you know where you went wrong. However, no matter how much you value your opponent, you will still lose. I was wrong about this earlier."
"Impossible!" Zhou Zhaoyang suddenly stood up and roared. "I lost in attitude. I definitely won't lose in cultivation and combat strength!"
Elder Gong smiled. "After hearing your words, I'm glad that I talked to you immediately. Otherwise, you'd definitely go and find your opponent to fight again, wouldn't you?"
"I don't accept defeat!"
"Alright, I'll make you accept defeat." Elder Gong waved his hand and called Yin He over. He looked at the two and sighed. "Before the fight, Xie Tian carefully retreated a small distance and then punched the air a few times. Did you see that?"
Zhou Zhaoyang's face turned red. Not only did he see it, but he also cramped up from laughing at Xie Tian's low standard of showing off. Elder Gong saw that the two agreed and said, "Unfortunately, you don't know why Xie Tian did these two things."
The news of the number one martial arts genius of the Zhou Family, Zhou Zhaoyang's defeat in the preliminary of the Brute Force Realm spread like the wind to every corner of Bianliang City.
Even the lovesick Yin Tianer couldn't help but furrow her brows when she heard this. A trace of curiosity rose in her heart as she asked the servant girl, "May I know which family's genius is Zhou Zhaoyang's opponent?"
The servant girl was stunned and shook her head. "Eldest Miss, I don't know. I heard that everyone in the city is looking for this person. Unfortunately, the judges are tight-lipped."
"I see." Yin Tian 'er lost interest and said in a sarcastic tone, "It's probably another arrogant disciple of the three major sects who participated in the competition under an alias. This kind of person is so boring."
The number one family in Bianliang City, the Grand Sima Mansion.
Xu Zhantang lay in the arms of a beauty and ate the grapes handed to him by another beauty with his eyes closed. He asked lazily, "Zhou Zhaoyang lost?"
Qiu Yang nodded. There was still a trace of shock in his voice. "He lost. He was knocked off the arena with one move."
"Haha, it seems that it's the three major sects' doing again." Xu Zhantang waved his hand at Qiu Yang. "Go check it out. If he's from Crimson Cloud Peak, invite him to our mansion for a meal. By the way, is the one who killed the cultivators in Hexi Corridor really an escaped slave of the Xie Family in Yangshuo City?"
"Indeed." Qiu Yang had already retreated to the door. He stopped and replied, "Xie Changyong, the third elder of the Xie Family, said it himself. I've already spread the news to Crimson Cloud Peak according to Young Master Xu's instructions. It's said that Marshal Xie, who just joined the sect, has already left the mountain and will arrive in a few days."
"What's his name?"
"His original name was Xie Tian. Later, he changed his name to Xie Tian."
After returning to the casino, Xie Tian placed Boss Jia on a rocking chair and carried the vegetables and meat into the kitchen. Not long after, three dishes and a soup were served on the table. While the Chen duo were eating, Boss Jia, who smelled the aroma, also woke up.
"Ah, I, I fell asleep?" Boss Jia seemed to have forgotten what had happened earlier. He glanced at Chen Qin and Chen Qiang in confusion and turned to ask Xie Tian, "These two are …"
Chen Qin smiled. "We've just met."
"Uh, we've met? Where are they? "
"At the gambling house next to the martial arts arena." Chen Qiang couldn't stand it and deliberately provoked him. "Xie Tian defeated Zhou Zhaoyang in a martial arts competition. You bet on Zhou Zhaoyang and lost 100 taels … Xie Tian, is he used to fainting?"
Glancing at Boss Jia who had fainted again, Xie Tian shook his head. "That 100 taels was all he had."
Chen Qin laughed and said, "No wonder. Could this Boss Jia be a miser?"
"Not really."
Xie Tian didn't know how to evaluate Boss Jia, who was willing to spend money to save Goudan and lose money. Just when he was about to call the Chen duo for dinner, there was a knock on the door.
"I'll go open the door."
Chen Qiang got up and left first. Seeing this, Xie Tian frowned slightly and also stood up to face the door of the inner courtyard.
"Huh? It's you? " Chen Qiang opened the door and found that it was Xie Tian's opponent, Zhou Zhaoyang. He said unhappily, "What's wrong? You can't afford to lose?"
Zhou Zhaoyang looked a little absent-minded. He looked at Chen Qiang and thought that he was Xie Tian's man, so he didn't say anything and walked toward Xie Tian.
Chen Qin glanced at Zhou Zhaoyang and chuckled. He focused his attention on Xie Tian's dishes.
Facing Xie Tian for the second time, Zhou Zhaoyang felt very different from the last time.
The last time he saw him, it was a youth with a pale complexion and a lack of Primordial Yang. The person he was fighting was a genius youth who had hidden his strength well and had a shocking cultivation. Now, the person standing in front of him was a next-door youth who smelled like firewood.
The three extremes of Xie Tian made Zhou Zhaoyang fall into a trance. But when he recalled the terrifying bear paw, he sobered up.
"You're at Level 8 of the Brute Force State?"
Chen Qin's right hand, which was holding the chopsticks, stopped in mid-air and his whole body stiffened.
Xie Tian nodded. "Mhm."
"You retreated four and a half inches because you were afraid of injuring me?" After the first question was answered, Zhou Zhaoyang's breathing became a little heavier, but he still asked the second question.
Xie Tian shook his head. "Not injuring, but killing."
Zhou Zhaoyang's body swayed. After a long time, he asked the third question with a flushed face, "So you were afraid of making a mistake, so you threw a few punches in the air to determine how much strength to use?"
Xie Tian nodded.
The inner courtyard of the casino suddenly went silent.
Chen Qiang, who was walking back, stopped halfway. The chopsticks in Chen Qin's hand were always half an inch away from the dishes. Boss Jia, who was about to start snoring on the rocking chair, suddenly stopped.
Blood slowly flowed out from the corner of Zhou Zhaoyang's mouth. Not long after, he laughed bitterly and asked the fourth question that Elder Gong thought was nonsense. "I'm at the ninth level of Brute Force. If I go all out, can you defeat me?"
Xie Tian thought about it and replied seriously, "I don't know."
Zhou Zhaoyang's eyes lit up. Because of these three words, his heart that was in extreme despair once again burst forth with the radiance of confidence. This was because when he asked the fourth question, Elder Gong stretched out his right palm and gestured five fingers, meaning that Xie Tian would win within five moves.
Finally, he got a different answer from Xie Tian. Even if this answer was that he didn't know, Zhou Zhaoyang's heart that was on the verge of becoming dispirited was once again filled with vigor.
Unfortunately, before Xie Tian could finish his sentence.
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