Chapter 25 Face is given by others, face is lost by oneself

Chapter 25 Face is given by others, face is lost by oneself

fighting platform

The place where the disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect usually use to resolve their grievances is also a place where they can learn from each other and improve each other. Although it cannot be said that the situation of two peak masters fighting has never happened before, the term "once in a hundred years" is still very accurate to describe it.

Whenever well-known figures in the sect compete or resolve grievances, many disciples will come to watch, and even the elders of the Immortal Palaces in the sect will come to watch the battle.

Today, the two peak masters met for a fight. It was no longer just the disciples who came to watch the battle. Elders from the Immortal Palace and even the peak masters also came to watch.

Cao Zhen got up early and took the Xianyun Car on Line 3 to the No. 12 Fighting Ground of Baifeng Sect.

There was still half an hour before the scheduled time for the fight, and the surroundings of the fight stage were already filled with people. Vendors selling candied haws and various snacks were shuttled among the crowd.

Cao Zhen was a little surprised when he saw the huge crowds of people. Although the Baifeng Sect's fighting skills cannot be said to happen every day, they still happen frequently. Not to mention immortal cultivators, even ordinary mortals have seen many fighting skills. On weekdays, The audience attendance rate was less than 10%.

This kind of completely full auditorium usually only appears in the competitions held by the sect.

Most of the people present did not know Cao Zhen, but seeing that he was wearing the Peak Master uniform, they all made way for him.

"Master Nephew, come on, come on!" Elder Tongdie saw Cao Zhen coming and quickly stood up and waved enthusiastically, "This way!"

Cao Zhen saw that the VIP seats belonging to the elders watching the battle were full of people, wearing various uniforms and gowns of different immortal palaces. He thought that the low-ranked peak master’s fighting method would not attract too much attention, but he won this time Then go find a low-ranked peak to engage in a battle of wits and earn an extra amount of money from the betting market.

Now, seeing the elders of various immortal palaces and even several peak masters sitting in the VIP auditorium, I know that if I want to do this kind of thing of making a fortune through gambling again, I can only wait until my next alchemy cultivation reaches great heights again. Only when you make a breakthrough can you trick people.

"Master Nephew, this is Zeng Yicheng, the elder of the Law Enforcement Immortal Palace. Elder Zeng." Elder Tongdie dragged Cao Zhen who had just walked over and introduced him enthusiastically, "Responsible for monitoring many illegal things in our Baifeng Sect. , I used to have a pretty good relationship with your master!"

Cao Zhenzhong lamented that Uncle Tongdie was so kind to him! Knowing that I was going to win this time, I naturally wanted to move to a higher level. This was to build my network in advance.

"I've met Elder Zeng." Cao Zhen cupped his fists and saluted the law enforcement elder in front of him, a fat black man with small eyes and a neat round haircut.

Although the status of the elders of the Law Enforcement Immortal Palace is noble, it is still a little inferior to the status of the Peak Master. Now that the Peak Master is so polite, Zeng Yicheng suddenly feels that he has face!

After all, in the stands behind you, elders from various immortal palaces were present, and everyone saw it.

Although he is only a peak master ranked 100th, he is so polite, but the peak master is the peak master after all! When the peak masters who came before saw the other elders, it was already a very honorable act to nod.

After getting great satisfaction in terms of face, Zeng Yicheng, who originally had no intention of intervening in the fight between the two peaks, decided to say a few words to help a group of Tongdai elders and the young peak master in front of him.

"Peak Master Cao, are you sure you want to have a fight with the Peak Master of Xingyao Peak? Our Law Enforcement Immortal Palace has the power to mediate before the fight. Xingyao Peak may not give me face, but it will still give it to the Law Enforcement Immortal Palace. To save face, maybe Sibaofeng can stop this fight just by paying the price of performance."

After Zeng Yicheng finished speaking, he gave the elder Tongdish beside him a proud look, indicating that he had helped out this time, and it could be considered that he had given enough support to the master of Sibaofeng. Are you satisfied this time?

The elders in the VIP audience suddenly became nervous, and many of them even looked at Zeng Yicheng with displeasure. We finally have a chance to make money. Are you going to cause trouble for everyone?

Whether it is the elders or peak masters who are sitting here on weekdays, how can they be embarrassed to participate in betting due to their status?

What's more, no casino will open a special handicap for ordinary disciples fighting.

If it weren't for the identity of the two peak masters this time, just the cultivation of these two people, the gambling house wouldn't even issue a handicap because of this.

In a battle with such a huge disparity in strength, a handicap that was 100% sure of winning, many elders and peak leaders present made big bets.

Are you saying you won’t bet now? Many elders became happy after eating Zeng Yicheng! Everyone stared at Cao Zhen nervously, praying secretly in their hearts that this peak leader, who was rumored to be extremely pedantic, would not really stop fighting after hearing such advice.

"That won't work!" Cao Zhen blurted out his refusal. Seeing Zeng Yicheng's embarrassed look, he quickly showed his predecessor's middle-class appearance and said, "We cannot reconcile this matter of fighting. They insulted my master's name. I We must teach them a lesson!”

When Zeng Yiben heard about being rejected, he wanted to say, "I don't know what is good." But when I heard that Cao Zhen brought out the master-disciple relationship, I could only say something pedantic in my heart, but I couldn't say anything else.

The elders and peak masters at the VIP table breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Fortunately, the peak master of the Four Treasures Peak had a lot of knots in his head. Otherwise, he would really have missed this good opportunity to make money. .

Zeng Yicheng turned around and shrugged to Elder Tongdish at this time, saying that he had tried his best.

Elder Tongdie let out a long sigh and shook down the sleeves of his broad robe, revealing a look of helplessness on his face.

Cao Zhen saw Elder Tongdie's expression and sighed again in his heart. In order for Si Baofeng to make money in this gamble, his uncle really used his acting skills to the extreme! I don’t know, but I suspect that my uncle was really afraid that I would lose, so he asked the elders of the Law Enforcement Immortal Palace to help resolve the fight.

"In that case, Lord Cao Feng, please come to the ring." Zeng Yicheng pointed to the ring happily, thinking that this time he gave Elder Tongdish face, and at the same time he also bet on Xingyao Summit to win. It can be said that it is a matter of favor and spirit. A stone was earned.

Cao Zhen came to the fighting arena and found that there was already a whole row of people sitting at the seats at Xingyao Peak.

Li Xingyao was sitting in the center of the crowd at Xingyao Peak, sipping tea leisurely. When she saw Cao Zhen's appearance, she did not take the initiative to get up and say hello.

Cao Zhen came to Sibaofeng's seat and sat down, which immediately caused the audience to burst into excitement.

"Look! The people from Sibaofeng are here! Only one person is here!"

"That's not true! Everyone else in Sibaofeng has gone into the pawn shop!"

"Then isn't today a decisive battle? There is no way for a wheel battle?"

"If Cao Zhen wins one game, it won't be a decisive victory."

"Master Si Bao Peak wins a game? What does he win with? Didn't you hear the rumors that he went crazy and became a madman?"

Cao Zhen listened to the conversations coming from not far behind him, and he was also curious. Who is helping him spread rumors about stable odds?

"Really? I haven't heard of it! Who told you?"

"Elder Tongdie said it himself!"

When Cao Zhen heard this, he was moved again. He was indeed his good uncle! In order to help himself stabilize his odds, he actually lied in public! But in this way, wouldn't the uncle have put all his reputation for many years into it for the sake of the Four Treasure Peaks?

"The words spoken by Elder Tongdie himself are somewhat credible..."

"What's the score? One of the bronze disc elders bet 500 taels of Star Yaofeng to win! How credible do you think this is?"

"That's an ironclad credibility! Can I still bet on it now? I'll bet on some more..."

"No chance! Not long after the news came out yesterday, all the major gambling houses closed down... I guess they are afraid they can't afford to lose, right?"

Cao Zhen was so moved that he almost shed tears as he listened to the conversation of several people behind him! This is my dear master uncle! In order to stabilize the odds, he actually paid for the show out of his own pocket! I must be filial to my uncle from now on!

"Look, this Master of the Four Treasures Peak is still there with the presence of the old god. He looks so much like the crazy one in the rumors!"

While everyone was talking, a disciple of the Baifeng Sect wearing a referee's uniform stepped onto the fighting stage. He opened his hands and gently pressed down on the air, and the excited audience suddenly fell silent.

"Wait a moment!"

Elder Tongdie saw Cao Zhen's performance at the elders' table. He sighed secretly and told himself that for the sake of the Four Treasure Peaks, he had to risk his old face. He yelled at Yufeng and landed on the ring, whispering to the referee: " Can you give me some time?"

The referee was a little confused by the sudden arrival of the people. The Baifeng Sect was too big, and not everyone knew the Bronze Disk Elder. However, because of the elder's attire, the referee still nodded.

Elder Tongdie hurriedly came to Cao Zhen in a few steps, grabbed his wrist, turned around and dragged him towards the people at Xingyao Peak, complaining: "You are so obsessed! Now is not the time to show you It’s a tough time! I can’t let the Four Treasures Peak be defeated by you! Today, even if I show my old face, I will persuade Li Xingyao not to be the same as you..."

Cao Zhen followed behind and smiled bitterly. Now that the casino has been closed, there is no need to continue the show... Uncle Master is really into the show.

"Xingyao... I haven't seen you for a long time." Elder Tongdie dragged Cao Zhen to Li Xingyao and said with a smile, "I have heard about your affairs, and there is actually no big conflict. I will be your guarantee this time and let Xiao Cao give it to you. Just excuse me and apologize, this fight has been canceled for my sake."

"Elder, it's not that Xingyao doesn't want to give you face." Li Xingyao held the tea with no intention of putting it down, let alone getting up. She didn't even look at Cao Zhen, and said leisurely, "He was the one who wanted to fight that day. Cao Zhen proposed it, and now he wants to cancel it? He has the final say in everything? Then I still have to lose face?"

"I asked Cao Zhen to lend you the third-grade spiritual field to Xingyao Peak for two hundred years..."

"Don't!" Li Xingyao raised his hand, "It's like I'm coveting his spiritual land. My fight this time is entirely out of justice. So many people here have bought our Xingyao Peak to win, I You have to take them to make money..."

Li Xingyao suddenly raised his voice to the point of shouting, and shouted to the countless spectators around him: "Do you think so? I won't fight now! Do you agree to let Cao Zhen just get away with it?"

"No!"

"How can we not fight? We still want to make money!"

"The Lord of Xingyao Peak is magnificent!"

"Elder, get down! Don't stop us from making money!"

Elder Tongdie stood in front of Li Xingyao, his old face turned red and white, and his heart was filled with anger. He had also helped Xingyaofeng and Li Xingyao back then, so why did this favor become thinner than paper?

Cao Zhen felt Elder Tongdie's hand holding his wrist tighter and tighter, and was still trembling slightly. Knowing that the old man was being humiliated by the people around him, he quickly said: "Uncle, it's okay. Don't worry, I can win. …”

"You really don't want to give me face?" Elder Tongdie looked livid and asked, pretending not to hear the tsunami-like boos from the surrounding mountains, "I was a life-saving favor to you back then, right?"

"Referee..." Li Xingyao did not respond directly to the copper plate, but shouted loudly to the referee on the fighting stage, "Do you care or not?"

The referee didn't care about Tongdie's status as an elder at this time. He could only step forward and said: "Elder, you should know the rules of our Baifeng Sect. Don't make it difficult for me, okay?"

"I remember you!" Tongdie dropped a word bitterly, turned around and walked towards the fighting stage, and left another message for Cao Zhen, "My child, if the momentum is not right, just give up. Uncle Master can afford you." .”

Li Xingyao watched the copper plate leave, then slowly stood up and looked at Cao Zhen with a half-smile and said: "Take the elder of the copper plate to suppress me? A person who is about to end his life and wants to give up his position as an elder and go to Zangtian Cave to avoid fate. , How can you suppress me? Give me face? What face is there? Face is given by others, but face is lost by yourselves."

Cao Zhen turned around and looked at the copper plate under the ring, and found that his predecessor Cao Zhen seemed pedantic, but in fact he was quite heartless. He didn't even know that this old man who was kind to him was about to end his life.