Legend of the Great Sage

as crazy enough, but I didn’t expect you to be even crazier than me! Do you know just how great the risks involved are?”

Li Qingshan also smiled.
“Even if I lose, at least it won’t cost me my life, so you can’t really call that a risk.
Getting my hands on some resources prematurely is always good for cultivation, right? Of course, that’s only if senior brother Le is willing to lend it to me.”

Pi Yangqiu could not help but clap his hands.
“Nice!”

With that, he had instead struck back at Le Tian.
If Le Tian was only willing to lend him a very small amount of Green Jade bookmarks, then it would be absolutely nothing to a person like Li Qingshan in a few decades’ time.
If he lent too much, then he could convert it into a tremendous amount of resources immediately to accelerate his cultivation.
Even if he lost in the end, it was not truly a loss.

On top of that, Le Tian was at an absolute advantage right now, so if he refused to go forward with the gamble, he would be humiliating himself.
As a result, he had to lend him the bookmarks no matter what now.

Le Tian smiled even wider.
His eyes that had turned into slits flashed sharply.
“How much would you like to bet?”

Sure enough, this kid is a gambler that I’ve settled on. Before he knew it, the gamble had already begun.
Now, he had to regain the upper hand, so he had to push the wager involved to a terrifying level.
He had to overwhelm him mentally so that he wavered.

This was the most common and most useful trick in gambling, and as a Human Sovereign, he possessed a definite advantage in this aspect.

Li Qingshan asked, “How much are you willing to lend me?”

With that, even the cold and composed Leng Yuan changed in expression.
He realised this joke-like gamble might just turn out to be alarmingly extravagant.

Le Tian had not expected this either.
Originally, he only wanted to win a gamble against Li Qingshan because he had lost one because of him.
He never expected Li Qingshan to turn the tides against him.

The delicate, handsome man before him was no longer a small gambling chip that served in their games, but a gambler that stood on the other side of the table.
He stood on equal footing to him or even gazed at him from above.

How much you’re bold enough to lend to me is how much I’m willing to gamble with you.
Come, let’s test how bold you are!

“Interesting.
Very interesting!”

Le Tian laughed aloud, even beginning to dance around a bit.
He was ecstatic.

Li Qingshan stood with his arms crossed.
Le Tian suddenly pressed up close with his face and extended a finger.
“A thousand!”

Ruan Yaozhu was stunned.
She had basically won against all four of them in her gamble of goodness and wickedness, yet the Green Jade bookmarks she had won did not come close to a thousand.
Even to direct disciples, a Green Jade bookmark was very precious, let alone to a Soul Nascence cultivator like Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan extended his hand.
“Hand it over!”

“If you lose, it’ll be two thousand.
You’ll have to pay me on the spot, or…” Le Tian raised a finger and swept it across his neck gently.
“No one owes me gambling debts!”

Li Qingshan gave him a toothy grin.
“If I can’t pay you back, I’ll put my life in your hands!”

It would just stop itching when there were too many mosquitos.
He would just stop worrying if there were too many debts.

Two thousand Green Jade bookmarks might have been a terrifying sum to others, but Li Qingshan still found it insufficient.
It was not because he was actually brimming with confidence, that he believed he could become a direct disciple of the Myriad sect within thirty years.
Even now, he knew very little about the rules of the Myriad sect.

However, according to Rāhu Xiaoming’s estimates, his agreement of five centuries with Demon God Qiongqi was bound by approximately the same time limit in the Human realm.

If he managed to deal with Demon God Qiongqi, then even if he lost this gamble, that was nothing for him to worry about.
If Demon God Qiongqi managed to deal with him, then what was a senior brother Le Tian supposed to be? If you’re so capable, come and find me on Qingqi mountain for my debts, bastard!

Heh, probably even the master of the Myriad sect was not capable of that.
It was possible to say that this gamble had given him great assistance in his agreement with Demon God Qiongqi.
It was truly all upsides and no downsides.

This was not a matter of Le Tian being a fool and Li Qingshan being clever.
No one would have thought a measly Soul Nascence cultivator would actually be connected to a Demon God, even shouldering a gamble that he basically had no chances of winning.

In summary, people should still hold lofty aspirations.
Even if it would bring great problems, small problems would stop being problems when you have a big problem.
If you could deal with the big problem, then the small problem would be absolutely nothing.
If the big problem got the better of you, then the small problem would become nothing too.

Le Tian patted the three-legged golden toad, and it spat out a thousand Green Jade bookmarks, which he handed over to Li Qingshan personally.
Li Qingshan counted the Green Jade talismans happily as if he had already won the gamble and was currently checking his winnings.

Suddenly, he felt a little uncertain.
As a gambler, he understood exactly how terrifying that feeling was, but it also left him excited.
Gambles that could not make him feel that way could not be regarded as gambles at all.
They would merely be boring games!

Li Qingshan counted through the bookmarks carefully twice before asking Ruan Yaozhu to check through them for him to see if there were any “counterfeits”.
Only afterwards did he place the Green Jade bookmarks in his sumeru ring happily.

“Joys without worry, oh knowing fate.
Gambling on the outcome, oh a struggle against death!”

Le Tian sung aloud and returned to the three-legged golden toad’s back.
With a croak, the golden toad leapt into the ocean.

“Hahaha, kid, hopefully you can win!’ Ren Aoyou laughed loudly before flying off.

“You’re on your own.” Leng Yuan warned him before leaving as well.

Pi Yangqiu went up and patted Li Qingshan on the shoulder.
“We will see each other again.”

In the blink of an eye, only Li Qingshan and Ruan Yaozhu remained on the beach, as well as the nine-coloured deer.

Ruan Yaozhu scolded him.
“You shouldn't have gambled!”

Li Qingshan shrugged.
“I’ve already gambled.”

“Oh men!” Ruan Yaozhu sighed.
“It’ll take a good while before you get to the Myriad sect on the ship, so I’ll take you with me!”