The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 275: Competition (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote for the monthly ticket)
"A bet worth thirty thousand taels of gold?"

Bao Lingyun was stunned for a moment, as if ten thousand horses were galloping through his heart.

Damn, I just forgot to tell Murong Gaozhuo about the bet.

He only said that if he lost, he would give the King of the Blue Sea to Murong Gaozhuo, but forgot to say what Murong Gaozhuo should give him if he won!

Human beings are indeed treacherous!

It turned its head and looked at Tushan Hanyu.

Tushan Hanyu sneered in her heart, I reminded you before, who can you blame if you didn’t listen?

Now you know how to beg me?
A hint of pride flashed through its heart, and it finally reminded Bao Lingyun that this was exactly the effect it wanted.

As Bao Lingyun expected, he went to challenge Su Mu.

The battle between Bao Lingyun and Su Mu, no matter who wins or loses, is a good thing for it.

It doesn't like these two guys.

If Su Mu died at the hands of Bao Lingyun, it would be considered a vent for its anger.

If on the other hand, Bao Lingyun died at the hands of Su Mu, that would be even better. The position of the Thirteenth Prince would be vacant. Who else in the Demon Court would be more suitable to be the Thirteenth Prince than Tushan Hanyu?

Tushan Hanyu's eyes flashed with a hint of pride at having succeeded in his evil plan, and he said slowly, "There are still a lot of bets worth thirty thousand taels of gold.

Thirteenth Prince, have you forgotten that you have a large territory in the wilderness? "

It must facilitate a duel between Su Mu and Bao Lingyun, so it has to think about the bet for Bao Lingyun.

"territory?"

Bao Lingyun was a little puzzled, "I can't use my territory as a bet, right?
Even if I really gave him the territory, would he dare to go to the Demon Court to take it over?

Although I certainly won’t lose.”

"Forget about the territory."

Su Mu shook his head and said, "Your wilderness conditions are terrible, I really don't like them."

"It's not a territory."

Tushan Hanyu said, "Thirteenth Prince, I am talking about the produce from your territory.

Lord Su, aren’t you a weaponsmith?

We have many special mineral materials in the Thirteenth Prince's territory, which can be used by your human weapon forgers to forge weapons. Using them as a bet is enough, right?"

"That's enough stuff."

Su Mu said slowly, "Can you take out those ore materials now?
I don't have the time to take you back to mine.

If you send it over later, I don’t know when it will be delivered.”

"This is not okay, that is not okay, what do you want?"

Bao Lingyun said impatiently.

Tushan Hanyu was speechless. This is bargaining. If you say so, won't others ask for an exorbitant price?
Bao Lingyun, Bao Lingyun, you have been in Daxuan for so many days, but you really haven't learned anything.

Many of these negotiation skills are recorded in human books.

Tushan Hanyu wisely took a step back and said no more.

With Bao Lingyun being like this, Su Mu would definitely not miss the opportunity to give him a good kill.

Sure enough, it saw a smile on Su Mu's face, and then slowly said, "For a bet worth thirty thousand taels of gold, you don't have to go far away.

If you lose, just give me another thirty thousand taels of gold."

Bao Lingyun: “…”

A bet worth thirty thousand taels of gold, is it thirty thousand taels of gold?

It seems to make sense!

"I don't have thirty thousand taels of gold."

Bao Lingyun was silent for a moment and then spoke.

After hearing this, it wished it could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Shame on you!
He actually admitted in front of the enemy that he did not have 30,000 taels of gold!
"No?"

Su Mu frowned, "You have so many monsters, and you can't collect 30,000 taels of gold?"

His eyes swept over Tushan Hanyu and other monsters.

"How much gold do you have? Consider it as a loan from me. When we return to the Demon Court, I will return it to you double!"

Bao Lingyun suddenly turned his head to look at the monsters and said in a deep voice.

Things have come to this point, it must fight with Su Mu and win back all the lost face!
It will definitely win. At that time, not only will it not have to pay Su Mu 30,000 taels of gold, but it can also win back the 30,000 taels of gold used to buy the Blue Sea King.

Thinking of this, Bao Lingyun felt more confident.

"Tushan Hanyu, this prince is only borrowing it temporarily. You don't have to wait until we return to the Demon Court. After the academy competition, when Su Mu and I have decided the winner, the gold will still be yours.

And when I win back the thirty thousand taels of gold, I will give you three thousand taels."

Bao Lingyun said with confidence.

"I don't have that much."

Tushan Hanyu said, "But if the Eighteenth Prince and I pool our money together, we can probably come up with thirty thousand taels."

It didn't know whether it could be done or not, but it knew that it had to make Bao Lingyun and Su Mu complete the fight.

Otherwise, what was the purpose of provoking Bao Lingyun with all his efforts?
"Su Mu, you heard it."

Bao Lingyun turned to look at Su Mu, "The bet is thirty thousand taels of gold, do you dare to bet with me?
It doesn't matter if you don't dare, just kowtow to me three times and then shout out loud that Su Mu is not as good as Bao Lingyun, and I will forgive you."

Su Mu burst out laughing. How could he refuse the money that was offered to him voluntarily?
Thirty thousand taels of gold is not a small amount. If used as military expenditure, at least several third-level monsters can be killed.

"I will participate in the college competition."

Su Mu spoke.

In theory, only students of the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture can participate in the academy competition.

However, with Su Mu's identity, it would be too easy for him to get the status of a college student.

Zhu Jiuyuan was eager for him to become a student of Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

As for whether it would be too degrading for him to be a student at Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture with the identity of the Taiping Division's pacification commissioner, that's not the case.

The Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture is not an ordinary academy. Now elites from various schools and factions mingle here, including many geniuses of the time.

The teachers at the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture were either world-renowned scholars or top masters in their respective fields.

For example, the person who taught the art of weapon forging was Huo Zhenting, who was invited from the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

The one who teaches martial arts is an elder invited from the Sword Sect. His strength is even not inferior to several marquises of the Taiping Division.

In a sense, the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture was an attempt by Daxuan to incorporate the power of all major sects in the world into the court's system of cultivating talents.

He wanted to use this to resolve Daxuan’s crisis.

Therefore, even though Su Mu was already a fourth-rank Taiping Division pacification commissioner, it did not lose face for him to become a student at the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

There are still many things worth learning in Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

"If you can meet me in the competition, then as you wish, I will fight you."

Su Mu said slowly.

"My personal suggestion is that you prepare thirty thousand taels of gold in advance. Also, if you don't have any more lives, then prepare some more medicine. Swords have no eyes, and I can't guarantee what your fate will be."

"Same here, be careful, don't get beaten to death by me."

Bao Lingyun grinned and sneered.

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"The academy's major scores are literary and martial arts."

Dongfang Liuyun sat opposite him and said with a sigh, "This Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture is really different from what I imagined. Now all the students in the academy are what scholars call vulgar warriors. Don't you think it's funny?"

In the past, academies in Daxuan only taught classics and historical books.

If you want to learn martial arts, besides joining the major sects, there are also some martial arts schools among the people.

Those martial arts schools were opened by disciples who couldn't make it in the sect. They used it to make a living and also to discover talents for the sect.

In addition, there are official channels. For example, after becoming a police officer or a constable, you will have the opportunity to learn martial arts. If you show enough talent, you may be recruited into the Taiping Division.

This is also the development path taken by Su Mu.

Now, the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture has completely broken these conventions and has opened martial arts courses directly in the academy, so that students can learn martial arts in the academy.

This certainly has some limitations, but compared to before, it has opened up new ideas and provided ordinary people with another way out.

The most important thing is that the Bailu Academy of Songjiang Prefecture is a place of talents, and most of the students who graduate from the Bailu Academy of Songjiang Prefecture can also be employed by the court.

In the future, it will surely be able to alleviate the court’s talent shortage.

"My Lord, your idea is good, but now, the students of Songjiang Prefecture's White Deer Academy are all elite disciples from various major sects. They all want to use Songjiang Prefecture's White Deer Academy to fleece the imperial court."

Dongfang Liuyun continued.

"I can think of it."

Su Mu said calmly, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. Although these sect disciples can enjoy the resources of the court when they enter the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture, they may not be unable to be used by the court in the future."

This is the issue of education. What the Bailu Academy of Songjiang Prefecture will develop into in the future depends on the abilities of the bigwigs above.

Su Mu was just a small pacification commissioner, not even a high-ranking official in the Taiping Division, so naturally he did not have such a high position.

"Let's not talk about that for now."

Dongfang Liuyun said, "In the first competition of the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture, no one participated in the literary competition, and everyone participated in the martial arts competition.

In my opinion, the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture is now not much different from a martial arts sect.

"Mr. Pacification Envoy, are you sure you can defeat Bao Lingyun?"

"Whether you can win or not, you won't know until after the fight."

Su Mu said lightly.

"It's about thirty thousand taels of gold. If something unexpected happens, we'll have to give up the thirty thousand taels of gold."

Dongfang Liuyun said.

Thirty thousand taels of gold, even if the Tianxia Sect sold all its property, they might not be able to come up with that much.

He was originally admiring Su Mu's amazing ability to make money, but when he turned around, he found that Su Mu had made a big profit.

He actually used thirty thousand taels of gold as a bet and had a gambling fight with Bao Lingyun, the Thirteenth Prince of the Demon Court!
In Dongfang Liuyun's opinion, this gamble is too big.

Dongfang Liuyun forgot that when it comes to gambling, he is even worse than Su Mu.

Knowing clearly that troubled times were approaching and that Da Xuan's fate was about to end, he still joined the Taiping Division. In the words of Su Mu's previous life, this was like joining the National Army in 1949.

What he was betting on was that Daxuan could still hold on.

This is much crazier than the gambling fight between Su Mu and Bao Lingyun.

"If we win, we'll have another thirty thousand taels of gold."

Su Mu smiled slightly and said, "Why not take the gold that is delivered to your door?"

"The problem is, Bao Lingyun is not a weakling."

Dongfang Liuyun said, "I can't quite see through his true colors. If we really fight, I have no chance of winning."

"Do you have a chance of winning if you face me?"

Su Mu said.

"That's not the case..."

Dongfang Liuyun said helplessly, "I can't see through you either.

I’m not very good at learning.”

He sighed and shook his head. Judging people is a skill that people use to make a living.

Now, there are too many people in Songjiang Prefecture alone who he cannot see through.

"The competition at the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture is held in rounds. Who knows, Bao Lingyun might have been eliminated by other contemporary geniuses before he even meets me."

Su Mu said with a smile, not showing any sign of nervousness at all.

Bao Lingyun might indeed be very strong, but Su Mu is not that weak either.

Besides, there are still so many days left, by then, his strength will be able to take another step forward.

"Dongfang Liuyun, you are also a nominal disciple of the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture. Why don't you try to participate in the competition?

I heard that the rewards for this competition are quite generous."

Su Mu said with a smile.

"Go, why not go?"

Dongfang Liuyun said, "You've already gone, how can I not go?

In your words, how can we refuse money that comes to our door?"

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"A pill that is useful for the True Yuan Realm?"

Wu Yiqi looked at Su Mu, pondered for a moment, and said slowly, "Your Taiping Division has Zhenyuan Pills, which are the best pills for improving Zhenyuan realm cultivation. Our Shennong Baicao Sect doesn't have any better pills than Zhenyuan Pills."

"Of course I know that."

Su Mu shook his head and said, "However, it is not easy to refine the Zhenyuan Pill of the Taiping Division, and I can't get too many. Do you have any pills similar to the Zhenyuan Pill in the Shennong Baicao Sect?

Even if the effect is not as good as Zhen Yuan Dan, it doesn’t matter.”

“Yes, there is, but I have to remind you that medicine is three-quarters poison, and using elixirs to improve your cultivation will have many consequences.

It's okay to take it occasionally, but if you want to use the pills to improve your cultivation, you're destroying yourself."

Wu Yiqi said sincerely.

Although he and Su Mu could not be considered friends, they even had some conflicts.

But starting from Wuling City, he witnessed Su Mu's rise step by step, and he really didn't want to see such a contemporary genius go astray because no one guided him.

"I know."

Su Mu smiled and said, "I need these pills for other purposes, not all of them are for me to eat."

All medicines are poisonous to some extent. Cultivation built up solely by taking elixirs is a castle in the air. Su Mu naturally understood these principles.

But that's not a problem for him.

He took the pills just to reduce the points required on the system panel.

In fact, what really improved his cultivation was the system panel.

"It's good that you understand. We have pills similar to Zhenyuan Pills in Shennong Baicao Sect, but the price is very high. How many do you want?"

Wu Yiqi nodded.

Shennong Baicao Sect already had a business of selling elixirs, and although Wu Yiqi was not short of money, it would be a waste not to take the business that came to his doorstep.

"How much can you buy with thirty thousand taels of gold?"

Su Mu pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"Thirty thousand taels of gold?"

Wu Yiqi's eyes widened, and his breathing became a little rapid. "Are you trying to clear out the inventory of our Shennong Baicao Sect?"

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