Martial Arts Universe: With a single command, 100,000 iron cavalry will sweep across the martial wor

Sikong Zhaixing chimed in, "I bet Lu Xiaofeng will win, also one hundred taels." Hua Wuque followed suit, "I also bet Lu Xiaofeng will win, one hundred taels."

Tie Shou also came over to join in the fun: "Lord Wu Xiang, I bet Lu Xiaofeng will win, one tael of gold." Su Qingfeng readily agreed: "Okay, anyone else want to bet? I'll take whatever it takes."

As a result, almost all the men present bet on Lu Xiaofeng to win, which secretly pleased Su Qingfeng—he had already instructed Lu Xiaofeng to pretend to be no match for Xie Xiaofeng. Just as he was calculating how much he could earn, he heard a woman speak up: "I bet ten thousand taels of gold that Xie Xiaofeng will win."

Su Qingfeng was taken aback; this wasn't how things were going to go. He quickly said to the woman, "Beautiful lady, this is ten thousand taels of gold. Are you sure you can afford it?" She handed him a Ming Dynasty silver note: "Exactly ten thousand taels."

Su Qingfeng took the silver note, his palms slightly sweaty. He quickly advised her, "Have you thought this through? Lu Xiaofeng is much stronger than Xie Xiaofeng. If you lose, I won't give you your money back."

Looking at the ten thousand taels of silver note, he secretly groaned: if Lu Xiaofeng really pretended to lose as he had said, the money he had just won would probably not be enough to pay her back.

Seeing Su Qingfeng's sudden change in expression, Murong Qiudi knew she hadn't misjudged him. This Wu Xiangjun had indeed been in cahoots with Lu Xiaofeng, clearly intending to trick these martial arts figures present. "No need," she said, "I bet Xie Xiaofeng will win."

Wuqing had long noticed the secret hand signals between Wu Xiangjun and Lu Xiaofeng, and she wanted to join in the fun. After all, it was free money, so why not take it? "Wu Xiangjun, I'm also betting on Xie Xiaofeng to win. A thousand taels of gold, you wouldn't be too afraid to accept, would you?"

"I'll answer it."

"I'll also bet a thousand taels of gold that Xie Xiaofeng will win."

Zi Nu glanced slyly at Murong Qiudi and Wuqing, then pulled out a silver note and handed it to Su Qingfeng.

"I...I answered."

Huang Xuemei stepped forward, smiled slightly, and said, "Then I'll join in the fun. Five thousand taels of gold, bet on Xie Xiaofeng to win." Su Qingfeng looked at this woman and could only helplessly reply, "I accept."

"Ten thousand taels of gold, betting on Xie Xiaofeng to win. Lord Wu Xiang, will you accept this?" Lin Chaoying also took out a silver note and handed it to Su Qingfeng. Su Qingfeng gritted his teeth and stared at Lin Chaoying, finally agreeing. In the current situation, he couldn't refuse; there were dozens of grandmasters present, and he couldn't afford to offend any of them. This time, he had truly shot himself in the foot.

Zhu Yuyan seemed to realize that Wu Xiangjun must have secretly intervened, and the powerful Lu Xiaofeng was probably no match for Xie Xiaofeng. She smiled slightly and took out a silver note, hoping to make some money from Wu Xiangjun. "I'll also bet ten thousand taels of gold on Xie Xiaofeng winning," Su Qingfeng said, pushing Zhu Yuyan aside as she joined in the fun. "I'm joining in, Zhu Yuyan, don't get involved. Go stand aside."

Zhu Yuyan's cheeks flushed instantly; how dare this scoundrel touch her! She was both angry and furious, determined to gamble no less, hoping to make him lose everything. "**, let me go! Why won't you take my bet? Their money is money, but mine isn't?"

Su Qingfeng looked at Zhu Yuyan, feeling a sense of helplessness. He could now see that these women were all shrewd, especially the first one who placed a bet; she must have noticed his gesture to Lu Xiaofeng long ago.

Zhu Yuyan wanted nothing more than to beat this scoundrel to a pulp. She glared at Su Qingfeng and demanded, "You shameless scoundrel, are you going to accept my bet or not?"

"Take it! Anyone else want to place a bet?"

Su Qingfeng simply decided to let it go. Since she was broke anyway, she could just write them IOUs, and when to repay them was entirely up to her.

Sikong Zhaixing and the other men also noticed something amiss; this Wu Xiangjun must have been in cahoots with Lu Xiaofeng all along. They no longer cared about the silver they had just bet; seeing the women around them betting more and more heavily, they wanted to see how Su Qingfeng would pay back such an exorbitant sum after losing.

Sikong Zhaixing angrily pulled out all the silver notes she had on her, calculated them, and then said to Su Qingfeng...

"I bet 1,200 taels of gold. Su Qingfeng, you bastard, you even schemed against me. This time, I'll make you lose everything."

Su Qingfeng shoved Sikong Zhaixing aside, her face expressionless: "Sorry, each person can only place one bet."

"You bastard, you're a piece of trash!"

Sikong Zhaixing glared at Su Qingfeng, wishing she could teach him a lesson on the spot—this guy was even more shameless than Lu Xiaofeng.

Su Qingfeng glanced around and knew that everyone had seen that he had tampered with things, so he needed to find someone to take the blame as soon as possible.

"This was all Lu Xiaofeng's idea, it has nothing to do with me. How could someone as upright as me cheat? If you want to settle accounts, go find him."

Sikong Zhaixing pointed at him and shouted:

"Honesty my foot! Who would believe that? It must have been your lousy idea."

"Whether you believe it or not is irrelevant; I believe it anyway."

"Damn, that's really awesome."

Even the usually composed Ximen Chuixue and Wei Zhuang couldn't help but twitch at these words, finding it hard to believe this shameless fellow.

At this moment, Fan Qinghui of Cihang Jingzhai, seeing that Su Qingfeng had accepted the bet from Yin Hou Zhu Yuyan, also took out a silver note and handed it over:

"Su Qingfeng, I'll also bet ten thousand taels of gold. Will you take it?"

Su Qingfeng was speechless. There wasn't a single monk here. Wasn't she afraid of being gossiped about by these masters for taking out so much money?

He smiled and looked at Fan Qinghui:

"Fan Qinghui, you nuns are so wealthy, why don't you donate some to me?"

Fan Qinghui immediately shouted:

"Dream on! Should I answer or not?"

Su Qingfeng shook his head, took the silver note, and said loudly:

"Hey! Anyone else want to place a bet? Hey girl over there, won't you join in?"

Seeing that there weren't many people left, Su Qingfeng didn't care anymore. A few more wouldn't matter; at most, he would owe a few tens of thousands more taels of gold.

Zhu Qiqi, who had just arrived, smiled at Su Qingfeng. She hadn't expected this Lord Wu Xiang to offer her a bet; it seemed he didn't know who she was. She blinked and asked:

"Heh, you really want me to place a bet?"

Su Qingfeng casually said to the little girl:

"Go ahead and get off. You're young, so you probably don't have much money. Just give me a token amount."

Sikong Zhaixing interjected with a wicked grin:

"Brother Su, are you really going to let her place a bet?"

This girl is Zhu Qiqi, the daughter of Zhu Baiwan, one of the two richest men in the Ming Dynasty. If Su Qingfeng really takes her bet, he'll probably be crying later.

Those who knew Zhu Qiqi looked at Su Qingfeng with strange eyes, waiting to see his expression after he learned Zhu Qiqi's identity. Hearing Sikong Zhaixing's words and seeing the subtle expressions on some people's faces, Su Qingfeng quickly called out to the young girl:

"Wait, little sister, what's your name?"

When Zhu Qiqi heard Su Qingfeng ask her name, she knew her guess was right—this somewhat dim-witted Lord Wu Xiang indeed didn't recognize her. "Little loli? My name is… Let's place our bets first, lest you stop me from betting once you know who I am."

Su Qingfeng's heart began to pound. This little girl's background was definitely not simple, otherwise she wouldn't have kept quiet about her name. Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of those around him, he became even more determined not to let her place a bet. "Little loli, you're so pretty and cute, betting isn't good. I'll treat you to something delicious later, so don't place this bet."

Zhu Qiqi smiled, took out a few silver notes, counted them, and said to Su Qingfeng, "No, you clearly promised to let me place a bet. This time I'm going to win lots and lots of money—I'm betting 100,000 taels of gold! Sigh, I only brought this much; I should have brought more silver notes..."

Su Qingfeng was stunned when he heard that she wanted to bet 100,000 taels of gold. He never expected this young lady to be so generous.

Good heavens, she's actually quite wealthy, probably even richer than me. I've really lost out this time.

Those around who were unaware of Zhu Qiqi's identity were also startled. No one expected that this young girl would be so wealthy, and they all secretly speculated about her background.

"Little girl, you're too young, don't gamble."

Zhu Qiqi pointed to herself and said loudly, "I'm already seventeen, how am I small? I'll be eighteen in a few months! I'm definitely going to place this bet. It's the first time I've ever gotten 100,000 taels of gold for free. Only a fool wouldn't bet on it."

"You're so unlovable... Fine, place your bet."

Zhu Qiqi handed over the silver note, smiling as she said, "You can't go back on your word if you lose. My family's thugs are very powerful; if you dare to renege, they will definitely come after you."

Su Qingfeng found it amusing that she would resort to threats. Although he knew that her family must have many experts, perhaps even grandmasters, why would he be afraid?

Su Qingfeng took the silver note, glanced at the little girl, and suddenly wanted to scare her a little.

"Haha, no matter how strong your thugs are, can they be stronger than my army? I have hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Want me to send them to patrol your mansion?"

Zhu Qiqi smiled and rolled her eyes at Su Qingfeng: "Lord Wu Xiang, don't scare me. Don't treat me like a fool—my family is in the Ming Dynasty, and your army is in the Song Dynasty. Can the Song army even enter the Ming Dynasty?"

Su Qingfeng pointed to the surrounding Xiaoguo soldiers and laughed, "Really? Then I still have tens of thousands of troops in the Sui Dynasty, and they are the most elite Xiaoguo soldiers. I might even be able to mobilize your Ming Dynasty's Imperial Guards. Want to give it a try?"

"You...you're trying to scare me? The mighty Lord Wu Xiang, can't you even accept defeat?"

Zhu Qiqi was a little stunned. She never expected that Wu Xiangjun could be so shameless—after accepting the silver notes, he even threatened her that he would renege on the debt if she lost.

She glanced around at the most elite Xiaoguo Army of the Sui Dynasty and felt a chill run down her spine: if a scoundrel like Wu Xiangjun could really mobilize the Imperial Guard of the Ming Dynasty, even her father probably couldn't withstand it.

Those nearby, seeing Wu Xiangjun threatening a young girl, cast disdainful glances their way. Although everyone knew Su Qingfeng was mostly just talking, it was clear he intended to renege. Su Qingfeng, however, smiled at the little girl before him:

"Little sister, don't be afraid. I was just joking. It's only right to pay back debts. Why would I default on my debts?"

"You really won't renege?" Zhu Qiqi stared wide-eyed at Su Qingfeng, her face full of disbelief.

"Of course, I can write an IOU—wait a minute, I haven't lost yet! Why do you all look like you're here to collect a debt?"

Su Qingfeng patted his chest to assure him, but then suddenly remembered that Lu Xiaofeng hadn't lost yet. If Lu Xiaofeng noticed what was happening here, he might be able to defeat Xie Xiaofeng immediately. At this moment, Zhu Yuyan, seeing his bewildered expression, couldn't help but laugh:

"Su Qingfeng, you're doomed this time. Didn't you see Lu Xiaofeng pretending to be exhausted? He could have dealt with Xie Xiaofeng long ago, but he dragged it out until now, putting on quite a show. You two are truly shameless and shameless."