Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 134 It doesn’t matter, let’s get together slowly
When Tang Zheng heard what the leading young man said, he immediately laughed: "You mean you want to gamble with us? Haha, I admire people like you who love gambling!"
The leading young man glanced at Tang Zheng and said, "Are you qualified to speak?"
Tang Zheng sneered: "Your eyesight is really bad. Don't you see that I am the boss here?"
When the students of Sanqing Academy heard Tang Zheng's somewhat arrogant words, they glanced at Leng Zhan behind him and found that Leng Zhan was still watching the fight between two warriors not far away calmly, and did not even have the intention of refutating Tang Zheng. They immediately became curious about Tang Zheng's identity.
Although Leng Zhan has not broken through three stars in the past two years, the name of "Thor" Leng Zhan is well-known, at least within the Changyuan Leng family. Tang Zheng is the first person they have seen who dares to say that he is the boss in front of him.
The leading young man was not sure about Tang Zheng's background for a moment, and his original contempt and disdain were slightly restrained: "That's right, since we are all students of the same family, some competition is of course a good thing. I bet that the juniors behind me are also participating in the Star Fight below three stars, but... if you pick out any five of them, they will definitely defeat more warriors today than you five! What do you think, do you dare to bet?"
As soon as Tang Zheng heard the leading young man's gambling method, he knew that he was trying to be clever.
Everyone knows the strength of Leng Zhan, so he expects that Leng Zhan's ranking must be very good . If it is purely based on ranking, they may not have a chance of winning, but if it is based on the number of victories, the situation is different.
Above two stars and below three stars, no matter their strength or ranking, one victory counts as one victory. However, everyone knows that Leng Zhan is a martial arts fanatic, and he will only choose opponents with high rankings and strong strength. The opponents he can choose are also limited. To defeat an opponent, the time and energy consumed will definitely not be too low. In one day, the number of warriors defeated may not be many.
This kind of betting method, on the contrary, turned the seemingly strongest point of Tang Zheng's side, the cold war, into their weakest point. In this way, the chances of Sanqing Academy winning are much greater than directly comparing the final rankings.
Moreover, he deliberately did not specify the lineup for his side's bet, but said that "any" five people would be fine. In the end, he could just pick out the five people who had defeated the most warriors among all his people, and compare them with Tang Zheng and his five men. He set a little language trap again, and wanted to take further advantage.
The leading young man looked at Tang Zheng very proudly, waiting for his answer.
Regardless of whether Tang Zheng thought the bet was fair or not, and whether he accepted it or not, he believed that he was already in an invincible position.
If Tang Zheng accepted it, he would be a fool and Sanqing Academy would definitely win.
If Tang Zheng doesn't accept it, he will laugh at the Yisu Academy for being cowards who don't even dare to accept such a fair bet.
"What? Do you dare to accept it? It doesn't matter if you don't dare to accept it. After all, you are just a border town academy. It is normal that your strength is a little weak." Seeing that Tang Zheng did not answer, the leader deliberately urged.
Tang Zheng looked excited and stimulated, as if he had finally made up his mind. He suddenly glared and said, "Let's bet! But... what are you betting on?"
The leading young man saw Tang Zheng's expression and secretly and said, "Such a fierce gambling game will be more interesting if we bet more. How about I bet one hundred taels of purple gold?"
Tang Zheng shook his head and held up a finger.
The leading young man glanced at Tang Zheng, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and curled his lips: "Well, I know Leng Zhan is not valued much in the Leng family now, and I guess he doesn't have much money, let alone you country bumpkins from the border town. Forget it, ten taels of purple gold is ten taels of purple gold, which is enough for us to have a few meals in the next two days..."
Tang Zheng curled his lips: "No, I mean one thousand taels of purple gold!"
"What, how much?" When the leading young man heard Tang Zheng's words, he thought there was something wrong with his ears, and his expression was like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
"One thousand taels." Tang Zheng repeated calmly.
The amount of money proposed by Tang Zheng shocked not only the leading young man, but also the other students behind him.
Although they all came from good families, either from a clan or a powerful family, and two of them were even from the Leng family's side branch, but one thousand taels of purple gold still shocked them. After all, family money is family money, and they are all just students. The pocket money given by their families is limited. One hundred taels of purple gold is already a large sum for them. One thousand taels of purple gold would require at least two or three years of saving without eating or drinking!
The leading young man glared and said, "Boy, bragging is a bad habit. You asked for one thousand taels of purple gold. Why should I believe you can pay it?"
After hearing this, Tang Zheng casually took out two nameplates and waved them in front of the leading young man.
"The world's most famous house, Cuihu? The Purple Gold Order of Jubao Pavilion..." After the leading young man saw the two nameplates clearly, he was instantly speechless.
"Are you still going to gamble? If you can't afford it, forget it. It turns out that you country bumpkins from the capital city don't have much money..." Tang Zheng looked at the leading young man's face and replied with the same words.
The young leader's face turned pale and blue. He had just teased Tang Zheng, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon. He gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Let's bet. It's you who wants to give us money. If you lose, don't regret it!"
The leading young man waved his hand after he finished speaking, wanting to take the students behind him away, but Tang Zheng suddenly said, "Wait, bragging is indeed a bad habit. I have proved that I have assets worth more than one thousand taels of purple gold... You agreed to bet one thousand taels with me right away, why should I believe you can come up with it?"
The leading young man stopped where he was after hearing what Tang Zhengyi said. After thinking for a while, he searched his body thoroughly and finally found more than two hundred taels of purple gold and gold notes. However, it was still far from one thousand taels of purple gold.
He had no choice but to shout to the students behind him: "Take out your money and show it to him!"
Therefore, everyone in the Sanqing Academy searched almost everything clean, and finally collected 994 taels and 27 silver coins, and even 7 copper coins, which was just 5 taels away from 1,000 taels of purple gold...
The students of Sanqing Academy, you look at me, I look at you, all with bitter faces, there is really nothing more to offer.
Tang Xiaotang and a few others watched the students of Sanqing Academy extorting money from each other, and inappropriately stood aside with their arms folded, watching the show, and occasionally burst into laughter and comments, making everyone in Sanqing Academy wish they could find a hole to hide in.
