"City Lord, this third round of martial arts competition is about to begin, and at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain to the Tianlei Palace." The middle-aged man standing on the side said with a worried expression.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, the old man will take care of it later." Gu Rentong waved his hand.

"Chu Chen, who is Chu Chen?"

As soon as Gu Ren's voice fell, a summons came from outside the low peak, and a young disciple of the Heavenly Thunder Hall wearing green clothes walked up to the peak.

Chu Chen didn't reply, and looked at Gu Rentong.

"Miss Shi, wait."

Gu Rentong whispered, greeted the disciple, and after whispering to the disciple, he beckoned to Shi Lan and Chu Chen.

Shi Lan and Chu Chen followed Gu Rentong and the disciple of the Heavenly Thunder Hall to a grand arena with a length and width of nearly 100 zhang and a height of nearly 2 zhang.

The ring was made of dark iron poured throughout, and there were arrays engraved on it, and Shi Lan glanced at it a few times and saw that some of them had the effect of reinforcing it.

There were a lot of enthusiastic people around the ring, there were thousands, the voices were boiling, and the environment was noisy.

There was a place in the crowd that stood out from the crowd, a boxy platform, surrounded by a crowd of people who could not get through.

Everyone was holding the spirit crystal in their hands, their expressions were excited, there was a ranking word hanging on the high platform, Chu Chen's name was hanging at the front, and the words 'one to pay two' were written below, and there was another name 'Yuan Guanhai' hanging next to Chu Chen's name.

Obviously, this is a gambling market, and you can bet on it in a fair and bright way.

Shi Lan had some impressions of this Yuan Guanhai's name, and the strength in the material seemed to be the eightfold peak of the Innate Realm, so there should be no threat to her.

A sturdy young man was standing alone in the ring.

The man was dressed in loose black, his eyes were like eagles, and some fat clothes still couldn't hide the strong muscle lines on his body, and there was a strong invading smell all over his body.

The disciple of the Heavenly Thunder Hall took Gu Rentong and Shi Lan to a middle-aged man in purple clothes, bowed, and said:

"Elder Xin, Gu Rentong, the city lord of Gu Feng City, wants to change the candidates to participate in the martial arts meeting."

"Swap candidates?" Elder Xin looked at Gu Rentong suspiciously.

"In Xia Gu Rentong, I want this Shi Lan girl to replace Chu Chen in the third round of the competition." Gu Rentong arched his hand.

"Substitutions? Is there any evidence? Did you bring a letter of recommendation? Elder Xin glanced at Shi Lan, frowned slightly, and asked.

Gu Rentong held the letter in both hands and handed it to Elder Xin.

"You wait." Elder Xin opened the letter, glanced at the seal on the last page of the letter, and then rose to his feet and fell into the crowd.

Half a moment later, Elder Xin went back and forth, and said in a somewhat strict tone:

"It's okay to make a substitution, but it has to be approved by the other party, and this time it's just an exception, there is no next time!"

"Thank you." Gu Rentong arched his hand and walked to the ring with Shi Lan.

Chu Chen raised his eyebrows, and stood aside without saying a word, what was the reason for Gu Rentong's change of generals, he didn't care too much, he was happy to be at ease, and he didn't have to fight and die in the ring, maybe he would leave a secret wound.

Chu Chen knew his weight well, with his strength when he first entered the eightfold innate realm, it was already the limit to reach the third round, even if he was lucky enough to survive the past, he was sure that he would not be able to reach the last round, and now he suddenly changed people, saving a lot of useless work.

Moreover, he really wanted to see what kind of ability this Shilan girl suddenly brought by the city lord was.

Elder Xin had already jumped into the ring first, came to the man's side, and whispered to him.

The man in black moved his eyes, and after looking at Shi Lan twice, a wicked smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he nodded.

Elder Xin turned around and beckoned to Shi Lan.

"Miss Shi Lan, please." Gu Rentong said solemnly.

Shi Lan nodded, and jumped into the ring with one step, no need for Gu Rentong to say, she will also go all out, after all, the benefits after the matter is not cheap.

After Shi Lan took the stage, there couldn't help but sound a burst of discussion around him.

"Why did you suddenly change people?"

"This Gu Fengcheng side, shouldn't it be Chu Chen, Lao Tzu also pressed fifty spirit crystals to bet on him to win!"

"This girl is so pretty." A young man dressed as a scholar had a somewhat dazed face.

"It's good-looking and useful, her cultivation is only seven times in the innate realm, how can she fight with that Yuan Guanhai?!"

"Is this woman playing instead of Chu Chen? Can the spirit crystals that have just been pressed still count? ”

"The game is back! The one who just pressed Chu Chen can now get the spirit crystal back!"

As soon as these words came out, many people flocked to the high platform and took back their spirit crystals.

Chu Chen's name was withdrawn, and Shi Lan's name that had just been released was hung next to Yuan Guanhai.

Most of the people re-bet and pressed the spirit crystal in their hands under Yuan Guanhai's name.

Yuan Guanhai's odds fell all the way, and finally became one to one, while Shi Lan's odds rose to nine to one.

"I'm crushing Miss Shilan, fifteen hundred... Twenty-three spirit crystals! The man dressed as a scholar before turned red, his mind was hot, he tore off the package he was carrying behind him, and after searching more than ten pieces from his body, he shouted loudly.

"Are you crazy?!"

"You're throwing spirit crystals into the water!"

Several friends beside the man hurriedly dissuaded him.

The scholar calmed down, and felt a little heartache for a while, subconsciously glanced at the ring, and was about to pull back the package, but he happened to bump into Shi Lan's eyesight, and suddenly his mind was hot again, and he smashed the half-lifted package hard.

"Bet!"

……

Shi Lan looked at the words 'one to nine' floating under his name, and he also felt the excitement of placing a bet in his heart.

But it's a pity that she didn't bring spirit crystals, and looking at Gu Rentong's two sleeves, it doesn't look like she brought many spirit crystals, so she can only miss this opportunity to make a windfall.

Shi Lan shook his head slightly, gathered his thoughts, and moved his gaze to his opponent, Yuan Guanhai.

Yuan Guanhai smiled at Shi Lan, licked the corners of his mouth, raised his eyebrows with a teasing expression, and looked at Shi Lan with an extremely indulgent look.

Shi Lan's expression became cold, and he moved his fingers a few times expressionlessly.

Elder Xin only pretended not to see Yuan Guanhai's movements, and talked about the rules of the competition at the beginning.

"Those who fall out of the ring lose, those who fall to the ground lose, and those who hurt people's lives also lose." After saying that, Elder Xin looked at Shi Lan and hinted implicitly: "If you feel that you are invincible and admit defeat, Elder Ben will take action to stop the game." ”

Shi Lan, who was thinking about what shape Yuan Guanhai would make, didn't notice that Gu Rentong, who was standing on the edge of the ring, had inadvertently walked to the edge of the high platform.

Seeing that Shi Lan didn't mean to look back, Gu Rentong quickly pulled out two half-foot-long transparent strips with purple light from his cuffs and threw them on the gambling board.

"Twenty thousand spirit crystals, press Shi Lan to win."