Chapter Seventy-One: The Fifteenth Covenant
Shi Ziling and Yu Wei walked together on the way to Tongle Casino, and their mood was extremely relaxed.
In the past ten days, as soon as he came back from Nanying every day, he would join Xiaohui in the room for double cultivation.
Yu Yulan had already taken care of her family and not disturbing them, and with the help of Shi Ziling, Xiao Hui's spiritual power had broken through to the fifth layer realm, and Zhenyuan cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds.
And Shi Ziling's spiritual power finally broke through to the ninth layer of the soul dementor ** on the tenth day, and the magic power and true yuan power in his body have also grown and improved to varying degrees.
Although he had only just stepped into the ninth layer of the "Dementor **", Shi Ziling still felt that his spiritual power had improved significantly. Whether it is the "Extraterrestrial Demon Sound" or the "Ecstasy Demon Eye", it is now easy to come by, and there is no need to deliberately gather power to send it out, and the power when using it is also more controllable.
Regarding today's showdown with Ye Zhenzhen, Shi Ziling is still unhappy and worry-free in his heart.
In the double cultivation with Xiao Hui, Shi Ziling deeply realized the wonder and wonder of life, martial arts is only a way to explore the potential of life, and there are countless wonderful unknowns in life waiting for him to explore.
Ye Zhenzhen may be the strongest opponent Shi Ziling has ever faced, but he is just a passerby on his way to the pinnacle of martial arts. Victory or defeat will not change or stop him from continuing to move towards the pinnacle of martial arts.
Yu Wei's heart was mixed.
I am happy that I can finally set foot on the "Proud Building", the holy place in my heart, and I can see goddesses like Ye Zhenzhen and Huang Ying again, which is really a happy life. The worry is that Shi Ziling has come back from the barracks every day for the past ten days, and he has gone into the backyard headlong, and he and Xiaohui don't know what they are doing behind closed doors.
The Yu family felt quite strange about this, seeing that the "15th Covenant" was imminent, Shi Ziling didn't hurry up to practice, why did he still soak with Xiao Hui every day?
But Yu Yulan's words were scorching, saying that the joint practice between Xiaohui and Shi Ziling was really necessary, and asked everyone not to disturb the two. Although everyone was suspicious, Yu Yulan has always been very assertive, since she said so, there must be her reason.
Besides, the duel between Shi Ziling and Ye Zhenzhen was not something that people of their strength level could help at all, so everyone had to keep their suspicions in their hearts and let him go.
Today is July 15, because there are many guests from all over the world who came to the "Proud Building" to watch the "Tenth Five-Year Appointment", and the place of the "Proud Building" is limited, so the identity requirements for the guests are particularly strict, and everyone in the Yu family is not invited.
Yu Wei was very angry about this, and clamored to go with Shi Ziling.
Yu Zhengtian and the others felt that he couldn't help when he went, but they were afraid that they would take the opportunity to gamble a few times, but they didn't approve of it. In the end, Shi Ziling overrode public opinion and took Yu Wei with him.
Seeing that he was about to arrive at Tongle Fang, Yu Wei finally couldn't help but ask Shi Ziling: "Ziling, you tell me, you won't really be because you know that you are determined to lose anyway, so you simply mess with Xiaohui in the backyard every day, right?"
Shi Ziling smiled: "Didn't you bet all your wealth on me? Why are you so unconfident in me?" I can tell you, Xiao Hui's strength is now the first person in the Yu family after me, if you are heard by her nonsense, be careful of being beaten by her. ”
Yu Wei was taken aback and said, "No, even if she practices with you every day, can it be that in just a few days, she can still improve to be stronger than Niu Lao and Miss Yulan?
Shi Ziling smiled: "Believe it or not." Although I am engaged to her, we are not married yet. The girl is thin-skinned, if you talk nonsense in front of her, don't blame me for not reminding you. ”
Yu Wei was skeptical, and then asked, "Then are you sure you will win today?"
Shi Ziling said indifferently: "Since it is a gamble, it is natural that you may lose or win." If you had known the result, what would be fun. You usually like gambling so much, don't you understand this reason?"
When Yu Wei wanted to ask, the two had already come to the door of Tongle Fang.
Tongle Gambling House is the largest and most famous gambling house in Songhu City, among which the proud building is famous all over the world because of the "Caiyunxuan" founded by the kendo master Gongsun Auntie, who sent many female disciples to preside.
But today's Tongle Fang is very different from usual, although it is lively, but many gamblers' minds are not on the gambling money, everyone is almost talking about the same thing, that is, the gambling game that is about to be staged in the proud building.
All the major stalls in the city have opened markets for today's showdown between the two, and the amount of bets is unprecedented. Shi Ziling and Ye Zhenzhen both have their own supporters, but on the whole, they are still optimistic about Ye Zhenzhen.
After all, she is the heir to the mantle of today's top kendo masters. With this identity alone, it is almost enough to be on an equal footing with the patriarchs of the major families.
At this time, the proud upstairs was already full of guests from all over the world, and the big families from all over the country had sent people to attend the observation, and some of the leading figures in the city, such as Duanmu Hong and Su Bairen, had also taken their seats early.
In the hall, which usually has more than a dozen tables, today only one table is placed in the center, and the place where the tables were originally placed is full of chairs. Everything is ready, just waiting for Ye Zhenzhen and Shi Ziling to appear.
As soon as Shi Ziling and Yu Wei entered Tongle Fang, they immediately caused a commotion among the gamblers downstairs. There were many people who cheered him on, and some people sneered at him. When the two came to the staircase of the "Proud Building", they were blocked by several guards.
Yu Wei said with a stinging voice: "This is General Shi Zilingshi, don't you know him?
The two guards said, "General Shi, we know each other, but who are you, do you have an invitation?"
"Invitations?"
Yu Wei was about to defend that he was with Shi Ziling, and a steward turned to the side, who was the Duanmu Kang he saw last time.
Duanmu Kang walked over and said with a smile: "Shi Gongzi, forgive me, this time, since many of the people who came were the leaders of various places, including our Duanmu family master and the city guard Su, in order to prevent accidents, it is stipulated that no one can go upstairs without an invitation." Who is causing the current situation to be turbulent, I heard that there was an assassin who assassinated Shi Gongzi a few days ago. ”
Duanmu Kang said to Yu Wei again: "Please forgive this benevolent brother, I think it's better to stay downstairs to play two handfuls." ”
Yu Wei knew that Duanmu Kang was a member of the Duanmu family, although he was reluctant in his heart, he didn't dare to offend the people of the Duanmu family, he couldn't help but feel discouraged, and was about to stay downstairs helplessly, Shi Ziling stepped forward with a smile and said: "Duanmu housekeeper, you noble people are more forgetful, this Yu Wei brother has an invitation, think about it again?"
Duanmu Kang was stunned for a moment, and secretly thought that if there was an invitation, he would take it out, but he couldn't help but look at Shiziling strangely. Suddenly, Shi Ziling's eyes flashed, and he was looking at himself with a smile, and Duanmu Kangden's heart was confused.
I only heard Shi Ziling say: "This Brother Yu Wei has an invitation, do you remember?"
Duanmu Kang replied in a daze: "Yes, this Brother Yu Wei has an invitation, I remember." ”
Shi Ziling smiled freely, pulled up Yu Wei, who felt a little inexplicable, and walked up. The two guards were left to look at Duanmu Kang, who was a little stunned, and he didn't know why at all, but he had to watch Yu Wei go upstairs.
Yu Wei came upstairs and couldn't help but say to Shi Ziling: "Ziling, it turns out that I have an invitation, why didn't you tell me earlier, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to come up just now, it's really ......"
Shi Ziling smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and the two walked into the hall together.
Shi Ziling and Yu Wei stepped into the main hall, and someone immediately announced loudly: "Shi Ziling's son is ......"
Everyone's eyes were on them, these people were either rich or noble, they were all figures with heads and faces in the city and even everywhere, and most of them had extraordinary skills, and they all wanted to see what kind of character this young man who was born out of thin air.
Yu Wei had never seen such a big scene, and under the gaze of everyone, he couldn't help but feel a little timid and timid, so he unconsciously slowed down his pace and followed behind Shiziling.
Shi Ziling smiled, calmly greeted everyone's gaze, he took two steps forward and stood still, arched his hand towards everyone present, and at the same time swept the hall with his gaze, taking in the situation in the hall.
Everyone in the hall felt like a spring breeze when they came into contact with Shi Ziling's eyes, as if they had seen an old friend for many years, and they couldn't help but be secretly surprised in their hearts, and couldn't help but feel a little good about this young man.
At this time, a stunning beauty with a hot figure and a long sword hanging from her waist came to Shi Ziling, pointed to the gambling table in the middle and said, "Shi Gongzi, please take a seat." ”
Shi Ziling saw that it was Huang Ying, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Huang Girl, I haven't seen you for many days, and you are still so heroic." ”
Huang Ying snorted lightly and said, "Shi Gongzi has been in the limelight recently, there are people everywhere in Songhu City talking about Shi Gongzi's deeds, and the little girl really lost her eyes last time." ”
Shi Ziling saw that Huang Ying was a little displeased, and knew that she was still minding the thing that she almost lost to herself last time, and said with a smile:
"When Miss Huang holds the dice cup, she is like a goddess possessing her body, which is really unforgettable. In fact, in terms of real gambling skills, where am I your opponent, I just relied on some carving insect skills last time to get lucky and a tie with Miss Huang. I don't know if Lu Dao is so lucky in front of Fairy Ye today. ”
Huang Ying listened to him praise himself in public, and frankly admitted that his gambling skills were not as good as himself, and he was just lucky to fight with himself in a draw last time, and the anger in his heart disappeared completely, and he smiled and said: "Shi Gongzi has unpredictable skills, in fact, Huang Ying also benefited a lot from gambling with Shi Gongzi last time." ”
Huang Ying was originally a first-class beauty, and when she smiled, everyone in the hall was a little depressed.
Seeing that there were only two seats next to the gambling table placed in the middle, Shi Ziling asked, "Hasn't Fairy Ye come yet?"
Huang Ying said: "Shi Gongzi, please sit down first, and I will go and ask the owner to come out." After speaking, he walked into the inner hall and called Ye Zhenzhen.