Chapter 142: Chapter 116: Beast Taming Pavilion

“It’s over! It’s over! Lost again!”

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The cultivator who bet on the second-tier Demon Tiger to win shouted anxiously at the fallen Demon Tiger.

Li Mu opened his eyes and woke up. In front of him, various information appeared in the virtual character window, and he finally understood the nature of this ’Beast Taming Pavilion’.

The ’Beast Taming Pavilion’ was simply trading under false pretenses. It was indeed a shop related to beast taming, but rather than a shop for operating beast taming, it was a casino where beasts participated in battles, using demon beasts for gambling fights.

The ’Beast Taming Pavilion’ used a Jiezhi Space Array to build a large Beast Fighting Arena inside a small shop. He was located at the number one Beast Fighting Platform, and beyond that, there were five more ’Beast Fighting Platforms’, simultaneously hosting different combat matches. There were cultivators against demon beasts, cultivators fighting other cultivators, and even demon cultivators battling ghost objects. In summary, it was a very ’exciting’ place.

“Elder, it’s your first time here, right? The ’Beast Taming Pavilion’ prohibits the use of divine sense. If you want to enter and watch, please buy a ticket, or you can place a bet to enter the battle arena.” A young attendant in beast taming uniform approached Li Mu, smiling and offering assistance.

“Hmm! Take me to the number 2 Arena!” Li Mu nodded, stopping his divine sense, as the match in the number 1 Arena had already ended, with the second-tier Purple Lightning Mink, hiding its killer move, smiling to the end.

“Alright, Elder, please follow me.” The attendant happily complied, leading Li Mu to the entrance of the number 2 Arena, and smilingly asked, “Elder, would you like to buy a ticket or place a bet? The number 2 Platform is currently hosting a special fight, a duel between two Golden Core clans, the Zhou Family and the Liu Family. Zhou Yuanpeng is up against Liu Tianyi, both at Foundation Establishment cultivation. Betting on Zhou Yuanpeng for the win pays 1:1.63, betting on Liu Tianwen for the win pays 3.78, and betting on a draw pays 2.56.”

“I’ll buy a ticket! How much is one?” Li Mu smiled, not wanting to become a gambling addict, and indicated.

“Tickets are 10 Middle Spirit Stones each!” The attendant said with a slightly disappointed look.

Li Mu nodded, took 10 Middle Spirit Stones from his storage bracelet, and tossed them to him.

The young attendant accepted the spirit stones and excitedly ran to the counter to buy a ticket. Shortly, he returned with a Bronze Token and handed it to Li Mu, saying, “Elder, please enter the arena with this token! You’ll find a seat in the rear cyan section of the stands, but be careful not to release your divine sense indiscriminately, as it can easily irritate others. There might be Golden Core and Nascent Soul elders hidden among the audience.”

“Got it! Thank you!” Li Mu nodded solemnly, took the Bronze Token, and walked into the number 2 Arena.

Upon entering the number 2 Arena, a wave of heat hit him, and the noisy sounds quickly filled his ears.

“He’s foolish, the Zhou guy is definitely going to lose, is that even how you use a sword?”

“Dodge quickly, don’t engage in close combat, watch out above!”

“Wow! The Zhou guy’s counterattack is so fast…”

“Elder Liu, go for it! Keep using your techniques, push him off the stage, the opponent isn’t good with techniques!”

“Elder Liu, be careful!”

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The intense shouting continuously reached his ears, and the cultivators in the stands were so captivated by the exciting combat scenes that they erupted in exclamations.

Listening to their cries, Li Mu immediately identified who on the platform was Zhou Yuanpeng and who was Liu Tianyi, as the sword cultivator in cyan battle dress was Zhou Yuanpeng, and the one in the yellow robe was Liu Tianyi.

The two were fighting intensely in the arena. Zhou Yuanpeng’s figure was like the wind; his swordsmanship was excellent, with sword qi sweeping around, and his Destruction Skill posed no problem.

Liu Tianyi was skilled in both Fire and Wood Dual Techniques, utilizing a Fire Wheel Spiritual Artifact in one hand and a Cyan Shield in the other, to withstand Zhou Yuanpeng’s sword qi, while the spinning fire wheel sent out red fire snakes charging at Zhou Yuanpeng.

On-site, filled with pure technique powers, but it was all contained within a Tier Five Defense Wall around the arena, effectively preventing any impact on the spectator stands.

After watching the fierce battle between two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators for a while, Li Mu started to lose interest.

For one thing, Zhou Yuanpeng’s swordsmanship and body technique were satisfactory but hadn’t reached an advanced level. His sword momentum was too weak, his sword qi insufficiently sharp, his sword too slow, and he couldn’t seize opportunities; he repeatedly missed several potential moments to win with a single strike, with many flaws and omissions.

Such an opponent, Li Mu could easily defeat with a few moves.

Regarding Liu Tianyi, he had many shortcomings too, not being proficient enough in techniques, with too few technique variations, unnecessarily wasting mana, unable to deliver a fatal blow. If this continued, Zhou Yuanpeng, who consumed less true essence, was sure to win.

Of course, that was under the condition that neither of them held back. Otherwise, it would be hard for Liu Tianyi to win.

As expected, as the battle continued, Liu Tianyi used two ultimate techniques, both of which Zhou Yuanpeng dodged, leading to Liu Tianyi’s defeat in the end.

“Ah! How did he lose! My spirit stones!”

“Elder Liu, Ten Thousand Woods Binding Technique wasn’t honed well! Otherwise, victory was definite!”

“I’ve lost seven times in a row! Such bad luck!”

“How could this happen….”

With Liu Tianyi’s defeat, a wave of wails rose from the stands because of the odds; nearly 70-80% of the people had bet on Liu Tianyi to win. With his failure, countless ’gamblers’ immediately saw red.

Li Mu smiled as he walked out of the arena amidst the chaotic crowd.

Having personally watched this exciting battle between late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, Li Mu gained a lot because many techniques, sword skills, and cultivation techniques reached full level, thanks to acquiring numerous innate divine techniques skills.

His combat intuition and talent were elevated to a certain extent, and through this intense battle, Li Mu’s capabilities in combat vision and battle situation analysis also received a baptism-like boost.

“Not a bad place, I could come here often.” Li Mu smiled, giving the ’Beast Taming Pavilion’ a positive review.

Li Mu planned to wait a few more months until Xiaojin fully transitioned from its juvenile stage to its growth stage before bringing it back to this ’Beast Taming Pavilion’ to fight on the platform against other beasts, to hone its battle awareness.

It was getting late.

Upon leaving the ’Beast Taming Pavilion’, Li Mu didn’t have time to wander the market but instead found a nearby inn to stay. Afterwards, he changed into a new robe, swapped to Master Li’s face on the Exquisite Mask, took out and pinned on his waist the high-level honored guest elder token from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, and operated the Perfection Realm Reversed Element Concealing Breath Technique to alter his spiritual pressure aura.

Soon, Li Mu visited the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion again under the guise of ’Master Li’.

“Elder, welcome to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, please come inside!” Four female greeters at the door enthusiastically greeted and welcomed him with a bow.

“Bring out your shopkeeper!” Li Mu stepped into the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, handing a high-level guest minister token to a female attendant who came up to greet him.

“Alright, alright! Elder, please wait a moment!” The female attendant accepted the guest minister token, bowed, and rushed excitedly to the inner hall.

In no time, a ’fiery’ figure briskly sprinted to Li Mu’s side.

“Welcome, welcome, I’m Shopkeeper Gongsun Chu of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, it’s an honor to meet Master Li!” Gongsun Chu, tightly clutching the guest minister token, approached Li Mu, welcoming him with excitement.

Gangyang City’s Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, due to ’Master Li’, had its performance skyrocket to become the top in the region.

Steward Wan mentioned that ’Master Li’ joined the Qing Xuan Sect and became the Artifact Refining Elder at the Qing Xuan Sect. Cyan Cloud City had the advantage of proximity, aiming to seize this opportunity to build connections with ’Master Li’.

After extensive inquiries, it was found that ’Master Li’ refined Tier Four Spiritual Artifacts, one after another, flowing out from Qing Xuan Sect’s Hundred Refinement Peak, yet Gongsun Chu tried everything but couldn’t meet ’Master Li’ in person.

It was like knowing the location of a ’Treasure Mountain’ but having no chance to dig into it, Gongsun Chu had worried off several pounds in recent days.

Now, with the Cyan Cloud City Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion auction about to be held, Gongsun Chu was distressed by the lack of meeting ’Master Li’. He never imagined a turnaround would happen today, with ’Master Li’ personally arriving.

It was just like manna from heaven, Gongsun Chu was thrilled.

“Shopkeeper Gongsun, you’re too kind!” Li Mu chuckled, observing the excited and speechless Gongsun Chu in close proximity, he fully understood her feelings.

He had experienced similar scenarios with Wang Wenbao multiple times, but changing from a greasy fat man to a fragrant mature woman still was a pleasant experience for Li Mu.

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