CHAPTER 541 JAXON JIANG

"Damn!" All the disciples around took a deep breath in awe while giving Ricky an incredulous look.

"Five million gold coins? That's no small amount of money!" Whispered conversations of interest could

be heard from among the disciples.

"Five million gold coins is about the full amount of monetary resources that a spiritual-king force has. I

wonder if Ricky actually has the money, or if he was just bluffing."

"It doesn't really matter. The fact that he dared to wage five million gold coins clearly indicates that he

has the guts to deal with the consequences. Maybe that's the difference between an ace genius and all

the ordinary people!"

At that moment, both Soar and Tina were staring at Hardy and Victor with a cold smile on their faces.

They knew Ricky's personality better than anyone. No one would be able to take advantage of him.

They knew that if Ricky decided to bet against anyone, he would not stop until his opponent was broke.

Both Hardy and Victor looked sullen, as the situation was looking bleak for them.

First of all, they did not have five million gold coins on them. Secondly, even if they had had such

money on them, they did not have the courage to put it all up in a wager against Ricky. Last but not

least, they were genuinely worried that Ricky might actually know a lot about weapon casting.

"What now? I thought you were the one who started all this. Are you trying to play dead now?" Soar

asked with contempt in his voice, stepping up to confront them.

Click-clack! Click-clack!

Hardy and Victor tightened their fists so hard that their fingernails cut into their palms. Their eyes

flashed with murderous intent at Soar's taunts. If they could kill with nothing but the power of their will,

Ricky would have already dropped dead.

...

"I would never have thought that Hardy could be put in such an awkward position. After all, it was him

and his people who started all this." The disciples around discussed their opinions telepathically with

each other.

"You don't say. In the entire Oriental College, Ricky might be the only genius who could make Hardy, a

genius from an influential family, look like such a fool."

"If you're chickening out, then stop wasting our time. Be a good boy and just step aside," Ricky said

softly with a devilish smile on his face.

"It is only five million gold coins. Call them on that! People will begin to think that the Jiang Clan can't

even come up with such small amount of money otherwise. Don't sit there and bring shame to our

clan!" a man called out in a flat tone and commanded everyone's attention.

Everyone turned in the direction of the voice and saw a white-clad young man stepping up with a little

bit swagger. He shot a quick glance at Ricky before turning and letting his eyes linger longer on Tina

instead. He was apparently drawn by her elegance and beauty.

"That's Jaxon! I can't believe that he is really here!" Every disciple on the scene was astonished by his

presence.

Jaxon Jiang was a genius in both pill refining and weapon casting. He was under the age of thirty, but

he was already a casting master at the inferior stage of Spirit Level, as well as a pill refiner of King

Level. To some degree, he was just as gifted as Ricky.

'Jaxon? I believe I have heard that name somewhere before. Isn't he the one who is both a pill refiner

of King Level, and a casting master of Spirit Level?' Ricky thought to himself as he saw Jaxon Jiang.

'We literally just arrived at this place, then someone so strong has already showed up. It looks like they

were somehow expecting my arrival.'

Ricky was right. Even inside of the Oriental College, his actions were under constant surveillance by

the Luxurious Chamber of Commerce, along with the disciples of the three demi-spiritual emperors.

The reason they had kept tabs on Ricky while he was in the Oriental College, was that they wanted to

know when Ricky would be coming out of there to gain more experience. They knew that would be their

window of opportunity.

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Under any other circumstances, Ricky would have been really impressed with Jaxon Jiang. After all,

almost no one could make it to a pill refiner of King Level as well as a casting master of Spirit Level at

the same time, and do it all while under the age of thirty.

"Jaxon!"

"Jaxon!" Both Hardy and Victor grew excited as Jaxon Jiang appeared. They hoped he had come to

back them up.

They could not come up with five million gold coins. However, Jaxon Jiang could definitely come up

with such an amount.

Jaxon Jiang's presence boosted their confidence in facing Ricky. They had nothing to worry about

because they believed that Jaxon Jiang would always take care of them.

Without any hesitation, Jaxon Jiang flipped his hand. A storage bag and a black chunk of iron appeared

in his hand.

"There are three million gold coins in this storage bag, plus this chunk of iron is ancient black iron,

which worth more than two million gold coins. You can go ahead and have a competition against Victor.

If you win, you can take them all. If you lose, your five million gold coins will be ours," Jaxon Jiang said

to Ricky in the same flat tone.

"Only Jaxon could make something like this work out!" the disciples said with emotion. They then

turned to look at Ricky to see if he could really come up with five million gold coins.

"I see. I admire your generosity. I think I am going to win both of those items from you," Ricky said as

he smiled at Jaxon Jiang.

He was particularly interested in the ancient black iron because he was planning to recast his Iron

Destroyer. He thought that the chunk of iron was exactly what he needed.

"You sound confident, but I'm afraid I need to see if you really have the amount of money you're

wagering before we start!" Jaxon Jiang smiled back.

Without further ado, Ricky also flipped his hand, and a small palace appeared in his hand.

The small palace was no other than the middle stage spiritual space tool that he had taken from the

auction hosted by the Luxurious Chamber of Commerce.

"This is a middle grade spiritual space tool—the Mind Palace Model! I assume that you all know what a

middle stage spiritual space tool is. This is worth more than three point five million gold coins." Ricky

smiled confidently.

"Damn! That really is a middle stage spiritual space tool!" All the disciples around them drew a deep

breath of awe.

"I heard earlier that, in the Oriental City, a middle stage spiritual space tool had been sold to a young

master from the Golden Leopard Valley. The man was killed after that," someone speculated.

"Ricky is now in possession of that same middle stage spiritual space tool. Are you trying to say it was

Ricky who killed the young master?"

Despite all the gossip, everyone still looked at that middle stage spiritual space tool with greed in their

eyes. Everyone wanted it.

The members of Jiang Clan were exceptionally greedy, and they fixed their eyes on it veraciously.

'I have to get my hands on that middle stage spiritual space tool! If I can deliver that to my clan, given

my current status, I will definitely become the next leader of the Jiang Clan!' Jaxon Jiang thought to

himself.

The way he saw it, that spiritual space tool was already his. He did not care at all about who Ricky was,

or what he wanted.

"This is my low stage Heaven-splitting Spear, plus the middle stage spiritual space tool from my

brother, they are worth more than five million coins altogether." At that moment, Soar also chipped in

for Ricky with his Heaven-splitting Spear.

"Ha-ha, only an ace genius would have the audacity to wage a middle stage spiritual space tool. I still

feel the need to warn you that such audacity could cost you everything, though," Jaxon Jiang said as

her burst into a fit of laughter.

The way he saw it, Ricky had brought him a precious gift instead of making a wager. Jaxon Jiang was

overjoyed by that.

"Haven't you heard the saying that if you have no money, you get no honey? The reason I threw in the

middle stage spiritual space tool is because I want your ancient black iron," Ricky replied with a

confident smile on his face.

"Now that both parties have shown that they have sufficient money or items for this wager, let's get

started with this competition, shall we?" Jaxon Jiang also smiled lightly with matching confidence.

"I can't wait to begin!" Ricky replied.

...

Instantly the casting square was vacated by everyone for Ricky and Victor, as the same casting

material was prepared for the both of them.

At that moment, everyone present felt like someone was watching from the sky. Clearly, the disciples

from the Weapon Casting Department were not the only ones who were watching the game closely.