After finishing another round of complaints in his diary, Shen Fan glanced at Jiang Nannan, who was ignoring Xu Sanshi, and a plan suddenly came to his mind.
"Teacher Zhou Yi."
"Is there a place in this Spirit Dueling area where one can place bets on duels?"
Shen Fan asked.
"Yes."
"Every time there's a popular duel between students in the Academy, the Academy will open a betting pool."
"But you and Dai Huabin, one is not from the Academy, and the other is a new student who just arrived this year; your popularity hasn't reached the point where the Academy would personally open a betting pool."
Zhou Yi said.
"Then can I open my own betting pool?"
Shen Fan continued to ask.
"You can, yes."
"You can go to the registration desk and find the staff member specifically in charge of opening betting pools."
"However, if you lose and cannot pay out the betting money, the Academy will forcefully intervene."
Zhou Yi warned him in a feigned serious manner.
"As long as I can, that's fine."
"Thank you for the reminder, Teacher Zhou Yi."
Shen Fan smiled at Zhou Yi to express his gratitude, then said to Huo Yuhao, "Yuhao, how much money do you have? Take it all out; consider it your investment, and we'll split the winnings later."
Shen Fan was so proactive mainly because he planned to cater to Jiang Nannan's love for making money; as long as he had a common language with her, it would be the first step towards success.
"Then I'll invest five hundred bronze coins."
Huo Yuhao had previously observed Dai Huabin's push and knew that Shen Fan's strength was above Dai Huabin's, but he really had no money and could only invest that much.
"Alright."
Shen Fan took the five hundred bronze coins from Huo Yuhao, got up, and walked out towards the registration desk.
Next, because Shen Fan wanted to open a betting pool, his duel with Dai Huabin, which was supposed to start immediately, was postponed. It wasn't until about half an hour later that it was Shen Fan and Dai Huabin's turn to enter the arena.
"Dai Huabin."
"Spirit: White Tiger."
"Three-ring Spirit Elder."
On the stage, Dai Huabin summoned his Spirit and announced his basic information.
"Shen Fan."
"Spirit: Super Holy Bible."
"Four-ring Tool Spirit Ancestor."
Shen Fan also announced his apparent basic information.
"What?"
"You're a Spirit Ancestor?"
Upon hearing this, not only did Dai Huabin's expression change, but those in the audience who had bet on Dai Huabin winning because he possessed the White Tiger Spirit also darkened their faces, cursing the Academy's Spirit Dueling competition for having rule loopholes, not clarifying the spirit power levels of both parties, and scamming them.
"Hmph."
"So what if you're a Spirit Ancestor?"
"My Spirit is the top-tier Beast Spirit, White Tiger. Could it be afraid of a Spirit I've never even heard of?"
This was something Dai Huabin had always been proud of. He had encountered people with higher spirit power levels before, but they were still defeated by his powerful White Tiger Spirit.
"White Tiger, top-tier Spirit?"
"That's hilarious."
"Since when could the White Tiger Spirit be considered a top-tier Spirit?"
"Where do you put the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit?"
"I've noticed that your Star Luo Dai Family is becoming increasingly shameless."
The Spirit grades in the douluo ii era always gave Shen Fan a very chaotic feeling, as if the low, medium, and high-grade Spirits of the Douluo One Era no longer existed, and any random Spirit could be called a top-tier Spirit.
"Alright."
"Both of you, stop bickering."
"The one-minute Spirit summoning time is up. The match begins."
At this moment, the referee beside them suddenly spoke, with no intention of letting Dai Huabin continue to respond, nor did he wait for Shen Fan to summon his Spirit.
One minute later.
At the entrance of the Spirit Dueling arena.
"Here, Yuhao."
"This is yours."
Shen Fan took out five thousand gold coins and handed them to Huo Yuhao.
"This is too much."
"I only invested five hundred bronze coins."
"A return of one gold coin is enough."
Huo Yuhao didn't take it, only taking one gold coin from the pile.
"Take it."
"Shrek Academy students aren't short on money, and there's Dai Huabin, that big fool who bet ninety thousand gold coins. I earned a total of one hundred thousand gold coins this time, so giving you five thousand isn't much."
"What's more, I'm your Uncle, so it's only right for me to give you some pocket money, unless you don't consider me your Uncle at all."
After speaking, Shen Fan, without explanation, shoved all the remaining gold coins into Huo Yuhao's arms.
"Okay, then I'll accept it."
"Thank you, Uncle Shen."
"You're the only one who's been so good to me besides my Mother."
Shen Fan's actions deeply moved Huo Yuhao. He had suffered too much oppression in the Dukes Mansion and knew that if Shen Fan didn't truly treat him as a nephew, he wouldn't possibly be so kind to him, nor would he share so many gold coins. Calling him Uncle now also felt much more natural.
"Good boy."
Shen Fan smiled and continued, "From now on, I'll basically go to the Spirit Dueling arena at Shrek Academy or the Great Spirit Arena outside almost every night to duel. Yuhao, you can always bet on me winning."
"Oh, right."
"If any of you are interested, you can also always bet on me winning."
"I can't guarantee against opponents above the Spirit Ancestor level, but within the Spirit Ancestor realm, I am absolutely invincible."
"It's just a pity that I'm only one person."
"If someone could team up with me, I could participate in at least two Spirit Dueling matches every day."
"That way, I could earn more gold coins every day."
Shen Fan's words were mainly directed at Jiang Nannan.
"I'm also a Spirit Ancestor."
"How about we two form a team?"
Jiang Nannan was tempted.
She had thought about earning money through Spirit Dueling before, but she couldn't guarantee a win, so she had never taken action.
"What?"
"No."
"I object."
Hearing that Jiang Nannan actually wanted to team up with someone else for a Spirit Duel, and with a man at that, Xu Sanshi immediately jumped out.
"Xu Sanshi."
"You're not anyone to me, and I'm not anyone to you."
"You have no right to control me."
Jiang Nannan was a little annoyed.
"No, Nannan."
"If you want to team up for a Spirit Duel, you can team up with me! I'm also a Spirit Ancestor."
Xu Sanshi quickly explained.
"Xu Sanshi."
"I understand what you mean, but it's impossible for us."
"How many times do I have to tell you before you understand?"
Jiang Nannan admitted that Xu Sanshi was very good to her.
Perhaps, if it weren't for that incident back then, she might have already fallen in love with Xu Sanshi under his persistent pursuit.
But 'if only' is just 'if only'.
"I don't need to understand."
"I only know that as long as I'm good enough to you, Nannan, you will eventually be moved by my true feelings and genuinely accept me."
Xu Sanshi had heard Jiang Nannan say these words countless times; he simply didn't take them to heart, letting them go in one ear and out the other.
He wasn't unaware of why Jiang Nannan kept rejecting him, but he believed that as long as Jiang Nannan ultimately accepted him, that past incident could be seen as their destined connection.
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