Guan Chutian bowed her head again, truly not wanting to lose face.
Yet due to Shi Zhuan's reason, she had already lost plenty.
On the arena, Jiang Yuan glanced at Shi Zhuan and then walked down towards the audience.
He still had to... negotiate business with Zhan Youqing.
As for Shi Zhuan's bet?
Shi Zhuan couldn't afford to lose face, and even if he lacked dignity, Daxia Academy would choose to save face for him so as not to be disgraced.
The reward wouldn't get away!
Shi Zhuan looked up, his eyes maliciously following Jiang Yuan's retreating figure.
If he killed Jiang Yuan here, he would definitely be restrained on the spot.
However, he might not necessarily die, after all...
Shi Zhuan's eyes flickered, and just as he was about to make his move, two Purple Quality Cards appeared in Jiang Yuan's hands.
Purple light shimmered, and both Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad and Zhao Gongming appeared beside Jiang Yuan.
"Do I still have any luck left?"
Jiang Yuan suddenly remembered something while stepping down from the arena.
Before, he had let Zhao Gongming accumulate a lot of luck, and the luck absorbed by [Autumn Plague·Five Ghosts Fortune] from others was all saved by Zhao Gongming.
All for card making.
And now there was a new use for it.
"Lord Lao Zi, does your success rate in alchemy have anything to do with luck?"
"Of course it does."
Lord Lao Zi stroked his beard and nodded: "Sometimes even the most assured refining process can encounter minor problems due to luck."
Lord Lao Zi's eyes were profound as if he recalled the times he blew up the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, and remembered the golden and silver spirits being blown black-faced.
Hmm, it's time to tell Yuan to call out his own children... to create them.
Then he wouldn't have to do everything himself.
Right, he also needed to create the Palm Leaf Fan first because without wind, the Six Divine Fire sometimes doesn't burn sufficiently.
Lord Lao Zi pondered, while Jiang Yuan turned his head to look at Zhao Gongming and didn't see Lord Lao Zi's expression.
"The luck is gone."
"Ah?"
Jiang Yuan's step faltered, and he looked at Zhao Gongming surprisedly.
"Didn't you say before that the luck absorbed was more than what I had accumulated over eighteen years?"
Jiang Yuan truly didn't understand; after all, Zhao Gongming had said that he had stored a lot of luck.
Jiang Yuan had thought that he could squander it for a while, but now you're telling me it's gone?
"It's really gone."
Zhao Gongming spread his hands helplessly, but his gaze drifted towards Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad next to him.
What a joke? To invite such a great deity just with a Purple Quality Card?
Had it not been for the tough support of so much luck, he might only be able to invite him at the stage of the Red Quality Card.
After seeing Zhao Gongming's gaze, Jiang Yuan also glanced at Lord Lao Zi beside him, then fell silent.
Indeed, is it the same as when he made the [Nezha] card?
If it wasn't for luck pushing hard, it might not have been possible to create it at all.
"Alright then, how much luck is left?" Jiang Yuan let out a resigned sigh and asked Zhao Gongming again.
"None."
Zhao Gongming spread his hands again: "The guy I fought against had already had most of his luck absorbed last time we fought, and it hasn't recovered since."
Zhao Gongming was not lying; the luck he had stored was really gone.
Because Shi Ji had the Skill that added bad luck to the opponent as a foundation, the luck he transported with [Autumn Plague·Five Ghosts Fortune] was more, even reducing the opponent's remaining luck.
This was how he could accumulate so much luck in such a short time.
But so much luck was squandered in one go by Lord Lao Zi, which made Zhao Gongming somewhat helpless.
"Then, if Lord Lao Zi crafts an elixir that can break through the bottleneck, what's the success rate?"
"With the addition of your Red Quality heavenly and earthly treasures, the success rate should be around fifty percent."
Lord Lao Zi also snapped back to reality: "However, even with my Skill and the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, it's just an additional twenty percent success rate."
"I see."
Jiang Yuan nodded and then fell silent.
The 70% success rate is not very high.
Jiang Yuan continued forward silently, while Shi Zhuan on the battle stage angrily pounded the ground.
"Damn it, how could this guy suddenly manifest his own Card Spirit?"
Shi Zhuan looked unwillingly at the increasingly distant figure of Jiang Yuan, his heart filled with rage.
Just wait, there will be a day for me to get out!
"Are you planning to break through to Essence Sink directly?"
"Hm?"
Jiang Yuan turned his head and saw Li Yueying beside him.
"Yes."
Jiang Yuan nodded: "My muscle weakness has been cured, and I've reached the late stage of Great Liang; with Shi Zhuan's bet coming up, as well as the card-making materials Zhan Youqing gave me, I should have enough to breakthrough to Essence Sink."
"Do you want to hear my advice?"
Li Yueying smiled gently at Jiang Yuan.
"Of course, you're my teacher."
Jiang Yuan also smiled and immediately nodded: "I should listen to my teacher's advice. It might be very beneficial for me."
"It's not a 'might be'."
Li Yueying also smiled: "Your humanities grades are too poor, the old principal already said that you need to cram for your humanities courses during this time."
"Ah?"
Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment, his smile becoming a bit awkward: "That, can't we just skip that?"
"At first, I also thought it wasn't necessary, but hearing that you want to break through to Essence Sink right now, I think it's necessary." Li Yueying said, smiling at Jiang Yuan.
"What do you mean?"
"Don't you know that once you break through to Essence Sink, there will be no entry requirements for either the Grotto Heavens connected to other races or the All Clans Battlefield?"
"I know that."
"Knowing that, why are you in such a hurry to breakthrough?"
Li Yueying tapped Jiang Yuan's forehead: "Why rush the breakthrough instead of harvesting some war trophies in the Grotto Heavens and All Clans Battlefield restricted to those below Essence Sink?"
"Moreover, continuously using Star Power Light Balls and precious treasures to breakthrough has downsides. The lightness of your Star Power was suppressed by the treasures given to you last time, but it's best not to continue like this."
"Um..."
Jiang Yuan was somewhat tempted.
Not for any other reason but the opportunity to harvest war trophies in the Grotto Heavens and All Clans Battlefield of other races.
Being undefeated at his level, he was quite confident in this respect!
It might be a bit conceited, but just having the Linglong Tower was enough to protect oneself.
In the Grotto Heavens and All Clans Battlefield where only those of Great Liang strength could enter.
"The teacher makes sense, and weren't you going to the Elemental Spirit Clan's Grotto Heaven for me to copy some Thunder Attribute skills? If I go after breaking through, without the strength restriction, the danger is much higher."
"That's true."
Jiang Yuan nodded and then made a decision.
His muscle weakness had been cured, so there's no need to rush the breakthrough.
First, he would deal with Zhao Gongming, then harvest some war trophies before talking about breaking through.
After all, his luck was too low now; if the elixir to break through the bottleneck fails due to Lord Lao Zi's poor alchemy success rate, that would be a real headache.
"Taking this time to consolidate would be good."
Lord Lao Zi also nodded: "I also need to use this time to study, to see the precious treasures of your world and get acquainted with them."
"Shi Ji needs to study the Undead Magic, right?"
"Yes, there are plenty of resources in the library, and you should also learn some cultural knowledge." Li Yueying nodded.
"The Cultivation boosted by elixirs or precious treasures is ultimately unsubstantial; it's good to consolidate. There's never too much knowledge."
Lord Lao Zi smiled and stroked his beard: "It's a good chance for me to make some equipment too."
"Then let's not break through for now."
Jiang Yuan nodded, and right after he finished speaking, Mu Qianshan rushed over excitedly.
"Yuan, I have good news!"