The five of them discussed the petition rules and other details ih before dispersing aurning to their aodations.

  After Murong Qiurned, she informed the members of the Xuan Yi about the results of the meeting.

  Lin Hao couldn't help but let his thoughts wander. Setting the petition in the arena, these old foxes really had a clever pn.

  They must have struck a deal with the arena to extrae bes from it.

  Although Lin Hao saw through the iions of the sect leaders, he didn't expose them. Instead, he suggested visiting the arena to get familiar with the venue.

  Murong Qiurally had no objes and nodded in agreement.

  However, Lu Buping excused himself, g he had personal matters to attend to and couldn't go.

  Lin Hao was more than happy for him not to e, as it gave him a ce to be aloh Ning Qingxue. But Liu Mei insisted on following them uhe pretense of ensuring their safety.

  The three of them made their way to the arena, and before eveering, they could hear the bustling noise of the crowd.

  However, entry wasn't free; it required a fee of ten spirit stones.

  Ten spirit stones weren't too much, but they were enough to deter those looking for a free ride.

  For Lin Hao, thirty spirit stones were nothing, so he covered the entrance fee for all three of them.

  Ning Qingxue softly said, "Thank you."

  Liu Mei raised her eyebrows and said, "Xue girl, o be polite with this brat. Hasn't he bullied you enough along the way?"

  "Elder Liu, how you say that? I have the utmost respect for Fairy Ning, how could I bully her?"

  "Brat, you might fool others, but you 't fool me. You like Xue girl, don't you?"

  "......"

  A hint of shyness fshed across Ning Qingxue's face, and she ighe bickering pair, entering first.

  "Hey, wait for us."

  Onside, Lin Hao realized this pce was truly a gold mihousands of people came to watch the matches, and ticket sales alone brought in tens of thousands of spirit stones daily.

  Moreover, the ma had a keen business sense, a variety of services that dazzled the eye.

  There were private boxes, female cultivators to apany viewers, and a range of other services.

  "Wele, esteemed guests," a charming middle-aged proached them with a seductive gait.

  Lin Hao felt a bit strange, as if he had entered a pce of ill repute.

  "You seem unfamiliar, where do you hail from?"

  Lin Hao casually lied, "From the Eastern Lands."

  "Oh, esteemed guests from the Eastern Lands, my apologies for nnizing you."

  "As it's your first time here, let me arrange firl to show you around."

  At this, Liu Mei interjected, "No need, we'll look around ourselves."

  "Very well, if you need anything, just call for me."

  Ohe charming woma, the three of them wandered around.

  They found that the pot only had an arena but also offered life-ah matches, where spectators could sign a life-ah waiver to participate.

  Of course, the main attra was the arena itself.

  The petition format was plex, with humans, demons, and devil cultivators fighting one-on-one or in team battles.

  Spectators could simply watch the matches or pce bets on the fighters.

  This was the arena's main source of ine.

  Once a bet exceeded ten thousand spirit stohe bettor became a VIP, apanied by veiled female cultivators who provided attentive service, and if both parties were willing, they could engage in any activities they desired.

  Ihe owner had thhly explored every profitable avenue.

  Seeing Lin Hao's eyes light up as he occasionally g the veiled female cultivators, Liu Mei snorted and said, "Lin Hao, why not ask the mae a couple of veiled beauties for you?"

  This Elder Liu was trying to set a trap for him again.

  Lin Hao furrowed his brows and said seriously, "Elder Liu, you're joking. I'm here to familiarize myself with the ve glory to the se the Tianjiao Battle, not to indulge in such distras."

  "Besides, with two beauties apanying me, how could the on women here catch my eye?"

  Both women rolled their eyes but seemed more at ease.

  Everyone loves to hear pliments, especially beautiful women.

  Lin Hao was about to strike while the iron was hot a closer to the two women when he suddenly spotted some familiar faces.

  Ting Yan, Ting Yu, the peerless sisters from the Hundred Flowers Valley!

  Ye Zhaoqiu, the genius female cultivator from Wujigong!

  All of them were on the list of exceptional beauties... no... they were all here to participate iianjiao Battle.

  It seemed everyone was here to get familiar with the venue in advance.

  Although they were all Tianjiao and had participated in the Demon Hunting Tour, they didn't have mutera with each other.

  So they merely nodded slightly in aowledgment and theheir separate ways.

  After wandering for a while, Lin Hao suddenly became ied and stood in front of a stage, watg two testants prepare for their match.

  Both were at the te Foundatioablishment stage, the only difference being one was a man and the other a woman.

  Moreover, the female cultivator had a me leg, making her movements quite awkward.

  The spectators around them began pg bets, mostly betting on the man to win.

  After some thought, Lin Hao took out three thousand spirit stones from his ste bag, his eyes dartiweewo testants.

  He was torn about which testant to bet on.

  Logically, the man seemed to have a better ce of winning, mainly because they were at the same cultivation level, and the man hysically strong, exuding a fierce aura.

  Seeing Lin Hao preparing to pce a bet, the two women couldn't help but shake their heads slightly. This guy really couldn't ge his nature; he couldn't resist when he saw a woman.

  Betting was just a pretehe real purpose robably to have a veiled beauty apany him, right?

  Ning Qingxue inexplicably felt a sense of disgust but didn't turn away. She wao see Lin Hao lose his money.

  After some hesitation, Lin Hao made up his mind a on the me female cultivator.

  With his keen eye, he could tell that the two testants, both at the Great Perfe of Qi Refining, were evenly matched in strength.

  However, he thought that the me female cultivator, dragging an injured leg, dared to step onto the stage, either because she was extremely fident in her abilities or because she was a fool.

  Lin Hao decided to take a gamble!

  Ohe spectators finished pg their bets, the mat the stage began.

  Lin Hao, now at the peak of Foundatioablishment, watched the Qi Refining cultivators' match as if watg children py.

  It was utterly b.

  After about the time it takes to burn a stick of inse, the male cultivator still hadn't defeated his oppo, and he grew anxious, gathering his remaining spiritual power into his right hand for a decisive move.

  But the female cultivator, who had been on the defensive, suddenly ged tactics, charging at the male cultivator like an arrow released from a bow.

  Caught off guard while preparing his move, the male cultivator found his throat seized by the female cultivator.

  Her sharp nails glowed with spiritual power, weak but enough to pierce the vulnerable throat.

  "I... I cede!"

  Damn!

  With the male cultivator's cession, the spectators who bet on him to wied in curses.

  Coward, 't eve a woman!

  Damn it, I bet a thousand spirit stones, and now it's all gone.

  Where there is sorrow, there is joy.

  Lin Hao's bet of three thousand spirit stones doubled to six thousand, ing him a profit of three thousand!

  Peerjun