Chapter 1: Crossing Over into the System

  "It's really gone downhill, five pieces of low-grade spirit stone and I ended up buying a piece of worthless rock for one yuan."

  "Shh... keep your voice down, do you want to die? That young man is from the Zhongyuan Sword Sect, you can't afford to provoke him?"

  "Zhongyuan Jianzong?" The man's face changed instantly upon hearing the words, and he hastily retreated to one side, afraid that the young man would hear his words and take action against him.

  Huang Yu understood what was being said.

  This young man is actually a person from the Zhongyuan Sword Sect, the Zhongyuan Sword Sect is the strongest sect in Zhongyuan Country. In terms of swordsmanship, it is absolutely the best existence in Zhongyuan Country. If you want to learn advanced sword skills, going to the Zhongyuan Sword Sect is a good choice.

  If this person is worth befriending, then letting him take the lead would also be a good idea.

  "Despicable."

  "Dragon Bean, you're really a waste, five pieces of low-grade spirit stone and you bought a piece of rock. If I were you, I'd just go crash into a tofu and die." At this time, a white-clothed young man walked in from the side, also with an ancient long sword hanging from his waist, a vermilion mark on his brow, and an evil aura between his eyebrows, with a green wristband on his wrist, carved with ancient floral patterns.

  This young man's aura was slightly stronger than Long Dou's.

  "Li Sanbian, get out of here! Don't think that just because you're Li Zhishi's son, I'll be afraid of you!" Long Dou shouted angrily, his body trembling with rage.

  "What are you trying to roll? Is this your Long Bean's territory? Or can your Long Bean be the master of Shen Shi Pavilion?" Liu Sanbian didn't care at all, as if he hadn't seen Long Bean's angry expression.

  "Hmph." Long Dou coldly snorted, and stopped talking. Although Liu Sanbian was extremely annoying and made Long Dou very displeased, what he said was indeed the truth. This wasn't the Long family's territory, and the Shénshí Gé (Divine Stone Pavilion) was mysterious and powerful beyond measure, not something one could easily provoke. If the old master back home found out that he had caused trouble at the Divine Stone Pavilion, it would be strange if he didn't get killed.

  "Let's make a bet, a gamble with the Stone." Since they couldn't cause trouble in the Divine Stone Pavilion, Long Dou was still fuming. As the saying goes, "A person fights for a mouthful of air, a Buddha accepts a stick of incense," and he couldn't lose face. He looked at Liu San coldly and said, "Do you dare or not?"

  "Why not? Am I, Liu Sanbian, afraid of a useless piece of trash from the Long family? A defeated general will always be a defeated general, and can never hold his head up high again, haha...haha..." Liu Sanbian laughed maniacally.

  "Don't be too arrogant, you'll have your turn to cry later." Long Dou said coldly.

  "We'll wait, but if that's all there is to it, without any stakes or surprises, then this is too boring." Liu Sanbian played with the bracelet on his wrist, a hint of disdainful smile rising from the corner of his mouth as he looked at Long Dou and said in an extremely scornful tone, "The great young master of the Long family can't even come up with some stakes?"

  "A mid-grade Spirit Stone worth ten pieces, dare you bet?" Long Dou heard this and angrily said.

  "Ten bucks is too little, how about twenty?" Liu San changed his tone, filled with confidence, looking at Long Dou provocatively.

  "What's there to be afraid of?" Long Dou hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and agreeing.

  At this time, Huang Yu was watching the two of them with interest. One was the young master of the Long family and the other was the son of the chief executive of the Zhongyuan Sword Sect. Both had extraordinary status and were also disciples of the Zhongyuan Sword Sect. From their tone, it seemed that they had been holding a grudge for a long time.

  However, this is an opportunity, a good chance to earn spirit stones, twenty middle-grade spirit stones are not easy to come by, there's nothing easier than this, such a good opportunity can't be missed, once you pass this village, there won't be a shop like this anymore.

  Huang Yu stepped forward and said, "Gentlemen, I'm also interested in the stone gambling game. Would you welcome me to join?"

  Long Bean and Liu San Bian looked at Huang Yu together, discovering that this young man's cultivation was only Innate Completion, not even reaching the Yuan Dan realm, yet he dared to stand out and wanted to gamble with stones with the two of them, both were extremely surprised.

  Long Bean was about to refuse, but Liu San changed his tone: "This gentleman wants to gamble, and naturally I welcome it, but does the gentleman have the stakes? This requires twenty pieces of medium-grade spirit stone, not low-grade spirit stone."

  "Twenty pieces of spirit stone, I don't have."

  "You... are you here to mock me?" Upon hearing that Huang Yu had no spiritual stones, Liu Sanbian's expression changed instantly, and he looked at him coldly.

  "Don't be impatient, brother," Huang Yu said calmly, pulling out a treasured sword, the very same Purple Extreme Sword he used himself. This Purple Extreme Sword was an extraordinary sword of the highest quality, rivaling even lower-grade Earth-tier equipment. Its value was naturally extraordinary, far surpassing that of twenty mid-grade spirit stones. If it were to be sold, this Purple Extreme Sword could fetch hundreds or even thousands of mid-grade spirit stones.

  "Someone else's supreme treasure sword? No, this is a fake artifact."

  When he saw Huang Yu take out the Zi Ji Sword, Liu Sanbian's eyes widened instantly, and his greedy color was not hidden at all.

  Long Bean was also shocked beyond measure, never expecting that this young man, with an unimpressive cultivation level, would possess such a treasure on his person. This long sword was absolutely a treasured object.

  "Brother, if you're going to bet with this precious sword, you'll be at a disadvantage. This sword is at least a pseudo- artifact and it's also a rare lightning attribute, its value far exceeds twenty mid-grade spirit stones. If you were to auction it off, even a thousand mid-grade spirit stones wouldn't be considered too much." Long Dou shook his head and advised, despite being very fond of the sword himself.

  Long Bean's words made Huang Yu have a few more points of goodwill, and he smiled: "Thank you, brother. Since I dare to gamble, I don't worry about losing. Gambling on the stone, I think I still have some confidence."

  "Brother is really arrogant and confident." Liu Sanbian had taken a liking to the Zi Ji sword, so naturally he didn't want Huang Yu to take it back. This was a pseudo-earthly artifact, and even if his own attributes weren't suitable for it, he could still bring it back to his sect and exchange it with his father for another pseudo-earthly artifact - that would be an extremely easy thing to do.

  Pseudo-terrestrial artifact, it's an extremely rare thing. I'm now just a human-grade upper-class treasure sword. If I can exchange for a pseudo-terrestrial artifact, my strength will increase by more than one level.

  "Brother, you..."

  "Long Bean, what are you babbling about? This brother is full of confidence and must be a master at gambling on stones. You should worry about yourself instead. If you lose, it's twenty pieces of mid-grade spirit stone, not low-grade spirit stone. I think that if you lose twenty pieces of mid-grade spirit stone, you probably won't have any spirit stone to cultivate with for the rest of the year. When the time comes for the sect's annual comparison, you'll be out of luck." Liu Sanbian didn't want Long Bean to say anything more, in case Huang Yu was swayed by his words and the precious sword slipped through their fingers.

  "This brother is right, since I dare to bet, I naturally have a tenfold guarantee, and it's just a broken sword, I really don't take it seriously. However, if it's like what this brother said, if you lose, then I would be sorry." Huang Yu had a very good impression of Long Dou, and getting along with him was also a good thing.

  "Since you've already said so yourself, I won't say more." Long Dou was made to feel embarrassed and also didn't say more.

  "Since we're going to gamble, we should have a rule. How about this: each of us three people selects three pieces of raw stone, with a value within five lower-grade spirit stones. After opening them up, whoever's selected raw stone has the highest value wins. What do you think?" Liu Sanbian said.

  "It's possible." Huang Yu had the Omnipotent Cultivation System, Investigation Technique, and Golden Ancient Eye Technique. With Lu Lu's help, if he couldn't even beat these two guys, then that would be truly embarrassing.

  "No problem."

  "Alright, since it's like this, let's get started then." Liu San changed his tone.

  "Slow down." Huang Yu suddenly spoke out to stop him.

  Upon hearing Huang Yu's words, Liu Sanbian immediately furrowed his brow and said: "Could it be that you want to go back on your word? Or are you afraid? Worried that you'll lose the precious sword?"

  "Haha, brother, don't worry, since I'm here to gamble on the stone, there's no reason to withdraw. What I mean is that we're gambling like this without a witness, which isn't very good. Since we've gambled and the stakes are high, of course, we need a witness. Without a witness, this gamble doesn't have much meaning." Huang Yu chuckled and looked at the two men, "You two brothers say, isn't that right? If you want to gamble, do it properly, only then is it exciting."

  Liu Sanbian smiled upon hearing the words, as long as Huang Yu was willing to gamble with him, there wouldn't be a problem. What he wanted was the precious sword, and having a witness present wasn't a bad idea either, just in case Long Dou tried to cheat after losing. With a witness, even if Long Dou lost, he wouldn't be able to cheat, and the same went for the young man. The young man's generosity was evident from the fact that he was willing to gamble with such a precious sword, which meant his background wasn't simple at all. If he refused later on, Liu Sanbian would have to consider it carefully, in case offending the young man would bring out the forces backing him, which wouldn't be something Liu Sanbian wanted to see.

  "Ah, brother, you're right. I was careless. For a stone gamble, we naturally need a witness. Why don't we ask the owner of Shen Shi Ge to be our witness for this stone gamble? What do you think, brother?" Liu Sanbian said, looking at Huang Yu.

  "The owner of Shen Shi Ge, I naturally believe it." Huang Yu said, then looked at the owner of Shen Shi Ge, an old man with a white beard. This old man had a ruddy complexion and didn't seem to have any aura of a martial artist, but Huang Yu knew clearly that this old man was probably already at the level of returning to simplicity from complexity, his cultivation was frighteningly high, estimated to have surpassed the Yuan Shen realm and reached the Lei Jie realm.

  "I don't know if you'd be willing, senior?"

  "Alright, it's been a long time since I've served as a witness for anyone. Since you hold the Divine Stone Pavilion in such high regard and think highly of me, I'll agree to do it." The owner of the Divine Stone Pavilion walked over with a smile on his face and said loudly.