Over The World, Beyond Heaven

"Was he crazy to bet on Lin Clan?!"

"True! Is he really stupid or brainless to throw money away like this?!"

Eh!

"I think I'm familiar with this young man's face. I feel like…"

"This young man is the one with the Lin Clan Leader. He walked with Lin Clan Leader and had a fun conversation just now!"

Umm!

That's right!

Many people wondered who that young man was. Before they could figure out that he was actually Zheng-Fu, who was sitting with Lin-Jun just now.

Zheng-Fu saw that gambling had begun, and Lin Clan was not in anyone's sight; he did not hesitate to bring in ten million Eternal Coins to bet.

"Are you sure you want to bet on Lin Clan?" The middle-aged man who was the bookmaker asked Zheng-Fu again with a serious expression. It was not that he did not want the money, but he asked because he could not help but feel sorry for the young man in front of him.

"I'm sure that I made a good decision. Or will you not accept my bet?" Zheng-Fu nodded and confirmed that he had made a good decision, before asking back with an indifferent face.

"Huh! I'm just warning you. But since you want to waste that much money, I don't mind!"

The bookmaker finally took Zheng-Fu's money and handed him a bet confirmation with a slight dissatisfaction on his face. He had warned Zheng-Fu with good intentions, but Zheng-Fu had an indifferent expression on his face as if his words had no meaning. So, he would no longer care about Zheng-Fu.

However, after Zheng-Fu walked out, many people walked towards the betting table and placed bets on Lin Clan after him. The amount of money they bet was not small either. Although it was not as much as Zheng-Fu had bet, it was enough to make people pay attention as well.

"What happened? Why are so many people betting on Lin Clan? Where do they get their confidence from?"

"Probably not like that! I think they might be the claque of the gambling table itself. They just want to trick us into betting on Lin Clan so that we'll lose money!"

Ah!

"What you said has a reason. But that young man surely isn't a claque. Because he's always with the Lin Clan Leader. Then why did he do that?!"

"I don't know about that either. By the way, don't you plan to bet on Lin Clan?"

"No way, I don't want to waste money when I already know that Lin Clan will lose!"

At the City Governor and important person seating area...

"Is that the young man you told us about?" Stream Cloud City Lady asked after she stared at Zheng-Fu. She tried to sense Zheng-Fu's energy level many times. But each time, she perceived a different energy level. Therefore, she was interested in him and asked the Black Rock City Governor with various expressions on her face.

"Yes, that's him. He could deal with summoned monsters. At that time, Lin Clan Leader had been fighting it for a while but was unable to take it down. You all know how high Lin Clan Leader's energy level is!" Black Rock City Governor replied. He admired Zheng-Fu's abilities and thought of forming a relationship with him. But because the young man had been away for the past several days and disappeared without anyone knowing where he had gone, he had no chance to talk with him until the day of the event.

"Hmm, we understood. However…, none of the major clan leaders of this city, or mine, or any city that we, Demon Race, rule, have an energy level higher than the intermediate Deity Monarch Stage, right? And since Lin Clan Leader fought against that summoned monster without anyone on the other side losing to each other, then it isn't stronger than him!" Tiger Sword City Governor said with a sneer and disdain on his face. He had always believed that humans were weak, especially those under their rule.

"I don't think you should look down on humans! They're both clever and have many tricks. Maybe you'll be killed by them. If you're still being careless like this!" The Thorn Forest City Governor immediately protested with a teasing and irritating, yet creepy, expression on his face.

Huh!

"There will never be that day. Because I'll kill every human who dares to turn their sword on me!" But the Tiger Sword City Governor pursed his lips indifferently.

"Come on! Today is a good day. Why are you talking about killing? We'd better watch the contest. Even though it's a bit boring, not like maneuvering, I'm excited and can't wait to see the ultimate weapon. Especially those big muscles, wow… I'm drooling!" Stream Cloud City Lady knew that if she let her comrades continue arguing with each other, they would probably argue without stopping all day. So, she tried to talk about something else that was more interesting.

"By the way, have you guys heard about the disappearance of Senior Master Mou-Xiao-Han and Senior Master Zou-Mou-Kuang?" The Black Rock City Governor suddenly remembered the disappearance of two important elders of the Hunter Guild. If they were anyone else, he would not care at all, but these two were from the Demon Race and were very famous people.

"Certain! We must know this. And I sent someone to investigate but couldn't find any evidence. As for the incident scene, it was now turned into a large lake. There isn't even a single trace of the Blood Tomb left!" The Tiger Sword City Governor immediately replied. He was also very interested in that case. Even though those two were not his family members, losing them caused his power to decrease in many ways.

"I have also checked. I received information that the people from our Demon Race in the Hunter Guild, the Sun Moon Forest Branch were almost completely wiped out. That caused all power there to fall completely to the Human Race. And lately, people from the guild have been visiting Black Rock City very often. I'd also like to ask if you know anything about it."

Since the beginning of the contest, the Thorn Forest City Governor had only been playful, but when he said this, his expression immediately became serious. Because of the change of power in the Hunter Guild, the Sun Moon Forest Branch had many effects on him and Thorn Forest City.

"Perhaps the disappearance of the two elders is not an ordinary matter. But the Hunter Guild main branch has already made a decision, so we can't do anything at this time. But this change in power has greatly reduced the income and resources that we should receive. And if it continues like this, it won't be good for our development!"

Even the Stream Cloud City Lady was worried. Although that matter had less of an impact on her than the other three City Governors. But if it were allowed to continue, small impacts could escalate and become even more severe.

"I know about the matter that people from the Hunter Guild came to my city. But their goals are not yet clear. All I know is that they came to meet with the Lin Clan people!" The Black Rock City Governor did not want to answer that. But since he was asked, he had to answer. And he answered truthfully without hiding it.

Is that all?!!

The other three City Governors were astonished and could not believe that this was all the matter. Because the Black Rock City Governor was the supreme ruler of this city, how could he only know such little information?

"I understand that you don't believe what I say. But there is also information that in the recent past, the entry and exit of the Lin Clan have been very strict. Moreover, there are many protective spells placed around the mansion, making it difficult to stealthily enter. And now bribing people inside is very difficult too. So, I hardly knew Lin Clan's internal movements at all. It was all because my troublesome nephew had a conflict with them that caused the Lin Clan to take all these actions. However, the main reason is… because of him!" Black Rock City Governor explained, and at the end, he pointed with a serious expression to Zheng-Fu, who went back to sit next to Lin-Jun once again.

Hah!?

"Is it because of him? Why do you say it's because of him?!"

Hearing the last sentence, the three City Governors became even more disbelieving. They were very puzzled as to what this all had to do with a young human who did not seem strong at all.

"Black Rock City Governor, you should bring up something more reasonable. Do you think we would believe such a simple lie?" The Tiger Sword City Governor became displeased. He thought Black Rock City Governor was fooling around, trying to hide the truth.

"Someone like me doesn't need to do such nonsense. What I said is true. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. And… if you still consider that human kid to be weak, then you can test it. But I definitely won't reach out to help you!"

The Black Rock City Governor knew that comrade's personality well. He knew any prohibition or explanation would not be effective. Therefore, he advised the other party to test it himself. And he would not interfere in any way with that fight.

Huh!

"Do you think I don't dare? Just one maggot, I'll deal with him for you to see after your city's Annual Weapons Forging Contest is over!" The Tiger Sword City Governor had an intolerant personality, so when challenged like that, he immediately accepted. But even though he was impatient, he still respected his comrade by waiting for the contest to end before fighting.

As you wish!

Umm!

Back to the contest arena...

The forgers of the four clans had almost finished smelting the ore. Everyone did well and had no flaws. But at that moment, when everyone was bored, Lin Clan's forger stopped smelting ore with the normal process. Instead, he began to follow the final steps of the ore smelting that he had learned from Zheng-Fu's treatise.

What's that?!

"Why does Lin Clan's forger stop working at such an important stage?"

"That's right! Or is he thinking of giving up?"

"No, he isn't! Look, he started to act again. But… why did he intensify the flames like that? Wouldn't doing that cause the ore in the furnace to lose its quality?!"

Hahaha!

"That's called giving up. Thinking that he had no chance of winning, he did such a crazy thing!"

Oh!

"How unfortunate! I admire Lin Clan's skills and think they'll do well this year. But this kind of behavior is very shameful. From now on, I'll never buy weapons or armor from the Lin Clan store again!"

"Me too! Even though their work is good, this kind of action is so worthless!"

People began to criticize and scold Lin Clan in various ways as they saw the forger's actions change as if he had no intention of competing. Many people even declared that they would no longer buy anything from the Lin Clan store.

But even so, all the Lin Clan members did not pay any attention to the words of the people around them. They fully believed that they would be able to successfully restore their clan's reputation once the results of the contest came out. So, they ignored the others and just talked in their clan normally.

Booooooom!!!

Hah!?

Ooh!!!