Chapter 974: Killing Two Birds with One Arrow
The rain started to pour, and the second round of the martial arts competition scheduled for today was postponed as well. This gave the martial arts experts some time to rest and afforded the leader of the Xuanjian Sect and the bookkeeper better opportunities to plan.
The leader of the Xuanjian Sect stood by the window, looking out at the wind and rain creating a dismal scene, and he sighed for a moment, "How’s it looking? We should have made quite a bit, right?"
Sitting beside, the bookkeeper was tallying accounts and said with interest on his face, "I want to tell Leader some good news. Initially, I anticipated losses from the first round of the martial arts competition, but the arrival of Gu Fan forced us to take action — and as a result, we made a fortune."
"Yes, so many people bet on Gu Fan to lose. If that kid really had lost, we would be the ones robbed blind," the leader of the Xuanjian Sect stated with a furrowed brow, and then added, "Thankfully, we had arrangements in place — Iron Arm Fist Gu Tong is our man. Otherwise, we would have been in trouble."
Upon hearing this, the bookkeeper also felt a shiver down his spine; Gu Fan’s match could really be attributed to good luck. They were able to fully control that round. Otherwise, they would have really suffered a loss.
The leader of the Xuanjian Sect asked another question, "What about the betting situation for the remaining 32 experts and 16 matches?"
The bookkeeper answered, "We’ve set the odds for the 32 experts and determined the betting for the second-round’s 16 matches. There are many who have placed bets, and according to our calculations, no matter how these 16 matches go, we will profit."
The leader of the Xuanjian Sect nodded, "After the second round, a total of 48 martial arts experts will be eliminated, and the bets placed on these 48 to ultimately become the leader of the Martial Arts will fall into our pockets — we’ve really made a tidy sum."
Thinking of the wealth rolling in, the bookkeeper couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration, as if seeing mountains of gold and silver, "That’s only because you and I have deployed our strategies so well that we can make such a killing and prosper together."