Chapter 1550 - 1527: Ye Huan’s Identity Exposed, Universal Regret!
The audience burst into tears, feeling like total fools!
They regretted believing in baseless rumors, leading to the current predicament!
You see, everyone in the audience had wagered all their assets on Shangguan Shenzhou in the bet!
They were convinced Shangguan Shenzhou would be the ultimate victor, but then Ye Huan unexpectedly unleashed heaven-defying ancient martial arts skills, sweeping the arena and sending Shangguan Shenzhou straight to hell!
Now look what happened, what was planned to be a profitable venture turned out to be a complete loss!
"Ah!!! I hoped to earn three months’ wages, but instead, I lost three years’ worth! I’m filled with regret and hatred! I painstakingly saved this much money to buy ancient martial arts resources and enhance my strength significantly, but now it’s all gone, all gone, ah!!!"
"Waaaahhh! I saved every penny for seven years, invested everything, and ended up losing it all, all gone!!"
"Grandma, I’m sorry! I bet your pension in the wager, and now it’s all gone. It’s my short-sightedness, my fault for trusting in rumors. I’m sorry, truly so sorry to you!!"
The auditorium was filled with wailing sobs. Many in the audience embraced each other, crying bitterly, and it was so tragic it felt like a funeral.
In contrast, Ling Luzhou was overjoyed!
Having bet 3,000 gold coins on Ye Huan’s victory, her fortune skyrocketed to 600,000 gold coins!
A 200-fold increase!
Keep in mind, many families can only generate around 20,000 gold coins in a year!
Even a second-tier or third-tier family would have to empty their coffers to muster up that much money!
Ling Luzhou became wealthy beyond imagination!
Ling Fufu, who had wagered 10,000 gold coins on Ye Huan, was even more dumbfounded!
She stared at the numbers on her phone’s gold coin account, utterly bewildered, unable to comprehend, swaying in the wind!
2,000,000!
Two million... two million gold coins!
Ye Huan suddenly helped her earn two million!
The entire Ling Family’s assets might barely be worth that amount combined!
In a daze, Ling Fufu almost collapsed to the ground, overwhelmed by the sudden surge of fortune. She never expected that her whimsical bet on Ye Huan could yield such huge returns.
In reality, she regretted the wager at first. Although she acknowledged Ye Huan’s skills and talent, like everyone else, she felt Ye Huan was too young, with too big an age gap compared to Shangguan Shenzhou, who might not be his match.
The 10,000 gold coins seemed doomed to go to waste.
Yet, now she’s been "hit in the face." Ye Huan not only didn’t lose, but instead made her a very wealthy woman!
"This... this much money, how many beautiful dresses can I buy, how many beauties can I support?!" Ling Fufu counted on her fingers, but couldn’t compute!
The amount was too immense, it seemed only a supercomputer could keep track!
"Ye Huan, you’re amazing!!!" Ling Fufu couldn’t help but shout joyfully, waving her phone with excitement!
This immediately caught everyone’s attention, and all eyes turned toward her. When they saw the substantial sum in Ling Fufu’s account, many were so shocked they spat out blood.
They realized that Ling Fufu’s winnings included a large part of their losses!
Turns out, the "fool" who wagered ten thousand gold coins on Ye Huan’s victory was Ling Fufu!
At that moment, many in the audience coughed up a mouthful of old blood and cried even more miserably, knowing how foolish they had been.
They had ridiculed Ling Fufu as a fool, yet she trusted in Ye Huan and suddenly became incredibly affluent!
The audience members decided that they’d never participate in such contests involving betting on the Clan’s Grand Contest ever again, staying away from such things altogether.
These things can become addictive, leading to family bankruptcies and ruined lives!
How could they, with their limited intelligence and experience, outwit any conspiracy or grasp the full picture, let alone defy fate?
Though this match wasn’t rigged, the unfolding of events was beyond their expectations, leaving them utterly clueless!
This was how such a colossal mistake was born!
However, being rational, while crying, they had no intention of doubling down. There was no way they could gamble further with their low intelligence, as betting on something else would spell disaster. Thinking they could make a quick profit to recoup their losses and come out ahead was just impossible.
In the end, they would only lose everything, not even keeping a shred of dignity!
They chose to accept their fate!
Ye Huan’s skills were undeniably impressive!
"Ah, why... why did I participate in this idiotic event, when I never engaged in the earlier betting contests? Just because I saw the Shangguan Clan’s genius, I thought betting on their victory would bring in big bucks, so I paid up? I’m a joke, I’m such an idiot!"
"I lost my sister’s dowry, wasted my grandma’s pension, I’m a sinner, I’m a sinner! Why did I partake in this event, why did I have faith in my ridiculous assumptions when Ye Huan’s talent had already peaked, unmatched by anyone else, yet I arrogantly thought he was useless, I’m just too stupid!"
"But if only we had even a bit of Ling Fufu’s intelligence, we wouldn’t have fallen into this mess, I hate it, I hate that my experience isn’t enough, that I misjudged the situation and still took part in the bet!"
"It’s like losing a sesame seed and tossing a giant pineapple!"
The audience’s lamentations grew louder, each crying as if mourning a parent, extremely miserable.
"Alright, everyone quiet down, the Ling Family’s Patriarch has an announcement!" On the main judge’s platform, Divine Traceless spoke again, coughing twice to signal silence!
The room didn’t quiet down; those who lost all their money kept crying relentlessly.
Ling Yao, Ling Zhiyuan, and Ling Mengmeng were also among those sobbing!
Ling Mengmeng cried, hiding her face. She had just pawned a 30,000-gold-coin necklace received from Ling Zhiyuan yesterday, betting on Shangguan Shenzhou to win, and it backfired disastrously, losing her 30,000 gold coins. She felt utterly hopeless!
Ling Yao bet Ye Huan would be defeated, wagering all the family allowances saved over the years on Shangguan Shenzhou. The result was predictable, decades of effort gone up in smoke, ending in nothing!
Ling Zhiyuan suffered the biggest loss, mortgaging five valuable items worth over 100,000 gold coins combined!
In an instant, all of it vanished, leaving him wracked with regret!
"I’m such a fool, a complete idiot!!"
The three of them, amid their weeping, slapped their own faces repeatedly, until their cheeks swelled up.
Throughout the venue, the losing crowd was crying similarly without stopping, ignoring Divine Traceless’s call for silence.
Yet with Ling Wuye stepping onto the main judge’s platform, taking the microphone handed by the staff, turning it on, and revealing a knowingly meaningful smile before speaking, the room fell silent.
"I guess you’re wondering how Ye Huan, being so young, possesses such strength and ancient martial arts talent."
"Guesses about how Ye Huan, so young, could effortlessly sweep away the cunning team led by a Heaven-defying-level evil martial artist."
"Still wondering what the rumors about Ye Huan are all about, right?"
Ling Wuye teased them with this, then paused!
The audience’s curiosity was piqued, and while they’d resigned themselves to their losses, they wanted to understand why they lost everything and why Ye Huan was so extraordinary. They wiped their tears and loudly, with a mixture of grief and anger, asked, "Patriarch Ling, stop teasing us, tell us quickly, why is Brother Ye Huan so awesome?!"
Ling Wuye replied with a chuckle, "Since you sincerely asked, I’ll mercifully tell you!"
"It’s really simple!"
"Haven’t you always been guessing the identity of Huaxia’s Dragon Prince?"
"Now I’ll tell you, Huaxia’s Dragon Prince is Ye Huan!!!"