“The ones who bet were you, we had nothing to do with it. Anyway, why are you all coming around here to see us rushing into the Twelve Zodiac Temples? Why do you need to care about what we did? Can’t we go in and sleep if we like to do so?” Ye Kong was also angry now. Those guys had been mocking them since just now. Their mouths were extremely repulsive. Now that the Yue Clan’s Third Young Master had unexpectedly come back out, they dared to use sleeping and swindling money to talk to them, and not giving them any face at all? It was fine to be shameless as a person, but not to this extent!
“…” The mercenaries who heard it became embarrassed.
Indeed, the bets were made up by this group of people, and was completely unrelated to this youngster.
But, this situation could not be carelessly glossed over, and they had to be clear on what happened. Otherwise, the people who won would not rest easy and the people who lost would not accept it. Within the crowd of people watching in a circle, the mercenary leader who lost the most money sneered, saying, “Let’s make another bet. I bet that he was only sleeping at the side of the teleportation circle when he went in and did not go into the Aries Temple at all. Who wants to bet with me? I’ll bet two gold coins.”
Although everyone knew that Yue Yang had been inside for three hours, they did not dare to bet on whether or not he was sleeping at the side of the teleportation circle or if he had gone into the Aries Palace.
The Golden Armour Captain furrowed his eyebrows slightly. Only he who had challenged the Aries Temple multiple times and knew of a little secret.
If one did not enter the Aries Temple within half an hour, any challenger would be thrown out of the Twelve Zodiac Temple by its Law Guardian. It was impossible to stay inside the Aries Temple while not doing anything. Within half an hour, if the Battle Golem and the Sheep-head Monsters were not gotten rid of, or if one did not enter the Aries Temple, that would be viewed as a failure to complete the challenge.
He was absolutely sure that this young man had entered the Aries Temple. Otherwise, there was no way to stay for up to three hours inside.
Of course, as a guard captain of the Twelve Zodiac Temples’ portal, he would not leak this secret out.
“I’ll bet with you.” Yue Yang smiled widely. “Do you dare to?”
If the Master of Luo Hua City was here, Yue Yang would ignore these trash-talking mercenaries. However, she was not here. Yue Yang thus decided to take this opportunity to trample on these condescending, arrogant mercenaries. If they ran, that would be even better. It would let Hui Tai Lang establish his might, and cultivate it to become his first hired hand in front of people.
Of course, the Level 4 Bronze-ranked Hui Tai Lang could not fight against the Three-headed Chimera.
But, if it were to be used to battle against the mercenaries’ beasts, its strength would be more than sufficient.
You have guts. How about you take out the evidence that you went into the Aries Temple and defeated the Sheep-head Monsters? Do you have their weapons? Do you even have any proof? If you have anything in your pockets, take them out.” The mercenary leader looked at Yue Yang being empty handed and felt that his chances of winning were extremely high. If this youngster actually went into the Aries Temple, he would not necessarily bring an item of proof with him.
“Of course I have guts, but do you? If you have guts, increase the amount that you’re betting. How about upping it to ten gold?” Yue Yang smiled like a little fox.
“…’ The mercenary leader started to lose confidence. Ten gold was not a small sum, what if this youngster had really brought a item of proof with him?
“This world has too many people who talk big. People with guts are few and far between eh.” Yue Yang disdainfully looked at the mercenary leader. His expression was like an emperor seeing an eunuch. This kind of disdain made people unable to stand it. The mercenary leader and his teammates had the impulse to slice him up into pieces.
“Leader, I can’t stand this guy’s tone.”
“We’ll bet with him!”
“This youngster is too cocky, if we don’t give him a little lesson, he’ll still think that he’s the world’s strongest.”
A few of the mercenaries were crying out due to how angry they were. They took out their own money to give to the mercenary leader, and swore that they would stake themselves until either one completely lost. Living in this world, people’s lives were meant to vie for some reputation. If others looked upon them, and nothing was done, could they be counted as men? Although ten gold was a lot, everyone was still able to gather up that amount of money. Using all they had, they would fight against this youngster until they reached a conclusion.
Not all of the mercenaries who gathered around were so impulsive.
More people did not participate in this matter, but only looked from the sides and watched the scene unfold.
They could even