Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 203: Game Over

"The second round starts now." The judge said.

This time, Master Wang did not wait for Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu.

Instead, he walked to the right and began studying the displayed stones.

"Was Master Wang stimulated?" Shen Xu whispered, and Zhen Yuan looked at his wife with a doting look.

"We should also go."

After that, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu went to the left and began choosing stones.

Half an hour later, both sides returned with their fifteen stones.

Master Wang looked confident.

However, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu didn’t care.

For them, reputation was meaningless.

Their only concern was treasures.

With treasures, they could improve their cultivation or earn spirit stones.

’I don’t know when and where we can sell the treasures without attracting attention.’ Shen Xu wondered and unconsciously frowned.

Cultivators were not stupid.

If Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu sold their loot openly, someone would discover they had a way to accurately identify good stones.

’It’s troublesome.’ The double thought but didn’t dwell on it.

After all, they had more than one hundred years to find a way.

"First stone." The judge called, and everyone eagerly looked at the stone cutters.

Soon after, the first treasures were revealed.

"Master Wang has a level four blue wind fruit. Its market price is twenty-eight million spirit stones." The judge said, and Master Wang nodded.

The blue wind fruit was a relatively rare spiritual fruit.

For ordinary cultivators, the blue wind fruit was worthless but for wind spiritual root cultivators, the blue wind fruit was a precious treasure.

After refining it, a nascent soul realm cultivator could advance one small realm.

Most importantly, their cultivation would stabilise soon after advancing, saving decades of hard work.

"Formation master Xu and alchemist Yuan have a level five ironwood shield. This shield is especially suitable for wood-element cultivators, and its value is about thirty million spirit stones."

"Their values are almost the same." A spectator whispered, and their neighbours nodded.

"I think this first stone is a draw."

"I also think so. A wind spiritual root cultivator may be willing to buy the blue wind fruit for more than twenty-eight million spirits, and if you present that shield to a level five alchemist..."

"You are right. Both can be sold at higher prices, but their values are just about the same."

In the end, the first stone was ruled a draw, and the round proceeded to the second stone.

"Master Wang has a level five red sea flower, and formation master Xu has a level three silk grass."

Master Wang was relieved when he heard that.

He didn’t expect to tie on the first stone, but the second stone didn’t disappoint him.

Unfortunately, he was relieved too early.

For the next eight stones, he won some, lost some, and tied some.

Ultimately, the second round ended as a tie, and everyone couldn’t help but be surprised.

"How is this possible?" Someone asked in a shocked voice.

"Didn’t Master Wang try his best?"

"I don’t think that’s the case."

"It’s definitely not the case. Think about it..."

"You are right. With the loss in the first round and this draw, Master Wang has to win the next round. Otherwise, he and young Miss Guan will lose the gamble."

"Are formation master Xu and alchemist Yuan more skilled than master Wang?"

"How is that possible? I think they are just luckier."

"Luck is also a part of skill."

Master Wang couldn’t help but be anxious when he saw the results.

He originally wanted to crush the two juniors but didn’t expect their luck to be so good.

’I must win the last round.’ He thought, his eyes narrowed into slits.

Even if the Guan family valued him, they wouldn’t tolerate a loss of several hundred million spirit stones.

When he thought of what would happen to him if he lost the gamble, Master Wang extinguished all distracting thoughts and focused on choosing the last set of stones.

This time, he chose and picked for one hour.

When he was done, he looked at his opponents with a confident face but didn’t say anything.

’Even if I can’t win, I must force a draw.’ He thought.

On the other side, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu were in a calm mood.

According to the rules of the Hall of Stones, if a game ended in a tie, each side could buy two uncut stones.

Since Zhen Yuan had originally planned to force a tie in the second round, he only arranged two good stones among his designated five.

This way, even if the hall of stones checked the remaining three, they wouldn’t suspect his ability to identify treasures.

[Are we going for a win or a draw?] Shen Xu asked.

[Win.] Zhen Yuan didn’t hesitate.

Although another win was eye-catching, they had already offended the Guan family.

Considering that, it didn’t matter if they continued to step on Master Wang’s face.

As planned, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu won the final round.

Although Zhen Yuan could have gone for a complete win of ten to zero, he settled for a ’barely’ win of six to four stones.

That said, he ensured the treasures in his six stones were significantly more precious than the ones chosen by Master Wang.

Because of this, Master Wang had no way to force a draw.

"This..." Guan Ying narrowed her eyes in anger.

She didn’t expect such an outcome.

’How could the bumpkins defeat master Wang? Did they cheat?’ She wondered.

However, she didn’t dare to speak randomly.

After all, it was one thing to accuse the bumpkins and another to offend the Tan family.

If she accused the bumpkins, she would also indirectly accuse the Tan family of failing to properly manage the Hall of Stones.

’Just wait. I will find a good chance to teach them a lesson. My Guan family’s spirit stones aren’t so easy to earn.’ She thought, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in her eyes.