In some ways, Chen An's intuition had always been accurate.
Like this time.
Just as Bai Changyue walked in, before he could even speak, Chen An smiled and asked, "Changyue, it's been a long time since we last met, you look more spirited than before."
"I wonder if you're here this time for the big competition?"
"That's right."
Listening to Chen An's words, Bai Changyue was not surprised, he smiled directly, "It seems that Brother Chen has already received the news."
"This time, I heard that the clan leader will also come to watch, it's a good opportunity to show off."
"What do you mean, Changyue?"
Chen An's face was calm, but he had doubts in his heart.
Would Bai Changyue also ask him to fix the match?
It shouldn't be the case.
If it was Bai Changren who was asked to fix the match, it would be understandable, but Bai Changyue didn't even have the level of cultivation to reach the peak of body tempering, so what's the point of fixing a match at his level?
Just laying flat would be better.
However, what Chen An never expected was that Bai Changyue had really come this time to fix the match.
But not for himself, but for money.
"A gamble?"
Chen An's expression was strange, "Are you sure you can make a profit?"
"Of course!"
Bai Changyue's face looked excited, "This time, the big competition is open to the public, not just the internal audience, but also outsiders can come to watch."
"The gambling houses outside are already open, and many people have already placed their bets!"
He explained to Chen An excitedly, it took a while for Chen An to understand.
In his past life, there were sports betting and horse racing activities.
And in this world where martial arts prevailed, people were most interested in similar gambling activities.
Every big competition was a peak time for gambling.
The Bai family's big competition this time was no exception.
"Based on the past few competitions, as long as you can bet on a few rounds, you can easily win several thousand taels of silver."
Bai Changyue lowered his voice and said, "If you can cause an upset, the profits will be even greater."
"Several thousand taels of silver?"
Chen An's interest was piqued, "Can you really earn that much?"
Several thousand taels of silver.
It would be enough for him to acquire another martial art technique.
"Absolutely."
Bai Changyue looked confident, with a hint of excitement on his slightly dark face, "As long as Brother Chen is willing to cooperate, it'll be easy."
"Do you want me to deliberately lose?"
Chen An thought for a moment and asked.
If he could win several thousand taels of silver just by deliberately losing, he would be willing to do so.
After all, he wouldn't lose anything.
But he wondered if this conflicted with Bai Changren's demands?
As Chen An pondered, Bai Changyue shook his head vigorously, "Lose? How can you make money like that?"
"With your situation, Brother Chen, you can only make big money by winning."
Bai Changyue patiently explained to Chen An.
Fixing matches was a matter of assessing people.
If you weren't well-known and strong, who would ask you to fix a match?
Only those who were already popular and strong enough to be eligible for someone to buy them to fix a match.
And in his past life, it was fine to deceive the audience.
But in this world, martial artists valued their reputation very much, especially with the clan leader present.
If they dared to fix a match, would they still want to continue in the future?
So intentionally losing was not an option.
Not only can't lose, but must win!
"Just leave the specifics to me."
Bai Changyue smiled and said, "Brother Chen, you've just arrived recently, and you're not too old, so the odds will definitely be high."
"In this situation, as long as you can win three matches and make it to the top ten, you can earn at least this amount."
He held up two fingers, indicating about two thousand taels of silver.
"This is a minimum, if you're willing to cooperate, you can definitely earn more."
Afraid that Chen An would be dissatisfied, Bai Changyue quickly continued.
"What do you want me to do?"
Chen An asked directly.
He had no reason to be dissatisfied.
He was so poor, what more could he complain about.
"As long as Brother Chen hides during the competition, and tries to win a little more trouble, that's all."
Bai Changyue smiled insincerely, "It's best to go all out every time, and then win by a stroke of luck."
Good heavens.
Chen An glanced at Bai Changyue and instantly understood his meaning.
He was trying to trick others!
Bai Changyue didn't know the specifics of Chen An's strength, but he understood that it was not something ordinary people could compare with, even stronger than many ordinary inner Qi stage cultivators.
Although there were many people from the Bai family, not many could participate in the big competition, and among them, those at the inner Qi stage were the majority.
With Chen An's strength, he didn't dare to think about the top four, but he could still hope for the top ten.
But if he wanted higher odds and more profits, he needed to perform.
Only by causing upsets could he earn big money.
So he needed to make others believe that Chen An was weak and would soon lose, only then could they deceive people.
This was the plan Bai Changyue was playing.
And this didn't count as fixing a match.
It was just pretending to be weak, nothing unusual.
Among the many Bai family members, there were plenty of people pretending to be weak, almost too many to count.
In that case, there was nothing to worry about.
Without hesitation, Chen An nodded directly.
He would do it.
Moments later, Bai Changyue left satisfied.
Chen An began to calculate.
Roughly speaking, this time's Bai family competition should earn him a few hundred taels of silver from Bai Changren, and two to three thousand taels from Bai Changyue.
In addition to the top ten rewards themselves, which were likely some valuable elixirs, equally valuable.
If he could achieve good results, Bai Qing might also have a reward.
Calculating like this, just this time's competition alone, he should be able to earn five to six thousand taels of silver.
Enough to buy another martial art technique.
Of course, the premise was that Chen An could smoothly make it into the top ten.
But in Chen An's eyes, this wasn't too difficult.
He had already reached the stage of inner Qi completion and was moving towards inner Qi perfection.
If he couldn't achieve a top ten ranking at this level of cultivation, there was no need to say more, he could just admit defeat.
Such a situation was unlikely.
Based on the information Chen An had obtained from Bai Changyue, among the younger generation of the Bai family, those at the inner Qi stage were considered outstanding talents, and those at the inner Qi completion stage might not even exist.
The cultivation threshold for the elders of the Bai family was just the stage of inner Qi completion.
In this case, if Chen An wanted to aim for first place while holding back, it might be somewhat difficult.
But reaching the top ten would be a breeze.
Of course, this was just speculation, and the actual situation was unknown.
However, in reality, things were not as simple as Chen An had imagined.
Before dusk had even arrived, someone else had come.
This time, it was not an acquaintance of Chen An, but a servant of Bai Qing.
In some ways, Chen An's intuition had always been accurate.
Like this time.
Just as Bai Changyue walked in, before he could even speak, Chen An smiled and asked, "Changyue, it's been a long time since we last met, you look more spirited than before."
"I wonder if you're here this time for the big competition?"
"That's right."
Listening to Chen An's words, Bai Changyue was not surprised, he smiled directly, "It seems that Brother Chen has already received the news."
"This time, I heard that the clan leader will also come to watch, it's a good opportunity to show off."
"What do you mean, Changyue?"
Chen An's face was calm, but he had doubts in his heart.
Would Bai Changyue also ask him to fix the match?
It shouldn't be the case.
If it was Bai Changren who was asked to fix the match, it would be understandable, but Bai Changyue didn't even have the level of cultivation to reach the peak of body tempering, so what's the point of fixing a match at his level?
Just laying flat would be better.
However, what Chen An never expected was that Bai Changyue had really come this time to fix the match.
But not for himself, but for money.
"A gamble?"
Chen An's expression was strange, "Are you sure you can make a profit?"
"Of course!"
Bai Changyue's face looked excited, "This time, the big competition is open to the public, not just the internal audience, but also outsiders can come to watch."
"The gambling houses outside are already open, and many people have already placed their bets!"
He explained to Chen An excitedly, it took a while for Chen An to understand.
In his past life, there were sports betting and horse racing activities.
And in this world where martial arts prevailed, people were most interested in similar gambling activities.
Every big competition was a peak time for gambling.
The Bai family's big competition this time was no exception.
"Based on the past few competitions, as long as you can bet on a few rounds, you can easily win several thousand taels of silver."
Bai Changyue lowered his voice and said, "If you can cause an upset, the profits will be even greater."
"Several thousand taels of silver?"
Chen An's interest was piqued, "Can you really earn that much?"
Several thousand taels of silver.
It would be enough for him to acquire another martial art technique.
"Absolutely."
Bai Changyue looked confident, with a hint of excitement on his slightly dark face, "As long as Brother Chen is willing to cooperate, it'll be easy."
"Do you want me to deliberately lose?"
Chen An thought for a moment and asked.
If he could win several thousand taels of silver just by deliberately losing, he would be willing to do so.
After all, he wouldn't lose anything.
But he wondered if this conflicted with Bai Changren's demands?
As Chen An pondered, Bai Changyue shook his head vigorously, "Lose? How can you make money like that?"
"With your situation, Brother Chen, you can only make big money by winning."
Bai Changyue patiently explained to Chen An.
Fixing matches was a matter of assessing people.
If you weren't well-known and strong, who would ask you to fix a match?
Only those who were already popular and strong enough to be eligible for someone to buy them to fix a match.
And in his past life, it was fine to deceive the audience.
But in this world, martial artists valued their reputation very much, especially with the clan leader present.
If they dared to fix a match, would they still want to continue in the future?
So intentionally losing was not an option.
Not only can't lose, but must win!
"Just leave the specifics to me."
Bai Changyue smiled and said, "Brother Chen, you've just arrived recently, and you're not too old, so the odds will definitely be high."
"In this situation, as long as you can win three matches and make it to the top ten, you can earn at least this amount."
He held up two fingers, indicating about two thousand taels of silver.
"This is a minimum, if you're willing to cooperate, you can definitely earn more."
Afraid that Chen An would be dissatisfied, Bai Changyue quickly continued.
"What do you want me to do?"
Chen An asked directly.
He had no reason to be dissatisfied.
He was so poor, what more could he complain about.
"As long as Brother Chen hides during the competition, and tries to win a little more trouble, that's all."
Bai Changyue smiled insincerely, "It's best to go all out every time, and then win by a stroke of luck."
Good heavens.
Chen An glanced at Bai Changyue and instantly understood his meaning.
He was trying to trick others!
Bai Changyue didn't know the specifics of Chen An's strength, but he understood that it was not something ordinary people could compare with, even stronger than many ordinary inner Qi stage cultivators.
Although there were many people from the Bai family, not many could participate in the big competition, and among them, those at the inner Qi stage were the majority.
With Chen An's strength, he didn't dare to think about the top four, but he could still hope for the top ten.
But if he wanted higher odds and more profits, he needed to perform.
Only by causing upsets could he earn big money.
So he needed to make others believe that Chen An was weak and would soon lose, only then could they deceive people.
This was the plan Bai Changyue was playing.
And this didn't count as fixing a match.
It was just pretending to be weak, nothing unusual.
Among the many Bai family members, there were plenty of people pretending to be weak, almost too many to count.
In that case, there was nothing to worry about.
Without hesitation, Chen An nodded directly.
He would do it.
Moments later, Bai Changyue left satisfied.
Chen An began to calculate.
Roughly speaking, this time's Bai family competition should earn him a few hundred taels of silver from Bai Changren, and two to three thousand taels from Bai Changyue.
In addition to the top ten rewards themselves, which were likely some valuable elixirs, equally valuable.
If he could achieve good results, Bai Qing might also have a reward.
Calculating like this, just this time's competition alone, he should be able to earn five to six thousand taels of silver.
Enough to buy another martial art technique.
Of course, the premise was that Chen An could smoothly make it into the top ten.
But in Chen An's eyes, this wasn't too difficult.
He had already reached the stage of inner Qi completion and was moving towards inner Qi perfection.
If he couldn't achieve a top ten ranking at this level of cultivation, there was no need to say more, he could just admit defeat.
Such a situation was unlikely.
Based on the information Chen An had obtained from Bai Changyue, among the younger generation of the Bai family, those at the inner Qi stage were considered outstanding talents, and those at the inner Qi completion stage might not even exist.
The cultivation threshold for the elders of the Bai family was just the stage of inner Qi completion.
In this case, if Chen An wanted to aim for first place while holding back, it might be somewhat difficult.
But reaching the top ten would be a breeze.
Of course, this was just speculation, and the actual situation was unknown.
However, in reality, things were not as simple as Chen An had imagined.
Before dusk had even arrived, someone else had come.
This time, it was not an acquaintance of Chen An, but a servant of Bai Qing.
