Lu Xu's question was valid and others wondered the same.
"I don't think they would do this. But there is no telling if it is the work of someone particular from there." Ming Aolian hinted.
"Would Yao Changying hold that much power?" Qian Wen asked.
"Even if she did, there doesn't seem to be a proper reason behind her doing it. She's already strong, and it's not like she can weaken those stronger than her using the people of the Black Fin Island." Luo Liqin replied.
"That does make sense." Lu Xu nodded.
One thing was for sure though, the Lin Mu and the rest would be alert about the appearance of the people of the Black Fin Island. With this final warning from the Countess, Lin Mu and the rest parted their ways.
"I'll get started on the bets first." Luo Liqin spoke.
He was the only one who wasn't in the tournament anymore and thus would be free to check on them.
"Gather the changes in odds as well as any extremes that appear. We need to be smart with this." Lin Mu stated.
"Don't worry, I shall not disappoint you." Luo Liqin said with confidence. "All of you should go prepare for your own fights."
"We'll see you later then." Lu Xu said before taking his leave.
"Goodbye, Brother Mu Lin, Luo Liqin." The Ming sisters said before going away too.
"I'll go with Daoist Luo for now. My ring is near the betting pavilions anyways." Qian Wen suggested.
"That's fine too." Lin Mu nodded his head.
His own ring was far to the back, thus he didn't have the same opportunity. Or he would have monitored the bookies himself.
Thankfully, it wasn't a difficult task. In fact, the bookies themselves would provide detailed information about the different contestants as well as their predicted chances of winning. It was all openly available, and one didn't really need to struggle much.
What Lin Mu wanted was the opposite of that though, as the ones who had lower chances of winning would have higher returns on betting. Thus, it was important to know when the odds would change.
Lin Mu returned to his ring with Little Shrubby and saw a fight about to end.
"Oh? It's Feilei Zhang." Lin Mu recognized the man.
He was the first contestant when the tournament had started and also the first winner. He was someone Lin Mu had taken a slight interest in but had now missed the fight.
"He didn't use his sword this time either…" Lin Mu could see that the man was using his whips again.
Or rather, he had been as the fight was almost at his end. Feilei Zhang's opponent was already bloodied and battered.
~CRACK~
Feilei Zhang swung his whip once more, slapping his opponent away.
~THUD~
"Feilei Zhang is the winner!" The referee announced.
The people in the audience cheered, as they saw the man won. It was clear that Feilei Zhang had earned some fans from this fight.
'Hmm, I should ask around a bit.' Lin Mu thought and went to find a seat.
His original seat had long since been taken by someone, so he had to get another one. This time, he got a seat that was a farther up the seating area. It was at least forty rows away from the ring and was around the middle part of the seating area.
Lin Mu casually asked a person sitting next to him about Feilei Zhang and how his fight had gone. The simple answer that the man gave was that Feilei Zhang dominated the battle and won easily. In fact, the battle hadn't even been running for five minutes and his opponent was already defeated.
'Five minutes… that's fast enough. And he didn't need to use swords either, so his opponent really wasn't that difficult for him.' Lin Mu noted.
Lin Mu's attention was brought to the next battle, which soon commenced. Now, he was mostly focused on training the Nine Divine Heart Sutras. Since it would be his main tool in the coming few days, Lin Mu reckoned he should get as much practice as possible.
'At least until it's time for the other's matches.' Lin Mu thought to himself.
The next match was going to be his and Ming Aolian in the group. Thus Lin Mu needed to make sure that his fight either happened after Ming Aolian's or was over quickly. Right now there was no telling whether both of them would clash or not, as there was still two days left.
"Guess I just gotta practice till then." Lin Mu didn't worry too much though as he would be kept informed through the communication jade slips.
He simply focused on using the Nine Divine Heart Sutras and training them. So far, he had used the first three sutras and knew their effects for the most part. The remaining two sutras were something that he couldn't use normally.
The Murdering Heart Sutra was just too risky and Lin Mu didn't wish for it to be discovered here. While the Nurturing Heart Sutra was something that was intended for beasts in the first place.
It wasn't like he hadn't tired it on humans, it was just that it simply didn't work.
Even for the Nurturing Heart Sutra, Lin Mu somewhat knew its effects as he had used it before in the Xiao Fan world. Using it on himself generated Beast Qi, while using it on beasts could charm them to some extent.
The weaker the beast, the better the effect, of course.
Right now, beasts below the immortal realm would simply listen to Lin Mu's commands if he used the Nurturing heart Sutra. As for those at the Immortal realm, the effects varied depending on the cultivation base and type of the beast.
The Nurturing Heart Sutra was important too since Ming Aolian was a beast tamer. If anything, it would be coming in handy during her fight.
'I should perhaps give her beast some Beast Qi… it should be fine as long as the amount is low.' He thought.
