After knocking on the door and hearing Yuchi's voice inside, Yu Yao breathed a sigh of relief. It looks like Yuchi is quite a bold person, still waiting for her in this place, seemingly determined to win. But how could such a thing happen?

"You've finally arrived, we were just about to leave," Bu Tingyue said deliberately.

"Of course, I was going to come."

Yu Yao directly indicated the proof of deposit in her hand, which at this time was no longer the two million silver taels, but a direct proof of deposit for two thousand gold taels. One proof of deposit is for a hundred gold taels, and here are twenty identical proofs of deposit. With this proof, Yuchi could directly go to any bank in Cuncha City to exchange it.

"Alright, let's go." Yuchi then stood up, patted the dust off his black clothes, and there was quite a bit of a smile on his face.

This time, he came to Cuncha City to make money. If he could bluff his way to five hundred thousand, it was already a good choice. Even if he defeated Yu Yao, so what? To outsiders, he was from the Celestial Craft Workshop, and if folks from there took some elixirs, it wasn't a big deal. And to Bu Huoran and the others, he was a young uncle from their sect, and it wasn't surprising at all if a young uncle took some elixirs; it wouldn't even raise eyebrows. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

At this moment, Yu Yao became a little more observant, watching Yuchi closely, trying to see even a hint of worry in his eyes. As long as she saw worry, then she would know there was no problem.

But when she looked all around, Yuchi gave her the impression of being as steady as an old dog, as if he already knew exactly what would happen next.

"It's impossible, just like my father said. This guy has also swallowed a lot of elixirs, and then he's pretending like this to make me mistakenly think he's just an ordinary person, right?"

Once she started to speculate, the issue grew larger. Thinking back on the situation at the time, Yu Yao began to suspect she had fallen into a trap:

"After Yuchi came to Cuncha City, Bu Tingyue must have told him about the conflict between her and me. Then Yuchi definitely made some judgments, and surely these siblings colluded. After finding out my current location, they came directly here."

"Then they intentionally let me see the two of them, only to deliberately say such things later, all to make me fall into their trap? Was it all to deceive my gold and silver? As for Bu Tingyue, she just pretended to look very worried the whole time, but in reality, she knows exactly how strong her brother is!"

"..."

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Yu Yao walked behind Yuchi, feeling more and more uncertain with each step. "Bu Tingyue knows how strong I am, so in such a situation, if Yuchi was truly someone who had never taken elixirs or practiced martial arts, she definitely wouldn't let her brother do such a thing!"

"Therefore, therefore..."

"Therefore, since she agreed, do I estimate I'm in danger?"

With that thought,

Yu Yao suddenly realized she had no way out at all, as Yuchi was already leading her to the organizer's area. The organizers truly informed them of the current situation, and someone on their side was so shocked they fell off their chair!

Is it really someone from the Celestial Craft Workshop, and Yu Yao too! Did such high-status individuals come to play?

When asked about the specifics of the silver and gold, Yuchi straightforwardly said in front of Yu Yao: "We're just here to play for ten silver taels. We don't have much gold and silver on us."

Yuchi didn't want to directly report the figure of two million; doing so would have been purely for show with no benefits, merely grandstanding. So, he simply said ten silver taels, which was neither too much nor too little, and also served to avoid the matter getting blown out of proportion, making it easier to wrap up later.

Bu Tingyue was quite satisfied with Yuchi. Although she still thought Yuchi might not defeat Yu Yao, his series of actions was without fault, every step well-thought-out. There were no moves to take them both in high-profile directions, and options were retained for them.

That was quite good.

Just ten silver taels, and Yu Yao had brought it up first; in others' eyes, it was a mere friendly competition. Both Yu Yao and Yuchi's statuses were so high that no one would seriously think Yuchi would fight Yu Yao for a mere ten silver taels. How absurd!

So such a thing was just a friendly engagement between two forces, an event to enliven the atmosphere, with the understanding that it wouldn't lead to anything significant.

Their reputations wouldn't suffer, and they would instead become more approachable, which was a very good outcome.

Yu Yao was deeply conflicted. The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was off. Watching Yuchi, who was handling everything smoothly, she seriously doubted she was just there to go through the motions.

No way.

This is Cuncha City, and I am the eldest daughter of the biggest family here. How could I just be here to make a mere appearance when everything should be in my control?