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ave.

But now he had not only succeeded, he had even beaten Jing Taixu there!

They had truly won big on this gamble.

The three commanders offered Li Luo their profuse thanks, heads bobbing very politely in deference.

Li Luo waved it away with a friendly smile.
“We are all here with a stake in this.
Without the three schools supporting us in reducing the energy, we alone could not have made it.
Now that the anima storm is open for business, you can go and check the areas that belong to you.
Count the amount of anima dew and then split it as we agreed earlier.

“Hehe, I hope that none of you are thinking of cheating us out of our share.”

When the three schools had been chosen, Li Luo had, of course, discussed terms with them.
Naturally, the large anima cumulonimbus would belong to the Astral Sage College.
That was not to be divided.
As for the medium and small anima cumulonimbuses, they would be delegated to the three schools.
However, they would cede 50 percent to the Astral Sage College at the final harvesting.

It was not considered unfair of Li Luo—it was a common understanding that had been established.

Opening the anima storm was the hardest part of the task.
Although the other schools had helped, their role was less crucial.

“As Commander Li Luo says.
We understand this point well.
We're already very grateful that you're only taking 50 percent.
The other three groups demand 60 percent,” they hurriedly assured him.

Li Luo smiled and nodded.
He looked out over at the lake, tutting in sympathy at the squabbling schools outside, then he walked through the doors into the anima storm.
He was curious to find out just how big a bonanza the large anima cumulonimbus was going to be.

He had not looked over at Jing Taixu's side once, but he could feel a person staring at him.

Over at the Enlightened Sage College side, the white-eyebrowed youth approached their commander cautiously.
“Brother Jing, are you alright? Don't worry about Li Luo.
He gamed this challenge well, but in a straight-up clash, he is definitely not your match.”

“Lu Chen, don't underestimate him,” Jing Taixu said with a thin smile.

“If you really believe that he only won because he pulled some novelty trick out of his hat, then only pain and frustration awaits you in the near future.
I sort of guessed it…
that Li Luo would be my biggest threat in the Hall-level competition, even more so than Sun Dasheng or Lu Chen.”

Lu Chen stared at him in surprise.
Jing Taixu actually regarded Li Luo that highly?

Jing Taixu settled back down with a new, icy resolve in his manner.

“And so in order to demonstrate how seriously I take him, I've made preparations.”

With that dire announcement, he turned and walked into the large anima cumulonimbus.

Lu Chen looked at his commander's back and shivered a little to himself.
He pitied Li Luo a little, because he knew just what their leader was capable of.
Li Luo was in a whole world of trouble now…

In all the years he had known Jing Taixu, he had never seen someone earn his ire and emerge unharmed.

If someone gave Li Luo a crystal ball to see the future with, he'd probably be scurrying over right now to beg for forgiveness from Jing Taixu.

A pity…

Lu Chen shook his head.

“Li Luo, you don't know the heat of the fires that you play with.”