The situation is set, Ye Xiaobai couldn't do anything about it.

"Xiao Bai, how many Blood Spirit Pills do you have?" Tang Rao quickly asked.

Ye Xiaobai rummaged through his belongings and took out twelve, all he had.

Tang Rao snatched the Blood Spirit Pills from Ye Xiaobai's hand and slammed it on the table: "Bet on number 199 for me."

What?

Ye Xiaobai instinctively wanted to stop him.

But Tang Rao held him tightly, and in the end, he could only watch helplessly as the staff handled the bet.

Holding the betting token, Ye Xiaobai looked troubled.

He originally wanted to bet just three Blood Spirit Pills, two for Ba Wang and one for Wang Changsheng.

Unexpectedly, in the end, Tang Rao bet them all on that so-called 199.

Number 199, he didn't even know who that was.

"Tang Rao, who exactly is number 199?" Leaving the betting counter, Ye Xiaobai asked with rolling eyes.

Tang Rao pointed at himself.

"You know them? Are they some super strong expert?" Ye Xiaobai's face slightly excited, Tang Rao definitely wouldn't mess around without reason.

Maybe that number 199 was really some reclusive super-strong expert.

"You know him too." Tang Rao smiled.

Ye Xiaobai was dumbfounded, I know them too? The strongest person I know is an old man in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, the patriarch of the Ye Family.

"It's me, your Brother Tang," Tang Rao said with a grin, pulling out a silver number 199 token from his pocket.

Ye Xiaobai's expression turned to stone.

Tang Rao? Tang Rao!!

"Holy crap, you... you reached Foundation Establishment?" Ye Xiaobai looked at Tang Rao in horror.

Ye Xiaobai knew very well that only those in Foundation Establishment could participate in climbing the Heavenly Ladder, and of course, only cultivators in Foundation Establishment were eligible. It was said that those above Foundation Establishment could not participate as well.

If Tang Rao was able to get the participation token, it meant he had the power of Foundation Establishment.

He's only twenty years old, Foundation Establishment... Ye Xiaobai could only curse: You jerk!

"Are you crazy? Give me back my Blood Spirit Pills, it's my savings for three years!" But the next moment, Ye Xiaobai started yelling at Tang Rao.

So what if you're in Foundation Establishment? You are just in the early stages. Ba Wang, Wang Changsheng, those are the peak of Foundation Establishment, the strongest existences.

"Ow hey, stop shaking me, is it not just twelve Blood Spirit Pills? What if I actually win? It's 110 times the amount, you'll be rich!" Tang Rao shrugged off Ye Xiaobai.

"If you win first place, I'll do a live stream eating ~~shit." Ye Xiaobai shouted.

Tang Rao: "..."

"Xiao Bai, is it necessary to go this far?"

"That's how little you think of me!" Ye Xiaobai yelled.

"Fine then, you'd better register an account on a live streaming platform beforehand. And get the ~~shit ready too, when the time comes I'll have my family watch you online, cheer for you, and send you gifts," Tang Rao said.

He didn't have a hundred percent confidence, but he was definitely more confident than others.

Do you guys understand Despair Nightmare? You don't even know what Despair Nightmare is.

Ye Xiaobai: "..."

As evening approached, it was finally Tang Rao's turn.

Seeing Tang Rao, many people were pointing and talking.

"Holy crap, so young?"

"He reached Foundation Establishment? Remarkable, wonder which sect's genius he is."

"I feel like I'm seeing a rising star."

"If he can make it through the fifth level, he will be immeasurable."

Many people showed friendly smiles towards Tang Rao, after all, being able to enter the Heavenly Ladder in your twenties is an honor itself.

Guided by the staff, Tang Rao entered the Heavenly Ladder, which is the tail of Despair Nightmare.

"60...59...58..." not far away, Ye Xiaobai started counting, in at most a minute, Tang Rao would be beaten back out.

As the seconds passed, everyone was staring at the doors of the Heavenly Ladder and the Heavenly Ladder List.

...

As for Tang Rao, it was also his first time entering the interior of the Despair Nightmare.

But if you think about it, he had fought with the Despair Nightmare of a young beast before, even when he was already in the Mahayana Realm, and he almost got killed by it.

The danger involved is simply indescribable.

The first layer is very simple. Break through one barrier, and even those at the beginning of Foundation Establishment can complete it.

"So young?" Inside the first layer, a sixty-something old man stood and looked at Tang Rao, slightly surprised.

"That... why don't you just leave yourself?" Tang Rao said to the old man, bored with the mid Foundation Establishment opponent.

"So arrogant!" The old man was instantly angered.

But before he could strike, Tang Rao blinked and appeared right in front of him.

Bang!

A muffled sound came, and the old man was pushed out of the first layer's range, out of the game!

"Holy shit, the first layer! Look everyone, it's that number 199!" Crowds outside the Heavenly Ladder exclaimed.

Because at this time, Tang Rao's number and name had already appeared on the Heavenly Ladder List.

"No Sect!"

"He doesn't belong to any Sect!"

"Hahaha, a wild talent caught, he's ours for Qifeng Mountain!"

"Shut your trap, this kind of talent only the Double Saber Sect is qualified to recruit."

Outside, there was a heated argument.

But this was normal, anyone who could occupy a spot on the Heavenly Ladder List, even just the first layer, was definitely an expert.

Being able to push out the holder of the first layer proved how formidable this Tang Rao was.

Ye Xiaobai had stopped counting; he never thought Tang Rao could actually secure the first layer.

"Hmph, just the first layer," Ye Xiaobai muttered, convinced to his core that Tang Rao winning the competition was simply impossible.

The second layer... the third layer... the fourth layer...

Tang Rao felt somewhat bored, climbing one layer after another, with no change.

All involved breaking through an invisible barrier and then dealing with the residing cultivator.

Too monotonous.

But outside, it was anything but monotonous, with cheers like waves and shouts like explosions.

"The eighth layer, look, the eighth layer!"

"It's blinding my metallic dog eyes."

"I really can't understand the young people these days."

...

Everyone was cheering for Tang Rao; he was definitely a dark horse, a super dark horse.

Twenty years old and at Foundation Establishment, then furiously climbing, going straight up.

While Ye Xiaobai was just standing there, completely dumbfounded.

"Xiao Bai!" A voice sounded from behind Ye Xiaobai, but he seemed not to hear.

"Xiao Bai, what are you doing?" A hand clapped onto Ye Xiaobai's shoulder.

It was only then that Ye Xiaobai reacted, turning back immediately.

The one who clapped him was Ye Fengsheng, and beside him was a large group from the Ye Family, like Ye Qing, Ye Feihu, Ye Mo, Guo Si, and others.

"Brother, look." Ye Xiaobai stretched his hand, pointing at the Heavenly Ladder List.

"Eighth... no, ninth layer..." Ye Xiaobai continued.

The eyes of everyone from the Ye Family turned toward the ninth layer of the Heavenly Ladder List.

Number 199, Tang Rao!

All from the Ye Family were stunned.

"Xiao Bai, this number 199, is it the Tang Rao we know?" Ye Qing asked.

"Pfft, impossible, probably same name and surname," Ye Feihu scoffed, as the name Tang Rao was not uncommon.

"It's Tang Rao, I... I came here with him, watched him enter," Ye Xiaobai swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Ye Feihu's mouth dropped open, instantly speechless.

"It's worthy of being my master," Ye Fengsheng's eyes shot beams of brilliance.

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