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Pang Yuanji slowly emerged from the bottom of the crater, making no effort to shake off the dust and debris clinging to his body and his clothes.
He and Chen Ping'an exchanged a glance with each other, and he gave Chen Ping'an a nod before passing him on his way back to the wine shop where he had been drinking earlier.
All of a sudden, he seemed to have recalled something, and he loudly declared, "My apologies to everyone who bet money on me. In order to make amends, I would like to tell you all... that your losses have nothing to do with me! You made the bets of your own volition, so you'll have to handle the consequences of your decision yourselves."
After his voice trailed off, Pang Yuanji clasped a hand over his own mouth, then shook it aside to send some blood splattering down onto the ground.
Upon his return to the wine shop, he was handed a bowl of wine by Sword Immortal Gao Kui, while Sword Immortal Yuan Qingshu of the Southern Whirl Continent merely smiled at him in silence.
"I'm sorry you had to see that," Pang Yuanji said in a resigned manner.
"It's fine," Gao Kui replied. "It's just a loss. What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger."
"You did much better than Qi Shou at least," Yuan Qingshu chimed in with a nod of approval.
As Pang Yuanji turned his gaze back to the street, he discovered that Chen Ping'an and the others were already long gone. Yan Zhuo had pulled out a small trinket that had transformed into a luxurious, full-sized carriage, and he and his friends had departed in the carriage.
Inside the spacious carriage, Chen Ping'an was seated with his legs crossed, with Ning Yao sitting next to him.
Sword Immortal had already flown back to...
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