Chapter 82 – Alchemy fighting skills (2) (1/2)
Chapter 82 – Alchemy fighting skills (2)
Translated by NEET
Before the duel even started, the Imperial Academy was already packed full of people. This was despite of the difficulty in obtaining a ticket for today’s event. Yes, this required tickets, for the Imperial Academy to maintain order among this many people required large amounts of manpower and resources, and for them to recoup some of the cost was perfectly normal.
And most importantly, this kind of moneymaking opportunity, who would let it go to waste!!
Among the people who arrived today, from commoners to nobles to Imperial family members to the Emperor himself, members of every social class were present.At the same time, from peasants to merchants, to workers, officials etc, the various occupations were also all represented!
And yet, every person of unique background still had the exact same goal: Support Ye Lang!!
As for that person himself, Ye Lang? Was he going to be like those people thought, appearing at the last second, just like last time at Zhen Xiaoyan’s competition, refusing to appear until the very end?
No, Ye Lang had arrived long ago, arriving early even compared to everyone else, using his words, “I am a person with a sense of responsibility, naturally I can’t make everybody else wait for me”.
Ye Lang at this time was within the arena, pacing back and forth, apparently observing his surroundings very closely, as if he was observing every inch of the ground……
“Thirteenth young master, we all support you…..!” within the arena, the spectators let out a burst of cheers in their support of Ye Lang!
“Thank you for your support, after this, I’ll treat all of you to a meal!” Ye Lang smiled wryly, and cupped his hand and saluted in response.
“Thirteenth young master, we have so many people here, are you going to treat all of us out to a meal?” One person jokingly asked, he was only joking, he didn’t think Ye Lang would really treat them all, there were tens of thousands of people here.
Only, Ye Lang at his core was an extremely prodigal son, he was quite satisfied having this opportunity to squander money—
“En, I’ll treat all of you, no matter where you go, bring over a bill, come to my place and I’ll reimburse you!”
“Hooh, Thirteenth young master, you truly are a good person! I like you!!”
“When this is over, I’m going to the best restaurant under heaven to eat dinner….”
“Two bowls of soy milk, two deep fried bread sticks, eat one and throw the other away…”
“Boss, bring me a bowl of fish bone soup to rinse my mouth…”
(TL note: Fish bone soup is apparently a fairly expensive dish in China)
“…..”
All of a sudden, the scene erupted, the fighting had yet to even begin and a *** phase had already begun, the sounds of support for Ye Lang grew louder and louder!
Just this vigor alone could intimidate that Li Danteng, hey!
Of course, this was just what some people thought….
“This little bastard, doesn’t treat money like money, treating these tens of thousands of people out to eat, how much is this going to cost!” Long An Qi scolded from the viewing platform somewhat unhappily.
“Treating tens of thousands of people to a meal, this is a grand undertaking, practically guaranteed to be the only time this will ever occur in history!” The Emperor sadly lamented, it would appear that even him, as emperor, had never treated people to meals like this.
This kind of thing, only Ye Lang, this super prodigal son, would do, even if others were forced to admit defeat, they would not have this kind of courage, this kind of tolerance!
And this event really did become a one of a kind grand undertaking, becoming a tale that would be passed down through the generations!
When Li Danteng and the rest of his family arrived, it was almost time to start the duel, and when he found that Ye Lang had arrived at the arena long ago, he fell into a stupor.