Chapter 008 – Caramel Academy (1/2)
Chapter 008 – Caramel Academy
Translated by: BerrryBunz.
Edited by: Robin and Boost Turtle.
“Hey, Old man, Fundamental Tang’s salary can’t be too low either, remember that it is because of him that I am here!” Ah Mo Li said to Old Fart Wei, seemingly with a sense of brotherhood.
Tang Tian’s impression of the annoying cow momentarily changed to a good person!
The old man whispered “Alright, two times the salary, that is the furthest I can go. Bronze Grade Rank Two or Three Spirit Card, any of your choosing from what the school has to offer. However, any one card that you choose, you have to perfect before choosing a new card. After all they are for you to cultivate, do not bite off more than you can chew!”
The old man was very calculative. It was difficult to master rank two martial arts, needless to say, the third ranked martial arts were even harder than the second ranked. The old man did not lose out too much.
“Deal!” Tang Tian was relatively satisfied.
He intended to work to obtain the Spirit Card. To be able to get one Spirit Card, he would already be very pleased.
There was nothing more beautiful than focusing on cultivating.
“Oh right, What is our school called?” Tang Tian suddenly remembered this question.
“It’s called….called…”Ah Mo Li gave up and looked at Old Fart Wei.
“Caramel Academy” Old Fart Wei smiled.
Tang Tian frowned, drawing a line across his forehead. The founder of the academy probably loved caramel a lot. He quickly threw the weird name to the back of his head, rubbed his fist with his other palm and asked, “Where is our academy?”
Though the name was very strange to Tang Tian, it did not bother him. Many academies were built in the Star Wind City as they provided the most funding. For Andrew Academy to achieve a spot in the top ten positions, it was considered a prestigious academy. Even so, there were many other small academies which were never heard of before.
“Hehehe, young people are definitely full of vigour! I like it! Oh, not too far away.” Old Fart Wei smiled from ears to ears.
Two hours later, in a desolate and uninhabited dense forest.
Tang Tian was surprised to find a ragged wooden hut that looked as though it was about to collapse.
On a broken wooden pole hung a corroded metal plate. The words: ‘Caramel Academy’ were engraved onto it. As the wind blew, it banged against the metal plate, …
“This is the Caramel Academy?” Tang Tian lifelessly turned to ask, finger pointing to the several almost collapsed wooden huts.
“Hahahaha! Although the conditions are quite arduous, eh, you youngsters have self discipline!” Old Fart Wei was not even in the least embarrassed.
Ah Mo Li cried out in alarm:” Old man Wei, you’re too confused with misery already! Didn’t you say your school is in the top 50?”
“This, I will never lie to you. Fifty years ago, Caramel Academy rushed their way into the top 50.”
“How about now?” Tang Tian asked suspiciously.
“Ah ha, well now we have met with some slight difficulties. However…” Old Fart Wei laughed.
“Ranking!” Tang Tian glared at him.
“Ranking…Oh, we’re ranked, number 352.” Old Fart Wei squinted his eyes.
Tang Tian turned and asked Ah Mo Li, “How many schools does Star Wind City have?”
Ah Mo Li frowned and thought, “I think it totals up to 350.”
“Nonsense!” Old Fart Wei jumped up, “Definitely it’s 354!”
Tang Tian face darkened, “Third from last!”
Old Fart Wei innocently winked his little eye.
Ah Mo Li suddenly saw the light: “No wonder you’d bet on such huge amount of capital, you must be losing a lot, and they are going to cancel your academy’s qualification. Hey, old man, are you able to pay for our plight?”
Old Fart Wei patted his chest, “Don’t you worry about this, Caramel Academy already has eight years of history, definitely we will have some savings. I can pay a part of your salary right now.”
“Where are the students? Don’t tell me it is only us two?” Tang Tian asked.
Old Fart Wei continued to wink his eye innocently, “The last student changed school two days ago.”
“What about the teachers?” Tang Tian continued asking.
“Me” Old Fart Wei said in a matter of fact manner, pointing to himself.
Tang Tian turned to ask Ah Mo Li: “How did you get to know him?”
Ah Mo Li bashfully replied, “I think we met when I was very young. He praised that I was a genius. Every time we met, he would compliment me. After complimenting me for a few years, we got close.”
Not forgetting to add on the last sentence: “I think he’s right.”
Tang Tian was speechless. He stared at the ruins of the academy as he got closer to it.
“Don’t tell me you’re intimidated by this trivial level of difficulty?” Old Fart Wei squinched.
“Intimidated?” Tang Tian cringed his face, illfully staring at Old Fart Wei.
Tang Tian snorted, and with a sunken face, he started rolling up his sleeves.
“Well, Fundamental Tang, what do you want to do? You want to beat him? Actually I feel that he indeed needs a spanking.” Ah Mo Li tilted his head and asked.
“Build a hut.”
Not turning back once, Tang Tian walked into the forest.
“Build a hut?” Ah Mo Li glanced at the ruined wooden hut and came to realize: “Sure enough, he is worthy to be called godlike! As I was saying, this issue is nothing to Fundamental Tang…”
Annoyed by his long-windedness, Tang Tian pointed to the forest: “You go get some logs and bring them here!”
“No problem!” Ah Mo Li ‘peng peng’ patted his chest, turned and aggressively rushed into the forest.
Tang Tian started calculating. It was too far away from the Star Wind City, there must be a place to live in. there were three of them, each needed one room, that would total up to a three-room wooden hut. There was a need to build a simple yet crude hut to act as a training facility. Amongst those old and tiny wooden huts, there was one which housed a collection of books. Tang Tian estimated that those were good for nothing, but decided to build a small hut. To store all the junk.