Chapter 42 (1/2)
An Zheng had applied all the methods that he could think about. What happened next would depend on the two other people. An Zheng was very condident with his strategy. However, one thing he could not identify was Xiao QiDao. If the Illusory academy realized Xiao QiDao's physical power, he would fail to complete Ye Aunty's request. Ye Aunty obviously did not want Xiao QiDao to show up in the Yan Kingdom's army. Otherwise, she would have had not left there herself.
An Zheng asked Du ShouShou and the others to freely play during the day time, which made people who cared about the compet.i.tion confused but bad people happy because they thought that the martial school would surely win, so people of the martial school acted as if they had already won. Many people had increased their bets on the martial school. The betting pool got bigger and attracted more and more people to join. It was said that the motels nearby were full of guests that were waiting for the compet.i.tion.
An Zheng sat thoughtlessly next to a small lake. Actually, he worried more than everybody combined. Although he had enough strategy based on which,thatDu ShouShou and Qu Liu'er would win, thus it would have been of great disaster for the martial school if they failed because he was the Dean of the martial school, the future Head of TianQi Sect, in Xiao QiDao's and the others' thought.
– ”Why are you so worried?”
A bothering sound to An Zheng was made from behind him. There was no need to turn back for An Zheng to know who the person was.
Chen ShaoBai, ghostly appeared with a wine gourd in his hand, sitting opposite of An Zheng,
– ”You seem to be not sure, because you are weak in comparison, with the disciples there. I am a little confused why you had agreed to bet while you were not sure at that time? I used to see people who wanted to commit suicide, but I have never seen anyone, who wrote a storyscript leading towards the act of suicide like you.”
An Zheng stared at him,
– ”Your mouth is really stinky!”
Chen ShaoBai blew with a wide-opened mouth,
– ”Stinky? I see that this is a true description. If not, why don't you ask for my help? I am not fond of youand I am filled with hatred that I cannot kill you. But I am a disciplined person. You had helped me to kill Chen Pu before. If I have not repaid you for this, I will then have the heart to kill you. If you ask for my help now, I will kill all disciples there. If so, you all will surely win without any compet.i.tion. Is that not the best result?
– I help you to kill them all, so your ragged martial school will win, and I will also repay all of my grat.i.tude to you.”
Chen ShaoBai laid on the gra.s.s,
– ”Two birds one stone!”
An Zheng,
– ”Didn't you come to a secret sect to practice? Why did you still come to meet me here?”
Chen ShaoBai said,
– ”That sect is not urgent, so I can go there anytime that I like. I am just worrying that you will not die by my hands. ”
An Zheng,
– ”You had better get away now.”
Chen ShaoBai,
– ”Is this how you treatyour guests?”
An Zheng,
– ”I have never invited you to come here.”
Chen ShaoBai stood up,
– ”You really don't want to beg me? It's good of your bravery, but this is not bravery, it's foolishness. Let me tell you a thing. The best disciple there is named Chen Zhouwhose real ident.i.ty is Chen Qi, the son of Chen Pu who had used to serve me. Hehad taken over some men of the Chen family, so it is just childs play, being able to kill you all. But why doesn't he take his revenge directly to you? Because he wants to dishonor you in front of all the people of the Illusory Academy on the day that you are going to compete.
– Ask for my help!”
Chen ShaoBai,
– ”You only need to ask for my help, and I will kill them all.”
An Zheng,
– ”From your mouth, I see that it's easy for you to kill people.”
Chen ShaoBai,
– ”If you practice, but do not kill anyone, it will be boring.”
He gulped some wine,
– ”Why is it that I see you are more narrow-minded than those old teachers? You really came from a poor family. You had also used to be bullied, over and over, many times. Why don't you have a wicked mind? Let me tell you the truth. Such people like you will not have a future. The Underworld is the only way that there is. If you are not wicked, you will soon die.”
An Zheng,
– ”I'm not without cruelty, but I will not kill you for no reason.”
Chen ShaoBai,
– ”You say as if you had used to kill people. However, it's up to you. Foolishness is already in your blood, so I cannot help you even I if want to. You are annoying. I'll give you this…”
Chen ShaoBai took off a bell from his waist and threw it to An Zheng,
– ”If you are in great danger, you just need to ring the bell, and I will immediately come to save you. At the moment, I just want to finish up the debt early, and then I will gradually torture you. Strip out your veins and peel off your skin, then throw you into a boiling pot, it's making me feel really comfortable just thinking of it.”
An Zheng looked at the bell. It was made of green bronze. On its top were ancient hieroglyphics. Although An Zheng had a wide knowledge, he had never seen such hieroglyphs like those. They were logographic scripts, but they looked like random carved prints.
Chen ShaoBai stood up and left,
– ”If I were you, I would return the bell.”
Ring!
The bell hit his back.
Chen ShaoBai was surprised for a while. He turned back and saw An Zheng picking the bell up and putting in his chest,
– ”You said that you owed me gradt.i.tude.”
Chen ShaoBai,