Chapter 44 (1/2)

Qu Liu'er was a naturally timid girl. In the morning before going out, she had hesitated for a while before putting on the new uniform given that was given to her by old Huo. Because the outfit was for girl, it did not have the long line like An Zheng's and Du ShouShou's.

From an early age until now, Qu Liu'er always wore men's clothing. Qu FengZi understood how to protect his disciple as if she was his own daughter in such a place like the Illusory Perennial Domicile. He was also afraid that Qu Liu'er would be bullied. Therefore, he had changed her name from Qu LiuXi to Qu Liu'er and let her wear men's clothing in order to avoid people's attention.

Qu FengZi said that whenever people heard of the name Qu Liu'er, they would think about an orphan. The more awkward that her name was, the longer it was that she could live.

Therefore, when she decided to wear the school's uniform, she told herself not to be Qu Liu'er anymore.

Zhen ZhuangBi looked at the children with the scornful eyes, and then he had a cold smile,

– ”Being a senior, I must give you some advice. Do you know when you commit evil, you cannot live? Let me be your boss. If you agree to lose, you only need to be present, twenty days a month, to come to the academy to be on fatigue duty, and then the compet.i.tion will stop from here.”

– ”Stop here?”

Gao SanDuo waved his hands and two crews carried a chair to him. Gao SanDuo sat down on the chair and opened the hand fan. At that time, the manners of an intellectual person disappeared, and there was only the manner of a great errant left.

– ”Right now, although you are the vice Dean of the academy, your words will cost nothing.”

He used the hand fan to point at the surrounding crowd,

– ”You agree, but they don't. People may not die in today's compet.i.tion, but victory must be drawn.”

Zhen ZhuangBi was surprised for a while. He thought to himself, ”What's wrong with Gao SanDuo today? In the past, whenever Gao SanDuo saw me, he's spoken to me very respectfully. But today, he simply, does not mind me. Something must be wrong here.” However, Zheng ZhuangBi thought again. Tens hundredsof thousands of liang's were made on this bet, so that Gao SanDuo's behaviorhaving changed was normal.

– ”Are you talking to me?”

Being a vice Dean of the Illusory academy, Zheng ZhuangBi had never cared about that great errant, too,

– ”Mister Gao, are you not forgetting your position?”

Gao SanDuo smiled a bit,

– ”If it's about money, I will not care about my position. I am only a gambling-ghost. Therefore, if I make any mistakes towards you, vice Dean, please never mind me.”

Zheng ZhuangBi knitted his brows, but he did not also have free time to argue with Gao SanDuo. He came close to An Zheng, cleared his throat with a cough and asked,

– ”If you still want to compete, we have to make clear the rule first. No matter whether you are a child or an adult, once you are in the underworld, you have to understand that words can't be taken back. Men attach much importance to the word ”Constancy”. You have just said that if you lost, you would leave here on your own. However, it is not enough.

– ”If you lose, all of you must kneel down before the academy and prostrate yourselves three times. After that, you must crawl to leave the Illusory Perennial Domicile. Carefully remember, crawling not walking.”

An Zheng said yes shortly,

– ”If we lose, we must crawl to leave the Illusory Perennial Domicile. What about you?”

Zheng ZhuangBi,

– ”Haha, if we lose? Good. Betting must have a cost. If we lose, this academy will open three days for you.”

An Zheng said,

– ”Who wants to come to your academy? Don't say three days. In spite of three years, we will not care to come in. What we need are holly germs. If you lose, I want 20 low-level holly germs, one medium-level holly germ, and thirty jins (1) of Unicorn Steel.

Zheng ZhuangBi:

– ”You must be crazy, mustn't you? Once you bet, you have to bet with equal value. 20 low-level holly germs and one medium-level holly germ are equivalent to tens of hundreds of thousands of liang's (2). Moreover, the Unicorn Steel is priceless. On what basis are you to bet like that?”

Gao SanDuo spoke,

– ”Not really. Although they are children, it doesn't mean they have no money.”

He waved his hand again, and a crew brought him a small bag. Gao SanDuo opened the bag,

– ”This is the money which this little senior bet in my place. There are thirty low-level holly germs and one medium-level manual guide of weapon refining. Not including thirty low-level holly germs, the weapon refining book is the priceless treasure. Exchanging the book with your thirty jins of Unicorn Steel is also profitable.”

Zheng ZhuangBi was frightened when he heard that. ”Why does Gao SanDuo insist on speaking for that hybrid?”

An Zheng was terribly surprised because he did not know why Gao SanDuo was helping him. He had never given Gao SanDuo thirty low-level holly germs, much less the weapon refining book… An Zheng immediately reacted. He looked at old Huo. He realized that old Huo smiled at him and nodded to give him a signal. He saw old Huo opening his mouth. Although old Huo did not speak out, An Zheng could read his words… you must be victorious.”

In a twinkling of an eye, An Zheng felt hot inspiration inside.

He did not know what the relations.h.i.+p between old Huo and Gao SanDuo was. However, at that time, he did not feel lonely in this battle.

– ”Hmm!”

Zheng ZhuangBi turned back and was about to leave because he could not handle this matter.

At that time, Qiu ChangChen went out from the academy. He clapped his hands and said,

– ”Gao SanDuo (3) is so luxurious, admire, admire. Although this academy does not possess as many properties as you, we will not let you have the disadvantage. You bet with thirty low-level holly germs and a weapon refining book, so we are obviously more advantageous. If so, I increase my bet by twenty more jins of the Unicorn Steel. The total is thirty low-level holly germs, three medium-level holly germs, and fifty jins of the Unicorn Steel. What do you think?”

Gao SanDuo applauded,

– ”The General of the Refine Flowing Flame Heavy Cavalry deserves his position. Dean Qiu really makes me admire me. So be it. The most important thing now is to recognize the victory fairly.”

An Zheng raised his voice,

– ”Just recognizing victory, not death. Therefore, if anyone kills each other, he also has to die.”

Zheng ZhuangBi,

– ”How can we be sure of the victor if the compet.i.tion does not slaughter anyone? Is it possible to have a life for a life?”

Gao SanDuo,

– ”Are there any reasons why a life for a life is wrong?”

Zheng ZhuangBi waved his hands,

– ”It's up to you. It is fine not killing anyone. This is only the compet.i.tion between the disciples. My disciples! Clearly remember! Your enemies are afraid of death. Therefore, you should be gentle when fighting in order to avoid strong movements from which your enemies will cry and tell a s.h.a.ggy-dog story that you went against the rule. You see? Your enemies even have a baby who has not weaned yet. Whatever you do, don't let people think that you are the adults who bullies a child.”

People of the academy laughed out loud. A disciple in the front line said loudly,

– ”Mister Vice Dean, don't worry. We a.s.sure you that we will not  beat them to death.”