Chapter 45 (1/2)
All the people were amazed in uttered disbelief that the TianQi sect had won the first round of the compet.i.tion. Moreover, it was a complete victory. Li Hu was tall and strong as a bear, but he was completely inferior to the little girl that was in front of him, Qu Liu'er. The scene was extremely contrastive. A slim girl compared with a strong man and victory fell to the weaker one.
Qu LiuXi jumped down gently, and then she clasped her hands, saying, Qu LiuXi from the TianQi Sect. Thank you for your instruction.” The crowd kept silent for a while and then they cheered. Those who had made bets on the Illusory academy also unconciously sided with the other people.
At that time, Qu LiuXi's eyes were lit up with total confidence.
An Zheng sighed with relief and smiled at Qu LiuXi. Qu LiuXi also looked at him, and her face was quite red.
Du ShouShou applauded until his hands had turned red. He shouted out the most loudly,
– ”Qu Liu'er! You're so good!”
Qu Liu'er went back with her red face. Her manner was extremely lovely.
In contrast, Zheng ZhuangBi's face was inappropriate. He essentially did not care about the compet.i.tion because those children of the martial school did not only have a teacher, but they also lacked proper materials for practice. However, they had won over a disciple of the academy who was taught very carefully. It was strange. However, strange things had already happened, which had made him hard to accept.
Some disciples of the academy came and carried Li Hu back. Because there was a lack of oxygen in his brain, Li Hu was still faint. Thanks to Qu LiuXi's mercy. Otherwise, a fist to Li Hu's nape could have permanently disabled him.
– ”Consider yourself lucky!”
Zheng ZhuangBi told An Zheng coldly:
– ”Anyone can have their lucky moment. Also, no one knows if they will step on dog s.h.i.+t when they leave the door early on that day. Don't be satisfied. We still have two more grounds, but you have said that if you had lost once, it meant you had all lost.”
An Zheng shrugged his shoulders and felt lazy talking bullsh*t.
Zheng ZhuangBi turned back and looked,
– ”Who is second?”
Chen Zhou saw An Zheng not move, so he stared at Feng Xiaos.h.i.+. Feng Xiaos.h.i.+ seemed to be afraid of Chen Zhou, so he moved towards one step:
– ”Vice Dean, I want to fight for the academy.”
Zheng ZhuangBi nodded,
– ”Very good. Don't lose the academy's face again.”
Feng Xiaos.h.i.+ clasped his hands,
– ”Feel secured, Vide Dean! I am not as stupid as Li Hu.”
Du ShouShou warmed up his shoulders and moved towards one step,
– ”It's my turn!”
He had just intended to move forward when An Zheng stopped him,
– ”Let me!”
Fatty was surprised for a while. He was intending to ask An Zheng, ”But you have not even started?”, but An Zheng had proceeded to go for half a way on the main street and clasped his hands to the enemy.
When Feng Xiaos.h.i.+ went for half a way and saw An Zheng, he immediately hesitated and turned back to look at Chen Zhou. He found that Chen Zhou's face looked as if he just ate a fly. Chen Zhou thought that An Zheng would have waited until the last round, but An Zheng took his turn second, which made Chen Zhou pa.s.sive. He knitted his brows thoughtfully for a while and then he told Zheng ZhuangBi,
– ”Mister Vice Dean, I'll take this turn.”
Because Zheng ZhuangBi had been bribed by Chen Zhou, he would definitely not refuse. However, Gao SanDuo smiled coldly,
– ”What? Knowing you are not equal to your enemy, so you change another one? Telling you this, Mister Vice Dean, does your academy have any face? If Dean Mu comes back and knows that you have lost the academy's face, I am afraid that you cannot live a peaceful life in the future. This Illusory Perennial Domicile has no good people. Everyone knows how each other are, but we all care about our face.”
Gao SanDuo slapped his face,
– ”No matter what kind of people we are, we cannot lose our face. Am I right?”
Zheng ZhuangBi's look changed nonstop and he looked at Qiu ChangChen unconsciously.
Qiu ChangCheng said,
– ”This compet.i.tion is on you. I will only observe. However, you must pay attention to the academy's face.”
Zheng ZhuangBi felt that something was wrong there, but Qiu ChangCheng raised his voice, so he turned back and looked at Chen Zhou,
– ”You will wait until the next round.”
Cheng Zhou had intended to keep protesting, but Zheng ZhuangBi's face was glacial,
– ”Shut up!”
Chen Zhou's eyes were inexplicably filled with cruelty but he finally could not dare go any step further. He was not afraid of Zheng ZhuangBi but Qiu ChangCheng. Qiu ChangCheng was the deputy general of the Refine Flowing Flame Heavy Cavalry of Yan Kingdom. Behind him was the entire army of the Yan Kingdom. Although he had been supported by the Chen family, how could he have compared himself to a kingdom? At that time, if he had lost Qiu ChangCheng's face, Qiu ChangCheng would also execute him.
Therefore, Chen Zhou could only look at An Zheng with an angriness of unimaginable proportions and his eyes revealed murderous looks.
An Zheng smiled a bit and looked at Feng Xiaos.h.i.+,
– ”Are you ready?”
Feng Xiaos.h.i.+ was quite nervous. In his mind, An Zheng was the strongest one in the martial school. He had heard that those children recognized An Zheng as their leader. Therefore, An Zheng must have been the hardest one to cope with. Chen Zhou thought that he was the only one who would cope with An Zheng, but finally Feng Xiaos.h.i.+ was the one. This matter caused Feng Xiaos.h.i.+ to be hopeless. However, he was in for a penny then, so he had to be sure to clasp his hands to pay back,
– ”I am Feng Xiaos.h.i.+ fom the Illusory academy, The Second Stage of Essence.”
Obviously, he willingly revealed his weakness. He thought to himself that he could never win, so it would be better for the enemy to have mercy on him. Not long ago, he felt that he was about to level up to the Third Stage of Essence. This year, he was only seventeen years old, so his improvement progress was not seen as very fast. However, he could be ranked to the medium level. He was one head taller than An Zheng, and he was also respectful, which had caused the people to have strange feelings. Those who bet on the academy also worried nonstop.
– ”An Zheng…”
An Zheng smiled and said,