Chapter 100 (1/2)

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Chapter 100

Leaving The Tiger's Cave For The Wolf's Lair

Spiritual Mountain, Cangjian Court, Eagle Mountain.

Within the front hall of Green Peak Hall, the Grand Senior Brother of Cangjian Court was in a rage.

“What?!” A cultivator in grey robes and one green stripe embroidered on his sleeve glared at two juniors in front of him.

“Say that again!”

“Calm down, Senior Brother!” One of the juniors had two yellow stripes while the other had one. They both looked at him, so frightened their legs shook.

This Grand Senior Brother had average looks and average height. He paced around frustratingly then blurted, “Didn't we reach an agreement already? Why was it called off?”

The cultivator with one yellow stripe looked down subserviently. “Grand Senior Brother, I don't know either. That was what I told Senior Sister Ouyang too but she told me that the pill cauldron broke during last month's cultivation, destroying many spiritual stones in the process… “

Grand Senior Brother raged, “That's Cangxiu Court's own magical item, what has their pill cauldron breaking got to do with us? Ouyang Nan, are you working with your family on this? To cheat us?”

Ouyang Nan was so startled he fell on his knees. “Grand Senior Brother, I'm innocent! Don't you know my situation? I don't hold any power in my family, how can I ever compare to my sister, who is the pride and joy of the family? Even if I wanted to work with her, she might not even be willing!”

“So that means if she's willing one day, you won't hesitate to cheat us?”

Ouyang Nan quickly slapped himself. “Calm down, senior! I shouldn't have said that! I made a mistake!”

The cultivator with two yellow stripes had a long face, triangular eyes and droopy eyebrows- he had a naturally melancholic expression. With his shrill voice, he said, “Grand Senior Brother, panicking now is futile anyway. Might as well gather what we have and prepare to strike a deal with Senior Sister Ouyang. We don't want this to affect the major examination. If Cangjian Court receives a smaller share of resources again, we will be at a disadvantage.”

“How much are we lacking from the one hundred thousand we need?”

“Thirty thousand silvers.”

Grand Senior Brother slammed his palm into the hard redwood table, which instantly pulverised. Ashes drifted unto the ground. “Thirty thousand? How will I get you thirty thousand silvers in three days?!”

Sad-eyes and Ouyang Nan looked at each other. Ouyang Nan then said carefully, “Calm down, I have already told our junior brothers to raise some funds.”

“Them? How much can they raise?” Grand Senior Brother laughed coldly.

Ouyang Nan smiled apologetically. “There's a saying- even snakes and rats have their ways. While our disciples are not the most competent, they are still quite good at raising funds.”

Grand Senior Brother looked at him in contempt. “More like swindling, cheating and stealing!”

Ouyang Nan's expression did not change. “It does not matter if it's a black or white cat, as long as it catches the rat, it is a good cat!”

Grand Senior Brother glared at him. “I'm warning you now- although our martial uncles don't really care about us for the moment, if this matter gets out, I won't be able to protect you!”

Ouyang Nan grinned. “Of course not! Those greenies are all cowards anyway!”

Grand Senior Brother paused, then gasped, “You're targeting the newcomers?”

Ouyang Nan smiled timidly, “They're not necessarily our junior brothers!”

Grand Senior Brother lifted him by his collar, yelling, “Do you want our court to have zero recruits this year?”

“Even if we don't do anything, they still won't come to our court1”

Sad-eyes blurted, “Grand Senior Brother, the other three courts did not even let us partic.i.p.ate in the great ceremony, what do you think that implies? This means they don't want Cangjian Court to receive new recruits! They want us extinct!”

Ouyang Nan also said, “Grand Senior Brother, they don't want us to live so why do we need to be so courteous to them? If we don't steal a little from them, we'll be dead soon!”

“If the martial uncles hear about this, we'll be kicked out of the sect!”