Chapter 141 - An Apology That Was Worth Three Coins (1/2)

Su Ping exited the emergency area, then he saw where Dong Mingsong was seated and headed there.

“Mr. Su!”

“h.e.l.lo, Professor Su Ping.”

Several teachers who were watching the stage from nearby greeted him. Most of them looked surprised at his arrival, because they had never seen him in person until that day. Though it couldn’t be helped since Su Ping only had a total of two public lessons in the academy, after which he went straight away on his bicycle without giving anyone a chance to meet with him.

Su Ping nodded to them just to show his courtesy

Beside Dong Mingsong, he also found Zhou Yunchan, Fei Yanbo and two other teachers of the Phoenix Peak Academy-Luo Guxue and Lan He. Further aside were seats reserved for students who would fight on that day’s matches.

Su Ping didn’t need to tell his schoolmates from his rivals because the former had glum faces after their defeats, and weren’t paying attention to the current match.

Either that, or, what was going on up on the stage was more of a humiliating beat-up than an actual match.

Ye Hao was commonly believed to be the best student Phoenix Peak Academy had to offer. Yet no one was expecting Ye Hao to lose so miserably against Luo Fengtian. There was completely nothing he could do to put up a fight. His pet was getting thrashed like a sitting duck.

The judge had not blown the whistle yet just because Ye Hao had not admitted defeat, even though everybody could see that he was a lost cause.

“Is that… Mister Su?” Luo Guxue looked away from the stage with a frustrated look. “You don’t have any lessons today, right?” It was clear to her that Su Ping was there to watch the contest. Too bad, he came too late. The result was not pretty.

Lan He heard her words and also looked Su Ping’s way with a surprised face, while silently complimenting Su Ping’s youthful image. He checked the new roster of the academy and didn’t believe the “18” part when looking at Su Ping’s info. Now he changed his mind.

Man… people at such an age are usually students yet to achieve anything. So this is why they’re calling him a true genius? Lan He thought while trying not to show it on his face.

Dong Mingsong also heard about Su Ping’s coming and sighed.

Meanwhile, the students from the rivaling academy such as Dai Yan and Xiong Lei visibly tensed up upon seeing Su Ping’s face. A moment before, they were still talking about how the “weaklings” from Phoenix Peak were squishy punching bags. But as soon as they saw Su Ping, they all stopped talking without being told so.

When they remembered the Inferno Dragon’s terrible advent the other day, they quickly sat farther out of instinct.

Zhou Yunchan and Fei Yanbo found it to be strange that so many people were giving another student so much attention for some reason. But they quickly realized something and both gazed at Su Ping with a serious look.

“Come, Professor Su. Have a seat here.” Luo Guxue’s words helped them prove their suspicion.

“I’m just checking things out.” Su Ping nodded to Luo Guxue without joining her. He went to see the vice princ.i.p.al first. Dong Mingsong also invited Su Ping to take a seat nearby, but someone stopped them. It was Zhou Yunchan, who just interrupted Dong Mingsong with a mocking look.

“This man is the young teacher who wounded our students, is he not? How about giving us the apology we’ve been waiting for, before doing anything else?”.

“He wounded… what?” Both Lu Guxue and Lan He looked at Su Ping again, shocked this time.

Their conversation also drew the attention of several sulking students nearby, who all began inspecting Su Ping with a look of doubt. As the senior members of the academy, they weren’t attending Su Ping’s lessons, though they still heard about the rumors of an Inferno Dragon. Without seeing any solid proof that supported the claims, they weren’t going to trust Su Ping’s rumors too soon.

Luo Guxue spoke to Zhou Yunchan, “What do you mean wounded students, Mister Zhou? Are we mistaking something here?”

“Mistake?” Zhou Yunchan gave her an unfriendly stare. “Mistakes do not end so badly for us. Mister Dong, your vice princ.i.p.al, invited our students here for a contest. What did this young man do? He fought my students in front of your doorstep and injured two of them, including Xiong Lei and his main pet. Should his bear join the games today, we would have won even faster!”

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The members of Phoenix Peak all looked displeased to hear those words.

Unfortunately, the worst part mentioned by Zhou Yunchan was true. That day, the contestants of Phoenix Peak Academy were all met with evident defeats. They should admit it; unless they wanted to further embarra.s.s themselves for being sore losers.

Yet… it just didn’t feel right when the vice princ.i.p.al of the rivaling academy verbally abused them in the open.