Chapter 463 - Contention (1/2)

Chapter 463 Contention

At the stadium, the cheers and shouts of joy continued. An award ceremony was held to celebrate that moment.

Next to the stage, the Vice Chairman announced the results of their little bet. It was surprising that Hu Jiutong was the only winner. All the others had made wrong judgments!

“I… am the only winner?”

Hu Jiutong couldn’t believe it. He rarely won, not to mention being the sole winner!

The other top trainers were just as surprised as he was. They were fine with losing a bet but the fact that Hu Jiutong could win was against all reason and logic.

“Old Hu, nicely done! Good eyes.”

“Never mind. I’ll give you the training skill book.”

They shook their heads. Since this was just a fun bet, they never took it seriously, and losing it didn’t put them in a bad mood. Of course, Hu Jiutong was the only one that did take it seriously.

Su Ping shook his head as well, a little bit disappointed.

“Do I give you the skill book now?” Su Ping asked Hu Jiutong.

He had no skill book but he could make a copy of one or two middle-rank thunder skills from the Elementary Rules of Thunder and give that to Hu Jiutong.

That way, Hu Jiutong would be able to impart the thunder skill to the beasts. That was kind of a training skill, but one that was different from the conventional path.

“It’s okay. You can give it to me later.” Hu Jiutong was smiling gaily. He was happy enough just by having won the bet in itself. He didn’t care about the stakes that much.

Su Ping nodded.

The other top trainers joked around with Hu Jiutong when the Vice Chairman reminded them, “Okay, did you take a liking to any of the partic.i.p.ants? You can start thinking about it now. Same rules as before. If several of you are interested in the same student, it will be up to the student to decide who is more appealing. Also, after today, no one is allowed to make trouble for the others over their choices!”

The bet was irrelevant. The important task of the day was for them to pick students.

The top trainers became serious after that. They looked at each other, trying to sound out each other’s intentions.

“Brother Su, anyone caught your fancy?” Lv Renwei asked Su Ping.

Su Ping only replied with a smile.

Lv Renwei produced a forced smile in return. Su Ping had learned to be mischievous quicker than he had thought.

The award ceremony had reached its end. The master of ceremonies announced with emotion that the time for top trainers to pick students had arrived.

Everyone turned their attention to the nine seats.

“Is that…” an aged man said to a girl sitting next to him.

Both were frozen on the spot when the two saw the young man sitting among the top trainers. They stared with their mouths agape.

Is that the young man?

The one we met on the underground train?!

Wasn’t he a t.i.tled battle pet warrior? Why is he there, on the seats for top trainers?

The aged man and the girl were Ji Zhantang and his granddaughter Ji Qiuyu that Su Ping had met on his way there. Ji Zhantang took his granddaughter to the Holy Light Base City for the trainer’s test and the compet.i.tion. Unfortunately, she had already been eliminated from the compet.i.tion since she was merely at the sixth-rank. She didn’t even make it to the Top 10. They stayed and watched the following matches. It never occurred to them that they would see Su Ping there, the person who had killed a t.i.tled battle pet warrior with one punch. “Is he a trainer?” Ji Qiuyu asked her grandfather.

Ji Zhantang was puzzled himself. He couldn’t answer the question. Why would I know?

The fact that Su Ping was sitting with the top trainers was proof that he had to have a distinguished ident.i.ty, even if he were not a trainer himself.

Ji Zhantang felt glad that he didn’t upset Su Ping in any way. That young man was horrifying in many ways.

“I think he got onto the train at the Longjiang Station. I don’t think he’s from the Holy Light Base City judging by his accent. Is he from the Longjiang Base City?” Ji Zhantang thought of an idea. “After the compet.i.tion, let’s stop by the Longjiang Base City on our way back.”

The Longjiang Base City was a station that they had to pa.s.s on their way back. Making a temporary stop there would not slow them down too much.

Ji Qiuyu was still in a daze.

….

On the stage.

After the award ceremony, the two who didn’t make it to the Top 3 were invited back onto the stage. The five of them stood in a row as they looked at the nine seats in the front row.

Excitement and thrill!