Chapter 14 (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Besides the over 2,000 Year Ones who began clapping, the over 100 teachers under Li Jun also followed suit without knowing what was going on. The atmosphere became very lively all of a sudden.
“This…” Li Jun had not thought that the situation would take such a turn. While he could yell at everyone to stop this, even he felt uncomfortable at halting such a heartwarming sight as he looked at everyone clapping while cheering. Besides, what Tie Ta did was considered minor.
Li Jun hesitated a bit before he decided to drop the matter as he turned to look at Ren Jie who had just arrived. Since when was this rascal so bold? How dare he do this right now and make the atmosphere so lively too.
However, he remembered that he only had a month left to deal with this incredibly difficult and good-for-nothing family head. While he was not a direct descendant of the royal family, he did have royal blood and he was committed to turning the Jade Imperial Academy into an academy that could truly groom talents for the Clear Jade Dynasty so as to abolish the view others had of it being the “Academy for the Pampered”. Only, there had to be someone like Ren Jie who was so difficult that even he, as someone with a royal bloodline, did not know how to deal with him. Hence, whenever he thought about this, he would feel incredibly frustrated.
If he left him alone he would feel uncomfortable over it, as Ren Jie would then become an obstacle in his journey of giving the Jade Imperial Academy a strict makeover. However, it would involve too many parties if he was too harsh in his punishment, as Ren Jie was not just any spoilt child but the Ren family head. Li Jun had sought out the Emperor personally because of this matter, but unfortunately, he did not manage to do anything.
“Alright, we will end here today. Those who are unable to reach level-seven of the Body Refinement Realm and fail to catch a spirit beast in the hunt will retain.” Li Jun repeated the main point of his speech as he looked at Ren Jie and left the fighting arena with the other teachers.
“‘Twas a close one.” When he saw that Li Jun did not pursue the matter, Tie Ta let out a huge sigh of relief as he said with a heavy accent.
“Big Tie Ta, you just can’t whisper, can you? Your whispers are louder than someone else’s speaking voice. No wonder you attract attention.”
Big Tie Ta was a nickname given to Tie Ta by Gao Ren. Because while Tie Ta was around their age, he was a whopping 2.3 meters in height and would stand out even in a troop of elite soldiers. His body was also astonishingly strong as his arms were the size of someone’s legs.
“I forgot…” Tie Ta smiled sheepishly and scratched his head when he heard what Gao Ren said.
“You’re not dead yet, that’s a surprise. Hey Ren Jie, were you the one behind the fire at Ms. Fang’s quarters?” Just then, Gao Fei shouted from afar in hopes that others would hear him as he sauntered over with a group of people.
“It must be him, no wonder Ms. Fang is so livid.”
“He’s nothing, so he can only resort to such underhanded means.”
“That’s right, it must be him.”
Gao Fei and the people following behind him had started a vivid discussion without waiting for Ren Jie to say anything.
“Seems like I went too easy on you the other time, so you didn’t learn your lesson. Hey, since we’re at the fighting arena, plus, don’t you lose your mind the minute someone mentions your mother? Why don’t we have a duel right here, right now? I will give myself a handicap by only using one hand, or maybe one finger if you really cannot handle it.” Gao Fei had only just learned that Fang Qi’s living quarters were on fire and was planning to rush over to the Fang residence to visit when he saw Ren Jie.
“We’re about to take the final examination and you’ll soon become my junior in school. It won’t look nice for me to deal with you then and I’ll have to leave it to the juniors. If not because you’re the prime suspect behind Ms. Fang’s burning quarters, I wouldn’t even bother myself with you.” Of course, he did not think that someone like Ren Jie would dare set fire to Fang Qi’s living quarters since all he did was fawn over her. However, when he thought about how he was about to visit Fang Qi later, he could not help but to want to deal with Ren Jie properly. The last time he beat up Ren Jie he managed to spend time with Fang Qi. That was unprecedented progress. If he could bring the good news of him beating up Ren Jie over to Fang Qi when he visited later, she might just agree to date him…
“You scoundrel, I’ll kill you…” Without waiting for Ren Jie to say anything, Tie Ta was angered the minute he heard that. The other time Ren Jie had been beaten up in class, he had even confronted Gao Fei over it. Only that time Gao Fei had been afraid that he had killed Ren Jie and thus ran away. Yet, now he brought so many people over to insult Ren Jie. So, Tie Ta immediately clenched his fists and got ready to punch the living daylights out of Gao Fei.
“You dumb giant, you think you deserve to fight with Gao Fei?” The people behind Gao Fei also readied themselves for the fight that seemed imminent.
“Tie Ta!” Ren Jie raised his hand slightly and stopped the glaring Tie Ta from charging forward.
“If you can stand there and take it for an hour without falling I’ll give you 500,000 taels of gold.” Ren Jie pointed at the center of the fighting arena and said calmly.
Five hundred… thousand… taels of gold? The people who were laughing around immediately stopped in shock when they heard that.
Did they mishear him? Even though 10 taels of gold were only worth one Jade coins, which was the most widely accepted form of currency; gold and silver were the most common currency out there. Besides, 500,000 taels of gold were enough to last an average family for an entire lifetime.
The hardest thing to believe was that Ren Jie had said this. The fighting arena, anyone who was beaten to death there deserved it.
He must be crazy, right? And an hour, too? He must be joking.
Did he really think that he was a master in the True Qi Realm?
“500,000 taels of gold, huh? Alright.” Gao Fei agreed immediately as he thought to himself. An hour huh? He could turn him into a mash of pulp in a few seconds and still earn 500,000 taels of gold as well. And on top of it all, get on Fang Qi’s good side. This was simply a dream come through.
Gao Fei agreed without hesitation. With a few leaps, he had landed in the center of the fighting arena like a ferocious tiger.
“Come on, don’t even talk about an hour. If a good-for-nothing like you can take 10 moves from me I’ll immediately consider you as the winner.” While a portion of the people had left, there were still over a thousand people there, and with a shout from Gao Fei, even those who had no idea what was going on immediately stopped to look.
“Boss, are you crazy? Don’t joke around, this is not the way to die.” Everything had happened too quickly and Gao Ren did not have the chance to stop him, but now that he had come to his senses, he quickly tried to stop Ren Jie.