Chapter 87: Betting Game (1/2)

Chapter 87: Betting Game

The day of the great competition had finally arrived.

As usual, they began by testing one’s cultivation base as everyone happily talked and laughed. They were testing whose clan’s sons and grandsons had made the most progress and put in the most work in the past year.

However, this year’s testing method was somewhat different from previous years.

Only the top three would be decided by cultivation base. The remaining places would need to fight to determine their placing.

Everyone always said that the test was not child’s play.

However, in reality, when the test was not beneficial for those in power, it could become child’s play.

The end-of-year competition changed every year.

Su Chen had also witnessed it.

If he still harbored some hope towards the system, his clan, or his loved ones, then he would have lost it completely by now.

The old beggar was absolutely correct.

The pair of eyes that he had given Su Chen had not only allowed him to see more, but had also allowed him to see the world’s true appearance.

Just like Su Keji no longer cared for this last Verdant Wood Essence, Su Chen did not care for it either at this point.

But not caring did not mean that he would give up.

Both Su Chen and Su Keji were actually fighting for their pride.

On the Star Origin Stone, the first Su Clan disciple had already begun the test/

Those stars that lit up indicated their effort in the past year, and affected the hearts of many of those who paid close attention.

According to the rules, the person with the best results would go last. As the previous champion, Su Chen idly sat on his own seat, listening to the elders report out the numbers.

From time to time, there would be an uproar from the crowd. Evidently, some Young Master had performed beyond expectations of him.

“It seems as if this year’s battle is much more fierce,” someone said from behind Su Chen.

Without turning his head around, Su Chen knew who it was.

His face revealed a slight smile. “Of course. Even our Twelfth Junior Sister has reached the seventh layer of Body Tempering. How could others dare to slack off.”

A young girl appeared near Su Chen’s side. “Fourth Senior Brother, are you looking down on me? Reaching the seventh layer is incredible? I am still far from you, Second Brother, and the others.”

The young girl was extremely beautiful. She wore a flowered robe embroidered with peonies, and her shoes were lined with gold gilding. Her hair was tied up in a bun, and a jade ornament was stuck through it. When she walked, it seemed as if she did not shake at all.

She was called Su Ling’er. If Su Chen was the first of the Su Clan’s third generation, then Su Ling’er was the Su Clan’s number one female of the third generation.

Although her face was very cute, Su Ling’er’s personality was quite intelligent for her age.

At this moment, Su Chen said, “You are still only fourteen years old. I was only at that point when I was fourteen.”

Su Ling’er replied, “Fourth Senior Brother, don’t lead me on. That was just because you didn’t receive the clan’s support. Ever since you lost your sight, what resources have you obtained apart from every year’s competition?”

Su Chen smiled. “There’s no need to be so serious about some things.”

“You are quite open-minded.”

“Regardless, right now the number one of the clan’s third generation…… is still me.”

Su Ling’er remained quiet for a moment, then shrugged her shoulders. “That’s true. You still haven’t reached the point where I need to comfort you or fight for your injustice. Perhaps this is also why I don’t like being with you. There’s too much pressure when I’m around you. Look at how good Brother Xing is; even though he’s older than me, his cultivation base isn’t higher, and I can beat him up if I want to. Now, he obeys me completely, and whatever I tell him to do he will do. As for you, even though you’re a blind person, and we should all take care of you, what’s the truth? The truth is that you’re stronger than all of us, meaning that you can beat all of us even if your eyes were closed. This kind of feeling is too frustrating.”

Su Ling’er’s words reflected the thoughts of many peoples’ hearts.

This was why many people in the Su Clan didn’t like him. His existence only manifested the inability of others.

Su Ling’er was a good girl, but this didn’t mean that she had to empathize, like, or help Su Chen…… There was nothing that she could help him with anyways.

Thus, she could only stay far away from him. At most she would occasionally greet him just like now and leave after conversing a bit.

They were not enemies, yet they were not friends.