912 Digging Earthworms, Eating Earthworms... (1/2)
”Your battle has ended, but our bet still hasn't yet… En, the few of us made a bet during the five man fight just now. The loser has to dig out one thousand earthworms without using any Xuan Qi… He lost, so this is the result. Right now, we're carrying out the terms of the bet.” The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master explained in an unhurried manner.
”Ah? Digging for earthworms? Although it's a bit awkward to go digging for earthworms with your butt in the air, but the ground is loose, and the commotion earlier must have scared the earthworms here as well, so digging for a thousand earthworms should not be any difficult matter… But what's with that aggrieved expression? If it's Qiao Ying, a lady, who's afraid of anything gross, it can still be understood. But what's a man like Qu Wu Hui being so disgusted for?!” Jun Mo Xie asked in a laughing tone, still somewhat confused.
”Ah brat, this you don't understand… We made another bet at the seven versus seven match, that the loser has to eat these one thousand earthworms. Very unfortunately, he lost again. Originally, he still had a chance to win since I very generously gave him the opportunity to choose…” The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master said in a very proud manner.
”Pu-ahahaha…” Jun Mo Xie laughed aloud. ”In that case… Senior Qu is truly unfortunate! Ha! Who asked you to have so little confidence in me to place your bets on those bunch of weaklings? It's no wonder that you lost!”
Qu Wu Hui made a sound in his throat, rolled his eyes and did not say anything, continuing to dig earnestly.
”Earthworms! I want those black one, not the red ones! Right, the most disgusting kind…” The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master pointed strictly, not leaving an inch of leniency…
The number of earthworms on the ground grew more and more… forming into a small mound. They squirmed energetically, sometimes raising their heads and tails out of top…
When Jun Mo Xie remembered that Qu Wu Hui would soon have to swallow these things into his stomach… he could not help but to retch dryly a little… and his face instantly turned somewhat pale!
That scenario was simply too terrifying to imagine!
The ground was soft and fertile, and although the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master's conditions were rigid and many, one thousand thick black earthworms of the most disgusting kind were still dug up by nightfall.
Having completed his task, Qu Wu Hui's face was the color of dead ash. His body covered in mud, he crawled out of the mud and with a look as if he would rather be dead. His eyes carrying the last wisp of hope, he opened his mouth with a pleading tone. ”Brother Fourteenth…”
With the most flattering and fawning smile he could muster, he walked up to the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master in a pitiful manner. All the elegance and pride of a peak expert had disappeared without a trace…
”What?” The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master lifted his chin and turned his nose to the sky as he snorted arrogantly.
”Brother Fourteenth, look, I've already dug up all one thousand earthworms… I didn't slack off at all…” He said with a sweet voice.
”If you don't want to slack, hurry up and eat then. Just close your eyes and hold your breath, and everything will be over very soon!” A sinister voice rang out.
”That… my stomach isn't so good lately; can I not eat…” He smiled fawningly.
”Absolutely not! If you agree to bet, you must accept to lose!” A cold reply, unrelenting and emotionless.
”You! Don't go too far in bullying!” Qu Wu Hui raised his head with anger.
”How am I bullying you? As expected of an expert from the Holy Lands. To think that you could even utter such shameless and deceitful words. Fine then; you say that I'm a tyrant and a bully? Well then, I'll be a bully! What, you were the one who accepted the bet; are you going to be deliberately dishonest now?” The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master snorted.
”I'm not trying to be dishonest… didn't I did up one thousand earthworms according to your preferences; all thick black ones…” Qu Wu Hui's neck reddened and his lips trembled as he grabbed the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master's arm and swung it before calling out in a sweet voice. ”Brother~Four~teenth~…” The voice was soft and coy, like a young girl flirting with her lover…
Jun Mo Xie who was standing on the side felt his entire body shiver and he nearly turned his eyes away. Even Young Master Jun's mental fortitude was not enough to withstand such a sight…
On the other side, Qiao Ying and Cheng Yin Xiao felt all the hairs on the back of their hands standing straight on their ends. Even all the cultivation that they'd accumulated in over a thousand years was not enough to prepare them for this instant…
”It's useless even if you call me Fourteenth Old Master! If you dare to bet, you should be prepared to accept the loss. No matter what you say, you still have to eat it today! Not one worm less!” Although Qu Wu Hui was ingratiating and mellow, the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master was tough and unyielding, completely unmoved!
”You you… You're asking me to die ah…” Qu Wu Hui stamped his foot with rage. His voice actually sounded like he was holding back tears, and his eyes were red while his shoulders trembled lightly.
”Cry?! You're crying? Go on then… if you really manage to drop some tears, I'll let you off today! Why aren't you crying yet!?” The Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master scoffed coldly. He had already calculated that a peak expert like Qu Wu Hui would never disregard his status like that and start crying in front of other people, especially before a junior…
Besides, eating earthworms is not such an exaggerated matter. This Young Master has also eaten some back when I was sealed… Although it doesn't taste good, those things are not toxic. If I hadn't experienced it before, how would this Young Master dare to make such a bet? There is always a backup plan for everything…
However, he'd actually greatly underestimated the terror of a matter like eating live earthworms was to ordinary people…