“I’m not convinced. You must have cheated!”
Ge Gen stared at Xiao Ri`nan angrily and wanted nothing more than to tear his skin away.
Every day, he wouldn’t rest unless it was midnight. Moreover, he would wake up before dawn to train bitterly. He had done so for an entire year because he wanted to stand out during this year’s Autumn Hunting Sacrificial Ceremony.
By doing so, he would be able to gain admiration from great teachers and be accepted as a personal student. He would then have the chance to learn even more powerful cultivation arts and get a beautiful girlfriend, finally setting off on the path of a life winner.
But now, he was actually defeated by a cripple?
How could Ge Gen accept this?
(My legend hasn’t begun, but it has already ended.)
Honestly speaking, he didn’t understand why he was defeated.
“Ge Gen, who did you say was cheating?”
The joy of victory vanished from Xiao Ri`nan’s heart. He was now filled with gloominess and anger. If this accusation were to spread, his future would be finished.
“I’m talking about you. Why? You dare to do it but don’t dare to admit it?”
Ge Gen directly blasted.
Right now, his mind was in chaos. Not only did his plan fail, but the discussions in the surroundings caused him to feel very awkward.
“I didn’t expect Xiao Ri`nan to be so powerful despite his legs being broken!”
“Geniuses are really people who can do anything they want to!”
“We can’t afford to antagonize people like him!”
“Hehe, this person wanted to pick a soft persimmon to squeeze, but he rammed his toes into a steel board. He deserves it.”
The majority of students were people with pure thoughts. They would choose weaker individuals to be their opponents, but they had their own bottom lines. They definitely wouldn’t challenge people like Xiao Ri`nan with broken legs.
As for Ge Gen, he was trash with no bottom line. In the end, he even lost. It would then be a wonder if he wasn’t ridiculed.
“Retract your words and apologize, or let’s fight a life-and-death battle.”
Xiao Ri`nan roared in rage.
“Do you think I’m afraid of you?!”
Ge Gen wanted to fight, but he knew it was impossible. Earlier, one of his shoulder blades had been broken by Xiao Ri`nan, and it was extremely painful now. He would surely lose if he fought again.
Right now, Ge Gen felt sullenness in his heart. (I’ve been training bitterly for a year, yet I cannot even win against a cripple.)
This thought caused him to be filled with prejudice.
Honestly speaking, it wasn’t embarrassing to lose to Xiao Ri`nan, but it was too embarrassing if he lost to a crippled Xiao Ri`nan.
“Bring it on then!”
Xiao Ri`nan coldly snorted. Right now, he was completely filled with confidence.
“What’s going on?”
A middle-aged great teacher with a red-colored armband on his arm walked over and looked around imperiously.
He was responsible for maintaining order in the camp, and he could also be a temporary judge in arbitration. After all, when a battle situation was ambiguous and no clear victor could be determined, great teachers had to step in to decide.
“Teacher, he is cheating!”
Ge Gen had a look of being wronged on his face.
“Cheating?”
Arishan glanced at Xiao Ri`nan and frowned. He then asked Ge Gen with a heavy tone, “Are you certain?”
Xiao Ri`nan was a genius that was famous throughout the school. This was why Arishan recognized him. Usually speaking, people like Xiao Ri`nan wouldn’t cheat.
Once a student was found to have cheated, they would be expelled and their entire lives would be finished.
“Naturally. If not, how would he be able to win against me?”
Ge Gen had his convictions. At the same time, he felt indignant seeing Arishan’s doubtful attitude. (Wasn’t Xiao Ri`nan just a mere genius? Even the teachers are siding with him. I am just as good!)
The more their attitudes were like this, the more Ge Gen wanted to prove he was right.
“Xiao Ri`nan, what do you have to say?”
Arishan could only uphold justice and get Xiao Ri`nan to explain himself.
“I have to give a reason because I won in a fight? Is there such a rule?”
Xiao Ri`nan also had a bad temper, or he wouldn’t have fought to such a terrible extent against Wanyan Zhenghe. After all, how would those with common sense dare to offend a little prince?
“You guys…”
Arishan shook his head. His temper was good, but when he saw Xiao Ri`nan didn’t want to cooperate because of anger and Ge Gen was adamant and too opinionated, he no longer asked them. Instead, he turned his gaze toward the surrounding students.
“Who can tell me about the combat process?”
“Teacher, Ge Gen was charging forward. After that, he suddenly screamed and his motions changed. Xiao Ri`nan then grabbed the opportunity and whacked his crutch into Ge Gen’s shoulder.”
A student explained. Actually, he was also curious. Usually speaking, if a mistake like this happened in combat, it must have been caused by the opponent.
“Xiao Ri`nan, please explain a little!”
Arishan instructed.
Xiao Ri`nan’s lips twitched. (I actually wanted to crush the head of this fellow, but who knew that he does have some capabilities and reacted fast enough.)
“Xiao Ri`nan, are you going to continue and remain silent like that?”
Arishan’s tone turned heavy. “You guys are fellow schoolmates, is there a need to be so hostile?”
Xiao Ri`nan was pretty talented, but his temper was too bad and he was too arrogant. He wasn’t tactful when doing things. Arishan and his colleagues had actually discussed it. The reason why those top-level great teachers didn’t recruit Xiao Ri`nan was because they felt disdain for his personality.
Truthfully speaking, there were quite a few students with talent equal to Xiao Ri`nan in a top-level famous school like the Dragon Subduing Academy. Hence, these great teachers could recruit whoever they wanted to. If they recruited a student with a bad temper like him, wouldn’t they be making themselves angry in the future?
As for those other great teachers who were a tier inferior compared to the top-level great teachers, they wanted to recruit Xiao Ri`nan, but Xiao Ri`nan looked down on them because of his arrogance.
“It’s the art of spiritual control!”
Xiao Ri`nan’s lips twitched.
“What?”
Arishan was shocked. “Do you even know the art of spiritual control?”
“Haha, cheating means cheating. In the end, you actually came out with an excuse like this? Do you think I’m retarded?”
Ge Gen laughed in a mocking manner.
The surrounding students also had looks of astonishment on their faces. Who didn’t know that Xiao Ri`nan was proficient in beast taming? After all, his battle with Wanyan Zhenghe was something that shook the entire school, and many people had witnessed it.
If he knew the art of spiritual control, why didn’t he use it then?
“Shut up!”
Arishan glared at Ge Gen. (Why can’t you use your brains? Since Xiao Ri`nan dares to say it, he definitely has something he can rely on. Yet, you are still ridiculing him?)
“Teacher, he is clearly lying!”
Ge Gen felt very wronged. “Who doesn’t know that the art of spiritual control is one of the most unorthodox subjects? Who would be able to have mastery of it if they didn’t spend a few years at least?”
Arishan didn’t bother with Ge Gen. Rather, he looked at Xiao Ri`nan and was very curious. “You know the art of spiritual control?”
“Mn!”
Xiao Ri`nan nodded. There was no need to conceal this.
“How long have you studied it?”
Arishan continued asking.
“Two months!”
Xiao Ri`nan spoke while feeling somewhat complacent.
“…”
Arishan had a stunned look on his face. (Even if you said a year, I would be fine with it. But two months? You probably haven’t even finished reading the basics about the art of spiritual control, right?)
The other students were in a discussion too with shocked looks on their faces.
“Hmph, two months. Do you think you are a genius?”
Ge Gen felt even more confident.
“Sorry, I’m a genius!”
Xiao Ri`nan usually wouldn’t be so arrogant, but this Ge Gen was simply too infuriating. Hence, Xiao Ri’nan intentionally wanted to anger him.
“Really only two months?”
Arishan felt a little disbelief.
“There’s no mistake.”
Xiao Ri`nan mentally mused. (Actually, I don’t even dare to believe that I could grow to such an extent in just two months. I’m simply too strong. Speaking of which, Teacher Sun’s judgment is truly accurate. Without him, there won’t be the current me!)
“How did you win? Could you describe it a little?”
Arishan was curious.
“If I reveal it, how am I going to fight my other battles in this competition?”
Actually, the truth was very simple. He had signed a spiritual contract with a scorpion and before the battle started, the scorpion took the initiative and sneak attacked Ge Gen.
No matter who it was, if their leg got stung by a scorpion, they would definitely feel unwell.
Xiao Ri`nan had actually held back. If he got the scorpion to sting Ge Gen’s testicles, he wouldn’t have needed to attack.
Was this despicable?
Nope!
Because this was the combat method of a spiritual controller. If you couldn’t guard against it, you could only blame yourself for being unlucky.
“…”
Arishan frowned. This was indeed a problem.
“You are making excuses!”
Ge Gen was very angry and wanted to expose Xiao Ri`nan.
“Can you shut your mouth first?”
Arishan had an unhappy look on his face. (Do you still treat me as a teacher? I’m already speaking on behalf of you, yet you are still so irascible? Sigh, the students nowadays are getting more and more egotistical. It’s too hard to exercise control over them. I really miss the past where all students would listen attentively the moment a teacher speaks, not daring to show any signs of defiance at all.)
“Xiao Ri`nan. Who taught you the spiritual control technique?”
Arishan found the crux. (If you don’t say it, I will simply go ask your teacher.)
If Xiao Ri`nan said he had learned it himself, that would mean he was cheating. For this subject, although there were people who could self-teach themselves, they wouldn’t be able to use it in combat in just two months…
(Why don’t you soar to the heavens?!)
Everyone pricked their ears, feeling very curious.
“Teacher Sun!”
When Xiao Ri`nan said this name, his attitude was very respectful.
“Which Teacher Sun?”
Arishan blinked and frowned. A great teacher in the school who was skilled in the art of spiritual control…which one of them had the surname ‘Sun’?
“Sun Mo, Teacher Sun!”
Xiao Ri`nan was surprised. Right now, in the Dragon Subduing Academy, if the words ‘Teacher Sun’ was mentioned, everyone would know it was referring to Sun Mo. (You actually don’t know this? Are you sure you are a teacher here?)
“Who?”
Arishan’s pitch immediately became high and somewhat sharp, as though his butthole had been poked by muscular fingers, suffering the ‘1,000 years of pain’.
Mn, it was the type where three fingers went in at the same time.
“Teacher Sun!”
Xiao Ri`nan repeated.
“…”
Arishan was stunned as he stared at Xiao Ri`nan in a daze.
(Please just die! How can I believe this answer? Do you think I’m an idiot? Do you know this is even much more of an exaggeration compared to you merely spending two months to learn the art of spiritual control?)
“Teacher Sun Mo? Does he even know the art of spiritual control?”
“It shouldn’t be the case, right? He is at the near-ancestor level for the study of spirit runes, and his expertise in botany isn’t bad either. He is also proficient in several saint-tier cultivation arts. All of these require time to learn, but he is merely slightly over 20 years old, right?”
“Damn, even if someone was 30, no, or 40 years old, it would be extremely shocking to have so many achievements.”
The students were stunned. Even if Teacher Sun started learning when he was in his mother’s womb, he shouldn’t be so strong. (You are so outstanding, can you please let other people survive?)
At this moment, the group of people here contributed favorable impression points because it was too unbelievable.
Arishan glanced at Ge Gen. (Why are you not barking anymore?)
Because this involved Sun Mo, Arishan felt embarrassed to continue doubting. Hence, he actually hoped for Ge Gen to ask the questions, but this fellow went completely silent now.
(Are you thoroughly convinced by his name, huh?)
“Why are we wasting time here, lost in wild imagination? Wouldn’t we know the answer if we directly went to ask Teacher Sun?”
Some students suggested.
“Right, let’s go together!”
The crowd was all in agreement.
“What do the two of you think?”
Arishan mentally mused that even if these students didn’t go, he would have gone because he was simply too curious.
“Go!”
Ge Gen licked his lips.
Xiao Ri`nan felt depressed. (I brought trouble for Teacher Sun again. Would he loathe me because of this? Mn! He wouldn’t! Because I’m a genius! A top student that many great teachers want to accept as a personal student!)
