Chapter 12.4: Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan
Bei Bei simply smiled. âWhat if you lose?â
Xu Sanshi snorted and said, âIâll give you one thousand gold soul coins.â
Bei Bei shook his head before saying, âThat wonât do. I know that the Mysterious Water Pill isnât worth only a thousand gold soul coins. I wonât make an unfair bet with you.â
Xu Sanshi angrily retorted, âI only have that much money. If you donât agree, Iâm going to get very angry.â
Bei Bei sighed softly and said, âDo I look like I lack money? Fine, Iâll give you a chance. I know you still have more Mysterious Water Pills. Take another one out and use it as the wager.â
A trace of suspicion appeared in Xu Sanshiâs eyes. âWhy do I feel like Iâve fallen into your trap? It seems like youâre sure that you can beat me.â
Bei Bei still kept a warm smile on his face. âYouâre the person who wanted to make a bet, not me. You can still choose not to bet. Also, donât moan and groan when you lose to me later on.â
Xu Sanshi snorted and said, âMe, lose? Although I canât guarantee that I can beat you, it wonât be easy for you to beat me either. If we were to tie, how would our bet work?â
However, Bei Bei wasnât fooled by him. âThen weâll each keep what we already have. Hurry up, stop acting like a sissy.â
Xu Sanshi clenched his teeth and said, âFine, Iâll bet with you. You bastard. You might not be stronger than me, but youâre extremely crafty. I reckon that Iâve been tricked by you again. If worst comes to worst, Iâll just go suck up to my dad when I get back.â
Bei Beiâs still had a smile on his face. Although Xu Sanshi was trying his best to look for a change in his expression, he wasnât able to notice anything.
âYou! Youâre not really stupid, but youâll immediately turn foolish towards any matter that Jiang Nannanâs involved in. I really donât know whether you two were some sort of enemies in your previous life. Even though Jiang Nannan is pretty, there are many excellent female students in Shrek Academy. Why do you insist on giving your unrequited love to a flower?â
Xu Sanshi unhappily said, âDonât be an armchair expert. If youâre so against with it, why donât you give Tang Ya to me?â
Bei Bei stood up and retorted, âYouâd better quickly adjust your bodyâs condition so that you wonât be unconvinced when you lose later. Iâll go first.â Heâd already started to walk out as he spoke.
Tang Yaâs predictions were spot on. The number of students that had gathered in the Soul Dueling Area had gradually increased, and currently it exceeded four hundred. It wouldnât be a problem at all to gather five hundred students by the time the duel started.
âHuo Yuhao.â A voice that was fuming with anger caused Huo Yuhao to be startled. When he turned around to see who it was, he saw the tidily dressed Wang Dong aggressively walking towards him.
âWhy did you come?â Huo Yuhao asked with a somewhat guilty tone. When he saw Wang Dong, he immediately recalled that white sceneâ¦
Wang Dongâs face had both shades of red and white on it. He sat down next to Huo Yuhao and spoke with a low voice, âTell me, what did you see?â
Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment. Then he replied, âAh? I didnât see anything!â
Wang Dong snorted angrily. âIf you donât knock next time, Iâll kill you.â
Huo Yuhao knew that he was in the wrong, but he still muttered to himself, âWeâre all menâ¦itâs not like youâd suffer a loss if I saw anything.â
âWhat did you just say?â Wang Dong flew into a rage and raised his hand to grab Huo Yuhao.
A slender palm stretched over and slapped Wang Dongâs hand away. Afterwards, Tang Yaâs voice rang out, âLittle Yuhao, you havenât introduced him to me.â
Only then did Wang Dong notice Tang Yaâs existence. When he saw Tang Yaâs exceedingly beautiful face, he was slightly stunned. However, he quickly regained his composure and snorted, before choosing to ignore Huo Yuhao. At first, after Huo Yuhao had run off, Wang Dong had quickly put his clothes on. However, he hadnât been able to find any traces of Huo Yuhaoâs existence. Heâd wanted to meditate, but wasnât able to calm himself down at all. At that exact moment, he heard the announcement that was broadcast to the dorms. Thus, he decided to go out and relieve some of his boredom. However, he didnât think that heâd bump into Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya here.
Huo Yuhao quickly said, âTeacher Xiao Ya, this is my roommate Wang Dong. Wang Dong, this is Tang Ya, one of our senior classmates.â He was only able to give a simple introduction such as this.
Wang Dong nodded towards Tang Ya, who smiled and said, âWhat a pretty young boy! I like him! Little Yuhao, how about you persuade him to join our Tang Sect?â
When Wang Dong heard the two words âTang Sectâ, his body trembled slightly. Astonished, he said, âBoth of you are from the Tang Sect?â
Tang Ya nodded her head a few times and said, âYeah, thereâs only three of us left in the Tang Sect. Iâm the current sect master of the Tang Sect. How about it, are you astonished? Come, come, the Tang Sect welcomes you.â
Even though Tang Ya was usually a very carefree person, and although she was just casually saying this without thinking the matter through, anyone who thought she was dim-witted would eventually suffer a huge loss under her hand. Sheâd already seen how unordinary Wang Dong was. His essence was hidden, and his soul force had been condensed. With just a glance you could tell that his cultivation far surpassed Huo Yuhaoâs.
However, Tang Ya was surprised when Wang Dong actually nodded at her proposal after a short period of blankness. He quickly said, âSure! Iâve already heard about the miraculousness of the Tang Sectâs hidden weapons. Sect master Tang, I wish to join the Tang Sect. Please accept me.â
âAh? You really want to join the Tang Sect? But our Tang Sect only has three people left.â Tang Ya was extremely shocked. She looked at Wang Dong with a puzzled look.
Wang Dong nodded seriously and said, âI wish to join the Tang Sect and learn how to use hidden weapons.â
Tang Yaâs expression also turned solemn as she said, âIâll have to think this matter over. Iâll let Huo Yuhao give you my answer later.â
During the short moment of time that theyâd been talking, Bei Bei had walked into the arena from the lounge. Some of the students sitting near the arena had already started to shout out his name as he appeared.
âThunderbolt Bei Bei, Thunderbolt Bei Beiâ¦â
Bei Bei smiled towards the spectating students and waved at them, but his gaze was searching through the viewing platform.
Only when Tang Ya stood up and waved at him did Bei Bei see where they were. Because they were separated by a great distance, the trio probably wouldnât hear anything if he spoke. Thus, he just gestured a few times at Tang Ya.
The two had been together for quite a while already, so Tang Ya immediately returned a few gestures to show that she understood what he meant, before sitting back down.
âLittle Yuhao, whatâs the maximum range of your Spiritual Detection Sharing?â Tang Ya whispered into Huo Yuhaoâs ear.
Huo Yuhao answered, âIf itâs only in one direction, about fifty metres or so.â
Earlier, heâd tested the limit of his Spiritual Detection when it was used in a single direction with Wang Dong. If he released it normally, it had a diameter of thirty metres. This meant that it only a fifteen metre radius. On the other hand, fifty metres was already more than twice his limit. However, it consumed a large amount of Huo Yuhaoâs soul force when he directed it like that.
Tang Ya immediately raised her right hand and made a few hand gestures towards Bei Bei, who nodded back at her.
At this moment, Xu Sanshi also walked into the Soul Dueling Arena. There was a forty-or-so year-old teacher who followed him out.
When they reached the Soul Dueling Arena, Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei both had a cold look of concentration on their faces. This wasnât their first time competing against each other in the Soul Dueling Arena. In the past, theyâd both achieved victories over one another, but most of their duels had ended in ties. Theyâd truly managed to earn a lot of money from this Soul Dueling Competition, thus they naturally couldnât reveal the fact that they were close friends.
The teacher that was acting as the referee walked to the centre of the arena, then said in a low voice, âFourth year student âBei Beiâ is challenging fifth year student âXu Sanshiâ. If Xu Sanshi loses this match, he will have to pay an additional ten gold soul coins to Bei Bei. Youâve already made your bets in private. Are you two ready?â
Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi both simultaneously nodded.