Chapter 64: Chapter 64: The Bet
"Brother Qingchen, are you ho?"
Not long after Ye Qingchen had his breakthrough, Ye Ying’s voice ca from the gate of his small courtyard.
"Miss Ye Ying, the Young Master is cultivating in his room. Do you need sothing? Please, co in!" Xiao Xiao said with a smile, sticking her head out of the kitchen. One small hand held a plucked, four-legged "chicken," while she wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her other hand.
"Okay!"
As Ye Ying walked into the courtyard, Ye Qingchen erged from his room at the sa ti. "Sister Ye Ying, did you need
for sothing?"
Ye Ying smiled and said, "You’re just in ti! Let’s go to the Sect Square. They’re holding the comprehensive ranking test for new outer disciples. The higher your rank, the more and better Cultivation Resources the Sect will grant you each month!"
Ye Qingchen’s eyes lit up. The higher the rank, the more Cultivation Resources? Such a good deal actually exists? I absolutely have to participate in this test!
By the ti Ye Qingchen and Ye Ying arrived at the Sect Square, it was already swarming with people. Nearly all the new outer disciples had gathered, waiting for sothing to begin.
Just as Ye Qingchen stepped into the crowd, a mocking voice sounded from nearby. "Huh, isn’t that the trash Ye Qingchen, who got in through the back door? What, a good-for-nothing who faints just from selecting a Cultivation Technique thinks he can get a good rank? I advise you to crawl back where you ca from and stop embarrassing yourself!"
Ye Qingchen looked toward the voice and saw it was none other than the burly youth, Liu Wenzhuang, who had mocked him before at the Transfer Technique Hall.
As Liu Wenzhuang finished speaking, a predictable roar of laughter erupted in the square. Many outer disciples stared at Ye Qingchen, their eyes filled with mockery and contempt.
Ye Ying shot Liu Wenzhuang a disgusted look. "You can be careless with what you eat, but not with your words. With which eye did you see Ye Qingchen faint while choosing a Cultivation Technique?"
Liu Wenzhuang’s interest was piqued. "He’s just a piece of trash who was specially recruited through connections. Do I even need to provide evidence?"
With that, Liu Wenzhuang gestured with his chin toward a youth standing beside him. "Huang Xiaoshuai, I hear you and Ye Qingchen are from the sa town. You were the champion of your town’s trial competition, while he ranked ninety-ninth. Is that not an indisputable fact?"
Huang Xiaoshuai glanced at Ye Qingchen, then warily back at Liu Wenzhuang, and spoke cautiously, "That’s right. Ye Qingchen did rank ninety-ninth in the trial competition."
He did not ntion why Ye Qingchen had ranked so low, nor the fact that he had been defeated in a single move. For one, he didn’t want to offend Liu Wenzhuang. For another, he found the idea of publicly admitting his one-move defeat to Ye Qingchen utterly humiliating and could not bring himself to say it.
"Did everyone hear that? Ninety-ninth in the trial competition!" Liu Wenzhuang laughed, his pride swelling. "I really don’t understand why trash like him would co to our Qingyun Sect. What a waste of food!"
"Exactly! Why would trash like that be specially recruited into our Qingyun Sect!"
"If he were a genius, being specially recruited would be one thing! But his strength is diocre at best. I’m ashad to be in the sa sect as him!"
"And he dares to show up for the ranking test? Has he no sha?"
Faced with the widespread mockery, Ye Qingchen simply shook his head with a smile, saying nothing. After being called trash for ten years, his mindset had long since been tempered. The insults of these youths could not affect him. Besides, joining the Qingyun Sect was rely a stepping stone. His ambitions were far greater, and the likes of Liu Wenzhuang were utterly beneath his notice.
Seeing Ye Qingchen besieged by the crowd without even daring to retort, Liu Wenzhuang’s contempt grew even stronger. "What a wimp! Too scared to even make a peep! A person like that is dood to never beco a powerful expert!"
Even a clay Buddha has a temper. Liu Wenzhuang’s relentlessness finally made Ye Qingchen frown. "Since you’re so eager to perform, how about a little bet? If my test ranking is higher than yours, all the Cultivation Resources the Sect gives you for the next year belong to ! Conversely, my year’s worth of Cultivation Resources will be yours!
"Do you dare to take the bet?"
Since Liu Wenzhuang doesn’t know what’s good for him, I’ll make him bleed for this.
Liu Wenzhuang was overjoyed. "Hahaha, a bet! Of course, we’ll bet! Since you’re handing Cultivation Resources to my doorstep, why wouldn’t I? Even though your rank is bound to be pathetic, a mosquito’s leg is still at. I’ll gladly accept!" he roared with laughter.
"Enjoy your laughter now," Ye Ying said, casting a pitying glance at Liu Wenzhuang. "You’ll be crying soon enough!"
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