C48 Dumbass
C48 Dumbass
"Tian, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you just now. I thought you were the same as Chu Zhongba and wanted to snatch Brother Yuping's jade plates."
After hearing Chu Zhongtian's explanation, Chu Yuying took the initiative to stand up and bow to apologize.
Chu Zhongtian quickly turned around to look at her. He waved his hand and said, "Sister Ying, it's okay!"
Chu Yuying was now a 17-year-old girl, and in another ten or so days, she would be eighteen.
Teenage denoted a person between 13 and 18 years of age. By 18, one would usually have a fully developed adult body. So, what I'm trying to say is that the nosebleed our protag got from seeing something on that girl was NATURAL! It went something like this, Chu Yuying was wearing loose clothes, so when she bowed down to apologize, our Chu Zhongtian discovered his fetish (hey, don't judge him!). Anyway, he quickly turned his head since he feared that his nose would start bleeding like a harem anime protag.
Fortunately, no one noticed this, which made Chu Zhongtian secretly heave a sigh of relief.
After resolving the misunderstanding just now, the atmosphere became even more lively. Now, the disciples could even freely joke around with him. After he had completely recovered from the backlash, Chu Zhongtian stood up. He cupped his fists and said, "Brother Yuping, brothers and sisters, I plan on collecting plates more aggressively now. So, I'm afraid I can't continue following you all."
Chu Yuping was already a peak Level-6 Qi Refiner, and the others were pretty strong as well. If they didn't encounter a Level-7 Qi Refiner Qi like Liu Yongjun or Wang Chao, they could basically travel unfettered.
As for Liu Yongjun and Wang Chao, he was sure that they were already at the center so they couldn't pose any threat to the Chu Family group. Now, Chu Zhongtian could use all his focus and strength to snatch more jade plates.
"All right, be careful." Chu Yuping knew that they couldn't provide Chu Zhongtian any help; instead, they might end up being a burden. So, he wasn't offended or unhappy with Chu Zhongtian's choice to leave them.
After waving them goodbye, Chu Zhongtian rushed toward the center with all his strength.
Chu Zhongtian was only a Level-4 Qi Refiner, but his strength was akin to a peak Level-7 Qi Refiner. Perhaps even a Level-8 Qi Refiner wouldn't be his match if he combined that strength with the force.
Using his newfound strength, Chu Zhongtian was basically charging through the hunting grounds. Be it contests or strange beasts, no one could stop him. If they didn't provoke him, he would ignore them and pass. However, if someone dared to provoke him, they would be no more in this world a minute later.
Thanks to his bulldozing tactics, Chu Zhongtian was near the center in half a day instead of the entire day he had calculated before.
Still five miles away from the center, Chu Zhongtian stopped and started checking his surroundings.
The reason he stopped was that it was time to do something bold and big.
After leaving Chu Yuping and the others, Chu Zhongtian had rushed toward the center with all his might. But, apart from stopping to destroy some offensive fools, he would also occasionally stop to save people who were on good terms with his family.
It was thanks to one such person that Chu Zhongtian found out important information. That contestant told him that a Wang Family group being led by Wang Chao had left this area not long ago, so they should be close by.
Hunting Contest still had a day before its completion, and 80% of the total jade plates were in the hands of the four big families.
Among the four big families, the one who had the most jade plate wasn't the strongest Liu Yongjun, or the resourceful Qi Yiloong, or the arrogant Chu Zhongba—it was Wang Chao, the master of insidious ways.
Liu Yongjun was strong, but he was too proud and would never attack the weak. On the other hand, Qi Yiloong was resourceful and liked to use schemes. He believed in gaining the most while spending the least. So, Chu Zhogntian was sure that Qi Yiloong would make his move on the last day of the contest. From this, it could be deduced that both Qi Yiloong and Liu Youngjun wouldn't have many plates on them.
Wang Chao, on the other hand, was different. His insidious personality made him shameless to the point that even snatching some Level-3 Qi Refining weakling's plate wouldn't be beneath him.
Among the people participating in this competition, if one asked anyone who killed the most people during the contest, everyone would say Wang Chao.
Chu Zhongtian wanted to get that champion spot so that he could spend three days inside the Hidden Dragon Pavilion. For that, he had to think of a way to obtain a large number of jade plates. If he were to search for them one by one, he was sure he would be too late and would've offended many families.
If that was the case, Chu Zhongtian might as well go and find someone who possessed a large number of jade plates. And this person was Wang Chao. Putting aside the fact that he might have many jade plates in his possession, just the unresolvable hatred between the Chu and Wang family was enough for Chu Zhongtian. He had to take this opportunity to either seriously injure Wang Chao or kill him.
From what Chu Zhongtian had heard from the contestant he had saved, he could calculate where Wang Chao and the others were.
Chu Zhongtian looked around but did not find any trace of them. Closing his eyes, Chu Zhongtian listened carefully to the surrounding sounds. He heard a faint groan coming from the northeastern direction, so he went straight for the sound.
The sound came from a spot not too far away from Chu Zhongtian. Soon, he stood next to the groaning guy. Then, his expression changed, and with an urgent tone, he asked, "Who did this to you?"
It turned out that the groaning guy was a Chu Family disciple Chu Zhongtian knew.
His name was Chu Xing, and he had a peak Level-9 talent. It was an ordinary talent, but he was related to the sixth elder.
The sixth elder was one of the few peak Level-10 Body Refining experts of the Chu Family. He was also an elder with high authority in the Chu Family. Chu Xing's life was good thanks to that. His talent was ordinary, but he had plenty of cultivation resources. In just two years, he became a Level-5 Qi Refiner. Now, he was just a step away from Level-6.
One year ago, when Chu Zhongtian took the talent test, Chu Tianyun and a few elders met with him.
The sixth elder was one of them and knew about Chu Zhongtian's talent. He knew that Chu Zhongtian would definitely become a pillar of the Chu Family in the future. To ensure his grandson's success in the future, the sixth elder personally brought him to meet Chu Zhongtian. He also told Chu Xing to follow Chu Zhongtian in the future, so the two of them had met a few times.
After Chu Zhongtian was crippled and sent to Luolin town, Chu Xing started following Chu Zhongba. The two of them had never met since then.
'Wasn't Chu Xing following Chu Zhongba? So why is he seriously injured now?'
"You are?" When Chu Xing saw someone wearing the Chu Family uniform, he felt a strange sense of familiarity, but he couldn't remember who the newcomer was.
"Don't worry about who I am. Tell me what happened." Chu Zhongtian had a vague feeling when he saw the fatal wounds on Chu Xing's body. He felt that the person who attacked was very sinister and terrifying, so he was worried about Chu Xing's life. It was no time to be conducting formal introductions.
"It was the Wang Family's Wang Chao." Seeing that Chu Zhongtian didn't intend to introduce himself, the heavily injured Chu Xing didn't continue questioning. Chu Xing recounted what happened just now.
"Dumbass!" After hearing Chu Xing's explanation, Chu Zhongtian was very angry at Chu Zhongba's actions.