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Chapter 49: Long Aotian’s Rise to Fame (1)
(TLN: Third extra chapter~ Once again, thank you to the donor that has been sponsoring these extra chapters!)
In a sense, this situation was on contrary to her expectations. She didn’t think that Nikaela wouldn’t have the courage to refuse. She didn’t even expect that Long Aotian’s words affected her heart to the extent that she would allow him to face Zhan Yan.
Anyway, Long Aotian’s rise to fame was unavoidable.
The handsome boy stood and turned his attention to the unsightly boy who interrupted his confession. He noticed that the boy’s appearance was rather ordinary and couldn’t help but frown. “Does this classmate have any complaints about me?”
“Yes! I do!” Long Aotian raised his volume. “I didn’t want to interrupt you, but you’ve forced me to do it. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she is afraid of you. And as a gentleman who appreciates flowers, I, of course, will not allow you to continue being a sinister man who chose to use peer pressure to trouble a woman.”
The audience suddenly started an uproar and pointed at Long Aotian.
“Hey! Who is this kid? Is he blind?”
“I don’t know him! He should be new and probably doesn’t understand the rules.”
“I admire his courage for going against the male god of the school.”
The handsome fellow wasn’t angry, on the contrary, he smiled. He first glanced at Nikaela and then at the crowd. He observed Long Aotian. “This classmate’s complaint is troublesome, but I want to ask, do you even know her true thoughts? Isn’t she just being shy instead of being scared?” He walked toward Long Aotian and said, “I don’t know since I’ve never had a girlfriend. At first glance, even I couldn’t read the girl’s mind. If any student wants to learn the skill of picking up girls, then they can worship me as their teacher.”
After he said that, Long Aotian’s complexion abruptly turned blue.
Long Shiyan’s mind was also shocked.
Everyone knew that in Long Aotian’s world, no one could put Long Aotian in his place. But this time, Zhan Yan’s words seemed to rattle Long Aotain’s mind? Just how?
Long Shiyan secretly swept a glance at the fist that Long Aotian made. She internally said, “Something big is going to happen.”
“I, your father, still believe that you want to force that girl into an unwilling relationship. If you have something against my opinions, then we can compare notes.” Long Aotian was not willing to concede to the handsome boy.
(TLN: “I, your father/mother/any relative” is like saying “yo mama is a ___” curses, etc.)
As the crowd parted, the handsome boy left his position and moved right in front of Long Aotian. He then threw the hat on his head at Long Aotian as he instinctively caught it.
Seeing this action, the students were riled up.
“What’s this?” Long Aotian expression seemed blank.
“Hey, Brother Tian! Have you accepted his challenge? Do you know what you are doing?” Wang Pangzi held his head and did not know what to say.
The challenge ceremony between the knights began with accepting the counterpart’s hat.
“No!” Instructor Mies had a grave expression. “Aotian is definitely not Zhen Yan’s opponent. He should either surrender to him or ask for the school’s protection.”
“I will immediately ask the school!” Hua Rong said.
“My classmates and everyone else! I think you have all witnessed it. This classmate has objections about me pursuing a girl I like and has accepted my challenge. Who Nikaela belongs to will also be decided in this battle. If I lose, then I will no longer pursue Nikaela,” the handsome boy announced the details of the challenge.
If Long Aotian still didn’t understand what was happening, he would be an irredeemable fool. He jumped onto the stage and gave everyone basic courtesy as he spoke, “I accept this classmate’s challenge, and I can start at any time.”
“Since this classmate has no objections, then we will go to the martial arts hall!” Although Zhan Yan was grinning ear to ear, he was secretly bitter. This clown dared to accept his challenge. It seemed that the establishment of his grandeur wasn’t enough!
At this moment, Instructor Hua Rong suddenly squeezed out from the crowd and brought a few students with her who were led by a blonde girl, including Zi Linglong. When these students came out to see what was going on, they also discussed fervently.
“Classmate Zhan Yan?” The blonde-haired woman turned her gaze towards Zhan Yan. Her eyes were indifferent, but it could not be disregarded. However, Zhan Yan wasn’t that easy to deal with. He smiled. “So the vice-president of the group has come. Would you like to host my duel with the newcomer?”
“Duel!” The blonde-haired girl raised her eyebrows and swept her gaze at them. She did not care about Long Aotian. “Have you accepted the duel challenge from Zhan Yan?”
Long Aotian was a little surprised. He didn’t expect the instructor to ask others for help. Apparently, he was valued! She was a big beauty who wasn’t worse in terms of appearance than Nikaela, and her temperament was better. He really didn’t know that the school contained this many high-tier beauties. He first grinned and then replied nonchalantly, “Yes, I have accepted Zhan Yan’s challenge.”
The blonde-haired girl frowned.
Instructor Hua Rong was anxious.
And Zi Linglong had been staring at Long Aotian.
“Since you have accepted the challenge, this duel will be hosted by our Student Holy Spirit Group. The challenge will be at 2 P.M., and the school will hold it in the martial arts hall, do you two have any objections?” the blonde-haired woman asked the duo.
“I have no objections!” Zhan Yan displayed the courtesy of a standard knight.
“Me?” Long Aotian suddenly changed topics. “Do you think I have any problems?”
“I don’t know if you have any problems. It’s best if you reevaluate yourself and view yourself through the perspective of other people. Generally, patients with mental issues think that they have no problems with their heads,” the blonde-haired woman retorted.
“Then, what you mean is that I may or may not have a problem?” Long Aotian found what she said to be amusing. He couldn’t help cross his arms in front of his chest and ask out of curiosity.
“‘The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.’ If you have any other issues, simply remember that you are not alone. You can seek the opinions of any of the students present.” She increased her volume and made it clear to everyone.
(TLN: 仁者见仁æ™ș者见æ™ș or “The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom” is an idiom meaning “different views are admissible/valid.”)
Many people were shocked by the fact that he dared to go against the number one fighter of the school. Suddenly, after he heard her speaking, he was directly attacked by her protection group.
In a blink of an eye, Long Aotian was flooded with jeering and cursing as he was called a nut case.
The two instructors and Wang Pangzi, couldn’t help but repeatedly ask why did this guy love causing trouble so much? He was truly courageous!
“The time of the duel is coming, why are you all dilly-dallying? I hope that you will lose against Zhan Yan!” Under the admonishing, Long Aotian shook off the crowd. A gust of wind propelled them away and in the blink of an eye, Long Aotian disappeared from the crowd. Then, he walked to the martial arts hall at a moderate pace.
Only the sound of sighing was left behind.
“Belinda, this guy isn’t that simple!” Looking at the direction of Long Aotian’s departure, Edgar evaluated him.
“He has quite some skills,” said the blonde-haired woman.
“I don’t know why, but when this God is in front of him, this God always feels an invisible pressure. Obviously, this God has advanced to become an eighth-level fighter, but this God doesn’t know why this God has such a feeling,” Ox-headed Chris also commented.
“You don’t say. I also have this uncomfortable feeling! Uncomfortable! I’m unable to tell what is the source of this bad feeling!” Brands grabbed his red hair as his sharp eyes were fixated in the direction of Long Aotian’s departure. They were all companions who fought in life-or-death battles with Long Shiyan and plenty of contact with Long Shiyan. Because of this, they had learned a lot about her. In response to their inexplicable feelings toward Long Aotian and his usage of a special qi field, they decided to pay more attention to him.
Sure enough, Zi Linglong’s words directly dispelled the doubts of the audience. “He is called Long Aotian. He is Elder Sister’s cousin.”
“What! Why didn’t you say that earlier!?” Several people were shocked.
“But my sister was quite wary of him during her lifetime. During childhood, she forbade me to contact him. She always reminded me, whether intentionally or unintentionally, that he was a terrible person. Although I don’t know why he was bad, over time, I have already blacklisted him within my heart. Now that he suddenly appeared in this school, I don’t know what kind of storm will be created,” Zi Linglong said.
“Do you mean that he is not in good relations with the head of the group?” Edgar frowned.
“Yes, and no. It seems that he was secretly planning to attack her,” Zi Linglong said resolutely.
“Tch, tch, tch, this is really troublesome! We are still not aware of whether the head of the group is alive or dead. And this time, a powerful person has arrived. Zhen Yan and Sieker have also been acting restless. We also don’t know where the headmaster went ever since he suddenly disappeared.”
“Brands!” The blonde-haired woman suddenly interrupted the words of the red-haired man with a stern voice. Then, she slowly spoke, “We have to settle major disputes the same way as always. Let’s observe when he and Zhan Yan confront each other.”
Long Shiyan walked alone in the crowd with her huge sword and ignored the students who went to the martial arts hall. Although the match was at two o’clock, they arrived early at around one o’clock.
Martial arts hall number one was not able to accommodate so many students and was quickly filled. While Long Shiyan was the same as the average girl in size, she was also not as vulnerable as children. Therefore, she could squeeze through crowds wherever she wanted to go to as her movements were quite flexible.
Soon, she squeezed into the front row.
However, she did not stand there for a long time since several figures attracted her attention.
There was a fiery and alluringly dressed girl, who completely didn’t conform with her princess status in appearance. Encircling her were several female classmates as a group of boys acted as their meat shields.
Long Shiyan observed this situation and decisively advanced toward their position.
Like the original, Sharon’s social circle was pretty good, and she quickly obtained relations with many celebrities in the school. At the beginning of the school season, she had met with Long Aotian. But this time, Long Aotian was going to rise in fame using his martial prowess, and perhaps he would also alter everyone’s views of him!
Then, Long Aotian would capture and help beauties along with their home empires in accordance with the original plot. However, before he did, Long Aotian would conquer Sharon, Dongfang Lingli and Ling Qingwu, and two other key figures, including the dragon girl Annie and the elven princess Ollie. The academy arc was a crucial point for Long Aotian to pursue women including Nikaela, etc.
Oh right, the most prominent person was herself, Long Shiyan.
But the present had changed a lot from the original work. He skipped to here because of Long Shiyan’s influence. Long Aotian hadn’t beaten up dozens of Saint experts like the original nor was he able to enter the Saint realm as he pleased. Furthermore, his magical artifacts were also gone.
Right now, the hostile enemy that appeared was Zhan Yan, who was a hard-to-deal-with character.
She didn’t know if Long Aotian had a way to deal with him.
Nowadays, none of the problems in the plot were fixed.
The school was still full of turmoil, and Long Shiyan couldn’t reveal her identity yet. In addition to restricting Long Aotian’s development, she now had a very important task, which was to solve the issues that Long Aotian wasn’t able to solve to prevent the butterfly effect.
The appearance of Zhan Yan should also help her figure out Long Aotian’s current condition.