The competing stage of Qing Tian Academy was very tall and large. According to the academy’s rules, it was there to encourage people to improve by competing.
In order to make sure talented lives didn’t just disappear because of their loss of emotion in the moment, the stage manager, who was specifically in charge of competitions, always kept high-level guards there.
Now he also had a long face as he looked at the two standing in front, “You guys wanna sign the Life and Death Slip?”
Gu Bai kept his stone face and raised his finger to point at the plain male.
He knew the setting that he’d given to this extremely stubborn, unforgiving, skinny old man with a goatee very well. As expected, even in the few years before the protagonist had come, the goatee old man still guarded the place strongly.
Except for the protagonist who had a golden finger, because of his well-mannered attitude and adding on the fact that he’d found the old man’s weakness, anyone else who dared to sign the Life and Death Slip……would all be treated as harshly as that idiot.
Gu Bai both elegantly and coldly glanced at the challenger beside him, who was being scolded by the goatee old man to the point he had cold sweat running down his body, then he looked up at the sky silently.
It wasn’t his problem after all.
Goatee old man: “As a xuezhang, not only do you not focus on training, you come and find trouble for your junior, shameless!”
Plain male: “Yes, yes, yes……”
Goatee old man: “The Qing Tian Academy gave you all plentiful resources, not only do you not improve, you make scenes from jealousy, abominable!”
Plain male: “Yes, yes, yes……yes, yes, yes……”
Goatee old man: “A martial practitioner has a strong temper, but it isn’t for you guys to use it to get into such petty battles! Sparring is natural, but how could you view something like the Life and Death Slip so lightly! Detestable!”
Plain male: “Yes, yes, yes……yes, yes……yes……”
Gu Bai looked at the idiot getting scolded down into the ground with no expression, inside, he was filled with joy.
Would Ge tell you that this old man actually really likes to eat?
Hehe, Ge will tell you that the protagonist found out that the old man loved to eat the Multicolored Sparrow, that’s how the old man gave him the green light!
You foolish mortal, you don’t understand the essence of contrast cuteness, so you had to stop halfway on the road ╮(╯▽╰)╭
This one wait was two hours.
The plain male stood in the same place with a full-faced blush, the goatee old man’s spit was flying everywhere nonstop.
At this time, someone tapped Gu Bai’s shoulder from behind.
Gu Bai didn’t need to turn to know who it was, aside from Gu Xiao Shan, who else could approach him without alarming him?
So, the expected voice was heard, “Why is Gege so late tonight?”
Gu Bai looked at Qi Guan Rui who walked up next to him, and spoke, “Got caught by someone.”
Qi Guan Rui’s eyes sparked lightly, he pointed at the plain male, “Him?”
Gu Bai nodded, “He challenged me.”
Qi Guan Rui smiled, “I haven’t seen this person before, he probably entered before Gege, so he’s Gege’s xuezhang?”
Gu Bai replied with a “mn” sound.
Qi Guan Rui spoke, “In the martial practitioner community, early arrivals have more power, a little sparing wouldn’t be much. But why is he……?”
Gu Bai spoke, “He wanted to sign the Life and Death Slip.”
Qi Guan Rui’s smile stiffened, “……Life and Death Slip?”
Gu Bai: “Didn’t get signed.”
Qi Guan Rui was very sensitive, from just talking with Gu Bai a little, then looking at the scolder and scolded again, he was able to draw a conclusion.
He slightly backed off, turning his face to the side, his expression was a bit twisted. But before Gu Bai could notice, he immediately went back to smiling, “That xuezhang sure is stubborn, with this kind of personality……it’s very easy to get in danger.”
Gu Bai nodded his head again.
Boy, you are right, not only could he be in danger, people like him usually died the fastest, okay?!
Gu Xiao Shan, you sure are an euphemism.
So, the two started having a conversation amongst themselves…and of course, it was Qi Guan Rui who spoke and Gu Bai who listened.
And the background music from nearby paired with the plain male’s suffering face, made it seem even more lively and fun.
Because originally there was gonna be a fight, a large audience had come over.
Then, with the trouble-seeker being “spit on” by the old man, the scene was just too funny, so the ones passing by couldn’t help but also come and watch.
…Martial practitioners also gossiped, especially when seeing the worst luck of a guy who was usually pretty obnoxious, then it was even easier to enjoy their suffering.
The plain male felt super humiliated, especially when he realized the only one getting punished was him, his face turned even redder.
Life and Death Slip! I definitely will sign the Life and Death Slip! I’m gonna butcher him, ao ao[1]!
Then from that, his scolding turned into “improper attitudes”, and he continued to be watched.
The crowd watched from a pretty far distance, on the outer ring of that crowd, a few people stood as a group, standing in perfect lines, showing off arrogance in their stance.
The one in the center was almost taller by a head, his figure and face were all pretty good, even his atmosphere seemed really good. He was smiling at the red-clothed girl next to him.
The red-clothed girl had “unhappiness” written all over her face, she picked up her whip and whipped it against the floor, letting out “papapa” sounds.
Maybe the young man was just into that, the meaner the girl was towards him, the more he tried to please her.
The red-clothed girl was extremely angry, “That idiot, can’t even do such a little task! Why do you always have this kind of trash by your side?!”
The young man smiled, “Don’t be mad, it was me who didn’t plan it carefully. Once I get what Zhishi[2] likes, then we can have Guo Qing sign the Life and Death Slip with Zi Ju Shu Bai.”
The red-clothed girl kept whipping, “I want Zi Ju Shu Bai to get it immediately! Also, that servant beside him! They all have to die! Die!”
The young man comforted her even more, “Alright, alright, alright, whatever you say.”
The red-clothed girl: “I want it immediately! Immediately!”
The young man: “I will have someone get on it……”
Seeing such a fierce vs. solicitous scene, it was truly unbearable in the crowd’s eyes.
Though the girl really was beautiful, her personality was a bit hard for people to digest.
Such a pretty girl’s love, it wasn’t one that normal people could handle.
So, the underlings that would sometimes get hit by the red-clothed girl by accident, and yet have to endure it bitterly, all got sympathetic looks from the bystanders.
The underlings: Our boss’ rotten eyes just had to like her, what can we do? Sigh!
Whatever, it’s just getting whipped occasionally……we just hope that our boss’ eyes become better quickly!
Just as the scheming was going on over there, the skinny Old Man He finally finished spitting and satisfied his desire for scolding.
The plain male, Guo Qing’s face was completely blue and black now, it looked just like he was poisoned, as if he only had one last breath left.
He shakily bowed and left without daring to look to the side, he didn’t look in Zi Ju Shu Bai’s direction at all.
……What about the challenge, you ask?
Young male Guo Qing expressed that he’d go take a bath and sleep first.
As Gu Bai watched, he couldn’t help but sigh internally.
There were a lot of idiotic, young guys out there, good thing that Zhishi He had reached his hand out at the right time to straighten out that person’s brain, or else, if he’d had to fight with someone at the same level as him, he was gonna have to dirty his clothes again.
Wasn’t that incredibly image-destroying?
After giving Zhishi He a like inside, Gu Bai turned, going back together with Qi Guan Rui.
Only leaving the tall, straight-backed figure and the heart-moving legend of triumphing without a battle for the others.
Back in the yard, Gu Bai went straight into the bath to change his clothes.
What a joke, his clothes were already dirty from standing outside for so long, okay? They had to be changed three times a day!
Or else, what if his unreachable flower image broke?
After taking an extremely fast shower, Gu Bai walked out barefoot with the water vapor and his long hair down.
Unexpectedly, there was no one in the room.
……Wait.
At this time, shouldn’t Xiao Shan already have been there with a towel, ready to wipe his hair, and have his shoes, ready to put them on for him? Even though it was a bit too much, not seeing him made it a little unusual! By the way, just had Xiao Shan gone?
The Tian Du Cheng female servant that was ignored spoke, “City Governor, someone came earlier, so Guard Gu went out to greet them.”
Gu Bai nodded, “Got it.”
Ah, so a guest came.
Xiao Shan went to swat the mosquito away again, he, as the elder brother, should also go out and check.
Gu Bai walked out with his wet hair, not prepared to actually be seen in front of the other.
Finally, just as he got to the corner on the outside, he saw the figures of Qi Guan Rui with a girl in a yellow dress!
The girl had a slight admiration on her face, which was both beautiful and solemn.
Qi Guan Rui stood very close to her, wearing a soft, warm smile on his face.
Gu Bai felt extremely 囧.
……That’s not right, was this a sign of adolescent love?
Thinking of Gu Xiao Shan’s recent actions, it really did seem like it. He’d heard that every day when he went to class, Gu Xiao Shan ran out of the academy and no one would see him at all, sometimes when he came back late, he almost missed dinner too. Even though he said he went out to check on their business, he didn’t need to go check on their business every single day! Not to mention that he left without leaving any trace behind for people to know where he’d gone, weren’t they just too strange?!
But if they put two and two together with this scenario……fuck, this was definitely the foreshadow of adolescent love!
Thinking like that, Gu Bai couldn’t help the sense of anger that rose from his heart.
Had he really raised Gu Xiao Shan and potty trained[3] him 【→not actually】for him to court chicks at such a young age?! And in order to court a chick, he even dared to lie, did he even have him as his elder brother in his eyes?! As expected, sons abandon their mother after getting a wife 【→still not it】 this was the evil root that has been passed down through time within men!
Especially, seeing the two happily speaking, almost as if they were about to go on a date, Gu Bai’s anger went up to the max!
His teeth were strained.
Then, he continued to grind his teeth without an expression.
But as for Qi Guan Rui’s feelings, they were far from the amusing ones that Gu Bai had.
In other words, he’d been out every day for the past month, aside from always hanging around little restaurants without anyone noticing, most of his time, was spent looking for and finding quite a few people who seemed pretty normal but would be useful with just a little more power, then he would implant a snake gu inside of them.
Zi Ju Shu Bai’s power was Zi Ju Shu Bai’s. Qi Guan Rui knew deep down, if he wanted to hold onto this fate, if he wanted to get what he wanted, then he needed to get a hold of stronger power……no matter if it was from himself or outside.
The power Qi Guan Rui had on the outside was already rising little by little, as for his own body’s power, he’d also used all his advantages to its fullest this month.
There were just so many people who wanted to apply to the Qing Tian Academy, and actually, quite a few people came, hoping they would be lucky enough. Though in reality, they’d never reached any actual requirements.
Most of them would hang around the Hao Yang City for a few days, then return defeated and reluctant.
And on their way back, that was Qi Guan Rui’s chance.
These people usually carried a large number of treasures and jewels, and usually had pretty skilled guards as well.
After being targeted by Qi Guan Rui, the treasures and jewels would all naturally be stolen by him. At the same time, those guards would all turn into dust.
Under the plentiful “nutrients”, Qi Guan Rui leveled up again, he became a High-Level Wu Jun.
Originally things were going very well, but then this girl wearing a yellow dress came in the evening today.
Qi Guan Rui was very annoyed.
He’d originally thought he could go wipe Zi Ju Shu Bai’s hair and enjoy his fragrance, why did he have to deal with this “guest” here?