Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
‘An innate genius?’
Luo Feng smiled bitterly.
“Luo Feng, you brought honor to Silver Moon Class today! I’ll give you any reward you want!” Ji Wuyue said happily and clasped Luo Feng by his neck.
Knowing Ji Wuyue’s style, Bing Ruolan acted like she was already used to it, but her cheeks were still slightly red.
Luo Feng felt that his head was resting on a soft cushion. While he sniffed the faint fragrance on Ji Wuyue’s body, he thought about her words in his head.
‘She said that she’ll give me any reward I want, can I…’
Luo Feng licked his dry lips. He recalled something all of a sudden, then looked at a person on the bleachers coldly. “Li Yunhao, you seem to have forgotten something.”
He spoke so loudly that everyone in the gymnasium heard him, hence everyone looked where he was looking.
Li Yunhao was already near the gymnasium exit by then. Upon hearing Luo Feng, he froze and then stopped to turn to look at Luo Feng with a dark face.
“We almost forgot the most important thing!” Ji Wuyue slapped her forehead, then walked toward Li Yunhao with Luo Feng and Bing Ruolan.
Luo Feng approached Lin Yunhao, then reached his hand out. “Mentor’s 10,000 taels and 6,300 taels from Bing Ruolan and me amount to 16,300 taels. You’ll have to pay us tenfold, which comes up to 163,000 taels, pay up!”
Li Yunhao’s face twitched the moment he heard the amount. He clenched his fists tightly.
163,000 taels of silver!
Even though Li Yunhao was a Golden Sun Class student and was from a family of merchants, he was still shocked by the amount.
Li Yunhao was extremely regretful.
Subsequently, he looked up and paused for a while when he saw Ji Wuyue. He gritted his teeth, then threw a number of gold and silver notes to Luo Feng.
“Here’s 89,000 taels.”
Li Yunhao felt like his heart was bleeding when he looked at the gold notes in Luo Feng’s hands.
If it was not for Ji Wuyue’s presence, Li Yunhao would have snatched those gold notes back.
“You still owe us 80,000 taels,” Luo Feng mentioned after counting the notes.
Li Yunhao’s face darkened. He stared at Luo Feng, then responded, “That’s all I have!”
“You call yourself a genius of Golden Sun Class when this is all you’ve got, I would’ve been too embarrassed to leave my residence if I were you.” Luo Feng shook the stash of notes at Li Yunhao disdainfully.
After that, Luo Feng noticed the long sword that Li Yunhao carried. The words ‘Feather Cloud Sword’ were vaguely seen on the sword handle.
Luo Feng was interested in it, so he hooked his finger and acquired the sword easily.
“This sword looks good, I’m taking it. I’ll accept just 80,000 taels, you may leave!” Luo Feng waved his hand at Li Yunhao.
“I can’t give you that sword…”
Li Yunhao was concerned the moment his sword was snatched, thus he reached his hand out to take it back.
“Hmph!” As Li Yunhao was going to get the sword, a humph was heard. Afterward, Li Yunhao felt that his right arm went numb as if it was struck by lightning, then he went three steps backward before he stabilized.
“Since you agreed to bet, you should accept your loss. Pay us and you’ll get it back,” Ji Wuyue said coldly as she crossed her hands in front of her chest and stood in front of Luo Feng.
Li Yunhao looked at Ji Wuyue, then looked at Luo Feng who was behind her. Unable to do anything, he shot a look at Luo Feng.
“Luo Feng, I’ll remember you!”
Li Yunhao flapped his sleeves, then left the gymnasium embarrassingly.
“Keke… Luo Feng, I didn’t know that you were so mischievous! Feather Cloud Sword is an Upper Class sword from Spirit Sword Lane in Sky Sun City and is forged using cloud patterns. There are only three of them, whereby one costs nearly 150,000 taels, yet you swindled it over with just 80,000 taels.” Ji Wuyue turned to smile at Luo Feng.
“Likewise, Mentor, didn’t you fan the fire too just now?” Luo Feng grinned, then pulled the Feather Cloud Sword out.
The moment the sword was pulled out of its scabbard, its light shone brightly. The mighty energy from the edge of the sword left them in awe.
“A good sword!” Luo Feng exclaimed.
“Luo Feng, can you sell the Feather Cloud Sword to me?” Bing Ruolan who remained quiet all the while suddenly asked while looking at the Feather Cloud Sword.
“Ching!”
Luo Feng returned the sword to its scabbard. He passed the sword to Bing Ruolan after pondering for a while, and suggested, “How about this, I’ll take the 80,000 taels, you give Mentor 100,000 taels, and this Feather Cloud Sword belongs to you. Mentor, what do you think?”
He never cultivated any sword techniques. Besides, he was more into blade techniques that were tyrannical in nature instead of sword techniques that were more suited for women.
“I have no comment.” Ji Wuyue nodded. She never thought that Luo Feng could win, thus the 100,000 taels of silver was a surprise fortune to her.
“Won’t you suffer a loss then?” Bing Ruolan frowned at Luo Feng hesitantly.
Since Luo Feng was the one who obtained the Feather Cloud Sword from Li Yunhao, it should belong to Luo Feng.
As such, Luo Feng’s suggestion also let Bing Ruolan save at least ten thousand taels of silver.
“I won’t use a sword anyway. Besides, you cultivated Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, this Feather Cloud Sword will come in handy.” Luo Feng gave the Feather Cloud Sword to Bing Ruolan without a doubt.
Luo Feng quickly left the gymnasium after bidding farewell to both of them.
As soon as Luo Feng left, Ji Wuyue turned to ask Bing Ruolan seriously, “Ruolan, are you already at Level Three of Roaring Tiger Fist?”
“Mm.” Bing Ruolan looked away from the Feather Cloud Sword and answered, “I was only at Level Two initially, but Luo Feng’s pointers helped me get to Level Three. That being said, I’ve just achieved Level Three of Roaring Tiger Fist, I’m far from Luo Feng who has already perfected it.”
Bing Ruolan seemed guilty.
“As expected.”
Ji Wuyue nodded. She comforted Bing Ruolan upon seeing her disappointed look. “Ruolan, you shouldn’t be too upset. Luo Feng isn’t who he used to be anymore, his current qualities are comparable with the real geniuses in the Inner Institution. We won’t understand what it’s like to be a genius…”
She sighed and then tapped Bing Ruolan’s shoulder. “Let’s put this aside. For now, I’d like to discuss another matter with you.”
“What is it?”
“This year’s Roaming King Tournament is a month away. In order to improve the students’ strengths, the top ten Roaming Kings from the upcoming Roaming King Tournament will receive extremely generous rewards, which includes a Yellow Rank Supreme Class martial art! You’re the only one from our class who will likely be one of the top ten, I hope that you can cultivate Roaring Tiger Fist to Success State before that, which will highly increase your chances!”
“A Yellow Rank Supreme Class martial art!”
Bing Ruolan was surprised, but quickly shook her head. “To cultivate Roaring Tiger Fist to Success State in a month’s time… I’m afraid I can’t do it.”
Roaring Tiger Fist’s cultivation difficulty increased as the levels advanced. Without Luo Feng’s pointers, Bing Ruolan would still be stuck at Level Two. It was simply impossible for her to cultivate Roaring Tiger Fist to Level Four in a month’s time!
“It might be impossible back then, but it’s different now.”
Ji Wuyue smiled. “Luo Feng’s Roaring Tiger Fist may be at Level Three, but he perfected the techniques, and is even above me now. He’s an innate genius, so his apprehension in martial arts is unimaginable! If you have his help, you should be able to cultivate Roaring Tiger Fist to Level Four in a month’s time.”
“Luo Feng…”
Bing Ruolan pursed her lips tightly when she recalled the person who stood undefeated in the arena earlier and seemed like he was going to put a hole in the sky. She was puzzled.
…
“80,000 taels, I’ve never had so much money, it’s more than what I had in the past three years combined…”
Once Luo Feng left the gymnasium, he touched the silver notes again and smiled joyfully.
He happened to be in need of money since he wanted to elevate his strength as soon as possible.
Luo Feng was on cloud nine with the sudden fortune, so much so that his footsteps became lighter when he walked.
“Lin Xiaoxiao’s at Level Four Meridian Cycle Boundary, and has the cultivation base of Strength Boundary’s middle phase. With Duanmu Yu’s help, she should be able to enter the Inner Institution in no time. I’ll have to utilize my time for cultivation to get into the Inner Institution as soon as I can.”
He had a sense of urgency when he thought about Lin Xiaoxiao. After that, Luo Feng decided to use the money to purchase spirit medicines that would assist him in cultivation.
Then, he immediately headed to Green Edge Town, the nearest town from Purple Sun Institution.
Green Edge Town was situated near Red Training Mountain Range and was very close to Purple Sun Institution. It was prosperous since many martial artists visited the place.
Luo Feng found the largest herbal medicine store once arrived at the town, Herb Cauldron House.
Located on the busiest street in the town, Herb Cauldron House was not a big store and had simple decorations, but its financial ability was second to none in Green Edge Town.
The world was a place where the strong were honored, and those who were wealthy were martial artists.
Martial artists spent most of their wealth on spirit medicines that helped their cultivation, hence one was willing to spend money lavishly. Money could be earned again, but cultivation base was a matter of life or death to them.
Just as Luo Feng was about to enter Herb Cauldron House, two people walked toward the store as well.
“An Outer Institution student from Purple Sun Institution?” All three of them stopped. The two people scoffed at Luo Feng when they saw his uniform.
“A student from Silver Moon Class. You’re at the wrong place, this is Herb Cauldron House that sells precious spirit medicines, I’m afraid that you won’t be able to afford anything. You should leave now.”
Luo Feng raised his brows a little.
“They’re from Extensive Net Institution…”
Flowing Cloud Ridge had four great institutions. Apart from Purple Sun Institution, there were also Extensive Net Institution, Sky Mist Institution, and Snowfall Institution.
The two people who approached Luo Feng were fifteen and sixteen years old. They carried swords and wore blue robes with a Tai Chi symbol behind. In addition, their rich vital energy and blood showed that they had cultivation bases of Level Four Meridian Cycle, Strength Boundary. It was likely that they were Genius Class students from Extensive Net Institution’s Outer Institution.
Purple Sun Institution and Extensive Net Institution never really had a good relationship, thus Luo Feng could not be bothered to argue with them and just entered Herb Cauldron House.
“Tsk, tsk, how ignorant, I’ll watch you get embarrassed later.” The two Extensive Net Institution students looked at each other and sneered, then entered the store.
Once the three of them entered the herbal medicine store, the shopkeeper welcomed them with a bright smile. “Young heroes, how may I help you?”
“I need some drugs that will increase my body endurance, and help accumulate vital energy and blood,” one of the Extensive Net Institution students spoke before Luo Feng could answer.
Since the shopkeeper was quite observant, he quickly said to Luo Feng, “Young hero, you may take a look around first.”
Afterward, he pointed at a wooden board with carved letters on a wall, then mentioned to the two Extensive Net Institution students, “Young heroes, this is a list of Upper Class drugs for body strengthening. They’re most suitable for increasing body endurance, strengthening the body, and improving vital energy. Please take a look at it.”
Upon hearing that, Luo Feng looked at the list too.