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Chapter 149: Flower of Hades' Underworld (1)
Translator: Zen Translations Editor: Zen Translations
"Little Fatty, did you cause trouble?" When Zhou Weiqing returned to the dormitory building, he ran into Shangguan Bing'er who had been rushing out.
As soon as he saw her, Zhou Weiqing's gloomy feeling was dissipated, and a smile returned to his face as he said: "It was just a bunch of people who were trying to collect a protection fee, and I beat them up."
Shangguan Bing'er furrowed her brow in disapproval as she said: "Little Fatty, we are here to study, not to cause trouble."
Zhou Weiqing laughed heartily, holding her around her waist as he said: "When others cause trouble, we can't be afraid of it as well right? Do not worry, I know how to control myself. However, it seems that this academy is a lot more messy than I expected. I'm really worried that it will affect our studies or cultivation. Should we just rent a house outside?"
Shangguan Bing'er slapped his hand away. "Don't dream about it, I'm going back to my dorm room, I want to get to know my roommates more. Oh, right, how about Da Huang and Er Huang? What can we do with them? After all, if we are staying in the dormitory, they will not have a place to stay. We can't leave them in the spatial ring forever, they will be bored to death."
Zhou Weiqing grinned and said: "Heh heh, that's why I said, we should rent a house outside!"
Shangguan Bing'er hesitated a little, saying: "But, didn't the academy say that we shouldn't leave school grounds?"
Zhou Weiqing said: "Leave it to me, there will always be a way. Let me ask around, I'm sure that these so-called rules are there just for them to make money, otherwise they wouldn't have such a separation between noble and commoner students. Money makes the world go around indeed. To be honest, the atmosphere in the school is really not conducive for cultivation, it is just too messy in the dormitory. Let me check around and we can leave to find a place outside once I find out how… at most… we can always sleep in separate rooms." As he said the bit about separate rooms, his tone and face showed an obvious disappointment.
Shangguan Bing'er flushed deeply and was about to retort, but thinking about the cute Da Huang and Er Huang, for their sakes, she could only shake her head helplessly.
Just as Zhou Weiqing had expected, when he went to the freshmen reporting area to ask about living outside the academy area, he was given a direct answer. It was not unheard off for students to live outside, and there was no direct rule against it. However, the dormitory fee still had to be paid, and the student also had to apply and pay for an exit permit from the school – it would last for a year and would cost ten thousand gold coins. In his heart, Zhou Weiqing cursed the school for such daylight robbery prices, but he gritted his teeth and bought two exit permits.
Of course, he would not mention the price to Shangguan Bing'er, lest her heart ached about the price. He had no choice but to buy the exit permits, not only was it for Da Huang and Er Huang, it was also for his own future possible 'happiness'1. Furthermore, in the future, when he created Consolidating Equipment Scrolls for sale, he definitely needed to go out to sell them. Of course, in the future, he would not be creating the basic Consolidating Equipment Scrolls, after all, for Consolidating Equipment Scrolls, the higher the quality, the greater the profit.
The reason why basic Consolidating Equipment Scrolls were a lot cheaper, with only several tens of thousand gold coins being able to buy a set of 1000 sheets, was that the success rate of Consolidating is very low. Even with a set of 1000 sheets, there was no guarantee that they would be able to succeed in Consolidating Equipment. More importantly, to actually go through trying Consolidating all of those 1000 Scrolls, it would take almost 3 years! Unless they had no choice, who wouldn't prefer to use a higher level Consolidating Equipment Scroll which was not only more powerful, but with a higher success rate?!
However, Mid Level Consolidating Equipment Scrolls were different, and much better indeed. First of all, there was only 100 pieces to each Mid Level Consolidated Equipment, with each having a three in a thousand chance of success. With a hundred of them, that meant about a thirty percent chance of success in total, and more importantly, it would take a much shorter time to complete Consolidating all hundred of them, with a much higher success rate than the one in ten thousand rate of the Basic Consolidating Equipment Scrolls. As such, the price and profit margin on Mid Level Consolidating was already much larger, ad with Zhou Weiqing's success rate, it was even more so.
In the recent two years, Consolidating Equipment Scrolls had been getting rarer, thus causing the price to shoot up higher than what it used to be. Taking Zhou Weiqing's original Overlord Bow with a single socket as an example, such a Grandmaster Consolidating Equipment Scroll like that would probably fetch at least five hundred thousand gold coins in an auction house, far beyond the two to three hundred thousand that Huyan Aobo had quoted him several years ago. At the same time, this had caused the lives of Physical Jewel Masters to be a lot more miserable than Elemental Jewel Masters, with many four or five Jeweled Physical Jewel Masters having only two to three Consolidated Equipment, and that was already considered pretty decent.
In the world of Jewel Masters, Heavenly Jewel Masters were indeed at the tip of the pyramid. As for whether Physical Jewel Masters or Elemental Jewel Masters were better than the other, it was a hotly debated topic, with each having their own various pros and cons. All along, Elemental Jewel Masters had a slight edge, one of the reasons being their numbers being rarer, and also with a greater destructive capabilities. Another reason was that it was much more difficult to Consolidate Equipment than to Store Skills.
After all, with the presence of the various Skill Storing Palaces, it was the best training area for Elemental Jewel Masters. As long as they had sufficient cultivation level and money, it was not difficult to train up an outstanding Elemental Jewel Master. However, it was much harder for Physical Jewel Masters due to the rarity of Consolidating Equipment Scrolls, and even more so to find one which was suitable for them. Without all their Physical Jewels with Consolidated Equipments, how could Physical Jewel Masters possibly compare to Elemental Jewel Masters? In truth, if a Physical Jewel Master had all their Physical Jewels Consolidated Equipment, especially if they were good or suitable ones, or even better, an entire set, their power was no weaker than Elemental Jewel Masters!
With exit permit in hand, Zhou Weiqing left the academy to hunt for a nearby house to rent. Indeed, his luck was pretty good, and before long he had found a suitable house nearby. It was about 300 square metres2, with 8 rooms all well furnished and relatively new. The rent was also pretty cheap, around 50 gold coins a month, which was considered a steal in this area of the city. In fact, it was even cheaper than the dormitory room fees, which told the tale of how expensive these high ranking academies were.
The reason why commoner students were treated so badly was because they lacked the financial backing. If not for the fact that the Fei Li Empire had passed the law to force them to accept commoner students in order to keep talents within, perhaps the top academies would not even accept commoner students.
Without hesitation, Zhou Weiqing paid a deposit to the landlord before running back to the academy. Since he had found a place, he couldn't wait to bring Bing'er to the place to have a look, and they could also move over with Da Huang and Er Huang.
However, he did not know that his battle with Zang Lang had already spread like wildfire amongst the entire population of commoner students, causing quite a stir. Including the freshmen, there were more than 160 commoner students currently studying in the academy. Although they numbered much less than noble students, they were all Jewel Masters! As a contrasting example, the entire Heavenly Bow Empire did not even have that many Jewel Masters! Of course, most of the commoner students were of rather low cultivation level, most only having a single Jewel. Being able to defeat Zang Lang, who had been their 'boss' and protective figure for several years, it had caused Zhou Weiqing's name to be known throughout their circle. Before school had even started, he was already famous.
"Stop! You cannot enter the girl's dormitory!" Zhou Weiqing headed into the dormitory and was about to look for Bing'er when he was stopped by an aunty of around 50 years or so. Previously, when Bing'er and he had entered the dormitory, she had not been around.
"Err… I'm here to look for someone." Zhou Weiqing gave a honest, pleasing smile.
The aunty glared at him, saying: "Looking for someone? Every boy who comes over says that. No excuses are accepted. You can call out, but you definitely can't enter."
Zhou Weiqing once again felt that his idea of renting an apartment outside was just too genius. Without any choice, he yelled out loud: "Bing'er! Your husband is here to look for you!!"
He shouted out so loudly that not just the entire girl's dormitory heard it, even the entire boy's dormitory heard it. As some of them looked out to see it was him, the entire boy's dormitory fell into silence.
Before long, Bing'er rushed out with a red face, quickly running to him and glaring at him. Rolling her eyes, she said: "Stupid Little Fatty, why did you shout out like that?"
Zhou Weiqing grinned and said: "I didn't yell anything wrongly. Aunty, this is my wife, please take care of her!"
The aunty did not give him face, and just gave a cold humph, and Bing'er quickly grabbed his arm and dragged him away at a run. She was just too afraid that this little rascal would say something else more to throw both their faces.
As they reached the entrance, Zhou Weiqing heard the aunty mutter to herself: "A fresh beautiful flower stuck on bullshit, what a waste of such a good girl." 3
Zhou Weiqing stumbled and almost fell down, while Bing'er couldn't help but giggle upon hearing the aunty's words. "Little Fatty, why did you call me out?"
Zhou Weiqing grinned and said: "I found our love nest! This is the exit permit, Bing'er, with it we can leave the academy at any time without restrictions." As he said that, he passed her one of the exit permits he had bought earlier.
"You already found some place to rent and stay?" Shangguan Bing'er asked in surprise.
Zhou Weiqing said with a smug face: "Of course, when your husband puts his mind to it, how can there be something he can't accomplish? Come, let me bring you to see our new home. I've already paid the deposit, but I must of course let my beautiful wife look and see first before confirming it."
Seeing Zhou Weiqing's hot gaze on her, Shangguan Bing'er rapped him on the head and said softly: "We stated beforehand, we are sleeping in separate rooms ok! If not, you can stay there alone with Da Huang and Er Huang."
Zhou Weiqing nodded without hesitation. "No problem, I am a respectable gentleman, my nickname is called Honest, Dependable Little Gentleman, the Spotlessly Clean Handsome Youth. I would never do something like peek at a beauty bathing, or sneak into your room at night *ahem*, anything like that."
Shangguan Bing'er gave a cold humph and said: "You better not! If you get caught by me, I will immediately move back into my dorm room. Wait for me, I'll go take my things, I bought some daily sundries earlier."
Zhou Weiqing slapped himself on the forehead and said: "Yes right, how could I forget! I also need to bring the sweet cotton quilt that my beloved wife Bing'er bought for me!"
Bing'er flushed red again, but felt sweet in her heart. "You are always such a sweet talker!"
As the pair of them returned back to the dormitory, the aunty was still sitting at the entrance to the girl's dormitory. Seeing that they had returned, she immediately looked at Zhou Weiqing vigilantly. "Little brat, why? Are you trying to take revenge on me? Let me tell you, if you dare touch I, Your Mother, I will immediately yell out Molest!"
Zhou Weiqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he stared at this unbelievable aunty. "Aunty, you are my like my real mother okay? How could I dare touch you? I'll definitely keep my distance from you." As he said that, he quickly ran back to his room."
As soon as he pushed open his room door, he immediately sensed a strange atmosphere in his room. As he entered, all the other seven roommate's gazes swiveled to and landed upon him.
Chapter 150: Flower of Hades' Underworld (2)
Translator: Zen Translations Editor: Zen Translations
The large fellow Ma Qun was staring at Zhou Weiqing with a strange look on his face, though he was no longer giving his usual honest naive act. As for Kou Rui, he was looking at Zhou Weiqing with a fiery, passionate, adoring gaze. With a *swoosh*, he had jumped off from his bunk.
"Boss! I want to be your subordinate, let me follow you from now on!" Kou Rui said directly.
Zhou Weiqing started. "Why? Wasn't it a mistake earlier? That Zang Lang fellow is actually protecting the other commoner students? Why do you want to follow me? Is that fellow okay?"
Kou Rui said: "That day, he awoke not long after you left, he did not sustain any heavy injuries. When he left, he did not say anything. Perhaps what the rest of the seniors said is true, and that he has always been protecting the commoner students. However, to me, all I saw was that when we were being bullied, you were the only one in our dormitory who stood up to defend us. You are a Spatial Attribute Heavenly Jewel Master, I can still recognize the Blink skill… Furthermore with three sets of Jewels and Consolidated Equipment to boot. We commoner students are already being suppressed, so I am more than willing to follow you during our study period. I believe that if we meet something similar again, you can do a lot better than Zang Lang.
Zhou Weiqing laughed heartily and said: "Good. I'll take care of you in future, I like intelligent fellows like you." As he said that, he grabbed the quilt from his bed. "However, I will not be staying in the dormitory in future, I'll see you all in class tomorrow."
Kou Rui started. "Boss, you are moving out to stay?"
Zhou Weiqing nodded his head, saying: "I already rented a house, Kou Rui. Oh yes, are you a Physical Jewel Master or a Elemental Jewel Master?"
Kou Rui said rather gloomily: "I'm a Physical Jewel Master, 2-Jeweled, without any Consolidated Equipment. My attributes are half agility and half coordination, one of the most useless combinations of Physical Jewel Masters, without any form of attacking capabilities. If not for that, I would have rushed to fight with them as well.
Zhou Weiqing shook his head, saying: "There are no such thing as useless powers or abilities, it is just a matter of finding your path of training. We can speak more about that in the future, I have to go now to confirm my new lodgings. I'll talk to you when we meet back up in class." As he said that, he headed out towards the exit. From start to end, none of the other roommates spoke a single word to him. Besides Ma Qun, the other five were looking at him with obvious fear and hesitation.
When Zhou Weiqing reached the entrance of the dormitory building, Shangguan Bing'er was already waiting for him. With exit permits in hand, they managed to leave the school. After walking for several minutes, crossing a small path, they finally reached the room that Zhou Weiqing had found.
As they neared the entrance, they heard the sound of an argument.
"No, I'm sorry young lady, that is not possible. I have already accepted another person's deposit. Even if you pay more, I cannot break my word, I'm sorry."
Another voice sounded out: "Uncle landlord, look at me, a lone girl, could you bear to kick me out all alone into the streets? At most… I'll pay double of your asking price." The voice was extremely soft and seductive, yet with a strand of coldness within, extremely unique and intriguing.
"Uhhmm…."
"No, double the price will not do! Don't you understand the meaning of first come first serve?" Zhou Weiqing pushed open the door and said as he entered the house.
The landlord was a middle aged man of almost fifty years of age, with an awkward look on his face showing the dilemma he was facing. In front of him stood a young lady dressed in white.
Looking at the young lady, Zhou Weiqing started, thinking to himself: Isn't that Ming Yu's little sister? Why isn't she staying at home instead of trying to rent this room here?
Indeed, the person who was bargaining with the landlord was Ming Hua.
When Ming Hua spotted Zhou Weiqing, she was obviously startled as well. Looking at Shangguan Bing'er beside him, her mouth curled in an amused smirk.
Zhou Weiqing took a peek at Ming Hua's voluptuous, sexy body, ripe as a peach, and couldn't help swallow a gulp of saliva. Damn, she is hot!
Ming Hua looked to be about 20 years old or so. Compared to Shangguan Bing'er, her beauty was the sort that was displayed out and more mature looking, a contrast with Shangguan Bing'er's sweet, quiet and graceful beauty.
"You are the ones who want to rent this place?" Ming Hua's eyes shone with a seductive gleam as she smiled faintly and said in a soft tone. "How about letting me have the place instead please?"
Zhou Weiqing was almost dazed by her look, and almost agreed to it when he felt a sharp pain on his waist as Shangguan Bing'er pinched him. "No, we were the ones who rented this first. Little Fatty, pay the rent." It was indeed a rare sight to see Shangguan Bing'er so resolute and firm, clearly Ming Hua's beauty gave her a sense of danger.
Ming Hua gave a faint smile, looking at Zhou Weiqing who was standing at the side swallowing saliva in several large gulps, and she said once again in a softer, more gentle tone. "Won't you let me have it please?" As she said that, she thought to herself. Brother said this little fellow is dangerous, but it seems that despite his abilities, looking at his character, he doesn't seem to be much.
"No way. If my wife says no then of course the answer is no." Just as Ming Hua was full of disdain towards Zhou Weiqing in her heart, the lustful looking rascal suddenly seemed to morph instantly into a gentleman, speaking suavely. The speed of him changing face was indeed impressive.
Ming Hua started faintly, though the expression on her face did not change. She was not called the Flower of Hades' Underworld for nothing. "What if I do not want to leave?"
"Errr…" Zhou Weiqing turned his head to look at Shangguan Bing'er with a troubled look on his face. Although he liked beauties, without question Shangguan Bing'er's place in his heart was unshakable, which was why he was able to change faces so quickly. However, looking at Ming Hua's expression of 'not giving a damn', he was at a loss on what to do.
Shangguan Bing'er couldn't stand Ming Hua's seductive look and said solemnly: "This lady, please control yourself and think of your own reputation. If you aren't willing to leave yourself, then we will have to ask you to do so personally." As she said that, she lifted her right hand, and in a flash of green light, her three Dragonstone Jade Physical Jewels appeared around her wrist.
Ming Hua's eyes revealed a hint of surprise. Another 3-Jeweled Heavenly Jewel Master? How surprising! This year's crop of commoner freshmen students are indeed impressive! Even the Fei Li Heavenly Jewel Master Academy might not even have 3-Jeweled Heavenly Jewel Master freshmen.
Upon seeing Shangguan Bing'er release her Physical Jewels, the landlord's face turned pale. Such a pure white colour surely meant she was a Heavenly Jewel Master! He did not dare to offend any Heavenly Jewel Master. His last shred of hesitation disappeared, and just as he was about to open his mouth to ask Ming Hua to leave, she also lifted up her right hand. With another flash of light, four milky white waxy Jade Jewels appeared around her wrist – denoting the Flexibility Physical Jewel.
This time, it was Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Bing'er's turn to be shocked. Shangguan Bing'er couldn't help but cry out in surprise: "Lower Level Zun Stage Heavenly Jewel Master?!"
Ming Hua's beautiful face blushed with a tinge of embarrassment, making anyone who looked at her feel an urge to protect her. "I have to protect myself right?"
"Masturbate… 1" Zhou Weiqing felt a rush of blood to his head and nearly bled out from the nose as he stared at Ming Hua with a strange expression on his face.
Ming Hua blushed fully red, this time it was for real. How could she not hear what Zhou Weiqing meant. "Hmph, you're only sixteen years old, so young, yet what is in that head of yours! What a pity this beautiful young lady is with you. Fine, I won't act with you anymore, I am definitely renting this house. If you have the capability, you can defeat me and I will let you have it instead, if not, it is mine!"
The landlord had by now retreated far away. Both sides were Heavenly Jewel Masters, and he certainly did not want any part in this argument, and letting both sides resolve the matter between themselves was the wiser choice on his part.
Hearing Ming Hua's words, Zhou Weiqing asked puzzledly: "How did you know I am sixteen years old?"
Ming Hua gave a cold humph and said: "If I know means I know, stop talking rubbish. If you want to rent this house, you'll have to defeat me first. Aren't you so good at fighting eh?"
Zhou Weiqing stared at her speechless for a while, before finally saying: "Beautiful lady, aren't you being unreasonable?"
Ming Hua laughed enchantingly: "Are you asking a lady to be reasonable? You must be dreaming."
As she said that, she sashayed towards Zhou Weiqing, her slim waist moving like a slim tree in the wind, as if about to break at any time.
Zhou Weiqing looked at her voluptuous figure with another gulp, before thrusting out his chest, acting in a bold manner. "Fine, fight it shall be! As if I will be scared of you!? Bing'er, move aside a little."
Shangguan Bing'er made a slight sound of agreement, moving to the side. Although she had warned Zhou Weiqing earlier not to cause trouble, she knew that if someone was looking for trouble and being unreasonable, they had no choice but to act as well. After all, she was kindhearted, not stupid. Furthermore, from the look of Ming Hua's Heavenly Jewels, it was likely that she was no match for Ming Hua. However, it might be different for Zhou Weiqing, as Shangguan Bing'er was very clear how much power her Little Fatty had now, especially after breaking through to his third set of Heavenly Jewels, she herself was no match for him already. It could be said that, with his six attributes and that Demonic Right Leg, Zhou Weiqing was unbeatable amongst anyone of equal level. Even with four sets of Jewels, Ming Hua might not be able to defeat him. Basically, for the Heavenly Bow Unit to let the two of them out half a year early, they indeed felt that there was nothing more they could teach the two of them, most especially Zhou Weiqing.
Chapter 151: Flower of Hades' Underworld (3)
Translator: Zen Translations Editor: Zen Translations
As Ming Hua sashayed sexily towards Zhou Weiqing, reaching to about a five yards distance from him, Zhou Weiqing muttered: "35… no… 36… 35.5! That's gotta be it! And between D and E cup! Impressive perkiness!"
The seductive smile on Ming Hua's face froze as she quickly realised what Zhou Weiqing was saying. A cold light flashed in her eyes. In an instant, the beautiful and seductive young lady became an ice cold lady filled with killer intent, a wintry aura locking onto Zhou Weiqing's body.
Without warning, her right hand flashed out towards Zhou Weiqing's throat.
Zhou Weiqing's reaction was not only quick, but straightforward and extremely effective. Both hands shot forth ahead in a claw shape, savagely moving forward.
It had to be known that Zhou Weiqing was after all at a height of 1.9 metres, while Ming Hua was barely 1.7 metres or so, such a height advantage as well as advantage in terms of reach was without question. As such, before Ming Hua's hands could reach him, his hands would reach her first, and would reach the… 35.5…
As soon as both sides started the fight, Zhou Weiqing used the Ultimate Master Skill he had learnt from Mu En – the 'Breast Grabbing Dragon Claw'.
"Shameless!" Ming Hua's face was totally red. Although she looked coquettish and seemed to be seductive, she was actually a virgin. When her so-called seduction arts met with Zhou Weiqing's scoundrel ways, she naturally lost out.
However, Ming Hua's reactions were quick and effective as well. Her body twisted in mid charge, moving to the side like a slippery eel, almost brushing past Zhou Weiqing's arms and slipping through in the middle. Like a bolt of lightning, she shot past him and her hands were almost at Zhou Weiqing's throat.
Just as that moment, the expression on Ming Hua's face suddenly changed, and her hands, which were just at Zhou Weiqing's throat, suddenly struck downwards. With a soft muted *Bang*, Ming Hua's body flew up into the air.
What happened was that when Ming Hua had slipped past his arms, Zhou Weiqing's right leg had already lifted up to strike without any sound, and at the same time his body leaned backwards. If Ming Hua had continued with her strike, her abdomen would have impacted right into Zhou Weiqing's knee. With the abdomen being one of the weaker spots in the human body, being struck there with a knee, it was definitely not a worthwhile exchange for her. However, Ming Hua's reactions and flexibility was unbelievably quick, and in such a short span of time, she had managed to once again change her style of attack. As she leapt up into the air, her knee also struck forward towards Zhou Weiqing's head.
This was one of the strongest points about a Flexibility Attribute Heavenly Jewel Master, any part of their bodies could be a weapon. Without a doubt, the pure strength type Zhou Weiqing could not compare in terms of body agility and flexibility with Ming Hua. However, the toughness of his body was also not something that any normal strength type Heavenly Jewel Master could compare to. Caught off guard and seeing that he was not likely to be able to dodge Ming Hua's knee, Zhou Weiqing grinned and did not even attempt to do so, instead whipping his head to the front like a hammer, smashing his forehead against Ming Hua's knee.
Another muted *Bang* sounded out as they struck each other, and Ming Hua's body somersaulted in the air, her right leg landing on Zhou Weiqing's back and she used it to shove herself forward, instantly widening the gap between them by over a dozen yards.
Being struck on the back, Zhou Weiqing also stumbled a few steps before recovering. Grinning widely, he moved his head about, stretching his neck muscles. "Beautiful lady, are you giving this brother a massage?"
Earlier, Ming Hua's leg had struck his Life Gate Acupuncture Point, it could be said to be an unbelievably accurate sniping strike. She was after all a Lower Level Zun Stage Heavenly Jewel Master, with four sets of Jewels. Even though her Physical Jewel was the Flexibility boost, her strength was still far beyond ordinary. According to her expectations, that kick of hers should numb Zhou Weiqing's entire body, or perhaps even paralyse him momentarily.
However, when her kick landed, she instantly felt something was wrong, as if she was kicking a metal board, with her Heavenly Energy released in that kick seemed to be dissipated instead. Furthermore, her other knee was actually hurting so much from the impact with Zhou Weiqing's forehead, the burning pain actually affecting her later performance. This time, although it seemed as if she held the upper hand in their quick clash, she had definitely suffered a little.
At this moment, the knee which had struck Zhou Weiqing was still hurting badly, obstructing her ability to fight well. Yet, Zhou Weiqing seemed like he was totally fine, still able to tease her.
"Not bad, not bad indeed. No wonder my big brother admired you so much." Ming Hua said coldly.
Zhou Weiqing immediately gave a look of fear. "Admire me? Oh no, that will not do! I do not like men, I only love my dear Bing'er."
"You…" Ming Hua was so angered by him that her face almost turned green. Lifting her left hair, a green light shot out and shone upon her knee. Instantly, her right leg was restored to its uninjured state.
Upon seeing that, both Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Bing'er were shocked, their pupils contracting in surprise as they shouted out almost at the same time. "Life Attribute Elemental Jewel."
Originally Zhou Weiqing had thought that Ming Hua's Elemental Attributes would be the same as her brother – Light. However, it was clear now that he had guessed wrongly. What Ming Hua had was actually one of the four greater attributes, in fact the rarest one amongst the four – Life Attribute. It had to be known that all Life Attribute Jewel Masters were like precious treasures which all various powers tried to get. In a battlefield, having a Life Attribute Jewel Master would greatly increase the survivability of all companions.
Just as Zhou Weiqing cried out in surprise, Ming Hua moved once more. This time, she was even faster than her previous attack. With a lift of her right hand, a sharp spike appeared in her palm. Not only that, the four Waxy Jade Jewels around her right wrist actually all lit up! In a swirl of light, her entire right arm glowed with a pale green light as it was entirely covered by a layer of armour which was glowing and covered with plant like tattoos, seeming to merge and fuse together with the 3 chi long spike in her hand. At the same time, a breastplate, shoulder pauldrons, waist guard, and right legplates. Including the right armguard, it actually covered five parts of her body!
This time Zhou Weiqing was even more shocked as he cried out: "Consolidated Equipment Set!" Indeed, without question, Ming Hua was using a Consolidated Equipment Set, and furthermore it was likely to be about at least a 6 piece set. It already covered much of her body with only four Jewels, and it was likely to be complete just after 2 more pieces, and was even better than Feng Yu's set.
On close examination, one would be able to notice that her four Jewel's respectively Consolidated the spike weapon, breastplate and waistguard as one, right armguard and shoulder pauldrons as one, and legguard as one. The only things missing were the left armguard and left legguard. If there was a helmet piece, then it would be a 7 piece set!
For Consolidated Equipment Sets like that, it required at least a Zong Stage Consolidating Equipment Master to be able to create the scrolls. Furthermore, to create such a set of scrolls, it would need at least five to ten years of effort. Such a Consolidated Equipment was truly priceless, especially since it could be seen from the breastplate alone that this was designed and made specially for Ming Hua, with the many small 'scales' of the armor causing it to be flexible, and it would definitely not obstruct her Flexible fighting style. At the same time, on the breastplate, pauldrons and arms, sockets could be seen on these individual pieces of Equipment.
Seeing such a high end piece of Consolidated Equipment almost did give Zhou Weiqing a big scare. Although Ming Hua had not completed it fully yet, with four pieces she was already able to make use of some of the set equipment's effects.
With her Consolidated Equipment set, Ming Hua's speed, strength and overall physique was improved manifold. Like a bolt of green lightning, she instantly appeared in front of Zhou Weiqing, and with a quick twist and spin of her soft body, the spike in her hand struck towards Zhou Weiqing's right. At the same time, her body spun and her armored right leg struck out towards Zhou Weiqing's lower body. Such savage and precise blows were indeed impressive.
Originally, Ming Hua's cultivation level was already higher than Zhou Weiqing's. Now that she was wearing her entire Consolidated Equipment Set, how could Zhou Weiqing begin to even deal with her attacks which seemed to come from every possible direction.
In a flash of silver light, Zhou Weiqing was forced to use the Blink skill in order to evade her attacks. At the same time, his right leg lashed out towards her.
Ming Hua gave a cold humph as she said: "I know there is something strange about your right leg." She did not try to exchange direct blows with Zhou Weiqing, instead making use of her flexibility to spin and weave around him. It was as if she was a sticky rice cake, steadily glued to him and he could not shake her off no matter what he tried, indeed an unbearable feeling.
In the distance, Shangguan Bing'er was watching nervously. In her hands, she grasped the bow that Hua Feng had given her, ready to give assistance at any time if things looked really bad.
With the increase in speed, power and physical attributes of Ming Hua, the spike in her hands was of great threat to Zhou Weiqing. Even with the Immortal Deity Shield protecting him, Zhou Weiqing did not dare allow the sharp spike to touch his body.
Forced into a corner, Zhou Weiqing resolutely lifted up his left hand. As he waved it downwards, there was a ripping sound as the air itself was torn apart and a strong suction force appeared alongside the terrifying black tear that signified the Spatial Rend. At the same time, Zhou Weiqing quickly used the opportunity to instantly move back, holding some distance between Ming Hua.
Her eyes narrowed and contracted as she saw the strange sight before her again. Although her attack was blocked, she swiftly reacted in a much swifter and more ingenious method as compared to Zang Lang. Her body quickly dipped in a downward motion, her entire set of Consolidated Equipment glowing in a thick green light, managing to swiftly dodge it and also dissipate most of the suction force from the Spatial Rend. Just like that, she kept low and close to the ground as she bounded towards Zhou Weiqing. With a swift uppercut, the sharp spike once again struck forward towards Zhou Weiqing's leg.
This woman is really just too hard to deal with! The feeling of having power but being unable to use it properly as if his limbs were bound caused Zhou Weiqing's anger to rise as well. He wasn't able to continuously release the Spatial Rend; although the skill was extremely powerful, it was also a huge drain on his Heavenly Energy and his own spirit. Furthermore, it had more than a ten second cooldown timing, as compared to the 3 second of Blink. Seeing that he was once again unable to dodge Ming Hua's attack, Zhou Weiqing had no choice but to use his Blink skill once more, as it had just come off cooldown. In a bright flash, he once again appeared at the other side, only then managing to barely escape her attack.
"Hmph. I want to see if you can keep using the Blink to escape forever!" Ming Hua seemed like a green faery; although Zhou Weiqing was quick to escape, her attacks seemed to be just as fast and relentless. It was as if she were a poisonous snake which had locked upon its target and would not give up until its prey had been bitten to death.
Chapter 152: Legendary Dual God Strength Hammers (1)
Translator: Zen Translations Editor: Zen Translations
"Shackles!" Zhou Weiqing cried out loud, his left hand pointing forth. Instantly, a mass of silver light in the shape of a ball burst forth from his hand, forming a silver cover of light, which enveloped Ming Hua. Instantly, Ming Hua's incessant attacks were brought to a screeching halt, and Zhou Weiqing managed to seize the opportunity and retreat.
Spatial Shackles – Zhou Weiqing's third Spatial Skill. As Tang Xian had adviced him previously, he specifically looked for another control type skill to Skill Store for his third Jewel, and the Spatial Shackles was at least of an 8 Star Rating or more.
The time which the Spatial Shackles lasted was even longer than his Fetters of Wind and Touch of Darkness! At the 3-Jeweled level of power, the Spatial Shackles lasted almost eight seconds; of course this was on a target of similar power as him, and provided the target did not struggle and attack it.
In this eight seconds, the target would be trapped in a light wrapping which contained a spatial dimension. The target would not be able to effect the outside world, but neither could Zhou Weiqing attack the target; until the Spatial Shackles were broken. As such, although this Skill had an extremely powerful control factor, it lacked the ability to complement attacks. Of course, it couldn't be said to be useless or weak either, its greatest usage was to interrupt enemies. Furthermore, there were other uses for it as well, and not just on enemies. In certain critical times, this could even be used to save a friend or companion. As such, this was considered one of the better Spatial Skills as well.
"Dammit, if I don't show you my power, you'll look down on me huh." Zhou Weiqing panted as he snarled out in anger. Within the small, confined area of the house, he was not able to use his bow or his archery. Alas, his strongest power was currently his archery, and he had confidence that if they were a hundred yards apart, let alone Ming Hua – even her brother Ming Yu would be no match for him. However, in this confined space, it would not be so easy to deal with someone like her.
A strong dark gold light erupted from his second Icy Jade Physical Jewel, causing it to shine brilliantly. As Zhou Weiqing lifted his arms up, the gold light instantly formed a huge barrier of light around him, causing his entire body to be hidden from sight.
At this moment, Ming Hua, who was stuck in the Spatial Shackles, witnessed the scene, her eyes filled with shock.
She had previously been surprised once again when Zhou Weiqing used the Spatial Shackles on her, as it was yet another top level, high rating Skill. However, she was rather familiar with most of the skills, and naturally knew the various characteristics of the skills and how to deal with them. As such, she did not attempt to break free from the Spatial Shackles, instead gathering up her strength and waiting for an opportunity to strike. When the Spatial Shackles ended, she would launch a second furious salvo of attacks.
Alas, she did not expect to see that Zhou Weiqing would release something that caused her so much surprise – his own Consolidated Equipment Set!
Seeing a piece of Consolidated Equipment glowing dark gold was definitely the first time for Ming Hua. Normally, the colour and aura of Consolidated Equipment was the same as the Physical Jewel which it was formed from, and there was only one exception… that was Consolidated Equipment Sets. For example, her current Consolidated Equipment Set was green in colour, and not the waxy Jade colour of her Physical Jewels.
Furthermore, Ming Hua also knew that, the bigger the contrast in colour from the original colour of the Physical Jewel, the stronger the set would be!
Zhou Weiqing's Icy Jade Physical Jewel was bordering between a transparent colourless-ness and pure white, swirling with a misty white. Yet, this Consolidated Equipment was such a dark gold that was almost closing in on black. Such a stark contrast was indeed one of the reasons why it was such a huge surprise to her. The other reason was that when he Consolidated this piece of Equipment, his body actually shone with that black gold aura.
In terms of non military knowledge, especially in terms of Heavenly Jewel Masters, Ming Hua's knowledge probably surpassed even her elder brother Ming Yu. Towards Consolidating Equipment Scrolls, she had a large interest. Although she was not a Spatial Attribute Consolidating Equipment Master, but with the Life Attribute, she was able to assist other Consolidating Equipment Masters in creating scrolls. As such, she knew many outstanding Consolidating Equipment Grandmasters or even higher level ones. Thus, she easily recognized the black gold aura that shone around Zhou Weiqing… it was perhaps something she had only heard about and never witnessed before – Consolidating Equipment God Protective Aura.
Such an aura… would only appear for the very top, highest quality of Consolidated Equipment… either Sets or single pieces.
However, the only condition for it appearing was that the Consolidating Equipment Scroll had to be created by a God Tier Consolidating Equipment Master! The Consolidating Equipment God Protective Aura only lasted a mere second, but during this second, it would provide a protection which was more than 10 times the greatest defensive power of the user – which meant, it was nearly impossible to interrupt the Consolidating of this Equipment!
Zhou Weiqing had already given Ming Hua a lot of surprises today. After all, she was famous for being nearly undefeated by anyone of the same level! Yet… today, facing Zhou Weiqing, who was only 3-Jeweled as compared to her 4, she had actually been forced to use her Consolidated Equipment Sets in order to suppress him. Now, looking at the piece of Equipment that Zhou Weiqing unleashed, it seemed like it was something that was even much higher quality than her own set!
Ming Hua was indeed learned, and her judgement was very accurate. What Zhou Weiqing was unleashing was the single Legendary Consolidating Equipment Scroll that Huyan Aobo had given him. It was only the single scroll, and was the first piece of his Legendary Set, but Zhou Weiqing made use of the unique qualities of his body and managed to successfully Consolidate it. That black-gold aura was indeed its Consolidating Equipment God Protective Aura.
This Legendary Set was just too powerful, even though the creator of this particular scroll was not a God Tier Consolidating Equipment Master, but the person who designed the entire set was one of the top God Tier Consolidating Equipment Masters. As such, it still had the Consolidating Equipment God Protective Aura.
The thick black-gold aura glowed and gathered around Zhou Weiqing's hands, thickening and coalescing. Previously, Zhou Weiqing had tried releasing this piece of Consolidated Equipment before to examine it, but had never used it in actual combat before.
In the next instant, the black gold aura vanished, and a pair of heavy hammers appeared in Zhou Weiqing's hands. The shaft of the hammers were about 2 chi long, almost as thick as a baby's arm, while the tip of the hammer ended in a spike. On the shaft, there were fine dark gold lines forming strange tattoos, glowing brightly. Both hammer heads were rather large, spanning almost two chi as well from tip to tip, almost over-exaggeratedly large. They were not in a perfect round ends, but with several protrusions, almost like the markings of a watermelon, fully black-gold. The strangest thing was that there was a weird image on each hammer head – the face of a man. And even stranger still, one was with a laughing face and the other with a crying face. Due to the bright glow, if one did not examine the images clearly, the differences in them might be missed.
With such a huge pair of hammers, it would take someone of Zhou Weiqing's size for them to not look absurd wielding them, but even so they did seem a little overdone. The huge hammer heads looked terrifying. Without a doubt, only strength boost Heavenly Jewel Masters would be able to wield such Physical Jewel Consolidated Equipment.
Originally, Zhou Weiqing was rather gloomy when he completed Consolidating this piece of Equipment. His biggest hope had been this would be something like a shield instead… After all, safety first was something that was always in his mind. However, after a moment of consideration, he was quickly delighted once more. The reason was simple – with such huge hammer heads, they could easily be used as a small shield as well! Furthermore, the overbearing look that he had while holding the pair of hammers, he truly liked it. The thing that delighted him the most though, was its power and usage.
On that Legendary Set Equipment Scroll, there had been transcribed a single sentence… "Good and evil, illusion and reality – Legendary Dual God Strength Hammers…"
Looking at the shocking pair of hammers in Zhou Weiqing's hands, Ming Hua did not dare to allow her surprise to slow her down. Not daring to wait any further, she struck the barrier with the spike in her hand. With a flash of light, the Spatial Shackles started to waver as her blows caused it to hasten the speed of running out.
However, her worry was unfounded. Zhou Weiqing did not launch an attack, instead lifting the dual hammers with a grin, a very obnoxious, rascally grin.
This was also the first time Shangguan Bing'er had seen the pair of Legendary Dual God Strength Hammers. Her knowledge and insight were not as wide as Ming Hua, and she did not know power of the hammers, but she was still impressed by its looks.
Ming Hua's eyes narrowed, and a cold light flashed in her eyes. "It's a weapon Consolidated from a God Tier Consolidating Equipment Scroll? Can you tell me how many pieces there are?"
Zhou Weiqing shrugged helplessly. "No harm in telling you. I just have the single one. Are you afraid now?"
Ming Hua drew a deep breath, relaxing just a little… God Tier Consolidating Equipment Scrolls, every single one could be said to be a power that defied the heavens. Luckily, it wasn't a set, if not who knows how powerful this fellow would be in the future. At this moment, she couldn't help but feel a deep sense of admiration for her brother. She had always thought that her talent was no lower than his, but it seems like in terms of vision and foresight, she could hardly compare to Ming Yu. This rascal in front of her was no ordinary person indeed.
"I do not have the word 'fear' in my dictionary. Even a God Tier Consolidating Equipment's power depends on the person using it. You? Humph humph! …" Ming Hua took a deep breath as she said that. Holding the spike in her hand to her chest, a brilliant green light shone forth, the glow gathering around her left hand as a bright red flower appeared in her hand.
The bright red flower seemed fresh and stunning, with water droplets still swirling on its petals. It seemed alive in her hands.
"What is that?" Zhou Weiqing stared at it in surprise and confusion, not understanding what that was about. However, with his powerful senses, he seemed to feel a sense of danger, as if the red flower in Ming Hua's hands was even more dangerous than she was.
Ming Hua said passively: "Life Attribute Elemental Jewels aren't able to Store any offensive Skills. In a way, our Elemental Jewels' Skills are absolutely useless in direct combat. However, the world is fair after all. Each of us Life Attribute Heavenly Jewel Masters, when our Heavenly Jewels are Awakened, we are each granted a Personal Plant which would protect us. This is my Personal Plant, its name is the same as mine… Ming Hua… Flower of the Underworld. This was truly unexpected… You're only 3-Jeweled, yet you have impressively managed to force me to use my hidden aces. I have never lost to an opponent of equal power level…let alone someone who is of lower cultivation level than I! Today, I shall not lose either!"
Chapter 153: Legendary Dual God Strength Hammers (2)
Translator: Zen Translations Editor: Zen Translations
She had always been competitive since she was young, even towards her brother who was nine years older than her – who was known as the God General. She had never admitted defeat! In truth, in terms of cultivation level and combat prowess, Ming Yu was not comparable to his little sister when he was her age, nor did he have the notoriety she had in the Fei Li City at that age. A notoriety which she had forged through sheer fighting prowess alone. Previously, when she had seen Zhou Weiqing's fight with Zang Lang, he had piqued her interest, and although it had been sheer coincidence they had met in this house, she had been delighted to start a fight to test Zhou Weiqing's strength. However, when the fight started, she was surprised to find that this youth who was seven years younger than her was, as her brother said, a lot more surprising than she had expected. However, she did not want to lose, she would not allow herself to lose to someone of lower cultivation level than herself.
The bright red flower flew into the sky, dancing in the air. The Hades' Flower1, dancing in brilliant red, flying towards Zhou Weiqing.
Zhou Weiqing's eyes narrowed. He knew in his heart that he would no longer be able to hide his other Attributes if he wanted to win.
The first to launch the attack was bright red flower in the sky, as it spun around in midair. Just as it was about to reach Zhou Weiqing, it suddenly enlarged to tenfold its previous size, almost reaching two chi in diameter. It then struck downwards towards Zhou Weiqing's head. Indistinctly, Zhou Weiqing felt the Evil aura within his body jump about in resonance. He could clearly sense that the Hades' Flower contained a faint Evil aura, but much weaker than the aura within his own body.
The hammer in Zhou Weiqing's left hand struck upwards, and a resounding clash ensued. Zhou Weiqing had unleashed yet another Spatial Rend, blocking the descent of the Hades' Flower, and a strange sight appeared before them. When the flower struck the Spatial Rend, it unexpectedly was not drawn in by the strong suction force, instead flying back upwards again, the red light from it shining even brighter.
A green light shot forth from Ming Hua's hand onto the Hades' Flower, and instantly, it released a bright burst of light, twirling about with a wuu wuu sound. However, it still did not dare strike directly onto the Spatial Rend.
At the same time, Zhou Weiqing burst into motion. Both his hands spinning the hammers in their respective grasps, and the two huge black-gold hammers struck forth towards Ming Hua.
Ming Hua's flexibility was without question, and with her supple and pliable body, she swiftly sidestepped the blows with ingenious steps, perhaps even surpassing Luo Ke Di, who was the master of such movements in the Heavenly Bow Unit.
Alas, even with her capabilities, she was after all facing a pair of huge, heavy hammers. No matter how strong her evasive manoeuvres were, she was not able to continue moving forward while dodging, and could only keep on a constant retreat.
Using her weakest point, strength, to directly fight against a God Tier Consolidated Equipment meant for Strength type users, she would only do something like that if she were insane!
Right at this moment, the Hades' Flower in mid air blew up, splitting up into nine smaller flowers, each flying at Zhou Weiqing from different directions, spinning at top speed while issuing a *wuu wuu* sound. In that instant, the entire house was filled with that strange, eerie sound, as if in a ghost house.
Any other person might have been affected by the eerie, evil aura flooding the area and not be able to use their full strength to combat this sudden change. However, who was Zhou Weiqing? The Evil aura within his body was even much stronger than the Hades' Flower, and he was not even affected in the slightest bit.
Just as Zhou Weiqing was about to meet the nine smaller Hades' Flower with his hammers, Ming Hua's hands burst forth with another sudden burst of green light. Nine rays shot out, striking each Hades' Flower once more, and they all split into nine more flowers respectively! This time, there were a total of eighty one flowers, and though they were much smaller than before, their speed had reached a dizzying level! Once more, they sped towards him from all corners.
Instantly, Zhou Weiqing judged that he would not be able to dodge all of them. Furthermore, to prevent him from using Blink, the 81 flowers did not all strike at him at once, some being spread out in a relatively wide area, and there was no space for him to Blink to.
Under such a circumstance, Zhou Weiqing's fighting spirit was ignited. All of a sudden, the hammer in his left hand flashed with a strange green light, and Ming Hua felt her body freeze in position, unable to move. At the same time, the hammer on the right shuddered, layers of dark gold light bursting forth incessantly. With a *Weng* sound, the air in the room seemed to ripple in a strange distortion, and the eighty one Hades' Flowers all froze for a split second.
Stunning Reverberation – This was one of the skills that the Legendary Dual God Strength Hammers contained within them. In that split second they were frozen, Zhou Weiqing seized the opportunity, his Demonic Right Leg bursting forth with a sudden power. Striking forth with the dual hammers ahead of him to clear the path, he charged at a breakneck speed towards Ming Hua, right through all the Hades' Flowers.
Just as Ming Hua felt that she was able to move, another bolt of black light shot forth from the hammer in Zhou Weiqing's left hand. As if several hands were grabbing onto her, she felt her body freeze in place once more, and right at that instant, Zhou Weiqing's hammer was already striking down savagely at her head.
With such a sudden turn in events, Ming Hua stayed calm and collected, a dark green light instantly bursting forth from her breastplate. At the same time, a thick green light welled out from her left hand, melding together with the light from the breastplate and forming a green light shield around her. Not only did it break the control from the Touch of Darkness, it also covered her with a protective layer of green light.
This was Ming Hua's fourth Elemental Jewel Skill, called Shield of Life. Her Consolidated Equipment set also had the same skill, and when they stacked together, it actually brought the shield to a whole At the same time, the stunned Hades' Flower recovered and flew towards Zhou Weiqing's back, like a swarm of bees.
Ming Hua's reaction was indeed impressive, and done to the maximum of her ability. After all, she had been surprised by Zhou Weiqing's sudden two control skills. Even though her cultivation level was around 4-5 levels higher than Zhou Weiqing's, she was still caught by surprise and losing control of the situation and being on the back foot all of a sudden. However, despite successfully breaking the control skill, Zhou Weiqing's burst of speed from his Demonic Right Leg was just too shocking. At the exact same time that her Shield of Life sprang into place, the two hammers slammed right into her.
Under normal circumstances, Ming Hua would never meet these heavy hammers head on. Alas, at this point, she had no choice.
*Bang* The first hammer slammed savagely into the Shield of Life. A terrifying sight occurred as the piercing dark gold light seemed to swallow the entire Shield of Life. Without even having time to crack and break down slowly, the Shield of Life just disappeared instantaneously. Ming Hua was also brought down to her knees like a nail being hammered into the ground, and she blood welled out of her mouth involuntarily.
Ming Hua's mind blanked out totally. Although she guessed that her Shield of Life might not be able to fully block the pair of heavy hammers that were a God Tier Consolidated Equipment, she had never expected its power to be that terrifying. There wasn't even any Elemental Attribute Heavenly Energy released on the hammers, and it was just pure brute strength! For Zhou Weiqing, at the 3-Jeweled level, to be able to break her 5th level Shield of Life so easily, the sheer shock of it coupled with the damage from the blow caused her to vomit a mouthful of blood.
The second hammer followed right after, and that moment, Ming Hua was filled with regret. Regret that she did not listen to her brother, causing her to be under the threat of death.
Shangguan Bing'er who was standing far to the side let out a cry of shock. Seeing the huge hammer savagely slam down onto Ming Hua's head, she quickly closed her eyes. To be struck on the head by such a hammer… it would likely be fatal.
Ming Hua was thinking the same thing, and she did not think she could survive that. At the last moment, she channeled all the rest of her energy into her Hades' Flower, hoping to at least cause some damage to Zhou Weiqing before her death.
Spinning around calmly, Zhou Weiqing's hammer which had smashed apart the Shield of Life swept backwards, and with a earsplitting tearing sound, a Spatial Rend ripped the air behind him, unleashed from the hammer. The Spatial Rift was 4 chi long, even larger than his normal one. The Hades' Flowers flying towards him were almost all blocked by the large Spatial Rend, with only a few managing to pass through and striking Zhou Weiqing. This was after all a Low Level Zun Stage Heavenly Jewel Master's final blow, furthermore one as powerful as Ming Hua. Zhou Weiqing was unable to dodge the ones which had gone through.
The Legendary Dual God Strength Hammers did not have sockets, as they were not necessary at all. When Zhou Weiqing wielded them, he could use any of his Elemental Jewel Stored Skills, and did not need to socket them. Furthermore, any skill which was unleashed using the hammers were a full level stronger, without costing more Heavenly Energy. This was the true strength of a God Tier Consolidated Equipment.
Being hit by seven or eight of the Hades' Flowers, Zhou Weiqing felt his body go numb, but did not feel much pain. At the same time, he withdrew the hammer on his left hand which had struck Ming Hua.
Did Ming Hua die? No, she didn't. She was still standing right there, eyes closed, her entire body trembling in shock and fear. In the distance, the landlord, who had also been watching, was entirely stunned.
This was his first time watching such a fight between Heavenly Jewel Masters. However, besides Zhou Weiqing, no one else had seen clearly what actually happened in the last instant.
At that time, Zhou Weiqing's right hand hammer had broken through the Shield of Life before striking backwards to release a Spatial Rend, while the hammer in his left hand had struck Ming Hua's head, right down past her body. From the power that the hammer in his right hand had shown, such a hammer should have smashed her head into pulp.
Chapter 154: Legendary Dual God Strength Hammers (3)
Translator: Zen Translations Editor: Zen Translations
However, the truth was rather different. The huge hammer seemed to just pass through Ming Hua's body, as if made from light. This all happened so quickly that no one else knew what had happened, but the end result was that Ming Hua was indeed struck by his hammer, but was totally uninjured.
After all, Zhou Weiqing had no intention of killing Ming Hua. He had no deep grudge against her, and it was just a fight for the rental of a house. How could be possibly kill someone for that? Furthermore, this was the Fei Li City, where he was not even a citizen and had no backing. On the other hand, Ming Hua and her brother were obviously of some status in the Fei Li City, and Zhou Weiqing did not want to bring trouble to himself. He had already paid his school fees, and intended to learn all he could!
"Oei… wake up. Get rid of these flowers." Zhou Weiqing lifted up his right hammer, prodding Ming Hua on her head, causing a soft *peng* sound. Although he did not use any strength, it still caused her to shake around. With a pained cry, she opened up her eyes, look up at Zhou Weiqing in confusion. "I… I'm not dead?" Her first action was to quickly touch her head, her head which she thought would have been smashed into smithereens.
Besides her forehead, which had just been nudged by the hammer and was hurting a little, her head was still totally fine, with nary a sign of damage.
Ming Hua blinked her eyes, the narrow escape from death causing her emotions to go out of control. "You bastard! You almost killed me!"
Zhou Weiqing was shocked by her outcry, yelling back in anger. "I, Your Father, did not kill you. Shouldn't you be happy and excited? What are you yelling about?!"
A flash of green light appeared, and most of Ming Hua's more serious wounds vanished. She vaulted back, keeping her distance from Zhou Weiqing. At the same time, a red light flashed in her eyes, and Zhou Weiqing felt as if the areas he had been struck with by the Hades' Flower change suddenly.
A large suction force was suddenly applied by the seven Hades' Flower, and Zhou Weiqing felt his blood and Heavenly Energy being drawn into them.
The Hades' Flower were Ming Hua's strongest skill, how could they be just as simple as a normal hit. Indeed, even Zhou Weiqing's Immortal Deity Shield was not sufficient to block them from piercing him earlier.
Blood sucking combined with the power to absorb Heavenly Energy! Zhou Weiqing was taken aback, trying to use the hammers in his hands to strike away the Hades' Flowers on him. However, to his shock, he found that the hammers both passed right through the Hades' Flowers, as if they were illusory and without an actual body! No wonder they hadn't been shattered into pieces when they had been struck by his hammers earlier!
Ming Hua said coldly: "Don't waste your effort. To be struck by my Hades' Flower, even if it is just one, it will cause your sustained combat ability to drop, let alone you being hit by so many. Under my control, they will draw out all your blood and Heavenly Energy, your life and energy replenishing mine. This is the true power of the Flower of Hades' Underworld. Amongst all the possible Personal Plants of Life Attribute Heavenly Jewel Masters, the Hades' Flower ranks in the top three!
Just as she said that, Ming Hua suddenly noticed that the expression on Zhou Weiqing's face was extremely weird. At the same time, a small, white little head squirmed out from his bosom, a blue 'King' word on its cute little head. Wasn't that our dear little white tiger, Fat Cat?
It seemed like Fat Cat understood what Ming Hua had said, and its deep purple eyes revealed a look of disdain and scorn. Opening its little mouth, it seemed to give a little cheh sound, before it squirmed back into Zhou Weiqing's bosom and went back to sleep.
By now, Shangguan Bing'er had opened her eyes once more. Seeing that Ming Hua was alright, she was both relieved and shocked. However, her guard rose once more. From her perspective, she wasn't thinking about Zhou Weiqing pulling his punches, but that Ming Hua having some unique skill that allowed her to dodge the blow in the last second. After all, the power that Ming Hua had displayed was indeed not something to be trifled with.
The Hades' Flowers which were currently sucking Zhou Weiqing's blood and Heavenly Energy was turning a brighter, fresher red. However, in the next instant, Ming Hua started in shock.
By now, Ming Hua had just recovered from the terror of death. She knew that the reason why she was alive was because Zhou Weiqing had shown mercy and not dealt the final blow. However, with her pride, she could not accept such an ending. Since her Hades' Flower had already launched the attack, she wanted to teach him a lesson and get back some face. Just as she was thinking if she should stop the attack, she suddenly felt a sense of terror that even overshadowed the fear of death earlier.
Zhou Weiqing's eyes turned bloodshot. From his perspective, the attribute wheel had uncontrollably spun to the grey area which he was unable to master. The next moment, the sensation of his life energy flowing out stopped, instead a strong suction force welling up from within his body. The Hades' Flowers, which had just a second ago been draining him of his life blood and Heavenly Energy, were now being drained of their energies! The tables had turned somehow, and at a crazy rate that was several times that of the Hades' Flowers' absorption earlier. The Hades' Flowers were still red in colour, but they were now stained with a strange, demonically evil looking red.
"Aaahhhh!!" Ming Hua cried out in fear and shock as her body crumpled onto the ground weakly. The Hades' Flowers were her Personal Plant, and were intricately linked to her life force. Zhou Weiqing Devouring their life energies was naturally also doing so to her life energy and Heavenly Energy. She had originally already been injured, and much of her Heavenly Energy was used up. Now that she was being Devoured, she felt a sense of weakness overcome her and fell to the ground.
In truth, Zhou Weiqing had been given a big shock by the sudden change as well, almost scaring himself. However, in the next moment, he recovered and laughed out gleefully: "Heh heh. Tsk, trying to drain me? Looks like I'm your nemesis! Haha!"
Ming Hua's face grew paler every second, while Zhou Weiqing felt his energy and spirit improving, as his Heavenly Energy recovered rapidly.
Ming Hua bit her lip hard, forcing her mouth shut. Although her heart was filled with shock and fear, she refused to let herself beg for her life. She had never in her wildest imagination dreamed that her Hades' Flowers' greatest power could be turned against her so easily. She couldn't imagine what would happen if all her Hades' Flower had actually struck Zhou Weiqing… Would she be drained dry in an instant?
"Little Fatty, stop! She is going to die if you continue!" Shangguan Bing'er suddenly appeared beside Zhou Weiqing and said gently.
"Oh, of course I must listen to my Lady wife!" Upon hearing her words, Zhou Weiqing agreed. Focusing all his might onto the attribute wheel, he forcefully moved it back to the silver region, ending the Devouring. The Hades' Flowers which had been on his body fell to the ground, vanishing into nothingness.
Ming Hua lay on the ground, panting hard as she heaved a sigh of relief. She struggled to get up, but found she had no strength left in her body, and could only manage to struggle into a seated position, gasping for breath.
In another flash of dark gold light, the twin hammers in Zhou Weiqing's hands disappeared.
In truth, the secret of the twin hammers was in the line – 'Good and evil, illusion and truth.' Although they seemed to be a pair of hammers, it was actually one real and one fake hammer! The fake one was able to draw attention and trick enemies, while the real one held unbelievable power. Without question, the fake one signified 'good', while the real one signified 'evil'. The mix of truth and illusion made it easy to trick and fool enemies, which could hold destructive end results for them. Take for example, if you were striking with all your might to block a seemingly powerful blow, and it turned out to be fake, it would cause a loss of balance and an overextension of strength – which could easily lead to defeat. More importantly, Zhou Weiqing could switch the false and real hammers at will! Adding that to the fact that he could make use of them to unleash any of his skills without socketing them, and at a higher level, this was indeed an impressive weapon. Indeed, it was because of this God Tier weapon that Zhou Weiqing had been able to defeat Ming Hua, who was of a higher cultivation level than he was.
Zhou Weiqing extended his arm to hug Shangguan Bing'er, turning towards Ming Hua with a lecherous look on his face as he said: "Beauty, you are lucky that my wife is so kind hearted. If it was just me, I'd have finished you off! Hmph. There's no need for me to send you off right, please leave now."
By now, Ming Hua had already recovered a little. Zhou Weiqing had Devoured quite a bit of her Heavenly Energy and life force, and had recovered to nearly the state he had been before the battle. She, on the other hand, was still feeling weak, with less than ten percent of her energy remaining. If not for the fact that she was of the Life Attribute which managed to heal her injuries, she might have sustained some critical wounds.
"No." Ming Hua gave a humph and sat down on the floor, saying to Shangguan Bing'er: "If you all try to throw me out forcefully, I'll yell molest! Furthermore, I will latch onto your man from now on! No matter what tactics, I will snatch him away from you! If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."
Zhou Weiqing stared at Ming Hua, his jaw dropping. "Oei, this beauty over there, you are really a piece of work. You should honour your bets, earlier you said whoever wins the fight gets the house, you have lost so you should leave."
Ming Hua suddenly burst out laughing. "Who can prove that we placed a bet? Do we have it in writing? Do we have witnesses? Any documentations? Nothing right? Furthermore, how can you, a man, bully a weak woman like me? Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"
"You… weak… woman??!" Zhou Weiqing was speechless, looking into the heavens. Earlier, he had fought with all his might, forced to bring out everything he had in order to beat her, even his Legendary Consolidated Equipment Set hammers, or he would have lost a long time ago! As for some of the newer Stored Skills, it wasn't that he was trying to hide them, but he just wasn't practiced in using them yet, and thus their effect would definitely not be comparable to the skills he had been using all along! Under such a circumstance, he had still almost lost to Ming Hua, and he was still feeling rather nervous from the tough fight. This woman was indeed too dangerous! Unexpectedly… she had just said… she was a weak woman?! He was rendered speechless.
Ming Hua recovered some of her vigor, and managed to stand back up. Looking around the house, she smiled faintly and pointed to one of the smaller rooms. "I'll be kind and not chase you both out. I'll just stay in that room, and we can share the rent of the house. Let's each take a step back. Who asked me to be older than you both, I will let you both have the advantage."
Zhou Weiqing had the urge to rush forward and throw her out physically. It was a rare sight to see someone even more shameless than he was! However, Shangguan Bing'er grabbed his arm and said: "Just let her stay in the room."
Although Shangguan Bing'er did not want to let Ming Hua have the room, she did not dare bet on it. Ming Hua's threat to her resounded in her mind, and she dared not test it. After all, she knew our dear Little Fatty's weakness to beautiful women… how could he resist such a seductive woman's advances!
Chapter 155: Gaining Status in the Academy (1)
Translator: Zen Translations Editor: Zen Translations
"My dear wife, you really want to let her stay in the room? Won't Da Huang and Er Huang be seen by her then?" Zhou Weiqing couldn't help but ask Shangguan Bing'er.
Shangguan Bing'er said: "Let her see them then. Did you think that noble families do not rear Heavenly Beasts? It's a common sight!"
Zhou Weiqing's eyeballs swirled around, and he suddenly grinned and said: "Heh heh, are you afraid of her threat? Have you so little faith in your dearest husband?"
Shangguan Bing'er gave a cold humph and took out a handkerchief from her bosom. "Wipe your drool off then. Humph! I'm going to choose my own room."
"Errr…" Zhou Weiqing took the handkerchief and said. "Bing'er, listen to my explanation! It wasn't intentional!"
Ming Hua who was just about to enter her room laughed and said: "Explain? Explaining means you have something to cover up… covering up the truth? Haha… Do you want to come to my room to sit a while? Just now… you hurt me a lot!"
"I'll deal with you later! If you want to stay here, fine… Landlord uncle, collect the money from her!"
After he said that, Zhou Weiqing ran off to look for Shangguan Bing'er.
Shangguan Bing'er had chosen her bedroom. Indeed, this house was tons better than their dormitory rooms, with all furniture, amenities and facilities provided for, most of them relatively new too.
"Bing'er, are you angry with me? That… Everyone has an eye to admire beauty, I was just looking. I have no other thoughts about her." Zhou Weiqing followed by her side. Seeing her busy choosing her room and ignoring him, he couldn't help but say nervously.
Shangguan Bing'er stopped suddenly and spun around to look at the pitiful looking Zhou Weiqing. "Little Fatty, let me discuss something with you."
"Ah?" Zhou Weiqing saw Shangguan Bing'er with a faint smile on her face and felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he said honestly: "Yes, what is it?"
Shangguan Bing'er gave a soft sigh and said: "My mother said, if I choose an outstanding man to be my husband, I must have the preparation in my heart. Outstanding men never have a lack of female admirers. There is no point trying to fully stop you at all, or I will follow in her footsteps and make the same mistakes she did. I just want you to promise me. No matter if you like another girl, you must never forget me. More importantly, she must meet with my approval as well. Otherwise, you better find a way to hide it from me forever. Is that clear?"
Zhou Weiqing blinked as he stared at her, a sudden stabbing pain in his heart. Looking at Shangguan Bing��er before him, he was filled with love and tenderness for her. Opening his arms, he enveloped her in an embrace, holding her tightly. Without knowing why, he suddenly felt a sense of terror, as if afraid she would leave him at any time.
Shangguan Bing'er embraced him back, leaning into him as she said gently: "Little Fatty, it's not that I don't trust you. It's just that in matters of the heart, we can never be clear of the future. I just ask that you never ever lie to me about that."
Zhou Weiqing said stutteringly: "Bing'er, I won't like to you, definitely won't lie to you. I do not know what will happen in the future, I really do not know. But when I thought of the fact that you might leave me, if there was any chance that you would leave me, my heart just felt so terrified, even more afraid than I am of death. Bing'er, if I make any mistake in the future, you can scold me, hit me, anything… But please don't leave me ever, okay?"
Although Zhou Weiqing was usually cunning and sneaky, this time Shangguan Bing'er could feel his sincerity, touching her deep inside. If at that time he promised that he would never like another woman or something like that, perhaps she would have laughed it off with a little disappointment. At this point, listening to his words, she could feel his sincerity, the words coming straight from his heart.
"En…" Shangguan Bing'er said softly. At this time, she felt a sense of relaxation. Before she had left home, her mother had talked to her, and it had caused her much stress in her heart. Earlier, when she had just met up with Zhou Weiqing, she was so delighted at meeting up with him after such a long time that she didn't think much about it. After that, it was followed by the few days of them playing around which allowed her to continue putting it away. However, when Ming Hua appeared, it sparked a huge sense of danger in his heart, releasing that pent up stress that had been hidden in her since that time. Now, Zhou Weiqing's words had eased her mind and relieved her fears, and somehow their hearts seemed to grow closer.
Zhou Weiqing hugged Shangguan Bing'er intimately for a while, until their feelings calmed down before they finally let go of each other reluctantly. However, he couldn't resist kissing her lightly on her lips.
Shangguan Bing'er flushed deep red but did not resist, only stopping him when he tried to go further.
"Bing'er, how about we both stay here, okay? At most, I'll lay out some bedding and sleep on the floor. As long as I can see you, that'll be great." Zhou Weiqing's repressed feelings grew lively once more. Thinking of Shangguan Bing'er's beauty and soft warm body, he felt an itch in his heart.
"No way." Shangguan Bing'er rapped him on the head with her hand. "You stay in another room Da Huang and Er Huang will guard my room. Hmph, don't think I don't know you, this rascal? If you get an inch, you'll want one feet, in a few days you'll be trying to find some way to climb onto the bed. Go quick, find your own room, I want to clean up and unpack."
The entire house was fairly large, and Zhou Weiqing had no choice but to choose another room which was just beside Shangguan Bing'er's room. The following day was spent by the two of them cleaning up and unpacking their things. This was even under the condition that they were both Heavenly Jewel Masters with the Wind Attribute speeding up their actions, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to complete everything so quickly.
Ming Hua had not left her room for the whole day since she entered it, her door remaining shut tightly. To this, neither Zhou Weiqing nor Shangguan Bing'er questioned it. After all, she had sustained quite some injuries in the fight, and had even had some of her life energy drained by Zhou Weiqing.
Da Huang and Er Huang were finally freed from the confines of the ring, and were now staying in Shangguan Bing'er's room. Her room was one of the largest in the entire house, a suite room with an outer and inner room, and the two large fellows were naturally sleeping in the outer room, acting as guards.
The two little Icy Soul Heavenly Bears were now at the critical period of their growth stage. When they were adult, they would be Zong Stage Heavenly Beasts, but for now they were still young. Heavenly Beasts had their own methods of cultivation; as for Icy Soul Heavenly Bears, Zhou Weiqing did not know what their methods were. However, all he saw was those two large fellows didn't do anything but sleep and eat, yet their power grew steadily day by day. He couldn't help but compare to his own Immortal Deity Technique… Jealousy and envy!!!
After they started staying in the house, the strangest thing for Zhou Weiqing was actually another separate matter altogether. When he started cultivation at night, the little white tiger Fat Cat who was usually stuck to his side actually went to the side instead, jumping onto a chair instead of snuggling up to him.
Zhou Weiqing was rather unused to this, after all, cuddling such a soft furry little creature every night to warm his bed, he had grown used to it. However, he did not know what had happened to Fat Cat, but even when he tried to hug it to sleep, it refused, struggling out and back onto the chair. Zhou Weiqing could only stare at it helplessly and go to sleep alone.
Dawn.
"Fat Cat, aren't you go to the academy with me?" Zhou Weiqing looked questioningly at the little white tiger who was sprawled lazily on the chair.
Fat Cat immediately shook its head. Zhou Weiqing was not at all surprised that it could understand his words, after all even Da Huang and Er Huang those two large fellows could understand about sixty to seventy percent of what he said.
Zhou Weiqing walked over to feel Fat Cat's forehead. "Are you having a fever? After snuggling with your big brother for two years, are you abandoning me? Are you trying to run away now? No way, even if you're not going to school with me… hmm I should look for a chain to lock you up, so you don't run away."
Being together for so long, he had grown used to Fat Cat's presence around him all the time. If it were to leave suddenly, he wouldn't be able to bear it.
Fat Cat stared at him, black lines around its head. It sprang to its feet in a quick motion, jumping onto the table, and dipped a little furry paw into Zhou Weiqing's drinking cup. The next thing that happened surprised Zhou Weiqing – it actually used the water to write on the table. "No, I am just cultivating quietly here."
Zhou Weiqing stared at it with his mouth wide open. "What!? The skies are falling down, the earth is cracking open, even a tiger can write now?! Did I see wrongly? Fat Cat! Let's go display your prowess, I'm sure we can earn a lot of money doing so."
Fat Cat glared at him, its little paws dancing around the table again before it jumped back to its chair to sleep. As Zhou Weiqing looked at the table, he saw another word written on it. "Idiot."
Finally, Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Bing'er went to the academy by themselves. By the time they left, they realised that Ming Hua had already left. Leaving Fat Cat alone in the house, they were not worried. After all, not only were Da Huang and Er Huang there, both of them already Zun Stage Heavenly Beasts, even Fat Cat alone had shown its strange powers before.
Today was the Fei Li Imperial Family Military Academy's official first day, and the entire Academy seemed rather lifely. No matter freshmen or seniors, all of them were dressed in the school uniform, walking around the academy compound.
The opening ceremony in the morning was for all four levels of students, and everyone headed for the main assembly hall on the first level of the school building. Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Bing'er naturally joined the others.
The Fei Li Military Academy was indeed worthy of being one of the top three academies in the entire Fei Li Empire. The assembly hall was more than enough to hold three thousand people, though the number of students numbered much less than that.
As Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Bing'er entered the assembly hall together, they drew much attention. It wasn't that Zhou Weiqing's fight with Zang Lang had already spread through the entire school, even if they knew about it, most of them probably wouldn't recognize him anyway. The main reason they drew so much attention was because Shangguan Bing'er was just too beautiful, especially since she was still wearing a commoner student's uniform.
Chapter 156: Gaining Status in the Academy (2)
Translator: Zen Translations Editor: Zen Translations
In that instant, many gazes focused on them, many of them being lustful or lascivious gazes focused on Shangguan Bing'er. The majority of the academy was after all attended by noble students, of whom some were of large powerful families. Looking at Shangguan Bing'er, of such beauty and poise, who was a commoner student to boot, how could they not be attracted and be interested. After all, to them, they had nothing to worry about commoners. Even if they forcefully snatched her away, she would not have any background nor would anyone dare to defend her. Of course, all of them totally ignored Zhou Weiqing who was beside her.
Zhou Weiqing could naturally feel the gazes on Shangguan Bing'er, and couldn't help feel a sense of pride rise in his heart, as he thought scornfully to himself. Hmph, you all can look, but not touch!
Zhou Weiqing was very clear that since the moment he and Shangguan Bing'er stepped into the academy, it was destined that he wouldn't to keep himself away from trouble. With Shangguan Bing'er around, even if he didn't go around looking for trouble, trouble would definitely look for him. He had never mentioned this to Shangguan Bing'er, instead just preparing himself for it in his heart. That had also been the reason why he had rushed to Store all his various attribute Skills, as he had sorely felt a need to power up. With the conflicts between noble and commoner students, added to Shangguan Bing'er's beauty likely attracting trouble, it was without a doubt that their lives would not be peaceful ones. However, Zhou Weiqing's thinking was simple. If anyone dares touch my wife, I will beat him up. As soon as all of them are beaten up badly, they will learn and soon we will have peace.
Of course, he wasn't just being careless or reckless. First of all, he had much confidence in his personal combat prowess. To find someone who could match him amongst the other students would be rather unlikely. The fight with Ming Hua yesterday had only increased his confidence. After all, with her cultivation level, her rare attribute, battle experience and Consolidated Equipment Set, Zhou Weiqing could not believe that there were many who could be more powerful than her in the entire academy. Furthermore, he had not shown his true strength in the battle yesterday… His real profession was after all still an archer, not a close combat warrior!
The next consideration was that this was after all still an academy, a school! As long as he was still a student in the academy, an academy with the name of the Imperial Family, no noble would dare to stir up a huge commotion with mass amounts of people to cause trouble in school. This was after all the capital city of Fei Li Empire, right under the noses of the Imperial Family, and the Emperor himself. As a result, he would likely only be facing mostly students, or perhaps at most few bodyguards.
Zhou Weiqing found the first year commoner students' seats, which was situated near the front, and they headed there to take their seats. In their batch of students, there weren't many female students. During their talk yesterday, Zhou Weiqing had learnt from Shangguan Bing'er that their entire commoner student freshmen cohort only had 6 female students in total! On the male side, there were 23 of them, a rather large contrast. That totalled to 29 freshmen students, which would make up their entire class. This opening ceremony was also a way for them to complete the division of classes and for the students to meet their classmates.
"Zhou Weiqing." They had just seated down when Zhou Weiqing heard someone call out his name. As he turned towards the voice, he saw several bald heads, the one in front being Zang Lang. He looked very normal, with no sign of the injury he had sustained during their fight.
"Yes?" Zhou Weiqing replied passively, not moving from his seat and just lifting a brow questioningly.
Zang Lang said in a solemn tone: "Today is the first day of school, and there are no classes after the opening ceremony. I need to speak to you after that, okay?"
Seeing Zang Lang approach Zhou Weiqing immediately attracted the attention of many of the surrounding commoner students. After all, the commoner students were barely a tenth of the entire academy population, numbering less than two hundred in total. Zang Lang was definitely one of the most well known amongst all the commoner students. With the word spreading about the previous day's fight, coupled with Zang Lang now approaching Zhou Weiqing, attention was immediately drawn to Zhou Weiqing who had previously been rather nondescript.
Zhou Weiqing agreed, then turned back without another look to Zang Lang, who did not say anything further and returned back to his own seat with his lackeys.
"Damn, who is that freshmen? He dares to diss Zang Lang?"
"Shhh… What do you know?! I heard that Zang Lang fought and lost to a commoner freshman student the other day, and was even injured! My guess is it's that fellow. Don't judge a book by its cover, he might look unassuming, but he is definitely a dangerous one. Rumour has it that he is a 3-Jeweled Heavenly Jewel Master who is even more powerful than Zang Lang!"
"Yeah, we better keep quiet about it, anyway it has nothing to do with us."
Zhou Weiqing's hearing was pretty good, and he could hear the soft voices of the nearby commoner students gossiping about them. Right at that moment, he felt a soft, warm little hand slip into his own, and he turned to see Shangguan Bing'er smiling at him.
This was the girl that he had sworn to protect all his life! Zhou Weiqing patted her hands softly, motioning to her not to worry, but then refused to let go of her hands. Shangguan Bing'er struggled a little before giving up, her face tinged red.
"You are Zhou Weiqing?" Right at that moment, another voice rang out. This time, even Zhou Weiqing was rather surprised. He had been expecting trouble, but his guess that it would be someone looking to approach Shangguan Bing'er. He did not expect that the person to be approached first would be himself. Could it be that I'm even more attractive than Bing'er? Hmm, it's true that I have grown more suave lately! As he thought to himself, he felt in a good mood as he turned his head around.
This time, the person who had called out to him was standing in the passageway beside their seats. There were three of them in total, all dressed in the noble student outfits. The one who had spoken was standing in front, looking to be about 20 years of age, with a rather average look. However, it seemed his eyes were a little greenish, and his face rather pale, his figure skinny as a pole. If Zhou Weiqing had to describe him, it would be that of a fellow who had lost himself in drink and women, even more so than the Drunk Rogue Luo Ke Di! The two behind him were obviously more well built, but they obviously treated the one in front as a leader.
"Yes, I am Zhou Weiqing." He replied with a faint smile. A graceful, polished smile and such poise that made the surrounding onlookers think – Who is really the noble here?
"Zhou Weiqing, come quickly. You, little brat, are indeed lucky. I hear that you managed to defeat Zang Lang the other day, not bad, not bad. Our big bro likes you. Come with us."
Although this fellow was talking to Zhou Weiqing, his gaze was affixed upon Shangguan Bing'er, his adam's apple bobbing up and down as he gulped obviously several times. He did not even attempt to hide his searing gaze.
"Oh? May I know, who is your big bro, your boss?" Zhou Weiqing did not lose his suave gentleman smile, and he said calmly without any change in his expression.
The man said impatiently: "Stop asking so many questions. You'll know when you meet him. And let go of your dirty hands, such a beauty like that, how can someone like you hold her hands?! Now hurry up and go, I will lower myself to sit at your commoner area today."
This time, even Shangguan Bing'er's face changed to an ugly expression. Although she was really unwilling to cause trouble, especially with her innate kindhearted nature, she had after all been on the battlefield and killed before. To be looked at with such an obvious leer by a pervert, moreover, a pervert who wasn't Zhou Weiqing, how could her mood be good?
Zhou Weiqing's face changed suddenly, a look as if comprehension had suddenly dawned upon him. He said: "Ohh, I got it. Your boss' surname is 'Wang' right?"
The senior started, confused. "No, that's not right. My boss' surname is Ye."
Zhou Weiqing shook his head resolutely and said: "No, no, I'm very sure your boss' name is Wang, and he is the eighth son right? And you are something ball-shaped that rolled out from below him."
The senior was totally confused by Zhou Weiqing's strange words, but for those commoner students sitting around them, the first one to react was the tall, large Ma Qun, who burst out laughing. The senior said warily: "Little brat, are you crazy? What the hell are you talking about?"
Zhou Weiqing said with a straight face: "This senior here, haven't you heard of an animal called Wang Ba?1" At that, everyone around finally understood that he was insulting the, and sounds of laughter rang out around.
Alas, this senior seemed rather slow, and did not comprehend… saying: "Yes, I have heard of it!"
Zhou Weiqing continued with a straight face: "Indeed, and what I said just now was the story of a tortoise and his egg laying story."
At that point, the two lackeys behind the senior could not contain themselves any longer. The one of the left quickly said: "He called the boss Wang Ba!" The one of the right also chimed in: "Wang Ba… something ball-shaped that rolled out from below him…. isn't that Wang Ba Dan (Tortoise egg)? He is scolding you!"
"What!? How dare you insult me?" The senior turned angrily to the other two and shouted: "What are you two waiting for? Drag him out! How dare he insult our boss as Wang Ba?! And to insult me as well, hmph, our boss will not let him go so easily."
However, the two large seniors behind him did not move, the one on the left muttering to him: "Brother Lou, that little brat is an upper level Shi Stage Heavenly Jewel Master, with 3 Sets of Heavenly Jewels! We can't beat him! Big Boss only asked you to come here to invite him over to have a talk."
"Talk your head! He has already insulted our boss, what else is there to talk about. Little brat, just you wait. You're dead meat! Those of you under the Ye Family, stand out now!" The last sentence was yelled out towards the rest of the commoner student seniors.
The over hundred commoner students stayed quiet, many showing angry looks on their face, but no one made a sound. Zang Lang sat there, his face muscles twitching obviously, but he did not look at them.
"I, Your Father, asked you to come out, are you all looking to die? Do you think our Ye Family is supporting you all for nothing? To pay for your Consolidated Equipment and Storing Skills for nothing? Get out here right now… or you know the consequences." The senior yelled out arrogantly.
At that time, it was mostly students in the assembly hall. Although there were a few teachers around, as soon as they saw it was Ye Lou causing the commotion, they pretended not to see anything. After a while, about a dozen or so of the commoner seniors got up from their seats and walked towards them.
All of a sudden, Zhou Weiqing heard Kou Rui's voice in his ear. He was sitting at the row behind Zhou Weiqing. "Boss, yesterday I was inquiring about the nobles, and found out that they are ranked to 3, 6 and 9 ranking. In this entire academy, the Ye Family has the greatest influence, and the head of the Ye Family is the prime minister of the Fei Li Empire, and he also has the noble title of duke! Their entire family has a massive influence in the entire Empire, let alone the academy. They have many family members currently in the Academy."