What just happened?
The crowd was still cheering a moment ago when everything suddenly plunged into silence. Everyone’s eyes were widened in disbelief.
Sang Hong, Jiang Luofu, Xie Yi, and the other powerhouses were chatting merrily with one another. Those from the Wu clan, Zheng clan, and Yuan clan were looking gleefully at Chu Zhongtian, waiting for him to be embarrassed. Shi Kun was feeling reassured after seeing Zu An had gotten onto the dueling ring, and he was just about to take a sip of water…
All of them were frozen in place at this very moment.
It could be my eyes playing tricks on me, but did Zu An just slap Yuan Wendong? How could that be possible?!
Everyone’s first reaction was that they were seeing things. Yuan Wendong was a renowned fifth rank cultivator where Zu An was a renowned good-for-nothing who was even weaker than a normal human.
Everyone rubbed their eyes in confusion before double checking with the companions beside them. In the end, they could only conclude that they weren’t seeing things, and a huge uproar broke out.
How did he do it?!
Those from the Chu clan, upon seeing Zu An leap onto the dueling ring, prepared to rush in to stop him. However, the sight that occurred left all of them stunned too. Chu Zhongtian traded gazes with Qin Wanru, and Chu Chuyan’s body shuddered. Their eyes were filled with incomprehension.
Only the person on the stretcher, Chu Huanzhao, began clapping delightfully. “Good job, brother-in-law! Aiyo~”
Her movements accidentally tugged on her injuries, causing her to groan in pain.
Yuan Wendong was completely dumbfounded. His head was still dazed from the impact of the strike. If not for the stinging pain on his cheeks, he would still be trying to figure out what had just happened.
“I got struck by that trash?”
Rage immediately gushed into his head.
You have successfully trolled Yuan Wendong for +1024 Rage!
He had imagined countless scenarios as to how he should best torture Zu An so as to vent his anger without revealing his killing intent. He had also thought about how he should react if those from the Chu clan were to intervene and stop him. However, this was a scenario that had never crossed his mind, not even once!
He was actually slapped in the face by a trash, right before all of the notable figures in the city!
“I’m going to kill you!”
Yuan Wendong’s relatively suave face immediately distorted from anger as he began charging toward Zu An.
“Wait!” Zu An raised his hand to stop him.
“It’s too late to beg for mercy now!” spat Yuan Wendong angrily.
Despite his words, he still came to a halt. He was thinking about how he could regain his pride. I should get this fellow to kneel before me, begging desperate for mercy with tears in his eyes. No, that still won’t be enough.
Zu An combed his hand through his hair and swiped it backward. “I was in too much of a hurry to come onto the ring that I forgot to play my specially prepared entrance music.”
As he said those words, he took out a seashell from his robe, and a passionate melody began playing on the dueling ring.
“…” Yuan Wendong.
“…” Shi Kun.
“…” Wu Qing.
“…” Chu Chuyan.
All of the students from the Sky class immediately knew what was going on, having witnessed it themselves not too long ago during their arithmetic class. However, the rest of the crowd was confused by this turn of events, which led to fervent discussions.
“What’s with this melody? Why does my heart start pumping just by listening to it?”
“I feel passion rushing through my veins. Where are the villains?! I’m going to kill them all and save the world!”
…
Xie Daoyun had been sitting quietly in her seat for a long time now. She wasn’t too fond of fighting, so the duels that had happened only made her feel drowsy. However, as soon as the melody was played, her body immediately jerked upright. Wonderment filled her eyes.
“Gong, Shang, Jiao, Wei, Yu[1]… Hm? This note doesn’t fit the music scale. There are so many notes which I’ve never heard before! How did he manage to do it?”
“That fellow is always such a show-off.” Xie Xiu was awed too, though there was no way he would say it aloud. All of a sudden, a thought surfaced in his mind, and he turned to Xie Daoyun and asked, “Big sis, you’re good at music too, right? Why don’t you make an entrance music for me too?”
Xie Daoyun shook her head and replied, “There’s something odd about this melody. I reckon that it was produced by a top-notch master musician in the world. I’m afraid that I’m unable to produce melodies of the same level as this.”
Xie Xiu was stunned. “Is Zu An that talented in music?”
He regretted saying those words right away, for he saw Xie Daoyun’s eyes lighting up. “This is a melody composed by Zu An?”
“I think so. Zu An had played it once in the classroom, and I’ve never heard it anywhere else before.” Xie Xiu hesitated for a while before deciding to come clean. There were many people in Brightmoon Academy who knew about this, so if Xie Daoyun really wanted to look into it, there was no way he would be able to hide it from her.
“This fellow seems to be an interesting one.” Xie Daoyun looked at the silhouette on the dueling ring with curiosity in her eyes.
Jiang Luofu was also looking at Zu An too, but her eyes were more focused on the seashell in his hand. That seems to be Shang Liuyu’s personal possession. She actually gave her own possession to him? Hmph! And you dare claim that the two of you are unrelated to one another?
“What’s the point of putting on such a show? Don’t you feel embarrassed?”
Meanwhile, Yuan Wendong’s face had turned as dark as charcoal. He didn’t think that Zu An was asking him to stop in order to do this.
“What do you know? This is a ritual!” Zu An opened his hands slightly, reminiscent of the Buddha embracing the masses. “In my BGM, I am undefeatable.”
“You’ll soon know that all of these antics of yours are completely useless. All it does is make you look like a clown!” Yuan Wendong tried his best to mock Zu An so as to regain some of his honor, but somehow, he felt that his skills in this aspect were lacking in comparison to the latter. Somehow, he had a feeling that he was still being one-upped, and that only made him even more infuriated.
You have successfully trolled Yuan Wendong for +400 Rage!
Zu An sighed deeply and said, “I really don’t know where you find the courage to say these words even after getting slapped by me. Don’t you feel embarrassed?”
Yuan Wendong nearly choked. He looked at Zu An and raged, “I was only careless earlier! I didn’t think that you would attack me just like that! Now that my guard is up, there’s no way you stand a chance against me anymore!”
You have successfully trolled Yuan Wendong for +511 Rage!
Those words spurred a series of boos from the crowd. For a fifth rank cultivator to be struck by a good-for-nothing, surely something like this cannot be reasoned with just carelessness anymore, right?