Chapter 40: Xiaobao Seeks Revenge, From Morning to Night!
He declined! Hong Xiaobao declined!
What was happening!
That was the Head Teacher of Saint Academy, Fang Xinghan, a 9-star martial artist! In the entire Jiang Hu, the number of people that are able to fight at the same level with him could be counted with 10 fingers! Such powerful person wanted to keep Hong Xiaobao as his personal disciple. That meant Hong Xiaobao would be ranked second in the entire Saint Academy, below the Head Teacher alone!
Other people would not get this kind of opportunity even in ten centuries but Hong Xiaobao so casually declined the request?
“Why?” Fang Xinghan did not expect that Hong Xiaobao would reject his request and asked out of curiosity, “Could it be that this prince feels that the Saint Academy is not good enough?”
The people around took in a cold breath after listening to his words.
Saint Academy, one of the Six Great Orthodoxies, was on par with the Thunder Sound Pavilion. Was that considered to be unqualified?
“Not really,” fortunately Hong Xiaobao did not offend anyone. He shook his head and said while smiling, “It is not a matter of level. The main point is that this old man came into my place to grab my wife. If I let this matter go then where can I put my face?”
Ye Feihong suddenly smiled coldly. He looked at Hong Xiaobao with disdain, “So what? What can you, a lonely rotten doll do to me?”
He did not take Hong Xiaobao as a threat to him. He was indeed an 8-star martial artist after all. There are only around ten people in the Jiang Hu who were stronger than him. Compared to the status of Hong Xiaobao being a prince, he was merely something to Ye Feihong.
Was he going to practice hard in martial arts to seek for revenge? Was he kidding? The people who could reach 5-star at the age of fifty were considered to be talented. Supposedly, Yun Caixiao was able to fight at the same side with him and that may give him a little chance. Unfortunately, she had already sabotaged her martial arts and was considered to be useless. What other idea did Hong Xiaobao have other than the two options?
At this moment, everybody wiped their sweat for Hong Xiaobao. This kid received quite a lot of shock today, hope he didn’t speak like a fool or do something that would cause irreversible damage. Unfortunately, Hong Xiaobao was no ordinary man, n.o.body knew what he had in his head!
You came here to grab my wife, I swear I’ll dig out your ancestors! “Are you thinking that I’ll train hard in these coming years and seek for revenge later?” Hong Xiaobao chuckled and said proudly, “Hehe, what will that small act mean? Since you want to play, I don’t mind to have some fun with you! I admit that your Thunder Sound Pavilion is indeed powerful and rich, having lots of martial arts masters and possess a high status in the Jiang Hu. But so what? I have never heard of any ma.s.sive sect that was directly descended from the sky!”
“And whoever the Head Teacher is, Ptooey!” Hong Xiaobao said coldly, “Who does he think he is? The conqueror of the world, or the chief of the martial world? When did he gain the authority to break off an engagement?! You guys forced my Little Sister Caixiao to sabotage her martial arts for this and resulted in a serious injury. I’ll not let you slip by so easily!”
Hong Xiaobao turned towards Hong Wenqing, “Dad, Xiaobao wants a piece of land from you. I plan to build a sect myself. Since Thunder Sound Pavilion retreated their troops, then I’ll take care of the attack of the Demonic Beasts which will be held in three years. I’ll be responsible to protect our Chi Yun Empire! Today, that Ye Feihong abused his power as the Elder of Thunder Sound Pavilion to take Caixiao away. Three years later, I’ll sit at the same level as their Head Teacher! A gentleman seeks revenge in ten years. Xiaobao seeks revenge from morning to night!”
(TL: I don’t really understand the last sentence so I translated it literally.)
As expected, after listening to Hong Xiaobao, everyone was stunned.
n.o.body dared to believe that Hong Xiaobao had this kind of thinking. It would make more sense if he wanted to seek revenge after years of training. It was simply impossible for a newly formed sect to defend a Demonic Beast’s invasion. Furthermore, he wanted to do it in merely three years. Did he possibly go insane?
“Ninth prince, this would be…” Zuo Shixian was the first one to state out his doubts. Hong Xiaobao had saved his life after all. Naturally, he did not wish Hong Xiaobao to humiliate himself in public. No matter how you looked at the situation, it would be best for Hong Xiaobao to become the personal disciple of the Head Teacher Fang Xinghan and enter Saint Academy.
“Xiaobao, are you possibly… serious?” Hong Wenqing was also skeptical. He knew that Hong Xiaobao loved to fool around. However, he would not normally speak carelessly during important events. What Hong Xiaobao said certainly had something to back it up so Hong Wenqing did not immediately deny his claim.
Atop the big tree, Qingqing pondered and said, “This Hong Xiaobao.. Just what is he planning to do? Was he possibly serious? Building his own sect? Solely based on his power today, I’m afraid that is impossible.”
“En,” Jian Pu nodded. “If he was a true martial expert of 7-star or above, he might be able to do it. However he just managed to cultivate recently and does not even have some prestige in the Jiang Hu. I’m afraid that would be impossible.”
The two of them were also doubtful. However, they knew that Hong Xiaobao was highly intelligent and did not look like he was joking.
After a short moment, Ye Feihong suddenly laughed towards the sky, “HAHAHAHAHA, a brat that does not even have pubic hair wants to set up a sect. He even said that he was going to defend the Demonic Beast’s attack in just three years! At first I thought you were indeed a clever a.s.shole. However after today, I only happened to know that you’re crazy!”
Ye Jinning also started to laugh. The situation in the Xuan Yang Pavilion suddenly turned awkward.
The two of them laughed for quite a while. Ye Feihong said, “Hey brat. Do you take setting up a sect as a joke? My Thunder Sound Pavilion has to spend tens of thousands of taels for a single disciple. From spirit medicines to equipments. Where did we cut cost? Your Hong Family is the royal family of the Chi Yun Empire. You want to set up a major sect just based on your background? Let alone the other factors, do you know that how much we spent on Yun Caixiao? The powder to concentrate her True Qi alone costs twenty-thousand silver taels. Even if you have the money, you might not be able to buy it! That is only one type of spirit medicine. The prices go up as you level up! Hehe, just you alone… hahahahaha!”
He initially resisted the urge to laugh but eventually broke down into loud laughter as he spoke.
Ye Jinning on the other hand, was even more exaggerating. Although he was beaten up heavily by Hong Xiaobao, he also laughed together with his father, coughing while laughing.
The entire pavilion was filled by the sound of their laughter.