Chapter 14 The So-called Ghostly Charm
After a jaw-dropping battle against the mad dog Glen She, Yaxu Tu Ling finally advanced to the next round.
So far, the top ten of the competition have been confirmed: Redis, Diwu Ling, Karina, Su Mo, Ling Dier, Seton, Gigat, Vivian, Yaxiu, and Gu Yinyue.
In other words, no matter what their ranking is in the subsequent competition, these people will receive generous rewards. Having said that, almost everyone is aiming for the first place Xiaxue.
Glenn She's elimination caused many gamblers who placed big bets to suffer heavy losses - after all, no one expected that the player with the greatest hope of winning the championship would be defeated so early. His overall strength was clearly above the current top ten. If Beichen hadn't used Pandora's Box to activate a cheat device, he would have had a great chance of making it all the way to the final battle.
Because of this, Beichen, as the warrior who defeated Glenshe, was hated by many fanatical gamblers. The luxurious meal delivered to the room by the organizer of the competition that day was actually poisoned by someone unknown - fortunately, Yagard was very sensitive to the smell of poison and everyone was against Beichen eating outside food.
On the other hand, Glen She didn't seem to be angry or unwilling after losing. On the contrary, he seemed to be quite happy. He didn't fight back much when he was ambushed by the "Go Die" group and the racists. He usually just knocked out a few teeth and broke a few ribs and then let them go.
In the second day's competition, Beichen defeated his opponent Vivian without any suspense. In the same day's competition, Diwu Ling defeated Redis, Gu Yinyue defeated Gigat, Su Mo defeated Lingdir, and Galina defeated Seton. In this way, the top five were also competed out.
Seeing that his hopes of winning the championship were growing, Beichen's mood couldn't help but improve. After the game, he hummed a song all the way back to his room. Even when he held Xiang Ying in his arms and wiped his sword, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Xiang Ying, Yin Yue and I have both made it to the top five. How's that? Pretty impressive, right? Hehe - if I win, don't be jealous. I won't use my Xia blood. Well, it would be nice if I could make you jealous -"
This kind of one-sided talk happens almost every day, so people around are used to it.
After a while, Beichen finished his diary-like whisper to Xiangying and raised his head.
"Speaking of which, Youyu is truly an amazing country. This is clearly a world-class competition, but among the top five, there are actually three Orientals from Youyu. Yin Yue, Diwu Ling, Su Mo... Each of them looks very impressive."
Gu Yinyue remained silent.
"...Ginyue?"
Seeing his face darken, Beichen felt a little strange. Was she wrong? But his name was clearly a typical Chinese name, and his ideas, words and deeds were also very similar to those of the ancient Chinese in the original world.
"I'm not from Youyu."
“…Huh?”
"It is true that they are of the same bloodline, but they have been expelled from the country."
"Ah...I'm sorry."
It seemed that he accidentally touched Gu Yinyue's scar, and Beichen scratched his head apologetically.
"That's fine. We should consider the situation when we face off against each other." Gu Yinyue changed the subject. "How would you play if your opponent picked me? Who would win and who would lose?"
"Of course, that's up to fate! Although it might seem strange to say this now that I'm stronger than you, there's no need to let me down. I'd also love to have a proper duel with you, to avenge that time I was nailed to the wall."
Gu Yinyue is similar to Glen She to some extent, and is even better than Glen She in terms of warrior's creed and pride. If he is asked to deliberately admit defeat, he may not say anything, but he will feel unwilling in his heart, right?
——Thinking of this, Beichen still left the outcome of their battle to God.
Gu Yinyue was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then his eyes warmed and he reached out his big hand to touch her head lovingly.
Putting the competition aside, Beichen began to care about other events.
"Has there been any news from the Kingdom regarding the incident on the previous Blade Crying Night?"
"Yes." Ling Shuang said in a mocking voice, "They said that after the fighting competition is over, the new decree will be issued."
“…”
Sure enough, we need to come up with a new way to control the weapons. If Latia is like this, then other countries will probably do the same - this can't be blamed on humans. If the weapons go rogue on the night of the moonquake, it will indeed be a headache.
I just hope the laws aren't too harsh, life is already tough for the warriors.
"Xiao Ping, how are things going with the territory?"
Xiao Ping stood aside, pursed her lips and nodded.
"There are currently three or four feasible plans, and we can negotiate with more than one partner. However, which one will be implemented depends on your results in the martial arts tournament. If you can obtain Xia blood, you won't need to spend any effort at all, and you can just use violence to destroy an entire country. So it's a little early to ask this now. I'll talk to you privately later."
"...What about you...and Su Mo?"
In fact, Beichen asked Xiaoying this question several times, but Xiaoying always answered him perfunctorily.
"Su Mo probably doesn't bother to care about me now."
This time was the same, Xiao Ping got away with it with some unconvincing lines - although Beichen felt something was amiss, he didn't ask any further questions.
"Well, I won't butt in on this matter too much, but you've helped me so much, so don't be too formal."
Beichen was naturally referring to the matter of breaking away from the contractor and revenge. Xiao Ping's eyes darkened when he heard this, and he smiled gently and charmingly, which shocked Beichen so much that he turned his head away suddenly.
This guy really doesn't have any doubts at all. It's a bit touching for him, but if he treats others the same way, they'll definitely suffer if they continue like this.
"The time is not ripe yet."
In the end, Xiao Ping said nothing and just smiled faintly.
Seeing that Xiao Ping was not going to say more, Beichen looked at Yagard again.
"Agad, what about you? Regarding Xiang Ying..."
"I'm sorry, Miss Beichen."
It was a rare moment when Yagad interrupted Beichen before she could finish her words and half-knelt down in front of her. Seeing his reaction so strong, Beichen felt a little guilty.
"I don't blame you, don't be like this. I'm already very grateful that you saved Xiang Ying's life!"
She said, reaching out to pat the knight's shoulder.
"I just want to ask, is there any way to wake him up..."
The knight's gaze remained on Beichen's hand on his shoulder, and he revealed an almost pious smile - it was obvious that he was too happy and was dazed.
Beichen twitched his lips: "Agad?"
“!!”
Yagad came back to his senses, then immediately lowered his head and remained silent as if waking from a dream.
...It seems that he has no idea what to do with Beichen's problem.
Beichen sighed in disappointment. Seeing the knot between Beichen's brows, Yagad felt distressed. He carefully placed his big hand in thick gloves on the small hand on his shoulder.
"Please rest assured, Miss Beichen. Xiang Ying won't die like this. He will definitely come back to you. ... Definitely!"
"Agard..."
Unexpectedly, he would say such humane words. Beichen looked at the knight half-kneeling in front of him in surprise, then nodded vigorously and pulled him up.
"Well, okay, I believe you, Agard. ...I believe him too. Xiang Ying, he will definitely come back to me!"
Yagard breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a small metal bottle from his arms and handed it to Beichen.
"This is……?"
"Antidote for the 'Tears of Jhana' in your body."
"Ah, it's done! I can finally put my mind at ease!"
Beichen happily took the bottle, unscrewed it and drank it all in one gulp. Only after she had finished it all did Yagard relax her tense shoulders with relief.
Then Beichen turned around and looked around: "Then what's next -"
"Stop."
Black Fate made a stop gesture on the sofa.
"We're here with you, not to make you worry about everything, but to help you share your worries. Stop worrying so much and trust us a little more."
"It's not that I don't believe it, I just don't want to leave everything to everyone else and not take care of anything myself."
Beichen laughed helplessly, but Xiaoying narrowed his eyes.
"But as a leader, assigning tasks to the most appropriate people is a crucial skill. Excessive interference will only make the other person dissatisfied. You just need to be picky when reviewing the results. Right now, I'm doing this for you, but you'll definitely take over in the future."
“…”
Beichen nodded thoughtfully.
"That's right," Su Jie interrupted in a cheerful voice. "What you should do most right now is to rest! Take a shower, go shopping, and relax yourself—after all, after the martial arts tournament is over, you might not have the chance to relax like this again."
"That's right. Treating yourself well is also a part of treating your family and friends well. I'm going to take a shower first. I feel so uncomfortable with all this sweat—"
After thinking for a while, Beichen suddenly understood what Su Jie said and ran to the bathroom.
By the time Beichen emerged, dressed in casual clothes, most of the room had dispersed. Atlas sat in a corner, resting his eyes. He seemed to have become less talkative since his injury, perhaps conserving energy for recovery. Black Disaster and Su Jie had also expended considerable energy in the competition and were napping on two large sofas. Xifeng sat at the table, carelessly piling up a pile of gold coins like a pyramid, probably just killing time.
"Alright? Let's go."
Seeing Beichen coming out, Xifeng placed the last gold coin on the top of the pyramid with an expressionless face, then stretched out his finger and flicked it, and the gold coins immediately scattered all over the ground.
Beichen twitched the corners of his mouth.
"...Xifeng, are you there?"
"Well, sometimes I get this feeling. When you destroy something you've carefully crafted with the simplest and most direct violence, you get a kind of morbid pleasure."
"You're Xifeng, not Hisoka (?)! The difference in image is too great!"
Xifeng glanced at Beichen in confusion and said, "Don't complain in words that others can't understand. Stop talking nonsense and let's go."
"Huh? Where are you going?"
Seeing that Beichen was completely out of sorts, Xifeng raised his eyebrows in displeasure.
"Of course, going out."
"...Huh? Is there anything Xifeng wants to do that you need me to accompany you? Yes, no problem."
Beichen agreed readily, but Xifeng's face darkened.
"I don't have anything I want to do."
"……That??"
Xifeng suddenly pulled out his sniper rifle and pointed it at Beichen's forehead! Beichen immediately raised his hands in a surrender gesture, almost waving a white flag: "Yeah... Xifeng...?"
"Don't tell me that going shopping with you is a privilege only for Xiang Ying and that stupid twin pair. I won't allow my contractors to be treated differently. Go out or die, choose one."
"Go out, go out, go out, let's go shopping and buy things, hahahahahaha!"
Beichen was frightened by the murderous gun barrel and nodded desperately, and then was dragged out of the door by Xifeng in confusion.
Idiot Gemini A on the sofa: "Are you kidding me? Inviting someone on a date and even pulling out a gun! Auntie Discipline is truly extraordinary!! Don't tell me she hasn't been in a relationship in over 300 years!"
Gemini B, the idiot on the sofa: "Why are you so awkward? Will I die if I tell the truth?"
"Is this the legendary 'tsundere'? The kind that says one thing and means another?"
"No, no, no, no, how could a tsundere have such a perverted and deformed destructive habit and be so proud of it? He's clearly an invisible beast!"
"I see, so the whole thing is Ghost Jiao?"
“There’s nothing weird like that.”
“…”
“…”
"...By the way, brother, you're pretending to sleep too."
"You find out too late, old man."
Atlas in the corner: "New term, 'Ghost Girl'... definition entering... entry completed."
“Don’t record those weird nouns! !”
On the other side, Xifeng, who was walking on the street, suddenly sneezed, and Beichen immediately looked over with a little worry.
"Xifeng, are you catching a cold? Or is your injury still not healed?"
"Warriors don't catch colds, and they won't sneeze if their wounds aren't healed."
"That……"
"Those stupid twins must be saying bad things about me. It's okay, I can just beat them up later."
“…”
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Xifeng tilted his head slightly, pretending to be nonchalant while glancing at Beichen from the corner of his eye. "Where do you want to go shopping? I need to use up those gold coins."
"Huh?! Why? Such a huge pile of gold coins—just because they're the remains of your destroyed work, you're not going to give them up?!"
Xifeng glanced at her unexpectedly:
"It seems you understand my aesthetics quite well."
"That's not the problem. Even if you're a Star Vein, you shouldn't be so extravagant! The gold coins are innocent! Besides, they're just gold coins. You're the one piling them up into a pyramid!"
Click. Xifeng pointed the sniper rifle at Beichen's head again.
"Do you want it?"
"……use."
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