After two days, the discussion about Wu Lai in the academy gradually decreased, and Guru also got used to the pointing and criticizing of others.
In the evening, when the two were sitting in the yard waiting for Mo Li to deliver the meal, Guru looked at Wu Lai seriously for a long time and said, "You must have done something to Boti and Gu Ku. Those two guys haven't shown up since that night."
Wu Lai laughed, neither admitting nor denying it.
"Wu Lai, you are indeed extraordinary." Guru's gaze moved to his toes, and then he tapped his heels lightly, knocking off a small piece of dirt.
"As expected?" Wu Lai frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Gulu, did you know about me all along?"
"Of course." A sly smile appeared on Guru's face. "Otherwise, do you think I'm stupid? I'm so confident in lending you money and being your friend. To tell you the truth, I've heard your name for almost two years. Mikoyan, the high priest of your Seneca City-State Temple, is a friend of the Kochi family of our Saipan City-State. Thanks to his care, the Kochi family has opened four mills in the Saipan City-State and also participated in the paper sales business of the Saipan Temple. High Priest Mikoyan praised you highly. All these were inspired by the gods. Even before you came here, the Kochi family already knew that you were coming."
Wu Lai curled his lips and said, "I was wondering why you were so affectionate for no reason. I thought I was so charming that I attracted a little devil like you. I didn't expect this to happen."
Wu Lai's expression made Guru laugh so hard that he almost fainted. After he finally stopped laughing, he saw that Wu Lai had a stern face and quickly pulled his sleeve: "Wu Lai, you are not angry about this, are you?"
"No, oh, I underestimated you." Wu Lai shook his head. "I almost didn't see it. You are so cunning. It's been a few days and you kept it from me. I feel so depressed these days. Whenever I lie down on the bed, I dream of you asking for my debt. Whenever I lie down on the bed, I dream of you asking for my debt. You should have told me earlier. At least I can have fewer nightmares."
"Wulai, High Priest Mikoyan said that you are mentally strong, far beyond ordinary people, and you are also blessed by the gods. It is not your turn to have nightmares, right?" Guru asked curiously.
Wu Lai was stunned for a moment, sighed, and nodded: "Okay, Guru, I admit that what I said just now was a bit exaggerated."
"Let's talk about business. Have you thought about how to eliminate the influence? Believe me, it will really be a big obstacle to your future." Guru said seriously.
Wu Lai couldn't help but tapped Guru's forehead and said, "You are only a few years old, and you keep talking about the future. To tell you the truth, I didn't expect this Citizen Academy to bring me much future and glory. I will fight for what I want. Let me tell you, there are many roads in this world, and you don't have to squeeze into this fork road."
"Then why are you still here?" Guru became curious.
"If I say that I just want to stay in Assyrian City for a while, would you believe me?" Wu Lai asked back.
Guru shook his head firmly: "I don't believe it."
"If you don't believe it, forget it. But if you still want to be my friend, you'd better not ask questions about this anymore." Guru pursed his lips at Wu Lai's words.
"I've thought of some ways to eliminate the impact, but I don't know if they will work." Wu Lai said after a pause.
Guru was about to say something when he heard Li Qiye knocking on the door outside the yard.
Finally, Guru gave up asking. He felt that Wu Lai would definitely be able to find a solution. Of course, he would have to wait for the right opportunity.
One morning a few days ago, the opportunity that Guru had been waiting for came.
This is an equestrian class, and all freshmen this year are participating. Anyway, the college’s venue is large enough and there are enough horses.
Wu Lai didn't quite understand why the academy offered equestrian courses, and even taught a very strange riding posture - side-sitting on the horse. Fortunately, Guru seemed to know everything and explained it in a few words. He told Wu Lai that equestrianism was one of the basic categories of military courses, and side-sitting on the horse was a special riding posture for female students, because they wore skirts, and if they sat astride like boys, they would rub some parts that should be well protected.
"Wrong logic." Wu Lai curled his lips again, and then he heard a scream, very tragic and terrifying.
The horse was startled! The students immediately became agitated, with screams, shouts and the neighing of horses mixed together.
A black horse, with white foam at the corners of its mouth, raised its head and galloped straight towards where Wu Lai and Guru were. Not far behind it, two boys were diligently helping up the girl who had just fallen off the horse...
Perhaps some students tried to stop the horses, but in the end they all chose to retreat.
An equestrian instructor rushed towards the horse from the side. Although he ran very fast, the difference between his speed and the frightened horse was more than a little bit...
The students around Wu Lai and Guru scattered, leaving a wide enough passage for the frightened horse, but Wu Lai and Guru did not move. Wu Lai was hesitant, while Guru was stunned by fear.
The frightened horse, its pupils already turning red, charged straight towards the two men. All those who saw this scene had in their minds the tragic scene of a man and horse colliding with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
At the moment when the frightened horse approached him, Wu Lai frowned, reached out and pushed Guru aside, then leaped up, exerted force with his waist, and swept his right leg across...
This was his favorite move from his previous memory. It was swift, gorgeous, and cool, and at the same time, it had terrifying attack power. At least dozens of people had been knocked down, overturned, or even fainted by him using this move...
What's more, Wu Lai has already gotten into the habit of embedding thick copper plates that can cover the entire forefoot in his boots three years ago. This specially made thick copper plate with almost the same lines as the boots undoubtedly makes Wu Lai's kicks more lethal.
No one knew about this because it was Wu Lai's secret. This secret existed to protect his own safety. Of course, no one would have thought that Wu Lai's boots would weigh several times more than ordinary people.
In addition to protecting his own safety, Wu Lai also used it to defend his dignity. For example, last time he used this thing he called the copper shoe sole to break Yanoboni's shin bone.
There is no doubt that with Wu Lai's current leg strength and the copper soles of his shoes, he is able to break the frightened horse's neck.
Guru fell to the ground, but his sight caught the sight of Wu Lai leaping up and sweeping with his right leg.
Guru was looking forward to it and was excited. He knew that if Wu Lai dared to do this, he must be absolutely sure, so Guru had great confidence in Wu Lai.
Guru clenched his right fist, ready to give Wu Lai a warm applause...
The students around him had their eyes wide open, puzzled, expectant, and surprised...
A light, relaxed smile appeared on Wu Lai's lips. The moment the smile appeared, his right foot swept towards the frightened horse's left eye...
"Puff" - a dull crash sound was heard immediately...
Then, a figure was thrown towards Gulu in a messy manner. Fortunately, it did not hit him...
"Woolley!" Guru's prepared cheer turned into an exclamation.
Wulai did not attend the afternoon class because he was injured, and Guru did not attend either because Wulai needed care.
Inside their residence, Wu Lai was lying on the bed with a dark face, his eyes filled with hatred and helplessness, while Guru was sitting on a chair beside the bed with his arms folded, also with a dark face, but his eyes were full of dissatisfaction as he looked at Wu Lai.
“Woolley…” Guru began.
"Shut up and stop asking. I'm in pain." Wu Lai glared at Guru unhappily. "I'll say it one last time. I didn't do this on purpose. Absolutely not."
Of course, Wu Lai did not intentionally let the frightened horse knock him down. Even if he did, he would not have chosen to let the horse hit his butt. But at that time, it really looked like he had deliberately moved his butt forward.
"You're lying. High Priest Mikoyan said that everything you do, Wuleglindo, says and does has a deep meaning." Guru retorted loudly.
"Bullshit, who do you think he is to me? What right does he have to say that?" Wu Lai was still annoyed, ashamed of the ignorant frightened horse. In his original plan, he was going to knock the horse down with a beautiful side kick, and then walk away with a smile on his face amid the cheers and applause of everyone, leaving everyone with a dashing back view, and by the way, clearing himself of the name of "coward". Who would have thought that the frightened horse actually turned its head to avoid the attack at the most critical moment. The most hateful thing was that even if he could avoid it, the big horse head was unwilling to die, and when his kick missed and its body turned to face it instead of facing it, it pushed him hard...
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Then, Wu Lai became miserable - before he could get rid of the label of "coward", he was criticized for overestimating his own abilities.
What puzzled him the most was that Guru actually thought he was deliberately defiling himself.
“What are you worried about? Wu Lai, even so, you shouldn’t show your concession in front of everyone, because those ignorant and demented people will often take two steps forward when you take a step back…” Guru continued to mutter.
"Shut up, Guru, I beg you, when the swelling on my butt goes down, I will kick that horse to death in front of you." Wu Lai said with a frown, grimacing in pain.
"I thought today was a good opportunity." Guru muttered and lowered his head.
I thought so myself, Wu Lai said to himself. Somehow, he suddenly felt sorry for Guru.
"Gulu, let me apologize to you." Wu Lai said apologetically.
"Oh my, so you were just pretending!" Guru's reaction was beyond Wu Lai's expectations and made him feel helpless.
"I don't want to repeat myself. Please go and go to class." Wu Lai begged.
"No, unless you tell the truth." Guru paused and added, "High Priest Mikoyan told me to learn from you. Don't underestimate me. I am the most insightful one among the new generation of the Kochi family. The responsibility of revitalizing the Kochi family will fall on me in the near future."
Wu Lai rolled his eyes and rubbed his butt which was still aching.
Nosy Mikoyan, he muttered to himself.
Of course, Wu Lai's complaints did not cause Mikoyan's tinnitus or red ears. At this moment, he was busy in the Seneca City Temple more than a thousand miles away, because Sibanok had just asked him to do something - to buy 600 child slaves for Baishilou, which was undoubtedly a large number.
Logically, Mikoyan would not care about such things. There were slave traders in the slave market anyway. Besides, it was easy for a high priest of a temple to be criticized for doing such things. Although Sibanok had made it clear enough, Mikoyan only needed to be in charge of the matchmaking and did not need to show up in public.
When Sibanok made his request, Mikoyan hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement, because he was the only one in Seneca City who could do this well - what Sibanok wanted was not an ordinary child slave, but one that met three conditions at the same time.
What are the three conditions? First, the child must be between twelve and fourteen years old; second, he must be an orphan or abandoned; and third, he must be in good health.
These three conditions may not sound difficult, but once the number six hundred is combined, the difficulty skyrockets.
What prompted Mikoyan to agree to help was certainly not the challenge of the matter, but the two conditions that Sibanok offered on behalf of Wu Lai. One was the price of two gold coins for a child slave, and the other was five new carriages. Both were very tempting, especially the new carriages, because Wu Lai specifically stated that it would be the best gift to the temple.
"Have you prepared these before Wu Lai left?" Mikoyan asked as he looked at the blueprint of the new carriage handed over by Sibanok.
Sibanok smiled, neither admitting nor denying.
"Why does he need so many child slaves?" Mikoyan's eyes were attracted by the pattern, but it did not affect his thinking. "You should know that the people he wants can only be found in 'that place'."
"I know, Your High Priest, and I have told Master Wu Lai." Siban Oak replied.
"Then why didn't he tell me in person?" Mikoyan frowned, not because of Sibanok's words, but because he was shocked by the beautiful patterns on the picture.
"I'm sorry, Master Wu Lai didn't tell me this." The smile on Siban Oak's face remained unchanged.
"These patterns are amazing." Mikoyan's thoughts were finally "dragged" by the patterns.
"Of course, Master Wu Lai said that only those who are closest to the gods are qualified to ride in these five carriages." A gleam of light flashed in Siban Ok's eyes. "Your Excellency the High Priest, Master Wu Lai also said that the decorative figures on the sides of these carriages were seen in a dream given to him by the gods. These people with wings growing on their backs are the servants who serve the god Amon. They have a common name - 'angels'."
"Angel?" Mikoyan suddenly became excited. "Did Wu Lai really see him in his dream?"
"Of course." There was a hint of pride in Sibanok's smile. "Master Wu Lai also received many gifts from the gods in his dreams. I'm sure His Excellency the High Priest has already seen some of them."
"Oh, this little scoundrel, he is actually hiding something from me." Mikoyan couldn't help but mutter in his heart.