Chapter 226: Who deserves the greatest credit? [Seeking monthly votes]
"Of course I'm confident!"
He responded with an arrogant expression.
Before the new alliance leader could speak, everyone heard a soft, short laugh. Those present were all sharp-eared and sharp-eyed, and instantly identified the source of the laughter. Looking over, they saw it was none other than Shen Tang! The one who had volunteered for the challenge immediately became enraged and demanded, "What are you laughing at?"
Shen Tang said sincerely, "You are no match for him."
Everyone broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.
Even if it really doesn't work, there's no need to be so blunt.
The ninth-ranking man suppressed his impending rage.
His words were sharp: "Which side does Lord Shen belong to? Why do you keep boosting the morale of others?"
"Do I need to elaborate on my position?" Shen Tang was not intimidated by the man's angry glare and said casually, "You are no match for Gong Xi Chou. Fighting him is a nine-out-of-ten chance of survival. I am just stating the facts to prevent you from needlessly losing your life."
Her eyes were honest and straightforward.
There is no intention to suppress; it is simply stating a fact.
That's precisely what makes it even more infuriating.
Even someone as temperamental as Gu Ren was somewhat displeased by Shen Tang's repeated actions—regardless of whether they could win or not, they couldn't afford to lose in terms of morale. Emphasizing Gong Xi Chou's strength was tantamount to undermining their own side's morale, let alone an alliance that was already divided!
“Since Young Master Shen is drunk, he should go down and have a bowl of hangover soup to sober up and calm his mind…” At this moment, another familiar-looking burly man came out. He was none other than Gu Ren, the seventh brother, who had said that day that he was “just a thirteenth-grade middle-ranking official.”
He glanced at Shen Tang slightly to the side.
It seemed that a certain arrogance was written in his eyebrows and the corners of his eyes.
Gu Ren also adopted an unusually cold and hard tone: "You don't need to worry about that, Lord Shen. My brothers are all loyal and fearless, even if Gong Xichou broke through and advanced to the fourteenth rank of Right Guard in battle, his realm is not yet stable, and we—"
Shen Tang interrupted Gu Ren: "No."
Gu Ren asked, "What don't you mean?"
“Gongxi Chou is not a fourteenth-grade right-hand man.”
Gu Ren frowned, forcibly suppressing his emotions: "But the news that Lord Shen brought earlier didn't say that he had broken through on the battlefield..."
“He did break through, but not by advancing from the thirteenth-rank middle-level to the fourteenth-rank right-level…” Her voice wasn’t loud, but it could be clearly heard by everyone. Shen Tang’s tone was flat. “He broke through from the fourteenth-rank right-level to the fifteenth-rank junior-level.”
For a moment, the camp was completely silent.
You could hear a pin drop clearly.
But the next moment, this situation was broken by a sudden commotion, with a buzzing and chaotic discussion! It wasn't that it was impossible for someone to reach the fifteenth rank of Junior Master, but rather that Gong Xi Chou's age was simply too astonishing!
If this is true—
Everyone had only one thought in their minds.
Is that still a human being?
Listing the powerful and courageous martial artists with names and surnames, especially those few rare 20th-rank Marquis, they were promoted to the 15th-rank Junior Upper Realm at the same age as Gong Xi Chou, or even younger, but without exception, they all had outstanding military achievements!
They gained countless opportunities through their military achievements, and broke through one after another. Therefore, their military achievements became famous even earlier than their strength!
but--
Who is Gong Xichou?
His reputation was obscure, and his military exploits were unknown.
This means his promotion was based on his own cultivated martial energy, not on luck gained through battle merits! This shows just how terrifying his talent is! If Gong Xichou were to shine on the battlefield, this young man would surely become a Marquis within ten years!
Even setting aside the issue of talent—
Even if someone is only a recently advanced fifteenth-rank minor cultivator, if our side deploys all its elite troops, the enemy can still secure two consecutive victories even if they don't achieve three. This would create a significant gap in morale between the two armies. A cloud of gloom hung over everyone's hearts.
The new leader sighed inwardly.
He had a number of elite troops under his command. He had thought that the highest level of martial arts in the Zhiwang rebel army was at most a 12th-rank Left Guard or a 13th-rank Middle Guard. He came full of confidence, but after hearing Shen Tang's words, he felt that things were a bit uncertain.
He glanced at the crowd, whose faces showed signs of retreat.
He curled his lip in disdain.
To be honest, he also thought that Lord Shen was an enemy spy, who had brought the newly formed alliance to the brink of collapse with just a few words. With people's hearts divided, how could they fight a war? He was so worried that he scratched his head, when he caught a confidant giving him a meaningful look out of the corner of his eye.
He instantly understood and nodded.
The scholar in the black robe stepped forward: "Previously, Lord Shen seemed to have said that you fought Gongxi Chou on the battlefield and... escaped unscathed?"
His gaze lingered on Shen Tang for a moment.
Having escaped with no missing limbs, he can indeed be considered to have "retired unscathed."
Either Shen Tang is too strong, or Gong Xi Chou is all talk and no action, and Shen Tang has exaggerated his strength, or Gong Xi Chou held back in battle and didn't really kill Shen Langzhu.
The scholar in the black shirt was very curious: which one was it?
Shen Tang pondered for a moment, then said seriously, "It wasn't a 'complete escape.' If Yuan Liang and the others hadn't used their 'transferring' words of power in time, I would have been seriously injured at the very least."
Gu Renqi sneered, unable to resist making sarcastic remarks.
"If Gongxi Chou were truly a fifteenth-rank junior master, would he have given your literati the opportunity to use 'substitution'? He would have killed you with a single halberd strike long ago, and even the gods and Buddhas couldn't save you! Or are you saying that a mere scholar like you can face a fifteenth-rank junior master head-on for a hundred moves without dying?"
Shen Tang: "We did not exchange a hundred moves."
The more they listened, the more puzzled they became.
They were unaware of the details of the battle, but subconsciously believed that a duel should be a clash of strength against strength, a fist against fist.
Shen Tang truthfully replied, "His horse is too slow, and his legs are too short. He couldn't catch me for a while... If he can't catch me, he naturally can't kill me either, but you are different. Your horses are even slower than his, so you can't outrun or defeat him. You're definitely no match for him."
Everyone: "..."
Gu Chi murmured to Qi Shan privately: "Honestly speaking, regardless of their abilities, these people here certainly have good manners."
Even so, they couldn't drive Shen Lang away.
Praying for good: [...]
Another person laughed and said, "Since that's the case, why don't we ask Lord Shen to lead the charge? That way, we can exhaust Gong Xi Chou's martial energy. Given his astonishing talent and status as a reincarnation of a martial god, he'll surely be exhausted in the third round. Then we can take the opportunity to kill him and take his head. What do you say?"
The fifteenth-ranked player was not expected to win the second match.
We can give the third game a try.
The premise is—
Shen Tang must achieve her goal in the first round.
Facing Gong Xi Chou at his peak, the risk was naturally high, but if she could make such a boast and then fail to deliver, wouldn't that prove that she had fooled everyone present? As soon as she finished speaking, a few more people chimed in, while the others remained silent, with only one person objecting.
This person is also Gu Ren's sworn brother.
Chao Lian, the twelfth in line.
The new leader's eyes darted around in his mind.
It turns out that even Gu Ren's sworn brothers aren't of one mind. Look at Chao Lian, he's an anomaly. Chao Lian truly disapproves; these tough, upright men, facing a powerful enemy, act like a talkative, cowardly traitor, pushing others to their deaths…
Shen Langjun is only twelve years old.
At that age, even if someone lacks tact and boasts, it's not incomprehensible. At least, it's not a capital offense!
Shen Tang raised her hand to stop them, and under everyone's gaze, asked calmly, "I have no objection to this matter. But, who should receive the greatest credit?"
Everyone laughed.
The new leader didn't laugh, and casually said, "If Gongxi Chou is really that troublesome and terrifying, the credit will go to you."
Shen Tang said indifferently, "I don't want the credit. I want to use it to borrow something from the Alliance Leader. Would the Alliance Leader agree?"
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I saw a book review saying that the female lead needs to get drunk to change her personality, and that this method of description was a bit of a trick. But that's not true. If they really wanted to write a personality, they could have just started with the personality of a drunken Tang (a character from a popular TV series)...
The reason why there are two personality states...
Hmm, it's related to Tang Mei's background.
I won't spoil any more.
Anyway, they're all hers.
Moreover, Tang Mei is just talkative when she's sober, but that doesn't mean she's innocent.
(End of this chapter)
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