Muscular Rabbits Legion: “No one can escape from the novice village!”
Chapter 612 - 582 Make the Best Use of Everything

Chapter 612: Chapter 582 Make the Best Use of Everything

Liu Haichao said, "You still don’t understand the value of our teaware, 42,000 top-grade spirit stones!"

He spoke decisively, but the pain in his eyes was so obvious that even a fool could see it.

Even for a cultivation family, this was an extravagant waste!

Ye Chenshan grimaced as he looked at Liu Haichao; he really was out of money, but he couldn’t bear to give up.

Just then, Rabbit spoke up again: "I didn’t say I only accept spirit stones, did I? I also accept treasures, cultivation techniques, elixirs, talismans, and such."

"You beast!"

"Look at what this rabbit is saying—is this something a person should say?"

"This is like scraping three feet of ground and digging up ancestral graves! This rabbit, it’s too ruthless!"

The onlookers outside couldn’t stand it anymore and cursed loudly.

Liu Gongqing was so angry his hand trembled, his heart quivered, but the rules were rules. During this Outer Disciple competition, there was no rule against this, so he couldn’t speak out.

But as things continued like this, he felt that Book Mountain’s reputation would be completely ruined by this rabbit.

Unable to stand it any longer, Liu Gongqing finally said, "Rabbit, enough is enough."

Seeing Liu Gongqing speak up, Yi Zheng sighed and spread his hands towards Ye Chenshan, saying, "Brother, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but there’s nothing I can do, the Pavilion Master has forbidden it."

Pfft!

Liu Gongqing spat out a mouthful of tea, his old face turning a shade of iron blue with anger. What did he mean by not letting him help?

Was it his fault that Ye Chenshan couldn’t get into the Outer Sect?

Turning to look at Rabbit, the creature had his big watery eyes wide open, filled with innocence and sympathy. One would think he shared a deep bond with Ye Chenshan if they didn’t know better.

But everyone present could see clear as day that this was no deep bond—this was a shameless scoundrel!

Ye Chenshan shook his head: "I’m out of money, I admit defeat!"

Rabbit, wearing a face of disappointment, shook his head: "Then there’s no helping it, Junior Brother Liu, time to pay up?"

Rabbit was the first to climb the million-step staircase and was also Wenqu Palace’s only student of this generation, which made him the senior among his generation in Wenqu Palace.

But Liu Haichao was not from Wenqu Palace; he was from Wenchang Palace.

Although in name, Wenchang Palace and Wenqu Palace were like branches of the same tree, with Wenchang Star Lord and Wenqu Star Lord complementing each other, students from both palaces would have to call each other "Senior Uncle" or "Ancestral Master" when they met.

But disciples from the two sects often did not get along and rarely greeted each other, let alone call anyone "Senior Brother."

Especially with such a vague affiliation, no one really acknowledged it.

Yet, Rabbit just did so, and Liu Haichao couldn’t deny it. With a humph, he reluctantly pulled out a Sumeru Bag and handed it over to Yi Zheng: "It’s all here, count it yourself."

Yi Zheng laughed heartily, appearing very generous, then replied, "Alright!"

Then Rabbit actually started counting the money right there, on the stairs!

The spectators couldn’t stand it once again and broke out in curses: "This money-obsessed rabbit is too greedy for money!"

"Did Wenqu Palace skimp on the offerings of paper money in the past, and now their ancestors have sent this creature as punishment?"

"Alas... The reputation that Wenqu Palace has built over countless years is now tarnished by this rabbit’s hands."

People shook their heads.

However, Rabbit happily counted the money, counting rapidly. After finishing, he grinned and said, "Shall we three brothers ascend together?"

Li Hanlin and Liu Haichao had thought countless times about beating up this rabbit and taking their money back.

But looking at the two clones beside Rabbit and sensing the powerful aura they emitted, and taking into account that Ye Chenshan was still watching them eagerly, ready to take advantage of any chaos to ascend, they didn’t act. They wanted to avoid any mishaps.

For the sake of stability, neither of them made a move.

Ye Chenshan hadn’t given up but was waiting for an opportunity.

Since Li Hanlin and Liu Haichao didn’t start anything, he knew he wouldn’t be able to cause any trouble. Better to give up than to go up and get beaten.

After Yi Zheng collected his belongings, he called the two men and they followed him up to the highest platform.

"Dong dong dong!"

Three bells rang out from Yiye Mountain, signaling the end of the Outer Disciple competition, with three individuals reaching the high platform.

But at this moment, aside from the rabbit who was all smiles, the faces of the others were not looking good.

Even Liu Gongqing didn’t want to say much more, leaving after dropping a congratulatory remark.

The others dispersed one after another. Li Hanlin and Liu Haichao, before leaving, gave the money-counting rabbit a harsh look.

Ye Chenshan’s face was filled with unwillingness, yet he could do nothing about it.

Yi Zheng, on the other hand, didn’t care at all about people staring or hating; he was just happy counting his money.

"With money, we can upgrade from a bird gun to a cannon, buy a bunch of materials, and continue to train hard on the Qilin Arm. Once my strength improves, I’d like to see who dares to bully me! Killing Rabbit Alliance, pah!" Yi Zheng muttered to himself.

Over the years, Yi Zheng had seen through it all.

Everything was transient, only power was the truth.

Thus, he aimed to improve his strength at all costs.

He didn’t provoke trouble actively, but if anyone tried to scheme against him, he had to repay the favor a hundredfold.

After packing up, Yi Zheng walked happily towards the Scripture Pavilion.

As he was walking, a voice called out to Yi Zheng, "Rabbit, you don’t need to go to the Scripture Pavilion anymore; Outer Disciples don’t need to do odd jobs. Unless you want to go to the Scripture Pavilion to guard the books!"

Yi Zheng turned around and saw, to his surprise, Sun Jinyan whom he hadn’t seen in a long time, and who also happened to be the Pavilion Master in charge of the Scripture Pavilion.

Standing next to Sun Jinyan was Liu Gongqing, who had just walked away only to be dragged back. Liu Gongqing’s face didn’t look very good, but since Sun Jinyan was holding onto his clothes tightly, he couldn’t leave either.

Sun Jinyan glared at Yi Zheng, "Little rascal, you’re a member of Wenqu Palace after all, and your actions today have really embarrassed us!

Playing the pig to eat the tiger, highway robbery, blackmail— you’ve done them all!

With actions and postures like those, do you think you belong to Wenchang Palace?!"

At first, Yi Zheng felt a bit defiant when being scolded, but when that last sentence came out, he quickly nodded, "I was wrong..."

Liu Gongqing said with a dark face, "Sun Jinyan, did you bring me here to scold your disciple, or to disgust me?"

Sun Jinyan coughed and said, "Sorry for telling the truth, I’m about to scold now."

Sun Jinyan raised his head and pointed at Rabbit, "Rabbit, what you did this time was not cool.

It was a despicable act!

Now that you know you were wrong, fine, I’ll punish you to reflect upon your actions in the Scripture Pavilion for three months!

During these three months, with every meal, eat one bowl less, and go hungry!

Do you accept the punishment?"

Yi Zheng understood what Sun Jinyan meant and cooperated tearfully, hugging Sun Jinyan’s thigh, "Pavilion Master Sun, I was wrong!

You know what I’m like, I can’t stay still even for a minute, so facing the wall for three months is basically asking for my life!

With my appetite, I can’t be full without two bowls at a meal, and one less bowl is just too hard!

Woo woo wah wah...

I’m so miserable."

Seeing Rabbit crying his eyes out, seeming genuinely scared and distressed, Liu Gongqing’s expression softened a bit.

Sun Jinyan said, "Old Liu, I’ve punished the person, are you satisfied now?"

Liu Gongqing wasn’t exactly satisfied or dissatisfied, just as Sun Jinyan had said; although Rabbit went too far, wasn’t it the same with the Wenchang Palace disciples every year?

It was just that this year, Rabbit’s methods successfully lowered everyone’s standards, which is why he felt annoyed.

Taking Buddha’s face into account rather than looking at the monk’s, seeing Sun Jinyan’s regard, Liu Gongqing couldn’t remain angry and replied, "Forget it, just make sure to discipline him well."

Having said that, Liu Gongqing took to the skies and left.

"Old Liu, don’t worry, I will definitely discipline him well!" Sun Jinyan waved his hand.

Once Liu Gongqing had gone far, Sun Jinyan spun around so sharply it scared Yi Zheng into hopping back three times, jumping more than twenty meters away.

But the next moment, he saw an old face rapidly approaching him, and then he was embraced by Sun Jinyan.

Sun Jinyan’s face, wrinkled like dried orange peel, bloomed into a smile, "Rascal, I knew you were different from those other dullards!

I really wasn’t wrong about you, you indeed vented my spleen this time!

Ha ha ha...

Well done!"

Yi Zheng felt like he was about to be choked to death in Sun Jinyan’s embrace and managed to say weakly, "Ease up, the rabbit’s dying!"

Sun Jinyan then let go, laughing heartily, "Rabbit, you did well, and you did it beautifully, there’s nothing more to say, from now on you’ll stay in the Scripture Pavilion, where I’ll treat you to the best of food and drink!"

Yi Zheng looked at Sun Jinyan, puzzled, "You’re not angry about what I did? Isn’t that wrong? You were going to punish me to face the wall and reflect and even said I had to eat less."

Sun Jinyan nodded and then tossed him a small plaque with a single large character on it—Wall!

Sun Jinyan instructed, "Stick it on your forehead and face it. As for eating, I only said eat one bowl less, not that you can’t have ten or eight bowls, right? There’s no limit to the upper limit; it’s just one less, are you still afraid of going hungry?"

Yi Zheng was speechless, giving a thumbs up and saying, "I get it! You are really slick, old man!"

Sun Jinyan was truly happy, dragging Rabbit all the way back to the Scripture Pavilion in a crazy rush, and despite the fact that the Scripture Pavilion was soundproof, one could still hear his wildly triumphant laughter!

Lingyu put down the book in his hand and glanced at Yi Zheng, "In all these years, it’s the first time I’ve seen him so happy.

Little Junior Brother, although I don’t approve of what you did, I am not against it either.

But remember, as a scholar, there should always be righteousness in your heart; never follow the crooked ways of those Wenchang Palace people."

Yi Zheng nodded, then asked somewhat puzzled, "If the people of Wenchang Palace are academically dishonest, why would Wenchang Palace accept them and even seem to indulge them?"

Lingyu thought for a moment before saying, "To make use of everything, I guess."

Yi Zheng didn’t quite understand, yet somehow he seemed to, falling into contemplation.

Lingyu continued, "In fact, it’s easy to enter Wenchang Palace, but very difficult to graduate.

The Wenchang Star Lord advocates an easy entry but a strict exit policy. It’s easy to get in, but hard to get out.

If one’s learning and moral character don’t pass muster, they’ll spend their life doing odd jobs on Book Mountain.

Wenqu Palace is quite the opposite, with a strict entry but lenient exit approach. Anyone who enters Wenqu Palace must go through multiple screenings; whether it’s academic prowess or moral character, they are all up to standard.

The learning environment in Wenqu Palace is much more relaxed than in Wenchang Palace, with more freedom to discuss and research, without too much interference. However, if you have any questions, all the teachers are available for you to consult at any time."

Unlike Wenchang Palace where the hierarchy is rigid, an Outer Disciple is just an Outer Disciple, and there are only so many teachers you can access..."