Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 269 - 59: Berry Master Thief [Two-in-One]_3

Chapter 269: Chapter 59: Berry Master Thief [Two-in-One]_3

Looking at Chu Liang’s intense gaze, she waved her hand again and said, "Failure is the mother of success, right? So, it’s only right that my failure leads to your victory."

Great.

Losing but still gaining an advantage.

Chu Liang completely ignored her charade. He said, "I just feel that, in order to motivate us to fight harder, Master should make some compensatory actions."

"What actions?" Empress Feng asked.

"Since we lost in the Wine God competition, why don’t we reduce by half the drinking expense of the whole peak from now on?" Chu Liang proposed.

Empress Feng narrowed her eyes.

The drinking expense for the entire peak... But she was the only one who drank wine on Silver Sword Peak. This was equivalent to persuading her to save on her alcohol expenses.

No wonder this lad suddenly called a meeting tonight. He clearly had ulterior motives.

His fox tail was showing.

He had been waiting for her all evening.

Empress Feng pondered for a moment. Suddenly, she turned around, saying, "Oh, my head hurts! It hurts from top to bottom."

...

Empress Feng mastered playing dirty tricks too well, Chu Liang finally depleted his strategies.

The truth was that they were no match for her strength.

With one hand each, Empress Feng threw all three of them out of her sight. It was pointless to argue. It seemed that reasoning with a stronger enemy was only an ideal notion.

Chu Liang didn’t bother about it. It was almost time anyway, so he had Liu Xiaoyu draw the name of their opponent for the formal match tomorrow.

Liu Xiaoyu drew the name of Shen Qiongguang from Jade Sword Peak for him.

Now it was the eight-to-four competition. There was one Five Elements Realm, six Golden Core Realms, and one Divine Consciousness Realm among them. That single Divine Consciousness Realm individual was Ling Ao from Guxuan Peak.

Frankly speaking, Chu Liang would rather clash with a typical Golden Core Realm opponent than encounter Ling Ao prematurely.

That guy was extremely elusive.

Among the remaining competitors were Xu Ziyang and Jiang Yuebai, so considering that, the name Liu Xiaoyu drew for him was quite fortunate. Shen Qiongguang was arguably less potent than Mu Yuetong from the previous round and didn’t pose a formidable challenge to Chu Liang.

Chu Liang felt the result was very good.

But he didn’t expect even better news to come.

The next morning, he suddenly received a message that Shen Qiongguang had withdrawn from the competition due to injuries, leaving him without an opponent!

"What?"

Upon hearing this news, everyone was considerably shocked. How could he get injured at such a crucial time?

As it turned out, these past few days, Shen Qiongguang had not only been participating in the Shu Mountain Peak Conference, but he had also gotten acquainted with a young girl from Nanyin Square. The two hit it off quite well. Shen Qiongguang was quite taken by her, so when she needed to return to her sect late at night, he personally offered to escort her.

However, they encountered an unexpected incident just outside Shu Mountain.

Two bandits suddenly ambushed them with the intention of robbing them. Seeing this as a chance to show off, Shen Qiongguang immediately sprang into action.

And then, he was punched half to death.

Reportedly, the one who did it was a little girl who appeared to be just a few years old.

And he was spared only because an adult nearby intervened.

Moreover... what Shen Qiongguang found most unbearable was that after being cast aside, the two thieves only stole a few boxes of Shu Mountain’s special berries from the girl from Nanyin Square, before leaving.

So, it was just that?

You should’ve said so earlier!

Although he had only been hit once, his internal and external injuries were severe. The mighty bandit also treated his injury in time, but the damage to his life force could not be easily replenished. He needed at least ten days to half a month of bed rest.

Under such circumstances, it was meaningless to force himself to compete, so he chose to withdraw. When one person withdrew, there was no way to select a replacement.

Because in the last round from sixteen to eight, a total of eight people were eliminated, and there was no ranking sequence. It would be unfair to the other seven competitiors to let anyone replace Shen Qiongguang. Hence, it was simpler to let Shen Qiongguang’s opponent proceed to the next round by default.

Thus, Chu Liang ended up with this opportunity.

The first semi-finalist of the Shu Mountain Peak Conference was born!

Chu Liang was quite surprised by this... I was just eating hotpot and singing, how did I suddenly become a semi-finalist?

It really felt like a destined opportunity.