Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 313 - 150: Betting (Second Update, Please Subscribe) _3

Chapter 313: Chapter 150: Betting (Second Update, Please Subscribe) _3

At the thresholds divisible by ten, the difficulty spiked the most. Xu Jin might have gotten stuck at the sixtieth threshold.

But that wasn’t important. What mattered was that with a Cultivation Level of Refining Star First Layer, Xu Jin had reached the eleventh place, had reached the sixtieth threshold, which indicated that Xu Jin’s Practical Combat Ability was exceptionally strong.

Many disciples at the Refining Star Third Layer, let alone the sixtieth, couldn’t even break past the fiftieth threshold.

Given that, with a bit more time, the possibility of Xu Jin breaking into the top five of the God-Killing Battlefield was very high!

The moment Liu Qingzhu realized this, she felt as if she had taken a calming pill.

Utterly refreshing!

To be honest, over the past few years, she had faced off against Song Ziyue several times and mostly ended up on the losing side.

Thus, Liu Qingzhu had resigned herself to occasionally suffering losses and damage to her reputation.

But she absolutely could not let her disciple be harmed.

This disciple was the one she, Liu Qingzhu, had shamelessly poached herself.

If she were to ruin him because of herself, she would never be able to live with her conscience.

Now things were looking up.

"No, not right, unacceptable!"

The next instant, Liu Qingzhu suddenly stood up and slammed the table again, and as if it were a natural response, Song Ziyue opposed her just for the sake of opposition.

"Junior Sister Liu..."

"I’m not your junior sister, stop disgusting me!"

With a single sentence, Song Ziyue changed his address amid his embarrassment, "Vice Academician Liu, the other Academicians have already decided to set a goal; your slamming the table is useless!"

"It’s not that I disagree with setting a goal!"

Liu Qingzhu suddenly turned to Kou Jing and said, "Academician, since you’ve all decided to impose a goal on me, I accept! But to forcibly change my disciple to someone else, is that supposed to be my punishment? If I succeed, then what’s the reward?"

"Reward? This is part of your duty, isn’t it?" Song Ziyue said.

"Song Ziyue, you really have no shame! When setting goals, why didn’t you mention that Xu Jin was trapped in the Fire Radiant Star Domain for half a month? It seems you and Academician Fang have banded together to bully and punish me, a woman! If that’s the case, I absolutely disagree.

Also, Academician Kou, why don’t you step down and directly let Academician Fang preside? I see that the meetings at Minglun Hall have already become dominated by him and Song Ziyue!"

Upon these words, all the Academicians and instructors were dumbfounded.

This was the consequence of pushing a woman into a corner.

Not giving face to anyone.

Now everyone was a bit unable to step down gracefully.

Especially Academician Fang Shihan, who only made a slight comment at first and then gave a little push, didn’t expect to be fully called out by the ’madwoman’ Liu Qingzhu.

"It’s just a discussion; according to you, can’t we even talk in Minglun Hall anymore?" Academician Fang Shihan rebuked.

However, Liu Qingzhu disregarded Fang Shihan, her face already set, and simply stared hard at Kou Jing. If Academician Kou showed weakness, then everything she had said would be for naught.

But clearly, Kou Jing was not the type to show weakness.

The leader among the Four Great Academicians could not have achieved his position by showing weakness.

Before, Kou Jing hadn’t paid much attention, but now that Liu Qingzhu had pointed it out, it seemed that today’s events had, indeed, been influenced and directed by Fang Shihan and Song Ziyue.

If not handled well, it could seriously affect his, Kou Jing’s, prestige.

"Ha ha ha!"

Suddenly, Kou Jing burst into laughter, "Look at you all, taking our Liu Feiyan’s words so seriously! With her temperament, don’t you understand her by now?"

Just as Song Ziyue and everyone else relaxed for a moment, Kou Jing suddenly added, "Vice Academician Song, but Feiyan’s words are reasonable. Given Xu Jin’s belated Cultivation Level and the circumstances, if we are urging him now, there must be a reward, not just punishment.

How about you tell us, what should the reward be?"

Everyone tensed up at once again.

It was clear to all, while Kou Jing said there wasn’t an issue, there actually was now, he had been alerted to it.

"If there must be a reward, if the leader of the autumn exam enters the top three or top five, the Taoist Institute could award one to two bottles of Star Refining Pills as an encouragement!"

"One to two bottles of Star Refining Pill!

Song Ziyue, you’re really being generous!

If I don’t meet the target, you ruin my future and destroy my student’s path, all my hard work for a year wasted!

And if I meet the target, you casually throw out one to two bottles of Star Refining Pill, you should show some dignity, act like a person, all right!" Liu Qingzhu lashed out, immediately making Song Ziyue’s expression turn unsightly.

Before Song Ziyue could say anything, Liu Qingzhu added, "Academician, this mess started with Song Ziyue, I want to bet with him, please be fair judges!"

"A bet?"

Kou Jing spoke before Fang Shihan could, "Vice Academician Song, do you dare to accept it?"

Song Ziyue had wanted Fang Shihan to help him out, but before he knew it, Kou Jing had already put him on the spot.

Now, it was Liu Qingzhu and Kou Jing’s turn to team up.

"Academician Kou, respected Academicians, if Xu Jin cannot break into the top five of the God-Killing Battlefield in half a month, I am willing to be punished and accept the decision of the Taoist Institute to change the mentor for the Top of the Autumn Exam.

But if Xu Jin does make it, I’m not asking too much either; just have Song Ziyue compensate me with one Fifth Tier Star Artifact, gift my disciple Xu Jin three chances to attempt the Heavenly Ascending Stairs, one top-grade Star Pattern above the Fifth Tier, ten bottles of top-grade Star Refining Pill, two bottles of Dragon Turtle Soul Refining Pill, and two bottles of Five Spirits Calming Pill..."

"Alright, with demands like that, you might as well just rob me, what’s the point of a bet?" Song Ziyue was incensed as soon as he heard Liu Qingzhu’s outrageous demands.

"If you can’t handle it, then don’t start trouble!

Are you even a man?"

Liu Qingzhu provocatively challenged before suddenly letting out a soft laugh, "I forgot, you’re not a man!"