Chapter 51: Fighting

My gaze and Cheng Xin’s gaze fell on Shen Xing at the same time. Shen Xing closed her book lightly, stretched, and said, “Don’t ask anything. Once things have a result, there’s no need to explore the process. I’m going to sleep. Are you going to stand there stupidly?”

I and Cheng Xin Ge were speechless. Shen Xing is a person who, if she doesn’t want to say something, you can’t pry it out of her mouth even with a jack. I and Cheng Xin Ge faced Shen Xing calmly, and simply held back the questions in our stomachs. It was pointless to ask.

Shen Xing lay down with her clothes on, and Cheng Xin grabbed my neck as soon as he turned around and whispered, “You brainless idiot, if we lose, where will we get the 20,000 yuan to give to Lin Chen?”

I coughed as I was being strangled, pushed Chengxin Ge away and said, “I’m better looking than him, taller than him, and there’s no reason why I should lose. Don’t give me a hard time.”

After hearing what I said, Brother Chengxin touched his chin and looked at me for a long time with a meaningful look before saying, “Well, I’d better contact a few people.”

“What kind of people?” I was a little confused.

“Oh, I know a few rich, lonely women. I’ll contact them first, so that I don’t lose money. If they are willing to help pay the bill, I will send you there clean. After all, you are a young man, and you are still strong.” Cheng Xin Ge said seriously.

“Fuck!” I suddenly pounced on him, grabbed his neck and yelled, “Tell me, is my buddy more handsome than Lin Chen? Is he more handsome than you? Don’t you dare to escape from reality.”

“Rather die than give in.” Brother Chengxin said with clenched teeth.

Then we both burst out laughing, which made Shen Xing, who was in the other bed, sigh and say, “Living with children is a worry.”

After a while of laughing and joking, we were both half-lying on the single bed in the lower bunk. Chengxin suddenly said to me, “Chengyi, don’t lose. The duel platform is a matter of life and death. Lin Chen will not show mercy.”

I said, “Don’t worry, he’s been improving for the past five years, and so have I. I wouldn’t make such a rash decision without being sure.”

“Yes, I believe you.”

“Who said they were going to sell me to a rich woman?”

“Haha…”

The next day I was awakened by the sound of ‘knocking, knocking, knocking’. I hadn’t even gotten out of bed yet, and Shen Xing had already gotten up and opened the door. But the way I and Brother Chengxin slept like pigs made Shen Xing unable to help but say, “Really, who’s going to duel today?”

After the door opened, Lin Chen came with his men. Seeing that I and Brother Chengxin were still sleeping on the bed, a hint of annoyance flashed in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up. He said, “Chen Chengyi, you haven’t forgotten what you said yesterday, have you?”

I slowly got up from the bed and said, “What’s the rush? Since it’s a battle of wits, can’t I first gather my strength and then make a dazzling appearance? Go, go, go, wait outside, and wait for me to ‘get ready’ before coming back.”

Lin Chen listened to my words, and I guess he was full of black lines. In the end, he took a deep breath and walked out.

Then I felt my upper bunk shaking violently, followed by a lewd laugh coming from my upper bunk. Then I heard the owner of that laugh, Brother Chengxin, say to Shen Xing while laughing and panting, “Shen Xing, please lend us a powder compact, lipstick, or something. I want to get ready with Chengyi and then make my grand entrance.”

“Oh, I didn’t bring it. Otherwise, you can use some red mud to smear on your face, which can be used as blush.” Shen Xing’s clear voice came from the other bed, and then the three of them laughed together. Where is there any atmosphere for a duel?

The process of applying for a duel is actually very simple. After I finished packing, I went to a place with Lin Chen. It was probably a temporary office for the two organizations. We went there to draft a consent form for the duel. The content was nothing more than a fair duel, regardless of life or death, and not involving others. The two signed and handed it in, and then the representatives of the two organizations each signed a word to complete it.

During the process, a person from the secret organization asked, “Secret duel? Do we need to notify them for an open duel?”

On hearing this, Lin Chen’s eyes turned red, and he said with clenched teeth, “There is no need to be timid in a duel. A man’s duel is to have a decisive duel in the limelight!”

I didn’t say anything. Does Lin Chen’s choice need to be asked? Doesn’t he just want to become famous by fighting with me? Old Li’s disciple, Jiang Lichun’s disciple, the gold content of this name must be high in the hearts of people in the circle.

Lin Chen chose this way, and the people from the secret organization immediately organized people to start the so-called “propaganda.” The “propaganda” method was quite speechless. They actually used a megaphone to yell, and then I knew the reason why they were so active. They charged 50 yuan for tickets to watch us fight, and they also set up a betting market on who would win. They were the bookmakers.

In fact, the publicity method of shouting from a megaphone has to be said to be quite effective. After all, everyone is concentrated in the camp, and they have also returned from participating in the ghost market. They all look lively when they hear it, and the ticket price is only fifty, and they can also gamble. Which is not positive?

The most important thing is that the participants are Lin Chen, who is extremely influential behind the scenes, and the other is the most recent emergence, the great disciple of the mountain character of the old Li clan, who is the subject of much discussion.

The stage for dueling was a vacant lot that the two organizations had temporarily selected. For safety reasons, both the Ming and the Dark organizations had sent out dueling supervisors to prevent the innocent from being hurt. What made me speechless was that the supervisor sent by the Dark organization was Feng Wei.

The supervisor sent by the Ming organization is also an acquaintance of mine, the old man who is the gatekeeper. This is the third time I have seen him. He is sitting lazily outside the large circle that was drawn for me and Lin Chen to fight. Hmm, he is smelling his shoes. There is no one within one meter of him. I guess the shoes are too deadly.

There were a lot of people who bought tickets to watch our battle. They were all squatting, sitting, standing, and kneeling, and under the coordination of the two organizations, everyone was guaranteed to be able to see.

However, by the time Lin Chen and I entered the stage, it was almost 12 o’clock in the morning.

Lin Chen and I had fought before, so we were familiar with each other’s methods. So there was no need for any unnecessary chatter. As soon as we got to the stage, Lin Chen took out a strange bone device from his backpack and placed it in the middle of the stage. The next moment, he began to clench his hands and chant a spell.

So that’s what it’s like? My heart immediately began to race, because Lin Chen’s actions could not be hidden from anyone. He was summoning his own ‘helper’. This was a more powerful technique than the summoning of gods or the summoning of demons.

Because both the summoning of gods and the summoning of demons are time-limited, they will lose their power after the time limit, and may even make people weak.

This technique has no such drawbacks. As long as you can control it and withstand it, you can use it without limit. Moreover, the time it takes to perform the technique is extremely short. The only drawback of this technique is that the “helper” you raise needs constant support, which is equivalent to a large technique that takes a long time. Because the longer the support time, the greater the power of your “helper” and the more it can help you.

This is a powerful spell! Depending on your “helper,” the power of the spell will be different, which means that your “helper” is a being that defies the heavens, and this spell also defies the heavens.

For example, the Taoist priests of ancient times could raise the spirits of auspicious beasts!

Moreover, Lin Chen used this spell with a very short preparation time to prevent me from using the Zhongmao technique!

Lin Chen quickly recited the incantation, but there was a hint of undisguised smugness on his face. He probably felt that he had me in his grasp, that he had seen through me, or that his “help” was extremely powerful.

But he was wrong about one thing, and that is that there is something I have never exposed to him before, and after five years, this thing that lives with me, I have become extremely skilled in controlling it.

The next moment, I closed my eyes and began to recite a spell. This spell was the one my master taught me to control the tiger spirit when he fought against the vengeful mother and the infant spirit in the Black Rock Miao Village. Later, after my master left, I found the full version of this spell in the spell book he left behind.

This was the time for my stupid tiger to show off its prowess.