Chapter 4

"Me...” Deng Qiang gritted his teeth, looking at Ye Fan, who wore a mocking smile, somewhat angrily, “Ye Fan, don’t get too cocky!”

“My cousin is Deng Li from the Excellence Class. Do you dare touch me?”

“Deng Li from the Excellence Class?” Hearing this name, Ye Fan’s eyes narrowed.

He had naturally heard of this person. In his previous life, the name was as famous as thunder. He had a B-level talent and was considered one of the top students in the Excellence Class. However, after graduating from Pingcheng, he didn’t go to college but instead formed a gang called the Dragon Strong Gang locally, bullying people and collecting protection fees.

His parents had run a small restaurant in Pingcheng in his previous life and had been extorted many times. They even had to rely on the money he sent back to make ends meet. Later, when he returned after graduation, this scoundrel fled, not returning to Pingcheng for years.

“Indeed, hateful people always come in groups.” Ye Fan said, then kicked Deng Qiang.

After all, Ye Fan had practiced the Saint Entry Method. Although he had only performed the whale swallowing technique twice, the effects were evident. This kick sent Deng Qiang flying, crashing into the wall.

Deng Qiang struggled, but Ye Fan stepped on him, just as he had done to the fat guy.

Beside them, Deng Li’s few lackeys were startled and wanted to rush over to help, but Ye Fan gave them a cold glance.

“You’d better stand still and not move.”

His words made them hesitate, and they actually froze in place.

Seeing this, Ye Fan sneered. These people were just bullies who only picked on the weak. Even without his King-level aura, the aura of a strong person still existed in his heart, easily intimidating these young thugs.

“Deng Qiang, listen to me.” Ye Fan leaned down and said coldly, “Within one hour, either have your lackeys bring me the seeds of the Blaze Fruit, or have your cousin bring them. You choose.”

“I’m giving you one hour. One second more, and you’ll bear the consequences.”

With that, Ye Fan increased the pressure on his leg. Deng Qiang, unable to bear it, waved his hand, “Go and find my cousin quickly!”

The lackeys, who were already scared, fled the classroom as if they had been granted a reprieve.

In the empty classroom, only Deng Qiang, panting heavily, glared at Ye Fan.

“Ye Fan, let it go...” Li Fat, seeing that they had really gone to get help, pulled Ye Fan aside and whispered, “People from the Excellence Class are not easy to deal with. They are at least C-level talents.”

“C-level? Even if it were A-level, they would still have to bring me the seeds of the Blaze Fruit.” Ye Fan snorted, not letting up on his foot.

Hearing this, Li Fat shrank back, looking at Ye Fan with surprise in his eyes.

He remembered that his childhood friend wasn’t like this. For a long time, he had always been very easy-going. In the past, when someone caused trouble, he would choose to avoid conflict, just like himself. Why had he become so domineering today?

“Fatso, always backing down will only make others think you’re easy to bully.” As if reading Li Fat’s thoughts, Ye Fan spoke, “If they don’t provoke me, I won’t provoke them. But if they do, they must pay the price!”

“I understand.” Li Fat was taken aback, nodding after a moment, though there was a hint of fear in his eyes.

Ye Fan naturally noticed Li Fat’s reaction and smiled. Li Fat was naturally timid, with poor grades and a D-level talent, so it was normal for him to be afraid.

Boom.

Not long after, the classroom door was pushed open, and a man in a leather jacket with a somewhat gloomy expression walked in.

Seeing Ye Fan stepping on Deng Qiang, who was almost passing out, the man’s face turned angry, “Let him go!”

“What about what I want?” Ye Fan raised his eyes and looked at the “famous” Deng Li, speaking calmly.

“What?” Deng Li was taken aback, and the others quickly explained the situation.

“A seed of the Blaze Fruit?” Hearing this, Deng Li frowned and looked at Ye Fan.

After a moment of thought, Deng Li said, “For my sake, let’s just drop this.”

“Drop it?” Ye Fan laughed, lifted his foot, and then stepped down again, “A bet is a bet. Besides, what’s your face worth?”

“Bastard!” Deng Li was furious, clenching his fists and about to strike Ye Fan.

Ye Fan was completely unafraid, looking at him.

On the other side, Deng Li’s fists were raised, but seeing Ye Fan’s calm and even expectant gaze, he hesitated.

Why isn’t this guy afraid? Does he have some kind of confidence?

This thought crossed his mind, and Deng Qiang looked at his cousin, frowning and hesitating before lowering his fists.

“I’ll give you ten thousand yuan. Let my cousin go.” Suppressing his anger, Deng Li spoke.

Seeing that Deng Li had stopped, Ye Fan was somewhat surprised but didn’t mind, nodding, “Ten thousand yuan, fine.”

“Give it to him.” Deng Qiang took out a stack of money and handed it to one of his lackeys, who then walked to Ye Fan.

“Since that’s the case, I’ll let your cousin go.”

Taking the money, Ye Fan lifted his foot, and Deng Qiang almost crawled to his cousin.

“Cousin, help me get revenge!” Deng Qiang’s face was red with anger, having never experienced such humiliation in his life.

“Shut up!” Deng Li shouted, “This is school!”

Deng Qiang was taken aback, not expecting his cousin, who was very close to him, to scold him.

“Whatever happens, we’ll deal with it outside school!” Deng Li lowered his voice, patting Deng Qiang’s shoulder, “We’re all students here, but outside school, there are many ways!”

Hearing this, Deng Qiang smiled and agreed.

“Let’s go!” With a wave of his hand, Deng Qiang led the group away, giving Ye Fan a fierce glare before leaving.

After they left, Ye Fan leisurely counted the money in his hand.

Ten thousand yuan, in high school, was almost half a year’s living expenses. He had been thinking about whether to start a side business to earn some money.

After all, he was still in Pingcheng and just starting out. Many resources were easiest to obtain with money.

“At least it saved me some trouble.” After counting, exactly one hundred bills, Ye Fan patted them and held the money in his hand.

“Ye Fan, did you hear what Deng Li said? He seems to want to get people to deal with us outside school!” Li Fat cautiously approached, his voice filled with fear.

“Let him try.” Ye Fan didn’t care. He had wanted to provoke Deng Li to vent the anger his parents had endured in his previous life.

What could a future gang leader find? At most, some low-level thugs, not even at the Iron Rank level.

Given a few days, dealing with them would be easy.

“What should we do?” Li Fat, lacking Ye Fan’s courage, was anxious, “I have to go home this weekend.”

“You can come with me.”

“But what if you’re not around? If I’m alone, I can’t even fight Deng Qiang...”

Seeing Li Fat pacing anxiously, Ye Fan suddenly felt a bit sad.

Li Fat had always been good to him. In the toughest times of high school, he never changed his attitude toward him, whether he was a D-level talent or later became the pride of Pingcheng.

The only regret was that Li Fat’s Beast Taming talent wasn’t great. In the previous life, as the gap in their Beast Taming skills grew, they rarely saw each other, let alone fought side by side.

Thinking about this, Ye Fan suddenly smiled.

“Fatso.” Seeing Li Fat getting anxious again, Ye Fan suddenly spoke, “Do you want to become a powerful Beast Tamer?”

This made Li Fat hesitate, “I do, but my talent...”

“Talent isn’t the problem. Just answer, do you want to?” Ye Fan’s eyes were firm.

“Yes!” Li Fat answered without hesitation.

“Good.” Ye Fan nodded, patted Li Fat’s shoulder, and walked out of the classroom.

“Follow me.”