Chapter 83: The Wandering Gentleman

"Huh?"

When the old man mentioned the need for a waist badge, Prince Chai's face changed drastically. He thought to himself, "Dad, do you really have to bring up the one thing that's not working?"

Seeing that his son was not moving, Chai Jin angrily said, "What's there to be embarrassed about? You should be modest when you need to be, but when you don't need to be, don't be!"

Prince Chai almost fell to the ground, thinking, "Dad, I'm not being modest! This waist badge is really not something I can show!"

Seeing that his son still did not move, Chai Jin thought his son's face was too thin. Without waiting for his son's consent, he pulled the waist badge from his son's waist, infused it with spiritual energy, and showed it to the Wandering Gentleman, saying, "It really is the first..."

The Wandering Gentleman looked down and saw that the number on the back of the badge was clearly a 0.

"Zero points!" This number almost made the Wandering Gentleman fall off his flying sword.

"This..." Chai Jin himself was almost shocked off the high platform, thinking, "Could it be that the way I infused the spiritual energy was wrong?" He infused it again, but the number was still zero.

Blowing his own horn, the head of the Chai family's face turned red with embarrassment. He roared at his son, "How did the score become zero? What's going on here?"

Prince Chai was so scared that he burst into tears, saying, "Dad, my score was taken by that scoundrel Ding Hao."

Chai Jin's figure wavered, and he almost fell off the high platform again.

At this moment, Chai Biyue said, "Dad, I was also robbed by Ding Hao. That fraud, he controlled the Xuan Yun Purple Ape and then used it to rob everyone! All of us were robbed! He only took half from others, but he was the most ruthless to our Chai family and the young prince, leaving us with nothing! Dad, please help us!"

Chai Jin really couldn't hold it anymore, took a few steps back, and sat down in the big chair, thinking, "What's going on? How did that Ding Hao kid rob everyone alone!"

The Wandering Gentleman and others had already caught on to something and asked, "You mean the one who controlled the Xuan Yun Purple Ape was not Tang Yuanhao, but someone else?"

Chai Biyue said, "Reporting to the senior, it is indeed so. We were trapped in the valley, and then we saw Ding Hao come. This kid is despicable and shameless to the extreme! He controlled the Xuan Yun Purple Ape and then robbed us. Ding Juncai, the young prince's subordinate, tried to reason with him, but was beaten half to death."

"Controlled the Xuan Yun Purple Ape alone?" The Wandering Gentleman was surprised, "Who is Ding Hao? I've never heard of him."

Chai Biyue said, "Ding Hao is a shameless scoundrel, currently at the Seventh Stage of Innate cultivation, but I feel he might be even higher."

"What? The Seventh Stage of Innate and he controlled the Xuan Yun Purple Ape?" The Wandering Gentleman was truly shocked and quickly said, "Tell me, tell me in detail!"

On the towering mountain peak, a deep green expanse, the mountain road wound like a belt, spiraling upward.

On the dirt road up the mountain, a sixteen-year-old boy walked.

Ding Hao had to finish the subsequent matters, so he returned later. By the time he reached the main peak, Chai Jin and others had been waiting for a long time. The three disciples of the Nine States Academy had already descended from their flying swords and were sitting in the big chairs.

Ding Hao walked up and first handed his score to the referee.

The referee saw that the score on his waist badge was 320,000 points and almost fell to the ground. He had been a referee for a lifetime and had never seen such a high score! Ding Hao then threw out many storage pouches, all of which belonged to the young prince and Prince Chai.

The referee was counting and settling when the Chai family's steward walked over, "Ding Hao, our master wants you to come over."

Ding Hao looked up at the high platform and saw that Ling Yunxiao was not there, and Chai Jin looked like he was about to die. He knew it wouldn't be good, so he replied, "Can't you see I'm handing in the beast heads? This is such an important matter, can it be taken lightly?"

The steward was rebuffed and cursed in his heart, "You arrogant brat, wait until you die and you won't even know how!"

From a distance, the Wandering Gentleman watched Ding Hao settling with the referee and frowned, thinking, "This kid is a slick one, seeing the Immortal Master and not coming over quickly?"

Suddenly, Hui Hongying next to him laughed, "It's this kid, I know him."

"Oh?" The Wandering Gentleman turned back.

"It's him," Bai Tiancang's eyes shot out a look of disgust, "Wandering, didn't you ask us to help Junior Brother Liu Yunkun complete his inner gate task, and then you met this kid on the way? He is familiar with Liu Yunkun."

"Oh, is that so." The Wandering Gentleman's expression changed. In the Nine States Academy, there were various factions, and the Wandering Gentleman did not mind having a few more followers. If this kid really had some skills and was familiar with Liu Yunkun, it would be worth recruiting him.

But Bai Tiancang added, "However, Wandering, I don't like this kid. He is arrogant, disrespectful to elders, and rude, with no sense of propriety!"

Bai Tiancang's words almost put a chain on the Wandering Gentleman's heart. The Wandering Gentleman recruited followers, and if he recruited one who was uncontrollable, who defied him, and even betrayed him...

Thinking of this, the Wandering Gentleman's expression turned unpleasant, and he coldly said, "I see that too."

Ding Hao originally had 320,000 points, and with the large number of beast heads, the final score was 350,000 points.

"Only this much." Ding Hao snorted.

The Chai family's steward was moved, thinking, "This score is probably the highest in the history of Yunzhou and Wuzhou."

This was true; no one in history had ever robbed all the disciples, which was too crazy.

Ding Hao finished settling and had no choice but to put away his waist badge and follow the Chai family's steward to the high platform.

After getting on the platform, Chai Jin immediately stood up and scolded, "Ding Hao! What do you mean? You are lazy and unambitious, not hunting for three days, and in the end, you openly rob others' scores. What crime should you be punished for!"

Ding Hao was puzzled, "Head of the Chai family, what do you mean? When did I rob others' scores?"

Seeing that he refused to admit it, Chai Jin became even angrier and roared, "In broad daylight, so many people saw it, do you still want to deny it? You are truly despicable, robbing your companions and still refusing to admit it, doing all the bad things!"

Ding Hao was even more puzzled, "All the bad things were done by me? So saving all the disciples was a bad thing? Your worldview and values are truly bizarre, Head of the Chai family, it's quite an eye-opener!"

Chai Jin's face turned red from being mocked, and Chai Biyue jumped out to accuse him, "You did save us, but you also robbed everyone! All the scores we worked hard for were taken by you!"

Chai Jin immediately slammed the table and glared, "Brat, you still don't admit it!"

"It's like this," Ding Hao smiled, "Head of the Chai family, you are a leader, don't you think it's reasonable for me to charge a little for my efforts and gratitude after saving everyone? I didn't rob anyone; those scores were given to me willingly, and they even bowed to thank me for saving their lives."

Prince Chai, with tears still on his face, shouted, "I didn't bow to you!"

Chai Jin looked at his son's wimp, his face hardened, and he said, "Ding Hao, let's not talk about other things. You have 350,000 points now, right? Give my son 200,000 points, and we'll call it even."

"Damn." Ding Hao was shocked by the Chai family head's shamelessness and said, "Your son didn't even give me 200,000 points, and now you're asking me for 200,000 points? Don't you have any shame? I saved your son, and you didn't even say thank you, and now you're trying to rob me? This is the righteousness of the Chai family head, I see it! I really see it!"

Chai Jin's face was awkward, but he couldn't bear to part with the Bi Bo Pill. He said with a black face, "In short, give my son 200,000 points, and we can talk about everything! I won't hold your past mistakes against you, and we'll call it even."

"Is that it?" Ding Hao laughed, "Head of the Chai family, saving your two children's lives is so easily offset? Their lives are really not worth much!"

Chai Jin, angry and embarrassed, said, "Ding Hao, I warn you not to go too far!"

Ding Hao said, "The Immortal Masters of the Nine States Academy are here. I'll ask this senior sister and this White senior brother to judge who is going too far."

Hui Hongying giggled, "Little brother, you finally recognized us."

Ding Hao quickly said, "Of course, that day in the outer domain, the graceful demeanor of Senior Sister and White senior brother, I have always remembered."

Hui Hongying giggled, and Bai Tiancang coldly said, "Kid, now you know to flatter us, but it's too late! You are disrespectful to elders and arrogant and ignorant. Since you asked us to judge, I'll say it: you did save everyone, but you also robbed everyone! One good and one bad, they offset each other. The Chai family head asking for points is reasonable, and you should repay them."

"Who would have thought the disciples of the Nine States Academy are also so unable to distinguish right from wrong." Ding Hao was disappointed and asked, "If I give the points back, then saving people would be in vain, wouldn't it?"

Bai Tiancang laughed, "You can ask the Xuan Yun Purple Ape for benefits, hahaha."

Ding Hao actually knew these people wouldn't help him. What he could do now was to delay time, after all, only Ling Yunxiao could speak for him.

At this moment, the Wandering Gentleman finally spoke.

"Was it you who controlled the Xuan Yun Purple Ape?" The Wandering Gentleman's eyebrows twitched.

"Yes." Ding Hao nodded.

"The Xuan Yun Purple Ape has the strength of a middle-stage Qi Cultivator and the Xuan Yun Body. Even late-stage Qi Cultivator Immortal Masters are not confident. How did you control it?" The Wandering Gentleman asked coldly.

Ding Hao said, "It's like this. I saw that the Xuan Yun Purple Ape's body was like steel, so I guessed it must have a weakness. Fortunately, I had a mundane treasure, the Red Silk, which could only attack the ape's anus. So I had a sudden idea and took a risk..."

Before Ding Hao could finish, the Wandering Gentleman interrupted, "Nonsense!"

He didn't know what strange technique he used, but it made Ding Hao's head buzz and his mind go blank.

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