Chapter 635: Complicated Feeling
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She ignored Yan Chen and called Lan Waihu to come to her. Lan Waihu was actually quite scared of Gu Xijiu, especially during training. Gu Xijiu was even harsher than her school teachers. Lan Waihu noticed Yan Chen's presence a while ago, but she dared not come over.
Only when Gu Xijiu called her did she run over with her blushed face, "Xijiu, how was my practice?" After speaking to Gu Xijiu, she diverted her attention to Yan Chen, "Hello Brother Yan Chen!"
Yan Chen nodded slightly, but he had a complicated feeling. Previously, Lan Waihu always liked to stay with him. Whenever she saw him, she would definitely run over to him and keep talking to him.
But now the situation had changed. If he did not call her, she would not come over. Even if she came over, she would just greet him and immediately look at Gu Xijiu with admiration and wait for her guidance.
If Gu Xijiu were not a girl, Yan Chen would have thought that this girl had fallen in love with Gu Xijiu. He then looked at Gu Xijiu and wondered what was unique about this girl. She could easily attract peoples attention, and even his Lan Waihu also admired her so much.
Gu Xijiu asked Lan Waihu to perform all of the tricks again, then she selected five tricks and tasked Lan Waihu to practice accordingly.
Lan Waihu was quite familiar with these five tricks, so it was not too complicated for her to practice them even if they were combined. After she practiced for one hour, she had already mastered it.
While she was practicing, Gu Xijiu was standing at the side observing and was ready to correct her when there was an error. Yan Chen did not leave either and was watching everything from the side.
He was also a very smart student. Based merely on Gu Xijiu's instructions to Lan Waihu, he could already understand what she was up to. He realized that it was a handy tactic and he secretly admired Gu Xijiu.
Qian Lingyu was back now. This guy could get angry very quickly but would also calm down at the same speed. When he returned, he was not angry anymore.
Just when Lan Waihu finished practicing, Gu Xijiu asked Qian Lingyu to join them practice together. Even Yan Chen was pulled into the field to practice together. After all, Yan Chen was the top student in the Ziyun class. Every skill that he used was fast and accurate. It was tough to defeat him even if the three of them used the formation that Gu Xijiu had just designed.
It was the first time Gu Xijiu had a real fight with Yan Chen. She actually secretly admired his high abilities because even the three of them together could not defeat him.
In fact, Yan Chen was worried too. He had always been the top in Tianju Hall. If he fought seriously, he could even defeat the entire Liuyun class together.
When he was pulled by Gu Xijiu into the field to practice, he did not use his full power, only half. He did not want to hurt them. However, when three of them were getting better at coordinating with each other, he used 80% of his strength to fight.
At first, he was just helping out, but after that, he was getting interested in fighting too. Four of them fought until the sky turned dark before they stopped because of tiredness.
Lan Waihu sweated until her clothes were soaked. However, she was very excited as this was the first time she enjoyed combating in a team. The feeling was undoubtedly delightful.
Her small face was blushing, and her eyes were sparkling. Although she was exhausted, she was thrilled too. She kept asking Gu Xijiu for one more match.
Chapter 636: A Cool Elegant Young Man Almost Acted Rudely
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Yan Chen also wanted one more. He looked at Gu Xijiu, "Shall we have another match?"
Gu Xijiu stood up and looked disdained, "Why should I accompany you to practice?"
Yan Chen was speechless. Earlier, he was pulled into the field to practice together with them. But now she was behaving this way.
"Gu Xijiu, can you be more shameless?"
"Yes, I can." Gu Xijiu answered very happily, then she reached out her hand, "If you want me to practice with you, you have to pay me 100 spiritual stones."
Yan Chen was speechless.
In the end, Yan Chen gave in to Lan Waihu. He took out 100 spiritual stones in exchange for a match. He cried a little inside his heart.
Following from that day, Yan Chen came to practice with the three of them almost every day. The venue selected by Gu Xijiu was secretive, and it was located where most people could not find. Thus, no one could watch their practice.
A few days later, the second match within the Liuyun class arrived. The result was that the three least favored students won all other teams and became the black horses.
No one would ever imagine that Lan Waihu, who always caused the team to lose, could battle so well. The idiot in combating turned out to be the critical player when coupled with the skill sets of Gu Xijiu and Qian Lingyu.
The three of them won with pride. Qian Lingyu was delighted, and Lan Waihu was even more excited. She ran rounds around Gu Xijiu and asked for a celebration.
It was a must to have a food feast to celebrate. Lan Waihu did not have enough skills in the past. Hence, she did not earn much income. Every month, she could only get 10 spiritual stones for her essential living expenses. She was a poor person, and she always needed Yan Chen's financial aid.
She could not afford to pay although she said she wanted to treat Gu Xijiu to a food feast. Fortunately, she had Yan Chen to help her.
Later in the day at the first floor of the Tianju Hall canteen where students from the Ziyun class would typically dine, three students from the Liuyun class sat freely in the middle of the canteen. Their meal was treated by Yan Chen.
Yan Chen was very forthright. He just said, "You can order anything today. As long as it is edible, I can pay for it!"
When he had just finished his sentence, there was cheering from Gu Xijiu's sleeves, "Great! Finally, I can eat until I am full! I want to eat roasted spiritual venison, spiritual leopard tendons fried with garlic, and…"
It was the large mussel. It rolled out, and the baby inside it started to order almost all the signature dishes in the canteen!
Yan Chen was stunned.
This meal had cost 2,800 spiritual stones, and Yan Chen almost became bankrupt because of this meal. He used all his properties that he had earned for these three years but still did not have enough to pay. The chefs here did not allow credit either.
In the end, Gu Xijiu helped to pay 1,000 spiritual stones on behalf of him. Only then did the four of them manage to leave the canteen.
Yan Chen quietly thanked Gu Xijiu but she waved and said, "You don't have to thank me." Then she took out a paper from her sleeve and handed it to Yan Chen. "This is the contract of your borrowing, please sign on it."
Yan Chen was speechless. A cool and elegant young man almost acted rudely. However, although he was angry, he did not want to owe Gu Xijiu, so he signed the contract and claimed that he would be paying off the debt in two years' time.
Chapter 637: It Seemed Like She Had Spent Too Much Of His Money
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After Gu Xijiu kept the contract, she walked away with the mussel. The mussel had eaten so much till it could not close its shells. It transformed into a smaller size to help it move around.
It was very excited and planned for the future on their way back, "Master, you should grab more opportunities to let him treat us. I think he is quite generous. This is the first time I have eaten so satisfyingly."
Gu Xijiu remained silent. She felt at this stage that it was more difficult to ask Yan Chen to buy them a meal than to fly to the moon.
She also felt a bit guilty when she recalled the moment when Yan Chen had insufficient money to pay for the dinner. It seemed like she had spent too much of his money this time.
This was a massive lesson for Yan Chen. In the future, he would surely mention beforehand that he would only be buying food for the humans and not the mussel.
Despite the hefty cost of the meal, there was still a silver lining for Yan Chen after all. Gu Xijiu finally stopped irritating him and did not ask Lu Wu to follow him when he went to collect herbs. Therefore, he could finally complete his tasks.
The news of Gu Xijiu's victory had spread to the management of the Tianju Hall. Gu Canmo had heard about it on the night itself. He felt very uncomfortable but did not care much about it.
After all, the students from the Liuyun class were weaker. Qian Lingyu was supposed to be in the Ziyun class. With his abilities coupled with the Gu Xijiu's experience, it was no surprise to see them winning a few battles in the Liuyun class. As for Lan Waihu, it was considered as good news as long as she did not bring trouble to the team.
Even though he tried not to care, Gu Canmo still went to watch the second match, and the result was very eye-opening to him.
This time, the three of them played even better. Lan Waihu played a very crucial role in helping to win the match. She was not just an additional player that lingered around.
Although she only rotated between five tricks, these five tricks became extraordinarily powerful under the coordination with Gu Xijiu and Qian Lingyu. During the match, Lan Waihu was the one who would attack first. She always used her water jet skill on her opponent who used the fire element spiritual power.
Opponents who owned the earth element spiritual power could set a wall to block the water jet. Hence, Qian Lingyu would immediately use his vines to attack and loosen the wall. Once the wall was loosened, Lan Wanhu would use her water jet attack again, and the wall would directly collapse.
At this moment, Qian Lingyu seized the opportunity to issue a fireball to attack the opponent, and Gu Xijiu used her hurricane skill to expand the fireball by several folds.
Most of the time, their opponents were showered with fire and all lied on the floor shouting for help. Gu Canmo was actually still under punishment and he was still very weak at the moment.
After each punishment, he would lose a large amount of water from his body. Therefore, his lips were always dry. Even his beard grew dryly, and it made him look very ugly. If he were not too curious about Gu Xijiu and her team, he would never come out from the room.
He watched the full match and asked three of them to come and look for him. He praised them for their excellent performance and encouraged them to do better the next time.
Gu Xijiu somehow grew impatient listening to his long-winded encouragement. Finally, she reminded him, "Headmaster, I think it is not sufficient to only verbally encourage. Why don't you reward us with some material items?"
Gu Canmo agreed with her suggestion, so he rewarded each of them with 100 spiritual stones. When Gu Xijiu noticed his tired and sickly appearance, she sympathized with him. Thus, she took out a bottle of medicine and handed it over to Gu Canmo.
Chapter 638: The Richest Person In Tianju Hall
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"Headmaster Gu, this is a jade cream that can cure your burn scars. After you apply it to your skin, it can instantly moisturize the skin and remove any dryness…"
Gu Canmo was aware that Gu Xijiu was an expert in refining medicines. She knew how to refine some rare medication and even some drugs that he had never heard of before. He heard that she had been selling medicines at the night market and the reviews were quite good.
When she handed the cream over to him, he felt elated but still rejected, "I don't receive any bribes."
Gu Xijiu raised her eyebrow, "It is not a bribe." Then she continued, "This cream is selling at 800 spiritual stones in the night market. Since you are the headmaster, I can give you a discount. You just need to pay 600 spiritual stones to get it."
Gu Canmo almost vomited blood!
In the end, he did buy the cream because he tested it on his dry lips which healed instantly and most importantly, the burning sensation had significantly reduced.
This type of medicine was not available elsewhere as it was only sold by Gu Xijiu. Therefore, he still bought it even though it was expensive.
There was another reason why he asked the three of them to come and look for him. After all the encouragement, he raised his request, "The strategy that you guys used to win is excellent. It is different from others I have seen before. It is meaningless for you to keep combating with the students from the Liuyun class. I suggest that you guys can play with the students from the Ziyun class starting from next week. What do you think?"
Qian Lingyu was excited. He had been thinking to compete with the Ziyun class, even if it was just training. They would be real rivals and a good test. It was meaningless to keep winning against weaker opponents.
Since Gu Xijiu was the leader of the team, he immediately looked at her and waited for her decision.
Gu Xijiu took a moment to think and then reverted to Gu Canmo, "We are students from the Liuyun class. It is very disadvantageous for us to fight against the students from the Ziyun class because we are not starting from an equal position. We don't even eat the same food as the students from the Ziyun class…"
Gu Canmo was quite generous. He waved his hand, "Well, as long as you win a match against the Ziyun class, you guys can eat in the same canteen as the students from the Ziyun class."
However, Gu Xijiu still had a second condition, "Headmaster Gu, the reason why you want us to fight against the Ziyun class is because of the formation we have, right? You want to know how powerful it can be and consider to promote it among the Ziyun students. Am I right?"
Gu Canmo was stunned after Gu Xijiu spoke out his intention. He nodded, "Yes, you are right. Gu Xijiu, the way you formed your team is very special and very effective. This type of formation should be promoted widely among the school to improve the overall combat capability in Tianju Hall."
Gu Xijiu raised her eyebrows, "But it is not easy for us to develop this kind of formation. It took us a lot of time and effort. I can't let other people learn it so easily from us. Let's do this. You pay me 2,000 spiritual stones as payment to buy the right to promote the team formation method."
Everything seemed to be about money with this girl, and Gu Canmo was finally angry, "Gu Xijiu, why are you so desperate to earn money?! You are now richer than me, why do you want so many spiritual stones?"
Gu Xijiu did not answer but just looked at him. Gu Canmo was finally defeated by her, "Well, fine! You can go and collect the spiritual stones from the treasury later!"
Qian Lingyu could not resist giving Gu Xijiu a thumbs up, "Xijiu, you are so good at creating wealth! I think if you keep doing this, you will be the richest person in Tianju Hall within a year."