Li Donghai's Provocation

However, Chen Mo and Jiang Tao ignored Li Donghai. When Li Donghai spotted them, he strode over.

"Well, if it isn't Chen Mo? During the days you took leave, your good brother got plenty of special training from the homeroom teacher. Now that Jiang Tao has come to the martial arts hall with you, is he here to specially train Chen Mo?"

Li Donghai spoke in a mocking, sarcastic tone, clearly hoping to make a joke out of them.

"What the hell does that have to do with you?"

Chen Mo had no intention of indulging him and shot back directly.

Although he knew Li Donghai was already a Seventh-grade Martial Trainee and his Basic Swordplay had reached Major Accomplishment, Chen Mo was still confident he could defeat him.

Faced with provocation from such small fry, Chen Mo naturally would not answer with silence.

Li Donghai had not expected Chen Mo's reaction to be so fierce—to snap back at him so directly.

Just as he was about to retort, he saw Chen Mo and Jiang Tao had already walked several meters away. He hurriedly shouted:

"Stop! Chen Mo, Jiang Tao, stop right there!"

Jiang Tao had barely paused when he heard Chen Mo say:

"Keep walking. Ignore him! He's obviously looking for trouble."

"Alright!" Seeing that Chen Mo had not stopped, Jiang Tao followed him.

When Li Donghai saw that the two of them had not stopped, but had instead ignored him and kept walking—

Rage instantly flooded his chest. He could not stand it. He quickly caught up to them, blocked their path, and snarled with fury:

"I told you two to stop. Didn't you hear me?"

"We heard you! But why should we listen to you? What are you to us? Just because you tell us to stop, we have to stop?"

Chen Mo gave Li Donghai no face at all. "Quit blocking our way. We still need to eat!"

Jiang Tao immediately chimed in:

"Exactly! Li Donghai, we're not even close! You've never stopped making snide remarks about us in class, so why should we listen to you?"

Hearing Chen Mo and Jiang Tao's words, Li Donghai was so enraged that he laughed instead. He gave Chen Mo a serious look, then looked at Jiang Tao.

"You two! Very good!"

"Chen Mo! Jiang Tao!"

Li Donghai raised his voice, drawing the attention of quite a few passersby. They soon gathered around.

"Why are you blocking us? If you've got something to say, say it. If not, move aside!"

Seeing the bystanders gathering, Chen Mo frowned slightly.

At this moment, seeing the crowd around them, Li Donghai calmed down as well. He did not dare cause trouble in the martial arts hall.

"Chen Mo, don't be so cold! No matter what, we're classmates."

"If you've got something to say, say it!" Chen Mo quickly cut him off.

The anger Li Donghai had just suppressed flared up again. However, in order to keep Chen Mo and Jiang Tao steady, he forcibly held it down and said in a disappointed tone:

"Chen Mo, the Martial Examination is coming up. For the sake of us being classmates, I kindly wanted to give you some pointers, yet you two ignored me outright."

Before Chen Mo and Jiang Tao could reply, Li Donghai's two lackeys began to chime in.

These two lackeys were actually Chen Mo's classmates, Zhang He and Yang Hu. Both were Sixth-grade Martial Artists.

"That's right, Chen Mo, Jiang Tao. Brother Donghai is at least in the top five of the class. He has more than enough ability to guide you two. The way you're treating him is a little too much."

"Exactly! Brother Donghai is being so kind, yet you're still being this rude. That's simply unreasonable."

"Apologize to Brother Donghai right now, or don't even think about leaving!"

After the two of them laid out their accusations, the onlookers all thought Chen Mo and Jiang Tao were the rude ones and began whispering among themselves.

"Aren't those two far too ungrateful? Someone kindly offered to guide them, and they don't appreciate it at all! Good thing there's no one like that in my class!"

"Exactly!"

After only a few murmurs, Chen Mo decided to cut through the tangled mess with a swift blade. He was still hungry!

"Li Donghai, if you're looking for trouble, then say so. Don't dress it up in such grand, righteous words. Jiang Tao's and my martial techniques have both reached Major Accomplishment. We don't need your guidance!"

"We weren't close to begin with. Back in class, you never stopped making snide remarks at me. There's no need for you to play the innocent white lotus here!"

"I never offended you, so move aside already."

"Exactly. Mozi and I were walking along just fine. You were the ones who came over and blocked our path, yet you're demanding that we apologize! Is there something wrong with your brains?"

Jiang Tao snapped back without any courtesy.

Li Donghai and the other two were instantly enraged. Just as they were about to lash out, a stern voice suddenly rang out:

"What are you gathering here for? Looking to cause trouble? If there's something to settle, settle it in the Arena!"

It was a martial arts hall staff member, a powerful martial artist. The crowd immediately dispersed.

"You two! Just you wait! If you've got the guts, get on the Arena!" Li Donghai said through gritted teeth.

Whether in cultivation or the realm of martial techniques, he was above Chen Mo and Jiang Tao. If they went onto the Arena, he would definitely win.

"Are you stupid? You're stronger than us—wouldn't getting in the ring just be asking for a beating? It's not like we're brainless!"

Jiang Tao said bluntly.

"Taozi! Let's go eat! I'm starving!" Chen Mo outright ignored the question and headed off in another direction.

"Oh! Okay!" Jiang Tao hurried after him.

Seeing the two of them act like that, Li Donghai gritted his back teeth so hard they nearly shattered. Turning to look at their retreating backs, he wanted to provoke them again:

"You two turtles hiding in your shells, are you scared?"

Yet Chen Mo and Jiang Tao acted as though they had not heard him, disappearing from Li Donghai's sight.

"Brother Donghai, calm down. There's no need to get angry with those two turtles hiding in their shells. Isn't there a quiz on Monday? When the practical sparring comes around, Yang Hu and I will both challenge Jiang Tao, teach him a lesson, and vent your anger for you."

"Exactly. Once we teach Jiang Tao a lesson and provoke Chen Mo a little, he'll definitely challenge us. Then we can teach Chen Mo a lesson too! You won't even need to step in!"

"Very good. You two are quite good!" Hearing them, more than half of Li Donghai's anger dissipated.

"Since there are still two days left, I'll give you some pointers so you can teach them a better lesson!"

"Thank you, Brother Donghai! Brother Donghai, you're the best classmate I've ever met!"

"Yeah! Brother Donghai, you're my god!"

After Zhang He and Yang Hu showered him with flattery, Li Donghai felt refreshed and invigorated, all his previous displeasure forgotten.

Meanwhile.

On the way to the restaurant, Jiang Tao complained indignantly:

"Mozi, that Li Donghai bastard actually called us turtles hiding in our shells! I really wanted to turn around and beat him up!"

"You can't beat him. Besides, his insults had no skill to them at all! They'll definitely cause trouble during next Monday's quiz. We can just teach them a lesson then."

Chen Mo's expression was calm, without the slightest hint of anger.

Other people's opinions had no effect on him whatsoever.

"That's not right! I can't beat him, but you can't beat Li Donghai either! He's a Seventh-grade Martial Trainee, and his martial skill reached Major Accomplishment a long time ago!"

"I can win! Haven't you seen it already? The difference between the sixth grade and seventh grade is at most 100 kilograms of strength. As long as I don't clash with him head-on, it'll be fine."

"True!" Thinking back to his earlier fight with Chen Mo, in a real battle, even his blade technique at Major Accomplishment would not last three moves against Chen Mo!

Let alone Li Donghai!