Let's Fight Then

In fact, Yang Chengzhi had already seen the two as soon as they stepped into the bookstore. However, although they were all students of Zhenguan Academy, Yang Chengzhi did not have a good relationship with them, so he ignored them.

Unexpectedly, the two of them started to humiliate him as soon as they came in. The anger in Yang Chengzhi's heart surged instantly, and he looked at the two with murderous intent.

"Why is Senior Brother Yang staring at us like this? It makes us juniors feel a little uneasy!" one of the students said in a slightly teasing tone.

The other student lightly patted his shoulder and said, "Isn't it because Junior Brother Wu said the wrong thing? How can Senior Brother Yang be called overestimating himself?"

Junior Brother Wu asked doubtfully, "Then, according to Senior Brother Zhang, how should it be described?"

Senior Brother Zhang smiled slightly, "Of course, it's seeking humiliation... haha."

Junior Brother Wu suddenly realized, slapped his forehead, and said, "Senior Brother Zhang is absolutely right... haha."

The two sang in harmony and finally burst into laughter.

Yang Chengzhi's expression was also very colorful, turning from ashen to pale, constantly changing. Ma Feifei, who was sitting at his own seat, thought he was about to explode, but in the end, Yang Chengzhi held back.

Seeing this, Ma Feifei quickly picked up a pen and paper and wrote: "One day, while Chengzhi was contemplating divine books, he coincidentally met his classmates who ridiculed him. He thought Chengzhi would retaliate, but unexpectedly, he endured it in the end, embodying the spirit of King Goujian of Yue. He can endure what ordinary people cannot; he is a true man."

"Why are you two here?" Yang Chengzhi lost the mood to read. He closed the book, looked at the exquisite cover, and asked in a calm tone.

The two visitors were among the three hundred students sent with the main force. Under normal circumstances, they should have been on the front lines at this time; there was no reason for them to be in Dubian Town.

"Of course, it's because the Qin State has retreated! Oh, sorry, I forgot Senior Brother was removed from the list of three hundred students and doesn't know this news yet!" Junior Brother Wu said with a smile, but every word was laced with sarcasm, making it very uncomfortable.

Senior Brother Zhang, on the other hand, explained, "Last night, Qin Sage and Chu Saint were brewing tea and discussing the Dao on the Cloud Peak. Afterward, the Qin State retreated. According to the situation Senior Brother Xiaoyaozi learned from General Baili later, it seems that Qin Shi Huang suddenly changed his mind and gave up attacking the Chu State. The specific details are unknown."

"We have two days of leave and will be stationed in Dubian Town for two days. After two days, we will set off back to the Academy to prepare for this year's Dragon Ranking competition." Speaking of this, Senior Brother Zhang seemed to remember something and looked at Yang Chengzhi, asking, "Didn't the Academy require Senior Brother Yang to return immediately? Why are you still lingering in Dubian Town?"

The two seemed to be interacting with Yang Chengzhi intimately, but their words were all aimed at mocking and ridiculing him. This confrontational scene not only captivated Ma Feifei but also attracted Zhou Zhuling in the corner. Although her eyes were on her book, her ears were perked high, and her body was slightly angled, listening intently.

"No rush," Yang Chengzhi replied lightly, as if he hadn't heard their taunts, and went back to reading.

Seeing this, the two exchanged glances, somewhat surprised.

Yang Chengzhi's temper wasn't like this before; otherwise, he wouldn't have impulsively clashed with Xiaoyaozi before the great battle.

Without receiving a response from Yang Chengzhi, the two felt bored and gave up on further taunting him. They turned their attention to looking around the bookstore.

"This bookstore is truly magical. It seems to have a formation, as I can't sense any spiritual energy from heaven and earth," Junior Brother Wu said, examining the bookstore.

Senior Brother Zhang nodded in agreement. He also couldn't sense the presence of spiritual energy in the air, and the sounds from outside seemed to be blocked by the formation. He could faintly hear some noises, but they were just right, not noisy at all.

"What a beautiful woman!" At this moment, Senior Brother Zhang spotted Zhou Zhuling in the corner and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Upon hearing this, Junior Brother Wu followed Senior Brother Zhang's gaze and saw Zhou Zhuling. His eyes lit up.

"This woman might be able to make it onto the Canglong Fairy Ranking."

Senior Brother Zhang nodded in agreement.

Well, then Ma Feifei became unhappy.

He tapped the counter in front of him and said, "Gentlemen, loud noises and disturbing customers are prohibited in the bookstore. Please behave yourselves."

Zhou Zhuling in the corner was already displeased at being stared at and was about to do something when she heard Ma Feifei's words. Instantly, the slight frown on her brow relaxed, her beautiful eyes blinked twice, and she lowered her head to read.

Hearing Ma Feifei's reminder, Junior Brother Wu was displeased. For prodigies like them, the owner of a small shop like Ma Feifei was merely an ant, not worth mentioning. Therefore, from the moment they entered the bookstore, they had not even looked at Ma Feifei properly.

Now, this ant dared to warn him. Junior Brother Wu was immediately about to get angry.

Senior Brother Zhang, however, reached out and stopped him, whispering, "The formation in this bookstore is quite something. This owner is probably not an ordinary person. Let's not cause any trouble."

Junior Brother Wu felt that there was some truth to this. He shot Ma Feifei a cold glance and remained silent. However, he did stop staring at Zhou Zhuling.

Seeing the two wandering around the bookstore without causing trouble, Ma Feifei couldn't help but curl his lips and utter two words: "Cowards."

The voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for the two to hear.

Heh, so cheeky.

Honestly, in the two months since the bookstore opened, Ma Feifei hadn't truly experienced the power of the system! Since he finally had two troublemakers today, Ma Feifei really wanted to witness the system's might.

However, what left Ma Feifei speechless was that although the two showed anger on their faces upon hearing his words, they quickly calmed down as if he hadn't said anything about them.

"Are young people nowadays so tolerant?" Ma Feifei looked at the two in confusion, then turned to look at Yang Chengzhi, feeling very speechless.

What Ma Feifei didn't know was that his arrogant words not only failed to provoke the two's anger but also strengthened their previous guess.

After all, how could someone without any ability dare to say such things in front of others? The more Ma Feifei said such things, the more the two felt that Ma Feifei's strength was unfathomable.

"Reading costs one Spirit Crystal per hour?" After looking around, the two finally saw this sign.

"Senior Brother Zhang, isn't this shop a black shop?" Junior Brother Wu asked.

This was the first time he had encountered a bookstore that only allowed reading and not selling, and charged by the Spirit Crystal.

Senior Brother Zhang's forehead was also full of doubts. He glanced at Yang Chengzhi and Zhou Zhuling and whispered, "It shouldn't be, right? Isn't this good-for-nothing also reading here?"

"Then I'd like to see how magical this book is to be so expensive." Junior Brother Wu snorted coldly and walked up to Ma Feifei, handing over two Spirit Crystals. "Shopkeeper, we'll each try reading for an hour."

Ma Feifei took the Spirit Crystals, curled his lips, and whispered, "Broke."

Junior Brother Wu was very angry. Ma Feifei's annoying face made him unable to hold back.

Senior Brother Zhang quickly pulled Junior Brother Wu aside and whispered, "Junior Brother, hold back. This is a psychological tactic. You must not fall for his trap."

Junior Brother Wu stared at Ma Feifei angrily, remaining silent.

Senior Brother Zhang continued to persuade, "Junior Brother, the most important thing for us right now is the Dragon Ranking competition. During this period, we should try to avoid causing trouble! This shop looks mysterious. If we anger them and get into trouble, it might affect our rankings on the Dragon Ranking!"

Senior Brother Zhang was not wrong. If the owner of this bookstore was unfathomably powerful, the two of them might not even be able to leave the shop, let alone participate in the Dragon Ranking competition.

Those who could reach this point were not unintelligent. Junior Brother Wu slowly calmed down, but he secretly vowed in his heart that once the Dragon Ranking competition was over, he would definitely come to test the depths of this bookstore!

"Why are there so few books in this shop?" Senior Brother Zhang saw that Junior Brother Wu had calmed down and walked with him to the bookshelves, intending to pick out a book to read. To his surprise, he discovered that there were only a few books in the entire shop.

The two exchanged glances, and the words "black market shop" couldn't help but pop into their minds.

Finally, the two each casually picked up a book.

Coincidentally, they both picked out books of blue quality: Andersen's Fairy Tales and Half a Mu of Flower Fields.

"Are the books I wrote not good?" Ma Feifei looked at the few white-quality books he had written himself not long ago, hanging lonely on the lowest shelf, feeling a little sad.

Even the system placed his books at the bottom, almost shoving them into a cabinet.

"Senior Brother Yang, you don't mind us sitting here, do you!" Junior Brother Wu was full of anger with nowhere to vent. The place was so large, but he went nowhere else and deliberately dragged Senior Brother Zhang to sit opposite Yang Chengzhi. This was clearly an attempt to take his anger out on Yang Chengzhi!

Yang Chengzhi had heard the whole exchange of Ma Feifei discouraging the two of them earlier. He had actually hoped they would provoke Ma Feifei, letting Ma Feifei teach them a lesson and vent his anger. To his disappointment, the two still had some sense and endured it.

He hadn't expected them to dare not provoke Ma Feifei and instead come to trouble him.

"Am I too easy to bully?" Yang Chengzhi looked at the two and said coldly, "No."

The two were surprised that Yang Chengzhi dared to resist and were stunned. Junior Brother Wu, who had been quite angry, was amused by Yang Chengzhi's defiance and chuckled, "But we've already sat down, what are we going to do?"

Damn it, we chickened out when facing the mysterious shop owner; but facing a good-for-nothing like you, we definitely won't back down.

Yang Chengzhi smiled slightly, closed his book again, and slowly stood up. His gaze calmly fixed on the two, and he said lightly, "Then let's have a fight!"