The Demon Barbarians and Water Race members suddenly understood. Lei Yigu and the Lei Family clearly had something in mind, but Fang Yun had refused to take the bait, and Yan Yukong and Ao Huang had exposed them in the end.
Kong Yingnian, a Grand Academician of the Kong Family, smiled. "If you have something to say, say it plainly. There's no need to beat around the bush."
Fang Yun gently waved his fan, watching Lei Yigu with a smile.
Silence surrounded Riverheart Island, broken only by the sound of flowing water.
A faint look of shame and irritation rose on Lei Yigu's face. He glanced at Lei Zhongmo and saw him nod gently.
Lei Yigu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said helplessly, "All right, I admit I have a personal motive. Do you all remember the recent Crossing of the Sea of Learning?"
"Of course. It produced the Sea of Learning Three Fools, the Zong and Lei Families lost all their Literary Heart Fish, and Fang Yun won a supreme literary heart with his miraculous Dragon Boat," Ao Huang said.
Lei Yigu nodded. "One of my teachers also took part in that Crossing of the Sea of Learning."
Everyone immediately guessed the gist of it. Fang Yun had apparently won all the Literary Heart Fish in his wager against the Zong and Lei Families, leaving Lei Yigu's teacher empty-handed. Now Lei Yigu was scheming to take revenge on Fang Yun during this Dragon Gate Ascension.
"And?" Ao Huang looked at Lei Yigu with contempt.
Lei Yigu smiled. "Nothing much. I'm simply a little unconvinced-or rather, my teacher's other students and I are unconvinced. Why don't we pick up where the Sea of Learning left off and make another wager? Give us a chance. Master Fang, you are