"A needle as thick as an index finger was already a small one."
Hearing Lin Chuan's casually delivered remark,
Yu Xiaogang wanted to kill him.
If it had only been an ordinary silver needle, Yu Xiaogang would have tried to tough it out and endure the prick!
But when he heard that the needle was as thick as an index finger, Yu Xiaogang completely lost his composure.
If a needle that thick came stabbing down, wouldn't it pierce straight through his butt?
And Lin Chuan might not even stab him in the butt. What if his aim was off, or he played dirty?
Then whether he could ever sit down again would be another question.
At that moment, Lin Chuan said unhurriedly:
"Then sorry for the trouble, Sect Master Yu. Please help turn Xiaogang over."
The moment he heard that, Yu Xiaogang panicked completely.
He was going to be given acupuncture in front of everyone?
Wouldn't that mean taking off his pants?
The thought of that socially fatal scene, followed by the imagined pain of the needle!
Yu Xiaogang shuddered.
He sprang up from the ground and shouted:
"Don't stick me! I'm better!"
His earlier thoughts of making Lin Chuan embarrass himself alongside him had long since flown beyond the ninth heaven.
As for whether the clan would lose even more face, that was no longer his concern.
His sudden leap left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members throughout the training ground dumbfounded.
Wait, what?
Weren't you unconscious just now?
How were you suddenly so full of life?
And shouting so loudly?
A thought flashed through the minds of the elders: Weren't you unconscious, Yu Xiaogang? How did you know he was going to use a needle?
Liu Erlong naturally noticed it too.
Although she greatly admired Lin Chuan, he hadn't even used the needle yet, and Yu Xiaogang was already better.
What that meant went without saying.
By now, even Yu Yuanzhen would have caught on, no matter how foolish he was.
He couldn't help glancing at the unruffled Lin Chuan out of the corner of his eye.
It dawned on him, and he finally understood why Lin Chuan had suggested carrying Yu Xiaogang away for treatment.
But it was already too late.
Sure enough, up in the stands, the guests who had come to watch the ceremony might not all have been shrewd, but they were at least somewhat observant.
To avoid having Yu Xiaogang "faint from anger" again!
This time, they didn't burst out laughing or discuss it loudly.
Everyone muttered inwardly, No wonder neither the pill nor Lin Chuan's Angel Martial Soul could treat him. Damn it, how do you wake someone who's pretending to sleep?
Thinking of how they had doubted Lin Chuan's healing ability, quite a few guests couldn't help feeling ashamed.
If Lin Chuan hadn't been there, many of them would still have been in the dark, thinking their mockery had left Yu Xiaogang dispirited.
At the Spirit Hall seats.
Seeing this, Bibi Dong couldn't help tugging at Qian Xunji's sleeve.
Looking as though everything had gone exactly as she had expected, she said:
"Teacher, I told you my bad junior brother was definitely up to something. Look!"
A faint smile also appeared on Qian Xunji's beautiful face.
She had actually guessed part of it earlier.
But even she hadn't expected Lin Chuan to pull out such an enormous lightning steel needle.
She was also the one who had placed it in Lin Chuan's spatial ring back then.
She had mainly been worried that her disciple might encounter Soul Beasts or enemies with extremely powerful defenses in the future, and he could use the steel needle to break through them.
It certainly wasn't meant to frighten people.
She reflected, This disciple of mine really is full of surprises. He can surprise me at any time.
In the center of the training ground.
Lin Chuan looked at Yu Xiaogang and couldn't help smiling as he said, "Little Brother Xiaogang, I'm glad you're all right."
?
You were the culprit, and now you were putting on a false show of concern?
Although Yu Xiaogang had been pretending to be unconscious,
when he saw that his clansmen, the elders, and even his own father were all so indifferent after he woke up, with not a single person comforting him, he grew even angrier.
The first person to speak to him was actually Lin Chuan, who had wanted to stab him in the butt.
He completely snapped and roared:
"Who wants your fake concern? You were clearly trying to murder me!"
The moment he said that, Liu Erlong frowned. Has Yu Xiaogang gone mad? Brother Lin Chuan was kind enough to save you. Weren't you the one pretending to be asleep?
Meanwhile, in the stands.
Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong both shot to their feet.
This Yu Xiaogang had brought death upon himself!
Sensing the hostile presence coming from the Spirit Hall's side,
Yu Yuanzhen was furious that iron could not become steel.
To keep the situation from worsening, he swung his arm and slapped Yu Xiaogang hard.
Smack!
The crisp sound rang across the entire training ground.
Yu Xiaogang clutched his rapidly swelling face.
He looked at his father, Yu Yuanzhen, in disbelief.
He had never expected that not only would his father fail to stand up for him, but he would even hit him in front of everyone.
Was this really his fucking father?
Yu Yuanzhen, meanwhile, was utterly disappointed.
Lin Chuan represented the Spirit Hall, and his willingness to treat Yu Xiaogang had already been an act of kindness!
Now Yu Xiaogang was saying Lin Chuan meant to harm him. Was he trying to stir up conflict between the two factions?
He thought of how he had held an awakening ceremony on such a scale for this good-for-nothing son!
He had even wanted to groom Yu Xiaogang as the sect's heir!
He couldn't help feeling that he had been blind.
Suppressing his anger, he rebuked him:
"My young friend Lin Chuan spent Soul Power treating you, yet you lay on the ground pretending to be dead. How could you do that to the elder who gave you the pill?"
"How could you do that to all the clansmen who had such high hopes for you?"
"And now you're slandering my young friend Lin Chuan! Xiaogang, I'm deeply disappointed in you."
After scolding Yu Xiaogang, he turned to Lin Chuan.
"My young friend Lin Chuan, I'm sorry. Xiaogang was talking nonsense."
"I'll have someone take him away at once. For what happened today, I'll make sure to thank and compensate you properly."
"As for the Soul Bone wagered on the match, I'll take His Holiness the Pope and my young friend Lin Chuan to the treasury to choose one."
Lin Chuan couldn't help smiling.
"Little Brother Xiaogang meant no harm either. Sect Master Yu, please don't be angry with him."
In truth, Lin Chuan's heart was already blooming with joy.
Since Yu Yuanzhen had said as much, he would naturally choose to forgive him. He had undoubtedly gotten a huge bargain.
The original wager had only been a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, with no restriction on what kind it had to be.
Now that he and his teacher were being allowed to choose, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon would undoubtedly have to bleed again.
Meanwhile, in the stands.
Only after hearing Yu Yuanzhen's statement did the chill in Qian Xunji's eyes recede slightly.
In her view, Yu Xiaogang's farce of pretending to faint had undoubtedly made fools of everyone present.
Even she hadn't noticed at first.
If Chuan'er hadn't discovered it, everyone really would have wasted their sympathy on this good-for-nothing.
And now Yu Xiaogang actually had the gall to say something like that. It was simply outrageous!
If Yu Yuanzhen hadn't spoken up in time, she certainly wouldn't have let the matter end so easily.
Yu Xiaogang, already in a rage, was completely unaware of these thoughts.
When he heard his own father defending an outsider like that, and even offering to compensate him,
while showing no concern whatsoever for his own flesh-and-blood son!
At that moment, it seemed to Yu Xiaogang that Lin Chuan was more like his father's real son!
Under this extreme contrast,
Yu Xiaogang looked at Lin Chuan and burst into wild laughter.
"Ha... haha... hahaha!"
The sudden laughter made everyone frown once more.
What was Yu Xiaogang going to do now?
Even Lin Chuan couldn't help raising an eyebrow; he didn't know what Yu Xiaogang was going to pull next either.
Looking at the seemingly crazed Yu Xiaogang, Yu Yuanzhen also lost patience.
"Someone, take Xiaogang away."
But just as he said that, Yu Xiaogang seemed to make up his mind.
He said hysterically:
" Haha, Sect Master, I'm probably not your real son, am I?"
"If I were your real son, how could I have awakened such a trash Martial Soul and Soul Power?"
"Or is your bloodline such trash that it caused me to awaken talent like this?"
Looking like a madman, Yu Xiaogang spoke such outrageously defiant words that everyone present was stunned once again.
They all couldn't help widening their eyes.
He could actually say something like that.
Hearing those words, even Lin Chuan couldn't help freezing.
What is this crew-cut Yu Xiaogang saying?
Has he completely lost his mind?
This time, no one in the stands discussed it aloud.
They all muttered to themselves or exchanged voice transmissions.
After all, they had good reason to mock Yu Xiaogang, because he really was too much of a good-for-nothing.
But this time, the dignity of Yu Yuanzhen, the head of a sect, was involved. It was better to keep quiet!
Still, they all knew that what Yu Xiaogang had said was undoubtedly bullshit.
If Yu Xiaogang really wasn't Yu Yuanzhen's biological son, how could Yu Yuanzhen have gone to so much trouble to promote him?
In their eyes, Yu Xiaogang was utterly finished, driven mad!
Sure enough, hearing Yu Xiaogang's outburst, Yu Yuanzhen, who had been boiling with anger, instead calmed down.
When people were pushed to the breaking point, they would laugh instead.
In any case, he was almost angry enough to laugh.
"Someone, drag this unfilial son away."
Expressionless, he had the elders carry Yu Xiaogang away.
Several elders immediately crowded forward without any ceremony.
Held up by the elders, Yu Xiaogang began breathing rapidly again, his eyes bloodshot.