[ BOOK 2 ] LMW [191 - 390]

257 : That Geezer Robber

Chapter 257

That Geezer Robber
Translated by Rara of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Blocking in the middle of the path was a strange old man wearing a simple ash grey linen clothes, his hair was somewhat messy and even though it wasn’t that unsightly to see, but no sign of neatness was found. At the moment, he was squatting on a rock and obstructing people from passing. There were a few who tried to force their way in, but for some reason, they were pushed back by an invisible force.

Apparently everyone was in a rush to get to class, therefore, in front of this geezer, their expression was nowhere near happy and foul words kept spitting out of their mouths. On top of that, they didn’t worry that the old guy was some big shot inside the academy, because how could some big shot wear such raggedy clothes and have such a sloppy appearance.

Seeing that class was about to start at anytime, yet this old geezer still refused to leave, people were in such a rush that they started running around in circles. Ultimately, someone decided to came forward. It was a youth with a fair amount of courage, he stood in front of the old man and carefully asked, “Hey old man, we want to go to class, so can you sir let us pass?”

The old man then crossed his leg over the other, and plainly shook his head, “Cannot!”

The youth had to forcibly suppress his anger, “Then what do you want in return so that we can pass here?”

The old geezer raised one finger and very aggressively announced, “The passing toll is one point per person, if you don’t pay up, you cannot pass.” The old man was full of ‘I open this road’ attitude.

Hearing that, people couldn’t control their anger, they had walked this path numerous times before and had yet to encounter such a situation, until this present moment. This was clearly a robbery, and everyone couldn’t comply.

That youth’s expression turned cold as he threatened, “Hey old man, the very reason I can tolerate you is because I respect you as our elder, however, don’t try to push the limit here. Until now, the academy has not said a single word about a toll for passing here, so stop making trouble for everyone without a proper reason. Be careful, or we might inform you to the daoshi and let’s see whether you would be kicked out of this academy.”

“Then let’s start this new rule today, by the way, it will still be useless even if you inform this to the vice dean.” That threat seemed to cause no fear toward the old man. In fact, he looked as calm and leisurely as he could get.

The youth, after hearing the geezer’s words, his hot head was immediately chilled. The first thing came out of this geezer’s mouth had to be the vice dean, perhap he was familiar with the vice dean?

Thinking back and forth, the youth finally came to the conclusion that this old man might know one of the heads of the academy. Judging by his attitude, if they didn’t pay, he wouldn’t let them pass. Well, that geezer didn’t ask for that much points anyway, and the youth certainly didn’t want to stick out like a sore thumb, be late for class or get into trouble, so he straightforwardly paid that one point.

The old man was true to his words, after the youth had paid the point, he really let him pass. Seeing this scene, people hesitated a little, thinking that maybe they should resign to their fate and pay the toll. Their ideas were the same as that youth. There was no need to to offend an old man with an unknown background just for a single point, who knows if he was one of the higher ups. And so, almost everyone compromised and didn’t complain further, as they obediently paid the toll.

You XiaoMo came right on time and saw this whole scene from the beginning. This was the first time he saw such odd old man collecting a passing fee.