Chapter 1771: Go Get Your Thing!
A ghost could pass through objects, but she couldn’t, so a tunnel must be dug.
After that, Gu Ning put the male ghost into the telepathic eye space again, because the monster fox will be released later. She needed to prevent them from encountering each other and causing trouble.
Although she could easily stop them from having conflict, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Once the male ghost was put back into her telepathic eye space, Gu Ning took out a hat and a mask from it and put them on.
She couldn’t leave any traces when she came here to dig a hole. If she left traces, she would definitely be discovered. People might watch the surveillance videos to find her, so she had to cover her face to protect herself.
Gu Ning went to the backyard of the haunted house. It was a lawn of about 10 square meters, and wasn’t big. There were a few big trees with lush foliage and rows of red-leaf heathers which were about 1 meter tall. They could block a lot of outside vision.
The moment Gu Ning reached the backyard, she first observed the surroundings for a while. When she was sure there was no one else, she used her Jade Eyes to see the location of the grave under the ground.
Because it wasn’t very deep down, she soon found it.
The grave was about 10 square meters in size. In addition to the coffin in the center, there were 3 wooden boxes around. One of the boxes was filled with clothes, one was full of gold and silver jewelry, while the other had some porcelain calligraphy and paintings inside.
It was obvious that the person who was buried here wasn’t ordinary.
As for how to dig in, it was unrealistic to dig from the haunted house, because the ground was concrete. It was difficult to break the cement ground. Besides, once it was damaged, it would soon be discovered.
Luckily, behind the haunted house was the lawn, so it was easier to dig into the ground. As long as they filled the hole well later, the chance of being discovered would be very small.
However, in that case, they couldn’t dig straight, but diagonally, so the distance was extended by 1 or 2 meters. Nevertheless, they didn’t have a better choice in order to make sure that they would be safe.
Before they began to dig, Gu Ning covered the surveillance cameras, or they would cause her big trouble.
It was very easy for Gu Ning to find those surveillance cameras by a glance with the help of her Jade Eyes, and she covered them with a piece of black cloth.
Without delay, Gu Ning let the monster fox out and told it where to dig and how deep it should dig down.
Before letting the Monster fox dig the soil, Gu Ning first took out a piece of complete lawn.
The monster fox dug very fast. Although it dug with its legs, it used some magic, so it became easy and fast.
Gu Ning worked behind the monster fox and put the earth it had dug out into the telepathic eye space. She planned to put it back later so that no one would notice what they had done here.
As the monster fox dug out a tunnel which could accommodate a person, Gu Ning followed in, then took out a wooden plank from the telepathic eye space. She put the piece of complete lawn on it, then covered the entrance of the hole with it.
Therefore, no one could see any difference if there would be any people passing by.
About 7 minutes later, the monster fox successfully dug the tunnel into the grave. Gu Ning then put it back to the telepathic eye space and quickly walked inside.
After entering the tomb, she directly put the box of gold and silver jewelry and porcelain calligraphy and paintings into the telepathic eye space, then released the male ghost.
Although they were in another person’s tomb, it was also a place where the male ghost had been living for years. Accordingly, the male ghost didn’t feel much surprise when it suddenly appeared in the tomb from the outside, but it was eager to get its thing back.
“It’s in the coffin, on that person’s body,” said the male ghost.
Because it was thinking about its own thing all the time, it didn’t notice that there were two boxes missing in the tomb.
Actually, even if it found it out, it wouldn’t mind. It couldn’t stop Gu Ning from doing what she wanted to do after all.
Gu Ning walked to the coffin and saw through it with her Jade Eyes at the same time. Nothing was wrong, so she took out a shovel and opened it.
Once the coffin was opened, the most noticeable thing was the violet jade pendant on the waist of the skeleton.
“That’s it! The purple jade pendant. It’s the token my wife gave me.” The male ghost cried excitedly when it saw the jade pendant. Unfortunately, he knew he couldn’t get it at all now, or he would immediately reach out for it.
In fact, if he was able to touch it, he would have taken it back hundreds of years ago and wouldn’t wait till now.
Because ghosts could pass through concrete things, the male ghost lay in the coffin every day. In order to see the jade pendant, it could even tolerate sleeping with the body of its enemy.
Gu Ning didn’t go to get the jade pendant right away, but took out the Taoist magic figure Shangguan Yang gave her, and said: “Just stick this on your body, and your body will have a shape, then you can get the jade pendant. I should remind you again, You only have 15 minutes.”
“Sure!” The male ghost couldn’t wait, but didn’t urge Gu Ning in case she was annoyed and refused to help it.
After that, Gu Ning pasted the Taoist magic figure to the male ghost’s shoulder.
The taoist magic figure contained magical power, which was used against monsters and ghosts, so it naturally could touch the male ghost.
In a few seconds, the male ghost had a clear shape.
“Alright, go get your thing now,” said Gu Ning.
Without hesitation, the male ghost rushed to get the jade pendant in a hurry.
It cried with excitement, “I finally got it. I finally got it back!”
The next second, it gradually gave up its obsession and its body became transparent.
“Thank you.” The male ghost thanked Gu Ning with sincerity.
Gu Ning smiled, but said nothing. She watched the male ghost disappearing along with the jade pendant.
She was originally worried that the male ghost might not be able to give up its obsession and disappear within only 15 minutes, but it was done within a few minutes, which was beyond Gu Ning’s expectation.
Anyway, she was happy to see it.
Since she successfully solved the problem of the male ghost, she should leave here now.
There were many other valuable things placed in the coffin with the body, but Gu Ning didn’t take them. She thought the two boxes were enough.
It wasn’t right to take all the valuable objects out after all.
Gu Ning thought that she could take some antiques to Xiangyun Antique-store tomorrow when she and her friends went to Qianling Mountain and walked by the antique street.
Gu Ning made that decision.
As she left the tomb, Gu Ning used a box inside to block the intersection between the passage and the tomb. Only when it was blocked would the soil not enter the tomb and fill the passage instead.
If the soil entered the tomb, it wouldn’t be enough to fill the passage.
Along Gu Ning’s way out, she took soil out from the telepathic eye space to fill the passage. After she came out, the passage was already filled with soil, then she placed the piece of complete lawn back.
Chapter 1772: More Valuable Objects?
Although it still looked a little different, nobody would notice it without paying special attention to it.
Even if it was exposed, the passage was already filled with soil, so people might just think that the lawn had been deliberately destroyed.
Before leaving, Gu Ning removed the black cloth from the surveillance cameras, or the staff here might feel strange if the videos recorded nothing.
She didn’t cause much trouble tonight, so it wasn’t a big deal, and the staff wouldn’t watch all the surveillance videos for no reason.
When Gu Ning was back in Century City, it was already 1:30 am, so she cleaned herself up and went to bed at once.
The next morning, Gu Ning didn’t go for a run, but packed up the antiques and went to Xiangyun Antique-store.
She directly emptied a wooden box, then selected most of the items with average prices and 5 items of medium value. There were about 20 large and small objects in all. Afterwards, she packed them in one box.
An ancient wooden box was quite big, and was about 26 inches in size, so it could accommodate a lot of things.
However, all the things Gu Ning loaded were wrapped in foam bags, which would reduce the space for placing things, because it was necessary to prevent collision damage.
Because they needed to go to the antique street today, Gu Ning and her friends went out early in the morning, and they had breakfast in the hotel while picking up Mu Ke.
Chu Peihan and Yu Mixi were very curious when they saw Gu Ning coming out holding a wooden box. Chu Peihan asked, “Boss, what is this!”
“Antiques, we’ll go through the antique street along our way to Qianling Mountain, so I decided to take some objects to the shop along the way,” Gu Ning said.
“Wow, I haven’t visited your antique store yet. This is a great chance!” Chu Peihan was excited.
Because the box was filled with antiques, even though Chu Peihan wanted to help Gu Ning, she was afraid that she would damage them.
Since they were antiques, they must be very valuable.
Gu Ning drove the Hummer she bought in City Ge, and placed the box in the trunk before they set off.
They arrived at Shengshi Hotel later and met Mu Ke, then they had breakfast.
Before they left the hotel, Gu Ning called Chen Darong and asked him whether he was in the store. She would go to see him with some objects later.
The business of Xiangyun Antique-store had expanded, so Chen Darong, as the top manager of it, naturally didn’t have much spare time to stay in the store. However, as long as he had enough time, Chen Darong would visit the store.
Once he heard that Gu Ning would come with some valuable antiques, Chen Darong went there earlier than usual. He ached to see them.
It was very early now and it was only 8:30 am, but it was still the rush hour. Therefore, Gu Ning and her friends still spent a lot of time on the road and arrived at the antique street at 9:20 am.
At this time, the shops on the antique street hadn’t been fully opened, and only two-thirds were open.
Because there weren’t usually many people on the antique street in the morning and most visitors came after lunch, the shops along the street always opened late. Many of them only opened after 10 am. Even the street vendors just showed up in a small number.
The second Gu Ning arrived at the antique street, she used her Jade Eyes to scan all the objects placed on the stands at the sides to see whether she could find any valuable ones.
She hadn’t visited the antique street for a long time, so she saw many new objects.
Since there were many new objects, it was more likely for her to find valuable ones.
Within a short while, Gu Ning indeed saw an object with magical power. Although it wasn’t highly valuable, it was worth some money.
She could make money by buying it, so there was no reason for her to give it up.
Nevertheless, Gu Ning didn’t go to buy it by herself. Instead, she told Mu Ke to do it for her.
Because she was a regular visitor here and many people were familiar with her face, she was afraid that the owner of the stand might recognize her if she went to ask for the price of that object. If so, the owner would realize that the object was valuable and keep it as his own.
Mu Ke went to buy the object at once, and he only spent three thousand yuan on it.
The owner of the stand thought he was a rich idiot because he didn’t bother to bargain at all, but actually, the object was worth over seventy thousand yuan.
After buying it, they walked ahead together.
“Oh, isn’t this Boss Gu? Been a while! Look at this big box. Do you have more valuable objects?”
When they walked by an antique store, its owner saw Gu Ning and recognized her.
“Yes,” Gu Ning answered.
The owner was very envious of Gu Ning, because Xiangyun Antique-store had the most valuable authentic antiques along this antique street. It was the most popular shop too.
Before Gu Ning took over Xiangyun Antique-store, it was already the most famous brand on this antique street and it gained much greater fame after Gu Ning took over. It became even more popular with more valuable authentic antiques.
Nobody knew how it managed to get so many valuable authentic antiques. Even though it wasn’t a secret that most of the valuable authentic antiques were from illegal sources, no one dared to report it to the government.
It was an open secret in this industry, and most antique sellers got their goods from illegal sources, so no one was willing to reveal it.
In addition, Xiangyun Antique-store had the support of several important figures too. It was too powerful to compete against.
Along the way, many owners of different antique stores politely greeted Gu Ning. Even though many of them were jealous of Xiangyun Antique-store, they knew they shouldn’t mess with Gu Ning.
Anyway, they had to maintain politeness to her on the surface at least.
Gu Ning also kindly greeted them. As long as they could get along with each other, she wouldn’t bother to have more enemies.
She would only fight back against those who aimed to cause her trouble.
Because Chen Darong knew Gu Ning would come with many valuable objects, he stood at the door at an earlier time, waiting for her with anticipation.
Seeing Gu Ning walking over in the distance, he ran out to welcome her. “Nice to see you, boss!”
Chen Darong wanted to help Gu Ning carry the box too, but he was afraid to damage it as well.
“Mu Ke, give it to Uncle Chen,” said Gu Ning, then Mu Ke gave Chen Darong the object he just bought. At the same time, Gu Ning said, “Uncle Chen, this is what I just found by the street. It’s not very valuable, but is real.”
Chapter 1773: A Whole Set?
Chen Darong showed happiness on his face, but he was already used to it when Gu Ning was able to find valuable real antiques from the streets. He took it and joked, “I bet the stand owner doesn’t know you, or he wouldn’t have sold this object to you.”
“I had the same worry, so I told my friend to buy it for me.” Gu Ning smiled.
After that, she went into the store with her friends, and the three staffers also greeted her with respect.
At this moment, there was no customer in it, because not many visitors came here.
Chu Peihan and the others looked around later. Gu Ning and Chen Darong, on the other hand, went to the inside room. She put the box down and opened it.
Chen Darong was thrilled the second he saw the objects in the box. He looked like a boy who just got his favorite candy.
As they appreciated those objects, Chen Darong reported the latest information of Xiangyun Antique-store to Gu Ning.
“By the way, I just met the curator of the Palace Museum. In a month or two, there will be a huge auction. I’ll attend it, and you can go with me! I don’t know how many familiar faces you’ll see there, but it’s a good thing to go to such an event and meet more people,” Gu Ning said.
“Sure.” Chen Darong agreed with excitement.
In the past years, only the previous owner of Xiangyun Antique-store could go to an auction, because it was a small business and only its boss was invited.
However, it was different now. Gu Ning became its new boss, and it grew much bigger. In addition to Gu Ning, Chen Darong was also a very important manager of Xiangyun Antique-store, so he had the qualification to attend auctions too.
Xiangyun Antique-store only had two branches now, but it had gained much greater fame than before. Moreover, it also owned a company named Xiangyun Arts & Crafts now, which was involved in production and wholesale.
This production factory had been established for a long time, but it was very small before and mainly supplied goods to Xiangyun Antique-store. However, after Gu Ning took it over, it expanded and became a large-scale company.
Now the company had 200 employees, and it was still developing along with the sales.
Chen Darong also focused on the company’s development, because it needed more standardized management, while the business of the two branches was much simpler.
The current store manager of Xiangyun Antique-store had worked for Chen Darong for a long time. He had a very professional understanding of antiques too, so he was almost in charge of it alone.
“Boss, what do you plan to sell at the auction?” Chen Darong asked with curiosity.
“Bronze chimes,” said Gu Ning.
“How many do you have?” asked Chen Darong again.
“A whole set,” replied Gu Ning. She had no intention to keep it secret from Chen Darong.
“What? A whole set?” Hearing that, Chen Darong was stunned and couldn’t believe his ears.
“Boss, do you mean a whole set of 65 pieces in 9 groups of 3 layers?” Chen Darong asked, although he didn’t think it was possible.
In 19XX, two sets of bronze chimes were unearthed in the tomb of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in a certain place. One set had 9 pieces, while the other had 7 pieces. They had delicate patterns and were of high quality. According to textual research, they were court instruments of Country Wu in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Although they had gone through 2500 years, they still had distinct rhythms and clear tones.
However, it was a shame that the whole set of 65 pieces in 9 groups of 3 layers weren’t collected.
The two sets of bronze chimes were sold out at the price of over a billion yuan at an auction. As for the whole set of 65 pieces in 9 groups of 3 layers, it might be worth several billion yuan.
It would also cause a great sensation in the field of music and antiques. All major music groups and major museums would definitely compete against each other for it.
Upon thinking of that, Chen Darong was full of excitement, although he wouldn’t share the money at all.
“Of course,” said Gu Ning.
Hearing Gu Ning’s affirmative answer, Chen Darong was stunned again.
She really had collected the whole set of 65 pieces in 9 groups of 3 layers! It was too unbelievable to be true! Chen Darong believed that his boss must be the luckiest person in this world.
“Please keep it a secret for the time being. You can have a look at it when the auction staff come to appraise it.” Gu Ning said.
Hearing Gu Ning’s reminder, Chen Darong got his mind back, but he was still quite astonished.
“Of course,” said Chen Darong. Although he couldn’t wait to see the whole set of bronze chimes, he knew that he must be patient and wait for Gu Ning’s information.
Gu Ning and her friends stayed in the store for a short while, then left.
When they had almost reached the parking lot, Gu Ning received Tang Yunfan’s call. He knew she was going to enroll tomorrow, and he wanted to go to the university along with her.
Many college freshmen went to enroll in the company of their parents, so Tang Yunfan didn’t want Gu Ning to go there alone.
However, Gu Ning declined, because Gu Man was in the late stage of pregnancy and it wasn’t convenient for her to go to another city.
In addition, she didn’t want other people to know her family background. If Tang Yunfan showed up, she would be exposed! Tang Yunfan was too famous to be ignored after all.
Anyway, she wouldn’t be alone, because she had friends from City F and they would go to enroll together.
Since Gu Ning said that, Tang Yunfan compromised. It was a pity that he couldn’t go with his daughter, but he respected Gu Ning’s decision.
After Gu Ning left, Chen Darong sat in his office for a long time to digest the shocking news. It was too shocking for him to digest it within a short time.
He had to admit that his boss was quite extraordinary.
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It took them about 40 minutes to get to Qianling Mountain from the antique street, so it was already 11 am when they arrived. Gu Ning and her friends decided to dine before climbing up the mountain.
Qianling Mountain was a tourist attraction with many hotels and restaurants. They were in the town where Qianling Mountain was located, not at its foot.
There were also restaurants at the foot of Qianling Mountain, but they were all ordinary restaurants and not many.
It was very close from the town to the foot of Qianling Mountain, and was only two kilometers away.
After having lunch, Gu Ning and her friends left for Qianling Mountain. When they reached its foot, they had a totally different feeling, because the air here was quite fresh and it would be even fresher at the top of the mountain.
Qianling Mountain was a place with rich magical power after all. Even though ordinary people couldn’t feel it, they would still be affected by it and feel refreshed.
After lunch, many people came to climb the mountain. It was a long way up to the top of the mountain, but they had adequate time and energy. Therefore, they chose to climb up the mountain and go down it by cable car.
Along the way, Gu Ning and her friends were the most energetic group, and they didn’t look tired at all after climbing for half an hour.
Chapter 1774: The Cultivator Behind Them
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Yu Mixi and Mu Ke felt a little tired, but it didn’t affect their speed.
After climbing to the top of the mountain, it was already 3 hours later, because they didn’t climb the mountain all the time and they also walked around in various grottoes and took photos.
Because they stopped once in a while, Yu Mixi and Mu Ke who weren’t as strong as Gu Ning and Chu Peihan didn’t feel too tired.
If they were easily tired from climbing this mountain, then their exercise would have been wasted during this time.
They were much stronger physically than ordinary people after all.
“The air at the top is so fresh! I was a little tired just now, but now I suddenly feel refreshed after breathing in the air.”
As soon as she reached the top of the mountain, Chu Peihan opened her arms, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath of the air. She had a great sense of satisfaction.
“Right!” Mu Ke and Yu Mixi agreed and took a deep breath too.
The magical power at Qianling Mountain was very pure. Although it wasn’t comparable to that at Kunlun Mountain, Gu Ning knew it was also a good place for cultivation in addition to Kunlun Mountain.
Unfortunately, Leng Shaoting couldn’t come here for his cultivation.
Because the cultivation world was within the formation here, cultivators would come and go frequently even though they didn’t know its exact location. Therefore, if Leng Shaoting came, he would be easily discovered.
Then they walked to the fence, and overlooked the panoramic view of the entire capital.
“Wow, it’s breathtaking!”
“Exactly, we can see the whole capital city!”
Chu Peihan and her friends were greatly impressed, so was Gu Ning.
All of a sudden, Gu Ning sensed the air of a cultivator. She was just thinking about cultivators, and now she encountered one. What a coincidence!
The next second, Gu Ning felt someone was looking at her, and she was sure that the person must be the cultivator.
She didn’t know whether it was just a coincidence or the cultivator followed her on purpose.
Gu Ning didn’t turn to meet the cultivator’s eyes, in case the cultivator found out that she already noticed him or her.
As a result, she pretended to be appreciating the view and glanced at the direction of the cultivator at the same time. She recognized the cultivator by a quick glance.
It was the same man who had followed her in the palace for the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern.
Gu Ning the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern in her telepathic eye space, and hadn’t opened the box yet. She was busy these days, so she planned to take it out when she went to see Shangguan Yang after the enrollment.
Although the cultivator saw Gu Ning, he failed to feel the existence of the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern.
He knew people normally wouldn’t carry such a valuable jade everywhere, so he decided to follow Gu Ning till he found the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern.
In fact, he wasn’t sure whether Gu Ning still had the jade, but he suddenly lost the trace of it. He couldn’t find it in the museum, so he believed that it was highly likely that Gu Ning still had it.
No matter what, he was determined to find it. He was unwilling to give it up right now.
This cultivator had damaged her car, and Gu Ning had the idea to teach him a lesson, but not now, because it wasn’t the right time. As a result, she ignored him for the time being.
After looking around at the top of the mountain for over half an hour, Gu Ning and her friends went down.
They were going to take a cable car. Although they weren’t tired and could walk, they wanted to experience the feeling of taking a cable car.
Seeing them leaving to take a cable car, the cultivator followed them at once.
Many visitors were waiting in a line for the cable cars, so they waited for 5 minutes.
A cable car could accommodate six people, but not every cable car was fully occupied. Some only had five people, while some only had three people inside.
When it was the turn of Gu Ning and her friends, they sat together in the same cable car. The cultivator deliberately kept a distance away from them and took the cable car behind them.
He wanted to take the same cable car with them, but there were three girls in their group. He was worried that they might take him as a bad guy.
It was the first time that they had taken a cable car, so Chu Peihan and her friends felt a little nervous at the beginning. It was very high after all and there was only glass around them. There were iron plates under their feet and above their head, but they could still clearly see everything around them. It wasn’t easy to stay calm.
In a few minutes, they gradually calmed down. The cable cars had adequate security measures, so they would be safe as long as they sat well.
The cable line was long, and it took them nearly 20 minutes to get to the foot of the mountain.
When they got out of the cable car, the cultivator followed Gu Ning as usual, but he walked far behind her in case he was exposed.
The cultivator didn’t know Gu Ning’s abilities, and he thought that she was merely an ordinary girl. However, even though Gu Ning was just an ordinary girl, he still didn’t dare to be too close.
After getting out of the cable car, Gu Ning and her friends found many interesting games, like shooting the balloons, throwing rings, darts, and so on. There were corresponding rewards, such as toy bears, cats, and dogs.
Chu Peihan and her friends were mature, but they were only 18 this year, so they were still like kids and were attracted to these small games. Without hesitation, they ran to play them.
Gu Ning, instead, watched aside.
Each person had 10 bullets to shoot balloons. If one could successfully shoot 10 balloons, he or she would get a reward.
Chu Peihan and Mu Ke successfully did that, so they got a reward.
Yu Mixi only shot 8 balloons, so she failed to get a reward, but Mu Ke gave his reward to her.
He was a young man, and wasn’t interested in toy bears.
Throwing rings was an easy game. No matter what you could get with the ring, you could have it. Compared to other games, it was easier to get rewards, so Yu Mixi got a few.
Actually, not many people could get the small objects placed separately on the ground by throwing rings. There were some who couldn’t win one at all.
Therefore, many onlookers were envious of Chu Peihan and her friends when they kept winning rewards.
Chapter 1775: Read too Many Wuxia Novels
Then it was shooting darts, which was a little more difficult. Only when you hit the red heart could you get a reward, and you need to hit it with at least 5 out of 10 darts.
Chu Peihan happened to hit it with 5 darts, Mu Ke hit it with 4 darts, while Yu Mixi only hit it with 2 darts, so only Chu Peihan got a reward.
Once again, Chu Peihan and her friends got many compliments from onlookers.
“Boss, come here! Hit the red heart with all 10 darts! I want the big toy bear,” said Chu Peihan and pushed Gu Ning out. The rewards were totally different when one hit the red heart with only 5 darts and all the 10 darts.
“All the 10 darts? Sounds as if it’s very easy. Stop bragging.” The second Chu Peihan finished, an unkind female voice sounded.
Hearing it, everyone turned to look at the girl. Gu Ning wasn’t affected, but felt the girl was too childish. Chu Peihan and her other friends, however, were quite displeased and glared at the girl.
The girl was the same age as them, and she came with her friends too. There were three boys and three girls in their group. Although they dressed in simple clothes, they were obviously international brands. In that case, they must be a group of arrogant rich heirs.
Seeing Gu Ning’s friends looking at them, the girl became aggressive.
Chu Peihan argued in annoyance. “It’s none of your business whether our boss can hit the red heart with all 10 darts.”
“Of course, but I hate arrogant people.” The girl smiled with disdain.
“Arrogant? Don’t you think you are quite arrogant when you casually judge other people?” Gu Ning mocked her.
The girl felt a little embarrassed, but refused to admit her fault. Instead, she asked, “Do you mean you can really hit the red heart with all 10 darts?”
“It’s none of your business,” said Gu Ning.
“Then why don’t we have a competition? There is no need to hit the red heart with all the 10 darts. Whoever can hit it with more darts wins. What do you think?” The girl challenged Gu Ning.
“A competition? I like it, but I prefer one with a bet, or I have no interest,” said Gu Ning.
Hearing that, the girl got interested too. It was what she wanted as well, and she asked, “Sure, what do you want to bet?”
“Whoever loses will climb the mountain to the Guanyin Cave, then come down again. The time cannot be more than half an hour. If the loser can return within half an hour, the game is over. If not, the loser will be punished again,” Gu Ning said.
Gu Ning’s proposal wasn’t difficult, because she could see that the girl wasn’t weak at all. It was challenging, but wasn’t hard for her.
From here to the Guanyin Cave, if one walked fast, it might take more than 40 minutes, so it was impossible for ordinary people to do that, because ordinary people had limited physical strength.
However, it wasn’t a big deal for those who had a strong body or often exercised. They only needed to walk faster and they might only feel slightly tired.
“No problem!” The girl agreed at once, because she thought it wasn’t a bad idea. Actually, they just climbed down the mountain, and she knew how much time she needed to get to the Guanyin Cave. It wasn’t very difficult for her.
She didn’t care whether it was difficult for Gu Ning, because Gu Ning proposed it. Gu Ning must be confident, or she had to suffer it later.
Right after agreeing on that, the girl asked with confusion, “What if you lose and run away?”
“The competition is held between us, and other people can stay here to watch us. Neither of us can run away, right?” Gu Ning said. She didn’t feel annoyed when the girl doubted her ability, because it was too early to tell the result now. “Oh, the loser should also have a video call along the way with her friends in case she cheats.”
“No problem,” said the girl. She somehow admired Gu Ning for her comprehensive plan.
“Who’s first?” asked the girl.
“There are two vacant places. Why don’t we do it together?” said Gu Ning.
“Why not!” the girl agreed.
“Fighting, Mo!” the girl’s friends encouraged her.
“Boss, give her a complete failure,” said Chu Peihan.
“Stop bragging! You’ll have a complete failure yourself. You’re no match for Mo!” The girl’s friend defended her.
“Didn’t you think you’re superior to other people when you were questioning our boss’s ability? Don’t treat other people the way you don’t want to be treated. It’s ridiculous to think of yourself as the center of this world.” Mu Ke also joined their argument. He actually didn’t want to argue with other people, especially girls, in public.
However, he couldn’t hide himself behind his female friends’ backs all the time. As a man, he should protect them, whether they were his good female friends or girlfriend.
“You…” The girl’s friend suddenly didn’t know what to say.
“Alright, be quiet.” The girl gave her friends a glance and criticized them. She didn’t think they were wrong, but she needed them to be quiet when she started to play darts.
Once they were ready, the game began.
Without hesitation, Gu Ning threw the darts out one after another.
Surprisingly, every dart accurately hit the red heart. It only took her 10 seconds to finish the round.
Witnessing that, everyone was stunned.
The girl who had the competition against Gu Ning kept the position of holding a dart. She was too shocked to throw it.
After being shocked for a few seconds, the crowd burst into cheers and applause.
“Jesus, this girl is amazing! She has accurately hit the red heart with all 10 darts.”
“Right, she finished it within seconds!”
“Is she professional?”
“I think she’s even faster and better than a professional. She makes me think of a kung fu master.”
“You must have read too many Wuxia novels, but I have to agree with you. This girl indeed looks like a kung fu master.”
“It’s so unbelievable.”
“…”
“I-I can’t believe my eyes!” The girl’s friends couldn’t believe what they had seen. It was too shocking to be true!
“I wish it wasn’t true, but it is.”