Taught Every One A Tough Lesson; Dimension Leveled Up
“There’s no rush. We have got to let them take a small break and recover some first. How else will they be able to carry all those logs for us otherwise, am I right?”
“Anything you say, young mistress!”
While Cheng Xiao Xiao was relaxing and chatting away inside the dimension, those from School of Divine Condor received the generous hospitality of Cheng Zheng Yuan – each of them were given one sip of mystical water before they were escorted into the mountains to chop down trees under the watchful eyes of the villagers.
Under the supervision of the associate dean Mu Qingtong, even though the students were extremely reluctant to carry out the task, they dare not complain or curse. They simply didn’t understand why the associate dean would agree to such insulting conditions.
Not only were the students confused, even Mu Qingtong, as an instructor, was baffled. He followed the associate dean closely and asked cautiously, “Associate dean, why are we staying at the Cheng’s?”
“You think you can leave?” replied the associate dean casually.
“Why can’t we? Associate dean, there might be a lot of people here at the Cheng’s, but only the Cheng’s father and daughter are strong. We need not worry about the rest. If we are to leave, they won’t be able to stop us,” said Mu Qingtong unreconciled.
“You are right, if we want to leave, of course we can. But we will never be able to step foot in Willow Village again, and never able to get our hands on any of the Cheng’s stuff. Not only your trip was wasted, my trip will be wasted too. You may not care about looking bad, but I do. Not to mention that we won’t be able to report back that we have failed our missions!”
“Well, this….” Mu Qingtong felt so embarrassed he didn’t know what to say. He knew what the associate dean said was true, so he had no words to refute.
The associate dean followed that with another question, “You had their water earlier, right? How did that make you feel?”
Thinking about the water they had just drank, Mu Qingtong was stunned and swallowed uncontrollably, “It was, indeed, mystical water, with up to 70-80% mysticalness. It was delicious indeed!”
“Hrm!” Hrmphed the associate dean. “If we didn’t stay, you think you could have tasted that? The Cheng’s also have mystical animals and fish!”
“Yes, yes, that was such a wise decision on your part, Associate Dean!” Mu Qingtong, with a happy look, he finally understood the reason why the associate dean has decided to stay.
Even though they were logging for the Cheng’s, to cultivators like them, it’s just a matter of manual labor. If that was all that it takes to have mystical animals, he could log for them for a whole year!
After all, even as an instructor, he might be able to have mystical meat once a year, if he was lucky. But at the Cheng’s, he could have it every day. And all he had to do is to log, why wouldn’t he be willing to?
Seeing that Mu Qingtong had been enlightened, the associate dean stroked his goatee and gloated, “Even though the brat Cheng Xiao Xiao was difficult to deal with, but keep in mind that Cheng Biyuan was also an alumni of School of Divine Condor, we can also take this opportunity to strengthen our relationship with him. That ought to make it easier for us to purchase mystical animals from them in the future!”
“Yes, you are so right, Associate Dean!”
Thinking about the future, Mu Qingtong continue to flatter the associate dean with no hesitation. After all, if they could have a good relationship with the Cheng’s, he would benefit from that as well.
Nobody would intentionally jeopardize their own benefits, not even Mu Qingtong!
“Good, I am glad you understand. You better placate those kids in a bit. We don’t want them to cause any trouble and disrupt our plans, understood?”
“Yes, if anyone try to cause trouble, I will beat him to death!”
“One more important thing, Cheng Biyuan’s eldest son Cheng Zheng Yuan is a pretty good kid, and also very talented. You need to find more opportunity to chat with him and build a good relationship with him!”
“Yes! Qingtong understood! Qingtong understood!”
As they were talking, they also entered deep into the mountain range of Mount Daan. Under the directions of the villagers and Cheng Zheng Yuan, they began that day’s work.
After returning from the dimension, Cheng Xiao Xiao walked outside of the house and saw one more person still sitting in the courtyard and her expression turned cold right away.
Cheng Biyuan and Mrs. Cheng saw their precious daughter and stopped their chattering. They looked like they wanted to say something to her, but didn’t know how to say it.
“Mom, dad, you guys carry on!” Cheng Xiao Xiao nodded at her parents, then turned to Gu Junxian and said, “We will add the time you stalled back later. You will leave when you’ve logged the correct amount of trees!”
“…..” Gu Junxian was stunned silent.
Mrs. Chengs was about to say something before Cheng Xiao Xiao interrupted, “Mom, I make the call here, you stay out of it. Everybody from School of Divine Condor, no matter who he is, must go logging. This was promised to us by the bearded old man!”
“Xiao Xiao…”
“There’s no need to say anymore, I won’t agree to it!”
“Fine!” The obviously enraged Gu Junxian stood up abruptly and cupped his hands at Cheng Biyuan and Mrs. Cheng, “Uncle Cheng, Aunty Cheng, I am a student of School of Divine Condor, I will go do what I need to.”
“That will be best. We wouldn’t want you to be more embarrassed!” said Cheng Xiao Xiao coldly and left!
Gu Junxian glared stright at her back with a deep and undecipherable look. Then without looking at Cheng Biyuan and Mrs. Cheng again, left wordlessly.
After the two had left the courtyard, Mrs. Cheng looked at the now emptied courtyard and couldn’t help but sighed, “Xiao Xiao is such a brat. She didn’t need to treat Junxian like that even if she doesn’t like him!”
“She has her reasons!” frowned Cheng Biyuan.
“Reasons? What kind of reasons?” Mrs. Cheng was not happy with his reply, “Look at her? She’s so mean as a girl. And now she doesn’t want Junxian either. What are her days in the future going to be like?”
“There’s nothing you can do about it. Just let her pick for herself, she’ll find someone!”
Cheng Biyuan’s eyes flickered and he continued to talk, “The Gu’s isn’t a bad family, but they are not a good fit for Xiao Xiao. There’s no point in forcing it. In any case, they must like her, otherwise, nobody will be happy. We are better off without them!”
“Hrm, you always have your reasons. I don’t care anymore!”
Cheng Biyuan didn’t know who Mrs. Cheng was angry at. With a deep voice she said, “Junxian was treated so poorly at our place. What are you going to tell Uncle Gu in the future!?”
“Don’t worry about that, and there’s nothing you can do about it anyway. I am going to go check on our new house!”
Cheng Biyuan didn’t want to continue discussion on the subject. After all, as far as his daughter’s marriage is concerned, he leaned much more toward what she wanted. After all, she was not the same person as before. He didn’t want to force her to marry someone she didn’t like.
He had already heard it in her tone. There was no way she was going to get close with young Gu.
After walking outside, Cheng Xiao Xiao happened to run into Liu Tianshan who was coming back from surveilling. She suddenly recalled something and stopped him from going to take a rest, “Shi xiong Tianshan, wait a minute!”
“Shi mei, what’s the matter?” Liu Tianshan stopped and asked, while wiping some of his sweats away.
“Shi xiong Tianshan, sorry to trouble you. Can I ask you to make one more trip for me?”
“A trip? Sure, what’s up? I am not tired, just let me know what you need me to help with.”
“Thank you, shi xiong Tianshan!” Cheng Xiao Xiao smiled and fished out one jo of silver and handed it over to him, “Shi xiong Tianshan, please go into town at the fastest possible speed and buy me 60 water bottles and lunch boxes. The more the better!”