Danwu Refining Spirit

Chapter Eight: Do you have five hundred taels?

"Xiao Chong, I challenge you to a bet! Someone saw that fatso give you fifty taels of silver. If you pass the test, I'll pay you another fifty taels. If you fail, the beating with the ruler will be doubled!"

Huang Tianhua's resentment and malice remained undiminished, like a rooster whose eyes had gone red with rage.

“A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years, but I am not a gentleman. I will kill you first. Hmph, with the Twelve Ruler of Law, if I want to, I can cut off your path of cultivation.”

Feeling triumphant, Huang Tianhua stomped his foot hard, but unexpectedly aggravated his injury in the groin, causing him to cry out in pain and hunch over again.

"Looks like they've got me cornered! Damn it, does having money make you so great? But... it does seem a bit impressive, at least I'm really poor."

Xiao Chong cursed under his breath and was about to refuse when he remembered Qing Meng's words when he left home. He immediately smiled and said, "A bet is fine, but if you want to use the ruler as the stake, you have to pay ten times the amount!"

"Don't rush! If you're really short on cash, I can scrape together some more. There's no need to risk your life against these bastards."

When the fat man in the crowd saw that Xiao Chong had agreed, he rushed up and tugged at Xiao Chong's sleeve, whispering urgently.

If Xiao Chong failed the test, Xiao Banqiu could have struck him three times with the ruler, doubling the punishment to six. If Huang Tianhua's bet were added, it would have been twelve strikes in total. Wouldn't he have been beaten to death by the ruthless Xiao Banqiu?

Moreover, if he couldn't get past this hurdle, Xiao Fangzheng had six even more powerful blows of the cane waiting for him. The fat man was truly worried!

"This is a true brother!" A warm feeling welled up in Xiao Chong's chest. He patted the fat man's shoulder but didn't say anything, instead keeping his eyes fixed on Huang Tianhua's face.

"Is this guy desperate for money?!" Huang Tianhua was startled and looked around the room with disdain.

"Exactly, I'm afraid he's really gone mad."

"His worthless life wouldn't even be worth five hundred taels of silver."

"Even if it's really worth five hundred taels, someone still has to buy it."

Some disciples who usually disliked Xiao Chong started to jeer.

Hearing these comments, Xiao Chong laughed instead and said to Huang Tianhua, "Don't you dare? How about I offer fifty taels and personally strike you six times with the ruler?"

"What a joke! Judging from how this guy lifted the stone lock just now, he didn't have much strength, but he was almost there. If he hit me..." Thinking of this, Huang Tianhua's crotch tightened, and he quickly took out two gold ingots from his body and threw them in front of Xiao Chong. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, ten times it is. If you lose, you will have to pay a total of twelve magic rulers!"

"I'll also put up five hundred taels, betting that you can't lift the stone weight this time!"

It was Xiao Tianhu who spoke. He often bullied Xiao Chong, so naturally he wouldn't let Huang Tianhua have all the credit this time.

"The Eighteen Ruler Techniques will surely leave you bedridden, so that if you actually pass the test, you'll have another opponent."

Thinking this, Xiao Tianhu, having recovered his strength, parted the crowd and slowly walked to stand in front of Xiao Chong. His tall and imposing figure exuded a powerful aura.

"They're treating me like a sucker! But it's just in time, I've been worried about not having any money."

Xiao Chong sighed inwardly, but his smile deepened as he asked teasingly, "You want to gamble too?"

"Of course we'll gamble!" Xiao Tianhu's voice was loud and clear, his momentum rising even higher.

Are you sure you want to bet five hundred taels?

"Of course I'm sure!" Xiao Tianhu's momentum continued to rise.

"But...do you have five hundred taels of silver?" Xiao Chong waved his five hateful fingers in front of Xiao Tianhu.

"I...I..." Xiao Tianhu's momentum faltered, and he felt his body shrink rapidly.

Who would be like that spendthrift, carrying five hundred taels of silver around all the time? Doesn't he find it heavy? Besides, the three brothers combined only receive two hundred taels of silver in allowance each month.

"So you're just a poor wretch! You can't expect to get something for nothing. If you're broke, then stay out of the way and don't act like some big shot!"

Xiao Chong's expression changed, and his sarcastic words pierced Xiao Tianhu's ears like some kind of spell.

Xiao Tianhu's face had turned a deep purplish-red, and although it was still early spring, sweat was pouring down his forehead.

He glanced at Huang Tianhua out of the corner of his eye, and for some reason, he also felt a deep hatred for this spendthrift.

"I have plenty of money, I'll pay for this!" Huang Tianhua, oblivious to Xiao Tianhu's thoughts, took out two more gold ingots and threw them at Xiao Chong with a loud shout.

"Why can you so easily produce a thousand taels of silver, while I can't even scrape together two hundred? Why don't you secretly slip the gold ingots into my hand instead of throwing them on the ground like you're showing off?"

Feeling embarrassed, Xiao Tianhu was secretly furious and silently withdrew from the crowd, having already elevated Huang Tianhua to the same level of hatred as Xiao Chong.

Xiao Chong naturally ignored Xiao Tianhu's thoughts, and simply took out two silver ingots from his pocket and smashed them hard against Huang Zaihua's face.

After blocking the fat man behind him, Xiao Chong slowly scanned the training ground. Looking at the repulsive faces in front of him, he sneered inwardly.

"You little punk! You dare to mess with me? I'm got some cheat codes!"

"Do you know what big data is? Do you know what cloud computing is? Do you know what quantum mechanics is? What is kinetics? Uh... I don't think I'm very clear on that either..."

"But that's okay, I've seen Olympic competitions! I know the clean and jerk is easier to get good results in than the snatch! That's enough!"

After stretching his waist, pressing his legs, and moving his wrists, Xiao Chong leisurely walked to the row of stone locks and looked around the scene.

At this moment, it was as if Xiao Chong was possessed by countless Olympic clean and jerk masters. He looked down on the world with unparalleled momentum and had the aura to sweep away all demons and monsters!