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Zheng Nianyun jumped three feet in pain, clutching her bruised buttocks and running around the room, with Master Yang chasing after her, swaying back and forth with a ruler in his hand.

"Stop right there!" Yang Xin, panting heavily, supported his waist with his left hand, while the ruler in his right hand continued to swing in the air, making a whooshing sound. "Zheng Nianyun, where did you learn the saying 'A gentleman straightens his clothes'?"

After speaking, he made a move to chase after her again, but Zheng Nianyun hurriedly tugged at his collar a few times and shouted, "I know, I know, teacher, I remember. Please don't chase after me. Let's not delay the other students from class, okay?"

"you you..."

This caused laughter throughout the room.

Although there weren't many people in Rixi Academy, there were still fifteen students. These two should have gone to Jiusi Academy, but the younger one didn't want to go, and the older one just wanted to follow the younger one around.

These two are both troublesome, and Yang Xin is so worried that he's lost a lot of hair.

In the end, Zheng Nianyun was punished by having to copy books before class could begin.

As usual, Zheng Zhian answered the questions posed by Master Yang first, then lay on the table. He was in the last row, gazing intently at the white bamboo worms on the overlapping green bamboo outside the window.

How long would it take such a small thing to climb to the top? What if it wanted to go down? Zheng Zhian asked himself this question.

Zheng Nianyun, who was sitting right next to her, had been dozing off on the table when he suddenly sensed a fluctuation in the air. He opened his eyes alertly and looked at the figure that had caused the commotion. Deeply shocked, he clutched his head and scratched it violently.

Four years, only four years. This guy has only learned the second level of 'Illusory Star', but the depth of his internal strength is almost catching up with mine.

"Monster!" Zheng Nianyun muttered silently, then turned away and continued to lie there, deeply disheartened.

Only after hearing the bell did Zheng Zhian withdraw the internal energy circulating within his body, slowly open his eyes, and exhale a breath of turbid air.

As everyone stood up and bowed, they said, "Goodbye, Master Yang."

After Master Yang left, the students inside rushed out of the room. Zheng Nianyun looked at her and nodded, then whispered mysteriously, "Today I met a master at the gambling den in the south of the city. Do you want to go and see him?"

Gambling den? Zheng Zhian glanced at him sideways. "Are you really not afraid that your father will find out and rush back from Kangning to beat you up?" Ever since Kangxian Wang left him in the capital three years ago, this guy has been like a wild horse that has broken free of its reins. He has messed with the whole capital and now he even dares to go to places like gambling dens.

She hasn't even gone yet.

Zheng Nianyun waved his hand dismissively, "He's so far away, as long as you don't tell and I don't tell, he won't know." He then took two steps forward and slapped her on the shoulder, "I heard that tonight, that expert has arranged a high-stakes gamble, the kind where it's a life-or-death situation. Are you going?"

Zheng Zhian had little interest in joining in the excitement. Although she had never been to a casino, she knew that countless people there lost their minds, sold their children, and died as a result. They were all chasing a moment of thrill, so what was there to see?

Zheng Nianyun, however, ignored her pleas and half-dragged, half-carried her away, pleading, "Just come with me, it's not like you'll lose anything."

"You placed a bet?" Zheng Zhian pushed him away, looking at him calmly. This guy has really gone out of control. He used to just eat and drink everywhere, but now he's gotten involved in gambling.

When Zheng Nianyun met her gaze, he suddenly opened his fan and raised it to block her view, explaining guiltily, "I was just curious." He raised his other hand to show, "It's only a few dozen taels." He had joined in the discussion because so many people in the gambling house were talking about it.

"So you want to drag me down with you, to take the blame for you?" Zheng Zhian lamented his poor choice of friends, wondering how he ended up with such a bad friend.

Over the years, the two of them have done quite a few stupid things together, and occasionally they can even drag their senior brother into it so that he can take the blame. Nine times out of ten, they will be fine in the end.

But with the scapegoat absent today, Zheng Zhian frowned. "Is it absolutely necessary to go?"

Zheng Nianyun nodded quickly. If he didn't go, wouldn't his dozens of taels of silver be wasted? Even if he, Prince Yun, was not short of money, he couldn't waste it like that.

Zheng Zhian, feeling that she couldn't stand by and watch her good brother die, decided to help him this time. "Let's go." It wasn't out of curiosity.

The two left the Imperial Academy and ran down the mountain. As the sun set and night fell, before curfew, the South Street was already brightly lit.

Earthly Immortal.

Zheng Zhian looked up at the three large characters above, and a thousand horses galloped through his mind.

Just how talented must the owner behind this be to give a gambling den such a name?

The two were still wearing the same clothes, and the burly man standing at the door immediately recognized them as students of the Imperial Academy and reached out to block them.

"Students of the Imperial Academy are not allowed to enter this area."

It was clearly instructed from above that students from the Imperial Academy could not be allowed in. If they were, and something happened, no matter what kind of immortal they were, the academy would have to be shut down.

Zheng Nianyun pulled a note from his pocket. "I placed a bet here this afternoon, why are you denying it tonight?"

The burly man took the note and carefully examined the extraordinary aura of the two children, guessing that their identities were probably not ordinary either.

The burly man's eyes darted around, and he bowed slightly, smiling as he said, "Young master, please wait a moment. I can't read. May I go in and ask our manager?"

Zheng Nianyun was about to get angry, but his sleeve was pulled hard by the person next to him, so he had to change his mind and said impatiently, "Hurry up."

This place is actually quite interesting. Zheng Zhian curled his lips. When did gambling dens become so principled? How did this guy get in this afternoon?

Sensing the questioning look from Zheng Zhian, Zheng Nianyun covered her lips with her fan, bent down slightly, and whispered, "I changed my clothes this afternoon, and I just forgot about it."

After saying that, he chuckled, looking just like a dim-witted idiot.

During the waiting period, to their utter surprise, instead of the person in charge, they encountered someone they had always expected.

What are you two doing here?

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Zheng Zhian and Zheng Nianyun exchanged a glance: No way!

Such a coincidence?

The two exchanged a glance, then awkwardly turned around. Zheng Zhian immediately stepped forward and took the man's arm, grinning from ear to ear. "Master, Master, didn't you say you wouldn't be back until tomorrow? Why are you back today?" And the first thing you did upon your return was to go to the gambling den.

She shouldn't have listened to Zheng Nianyun today. Now that she's been caught red-handed, no matter how eloquent she is, she can't cover it up.

Seeing their guilty looks, Xiao Huachi snorted, "You're trying to say that your master came back at the wrong time, right?"

"I didn't say that, no, I didn't think that way!" Zheng Zhian shook his head repeatedly without even thinking.

Xiao Huachi raised his hand and flicked her forehead, then gestured towards the entrance of the gambling den. "Whose idea was this?"

"she!"

"he!"

The two pointed at each other without hesitation.

"You two really want to go in?" Xiao Huachi glanced at them with a forced smile.

Zheng Zhian immediately felt a jolt of alarm: Oh no! The old man is angry.

Zheng Nianyun thought to himself that they had been tricked into revealing information again, and had confessed without being asked.

Just then, the burly man who had been at the door came out with a round figure, but with light and steady steps.

This person knows martial arts.

With his eyes slanted upwards, a smile spread across his face. As he expressed his expression, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened, revealing a worldly sophistication and shrewdness honed through years of welcoming and seeing off guests.

Seeing a distinguished-looking elderly man standing between the two students, he subconsciously turned to glance at the burly man, then turned back and presented the note in his hand, saying, "This..."