Reversing the Milky Way

Bai Cheng looked at Zhao Bo's smug smile and then at the expressions of the people around him. Some people just took Bai Cheng's words as a joke.

Looking at the people before him, Bai Cheng sensed that if he hadn't met Ling'er, he might have thought his words were a joke, just like them. However, he knew that none of these people had ever seen a true genius.

At this moment, Zhao Bo, who was in the distance, stopped his lewd laughter and said, "Ling'er, I thought you were only attracted to this pretty boy because he was good-looking, but I didn't expect him to be an idiot. You might as well come with me."

Yue Ling: "Pah! Look at yourself! Bai Cheng looks like a respectable man, unlike you who looks like a shifty-eyed rat. You don't look like a good person at all."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bo was furious and said, "Yueling, let me tell you, my family is determined to win the village chief election in Yujia Village this year. If you don't grant my wish, I'll kick you and your father out of Yujia Village."

"Oh? You've got quite the nerve, Zhao Bo."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bo turned around and saw that the person who had come was Yu Qing.

Then Yu Qing walked up to Zhao Bo, and the two faced each other. Yu Qing then slowly said, "Zhao Bo, your father isn't even the village chief yet, and you dare to be so arrogant?"

Zhao Bo glanced at Yu Qing and said, "Yu Qing, your father, as the village chief, was supposed to be fighting with Hejia Village for the allocation of resources in the mine. But look what happened, your family only managed to get 40% of the resources. How are you going to explain this to the villagers?"

Yu Qing: "Zhao Bo, don't you know why you're missing out on that 10% of resources? If you hadn't lost to the people from Hejia Village, how could we have missed out on that 10% of resources?"

After hearing Yu Qing's words, Bai Cheng remembered that the gatekeeper had mentioned the competition earlier. It turned out that this was what he was referring to. He then asked Yue Ling, who was beside him, what was going on.

According to Yueling, there used to be a mine located to the north between Yujia Village and Hejia Village. Because the two mines were situated between the two villages, there were many conflicts between Yujia Village and Hejia Village over the mining rights every year. Later, after discussions between the village chiefs, Yujia Village and Hejia Village each took 40%, and the remaining 20% ​​was to be contested between the two villages. Each village would send three people, and apart from the village chief's son, the other two could not be older than 20. The winning side could take the remaining 20% ​​of the mine, and if it was a tie, each side would take 10%.

Last year, Yu Qing narrowly defeated He Jinchao by a single move. Later, Zhang Chong, the son of Zhang Hu, the head of the East Village, was defeated by Wang Heng from Hejia Village. In the final match, Zhao Bo lost to Gu Yan from Hejia Village due to a mistake. After this incident, the village chief did not blame them. After all, it is normal to win and lose in competitions. Besides, Zhao Bo's father is the head of the West Village. It was thought that after this incident, Zhao Bo would behave himself in the village. After all, he used to rely on his father's position as the head of the East Village to cause trouble everywhere, even robbing fellow villagers and later even harassing village women in public.

However, Zhao Bo continued his arrogant and domineering behavior, eventually taking a liking to Yue Ling and even trying to seduce her in front of Yu Qing'an. However, Yu Qing'an slapped him, bringing him to his senses. Zhao Bo held a grudge about this incident and told his father, Zhao Haiming. Zhao Haiming, being a protective father, took Zhao Bo and several members of the village guards to Yu Qing'an's village to cause trouble. He threatened that if Yue Ling married Zhao Bo, the matter would be settled, otherwise he would make life unbearable for Yu Qing'an and his daughter in Yu Family Village.

Yu Qing'an couldn't stand this insult and immediately attacked, beating up Zhao Haiming, his son, and several village guards who were with him. At that time, Zhao Haiming had already broken through to the Great Perfection of Body Refinement Realm, but even with the help of several village guards, they were still no match for Yu Qing'an. Later, the village chief Yu Tianqing intervened to mediate, and the matter was finally settled.

However, Zhao Bo was still persistent and set his sights on Yue Ling. Later, Yu Qing'an became disgusted with these village guards, and from then on, these village guards would always smile whenever they saw Yu Qing'an.

After listening to Yue Ling's account, Bai Cheng couldn't help but complain, "This Zhao Bo is simply a beast! Why not dismiss Zhao Bo's father?"

Yue Ling shook her head, sighed, and said, "You know there's a Qi Condensation Realm cultivator guarding the village, right?"

Bai Cheng nodded and replied, "I've only heard of it, but I've never actually seen it."

Then, Yue Ling continued, "This cultivator has connections with Liu Yuntian of the Wuling Town Supervisory Office. This cultivator was originally going to another village, but Liu Yuntian intervened and transferred him to this village."

After hearing this, Bai Cheng also had some questions: "Then what does this have to do with Zhao Bo?"

Then Yue Ling said with a livid face, "Six years ago, Zhao Bo's grandfather Zhao Guming passed away, and Liu Yuntian personally attended his funeral. At that time, Liu Yuntian had not yet taken up a post in the Wuling Town Supervisory Office. Do you understand now?"

After hearing Yue Ling's words, Bai Cheng understood immediately. After all, such things were very common on Blue Star. It seemed that Liu Yuntian and Zhao Bo's grandfather, Zhao Guming, had some kind of relationship.

Thinking about this, Bai Cheng felt a headache coming on. It seemed that Zhao Bo's matter was going to be difficult. Then he thought, "But since I've already said I'll defeat him, I must defeat him. Otherwise, this kind of person will become more and more arrogant and will only bring harm to the people in the village in the future."

At this moment, Zhao Bo and Yu Qing were facing off, and it looked like they were about to fight when the people from the Supervisory Bureau arrived. The leader was Song Zhentian, followed by seven or eight other people.

At this moment, Song Zhentian said with a serious expression: "I heard that someone is causing trouble at the entrance of Renhui Academy. Stop it, everyone." When Yu Qing and Zhao Bo saw that it was the people from the Supervisory Office who had arrived, they immediately acted as if they had nothing to do, and the onlookers around them also dispersed.

Bai Cheng was quite surprised to see this. He did not expect that the Inspectorate would be so powerful. No wonder Yue Ling said that there would be no banditry in Wuling Town. Even the arrogant Zhao Bo was obedient.

At this moment, Song Zhentian stepped forward and asked, "What happened just now? Who are you causing trouble here?"

After listening to Song Zhentian's words, Zhao Bo stepped forward with a fawning smile and said, "Oh, Captain Song, it's all a misunderstanding. We didn't cause any trouble at the school gate."

When Bai Cheng saw that Zhao Bo was so honest, he decided he had to teach him a lesson today, and then Bai Cheng displayed his acting skills like an Oscar winner.

Then he suddenly knelt down and yelled, "Ouch, it hurts so much! Someone hit me!" He then lay on his side on the ground, looking extremely pained, yelling and writhing while clutching his chest.

Everyone was startled by Bai Cheng's sudden action and looked over. Song Zhentian hurriedly went to check on Bai Cheng and asked, "I remember your name is Bai Cheng, what's wrong?"

Bai Cheng also showed a distressed expression, then pointed at Zhao Bo and said, "He's the one who caused trouble at the entrance of Renhui Academy. This person beat up a law-abiding citizen in the street without cause, causing serious injury."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bo became anxious: "You're talking nonsense! You're perfectly fine!"

Bai Cheng's face was pale, and he managed to say with difficulty, "I didn't feel it just now, but now I feel that I'm seriously injured. I have several broken ribs."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bo also wore a constipated expression: "You say I hit you, so I hit you? Who can testify?"

Upon witnessing Bai Cheng's actions, Yu Qing immediately stated, "I can testify, and everyone present can testify, that Brother Bai Cheng only came to pick up Yue Ling to take her home. Unexpectedly, Zhao Bo suddenly appeared and kicked Bai Cheng, severely injuring him. The Fire Cloud Kingdom has a clear rule that cultivators are not allowed to attack ordinary people without cause. Brother Bai Cheng is just an ordinary person, and he was injured like this for no reason. If this person is not punished, where is justice?"

Zhao Bo's face turned green with anger upon hearing Yu Qing's words: "You, Yu Qing, just you wait! It's just medical expenses, I can afford it."

Song Zhentian: "Although you are a martial artist, you cannot disregard the law. Since you have taken the initiative to bear the medical expenses, we will not force you to return to the Supervisory Office. As long as you can compensate the party concerned for the medical expenses, then this matter will be settled."

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Bai Cheng.

After Bai Cheng understood what was happening, he said, "My injury won't heal without at least twenty Rejuvenation Pills. Also, your actions have had a great psychological impact on me. You should at least compensate me for 20 silver coins for mental distress."

Upon hearing Bai Cheng's words, Zhao Bo spat out a mouthful of blood and said, "Do you have any common sense? Even if you break all your ribs, you wouldn't need that many Rejuvenation Pills. At most, you'd need 10 to recover. Those are first-grade pills, do you think they're as common as cabbage? And what's this about compensation for mental distress? I've never even heard of it."

At this moment, Song Zhentian also turned around and said, "This... really doesn't need that much. Even if it's compensation for medical expenses, we can't ask for it arbitrarily. After all, we want to be fair. Besides, we don't support this so-called compensation for mental distress."

After listening to Song Zhentian's words, Bai Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Alright then. Since there's no compensation for mental distress, how about fifteen Rejuvenation Pills? I've always been weak and had all sorts of ailments since I was a child. This kick has brought all my ailments back to normal, so I should at least get fifteen Rejuvenation Pills."

Song Zhentian looked helpless after hearing this, since Bai Cheng was the victim. He said, "Then let's do it this way." Zhao Bo was also furious but had nowhere to vent his anger. Each Rejuvenation Pill cost one silver coin, which was fifteen silver coins—equivalent to an average person's annual income.

"Fine, very well, Bai Cheng, let's see how you defeat me in a month, hmph!" With that, he tossed down a bag and left.

Yueling then stepped forward, picked up the bag, examined it, and found fifteen silver coins inside. She then happily went to Bai Cheng's side and said, "Brother Bai Cheng, look! We've struck it rich!"

After hearing Yue Ling's words, Bai Cheng immediately winked at her, as if to say, "What are you doing? The people from the Censorate are still there."

When Song Zhentian saw Bai Cheng winking and making faces, he sighed and said, "Stop pretending, I knew you were alright a long time ago."

Bai Cheng chuckled awkwardly and said, "Uh...haha...so Captain Song already knew."

At this moment, Captain Song patted Bai Cheng on the shoulder and said, "I just heard him say that you want to beat him in a month?"

Bai Cheng also looked confused: "Yeah, is that not allowed?"

Seeing Bai Cheng's expression, Song Zhentian sighed and patted Bai Cheng on the shoulder, saying, "Hey, Brother Bai Cheng, I didn't think things through just now. You should ask for so-called compensation for emotional distress."

After hearing this, Bai Cheng felt offended: "Hmm~, hmm?!"

Song Zhentian then stood up and said, "Alright, now that things are over, you should all go back now." After saying this, Song Zhentian left with his team.

At this moment, Yu Qing also came to Bai Cheng's side: "We're going the same way, let's go back together."

Upon seeing Yu Qing, Bai Cheng immediately said, "Thank you so much, Brother Yu Qing, for your help earlier."

Upon hearing this, Yu Qing replied frankly, "We're all from the same village, so helping each other is only right."

After they finished speaking, the group went back together.

At this moment, at Zhao Bo's home in Yujia Village.

Zhao Bo said with a wronged expression, "Dad, you have to avenge me! That Bai Cheng cheated me out of fifteen silver coins!"

After saying this, Zhao Haiming's face turned ashen, and a loud slap echoed in the room. "Useless trash! How many times have I told you? Now is the crucial time for the village chief election. Don't cause trouble all the time, especially that Yu Qingan. I'll figure out how to deal with him after I become the village chief."

Zhao Bo's face stung from the slap. He was filled with resentment.

He then scrambled over to Zhao Haiming and said, "Then let's go find Liu Yuntian. Grandpa did him a favor back then, so he has to help us out, right?"

Zhao Haiming was furious: "Enough! He's now the Censor-in-Chief of the Wuling Town Supervisory Office. As for the favor our Zhao family did for him back then, all we did was pay for his travel expenses to Tianhuo Academy. Besides, didn't he send his confidants to Yujia Village? Otherwise, how could I have become the head of the West Village?"

After listening, Zhao Bo replied, "You can't say that, Dad. If Grandpa hadn't sponsored him to go to Tianhuo Academy back then, how could he have achieved what he has today?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud "slap" echoed throughout the room.

After hearing his son's words, Zhao Haiming's anger intensified: "Are you out of your mind? Do you think a cultivator at the late stage of Qi Condensation would bother with you for fifteen silver coins?"

After saying that, Zhao Haiming turned around and looked at Zhao Bo. At this moment, two handprints were clearly imprinted on Zhao Bo's face. Zhao Haiming's heart softened when he saw this, after all, he was the only descendant of the Zhao family.

Then, looking at Zhao Bo, he said, "Hey, I know you like Yue Ling, but it's not the right time yet. Once I become the village chief, I'll go find Xuan Taiming and ask him to deal with Yu Qing'an. At that time, his daughter will be my for the taking."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bo immediately retorted, "Father is wise. And that Bai Cheng, that kid actually said he would defeat me in a month. That's just wishful thinking."

Zhao Haiming then smiled, his expression softening: "Ha...ha...ha...ha...So that's true? It seems this matter can be used to make a fuss."

After saying that, Zhao Haiming laughed coldly again. This cold smile made people feel uneasy and sent chills down their spines.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Bo gradually smiled, his lips curving upwards and his eyes revealing a cold gaze.