by Dragon King
66 What Happened?
“Also, the school specified that from now on, the players on basketball team would not be allowed to use the outdoor basketball courts without authorization. Or else, they will be harshly punished if any disputes over the use of the court are to happen again,” Yu Rong added.
The news from Yu Rong greatly astounded the entire class. At first, they all believed that the school’s final decision would victimize Zhao Jiayi. Yet, he was not penalized in any way at all. On top of that, the four people on the basketball team who were injured now had to compensate Zhao Jiayi for his medical expenses.
“Does Zhao Jiayi have a powerful background or what?”
“No wonder he was so collected in the morning….”
“He must have relatives who are government officials, right?”
“Is Yu Rong joking? How is it possible that the school would penalize the players on the basketball team?”
Instantly, a discussion broke out and began spreading to all corners of the classroom.
Zhao Jiayi could not believe the news himself, either. He wondered if his ears had failed him. Unlike what his classmates were speculating, it was out of dignity that he tried to remain calm this morning. He had no last measure or influential background.
Seeing that people doubted the accuracy of the news he brought, Yu Rong took out his phone. “This is a photo that my friend took and sent to me! If you don’t believe it, then go check the display window at the Administrative Building yourselves!” he shouted.
“Let me see! Let me see!” the male students yelled out eagerly.
Yu Rong passed his phone to them. One by one, the guys were uttering an “Oh” to show that they were now finally convinced.
As for Xie Yujia, who was seated in the front, she turned around to observe the guys jumping and running in excitement. Biting her lips, her brows furrowed slightly.
Indeed, she did try to help Zhao Jiayi by talking to the school management team. Still, she did not expect the school to favor Zhao Jiayi like this completely. Moreover, the school did not handle this in the way that would reconcile all parties involved as she had anticipated. Instead, they heavily penalized the basketball team.
Now that the basketball match between East Ocean University and Jinghua University was about to start, she could not understand why the school would make such a decision at all.
Out of the six members of the basketball team, four of them were now dismissed. She couldn’t imagine how much it would impact her older brother’s basketball team… Grasping the pen in her hand, Xie Yujia was very concerned.
At this time, she was no longer worried about Zhao Jiayi and Hao Ren but how her brother would react to this situation.
Shortly, their lecturer arrived in the classroom and stopped the chattering from growing any further. Yet, during the lecture, whispers could still be heard.
Zhou Liren and Cao Ronghua who were seated in the back continued to talk among themselves excitedly.
Especially Zhou Liren, whose face was bright red and was now lowering his voice to blurt out, “One who survives a great disaster is destined to good fortune forever! Zhao Jiayi, you have to treat us to dinner!”
“F*ck, I don’t even know what is going on.”
The happiness came too soon and too abruptly. Zhao Jiayi was still a little confused, but he could not hide the blooming smile on his face.
Also, Zhao Jiayi did not want to deliberately explain himself as he did not care if people thought he had a powerful background or not.
Only Hao Ren knew what was going on. Yet, he did not want to claim credit for it. As long as his good friend Zhao Jiayi was fine, he was happy.
After all, the arrogant bullies on the basketball team did deserve a lesson.
Besides, Hao Ren began to imagine Huang Xujie’s reaction to this news. That guy was extremely confident yesterday…
After class, the crowd was cheering for Zhao Jiayi and asked him to treat everyone to milk tea. Since he was in such a merry mood, Zhao Jiayi agreed. So, in the end, everyone in the class received a drink for this celebratory occasion.
At four in the afternoon, Zhao Jiayi further treated the guys to computer games. Hence, the large crowd gleefully headed towards the internet cafe at Hongji Square.
Again, Hao Ren excused him and did not join the crowd. Instead, he quietly hurried to the Academic Building F.
This time, he made sure he was not being followed before entering Su Han’s office.
The door to Su Han’s office was not locked as if she was expecting him. When Hao Ren walked in, he saw that Su Han had her eyes tightly shut and was completely immersed in her own cultivation.
Gently, he closed the door and sat down in the chair across from Su Han. He did not want to interrupt her, so he quietly began cultivating the Spirit Concentration Scroll.
A burst of faint energy rushed from his Dantian to his Huiyin Acupoint and then Guowei Acupoint. Afterward, it ascended to Mingmen Acupoint, Yuzhen Acupoint, Baihui Acupoint, and passed Danzhong Acupoint to Shenque Acupoint, then back to his Dantian.
In this continuous loop, it seemed that his body was being nourished and had become incredibly at ease. In addition, Su Han’s office was facing the lawn and the garden outside of the building. With its fresh air and serene environment, it was indeed the perfect location in the school for cultivation.
This gentle and warm energy had filled up half of his body, and he could no longer absorb any more of it. Reluctantly, he opened his eyes.
He saw that Su Han had also finished her cultivation and was calmly looking at him from the seat across.
With her backdrop being the brown bead curtain, Su Han, who was in light-colored clothing, looked as if she was a beauty in a painting.
Calmly, she lifted her slender hand and picked up the teapot on the table. With her fingers slightly curled, she started pouring the bright green colored tea into two crystal clear cups made of white jade.
“Please,” She uttered.
Hao Ren nodded his head and held up the teacup. As he took a small sip, he felt that its aroma had seeped through and taken root in his mouth. His entire body was becoming light and agile.
Picking up the teacup with her white wrist elegantly, Su Han also took a sip.
Silence had taken over the room as a light breeze came in through the window and made the bamboo curtain beside Su Han to flutter.
“I didn’t come yesterday because of an incident that happened in the school,” Hao Ren said as he decided to break the silence.
“Not my concern,” Su Han coldly stated.
Now that his words were met with rejection, Hao Ren could only stop talking again. Still, he thought hard to come up with another topic, “The last time I went to the GreenStone Mountain with Zi’s family, I ran into a stone monument in the Daoist Temple situated at the summit. However, I did not quite understand the writing on it.”
“Well, see if you can recite it for me,” Su Han replied.
Hao Ren recalled for a moment and was able to recite the writing for her.
Su Han listened carefully. When Hao Ren finished reciting, she explained, “This monument was supposedly left behind by Daoist Master Zhang when he achieved ascension. It was allegedly his enlightenment about the Heavenly Dao, so it does have a lot of history behind it. However, in the past few hundred years, no one was able to understand the writing fully. Therefore, even though it is widely known, it is not of much use.”
“Not able to fully understand it? Because of it, I almost had a breakthrough of the second level of the Spirit Concentration Scroll,” Hao Ren thought to himself secretly.
“Speaking of the GreenStone Mountain, there is a senior of the Dragon Tribe who resides there. The reason Zhao Guang took you to the GreenStone Mountain was probably to visit him,” Su Han added.
Suddenly, she raised her head and muttered to herself, “It seems like he has started to get ready by drawing people over to his side.”
Now that
Su Han looked mysterious and preoccupied, Hao Ren couldn’t help but ask her, “What does that mean?”
Su Han looked at him with her brow slightly furrowed, “Humph, do you think it is such a simple matter to be Zhao Guang’s son-in-law?” she said. After that, she waved her hand. “Alright, it’s six now.”
Knowing that Zhao Hongyu didn’t even want to get on the wrong side of Su Han, Hao Ren did not inquire any further and was about to get up and leave.
“Actually,” right when Hao Ren was about to walk out of the office, Su Han stopped him and said, “I’ll teach you a set of techniques that would allow you to control your strength better, so you won’t injure people again.”
67 Scheming Woman…… Criminal? 2 in 1 Chapter
Hao Ren stopped walking and turned around to look at her.
Although Su Han was cold, it was worth it to cultivate here as long as he could learn something from her.
This so-called Heavenly Master was also an Inspector in the Dragon Tribe. She should have a decent amount of precious dharma treasures and cultivation techniques.
Hao Ren was very clear about what he wanted. Not only for himself, but he also needed to keep a good relationship with Su Han for the sake of East Ocean Dragon Clan.
Sure enough, Su Han waved at him and said, “Come over. I’ll teach you a technique.”
After Hao Ren walked to her, Su Han pointed at his forehead with her long slim finger and transferred the thoughts into his head. Hao Ren memorized the simple spell that had three sentences easily.
“How can I use it?” Hao Ren asked.
“It must be used with an object, and here it is,” as she said that, two silver bracelets magically appeared in her palm.
She lightly smiled at Hao Ren and said, “Put it on.”
He warily stared at the bracelets in her smooth palm and didn’t reach for them hastily. The necklace Su Han gave him last time was still stuck on his neck.
If she were to put two anklets on him next time, then the five accessories could easily restrain him. All Su Han needed to do was control him with her thoughts if that happened.
Su Han knew what was worrying Hao Ren, so she smiled again and said, “Don’t worry. You will be able to take these off.”
Her light smile was charming; it was as sweet as the glorious flowers of spring. However, it made Hao Ren more worried as he saw the temptation in her smile.
“Hurry up!” the smile on Su Han’s face disappeared as she flipped the silver bracelets on to Hao Ren’s wrists.
At the same time, Hao Ren felt like his arms got as heavy as two giant mountains. Not only did his arms feel like they were almost breaking off, but his legs and feet were also having trouble supporting his body as well.
“The spell I just taught you are for taking these bracelets off. But you may only take them off for two hours each day. Otherwise, the necklace on you will strangle your neck and make you wish you are dead,” Su Han said calmly with her arms folded in front of her.
Hao Ren was in severe pain as well as serious regret.
“Schemer…such a schemer…” Hao Ren cursed at her 100 times in his mind. He blamed himself for being greedy and not leaving decisively; he did think that she was about to teach him some amazing cultivation technique.
“I heard about the fight. On the one hand, these Mount Tai Bracelets can contain your physical force and stop you from hurting people by accident in the future. On the other hand, they can help you cultivate and allow you to control your body more precisely,” Su Han continued.
“Well…then…thank you, Su Han,” Hao Ren gritted his teeth; he tried not to show his negative emotions towards her. The heavy bracelets made it difficult for him to lift his hands up, let alone talking.
“On top of that, the bracelets can sense your emotional state and would get heavier when you are in a bad mood. But if you are in a cheerful frame of mind, they would weigh nearly nothing,” Su Han calmly said to him as she stood beside him.
“Near nothing… how heavy is that?” Hao Ren asked.
“They would probably be around 25 kilograms each given that you are in a good mood,” Su Han mentioned lightly.
“25 kilograms…” Hao Ren almost collapsed.
Hao Ren persuaded himself to believe in Su Han’s “good intentions” as he walked down from her office with difficulty. Each step was a huge task for him.
Maybe it was due to the self-comfort, but the bracelets on his wrists became lighter and lighter as he went down the stairs. Before long, it wasn’t that painful for him to wear them.
However, his arms were still heavy as if they were carrying two bags of rice. Fortunately, he was already on the second level of the Spirit Concentration Scroll, which strengthened his physical body to a large degree. It helped him resist being dragged down to the ground.
“Su Han was trying to be nice to me…she is being considerate…” Hao Ren tried his best to keep up a good mood by lying to himself. He walked to the school gate to take the bus to Zhao Yanzi’s house.
He arrived there on time as usual, and Zhao Hongyu was making dinner. However, it wasn’t only her who was cooking in the kitchen; Grandma was helping out as well this time.
They were chatting while they prepared the dishes as if they had been close friends for years.
Hao Ren was glad to see Grandma and Zhao Hongyu getting along so well. His parents were busy with work, and they always needed to go on business trips abroad. Also, he could only visit Grandma on weekends due to his school, and Uncle Wang wasn’t very good at taking care of others as he wasn’t very talkative and spent lots of time with the plants. Therefore, Grandma was still technically living alone other than the fact that Uncle Wang cooked for her.
It was a good thing for Grandma to become good friends with Zhao Hongyu at her age. They could chat and cook together when she was living here, and they could call each other from time to time once she moved out.
Having seen how well they got along, the bracelets on Hao Ren’s wrists became even lighter.
He pushed open the door and entered the kitchen as he said, “I’m back, Auntie, Grandma.”
“Hehe, you are back. We left the door open knowing it was about time,” Zhao Hongyu laughed softly. She then noticed the silver bracelets on his arm and asked, “Are those little trinkets from Su Han again?”
“Little trinkets? They are nothing good…” Hao Ren secretly found them annoying.
The bracelets got a lot heavier immediately when his mood changed, and Hao Ren almost fell over. He immediately started to recite the phrase, “Su Han is a good person…she is only trying to help me…”
“Who is this Su Han?” Grandma asked out of curiosity when she heard a girl’s name.
“Oh, she is a friend of mine, and she teaches at East Ocean University. She has been taking care of Ren at school,” Zhao Hongyu explained to Grandma.
“Ren is destined to receive help from good people,” Grandma chuckled as she looked at her grandson.
“Yes, she has been pretty good to him. She is not only helping him with his school work but also giving him some of her homemade trinkets from time to time,” Zhao Hongyu said.
Hao Ren began to sweat at the sound of this. Other people would die for something from Su Han, yet he was too scared to get anything from her ever again.
Grandma looked down at Hao Ren’s bracelets and said, “Yeah, these handcrafted items are really beautiful. What a clever and deft girl. This lady must be very beautiful as well.”
Zhao Hongyu laughed and nodded. Then, she said to Hao Ren, “Zi has already come back, and she’s doing her homework upstairs. Go ahead with your tutoring session.”
“Um, ok.” Hao Ren turned around and left the kitchen.
“What do you think about Zi…” Zhao Hongyu carried on chitchatting with Grandma as Hao Ren walked upstairs in heavy steps.
Zhao Yanzi was doing her homework earnestly when Hao Ren walked into her room with some study materials.
“It s
eems she has been really well-behaved recently…” Hao Ren walked up behind her and coughed slightly.
Zhao Yanzi looked back realizing it was Hao Ren. She didn’t say anything; instead, she dragged her chair more to the right.
Hao Ren grabbed a chair and sat down beside her. “Today, I’m not going to tutor you like usual; we will just solve questions that confuse you before the exam. Ask me if you have any questions,” he said.
“Em,” Zhao Yanzi pouted and pushed her homework to Hao Ren as she said, “I circled the questions I don’t know how to do.”
“Ok, let me take a look.” Hao Ren took over the notebook, picked up a pen and some paper, and carefully started the calculations.
Meanwhile, Zhao Yanzi sat beside Hao Ren, staring at him doing the calculations. She also rolled her eyes and observed him secretly.
“He seems more handsome than usual,” a hazy and beckoning feeling knocked on Zhao Yanzi’s heart.
“Dressed in a white shirt, nothing special but is fairly neat. No scars on his hands, and he doesn’t seem strong…” Zhao Yanzi switched from observing Hao Ren’s face to his body.
All of a sudden, her eyes locked onto the silver bracelets on Hao Ren’s wrists.
“Did Sister Su give you these bracelets?” Zhao Yanzi asked.
“Yeah,” Hao Ren turned around and looked at her. “You know about these bracelets?” he asked.
Zhao Yanzi nodded and replied, “They are Mount Tai Bracelets, and only Inspectors have them. They are the same as the handcuffs normal police use to restrain criminals.”
“Criminals?” Hao Ren felt quite sensitive about this word.
“Em, the Inspector would put these bracelets on the cultivators who made mistakes and broke rules. The purpose is to restrain the strength and the supernatural power so the criminals can’t run away. But it seems that the bracelets given by Sister Su are simply Level 1 Bracelets, which are only used to restrain strength. Moreover, whoever wears it could open it with a secret spell,” Zhao Yanzi explained patiently.
