Chapter 585 - The Scum Is Dumbfounded

Just as Chen Han's voice fell, suddenly, everyone saw a magical scene. Xiao Ling stopped chasing Tang Li, and even flew away from Fei Yinzi and Li Yan.

"What happened?!" everyone cried and stared hard at the competition. "Why did xiao Ling retreat?" they asked, puzzled.

The elders who heard what Chen Han said felt excited when they saw xiao Ling retreated. "Did Er Zi found something?!" they asked, feeling hopeful. Only to be doused with cold water when they turned and saw Cheng Sheng still smirking.

"Heh." Cheng Sheng sneered as he looked at Fei Yinzi remaining standing while Li Yan helped Tang Li who collapsed from exhaustion.

"Er Zi… what happened to him?" Feng Mo asked, feeling puzzled.

"He… looked dumbfounded?" Shan Lu said.

Everyone. "…" indeed. Er Zi looked dumbfounded right now.

"What happened?" Guo Cheng frowned since his brain couldn't keep up what happened just now.

"Er Zi not only figured out that they shouldn't attack xiao Ling. He also wanted to gain something from this." Fei Yinzi answered.

"'gain something'?" they asked.

"Gather information. He wanted to know if there is another condition." Zheng Yi finally spoke.

Everyone was surprised. "Er Zi is smart!" they exclaimed.

"Unfortunately, xiao Ling is smarter." Cheng Sheng laughed. "Xiao Ling could guess that Er Zi planned to use Tang Li to trick him and buy him and Li Yan time for them to figure out if there are other conditions. But, my xiao Ling is smarter than both of them combined." He explained. "Not only did their plan fail, xiao Ling also had his fun by playing along with them." he told them.

Everyone. "…" is it right to favor your sword spirit more than your own disciple?! They thought before they shook their heads. No… is it right to pit your disciple, who knew the personality, like this?! Aren't you afraid that he will have trauma?!

But, Cheng Sheng obviously looked like he isn't afraid. They can't help but pity Fei Yinzi. He is really the unluckiest disciple by having this devil Cheng Sheng as his master! What did Fei Yinzi do in his last life to meet a master like Cheng Sheng in this life? They thought and shook their heads as they looked at Fei Yinzi's figure with sympathy in their eyes.

…

Fei Yinzi stood there, dumbfounded. He stared at xiao Ling's disappearing figure in disbelief.

Meanwhile, Tang Li who saw that xiao Ling has retreated thought that they are now safe. He even thought that xiao Ling must have inexplicably got frightened. "He left! He finally left! Hahaha!" he laughed as he patted off the dust on his clothes.

Li Yan who looked at Fei Yinzi figured out that something had gone wrong upon seeing Fei Yinzi's expression. "He played us." he poured cold water on Tang Li's head using his words.

"… what?" Tang Li blinked as his mind slowly digested Li Yan's words. "… WHAT?!" he exclaimed as his eyes widened in shock. "He… he played us?! is this true?!" he asked as he shook Li Yan's shoulders.

Fei Yinzi recovered from his shock after he heard Tang Li's loud voice. He slowly turned to them. "He knows that we are silently observing." He told with a frown.

Li Yan nodded in understanding. "He is really very perceptive." He said with a sigh in his voice.

"He is a sword spirit, and sword spirits are sensitive with their surroundings so he has felt our gaze." Fei Yinzi explained and shook his head in defeat.

"What should we do now?" Tang Li asked anxiously.

"But, this isn't without a gain." Fei Yinzi suddenly smiled.

Li Yan. "…" why do I feel that this smile is familiar…? For example, the certain master of this disciple? He thought and looked at Fei Yinzi.

Tang Li. "???"

Fei Yinzi turned to Tang Li and his smile became brighter. "Thanks to Tang Li-ge's acting this time, we found out something." He said.

Tang Li. "…" no. I wasn't really acting… he thought. Xiao Ling really scared the sh*t out of him! "What did you find out?" he asked.

"I figured that if we attacked back, that will be the reason for xiao Ling and xiao Bao to steal our points." Fei Yinzi answered. "So, I planned for us to defend this time. But, knowing my master, things wouldn't be so easy, so simple, like this." He said.

Tang Li and Li Yan. "…" they can't refute it.

"So, I figured that there must be other conditions. If not, then it will really be very unfair for us participants." Fei Yinzi continued. "So, I told Li Yan-ge to observe xiao Ling with me while we protect you, the bait, from him. But – " he frowned. " – nothing changed." he said.

Tang Li and Li Yan nodded in agreement. Their points still decreased.

"But, even so, I have confirmed that there really is another condition." Fei Yinzi said.

"What is it?" Li Yan asked.

"I still don't know, but I have a faint guess." Fei Yinzi answered.

"How sure are you that there is another condition?" Tang Li curiously asked.

"Because xiao Ling retreated." Fei Yinzi answered.

"… huh?" Tang Li and Li Yan looked at each other.

"Xiao Ling really played us. But, we also played him." Fei Yinzi's eyes narrowed as his lips curled up. "If he continued to attack us, then we would have continued to observe to guess another condition. But, he retreated to prevent us from knowing." He explained. "Still, didn't this confirm that there really is another condition that they are hiding?" he asked them.

Tang Li and Li Yan. "…" they can't help but suddenly feel a chill on their spine. Er Zi is also dangerous! His polite expression is very deceptive! They thought as their faces darkened. They suddenly regretted that they teamed up with Fei Yinzi.

As expected of Cheng Sheng's disciple. Fei Yinzi also has this calculative mind. He also dared to play against xiao Ling. Now, Tang Li and Li Yan wish to not encounter xiao Bao, who will definitely avenge xiao Ling!

…

"FCK!" the audience loudly cursed in awe and excitement after they heard what Fei Yinzi said.

Meanwhile, the sect leaders, Righteous Alliance, and the elders. "…"

Cheng Sheng. "^_^"

Fei Yin coughed to hide his laughter. As they all expected, xiao Ling returned to xiao Bao's side wearing a dark face.

"Cheng Sheng…" Tang Zhe called after he saw Tang Yun's worried gaze casted on Tang Li. "Won't this make xiao Ling, especially now xiao Bao, target Er Zi, our nephew and Li Yan?" he asked.

Hearing this, Kang Ce's face darkened.

Cheng Sheng innocently blinked. "Why ask me? It is not me who played xiao Ling." He defended himself.

Everyone. "…" but both are your disciple and sword spirit! They inwardly complained. Still, they didn't voice it out since Cheng Sheng is telling the truth. It was the participants themselves who are playing, not them. They are just spectators.

"Cheng-shidi." Fei Yin called. "Who do you think will win?" he asked.

Everyone who heard this. "…" FCK! So you just actually want to make your disciple and sword spirit fight against each other?! They thought.

"It is hard to say." Cheng Sheng smiled. "But, since Er Zi dared to do it, he must have a plan." He said.

Tang Zhe and Kang Ce who heard this sighed in relief. It really is their sects' bad luck to team up with Fei Yinzi who is actually hiding his tail.

…

Tang Li wanted to cry while Li Yan is slowly collapsing inside as they nervously returned to their base to wait for the others, afraid that xiao Ling and xiao Bao might suddenly pop out in front of them. Fortunately, they didn't meet xiao Bao and xiao Ling again.

"How was it?" Ling Yun asked when he saw that Fei Yinzi's team has arrived.

"You don't seem surprised that we split up?" Tang Li asked.

Ling Yun turned to him. "Because the number of each team is still large, and you had to divide your points. Also – " he answered. " – I am guessing that a large number would also be disadvantageous when facing against xiao Bao and xiao Ling, instead of being advantageous." He explained.

"Why?" Li Yan asked.

Ling Yun stared at them. "… don't you think that the number of points that they decrease from each group is different?" he asked them.

"… huh?" Fei Yinzi, Tang Lia nd Li Yan were taken aback. The number of points? They thought.

"Look." Ling Yun spoke and opened his Cleansing Stone. "Right now, Wu Tie and Jin Yu are in the lead and the Shanliangde Sect fell… we even overtook them." he told them.

Upon seeing this, Fei Yinzi fell into a deep contemplation. "The Shanliangde Sect act as a whole group, so there should always be the six of them… so – " he looked at them.. " – xiao Ling and xiao Bao is decreasing our points base on the number of people in our group, and… the bigger our number, the bigger they will decrease it from us, and individually…" he finished.