Chapter 157: Kidney Deficiency?

Everyone present knew this duel would end quickly—just two or three moves.

Indeed, the two combatants settled the outcome on their second exchange.

But the victor was not the one everyone expected...

Ouyang Lie, a Peak Ninth Rank Martial General and top-ten external sect member, had lost!

He fell so suddenly, so unexpectedly, that no one saw it coming—everyone stood frozen, stunned and bewildered.

So much so that none of them even understood how Ouyang Lie had been defeated.

It had been a certain win, a guaranteed punch—so why had Ouyang Lie suddenly sunk into the ground, only to take a direct palm strike from Cang Luo and nearly lose consciousness?

On Platform Six, some internal sect disciples also didn’t understand—but they remained calm, lips slightly curled in faint smiles, as if they saw through everything.

We’re internal sect disciples; how could we not understand a fight between two external sect juniors?

Heh, we just refuse to explain.

Among the crowd, Chu Jiang maintained a calm expression but couldn’t help whispering: “Senior Nan Gong, what happened?”

At his words, all internal sect disciples leaned in to listen—they too were curious about what had befallen Ouyang Lie, but hesitated to ask out of pride.

Nan Gong Jue glanced at him with amusement and feigned surprise: “What happened? You looked so confident—didn’t you figure it out? I thought you did.”

Chu Jiang awkwardly bowed his hands, abandoning his pretense of insight: “Senior, forgive my foolishness...”

Nan Gong Jue stopped teasing him and smiled slyly: “There’s a beast beneath the ground. If my perception is correct, it’s a Second-Stage Earth-type beast!”

“A beast under the ground?”

Everyone was startled. Chu Jiang frowned: “Senior, are you saying that beast dragged Ouyang Lie into the earth?”

Nan Gong Jue nodded—he’d noticed the beast earlier but hadn’t cared.

Xuantian Sect borders the Beast Forest; without its sect barrier active, it’s normal for a low-level digging beast to wander into the external sect grounds occasionally.

After all, the external sect has no Elders stationed, no Wu Ling-level stewards patrolling, and stewards or disciples below Wu Ling lack the spiritual sense to detect things underground.

Even if a Wu Ling-level internal disciple or steward passed by—or even an Elder’s spiritual sense swept over—it wouldn’t matter. Just like me, Nan Gong Jue.

Who cares about a Second-Stage beast? Wu Ling experts, Wu Wang Elders—they wouldn’t bother.

After learning the beast was underground, Chu Jiang quickly grasped the implications: “Why would that beast help Cang Luo attack Ouyang Lie?”

“Did it dig a tunnel, hollowing out beneath the platform? Did Ouyang Lie just step into the hole? Was he just that unlucky?”

Nan Gong Jue hesitated, then said with a hint of doubt: “It’s not that Ouyang Lie was unlucky—it’s that... that beast is likely Cang Luo’s beast companion.”

“His beast companion?”

“Senior, are you saying he planned it? Summoned the beast in advance, hid it underground to ambush?”

Everyone froze, then looked at Cang Luo with faint admiration—only to immediately shift to disbelief, turning their eyes to the mutated Flame Devouring Wolf on the platform.

Chu Jiang exclaimed: “No way? This kid tamed two beast companions? Is he insane?”

They were stunned because, across the Yuanwu Continent, it was common knowledge: a martial cultivator normally tamed only one beast companion.

By sacrificing one’s single useless organ—the so-called “appendix”—one could tame their first, and likely only, beast companion.

To tame a second, third, or even fourth beast companion, one must sacrifice another organ or limb.

In such cases, men usually chose to sacrifice a kidney or a testicle.

Since both kidneys and testicles come in pairs, losing one would impair the body and combat power—but if it meant gaining a powerful beast companion, some still would.

Yet very few were willing, because kidneys and testicles were far too vital to men.

Chu Jiang and the others now desperately wanted to know: which organ had Cang Luo sacrificed—kidney or testicle—to tame his second beast companion?

And what kind of beast had he tamed?

Everyone was curious, but then remembered Cang Luo was only at Martial General Fourth Rank. Martial General cultivators could only tame Second-Stage beasts—unless they had powerful backing and elders willing to capture high-stage beast cubs for them.

Clearly, Cang Luo had no background—he was just an ordinary disciple, otherwise he wouldn’t have been bullied by Ouyang Lie, nor would he still be at Martial General Fourth Rank at age twenty-two.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Cang Luo as if he were an idiot.

He was a proper martial cultivator, a disciple of the Imperial-level Xuantian Sect. Even with poor talent, after graduation, his sect’s reputation alone could let him live comfortably for life in some backwater town.

Yet this fool chose to tame a beast companion at the Warrior stage—taming a useless First-Stage beast, wasting his one and only expendable organ, ruining his future. Absolute idiocy!

But there was still hope—he could still strengthen himself, and treat the beast as a mount.

But this fool kept making the same mistake: at Martial General stage, he sacrificed another organ to tame another beast companion—a still-useless Second-Stage beast.

What else could he be but an idiot?

Whether kidney or testicle, Cang Luo was already half a cripple in their eyes.

Someone pointed at Cang Luo and laughed: “Didn’t Emperor Chu have an elite guard made entirely of eunuchs? Each eunuch has four or five beast companions—haha, maybe he should pursue that path.”

“Pfft...”

“Hahaha...”

His words sent the crowd into roaring laughter, each laugh deepening their view of Cang Luo as a fool.

Only Nan Gong Jue didn’t laugh. He said: “It might not be his beast companion.”

“Huh...”

The crowd instantly fell silent, regaining their internal sect aloofness. They considered it—yes, it could be someone else’s beast.

But if it were someone else’s beast, wouldn’t that violate the duel rules?

In a life-or-death duel, summoning a beast companion to assist was allowed—but not someone else’s beast!

Everyone was confused, uncertain whether the beast hiding underground truly belonged to Cang Luo.

At that moment, Chu Jiang’s gaze sharpened on Cang Luo and he said sternly: “This guy isn’t an idiot—he must be using his own beast companion. Otherwise, why would he bet on himself? By the way, how much did he bet?”

Someone immediately answered: “Two thousand low-grade yuan stones!”

“Whoa!”

Chu Jiang sucked in a breath, envious: “Tenfold return is twenty thousand low-grade yuan stones—that’s two hundred high-grade yuan stones...”

“Two hundred high-grade yuan stones?!”

The internal sect disciples were stunned. For them, this was a massive sum—none had ever possessed so many high-grade yuan stones at once, not even seen them.

A normal internal sect disciple at Warrior stage earned only a dozen high-grade yuan stones per month, and after expenses, had maybe ten left to spend.

So even if they were lucky and lived on nothing but air, they’d need at least a year to save two hundred high-grade yuan stones.

At that moment, everyone’s eyes gleamed with greed as they stared at Cang Luo.

Chu Jiang whispered: “Senior Nan Gong...”

Nan Gong Jue gently raised his hand to silence him, murmuring: “Talk later.”

He knew exactly what Chu Jiang wanted to say—two hundred high-grade yuan stones was no small amount. He was just as envious...

Nan Gong Jue pondered, recalling Chu Jiang’s earlier words: the External Sect’s largest gang, Lie Tian Gang, was secretly backed by Li Haoran. That guy must have drained countless resources from Lie Tian Gang to reach his current cultivation.

Should I also back... secretly control an external sect gang?

As Nan Gong Jue thought this, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared at Cang Luo.

This kid’s War Wolf Gang isn’t bad—it runs a barbecue shop that brings in fortunes daily...

At that moment, Nan Gong Jue made his decision: he would seize control of Cang Luo’s War Wolf Gang.

Of course, only if Cang Luo won this duel—meaning the beast underground was truly his. Otherwise, it would violate the duel rules.

Only if Cang Luo won, claiming twenty thousand low-grade yuan stones, would Nan Gong Jue consider him and his War Wolf Gang worth exploiting.

Nan Gong Jue and Chu Jiang’s conversation hadn’t been whispered—nearby external sect disciples had heard. Now they understood what had just happened.

Ouyang Senior had been ambushed by a beast hiding underground.

And that beast... appeared to be Cang Luo’s beast companion...

Cang Luo’s second beast companion?

It was his second beast companion!

“Do you think Cang... Senior sacrificed a kidney or a testicle to tame his second beast?”

“Haha, whether kidney or testicle—it’s all kidney deficiency...”

“Kidney deficiency? Hahaha, yeah...”

Some external sect disciples at the front, at Martial General rank, laughed loudly at Cang Luo, winking at nearby female disciples. One grinned: “Sister, look—he’s half a eunuch. Don’t ever pick him as a lover!”

“Ha, hahaha...”

His words sparked another round of laughter. Some female disciples giggled secretly at Cang Luo.

Nearby, the excited War Wolf Gang members heard the mockery aimed at their boss and glared angrily, fists clenched, ready to fight!

But seeing their opponents were Martial General cultivators—more than one—they held back, waiting for their boss to deal with them.

The loudest-laughing Martial General disciple saw War Wolf Gang members glaring at him and snapped: “What? Your boss beat Ouyang Senior with dirty tricks—can’t we say two words?”

“Exactly! Using two beast companions to ambush—dirty, dishonorable! You made us lose all our yuan stones!”

“Wait—we might not have lost. We don’t even know if that beast underground is his!”

Everyone snapped back to reality—they’d been so fixated on whether Cang Luo sacrificed a kidney or testicle, they’d forgotten the duel wasn’t officially over yet.

Meanwhile, the Lie Tian Gang members still stunned by Ouyang Lie’s defeat also came to their senses. Someone shouted to Master Wang: “Cang Luo cheated! He used another’s beast companion to ambush our boss! Master Wang, uphold justice!”

“Master Wang, uphold justice for our boss!”

“Quick, send a few people to rescue our boss!”

Over a hundred Lie Tian Gang members erupted in outrage, several rushing toward the platform to pull Ouyang Lie from Cang Luo’s grasp.

But as they neared, the Flame Devouring Wolf, Erha, blasted forth multiple flames, forcing them back.

The flames were ferocious—no weaker than before. That was the power of infinite Qi.

After driving them off, Erha continued guarding the platform, preventing interference with his master.

Seeing the Flame Devouring Wolf’s ferocity, the Lie Tian Gang members dared not approach to rescue Ouyang Lie—they turned and ran toward Master Wang, hoping he would intervene.

On the arena, Cang Luo heard someone question whether the beast in the ground was his pet, accusing him of violating the duel rules.

He was too lazy to explain or respond, acting as if he didn't care.

Whether it was or wasn’t, whether he broke the rules—it wasn’t up to them to decide; wait for the supervising officer to speak.

Yet someone actually claimed he had kidney deficiency?!

Cang Luo couldn’t take it anymore; he wanted to shout back.

Who has kidney deficiency?

You’re the one with kidney deficiency!

I don’t have kidney deficiency!

The beast in the ground is my second pet, a bomb I summoned last night and buried underground—a secret weapon prepared for this duel!

A second-rank earth-type beast: the Earth Badger!

Pingtou Ge!

Besides, I tamed the Earth Badger without using my kidneys or kidney pills, and I won’t need them in the future!

My infinite Qi has healing properties; it can regenerate organs—I tamed my second pet using a regenerated appendix...

Cang Luo wanted to respond like that, but he couldn’t; he couldn’t reveal the secret that his organs could regenerate.

So when the officer asks, Cang Luo must say the Earth Badger was tamed using his kidneys or kidney pills—otherwise he’d have no explanation.

But if he says that, it will ruin his reputation!

Look at how those girls from other worlds are looking at him—they’re clearly thinking: Oh, Brother Cang has kidney deficiency—don’t get involved with him...

“Sigh!”

Cang Luo let out a deep sigh, dropped the thought, and let the girls keep their misunderstandings.

He turned to Ouyang Lie, whose eyes were vacant, and demanded: “Speak—why did you send Chen Da Hu to harass me? What grudge do I hold against you?”

Cang Luo wanted to know why Ouyang Lie kept sending people to trouble him—first trying to cripple his hands, then attempting to kill him.

Until he got a clear answer, Cang Luo couldn’t sleep or eat in peace.

After being reborn into the Yuanwu Continent, with no connections or familiarity, who would want to harm him?

“Speak!” Cang Luo demanded again.

Unfortunately, Ouyang Lie seemed to have become a fool—his eyes glazed over, and no matter how much Cang Luo questioned him, even slapping his face, he remained dumb and silent.

“Did I really beat him into a fool?”

Cang Luo muttered, thought for a moment, then stopped asking. He prepared to send Ouyang Lie to meet the King of Hell, reaching out to grasp his throat...

But at that moment, Master Wang called out: “Brother Cang, wait!”