Chapter 157: Kidney Deficiency?

Everyone present knew this duel would end quickly, in just one or two moves.

That was indeed the case; the two duelists decided the winner on their second clash.

However, the victor was not the person everyone had expected...

Ouyang Lie, a Martial General at the peak of the ninth level and ranked in the top ten of the Outer Sect, had actually lost!

He lost so suddenly, so unexpectedly, in a way that caught everyone off guard; at this moment, all wore expressions of utter confusion and shock.

This led to them not understanding at all how Ouyang Lie had actually been defeated.

It was clearly a certain-victory situation, a certain-victory punch; why did Ouyang Lie suddenly sink into the ground? As a result, he took a heavy palm strike from Facing Facing Cang Luo and was beaten until he nearly lost consciousness.

On Arena Number Six, some Inner Sect disciples actually didn't understand either, yet they acted very calm, even slightly lifting their corners of the mouth to reveal a faint smile, as if they had seen through everything.

We are Inner Sect disciples; how could we not understand a mere match between two Outer Sect junior brothers?

Heh, we just didn't bother to say anything!

In the crowd, Chu Jiang also maintained a calm expression, but he couldn't help whispering, "Senior Brother Senior Nan Gong, what's going on?"

As soon as he spoke, the Inner Sect disciples all leaned in to listen; of course, they were also very curious about what exactly had happened to Ouyang Lie, but they had been too concerned with saving face to ask openly.

Senior Nan Gong Jue looked at him with amusement and feigned surprise, saying, "What's going on? You look as if you hold the wisdom of the world in your grasp; didn't you see it? I thought you had figured it out."

Chu Jiang awkwardly cupped his hands, no longer pretending to be profound, and whispered, "Senior Brother makes fun of me; your junior brother is dull..."

Senior Nan Gong Jue stopped teasing him and smiled playfully, saying, "There is a beast in the ground; if my perception is correct, it should be a second-grade Earth-attribute beast!"

"There is a beast in the ground?"

Everyone was surprised; Chu Jiang frowned and said, "Is Senior Brother saying that beast dragged Ouyang Lie into the ground?"

Senior Nan Gong Jue nodded; he had spotted that beast earlier but hadn't taken it seriously.

The Xuan Tian Gate borders the Beast Mountain Forest; since the Great Sect Protection Array isn't active during normal times, it's normal for a low-grade digging beast to occasionally run into the Outer Sect.

After all, the Outer Sect has no Elders stationed there, nor do officials with Wu Ling cultivation patrol; officials and disciples below Wu Ling cultivation have weak Yuan Consciousness and cannot perceive things underground.

Even if Inner Sect disciples or officials with Wu Ling cultivation passed by, or even if an Elder's Yuan Consciousness swept over, they wouldn't take notice if they found one, just like him, Senior Nan Gong Jue.

Wu Ling experts, Wu Wang Elders—who would bother with a second-grade beast?

After Chu Jiang learned there was a beast underground, he quickly realized these things and asked strangely, "Why would that beast help Facing Facing Cang Luo attack Ouyang Lie?

Could it be digging a tunnel, hollowing out the area beneath the arena? Did Ouyang Lie just happen to step into a hollow? Was he just that unlucky?"

Senior Nan Gong Jue hesitated for a moment and said with a hint of doubt, "It's not that Ouyang Lie was unlucky, but rather... that beast should be Facing Facing Cang Luo's beast pet."

"His beast pet?"

"Is Senior Brother saying it was part of his plan? Summoning his beast pet in advance and hiding it underground to ambush?"

Everyone was stunned, looking at Facing Facing Cang Luo with a bit of admiration, but soon their expressions turned to incredulous shock as they all turned their gaze toward the Mutated Fire-Eating Wolf on the arena.

Chu Jiang exclaimed in surprise, "No way? This guy tamed two beast pets? Is he sick?"

The reason they were so surprised is because it is well known throughout the Yuan Wu Continent that a martial artist will, under normal circumstances, only tame one beast pet.

By sacrificing the only useless organ in the human body, known as the 'appendix,' one tames their first, and very likely only, beast pet.

And if one wishes to tame a second beast pet, or even a third or fourth, they must sacrifice another organ, or a limb.

In such a case, if it is a man, he will generally choose to sacrifice a kidney, or a testicle.

Because kidneys and testicles come in pairs, losing one, while it will affect the body and combat power, is still something some would be willing to do if it could be exchanged for a powerful beast pet.

However, very few people are willing, because kidneys and testicles are simply too important to men.

Chu Jiang and the others now desperately wanted to know: did Facing Facing Cang Luo use a kidney, or a testicle, to tame his second beast pet?

And what kind of beast did he tame?

Everyone was very curious, but they soon realized that Facing Facing Cang Luo is only at the fourth level of Martial General cultivation; a martial artist with Martial General cultivation can at most tame a second-grade beast, unless you have a powerful background with elders or experts willing to capture high-grade beast cubs for you.

Clearly, Facing Facing Cang Luo has no background; he is just an ordinary disciple, otherwise he wouldn't have been bullied by Ouyang Lie, nor would he be twenty-two years old and only at the fourth level of Martial General cultivation.

After thinking of these things, everyone looked at Facing Facing Cang Luo as if he were an idiot.

A perfectly fine martial artist, and a disciple of our Imperial-level Sect, the Xuan Tian Gate; although his aptitude is poor, after graduating he could rely on the Xuan Tian Gate's reputation to live freely in a small place for the rest of his life.

Yet this fellow actually chose to tame a beast pet while at Wu Shi cultivation, taming a completely useless first-grade beast as a pet, wasting the only idle organ in his body, ruining his future; it is simply idiotic behavior!

But there is still hope; if he works hard to become stronger, he can just treat the beast pet as a mount.

But this fellow actually made mistake after mistake; at Martial General cultivation, he sacrificed another organ to tame a beast pet, and it was still a completely useless second-grade beast.

If that's not an idiot, what is?

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

Someone pointed at Facing Facing Cang Luo and laughed, "Isn't Emperor Chu's Inner Guard composed entirely of eunuchs? Each eunuch has four or five beast pets; haha, he could develop in that direction in the future."

"Pfft..."

"Hahaha..."

This person's words made everyone burst into laughter; the more they laughed, the more they felt Facing Facing Cang Luo was an idiot.

Only Senior Nan Gong Jue did not laugh; he said, "It could also be someone else's beast pet."

"Uh..."

Everyone immediately stopped laughing and resumed their Inner Sect disciples' aloof demeanor; thinking about it, it was indeed possible that it was someone else's beast pet.

But if it was someone else's beast pet, wouldn't that violate the duel rules?

In a life-or-death duel, one may summon a beast pet to assist in battle, but one cannot let someone else's beast pet help!

Everyone was puzzled, unsure whether the beast hiding underground was indeed Facing Facing Cang Luo's beast pet.

At this moment, Chu Jiang looked sharply at Facing Facing Cang Luo and said in a deep voice, "This guy isn't stupid; it should be his own beast pet; otherwise, he wouldn't have bet on himself to win. By the way, how much did he bet just now?"

Someone immediately answered, "Two thousand low-grade Yuan Stones!"

"Sss!"

Chu Jiang slightly inhaled sharply and said enviously, "Ten times that is twenty thousand low-grade Yuan Stones; if exchanged for high-grade Yuan Stones, that would be two hundred..."

"Two hundred high-class Spirit Stones!?"

The inner disciples were shocked; this amount was a huge fortune even to them. No one present had ever possessed so many high-class Spirit Stones at once, nor had they even seen such a quantity.

For an inner disciple with Martial Master cultivation, under normal circumstances, they could only obtain a dozen or so high-class Spirit Stones a month. After deducting consumption, only ten high-class Spirit Stones remained for free allocation.

Calculated this way, even with good luck and without eating or drinking, it would take them at least a year to save up two hundred high-class Spirit Stones.

At this moment, everyone's eyes shone brightly, looking at Facing Facing Cang Luo with expressions of greed.

Chu Jiang whispered, "Senior Brother Nan Gong..."

Nan Gong Jue pressed his hand down slightly to stop Chu Jiang from continuing, and said softly, "We will talk about it when we return."

Of course, he knew what Chu Jiang wanted to say. Two hundred high-class Spirit Stones were no small sum; he was envious as well...

Nan Gong Jue pondered, recalling Chu Jiang's initial words: the Lie Tian Gang, the largest faction in the outer sect, was secretly supported by Li Haoran. This fellow must have drawn countless resources from the Lie Tian Gang to reach his current cultivation.

Should I also support... secretly control an outer sect faction?

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

This kid's War Wolf Gang is not bad; it has a barbecue shop that earns a fortune daily...

At this moment, Nan Gong Jue made a decision: to take Facing Facing Cang Luo's War Wolf Gang for himself.

Of course, the premise is that Facing Facing Cang Luo wins this duel. That is, the beast hiding underground must be his beast pet; otherwise, it would violate the duel rules.

Only if Facing Facing Cang Luo wins the duel and wins twenty thousand low-class Spirit Stones would Nan Gong Jue feel that Facing Facing Cang Luo and the War Wolf Gang had value for him to exploit.

The conversation between Nan Gong Jue, Chu Jiang, and other inner disciples was not deliberately lowered in volume, so the outer disciples nearby heard it all. They finally understood what had just happened.

It turned out that Senior Brother Ouyang was ambushed by a beast hiding underground.

And that beast, judging by the situation, should be Facing Facing Cang Luo's beast pet...

Facing Facing Cang Luo's second beast pet?

It is actually a second beast pet!

"Tell me, did Senior Brother Cang use a kidney or a testicle to tame the second beast pet?"

"Haha, whether it's a kidney or a testicle, in any case, it's kidney deficiency..."

"Kidney deficiency? Hahaha, that's true..."

Some outer disciples with Martial General cultivation in the front row burst into laughter upon seeing Facing Facing Cang Luo, winking at the junior sisters beside them. One of them laughed, "Junior sister, look, that man is half a eunuch. If you're looking for a partner, absolutely don't choose him!"

"Ha, hahaha..."

This person's words made everyone laugh again, and some female disciples were also secretly laughing while looking at Facing Facing Cang Luo.

Not far away, the members of the War Wolf Gang, who were just excited, heard people mocking their leader Facing Facing Cang Luo. They all glared angrily, rolling up their sleeves, wanting to fight!

However, after looking, they saw the opponents were of Martial General cultivation, and there was more than one, so they had to give up and wait for their leader to deal with them.

The Martial General disciple who laughed the loudest saw someone from the War Wolf Gang glaring at him and immediately said angrily, "What? Your leader defeated Senior Brother Ouyang by despicable and shameless means. Can't we say a few words?"

"Exactly. Relying on two beast pets to ambush and win is despicable and shameless, causing us to lose all our Spirit Stones!"

"Wait, we haven't necessarily lost. Whether that beast hiding underground is his beast pet is still debatable."

Everyone instantly realized that while they were all thinking about whether Facing Facing Cang Luo used a kidney or a testicle to tame the beast pet, they had forgotten that this life-and-death duel had not yet truly decided a winner.

Over there, the members of the Lie Tian Gang, still shocked that Ouyang Lie was defeated by Facing Facing Cang Luo, also reacted. Someone shouted towards Liang Zhishi Wang, "Facing Facing Cang Luo is despicable and shameless, cheating, violating the duel rules, borrowing another's beast pet to secretly harm and ambush our leader. Please, Liang Zhishi Wang, uphold justice."

"Please, Liang Zhishi Wang, uphold justice for our leader!"

"Quick, send a few people to rescue the leader first..."

More than a hundred members of the Lie Tian Gang shouted in unison with great indignation. Several people intended to rush onto the arena to rescue Ouyang Lie from Facing Facing Cang Luo's hands first.

However, as soon as they approached the arena, they were forced back by several blasts of flame spat out by the Flame-Eating Wolf, Erha.

The flames were extremely fierce, showing no sign of weakening compared to the beginning. This was the power of infinite Qi.

After forcing them back, Erha continued to guard the arena to prevent them from interfering with its master.

Seeing the Flame-Eating Wolf's extreme ferocity, the members of the Lie Tian Gang dared not go up to rescue Ouyang Lie and had to run towards Liang Zhishi Wang, hoping Liang Zhishi Wang would intervene.

On the arena, Facing Facing Cang Luo heard people questioning whether the beast underground was his beast pet, claiming he violated the duel rules.

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

Whether it was or wasn't, whether he violated the rules or not, was not for them to decide. He would wait until the supervising steward spoke.

However, someone actually said he had kidney deficiency?!

Facing Facing Cang Luo couldn't hold back anymore and really wanted to shout a response.

Who has kidney deficiency?

You have kidney deficiency!

I don't have kidney deficiency!

The beast underground is my second beast pet. It is the 'bomb' I summoned last night and buried underground, the trump card prepared for this duel!

A second-grade Earth Attribute beast, the Earth Badger!

Flathead Brother!

Moreover, I didn't use a kidney to tame the Earth Badger, nor did I use a testicle, and I won't need to in the future!

My infinite Qi possesses healing abilities that can regenerate organs. The second beast pet was tamed using a regenerated appendix...

Facing Facing Cang Luo really wanted to respond like this, but he couldn't. He couldn't reveal the secret that his organs could regenerate.

So when the steward asks later, Facing Facing Cang Luo must say the Earth Badger is his second beast pet tamed with a kidney or a testicle; otherwise, there is no way to explain.

But doing so, doing so would affect his reputation!

Look at the way those otherworldly girls are looking at him. It is obviously saying: Ah, Senior Brother Cang has kidney deficiency! Absolutely do not date him...

"Sigh!"

Facing Facing Cang Luo sighed deeply, stopped thinking about it, and let the girls misunderstand.

Looking at Ouyang Lie, whose eyes were vacant, Facing Facing Cang Luo demanded, "Speak! Why did you originally have Chen Dahu trouble me? What grudge do I have with you?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo wanted to know why Ouyang Lie had repeatedly sent people to trouble him, first seeking to cripple his hands, and later even to kill him.

Without finding out the truth, Facing Facing Cang Luo could not rest or eat in peace.

Having just transmigrated to the Yuanwu Continent, unfamiliar with the people and the land, who would want to harm him?

"Speak!" Facing Facing Cang Luo demanded again.

Unfortunately, Ouyang Lie seemed to have become an idiot; his eyes were vacant, and no matter how Facing Facing Cang Luo questioned him, or even slapped his face, he sat there foolishly, unable to open his mouth.

"Did I really beat him into an idiot?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo muttered, thought for a moment, and decided not to ask further, preparing to send Ouyang Lie to meet the King of Hell as he reached out to grab his neck...

But at that moment, Executive Wang spoke up to stop him: "Junior Brother Cang, wait!"