Chapter 64: Confucius Said

The outer martial arts training ground of the Profound Tianmen, southwest corner.

Long Zhantian saw Cang Luo's beast pet and immediately thought something was wrong; it was actually a First-Rank Fiery-Eating Wolf capable of ranged attacks!

And it was a mutated one!

Just now I said I would stand still and let him have three moves; what should I do now?

Seeing Long Zhantian clearly panic, Cang Luo smiled and said, "Senior Brother Long, truly sorry to have kept you waiting; I am about to strike now. Remember your promise: stand still and let me have three moves."

Having spoken, Cang Luo commanded the two-headed Fiery-Eating Wolf, which had long been impatient, "Erha, burn his clothes to ashes for me."

"Awooo! Awooo!"

Erha howled twice, drooling foul saliva as it sprinted toward Long Zhantian; upon reaching a distance of one zhang from the opponent, the wolf's right mouth opened and closed, spewing a stream of orange-red fire straight at Long Zhantian, the scorching flames turning his face red.

Facing Erha's fire attack, Long Zhantian naturally would not sit idly by; he was only a Wu Shi cultivator, not a Wu Shi master, and could not manifest protective body qi; all he could do was dodge by shifting his body.

But doing so meant he would break his promise to stand still and let Cang Luo have three moves, and he would surely be mocked by the Profound Tianmen.

Yet, if he did not dodge, would he wait to die?

Let them mock me if they must...

Sure enough, as soon as he dodged the mutated Fiery-Eating Wolf's fire attack, he heard a chorus of hisses from the Profound Tianmen side, full of mockery, while that surnamed Cang trash was smiling and watching him.

Long Zhantian grew furious, his face flushed red as he said, "Hmph! I agreed to stand still and let you have three moves only because my cultivation is higher than yours; this is already extremely favorable to you.

But I never expected you would summon a beast pet to aid you in battle; this counts as cheating and is unfair to me."

Although what Long Zhantian said had some merit, the disciples of the Profound Tianmen sided with their own rather than reason, immediately launching into a round of cold mockery and sarcasm.

The Kong Sheng Academy side was not to be outdone, immediately retorting with words, mainly seizing upon Cang Luo's advanced age as a fatal weakness; the disciples of both factions thus began insulting each other once again.

Xuan Qingqing and Murong Ye did not stop them, watching the spectacle with great interest from the sidelines.

As the party involved and a disciple of the Profound Tianmen, Cang Luo naturally could not remain detached, though he did not join the verbal brawl.

Glancing at the Kong Sheng Academy group, Cang Luo coughed twice, then spoke loudly, "Confucius said: 'A man without faith, I know not what he can be. A large cart without its pin, a small cart without its key; how can they move?'"

"......"

Upon hearing these words, the Kong Sheng Academy group instantly fell silent, all staring blankly at Cang Luo; a disciple quietly asked the senior brother beside him, "Senior Brother Zhang, did the Venerable Confucius say this?"

Senior Brother Zhang thought for a moment, frowning hesitantly, "It seems he did; I remember studying this in the academy before becoming a martial artist..."

"Is that so? Why do I have no memory of it? What does this sentence mean?"

"......" Senior Brother Zhang's face darkened; he offered no explanation.

Cang Luo laughed loudly, pointing at Long Zhantian and saying, "Simply put, it means 'A man without faith cannot stand.'"

Hearing Cang Luo call him faithless, Long Zhantian immediately roared, "You, you dare say I am untrustworthy?"

Cang Luo smiled, "Is it not so? At the start you said that because your cultivation was two realms higher than mine, you would stand still and let me have three moves; later, seeing me summon a beast pet to aid me, you arrogantly demanded I attack along with my pet.

Yet the result: upon seeing my beast pet was a Fiery-Eating Wolf, you promptly broke your promise. Is this not being untrustworthy?"

Seeing Long Zhantian rendered speechless by his words, Cang Luo continued, "A beast pet shares life and death with its master, equivalent to a martial artist's left arm and right hand; it can also be regarded as a martial artist's secret technique or martial art.

If I employ a secret technique to attack you, what is wrong with that?

Besides, I have already given you three points; did you not see I disdain even to strike?"

After Cang Luo finished speaking, Long Zhantian was already furious, so enraged he could not utter a word.

This trash was actually so shameless; clearly, after summoning his beast pet, his yuan power was exhausted and he could not fight, yet he claimed he disdained to strike.

Seeing Long Zhantian successfully provoked and his qi chaotic, Cang Luo continued, "Alright, alright, Senior Brother Long, do not be angry; take care not to harm your health.

Did not Confucius also say, 'In the application of rites, harmony is most precious'?"

Let us value harmony, value harmony; let us not injure the goodwill between our two factions."

"......"

Upon this utterance of "Confucius said," the disciples of the Kong Sheng Academy were instantly stunned like wooden chickens, mouths agape, unable to speak to Cang Luo; Long Zhantian nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

A disciple gloomily said, "Is he the disciple of the Kong Sheng Academy, or are we? Where did he hear all these teachings of the Venerable Confucius? He is even more familiar with them than we are..."

The disciples nodded one after another; several even took out the Analects and began flipping through them.

Cang Luo rolled his eyes; nonsense, I did not study books for over a decade for nothing, nor did I take the college entrance exam for nothing.

Cang Luo smiled, then continued solemnly, "Confucius said: 'How shall one requite kindness? With uprightness requite resentment; with kindness requite kindness.'"

Very well; since I see you are also a disciple of the Sage Confucius, I shall requite resentment with kindness; I permit you to break your promise. You may fight my beast pet, and you need not let it have three moves."

Having spoken, Cang Luo sighed heavily, adopting an expression of extreme grievance as he looked at the Kong Sheng Academy group and Long Zhantian.

Now, the Kong Sheng Academy was thoroughly enraged by Cang Luo; someone shouted, "Senior Brother Long, since matters have come to this, do not hesitate any longer; first tear his mouth apart, then deal with the rest."

A sharp-witted disciple suddenly said, "Senior Brother Long, the promise to stand still and let him have three moves was made to him personally, not to his beast pet.

Therefore, you may first eliminate that mutated Fiery-Eating Wolf, then fulfill your promise; it is not too late."

Hearing this, Long Zhantian's eyes instantly brightened.

Yes, why did I not think of that?

Thus, with his mental block resolved, Long Zhantian did not even glance at Cang Luo sitting on the ground; without another word, he activated his movement technique and charged toward the mutated Fiery-Eating Wolf.

Although the Fiery-Eating Wolf, possessing ranged attacks, was very strong, and even a martial artist of General-level cultivation would have to flee upon encountering it, that was under the assumption of encountering a pack of wolves.

A single Fiery-Eating Wolf was not to be feared; Long Zhantian would not take it seriously. Although he feared being burned, he only needed to dodge; once its yuan power was exhausted, it would be its doomsday.

This martial contest was merely a sparring match, not escalated to the level of a life-or-death duel; therefore, killing was forbidden, but killing a beast pet was allowed!

Thinking thus, Long Zhantian displayed a faint cold smile, making the decision to kill Cang Luo's beast pet, anticipating what expression Cang Luo would show upon seeing his pet killed by him.

While pondering, Long Zhantian shifted his body and appeared one zhang before the mutated Fiery-Eating Wolf; this was the maximum range of the Fiery-Eating Wolf's fire spray.

As Long Zhantian predicted, the Fiery-Eating Wolf unhesitatingly sprayed a stream of scorching fire at him; he was well prepared and easily dodged with a single shift.

After dodging the fire, before the Fiery-Eating Wolf could pursue, Long Zhantian had already relied on his skilled movement technique to retreat to a safe distance, then charged at the Fiery-Eating Wolf again, once more easily evading its fire attack...

Long Zhantian repeated this maneuver, entering and exiting three times, depleting the Fiery-Eating Wolf's yuan power.

He remembered the information about the Fiery-Eating Wolf in the Ten Thousand Beasts Atlas; an adult Fiery-Eating Wolf, under conditions of abundant yuan power, could continuously spray fire seven to ten times.

The mutated Fire-Devouring Wolf before him was clearly not yet mature; let's assume it could spew fire five times. However, it had two heads, so perhaps it possessed two demon cores, meaning it could spew fire ten times.

No, to be safer, let's count on it being able to spew fire fifteen times!

Therefore, as long as he dodged fifteen fire blasts, its doomsday would arrive!

Long Zhantian's tactic of draining the Fire-Devouring Wolf's yuan power was easily guessed by everyone; a disciple from the Kong Sheng Academy said happily, "A first-rank demon beast is still a first-rank demon beast, with low intelligence.

As long as Senior Brother Long provokes it slightly, he can play with it in the palm of his hand; once the Fire-Devouring Wolf is killed, that surnamed Cang waste will have no choice but to surrender."

Naturally, someone from the Xuan Tian Gate thought of this too; Li Zhanxing immediately warned, "Senior Brother Cang, quickly command your beast pet, or it will be played to death by the opponent."

Cang Luo nodded; in fact, he had been commanding the Er Ha to fight all along, but he was doing so via telepathic voice transmission.

Now, to avoid exposing the ability to communicate telepathically with the Er Ha, Cang Luo began shouting.

However, it had little effect; the Er Ha's movement speed could not match Long Zhantian's, and although the flames were fierce, they could not burn the opponent.

In everyone's eyes, if this continued, the Fire-Devouring Wolf's yuan power would soon be exhausted by Long Zhantian, and defeat would be inevitable!

Yet, Cang Luo not only paid no heed but instead sneered coldly in his heart.

Hehe! You are draining the Er Ha's yuan power?

Haha! Coincidentally, I am also draining your yuan power.

The Er Ha can share my infinite yuan power; can you?

By then, you will know that you are not even as good as a dog!