Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 116 Spreading rumors, Zhong Cang is just a gigolo?

The name of the Barrier Breaking Pill sounds good, but the students in front of him all know very well that there is no free lunch in the world.

This elixir is likely to damage their foundation.

And now, their practice is at the stage of laying the foundation. If they break the bottleneck under this circumstance, not only will they not have the time to consolidate their foundation, but it will also leave hidden dangers for their practice.

In this case, they naturally don't want these pills.

But there are some things that you can’t avoid doing just because you don’t want to.

I noticed that many people in the room were looking at the pills hesitantly. A calm voice rang out in the room:
"I advise you all to think carefully. After taking the Barrier Breaking Pill and increasing your strength, if you win, you can still keep the resources and receive the family's reward. This means you still have a chance. But if you don't take the pill and fail again, it will ruin the family's plan... hehe..."

If Zhong Cang was here, he would find that the person who was speaking was very familiar to him. It was Xue Jingshan, with whom he had had a conflict.

After hearing his words, the expressions of the second-year students in the room all twisted. One impulsive student couldn't help but say, "Then why don't you take it? Aren't you still in conflict with Zhong Cang?"

Such a rebuttal made Xue Jingshan narrow his eyes, and a laugh rang out beside him.

"Puff, Xue Jingshan, you've completely lost face as a hypocrite. Now, no one wants to listen to you... You go up to people and tell them they're always inferior and untouchable, but then they become powerful and you're the one who'll lose your status if you don't pay attention. Hahaha..."

The other girl in the room laughed loudly, and this made Xue Jingshan's eyes extremely gloomy. After that provocation, he lost face, and because the incident was too dramatic, he became a laughing stock in the Taoist temple and lost face.

Now, Xue Jingshan regarded the fact that those people from the lower-class families did not listen to him and the ridicule from the young girl Feng Hanmei as the aftermath and influence of that incident, and this also caused endless anger to rise in Xue Jingshan's heart.

However, he was indeed a patient person. Even so, he didn't lose his temper and curse, or walk away. Instead, he shrugged, smiled regretfully, and said, "I would like to fight Zhong Cang, to let him know that there are always people who are better than you. Unfortunately, he has only been training for a hundred days. Given his personality, there is an 80% chance that he will challenge you, but challenging a third-year like me is basically impossible... He's not that arrogant yet."

"However, I will try that day to see if I can provoke him into challenging me."

At this point, Xue Jingshan changed the subject and sneered, "I agree with the family's plan and want to contribute, but I'm afraid some people will be involved... Some people's relatives are too close to that bitch... and that person."

These words made many people in the room look at Feng Hanmei.

Some second-year cultivators suddenly realized something and said with their eyes shining, "Yes, if we fail this time, it won't be entirely our fault. Someone must have leaked all our information to Zhong Cang."

"Exactly. We're fighting in the front, but there are people in the back constantly attacking us. How can we win under such circumstances?!"

What made the second-year students "outraged" was Feng Yingying. During this period, she was indeed too close to Zhong Cang and even gave him a lot of good things. This matter attracted a lot of attention in the Taoist temple.

Now that they have found the reason, they are ready to blame Feng Yingying for their failure in advance.

This also made Feng Hanmei's face look very ugly - Feng Yingying was her cousin.

……

In order to avoid punishment, the second-year monks in the room collectively shouted at Feng Jiazi's enemies.

In response to this, Feng Hanmei, with a gloomy expression, made everyone stop talking with just one sentence.

"I'll talk to Feng Yingying. She's really too close to Zhong Cang. As for you, hehe, do you think that after you fail, the elders of your family and the other people in the Taoist academy will care about the reasons for your failure?"

"..."

Feng Hanmei's words made everyone feel aggrieved, but they helplessly discovered that this was true.

As for those who are insignificant, the family leaders will not listen to their explanations or give them justice. They will only know that they have failed, and then punish them and ignore them.

They don't want to end up like this and lose all the resources they have, so they have to fight.

After understanding this, the second-year students reluctantly accepted the pills, but their faces were filled with hatred - these people did not dare to hate the person in the family who controlled their own destiny, and therefore, they could only direct their resentment towards Zhong Cang.

"Asshole, it's all your fault!"

"Why can't you just be like the other untouchables and obey me?"

"The aristocratic families are always the aristocratic families. We have noble blood. Why don't you understand this?"

After some cursing, all the second graders left the room.

Soon, only some teachers and third-grade students were left at the scene.

Compared to the second-year students who were filled with resentment and incompetent rage, the third-year students and the teachers in the room were much more relaxed. They acknowledged Zhong Cang's talent, but they also believed that they were better than Zhong Cang.

And when they think this way, they don’t feel that they are just daydreaming or imagining things, but that their thoughts have scientific basis.

"Zhong Cang has only been practicing Taoism for a hundred days, while I have been practicing for two and a half to three years. The time difference is almost ten times. What right does he have to fight me?"

The tenfold difference in cultivation time gave them tremendous confidence.

Therefore, Xue Jingshan, Feng Hanmei, and the other two cultivators Du Huiming and Zhan Leshan, never thought about how to defeat Zhong Cang, but how to make Zhong Cang challenge them.

——Although they have the advantage within the Taoist temple, they are not the only one in power. This makes it impossible for them to break the rules and bully the weak. Zhong Cang must challenge them before Xue Jingshan and others can take action.

However, at the beginning of the discussion, the teacher from the Law Cultivation Academy did not talk about how to deal with Zhong Cang. Instead, he turned his gaze to Feng Hanmei, with a hint of expectation: "Can't your Feng Yingying really make Zhong Cang reconcile with us? Even if he doesn't join us, as long as he doesn't help Mo Shuyu and his group, he has a family background and is on the same side with us."

Obviously, Zhong Cang's talent made them wary, and therefore, the first thing these people wanted was reconciliation.

However, Feng Hanmei's gloomy expression disappointed them.

"Don't be so optimistic. I've talked to Feng Yingying about this several times, but that bitch has been fooled by Zhong Cang. Not only is she unwilling to persuade Zhong Cang, she's even asking the elders in the family to support him."

"From other sources, I've heard that... Zhong Cang is greedy, and Mo Shuyu and the others are incompetent. The former wants to gather all the resources of the Taoist Academy into one, while Mo Shuyu and the others only want to control the Taoist Academy."

"Because their needs didn't conflict, the two of them colluded and got together."

"If we want to reconcile with Zhong Cang, we have to give him all the resources we have. Are you willing to do that?"

Of course they were unwilling to do so. Therefore, after Feng Hanmei, no one talked about reconciliation anymore. They only thought about how to defeat Zhong Cang.

"The second-year class is very weak. Without direct descendants of their families, even if they have practiced for longer and have access to elixirs, they will not be a match for Zhong Cang. In this challenge, they are likely to be wiped out."

After that, Xue Jingshan continued, "One failure isn't a big deal, but if Zhong Cang wins, he'll challenge us next year. Feng Hanmei, Zhan Leshan, are you confident you can handle Zhong Cang after another year of training?"

"..."

"..."

Such a question made the two of them silent, which also made Xue Jingshan smile: "Teacher, your position is not stable. If Zhong Cang wins all the games this year, he will be even more difficult to suppress next year. If he wins again then, Mo Shuyu, Du Kui and the others will have reason to impeach you. At the very least, they will take away half of your power and resources."

"Years from now, Zhong Cang, who can no longer be suppressed, will drive you all away."

"So, don't think you have enough time. This year's first assessment is the best time to suppress Zhong Cang. It may even be the only chance!"

Everyone knew that Xue Jingshan had a personal grudge against Zhong Cang, and that he was currently lobbying with all his might, and that he definitely had the idea of ​​revenge, but they also had to agree that what Xue Jingshan said made sense, and that they really didn't have enough time.

Normally, they have five years, but with Zhong Cang's talent, they only have two or three years at most. Moreover, the longer it gets, the stronger Zhong Cang becomes, and the more difficult it will be to deal with him.

In order to preserve their own resources and status, everyone racked their brains, thinking about how to make Zhong Cang challenge them in a rage.

Du Huiming: "How about spreading rumors in the academy? Saying that he's timid, cowardly, incompetent, and only knows how to live off others?"

“It can be implemented.”

Zhan Leshan: "We can also start with the people around Zhong Cang. Doesn't he have a lot of followers? We can injure them and make Zhong Cang angry."

"That's a good suggestion..."

In order to get Zhong Cang to challenge them, everyone in the room racked their brains to come up with many methods.

While thinking about how to make Zhong Cang angry, they were eager to try, bloodthirsty and cruel, gnashing their teeth, and full of confidence, but the only thing they didn't have was... fear.

Obviously, the third graders Xue Jingshan, Feng Hanmei, Du Huiming, Zhan Leshan and others did not think that the current Zhong Cang would be their opponent.

"I admit that you are a genius, but now, I am a Dao-based cultivator, and you are just a spiritual seed. The difference is one level, or a large class. You fight me with your head!"

Among them, Xue Jingshan is the most confident. Not only is he a Taoist priest with a solid foundation, he has also refined some evil spirits to make his magic power more "heavy" and "real". As such, he does not think he will lose.

"Zhong Cang, you shouldn't provoke me at this time... From now on, feel your own powerlessness and incompetence!"

(End of this chapter)