Douluo Continent: The Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, who intercepted the immortal herb

Chapter 33 The Three-Day Agreement Fails: The Hidden Arrow Falls Short

The morning breeze slipped in through the cracks in the window.

Dormitory 7 was very quiet.

Wang Sheng and the others were not fully awake yet; the sounds of them turning over and the rustling of blankets could be heard intermittently.

Xiao Wu sat on the edge of the bed.

She kept her head down, clutching the carrot wood hairpin in her hand, but didn't put it on her head for a long time.

Su Chen leaned against the window, holding a glass of warm water in his hand.

He glanced at her.

"Aren't you going to comb your hair today?"

Xiao Wu's ears suddenly felt hot.

She looked up and glared at him.

"I can do it myself."

The words were harsh.

The sound was not loud.

Su Chen didn't expose him. He walked to the table and put down a paper package.

I bought it on the spur of the moment when I passed by a breakfast stall.

Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment.

She opened the paper package.

Inside were steaming hot carrot dumplings, with white steam rising from them, and the dough still had a bit of the steamer's moisture clinging to it.

Xiao Wu blinked.

"For me?"

"Or should we give it to Wang Sheng?"

Wang Shenggang peeked out from under the covers, but immediately ducked back inside.

"Boss, I'm not worthy."

A few suppressed laughs came from Dormitory 7.

Xiao Wu couldn't help but laugh too.

She picked up a steamed dumpling, took a small bite, and the soup spread on her tongue, her eyes lighting up instantly.

"You have a pretty good memory."

Su Chen picked up his outer robe and slowly put it on.

"You said 'carrot' three times yesterday."

Xiao Wu, with something still in her mouth, mumbled a reply.

"That's because you have good hearing."

Su Chen hummed in agreement.

"I'll take that as a compliment."

Xiao Wu rolled her eyes at him, but couldn't suppress the urge to smile.

She put the wooden hairpin back into her hair and bent down to tidy up her scorpion braid.

"You are not allowed to mention what happened yesterday."

"Which matter?"

"That's right—you're not allowed to mention it."

Su Chen looked at her.

Okay. Let's not talk about it.

Xiao Wu looked up and stared at him for two seconds.

"You agreed so quickly?"

"Since you've spoken, I have to give Sister Xiaowu face."

Xiao Wu snorted.

"That's more like it."

Suddenly, hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

Wang Sheng jumped up and ran to the door to open it.

The door had barely opened a crack when a student working part-time squeezed in, still catching his breath.

"Boss, someone's waiting for you over there on the back hill."

Su Chen buttoned up his cuffs.

"who."

"Tang San".

The dormitory fell silent instantly.

Xiao Wu paused eating the steamed dumpling.

She frowned.

"He actually dares to come?"

The part-time student nodded.

He said, "Three days have passed."

Su Chen showed no expression.

He finished the water on the table and gently tapped the bottom of the cup against the wooden table.

"Let's go."

Xiao Wu immediately got up.

"I'll go too."

Su Chen looked at her.

"Go see what the fuss is about?"

"I'm keeping an eye on you so you don't go too far."

Su Chen smiled.

"OK."

The hill behind Notting College isn't very high.

A dirt road winds its way into the woods, the grass still glistening with dew.

The wind blew by, carrying a mixture of earthy and grassy scents, and the air was a little damp.

Tang San stood in the center of a flat area.

He was wearing an old school uniform with the cuffs pulled down low.

Although the severed finger was reattached, the movements were still noticeably sluggish.

He didn't look well; his eyes were bluish.

He clearly didn't sleep much during those three days.

Hearing footsteps, he slowly turned his head.

Her gaze first fell on Su Chen, then swept over Xiao Wu beside him, paused for half a second, and finally returned to Su Chen's face.

"You've arrived."

Su Chen stopped five steps away.

"The person you invited is me."

Tang San stared at him.

"You are very confident."

"You only have this one chance, we can't let you wait in vain."

Tang San remained silent for two seconds.

The woods were very quiet.

Only the sound of leaves rustling softly remained.

Xiao Wu stood to the side, arms crossed, her tone sharp.

"Speak your mind. Don't be so secretive."

Tang San didn't look at her.

His right hand slowly rose, his sleeve hanging down.

"Su Chen".

"You've crippled my hands and cut off my path forward."

"This debt should be settled today."

Su Chen looked at him.

"So, what are you planning to rely on to clear the waters?"

Tang San's Adam's apple bobbed.

I didn't respond to that sentence.

He suddenly shifted his feet, sliding half a step to the side and forward, his shoulders slumping slightly, and his sleeves twitching almost simultaneously.

There was no shouting.

There was no warning.

Three points of cold light silently flashed from his sleeve.

The angle is tricky.

One arrow aimed at Su Chen's throat, another locked onto his chest, and the third pressed against his lower abdomen.

Xiao Wu's expression changed.

"Here we go again?"

She was about to move.

Su Chen had already raised his hand.

It's not about hiding.

It is pressure.

He pressed his palm forward, and the air seemed to suddenly sink.

The three short arrows paused in mid-air, emitting a slight tremor, as if they had struck an invisible curtain of water.

next second.

Pop, pop, pop.

Three short arrows fell to the ground simultaneously.

It was stuck in the mud, with only a section of its dark tail showing.

Tang San's pupils contracted.

"impossible."

Su Chen didn't look at him.

He simply glanced down at the arrows on the ground.

"The arrow is blue."

"You actually managed to concoct the poison."

Xiao Wu took two steps forward, staring at the three short arrows, her face turning cold.

"You're really something."

"If you can't beat them, poison them."

Tang San's face was very tense.

"When dealing with an enemy, one should be ruthless in using any means necessary."

Xiao Wu laughed in exasperation.

"You really know how to make excuses for yourself."

Su Chen then looked up.

"continue."

Tang San didn't move.

His temples were already taut.

He prepared for three days.

They brewed medicine, quenched arrows, practiced angles, and even planned their escape routes.

But when he actually made a move, all he got in return was a dismissive "Continue."

The sense of loss that weighed on my heart was like a stone, getting heavier and heavier as it fell.

Tang San's breathing became labored.

"What exactly did you do?"

Su Chen took a step forward.

The soles of my shoes pressed down on the grass, stirring up a little moisture.

"It wasn't me who did anything."

"You never understood the difference from the very beginning."

Tang San clenched his fist.

The knuckles wrapped in bandages were slightly white.

"The key to concealed weapons is surprise. As long as it hits—"

"Who will be the target?"

Su Chen interrupted him directly.

"Hit someone whose defenses you simply can't break through?"

Tang San's face darkened.

Su Chen continued speaking, his pace slow, yet every word he uttered was authoritative.

"For the past three days, you've spent all your time betting on a few arrows."

"You think that as long as the poison is ruthless enough and the angle is precise enough, you can turn the situation around."

"But you've even gotten the most basic judgment wrong."

"When the skill gap is too large, technique is just technique, not a trump card."

Tang San stared at Su Chen, his breathing growing heavier.

"You're just relying on the Spirit Hall."

"Without these resources, without these guards..."

Su Chen smiled.

"Then try it now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Chen stomped his foot.

The person had already reached Tang San.

It was so fast it didn't feel like a sprint; it felt like the distance had been shortened out of thin air.

Tang San's expression changed drastically, and his body instinctively retreated, instantly unleashing his Ghost Shadow Steps.

His figure flickered through the woods, leaving behind several afterimages.

But Su Chen did not chase after the shadow.

He simply raised his hand and grabbed at the empty space on his left.

It caught Tang San's wrist perfectly.

Tang San was abruptly pulled back, staggered, his shoulders slumped, and he almost knelt down.

"Your footwork is good."

Su Chen spoke calmly.

"Unfortunately, his breathing became erratic before he made his move."

Tang San's face turned pale, and he suddenly raised his other hand, with the sound of a mechanism coming from his sleeve.

This time, Su Chen didn't give him another chance.

He twisted his wrist.

Click.

It wasn't broken.

It is to relieve stress.

Tang San felt a numbness in his entire arm, and the mechanism in his sleeve slipped from his hand and fell into the grass.

Su Chen lifted his foot and stomped on it.

The sound of metal shattering echoed underfoot.

The newly made sleeve dart was reduced to a pile of parts.

Tang San looked down at the shards on the ground, his eyes instantly turning red.

"You one"

Su Chen released his grip.

Tang San staggered back two steps, barely managing to regain his footing.

Su Chen did not press the matter further.

He simply stood there, looking at the other person.

I'll give you three days.

"It's not about waiting for you to beat me."

"It's to let you see things for yourself."

"The things you've been so painstakingly protecting aren't enough to support your current situation."

Tang San's chest heaved.

"So what do you want?"

"It's very simple."

Su Chen lowered his voice.

"Don't try to take advantage of the people around me again."

"And don't try to test me with this kind of thing again."

"Otherwise, next time it won't just be the mechanism that breaks."

Xiao Wu stood to the side. When she heard "the person next to me," her rabbit ears twitched slightly, and she looked away without saying a word.

Tang San looked up, his eyes filled with resentment, frustration, and anger.

But he didn't make another move.

Because it's meaningless.

His poisoned arrows were ineffective.

His footwork was useless.

Even the chance to make a close-range attack was taken away by the opponent as if it were a small toy.

That feeling of powerlessness is more unbearable than being knocked down head-on.

The woods remained quiet for a long time.

In the end, Xiao Wu spoke first.

"Are you done talking?"

She looked at Tang San and spoke very directly.

"Make way after you've finished speaking."

Tang San's lips tightened slightly.

In the end, he took a step back.

Su Chen didn't look at him again and turned to walk out.

Xiao Wu followed, and after taking a few steps, she turned back and added a sentence.

"Be more upright from now on."

"Always resorting to sneak attacks is boring."

Tang San stood still.

There was no reply.

The wind blew through the treetops, and the grass blades gently brushed against my trouser legs.

He looked down at the pile of fragments of the hidden arrow on the ground, slowly squatted down, and picked them up one by one.

His fingertips were still wrapped in bandages, and his movements were very slow.

It's like picking up something that's already broken.

mountain road.

Xiao Wu walked beside Su Chen, turning her head to look at him.

"Why didn't you just kick him out of the academy?"

Su Chen didn't stop walking.

"If you kick him out, he'll just hide."

"Keeping it under your nose actually saves trouble."

Xiao Wu thought for a moment and nodded.

"That's true. He's a man with a lot of schemes; it would be more troublesome to leave him out in the open."

Su Chen turned his head to look at her.

"You see things quite clearly now."

Xiao Wu raised her chin.

"I'm not stupid."

She paused after speaking.

"But what you just said—the people around you."

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Su Chen looked at the road ahead.

"What's wrong?"

Xiao Wu pursed her lips.

"Nothing much."

She kicked away a small pebble at her feet and lowered her voice.

"Anyway, it sounds alright."

Su Chen smiled but didn't take it.

As soon as the two left the woods, Wang Sheng came running up from the direction of the dormitory, panting heavily.

"Boss, something bad has happened!"

Su Chen stopped.

"explain."

Wang Sheng, supporting his knees, took a couple of breaths.

"A new teacher has arrived at the college gate."

"He said he was transferred from Soto."

"They specifically asked to see you and Xiao Wu as soon as they walked in."

Xiao Wu frowned.

"Why are you seeing us?"

Wang Sheng wiped his sweat and lowered his voice.

He said that Notting College was too small to retain true geniuses.

"He also said that the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall shouldn't be in a place like this."