Chapter 3822 — Waiting for Him to Make a Fool of Himself
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Apart from a weakling like Zha Wu, whose points were already at rock bottom and who lacked any sense, the other newcomers need only have scored something in the tournament rounds, and they would not be docked into negative points. And since everyone was docked together, it had almost no noticeable effect on the rankings.
But then someone suddenly recalled that, back when they had registered their selections at the spirit herb garden, a certain maverick newcomer had signed up for a full forty spirit herb seeds—unprecedented in the extreme!
The more you signed up for, the more you lost. This conjecture had by now been verified into an iron law, so while the other newcomers needed only to forfeit ten points, this fool who had signed up for a full forty spirit herb seeds stood to forfeit a full forty points!
Of course, some wagered that among Wei Zhao's forty spirit herb seeds, one or two would surely hit a stroke of dumb luck and be cultivated—but even that would at most spare him a few points. That was all.
Never mind that Wei Zhao's strength was already great enough to stand alone at the top; some things simply could not be solved by strength alone. Even the mighty had to pay for their own folly.
"Well now, Qingyun Pavilion's number one newcomer who signed up for forty—how are those spirit herb seeds coming along? Haven't seen you go to the spirit herb garden to report in these past couple of days!" As everyone was discussing the matter, two uninvited guests suddenly arrived: Kang Jingming and Zhong Yongliang.
The sixth round of the newcomer challenge tournament was about to begin, and though there was still a little time before that—not enough to accomplish anything of substance—it was more than enough to seek out an old rival and toss a few mocking remarks for one's own amusement.
The moment Kang Jingming and Zhong Yongliang appeared, they naturally became the focus of the whole room. Kang Jingming especially: owing to the special favor of that young master Xu Lingchong, his prominence in the Welcome Newcomers Pavilion was now in no way inferior to Wei Zhao's, and he was the undisputed number one newcomer of the Soaring Heaven Pavilion.
Kang Jingming and Wei Zhao—two creatures who had nursed a bitter feud back in the secular world—had now both come to the Heaven-Tier North Island's Welcome Newcomers Pavilion, one becoming the Soaring Heaven Pavilion's number one newcomer and the other Qingyun Pavilion's number one newcomer. To see these two clash in public was a spectacle absolutely brilliant and pleasing to the eye.
In an instant, every gaze in the hall focused on Wei Zhao, each one wearing undisguised glee at his misfortune.
Meng Jueming and Meng Zhou and the others especially—since they were not yet ready to take the Midnight Heartbreak Pill, they had no choice but to continue enduring beneath the imposing halo of Wei Zhao's faction for the time being. And now, being able to watch Wei Zhao, that posturing ringleader, get ridiculed and taunted by Kang Jingming—there was only one word for it: damn, that felt good!
Facing the sneering Kang Jingming, Wei Zhao merely raised an eyebrow slightly and answered with a question of his own: "Is it true that the legendary newcomer steward also has to stand guard at the spirit herb garden? That really is hard work—seems I should find a chance to tip you a few spirit jades."
Kang Jingming choked on his words, while beside him Zhong Yongliang could barely stifle his snickering. Kang Jingming, that pretentious fool, had schemed every which way to come watch Wei Zhao and his gang lose face, only to be silenced by a single sentence—a textbook case of rushing headlong into humiliation. The scene was truly a delight to behold.