Free Web NovelChapter 1106: Chapter 1105: Providence
So at the cocktail party after the meeting, He had his underling go fight that big shot’s underling in the ring. On the surface it was to liven things up, but everyone knew He was just venting his anger.
Whether it was the big shot himself or the one being challenged, for the sake of face, there was no way they could back down, especially the underlings. You have to know, lots of people attend that meeting—any Dark World group with a bit of fame will show up.
And once you dodge a fight, it probably won’t even take half a day before your name gets tied to words like "coward," "wuss," and so on, turning you into a joke that spreads through the entire Dark World.
Ba Lv smacked her lips. Seeing she’d gotten tired from talking, Yanran quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to her.
Ba Lv drained it in one go. She really was thirsty.
You’re the best." Ba Lv grinned from ear to ear at Yanran as she spoke.
One glass of water down, Ba Lv continued, "The killer part is, if an underling dodges a fight, never mind embarrassing their boss—after that, this person is basically done in the Dark World. Who would hire a guy who gets stuck with a nickname like ’wuss’ or ’coward’? And what big boss would use a lackey who can’t win them face?"
"So once someone issues a challenge, no matter how strong the opponent is, as long as you get challenged, everyone will accept. Of course, some famous experts, with their special status, won’t go challenge nobodies. But there are also some dirty bastards who’ll pick opponents weaker than themselves."
"Because of all that, both sides often end up fighting to the death in these challenges, no backing down."
"Then this kind of challenge actually got the support of the bosses at the meeting, and gradually turned into a mandatory match after every meeting."
Ba Lv looked at Jiang Cheng and Yanran and emphasized, "A competition with your life on the line!"
So what about you, how much of a chance do you have of winning in those kinds of matches?" Yanran asked curiously.
Me..." Ba Lv didn’t answer. She sold a bit of a mystery.
Do we even need to ask? She’ll definitely say, ’I’m a girl,’ and then no one challenges her." Jiang Cheng poked fun at her.
"Tch, I would never do that. Even though in those matches you really can get special treatment, like, only being allowed to issue challenges but men can’t actively challenge you—stuff like that."
Come on, just say it already, how strong are you in those matches?" Sometimes Yanran was pretty impatient.
"You..." Jiang Cheng shook his head. "Sometimes you really don’t like to use your brain. She just said it—she goes to that meeting every year. Which means she’s survived again and again. Otherwise she’d have been killed long ago—how would she still be sitting here chatting with us?"
Yanran looked at Ba Lv. "Is it like Teacher said?"
Ba Lv nodded proudly.
But I’m not the best. I mean, I’m the best in there, though." Ba Lv said, smug and pleased with herself.
I knew it, you definitely rely on your special status." Jiang Cheng teased her; he knew his female disciple would get flustered the moment you poked at her pride.
Sure enough, Ba Lv got anxious. "Ahhh, Teacher, don’t talk nonsense, okay? I have never relied on being a girl to act all arrogant."
The only one I couldn’t beat was some guy from the ’Dark Night Stars’ group. I still remember his nickname—Shadow. He was their group’s trump card. Really strong.
Ba Lv sighed once. "But if I met him in a real encounter instead of that kind of match, I think my odds of winning would be much higher. That guy looks kind of dumb, honestly."
You actually fought that guy called Shadow?" Yanran was super curious.
Yeah." From the look on her face, Ba Lv didn’t really want to bring it up—after all, she’d lost.
"Didn’t you say those matches always end in life or death? So how come you lost and you’re still here?" Yanran really couldn’t let that go.
She lost and then begged for mercy, so her opponent spared her." Jiang Cheng mocked Ba Lv.
Teacher, you’re talking nonsense again! I told you, I’m not that kind of person." Ba Lv glared at Jiang Cheng.
"Ugh, Teacher, stop interrupting, okay? Let her finish." Even Yanran was dissatisfied with Jiang Cheng now.
Out in deep space the temperature was bone-chillingly cold, but inside the ship "Yanran and Ba Lv" Jiang Cheng and his two disciples were chatting up a storm.
With only his two female disciples in front of him, Jiang Cheng put away his usual "poker face" and joked and laughed with them.
This feeling was pretty nice, Jiang Cheng thought to himself.
All these years, Jiang Cheng had traveled to almost every corner of the Milky Way Galaxy, plus several nearby star systems, but he’d always done it alone.
He’d always believed that moving solo was the most free. Leave whenever you wanted, go wherever you wanted, and any danger you encountered, you only had to deal with it yourself.
As for loneliness, isolation, and all that—honestly, he never had the mood to care.
His life was fulfilling. He looked down on those melodramatic "I’m so lonely" types. If you feel uncomfortable, then don’t come out wandering the galaxy—just stay curled up at home.
Since you’re out here, don’t whine about it.
That had always been his way. freewebnoveℓ.com
But now, with his two female disciples by his side, chatting and joking, even the long journey seemed to come alive.
There was something he’d never said out loud. In fact, whether it was Yanran or Ba Lv, at the beginning he’d never planned to take them as disciples.
The reason was that he was afraid they’d cramp his free-and-easy lifestyle.
It was only because fate played tricks on him, and by a string of coincidences, that he ended up with these two disciples.
Yanran used to live on a Nameless Planet. Jiang Cheng had killed a Snake Monster, and that extremely vengeful Snake Monster tracked him all the way to the cave where Yanran’s group lived. It killed all of Yanran’s companions, leaving only Yanran all alone.
There was no way Jiang Cheng could just leave her alone on that barren, dangerous wasteland, right?
As for Ba Lv, she’d been an orphan to begin with. Then, because she couldn’t kill Jiang Cheng, she failed the mission her organization gave her and got branded a traitor.
After that, the little girl rebelled against the organization and personally brought it down. After that, Ba Lvluo didn’t even have a place to stay. Was he supposed to just let her drift around the universe by herself?
So at the beginning, Jiang Cheng really had taken the two girls as disciples only because he’d been forced to, more or less.
Although along the way the two girls had caused him no small amount of trouble, Jiang Cheng increasingly felt that traveling with them was actually pretty great.
Like right now, the three of them were traveling and chatting at the same time, warm and harmonious, with a different kind of flavor to it.
Now, facing his two young disciples’ bright faces, he gave an embarrassed smile and fell silent, quietly waiting for Ba Lv to continue.
Explain it—why did you lose to that Shadow guy but still walk away in one piece?" Seeing her teacher stop talking, Yanran turned back to ask Ba Lv again.
"Easy. It’s because the Black Group I was in and the Dark Night Stars he was in had a friendly relationship." Ba Lv’s answer was indeed simple.
Seeing the look of disbelief on Yanran’s face, she asked, "What? Something wrong with that?"
