Free Web NovelChapter 1406: Chapter 1406: The Younger Generation
Ji You and Shen Sheng teamed up, paid the arena usage fee, and immediately made a break for it. They didn’t waste a single moment, and in the blink of an eye, the Floating Car they were in disappeared.
The old man sat in the office of the arena management, watching their departing figures through the window. He felt both annoyed and amused.
At that moment.
The communication signal rang.
The old man glanced at it, immediately frowned, and hung up without answering.
But!
After hanging up, the next second, the communication signal rang again.
The old man didn’t even look.
However... the person calling seemed completely unaware of how annoying they were, persistently dialing as if they wouldn’t stop until the call was answered.
The old man, annoyed, cursed: "Niu Houdao, this old fool, so irritating!"
After some thought.
The old man still picked up the call.
As soon as the communication was connected, the old man saw Niu Houdao’s wrinkled face on the holographic screen opposite him. The old man said with a deep look: "Speak quickly if you have something to say, fart quickly if you have one to let!"
Niu Houdao was standing in the corridor of the education center, behind him was a transparent high wall, and outside the wall, the sunlight was bright. Facing the sunlight, Niu Houdao had to squint his eyes, with anger at the corners of his eyes and brows: "I heard that Shen Sheng went to fight again?"
He had just been in the tea room of the education center, sparring with Hong Jiang, that old turtle, due to a students’ camp competition. Niu Houdao believed his ID student would definitely win, but Hong Jiang, that old turtle, acted as though winning was impossible, really infuriating Niu Houdao. The official results of the students’ competition weren’t out yet, but the First Army side was far ahead, which made Niu Houdao slightly relieved. However, he was suddenly informed that his favorite disciple had lost a fight.
This was serious!
This was worse than a house collapsing!
Shen Sheng lost a fight?
How did she lose?
Who did she lose a fight to?
The person delivering the message didn’t directly say who it was, just looked at him with that kind of ambiguous, in-the-know expression, which made Niu Houdao extremely annoyed.
So, he immediately ran out of the tea room and called Teacher Qi, the arena room manager. Both had rather fiery tempers, and although Niu Houdao’s strength was widely recognized to be stronger than Teacher Qi’s, neither had any regard for the other, neither was satisfied with the other.
Both were already nearly 200 years old, but still had to occasionally find an opportunity to fight!
Therefore, their relationship was far from harmonious.
Still, to find out the truth, Niu Houdao unhesitatingly called Teacher Qi.
As soon as Teacher Qi saw Niu Houdao’s old face, there was a physiological discomfort, and he immediately said with a deep look: "Your own student, you don’t know? Coming to ask me?"
"Damn!"
"Qi!" Niu Houdao held back and said: "Talk properly, I don’t have time for your sarcastic comments. Who was she fighting against in the arena, and where’s the arena video?"
Teacher Qi snorted coldly and said: "Who else could she be against? In the new generation, who gave her the idea to fight? Don’t you know?"
Niu Houdao’s heart skipped a beat, hoping it wasn’t the student of Hong Jiang, that old turtle, otherwise... where would he put his face?
Then.
Niu Houdao met Teacher Qi’s gaze and immediately realized his bad premonition had come true.
Niu Houdao said angrily: "What’s going on? Why did she lose to Hong Jiang’s student?"
Teacher Qi said: "The video has been sent to you, don’t call again."
After speaking, he was about to hang up the communication, but Teacher Qi paused for a moment and added: "Shen Sheng losing isn’t a bad thing, letting her know there are others better than her is also good. Also, with your brains, Niu Houdao, the students you teach have nothing on Hong Jiang’s students, you should carefully watch the video and see Shen Sheng’s naïve and innocent look. She might as well write ’fool’ on her forehead!"
Niu Houdao was furious and clapped his hands: "What did you say?"
"Oh—" Teacher Qi rolled his eyes, saying: "Almost forgot, you’re the fool, she’s probably the fool 2.0 version."
Niu Houdao gritted his teeth: "Qi, are you looking for trouble?"
Teacher Qi didn’t even look at him and, with a click, turned off the phone.
Having watched the entire battle between Ji You and Shen Sheng, while submitting the arena usage application, they applied for three rounds but only fought one in the end.
If it were three rounds, Ji You would be no match for Shen Sheng.
In this regard, others might not understand, but Ji You certainly did, so she straightforwardly abandoned the latter two rounds, using up all her Physical Strength and spiritual power to handle the first round test.
This way, one victory could be secured. Even if the following two rounds were lost, it wouldn’t look as bad as losing all three. From Teacher Qi’s perspective, this child named Ji You was exceptionally smart, agile, decisive, and straightforward.
Watching the whole battle, Ji You’s overall strength was completely inferior to Shen Sheng’s, so even if Ji You decided to abandon the last two rounds and fight with all her might in the first one, her chances of winning were still very low.
But!
This child really won.
Where did she win?
She didn’t win by her Physical Strength and talent, nor by her fighting techniques. She won because her intellect and strategy were superior to Shen Sheng’s. As for Shen Sheng?
This young girl hadn’t experienced much, living a smooth and successful life. Her talent was strong, Double S-class genius, which in this new generation of the Alliance, was a rare good prospect.
More importantly, Shen Sheng was very diligent. According to Teacher Qi, among all students in the First Army, she was at the top.
Strength and diligence, she didn’t lack anything. However, being under 20, Shen Sheng had very little life experience, having never faced any adversity. Even if she was smart and strong, she was like a child holding a sword but not knowing how to use it.
Shen Sheng needed some setbacks and more experiences to be seasoned.
And what about Ji You?
Reportedly, Ji You was born on the garbage planet, her talent and strength at the bottom. Normally living by scavenging, having suffered the stigma of plagiarism, but this child is tenacious. No matter the hardships, it didn’t dull her love for life, her yearning for learning, and for strength...
Ji You and Shen Sheng were just two typical examples.
Therefore, Teacher Qi thought Shen Sheng losing to Ji You this time wasn’t a bad thing, but rather a good thing.
After this event, Shen Sheng’s improvement in her strength would no longer be limited to just an increase in force. This highlights the issue with Niu Houdao as a teacher, only teaching students to grow in strength, not in thinking...
Ahem...
Teacher Qi maintained a stern face, thinking to himself that this time, whether it was Shen Sheng or Ji You, they would both experience great improvement and progress. Their future was bright.
Entrusting the future of the Alliance to such young successors was a good thing.
