218: Give you a throat-slitting gesture
Five people going to deal with Lotus Leaf Temple?
To conduct a group assessment?
What kind of joke is this?
Chu Qing shook his head.
This was simply unrealistic.
No matter how strong he was, he still needed help.
So:
"Go, bring all the students back."
"Tomorrow morning, gather at Hall Number Nine."
"We'll discuss our strategy."
Lead Big Brother weakly said, "This might be difficult!"
"They've all changed halls!"
"We won't get anyone to come."
Chu Qing sneered, "They will come!"
"If they don't come back, we won't pass the assessment!"
Lead Big Brother looked troubled.
He knew without asking that those people wouldn't come.
"Chu Qing, I can't do it."
Chu Qing looked deeply at him and said,
"I'll go myself!"
Lead Big Brother then breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment:
Nangong opened the door, her hair disheveled, and laughed, "Qing Ge, come back quickly!"
"I'm still waiting for you to guide me in the Martial Dao!"
Lead Big Brother and the others were stunned.
My goodness!
We're all worried sick, waiting for death.
And you're fooling around with a beauty?
Why don't we ever get such good fortune?
Chu Qing coughed and waved his hand.
Nangong giggled softly and closed the door.
A few minutes later:
Under the guidance of Lead Big Brother, Chu Qing went to where Hall Number Eight was located.
Hall Number Eight was noticeably livelier than Hall Number Nine.
Many students were practicing martial arts.
Several instructors were guiding them.
Among them, there were also seven or eight students from Hall Number Nine.
At Chu Qing's request, Lead Big Brother went to persuade them.
The result:
These students shook their heads like rattles.
They refused to return to Hall Number Nine no matter what.
Lead Big Brother paced anxiously.
After more than ten minutes, he had talked himself hoarse, but still couldn't convince those students.
Meanwhile, the students of Hall Number Eight burst into laughter:
"I heard your Hall Number Nine is doomed?"
"Everyone's run away?"
"Heh heh... if they don't run, are they going to die with a fool?"
"I heard they're so unlucky because of a lone star of calamity named Chu Qing."
"Chu Qing is a reckless fool who offends everyone!"
"Now, the entire Hall Number Nine is suffering because of him!"
"Heh heh... if that kind of person came here, I'd beat him until he knelt and cried for his mommy!"
A group of Hall Number Eight students mocked and ridiculed.
The Martial Instructors of Hall Number Eight also watched the show from the side.
Chu Qing gave these people a deep look, then went to find the Martial Instructors of Hall Number Eight.
He cupped his fists, bowed, and said:
"Gentlemen Instructors, several students from our Hall Number Nine have gone mad; if they join your hall, they will only drag you down."
"Gentlemen Instructors, please send them back!"
A student beside them gritted his teeth and said, "Chu Qing, we've already paid the transfer fee, and the Martial Instructors have accepted it."
"Now, no matter what you say, we can't go back."
"We'll never return to Hall Number Nine in this life."
"Unless you die!"
Chu Qing coughed and scolded them, "Fools, shut up!"
Several students instinctively shivered and fell silent.
Chu Qing looked at the Martial Instructors again.
The Martial Instructors of Hall Number Eight shook their heads and said, "They can't go back."
Chu Qing smiled and said, "Instructors, they can go back."
The Martial Instructors sneered, too lazy to bother with him.
Chu Qing wasn't angry, but said calmly, "A few days ago, when I came to Zhou City, thirteen pawn shops made trouble for me."
"Within a few days, I had established myself and massacred all thirteen pawn shops!"
The Martial Instructors frowned.
Chu Qing continued, "Later, sixteen constables and a Golden-robed Constable threatened me, wanting to arrest me and kill me."
"Within a few days, I wiped out the entire families of those sixteen constables!"
"The snow wasn't very heavy that day, and I don't know if the bloodstains in their homes were covered by the wind and snow."
"If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourselves."
"See if the smell of blood from the thirteen pawn shops and the sixteen constables' homes has dissipated."
"See if their bodies have been buried!"
Chu Qing's voice wasn't loud.
But the several Martial Instructors felt as if they had heard thunder, their heads buzzing.
This was the first time they had heard of this.
Some of them panicked.
If this was true, then... Chu Qing was too terrifying!
To wipe out an entire family over a small matter.
They weren't afraid of Chu Qing.
But what about their families?
Their families were outside.
What if something happened?
Was it worth offending Chu Qing and putting their families in danger for a few hundred black gold, for a word from Director Liu, for Master Sun's empty promise?
At this moment:
Chu Qing smiled and said, "Gentlemen Instructors, the students of Hall Number Nine have poor Heart-Nature; you should refund their money and let them go back to temper their Heart-Nature."
"After a few days, when their Heart-Nature is better, let them come again."
"At that time... I won't stop them!"
The Martial Instructors of Hall Number Eight exchanged glances and smiled bitterly to themselves.
This was an easy way out.
Should they take it?
A Martial Instructor coughed and said, "Chu Qing, you are very thoughtful!"
"Our Hall Number Eight values Heart-Nature the most!"
"They still need to be tempered!"
Chu Qing cupped his fists and said, "Gentlemen Instructors, when I go back, I will definitely temper their Heart-Nature properly; later, I will send them back to you!"
The Martial Instructors laughed heartily, praising Chu Qing for his sense of responsibility.
Chu Qing returned a smile, praising the instructors for their principles and morality.
A flurry of flattery left dozens of students dumbfounded.
The Hall Number Eight students had been hoping to see Chu Qing humiliated.
Some even bet that:
The Martial Instructors would surely humiliate Chu Qing, or even teach him a lesson.
The result:
The two sides were actually chatting and laughing, flattering each other.
What was going on?
Meanwhile, the Hall Number Nine students were utterly bewildered.
"Instructor, you can't abandon us!"
"We don't want to go back!"
A Hall Number Nine student knelt on the ground, hugging a Martial Instructor's leg and refusing to let go.
However, the Martial Instructor kicked him away, then threw him a hundred taels of black gold and said, "Your Heart-Nature is too poor!"
"Go back and temper it with Chu Qing; it's not too late to come back later!"
The Hall Number Nine student... was speechless.
The others nearby were equally speechless.
Lead Big Brother was even more dumbfounded.
What was happening?
We said so much, and they wouldn't come back.
Chu Qing managed to sort it out in just a few words?
At this moment:
Everyone stared intently at Chu Qing, eager to know what he had said.
Chu Qing smiled.
The Martial Instructors smiled.
Neither side would mention the threats from just now.
Soon:
Several Hall Number Nine students, crying and looking back every few steps, followed Chu Qing as if they were wronged little wives.
Next, it was Hall Number Seven, Hall Number Six... Chu Qing repeated the process.
He spoke directly to the Martial Instructors.
He talked about wiping out entire families.
He talked about his vengeful nature.
He talked about his ruthlessness.
After careful consideration, the Martial Instructors all released the students.
Only at Hall Number Three, under the control of the Fat Instructor, did Chu Qing encounter a closed door.
The Fat Instructor sneered, "You can threaten other instructors, but you can't threaten me."
"If you dare to harm a single hair on my family, I can crush you with one finger."
Chu Qing smiled and said nothing.
Hall Number Three only had two people.
It didn't matter to the overall situation.
Before leaving, he made a throat-slitting gesture to the Fat Instructor.
Then, under the Fat Instructor's cold and resentful gaze, he led his people back to Hall Number Nine to prepare to deal with Lotus Leaf Temple.