88: Chapter 88 What makes him so special?!

Watching Shen Qinghua, Zhao Tieshan, and the others, who wore smug expressions as if they had exposed him, Chen An couldn't help but twitch his brow.

Well, they had actually guessed correctly.

Right now, he really couldn't produce one million yuan crystals.

Last night, in a moment of impulse, he had contributed the entire 15 million yuan crystals he had just obtained to the System.

He had originally intended to spend it all in one go to reach the Martial Emperor Realm, so he could shout, "I don't eat beef anymore."

However, things did not go as planned; he only managed to achieve one Breakthrough in the end, which infuriated him enough to want to smash this broken System.

"Giggle, giggle!!"

However, before Chen An could answer, Su Ningyan, standing to the side, covered her mouth and laughed until she was shaking, her eyes full of undisguised disdain as she looked at Shen Qinghua, as if she were looking at a huge joke.

"Shen Qinghua, is something wrong with your brain? You actually think Junior Brother Chen can't produce one million yuan crystals?"

"Don't you know that the Prefectural Head promised yesterday to give him eight million yuan crystals every year for his Cultivate?"

"Not only that, the Library, the Medicinal Pill room, and the Armory are all unconditionally open to him; he just needs to report what resources he wants."

Su Ningyan shifted her gaze, staring at the increasingly stiff-faced Shen Qinghua with a teasing glint in her eyes, and deliberately drew out her tone to speak mockingly:

"Could it be that you are the one who is strapped for cash and can't produce this one million yuan crystals?"

"No way, no way? You are, after all, the eldest young master of the direct line of the Shen Family, with a respectable status. How could you possibly not be able to produce one million yuan crystals?!"

Pausing for a moment, she added fuel to the fire, feigning surprise as she said, "I also heard earlier that even your Shen Family Old Ancestor intends to gift Junior Brother Chen seven million yuan crystals annually to win him over."

"Could it be that your Shen Family Old Ancestor favors outsiders but treats you, his own great-grandson, unfairly?!"

Wow!!!

Su Ningyan's voice was not soft, and as soon as she finished speaking, the surrounding crowd couldn't help but erupt into an uproar.

"My god! The Shen Family Old Ancestor wants to give money to Chen An?!"

"The Shen Family Old Ancestor is a powerhouse in the Great Grandmaster Realm! Who in the entire Chengtian Prefecture doesn't give him Face? He actually wants to give Chen An seven million yuan crystals every year?!"

"What kind of treatment is this? It's even better than his own great-grandson! As the eldest great-grandson of the Shen Family's direct line, Shen Qinghua probably only gets a few hundred thousand yuan crystals a year, and Chen An gets seven million just by arriving?"

"No wonder Shen Qinghua's Face has turned green; who wouldn't be angry? Their own Old Ancestor is favoring outsiders too much!"

"Even the Shen Family Old Ancestor wants to win over this Chen An; could it be that he really has comprehended Scholar Chen's Saber Intent?!"

"Definitely! Otherwise, why do you think the Prefectural Head and the Shen Old Ancestor want to take him as a Disciple and give him so many yuan crystals?!"

Everyone's gaze toward Chen An changed, shifting from previous suspicion and disdain to envy, jealousy, and hatred.

15 million yuan crystals!!!

What kind of concept is that?!

An average second-rate martial arts family in the Prefecture City probably couldn't earn that many yuan crystals in a year!

And Chen An doesn't have to do anything; just by relying on the yuan crystals given by the Prefectural Head and the Shen Family Old Ancestor, he can get in one year the wealth that others can't earn in a lifetime!

Shen Qinghua stood on the spot, his whole body trembling violently, his Face turning from pale to iron-blue, and then from iron-blue to purple, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood.

He never expected that Su Ningyan would actually say this in public?!

Although this was the absolute truth, is this kind of Face-slapping matter something that can be said in public?!

If it weren't for the fact that Su Ningyan was the daughter of Headmistress Su Qingyi and her cultivation was a notch higher than his, he would have already rushed up to fight her to the death!

In fact, only he himself knew best that the reason he came here today and instigated Zhao Tieshan to find trouble with Chen An was not for any damn Tingtao Courtyard, nor to uphold any Prefectural Academy rules.

It was because last night, he learned a piece of news from his father that struck him like a thunderbolt.

His great-grandfather, the Shen Family Old Ancestor Shen Canglan, actually wanted to give seven million away for free to a new student who came to the Prefectural Academy from Wurong County.

Why?!

As the eldest grandson of the Shen Family's main branch, his annual resources to Cultivate were only about 200,000 yuan crystals.

It couldn't even compare to Chen An's pocket change!

This news was like a poisonous thorn, stabbing deep into his heart, making him insanely jealous.

He couldn't understand, what was so good about Chen An?!

An orphan without parents, a piece of trash with only a Mid-grade Martial Bone and at Condensing Qi Stage 6, why could he receive the double favor of the Prefectural Head and the Shen Family Old Ancestor?!

Could it be that he is his second uncle's illegitimate child?!

The reason he thought this was because he found out that over the years, his cousin Shen Qinglan was unwilling to return to the Prefecture City, but insisted on staying in that remote place called Wurong County to study.

Besides that, he also found out that not only did his cousin look at this kid differently, but even his second uncle's family, who had already become Grandmaster powerhouses, also favored this kid.

One thing after another, pieced together, made the jealousy and anxiety in Shen Qinghua's heart grow even stronger.

A boy with no support, an average family background, and low cultivation Aptitude, why could he win over his cousin and be highly valued by his Grandmaster second uncle's family?!

Now, even the Old Ancestor has set his mind on giving him seven million for free?!

There is only one truth!

That is, this kid is his second uncle's illegitimate child; the Old Ancestor must have seen this kid wandering outside for so many years and thus took out so much money to compensate him.

But why?!

Why should this wild kid, upon returning, gain the Old Ancestor's attention and steal everything that should have belonged to him?!

That was why he found Zhao Tieshan overnight, instigated him to say that Chen An had stolen his Tingtao Courtyard, and encouraged him to come and provoke trouble.

He originally thought about using Zhao Tieshan's hand to teach Chen An a good lesson.

To let the Old Ancestor know that this wild kid, who popped out from who knows where, was just a fraud.

But he never imagined that Su Ningyan would suddenly appear and expose the fact that the Shen Family Old Ancestor was going to give money to Chen An in public!

"Su Ningyan! Don't go too far!"

Shen Qinghua gritted his teeth and said word by word, the resentment in his eyes almost overflowing.

"Too far?!"

Su Ningyan raised an eyebrow and said with an innocent Face, "I'm just telling the truth. Did I say something wrong?"

"Fine, fine, fine!!!"

He glanced at Su Ningyan with resentment, then looked at Chen An, panting heavily, and said in a deep voice, "Chen An, don't you want to bet?"

"I'll bet with you!!!"

"It's just one million yuan crystals, isn't it? I, Shen Qinghua, can afford to lose!"

"Tomorrow morning at the Hour of the Dragon, at the No. 3 Martial Arts Arena!"

"If you lose, not only will you have to move out of the Tingtao Courtyard, but you must also kowtow to me three times and shout that you are a fraud!"

"If you win, I will hand over one million yuan crystals with both hands, and from then on, I, Shen Qinghua, will keep my distance from you!"

"Do you dare to agree?!"

Shen Qinghua had completely lost his sanity!

He didn't care about anything now; he only wanted to win, only wanted to trample Chen An under his feet in front of everyone.

As long as he defeated Chen An, he could prove that he was stronger than Chen An, and he could let the Old Ancestor know that he was wrong, that he had misjudged, and that he, Shen Qinghua, was a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times stronger than this wild kid from the countryside!!!

"Fine!"

Chen An looked at his flustered appearance, a faint smile curling on the corner of his mouth, and agreed very readily.

Since someone insisted on giving him money, he had no reason not to agree, right?!