181: Chapter 181 Saying the most cowardly things in the most arrogant tone
Yun Zhuo began pushing his way into the crowd again. This time, it wasn't just to submit his missions, but to place a bet on himself coming out alive.
Thirty A-rank missions were worth thirty thousand academic credits. Adding the twenty thousand academic credits he had swindled from Du Biao and Luo Sen earlier, he had exactly fifty thousand academic credits to exchange for "The Scripture of Pure Spirit Refinement."
In addition to that, he had also completed twenty b-rank missions last time, which gave him another two thousand academic credits—just enough to use for placing his bet.
With odds of one to one thousand, that would be two million academic credits, and he would be able to graduate early in one fell swoop.
Of course, it also depended on how large the other party's pot was and whether they could afford to pay out two million academic credits.
If they couldn't afford to pay, even killing them wouldn't get him the money.
Just then, someone in the crowd shouted, "Look! Isn't that Li Mingxing? He only picked up the mission this morning, and he's already finished by noon?"
The crowd began to stir, and a path forcibly cleared open slowly before him.
Seeing this, Yun Zhuo took a step forward, and immediately felt much more spacious.
"Yo, isn't this Brother Du? Long time no see."
"Yun Zhuo!"
"Who else could it be? Are you here to submit a mission too? What a coincidence, I'm also here to submit a mission. Let's go together."
Du Mingxing glanced at Yun Zhuo. He couldn't squeeze in himself, so he came over to take advantage of him.
"Who is going with—"
Before he could finish his sentence, Yun Zhuo grabbed him by the back of the neck, choking the rest of his words back into his throat.
Du Mingxing was shocked. This guy was so fast! He hadn't even reacted before the hand was already on his neck.
"I said let's go together. Do you have an opinion?"
"No, no opinion. Together, let's go together."
Adhering to the principle that a wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him, Du Mingxing swallowed his anger and obediently hunched over, letting Yun Zhuo escort him forward.
The surrounding freshmen saw Du Mingxing, who looked like a little chick being grabbed by Yun Zhuo, and they were all stunned on the spot.
"Am I seeing things? Young Master Du actually has no power to fight back against him."
"We're all freshmen in our first year. Why is the gap between people so huge?"
"No wonder Young Master Chen is already level thirty-five and has contracted three level forty War Princesses, yet he still had to organize the Thirteen Protectors to kill him. I thought Young Master Chen was making a mountain out of a molehill, but now I see that he actually regards him with extreme importance."
In an instant, the path in front of Yun Zhuo became even wider.
Arriving at the mission management window.
Yun Zhuo finally let go, pushing Du Mingxing so hard he stumbled.
The former stretched his wrist, while the latter rubbed his numb neck.
"What are you looking at? Not convinced? How about we go up to the arena and spar a bit?"
Yun Zhuo's seemingly casual words made Du Mingxing subconsciously shrink his neck. "I don't have time today. After the exam, we'll meet at the arena."
"Why wait until after the exam? Let's do it today."
"I said I don't have time today. I don't believe you would dare to beat me to death here."
"Damn, how do you manage to say such cowardly words in such an arrogant tone?"
"That's none of your business. Are you submitting your mission or not? If you're not, I'm going to. I have quite a few missions to submit; you might not be able to afford the wait."
"How many?"
Du Mingxing gave a cold laugh, walked up to the window, and glanced at the freshman who was currently accepting a mission.
"Young Master Du, please."
The freshman quickly and tactfully stepped aside.
"Teacher Song, I'm here to submit my missions."
The teacher working at the window was named Song Houcai. For the past month, Du Mingxing had submitted his missions to him every single time. Coupled with his status as the eighteenth young master of a first-class Family, Song Houcai had been eager to curry favor with him, and the two had long since become old acquaintances.
He glanced at Du Mingxing, then at Yun Zhuo behind him. As soon as these two guys arrived, the mission management office, which had just been as noisy as a vegetable market, instantly quieted down quite a bit.
For the teacher working at this window, it would be hard not to know that these two had arrived.
"Young Master Du, please show your student ID."
A holographic QR code popped up on Du Mingxing's wristband, and he scanned it against the scanner in front of the window.
With a beep, all his information appeared on Song Houcai's workstation.
"Ten b-rank missions. Young Master Du, you finished them all in one day?"
Hearing this, Du Mingxing turned to look at Yun Zhuo, his lips curling and his eyebrows arching, as if saying: "Did you hear that? Ten b-rank missions, I finished them all in one day. Even though I can't beat you in a fight right now, when it comes to completing missions, I can leave you in the dust."
Now that he had the twin sisters Cui Shuxian and Cui Shuyan helping him, completing missions was naturally much faster than before.
Yun Zhuo, however, looked at him as if he were an idiot. He had thought this guy was shrewd before, but looking at him now, his brain didn't seem to be working very well.
He had just admitted defeat in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, he was showing off again. Didn't he feel embarrassed?
But soon, Yun Zhuo realized he had thought wrong. He wasn't showing off to him; he was showing off to everyone.
As soon as the people around heard that Du Mingxing had completed ten b-rank missions in one day, there was a chorus of gasps.
They had sucked in so much cold air that they could have melted the Arctic Ocean; they had an undeniable responsibility for global warming and rising sea levels.
Hearing their hushed discussions, Yun Zhuo finally realized that among the current freshmen, besides the Thirteen Protectors, the most capable others could only complete at most two b-rank missions a day.
Among the Thirteen Protectors, the previously most capable Gong Lei could only complete five a day at most. Now, Du Mingxing's completion rate was twice his and five times that of the others.
With such a track record, it was no wonder that even though he had just lost face, he still wanted to show off.
Compared to the others, he was simply overwhelmingly strong. Now, who would dare to laugh at him for losing face in front of Yun Zhuo?
Du Mingxing was very satisfied with the surrounding people's reactions, but he was a bit disappointed not to see a look of surprise on Yun Zhuo's face. He turned back to look at Song Houcai in the window.
"Currently, b-rank missions have no challenge for me. After the exam is over, I want to try a-rank missions."
Song Houcai nodded: "With your strength, you can indeed try an a-rank mission."
Next, Du Mingxing took out the tokens of the completed missions one by one. Song Houcai verified them very quickly, just like going through the motions.
In less than five minutes, all the missions were settled.
"One thousand academic credits have been transferred to your student ID. Please check."
"I have received them. Thank you, Teacher Song."
After speaking, Du Mingxing stood to the side and watched Yun Zhuo.
Yun Zhuo glanced at him: "Do you think you're capable again now?"
"Not at all. I just want to see, since you're so capable, the missions you've completed must be able to shock me. I want to pay my respects."
"Heh, then go ahead and start paying your respects."
Saying this, Yun Zhuo came to the window: "Teacher, I'm submitting my missions."
"Scan your student ID."
"Beep!"
Song Houcai in the window glanced at the mission System terminal. At first, he didn't pay attention and was just preparing to go through the process.
But immediately after, he froze for a moment, then looked up at Yun Zhuo's personal information, and then suddenly turned back to look at Yun Zhuo.
"You are Yun Zhuo?"
"Yes, Teacher. Did you bet on me to win?"
"I actually wanted to bet on you getting cut into a thousand pieces with odds of one to two, but unfortunately, we teachers don't have academic credits, so I can't place a bet."
"Chen Qi has threatened to kill people during the school exam. Aren't you teachers going to do anything about it?"
Song Houcai gave a cold laugh: "Student Yun Zhuo, you're already a university student now, why are you still so naive? If you want to blame someone, blame your own bad luck. There is no one with the surname Yun in the Twelve Families; otherwise, the school would certainly have intervened to mediate."
"But what if I kill him?"
"You kill him, Young Master Chen?" Song Houcai immediately laughed as if he were having a seizure: "Don't worry, our school cannot interfere in the affairs of the Twelve Families. If you have the guts to kill him, go right ahead."