199: Chapter 198: It’s All the Banana’s Fault!
199: Chapter 198: It’s All the Banana’s Fault!
Not just Qin Feng felt helpless, but so did Gongzi Yuu, far away in Yangzhou.
After taking the Gathering Peak Pill, he went into seclusion to cultivate, hoping to seize this opportunity to break through the Life and Death Mysterious Gate and achieve Innate status.
Things went even smoother than expected; in less than half a month, he had broken through the bottleneck and officially stepped into the threshold of Grandmaster.
But just when he was brimming with confidence, convinced he could contend with Li Chen, news from Yandang Mountain also came his way.
When he learnt of Li Chen’s feat, single-handedly slaying three Grandmasters, his previous full-spirited pride was doused by the sudden cold shower, chilling him to the core.
He fell silent for a long time before finally heaving a long sigh towards the sky: “If Ye is born, why is Chen born?”
At Yandang Mountain, Li Chen’s slaying of three great Martial Arts Grandmasters did not just send shockwaves across the domestic scene; the impact was felt abroad as well.
In a large rubber plantation in Malaysia:
Heavenly Net, the headquarters of the July Alliance, was situated in this seemingly inconspicuous place.
A beautiful maidservant knelt before a middle-aged man, reporting with utmost respect.
“Lord July, according to the latest news that has been sent back.
On July 9th, July 15th, and July 18th, our agents Yee Ti, Gui Ku, and Mann Chong were cruelly killed at Hua Country’s Yandang Mountain three days ago!”
Hearing this news, the man’s brows involuntarily furrowed.
All three of them are dead?
Who did it, Hua Country’s War God Li Lingtian?”
The maidservant shook her head and said: “No, it was a youth named Li Chen!”
How come I have never heard this name before?” The middle-aged man asked with a look of astonishment.
“He is Hua Country’s newly emerging young talent, a Martial Arts Grandmaster already at such a tender age.
Sir, here is all his information, please have a look!”
The middle-aged man took the dossier handed over by the maidservant and browsed through it briefly.
“Indeed a Martial Arts genius, even Hua Country’s War God Li Lingtian may not be as remarkable and peerless as him!”
“Sir, what should we do now?
If we let this boy grow, it could be highly detrimental to our alliance’s development!”
The middle-aged man pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and said, “No matter, let him gloat for a while.
Ten years ago, I narrowly lost to Li Lingtian.
In a few months, I will go to Hua Country to challenge Li Lingtian again.
By then, I’ll take care of him as well, saving the trouble of making multiple trips!”
He spoke with utmost confidence, as if dealing with a Young Master like Li Chen would be as easy as squashing an ant at his whim.
But he had the capital for such confidence.
Ten years ago, his strength was slightly superior to Middle Innate Gui Ku.
Now a decade has passed, and he has already reached the Late-stage Innate realm.
Across the entirety of Hua Country, there are only a handful of people who catch his eye, including Li Lingtian.
Regardless of Li Chen’s astounding talent, it still didn’t quite command his attention.
On the second day after the official establishment of the Huaxia Martial Arts Alliance, Li Chen became the hands-off manager and went directly back to Donghua.
Slogans like “Driving out the barbarians, executing the will of Heaven,” were purely for others’ ears.
The real purpose behind establishing the alliance was to find a sales channel for his pills and use it as an excuse to gather all the cultivation resources in the country to make his own cultivation journey twice as effective with half the effort.
Now that the alliance was newly established and had many pending tasks, there was hardly any benefit in sight.
He certainly didn’t intend to stay like a fool.
Once back in Donghua, Li Chen, without taking any rest, couldn’t wait to see Ye Chuxue at the school.
Seeing Li Chen return, Ye Chuxue was initially overjoyed.
However, as she remembered that this guy had skipped out on her for a week, she swung her little fists and punched him in the chest.
Li Chen clutched his chest, pretending to be deeply hurt.
He had faced the joint forces of three Grandmasters at Yandang Mountain without taking a single hit.
But unexpectedly, he had just come back and already taken a punch from Xue’er.
“Xue’er, do you know, you are now even more formidable than the alliance of the three Great Grandmasters!”
What’s that, can it be eaten?”
Ye Chuxue blinked her eyes innocently and asked.
Li Chen covered his forehead with one hand, his face filled with embarrassment.
Indeed, for foodies, the first question they consider about anything new is whether it can be eaten or not.
“It’s all your fault; now I’m hungry!”
Ye Chuxue pouted and complained.
Li Chen shrugged his shoulders and said, “Then let’s go eat, what would you like to have?”
Ye Chuxue thought for a bit and said, “Let’s go have a buffet, there’s a new one that just opened by the school gate, and the food’s not bad!”
Li Chen nodded, then was dragged by Ye Chuxue to the buffet.
This was a buffet restaurant mainly catering to students, with decent decor and very affordable prices.
Since it wasn’t the end of school yet, there were only a few people inside.
Among them, a girl was peeling a banana for a boy.
But just as the boy opened his mouth, the girl forcefully shoved the peeled banana into it with a strong push.
“What are you doing, are you crazy?”
The boy choked and coughed angrily.
The girl seemed very calm and asked the boy, “So you know now, it’s not pleasant eating a banana !”
The boy felt that his girlfriend was being unreasonable and said annoyed, “Isn’t that obvious, how can this way of eating bananas be pleasant?”
The girl, devoid of any realization of her wrongdoing, replied unyieldingly, “If it’s unpleasant to eat a banana , then why do you feed me bananas every night?”
“When have I ever, at night, given you a banana…”
He stopped mid-sentence as the boy suddenly realized what she was referring to was not the same banana, and his anger was instantly halved, quickly trying to placate her with kind words.
Witnessing the entire process, Ye Chuxue felt their argument was a bit nonsensical.
Until now, she had not understood what this had to do with a banana.
Li Chen immediately got it and sighed leisurely.
“Ah, all caused by a banana!”
Ye Chuxue was even more confused, blinking her bright eyes, she asked, “What trouble has the banana caused?”
Li Chen was taken aback upon hearing this and for a moment, he really didn’t know how to explain this ‘banana’ nuance to Ye Chuxue, so he quickly waved his hands to change the subject.
“It’s nothing, nothing.
Come on, Xue’er, have some veggies!”
“No, I want a banana!”
Hearing Ye Chuxue say this, Li Chen’s hand couldn’t help but tremble.
Wanting to eat a banana; isn’t that just too wicked?
After saying that, she peeled a banana for herself and took a big bite.
Li Chen watched, heart thumping, and couldn’t help shivering…
The author, who is purer than a blank sheet of paper, would like to state here: I only know that bananas are a fruit, nothing else.
Believe it or not, I certainly do.