Chapter 28: See all the flowers in Wangjing in one day
Chapter 28: See all the flowers in Wangjing in one day
"Which round is it now?"
"Game 6 just ended."
"Who wins?"
“…It’s still him.”
There was deathly silence in the Changzhou Academy.
For some well-known reason, the academy was very generous and temporarily granted a day off to all students today, allowing them to do what they want. Therefore, the academy was quite quiet and somewhat desolate at this time.
But the strange silence among the professors and gentlemen at this moment was obviously not because of the loneliness after the building was empty, but the facts revealed in those few short sentences.
"Now how to do?"
A professor looked at the vice president and shouted coldly, "Bullying the weak? Finding Gu Zhuo's weakness? Finding a student from the academy to defeat him? And defeating him across a great realm? And then taking back all the face you lost before? Listen to me now, listen to what bullshit you said in front of us before! What a bunch of shitty ideas!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the dead silence disappeared.
Long before today, the top leaders of Changzhou Academy had been under tremendous pressure because of Gu Zhuo's breakthrough to the realm of Dongzhen. Now, with the news of Gu Zhuo's victory coming one after another, and all six battles so far won with one sword, the dam in their hearts finally could not bear it anymore and burst.
As the first professor spoke, everyone followed suit.
"From the beginning, I felt that this matter was inexplicable. The culprit was clearly Lin Wanyi. As a result, someone was like a possessed person, staring at Gu Zhuo and not even looking at Lin Wanyi."
"Gu Zhuo is a really good kid. He always takes the initiative to greet me when I meet him. How could someone like him go so far as to betray the academy?"
"In the final analysis, it's because someone couldn't save face and ignored Lin Wanyi, who had directly provoked the students in the academy on the day Gu Zhuo dropped out of school, and insisted on getting involved with one of their own people."
The vice president listened to these words and looked at the faces of these people. He could no longer maintain his usual calm expression.
"Is it because I don't want to care about Lin Wanyi?"
The old man took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said slowly: "She was assassinated the day after the incident and almost died. If the academy targets her again at this time, do you think the whole family of the Lin family is dead, or do you think her mother is dead?"
This sentence does seem to make sense, but this is obviously not the time to be reasonable.
Another senior professor of the academy stood up with a sneer and mocked him bluntly: "So this is why you are taking this opportunity to target Gu Zhuo? Ask yourself, how selfish are you in doing this!"
The vice president's eyes swept through the crowd and found that no one supported him. His face became extremely ugly and he shouted in a deep voice: "No matter what you say, Gu Zhuo is a traitor. Traitors are more hateful than enemies. I did all these things without any selfish motives and have a clear conscience!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a teacher rushed to the scene and told the latest news to the already blushing senior leaders of the Changzhou Academy.
"Gu Zhuo has won the eighth battle."
"One sword still wins."
The field fell silent again.
The next moment, the elderly people present broke out into a more intense and direct verbal fight.
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When thirteen battles were scheduled on the same day, people in Wangjing thought that it would be a fierce battle that would last the entire day, from the misty early morning to the sunset.
Yes, most people do not think that Gu Zhuo can win in the end, but almost everyone believes that he can win the first four games, and then choose to take a halftime break due to the severe loss of his true energy and spirit, and prepare for the next battle as much as possible.
This is a very reasonable speculation.
The only problem is…it doesn’t work that way.
At this point, people were too lazy to think about how Gu Zhuo won, and no longer cared about the subtleties in each sword he delivered, or how much advantage of time, place, and even people were involved in his sword.
Even the major gambling houses made corresponding changes, temporarily opening up betting on whether the next battle would still be won by one sword, which was warmly welcomed by the public in a very short time.
Secondly, the flower shops in Wangjing welcomed huge business that was unimaginable in the past. The young girls did not hesitate to spend their money and cleared out the stocks of every flower shop along the way. Those young ladies from noble families even sent their servants to buy flowers from farther places and deliver them as quickly as possible.
Then, girls with different identities did the same thing.
——Countless flowers were thrown from their hands onto the road ahead of Gu Zhuo, creating a sea of flowers that continued to bloom. The scene was extremely beautiful. Gu Zhuo walked alone in the sea of flowers, holding a sword casually, his clothes slightly messy.
His expression remained calm.
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"This is too..."
Chen Chi looked at the crazy scene and felt that everything was so indescribable and he was completely speechless.
Even he was too lazy to think about why Gu Zhuo could win so outrageously at this time. He just felt this special atmosphere in silence.
Guan Xingu suddenly said, "Does this count as swallowing up thousands of miles like a tiger?"
"almost."
Yu Yinchun was silent for a moment, then said, "There will be no other outcome for the next few battles. Gu Zhuo will definitely win."
Chen Chi said with emotion: "It's what everyone expected."
When Gu Zhuo won six games in a row, all with one sword, he had already gained everyone's support.
The entire Wangjing hopes to see an unrivaled strong man rise up here, and this can be a united effort.
Under such momentum, the thirteen duels today will decide victory or defeat, not life or death. Those who are enemies of Gu Zhuo must have unstable Tao hearts. As long as they are unstable, they will be found to have flaws in the Zhexue in his hand and will be defeated.
Moreover... there have been more than one or two people who have lost to Gu Zhuo. It doesn't matter if they lose again at this point. Losing may even make them more sociable.
Such thoughts will not appear in young people, because they are in their youth, and there is still passion and persistence flowing in their bodies and souls. They are unwilling to be inferior to others and can move forward against the trend.
But today, Gu Zhuo’s thirteen opponents are all overly mature.
Therefore, the result was already determined.
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Lin Wanyi watched this scene, watched Gu Zhuo calmly walk to the next battle location, thought about the large sum of money he was about to win, and remained silent.
For some reason, she should have been happy at this moment, but she couldn't be happy for no reason, and her mood was even inexplicably low.
She was completely unaware of her abnormality. After a moment of silence, she said to Butler Qiu, "Let's go?"
Butler Qiu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Don't you want to wait until the end?"
"no need."
Lin Wanyi turned around, walked towards home, and said with a smile: "Anyway, he wins in the end."
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Old Royal Palace.
The spring breeze fell from the distant sky, passed through the layers of buildings, and gently brushed the hem of Pei Jinge's skirt.
She raised her hand, letting her sleeves rustle in the spring breeze, and tucked her slightly messy hair behind her ears. Thinking about the beautiful scene in Wangjing City at that moment, she suddenly recalled an old saying she had heard many years ago.
"See all the Wangjing flowers in one day..."
Pei Jinge looked at Gu Zhuo walking in the crowd, his words full of unsatisfactory meanings.
(End of this chapter)