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Chương 37: Pettiness brings downfall

My plan has been going quite well, Gu Yue and Xiong don't have a definitive winner, as the rank 1 amount is quite close now and no one holds a firm advantage after the first clash. This is what I want, as no differences have been settled and the battle is forced to go on.

I want to do the same for the rank 2 battles. In blood battle competitions the clan elder fights don't matter as much. The reason is simple, clan elder's are close to dying. They are mostly old and only hold weight in name. Gu Yue has 12 elders, while Xiong has 9(woops!). In truth, the rank 3 amounts are actually 11 to 9, as Gu Yue Mo Chen's rank has already fallen.

I can clearly see the panic in his eyes. This blood battle competition is likely to come to an elder battle and stop there, so he is at risk of being exposed and stripped of his title. Elders can somewhat avoid the participation, but the clan leader's must fight to the death, unless a complete advantage is held by one of the two leaders.

My plan is flawless, as I am personally executing it, but the Fang Zheng situation is throwing me off. I know this MF, I know how he acts, how he eats, how he sleeps, everything! He was my political rival along with Gu Yue Qing Shu, so I made sure to gather as much information on them as possible to completely crush them! There is no way my deductions have gone wrong! Luck is also a factor, but I have rank 4 luck specifically designed to make my plans go more smoothly! How can Fang Zheng's small general luck compare to my sagely luck?!

General luck is yellow luck, which is the Jack-of-all-trades luck. It isn't good at anything, but it has use in every aspect of cultivation. This isn't bad, but you need a lot of it. This is why I didn't choose Dog shit luck Gu, as it is part of General luck and I would rather choose Sagely luck.

So luck isn't even a factor to consider here. What went wrong though? Why did this scheme fail? Is Fang Zheng not as immature as I thought? No! Someone is controlling his mind, but who? The clan leader! The Jackass most likely has used some small wisdom path or information path methods to tame Fang Zheng. I'll have to be more careful of him from now on!

Still, just 1 Fang Zheng isn't that important! He can go die to lord sky crane for all I care! For now, I need to concentrate on the battle and I have a pretty good idea of who to send! "Gu Yue Chi Shan, step forward!"

The Mo faction leader smiled when I said that and quickly furrowed his brows and whispered over to his enemy, the Chi faction leader "How unfortunate. It seems our battle lord has chosen our faction!"

He was smirking, but I could tell the huge sigh he let out internationally. I am a potential elder seed, as my cultivation is above(they think so) Fang Zheng and cultivation speed is that of a B rank, rather than C, so I am likely to become an elder.

The Mo faction has severely weakened and doesn't even have a rank 3 elder to support it, so I can easily tell how happy the guy must be. He can send out his faction members to their deaths without much worry now, as the theoretical balance has been maintained.

He might be only rank 2, but his authority is still that of a rank 3, for now at least. I don't want him getting anxious over loosing the manpower he desperately needs and annoying me.

The battle lord of Xiong clan is a girl who died twice in the original story. Her name is Xiong Jiao Man and boy is she good looking. I haven't seen Shang Xin Ci or female Bai Ning Bing, but she looks beautiful.

Still I would prefer is she died, of course. Beauty can't bring me strength and I don't want to have a harem or drag any extra weight along with me.

Jiao Man looked at Chi Shan going forwards and sent out Xiong Li with a smile. The two eternal rivals met each other and smiled in bitterness.

Xiong Li sighed and said "I guess this is going to be our last battle." Chi Shan sighed along with him and said "So it would seem."

They entered their respective stances and the battle began with Chi Shan rushing forward. Some kind of weird green membrane covered his body as horn grew out of his head and he kept charging.

Xiong Li smirked and put his feet down and got ready to catch the bull by the horns. His hands looked as rough as a bears and fur began growing all over his chest, arms and face. The claw-like fingers wrapped around Chi Shan's horns and he tried to stop the charging bull, but his smirk suddenly changed to a frown, as he couldn't stop the bull.

Chi Shan had fully cultivated his strength with 4 rank 1 strength path Gu worms from my Strength cultivation hall and used the rank 2 Gu worms bull rush and hell horn, which boosted his power greatly. Xiong Li only had a rank 2 brown bear strength Gu and rank 2 brown bear hide Gu, which was not nearly enough to stop Chi Shan's charge.

The battle was decided there and then. The hell horns couldn't be stopped and impaled Xiong Li. With a small twist of his head, Chi Shan tore Xiong Li apart and the rivalry ended. Chi Shan won and claimed victory as he returned.

I patted his shoulder as he passed by me and said "Good job. You may stay and fight or you can go back to rest."

He nodded his head and went back to fight, as he hasn't used even half of his primeval essence amount. I placed a rank 2 failure Gu in his body and transferred a lot of death luck to him. I can freely convert my luck into any other luck and transfer it through simple 'type' luck Gu and Bestow Luck Gu. He is doomed to die within the next two fights.

I waited for Xiong Jiao Man to make her move, but "I will go myself! If we are bringing out the big guns, then I will personally go fight!"

What? No! No, no, no! What is going on? Why is she going so early? She might be impatient and extremely feisty, but she wouldn't charge in like this. What are tye Xiong clan elders thinking?

Xiong Jiao Man cultivates bear transformation path, which isn't that powerful, but it is more than enough to take out Chi Shan and that's how it went.

Xiong Jiao Man transformed into a bear and instantly overwhelmed Chi Shan. All he could do was be slapped to death, while I received a direct command from my clan leader to go there and begin the official battle lord battle.

Battle lords are usually the last people in rank 2 to fight, as the victory or defeat of a battle lord can severely effect morale. Traditionally that is how it should go, but the clan heads want us to fight so soon tor some reason, which completely baffles me.

Xiong Jiao Man stands no chance against me, but it is still an unfair battle. I barely am rank 2 initial stage with 100% primeval essence, but people think I have 55% Crimson Red primeval essence because of my aptitude and the 4 flavours liquor worm.

Sure, the liquor worm is useful, but it doesn't boost a person's essencese recovery, that is its downside. The only reason I haven't been found out is the high essence recovery of the 10 extreme physiques and my rank 3 Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus. I really don't want to fight this girl. I'll have to end the battle fast.

I stepped forwards and extended my hand in greeting "I have heard of Miss Jiao's accomplishments long ago and I have to admit I am not your match, miss Jiao. I am only rank 2 upper stage with barely any talent, while miss is at the pinnacle of rank 2 with an unparalleled 75% B grade talent! I am not dumb and can easily notice miniscule mountain, so I propose we settle our battle in a more direct and fair way. Does miss Jiao agree?"

She scoffed at my hand and slapped it away. "I won't bully you and will agree if the challenge seems fair."

I do love tricking dumb people through information gaps. I can most definitely resist her if she comes at me directly with her bear form using my physical strength, but that will injure my muscles and I won't have the 2 hours necessary to heal myself, so I need to resort to tricks.

"I propose a special fight of attack and defense. Both of us have 1 attack opportunity and 1 defense opportunity. Whoever defends the best and takes the least amount of damage will be the ultimate winner. Do you agree to these terms, miss Jiao?"

Xiong Jiao Man thought for a small bit and nodded her head "Seems fair for both of us, but I should be allowed to attack first, as this was your idea."

W small bit of sweat formed near my forehead and I said "Miss Jiao makes sense. I will agree to her term." The sweat is, of course, fake. Since when Have I been afraid of anyone? My attack power and defense are both capable of defeating rank 3 Gu masters. Which rank 2 can stand in my way?! She has fallen directly in my trap and cannot even escape!

I have read you like a book, Jiao Man and now it is time to burn that took. I got into a stance and readied myself "Miss Jiao can start her attack whenever she feels like doing so."

The Xiong young lady scoffed once again and began preparing her attack. I got ready to defend and watched her. Her body transformed by into a bear's completely and her front paws gave off a metallic glint and the muscles bulged yo the limit. Without a doubt, this will be an attack at the peak of rank 2 and I have to take it head on!

Xiong Jiao Man stomped on the ground with her giant front paws and growled with a sadistic sound. I gulped from "fear" and got ready. Her giant bear body rushed towards me with all of its might. When the distance shrunk to barely 5 steps, she jumped up and crashed towards me, intending to use the extra power to completely destroy my defense and injure me mortally.

I quickly activated Golden clover shield and he mighty paw landed on my shield. A mighty impact sound was made from the collision and my golden clover shield shattered! I spat out a mouthful of blood and Flew back, smashing into a tree.

My body looked severally injured and My face become so pale I started looking like a dermatologist. I quickly folded as I fell down.

"Little Nem, Nooooo!" My mother quickly ran over to me and began healing my body. Fuck, now I have to actually injure myself. Mum, can you be a little less caring sometimes?

"Sigh! Guess I wasn't her match after all." My reply instantly killed all morale Gu Yue had. This is also a huge boon of reputation. You can easily effect the morale of others. With such a huge fall in morale, the number advantage of Gu Yue will not even matter! Xiong clan will easily mop the floor with us.

This outcome isn't ideal, but it is the best I could think up. I will have to exchange all the failure Gu into Success Gu now and help decrease the death luck of my clan, but at least I can research luck path a little more.

You thought I was going to trick her and kill her? Nah. I am here to cause mutual destruction. Raising Gu Yue clan's, the numerically and qualitatively superior one's, morale higher than Xiong clan's will be the same as giving the complete dominance to Gu Yue. Xiong clan's elders aren't mentally crippled, they can easily see how defeat will be eminent and directly give up. The clan heads will fight and that will be that, game over, my plans fail.

I will gladly give up my pettiness and eat a loss so my plans can be salvaged. This is my purpose in this competition to begin with. I am not here to win, I am here to destroy! I won't let my ego or anything else get in the way of success! Pettiness and pride are the downfall of humanity! I am no Fang Yuan, but I am also no idiot!


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Thank you all for 500 collections! I just reached 500 collections on my FF and decided to celebrate and thank you all for the support. Keep reviewing and liking my FF and I'll keepq uploading. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I still need help with getting rid of that guide thing. Seriously, anyone have any clue how to get rid of it?

Chương 38: Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

"This hurts like a bitch!"

"Language Young man! You are a battle lord and need to be more stoic and have a grand and powerful demeanor!" I know that! I don't usually complain about pain, but I had to rip some of my internal organs up just because you came over, mum! I love my mum, but I never thought I would have to injure myself, so she wouldn't ruin my plans.

"But it huuuuuuurtss!" My mum looked at me with confused eyes and said "You've received injuries far worse than this before and you still had the mood to mess around. What's so special now?" Imma skip the convo with my mum, as it is not for public ears.

Now, let's continue the blood battle competition. Xiong Jiao Man resigned, as her continuing to fight would be bullying. Battle lords usually go last, as they are the strongest and can easily influence the entire battle on their own.

If she stays, it will just be an insult to traditions and the rules of the righteous path. If she didn't go back, she would lose reputation and Xiong clan would be looked down upon as half demonic, as they have accepted some demonic cultivators before and a clan like Xiong being isolated means it is free for grabbing. Anyone can invade them without repercussions, so she had to back off.

My plans have technically been changed to do the exact opposite of what I was doing before, but the core is still the same, manipulate luck and keep balance. It has been going quite well too. A couple rounds have passed and 10 Gu Yue clansmen died along with 8 Xiong ones, which puts the scale at 46 -41.

Now, I have never really experimented with wood path and it is really weird to me honestly, but I do know how OP wood charm Gu is. The only reason there aren't rank 5 versions is, that it costs lifespan Gu to make and the success rate is barely 10%, so no sane man will make it. The only person who cam afford a rank 5 wood charm Gu is me and I ain't using it, too risky. I can just get a bunch of heavenly essence treasure lotuses to get a bunch of primeval essence recovery, but our next contestant has no such ability.

The clan leader saw the falling moral and decided he needed to even it at at least and he sent out his suicidal disciple, Gu Yue Qing Shu.

The green haired man stepped forward slowly. While my brother looks handsome and threatening with his buff body, Qing Shu looks extremely fragile and gentle. Just from one glance, anyone will say he is a stark contrast with me or my brother.

The graceful way he walked forward was most likely staged by the clan leader to raise morale, as just seeing Qing Shu and knowing he is one of your own can bring a sense of calmness.

For me, it brought anxiety. He is the biggest variable here. Xiong clan only has Xiong Jian Bao and Xiong Tai Fei as their trump cards, two chumps Qing Shu can easily take out. He can singlehandedly kill a minimum of 4 of the Xiong clansmen, 7 if he is feeling extra suicidal. Such a huge commotion might even change the tides so much Xiong clan directly gives up. He van easily widen the gap I barely managed to close up to 12 in Gu Yue's favour. I don't want that, so I need to sabotage this MF.

"Qing Shu, could I talk to you for a second?" ...

... ... ... ... ... Perfect!

Sorry about the long pause, I needed all my mental energy to think. I have a plan now. Short version of what happened in the last minute or two: I wanted to call him over and he agreed, mostly because of the serious look on my face.

He got closer and I whispered to him "The enemy has two trump cards left, Xiong Tai Fei and Jian Bao. You are most likely to face Jian Bao, as he has a burning bear paw Gu, so I suggest using vines to probe him first. Tai Fei has a wind type offensive Gu worm and I suggest watching out for that if you fight him. It is silent and extremely deadly. Be careful and remember this, you must not fail! I failed, but the strongest threat is no longer here. Do better than me or our clan might lose!"

Unlike Fang Yuan, I have been active in the clan. My reputation is worth something and am even called second hidden elder. When I say something emotional like this, it holds weight. This was mostly a way to waste time so I could hammer out my plan, but it was just detailed and important enough to attract his attention.

Qing Shu nodded his head and said "We don't get along much because of our opposing factions, but how can clansmen not put aside their differences in times of need? I will heed your warning and swear to you, I, Gu Yue Qing Shu, will bring glory!"

I stalled him for a couple of minutes, more than enough to carve out failure Dao marks all over him and convert all of his luck into death luck. He has been cursed now and will likely die to one of the two trump cards of Xiong. No one can even blame or think about blaming me for his death. No one has luck path investigative methods and I have been nothing but the perfect clansman since the begining.

The Xiong clan's leader is not an idiot and can easily analyze data. He knows I warned Qing Shu and he knows his trump cards are only crumbs compared to Qing Shu, so he sent out his trump cards out of order. The first to go was Xiong Tai Fei. He isn't even aware he is a sacreficial pawn of his flan.

Qing Shu quickly activated his Moonwhirl Gu and it flew towards Tai Fei with great speed. Tai Fei didn't even budge and the sharp moonlight arc curved upwards and flew over his head.

Windy misdirection Gu. Quite a good defensive Gu worm he has there, almost a direct counter to Qing Shu. This guy was clearly brought out for the single purpose of draining Qing Shu of primeval essence. He isn't a tortoise, which can only hide though.

He aimed his right fist at Qing Shu and a fist completely made out of wind shit towards Qing Shu. This is to make sure Qing Shu stays on his toes. If Tai Fei was a tortoise, then Qing Shu would just not attack him and only use pine needle Gu to drain his opponent's essence reserves.

That was my main worry. Good thing the Xiong clan elders thought od this smart scheme. The fight was nothing much. The outcomes was decided within the first seconds. Qing Shu is the winner without a doubt and Tai Fei is only there to make him bleed slowly.

The two of them exhausted eachother and Tai Fei directly gave up after he achieved his goal. What? I wouldn't want to die for no reason as well. He achieved his goal and left like a normal person would.

The next to come out was, obviously, Xiong Jian Bao. Qing Shu, the suicidal patriot, didn't even consider retreat an option. He stayed and wanted to fight. If he gives up, he can't go back in and he is the best we got. If he leaves, then morale will hit an all-time low.

Most people don't even know about Jian Bao or Tai Fei, so they will assume the best their clan had was done in by 2 nameless members of Xiong clan. The morale hit might even be big enough to force Gu Yue to directly submit. Too bad this suicidal maniac will die and raise morale this round instead!

"Hello, sir Gu Yue Qing Shu. My name is Xiong Jian Bao. May we have a fair fight and let the best if us win!" Qing Shu looked exhausted and had a horrible breathing rhythm. His primeval essence amount was down to 23% of dark red essence. He had two options, run out of primeval essence or use the rank 3 wood charm Gu.

Jian Bao smiled from happiness. Who wouldn't? Going from a well known person to a hero by killing 1 weakened guy would make anyone feel butterflies in their stomach. He directly charged Qing Shu using rank 2 sprung weed and rushed at Qing Shu with his right hand turned into a burning bear paw.

Qing Shu had to stall him at least, so he used pine needles, but it had minimal effect with a medium cost. The wooden needles were burned to a crisp when they impacted the burning paw. The vines he used were caught by Jian Bai and burned.

The elemental advantage was too big for Qing Shu to overcome and using moonwhirl Gu would cost him over half of his remaining reserves. He should be about ready to activate the wooden charm Gu.

Sure, the wood charm Gu isn't a guaranteed death sentence, all the more reason for Qing Shu to use it. Wood charm Gu might not be a death sentence in its own, but I have made it one. I gave my little buddy a rank 3 perseverance Gu, which will activate as soon as he uses a rank 3 Gu worm. He won't be able to deactivate it even if he wanted to and can only die, taking, at most 2 Xiong clansmen with him. I am taking that perseverance Gu back, btw! The thing cost me like 850 Gu points! I ain't giving that shit up! I barely have 10k left!

A couple seconds passed and I saw a small totem-pole-like insect appear next to Qing Shu and... There we go! I am guessing you guys can't see this, but Qing Shu's death luck has shot up to the literal sky. This means certain death.l and that my plan worked perfectly. He can do nothing but die now and contribute to my forceful balancing.

Xiong Jian Bao, of course, was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of moonblades being sent towards him and couldn't dodge forever. He died after a few hits and I saw horror flash in Qing Shu's eyes. He realized his death was near and said "Fang Zheng! You are the future of our clan! You are our treasure and most beloved young master! Never give up and continue training, surpass Kai Nem and bring your clan glory!"

The dumbass just looked at Qing Shu with a confused look and nodded his head "I will make sure I become the next clan leader and surpass Kai Nem!" ya... Not happening, but the way he said it did make one feel his confidence.

The next Xiong clansman stepped up. The Xiong clan leader realized what was going on and sent a movement specialist earth path Gu master.

His signature Gu worm was earth surfer Gu and mud shot Gu. Qing Shu took a beating passively as he gradually turned into a treeman and roots grew out of his legs into the earth. The injuries and exhaustion only increasing the need to use wood charm Gu and speeding up the process of corrosion.

The poor Xiong clansman died, but so did Qing Shu. In the original story, he kept his consciousness through sheer willpower because of Bai Ning Bing's threat level, but now he could die in peace, knowing his clan is in "safe" hands. He glanced at Fang Zheng one last time and smiled

Fang Zheng fell to his knees with tears streaming down his face. Gu Yue Qing Shu turned into a tree and finally died. The only thing left was a tree with his smiling face on it where he stood before his death.

Balance has been restored and the only imbalance left is the 6 Gu master lead of Gu Yue, a problem I can easily solve! All the wild cards have been played and dealt with! It is time to end this!


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