Chapter 3 (1/2)

An Zheng seemed to be smiling but actually was not. He looked at Gao Di, his eyes were full of ferocious challenges, which made Gao Di cold inside. An Zheng was obviously half a head shorter than him, but he made Gao Di greatly anxious. An Zheng stepped forward and Gao Di stepped backwards unconsciously. An Zheng stepped forward again, and Gao Di turned his back running away.

Boof!

The dagger flew cutting off one of his ears, and then it stuck to the door. If the dagger was a little inclined, it would have stuck into Gao Di’s nape. The dagger penetrated deeply into the door to see its potential velocity. Although Gao Di’s head was hard, An Zheng could have killed him if he had wanted to.

The most important aspect was in the throwing skills of An Zheng which made Kou Lu more scared.

An Zheng’s arm was basically unsteady. His throwing strength was just based on the strengths of his wrist. If such a child at this age had wanted to throw the dagger like this, he might have had to use his entire arm in doing so. But An Zheng just moved once, and his shoulders did not even move. Kou Lu could not practice but only do Body Refining, so he knew how to move exactly. Moving the hips and shoulders, and then finally moving wrist would have made the strongest movement.

An Zheng only used the strengths from his wrist, and it was enough for the other people to admire. That such a skinny and weak body could potentially be so strong. At this time, Kou Lu had made his decision without any of the choices that would push An Zheng's potential to be trained.

This place was the Illusory Perennial Domicile, so every street had its own potential power. The name of the Great Nine Bandits though seemed to be famous. Actually, they were just little famous. No matter what place, the most powerful person was the greatest cultivating pract.i.tioner. Of the Great Nine Bandits, only the eldest brother and the Ninth could have practiced together. The eldest brother's health was limited. After he had reached the Second Stage, he could not advance anymore. The Ninth's health was limited, but he was not taught regularly. As a result, it was hard for him to advance.

If they did not want to lose their area to the other’s hands, they would have needed to frequently improve their own powers. Therefore, each of the streets in the Illusory Perennial Domicile had one school. The schools did not teach general knowledge but of battle strategies. It was free, so any child could come to study. However, the initial fundamentals was that the child must have joined the clan.

According to the other people of the Great Nine Bandits, such a wasted one as An Zheng would have been sent away since long time ago. But Kou Lu used to say that it was not because a person was to be seen as waste, that he would have been dismissed. Putting forth such judgements like only made the townspeople confused, and they would see that the school of the South Mountain Town was not serious. As a result, they would not allow their children to study there. The remaining eight people of the Great Nine Bandits actually did not agree to open the school. In their minds, they thought that if they had wanted to recruit potential gang members, he must have been young and strong. In raising a child, it would have taken at least ten long years to be able to make use of him, and this was too long.

However, Kou Lu did not think the same. Kou Lu a.s.sumed that the teenagers who were seventeen or eighteen years old would have no pa.s.sions for studying although they were strong. Even if they had pa.s.sion, it was already hard in teaching them alone. Children were different. Children were simple and had no ideas. If they were trained from the beginning, they would have learned not only fighting skills but also of survival skills. The most important aspect was in cultivating their loyalty.

Anyway, those remaining in the Great Nine Bandits did not care about the children, so they simply handed them to Kou Lu. Few people sometimes came there just for fun due to their sudden inspiration of teaching.

When Kou Lu had realized An Zheng's change, he immediately decided to train that child. Now he realized that he was wrong in the past. Although Gao Di's henchmen looked aggressive, they did not care about studying. They were only aggressive, and they also did not have potential. Although An Zheng was younger, his body was not also tall, but he had too much potential.

Kou Lu used to try with the other children in the school, but none of them could have enough potential in studying. If An Zheng could be possible, Kou Lu surely wanted to bring him to the Ninth.

– ”Do you want to kill him?”, asked Kou Lu.

An Zheng moved forward, took the dagger out of the door, and shook his head,

– ”No, at least not for today. These b.a.s.t.a.r.ds have bullied me for many years. If I killed them right now, how could I ask for further payments? Today’s debt is for today. Yesterday’s debt is for tomorrow, and the debt before yesterday will be paid on the day after tomorrow. Therefore, they are going to pay me until they have finished their debts.”

He turned to look at Gao Di as Gao Di was holding his ear and shaking. He looked at An Zheng in fear as if An Zheng had become a demon.

– ”I like this kind of look that is in your eyes.”

An Zheng smiled to Gao Di, moved to him and clapped his shoulder.  When his hand had just touched Gao Di’s shoulder, Gao Di lost control and shook.

So An Zhang laughed gladly:

– ”I see in your eyes a little fear, a little hatred, and a little cruelty. If you want revenge, I will give you a chance… today you had just kicked me once, so I only acquired your one of your ears. So, how about yesterday's debt? Do you still remember? If you cannot remember clearly, I will tell you tomorrow.”

– ”Kill me if you dare!”

Gao Di was totally frightened, and his eyes flushed up,

– ”An Zheng, if you do not dare to kill me, I will kill you sooner or later!”

An Zheng laughed more gladly,

– ”It’s so good! I also do not want a boring life.”

– ”F*ck off!”

He suddenly shouted loudly. Gao Di was not prepared, so he was so scared that he tried to hide. His leg was stuck, and he fell to the floor. He looked full of hatred. In the past, there was only him, who had looked down on the other people, no one dared to look down on him. Now An Zheng, a skinny child who was many times weaker than him, just stared at him once, and then his heart felt as if it was about to explode. In the past, roaring was only way to react from a terrible scare.

He felt scared and also subdued, but he could not know why he had no courage to fight back. And then he cried. The one, who had bullied the other people for so many years, was frightened to tears. Gao Di cried while he stood up. He held his ear and ran out.

The other children in the cla.s.sroom looked at each other. No one dared to speak or even breathe. They looked at An Zheng as if he came from another world. They were also the habitual cla.s.sroom, the familiar cla.s.smates, and Kou Lu. But An Zheng became so strange that they felt scared.

– ”It’s enough for today. You take w.a.n.g Meng and w.a.n.g Zhuang to the infirmary.”

Kou Lu stared at An Zheng, and said,

– ”You follow me. I have some questions for you.”

An Zheng shook his head again,

– ”No!”

Kou Lu went pale,