Meanwhile the topic of the bet between Fusheng and the ShiZhang had already spread round every part of the Academy, from the Martial arts school, to the Cultivation School, to the Medical school, even to the Principal, Master Jiang. Everyone that heard it felt that the wager was too much. Every martial artist in the Academy felt terrified after hearing about the last part of the wager, disabling someone and making them unable to practice martial arts was too cruel. As martial artists they knew the implication of not being able to practice martial arts, it was even worse than being killed.
Master Shi, the director of the Martial arts school, felt particularly disappointed at the ShiZhang, it was obvious that he acted purely on personal grudges against Meng Fusheng. He felt that the ShiZhang did not deserve the position of the ShiZhang, but before he could even do anything about it, the Principal Master Jiang beat him to it.
Master Jiang felt a sense of crisis as he got the news, he felt his hairline receding once more. He already knew that this academic year was going to be more difficult than normal, but he did not expect that just few days in to the academic year, that trouble was already starting. He was very upset when he learned of the wager and who added the wager. If it was just a competition between Meng Fusheng and the ShiZhang, he could simply bat his eyes at that, he even felt like Meng Fusheng could use the competition to build her martial arts, but disabling and inability to practice martial arts, no matter how one viewed it, it was obviously targeted at making Meng Fusheng unable to practice martial arts again. He was disappointed at the ShiZhang for letting personal grudges affect his thinking. Master Jiang was even more pissed after finding out about the situation that led to Fusheng challenging him in the first place.
Master Jiang could not hold himself any longer and summoned the ShiZhang with a communication spell.
The ShiZhang whose real name was Cheng Chi, already predicted that he would be scolded, for making things difficult for Fusheng, but he never expected to be directly called by the principal, Master Jiang. He panicked for a split second, but regained his composure and walked to the principal's office.
In the principal's office, the ShiZhang felt the real power of Master Jiang, he had only ever seen the principal from afar, this was the first time that he was meeting with him on a face-to-face basis. When he entered the office, he felt a tremor through his body and he quickly bowed to greet the principal.
"You may rise" Master Jiang said "Your are the ShiZhang of the Martial arts school, right?"
The ShiZhang said "Yes I am"
Master Jiang nodded "Good, now what do you have to say about what happened this morning?"
The ShiZhang cocked his brow up and wondered "So the only reason I got to be summoned into the principal's office is simply because of that waste Fusheng." But he outwardly put on a thoughtful expression "I honestly did not think that things would escalate to this point in the morning. It was that Meng Fusheng girl, she is too hot headed and fail admit her mistakes."
Master Jiang nodded and said "Fusheng is hot headed and what about you? Why did you allow the event to reach this point?"
The ShiZhang was stumped for words, he just stared blankly at the principal.
Master Jiang continued "Do you even understand what your actions today led to?"
The ShiZhang recovered his sanity and said "It was not my fault, I did nothing only called her out on her mistakes and she exploded."
Master Jiang was astonished at the way, he made himself seem innocent at the whole event. "Do you even hear yourself? It was not your fault. Do you even know who Meng Fusheng is? If not for the unfortunate event that happened to her years ago, do you think you'd have this position of ShiZhang? If Fusheng did not loose her cultivation ability to the strange illness back then, you would not be able to even touch her shadow. Do you think it is not hard enough for her that she has to endure your countless taunts and still call you ShiZhang, when she knows that if not for the illness back then that you would have been her junior? Did you misunderstand something?"
The ShiZhang was fuming with embarrassment and humiliation that the principal said all of that, he constantly told himself that the reason he hates Fusheng was because of her ill heart towards Meng Meilan, but that was not the truth. The actual darker truth was that he was jealous of Fusheng, he found out from his master that Fusheng was originally supposed to be the ShiZhang, if not for the loss of her talent then, he Cheng Chi would not even have any position at all, and now that she was back to the Academy, he was scared that Fusheng would suddenly take the position back from him and he also felt a strange sense of satisfaction looking down on Fusheng and feeling more powerful.
For a moment he forgot he was standing in front of the principal and he retorted harshly "And so what if she was powerful, that was all in the past and now everyone knows that she's getting by only relying on her grandfather's reputation."
Master Jiang was enraged at the audacity of the little thing in from of him, so he decided to show him a little something.
All of a sudden the ShiZhang felt his breath restrict and felt he entered another world where he lost his Martial arts prowess and he could not defend himself from the people gathered around him. He was helpless as the cut him, bits by bits, the pain so realistic he peed himself. Only then did he open his eyes to discover that he was still in the principal's office and that he hadn't peed himself, he was just covered in sweat. He had witnessed first hand the strength of a cultivator.
Master Jiang looked at him calmly and said "How dare you talk to me in that manner? You mention that Fusheng is only depending on her grandfather's reputation to live, why can't you at least respect her based on the fact that she is General Meng's granddaughter? Do you even know that you are lucky her grandfather is no longer alive, or else the moment you open your mouth to be rude to Fusheng, he would have you beheaded. And how dare you sully the names of her grandfather and her mother, do you even know that it is a crime in the capital? If not for the sacrifice of the two, you would not even be here and yet you stand here to speak on things that you do not know. I am highly disappointed."
Master Jiang looked at his unrepentant face and said "I know that speaking from now to tomorrow will not change anything in your mind, and I am not here to pressure you to pull out of the competition or to change the wager, Meng Fusheng would never even allow that. I just want you to be able to bear with the consequences of your actions. Starting from now, you are stripped off any right of a ShiZhang, you are just a normal student in the martial arts school, nothing more. Go on and prepare for the competition " without even giving him a chance to refuse Master Jiang said "Get lost"
Before Cheng Chi could even understand what had happened, he was already directly teleported out of the principal's office. He was dumfounded.
Author's Note
I honestly feel that Master Jiang is so cool in this chapter. I personally loved the way he spoke up for our Fusheng. I wish all the principals out there could be like Master Jiang.
I love the fact that the former ShiZhang has already started getting the reward of his evil actions, so I will no longer refer to him as the ShiZhang, I will call him Cheng Chi from now on. He's so annoying…