Gao Ge has started to doubt what life is all about.

He takes a few looks at Gongsun Moyang and that middle-aged man.

He has a feeling that it must not be because he is too unlucky that he becomes the first defender. There are a lot of coincidences in the world, but he doesn"t believe that this is also a coincidence too. Of course, he has no evidence for that. It"s a judgement by instinct, which may not be the truth.

With a faint smile on his face, Xiao Linran feels amused. The one sitting beside him is Lou Zhoutian.

"It seems that Gao Ge is in the limelight recently and arouses too much attention!" Lou Zhoutian says while narrowing his eyes.

"It is pretty normal. Aren"t you and I rather curious about him?" Xiao Linran says, "Perhaps, if you are asked to make the name list, you will do the same thing."

Lou Zhoutian says angrily, "Bulls.h.i.t. Will I make trouble for my apprentice"s apprentice?"

Xiao Linran says smilingly, "Don"t you want to see how capable Gao Ge is? And to what extent can he hold?"

Lou Zhoutian closes his eyes, saying, "You have underestimated this boy. If he really doesn"t want to go on and directly admits defeat, what can you do? I feel the same way with you. I know Gao Ge has a lot of secrets but if he is unwilling to leak his secrets, there is nothing you can do about it."

"Maybe we have underestimated Gao Ge, but Mr. Lou, you also underestimate those crafty old men! Can"t they think through these obvious things? Just wait and see. They must have a solution."

Things turn out be as Xiao Linran said.

Meng Fang stands on the stage and says.

"Gao Ge is a student of No. 8 Cla.s.s Chaos, who entered the Academy with only two martial meridians. As an incentive for the student of No. 8 Cla.s.s Chaos, Gao Ge will get one spiritual stone for winning one round of the contest. Moreover, he has a discretionary right over the spiritual stones!"

Hearing that, all the students are in an uproar.

"One spiritual stone for winning one round of the contest?"

"Yes, if he insists to the end, won"t he be able to gain a few hundred spiritual stones?"

"Ha ha, are you crazy? Who can stand taking a few hundred rounds of contests? Even if Gao Ge is quite capable, it is good enough for him to win ten rounds of the contest."

"You are right. After all, he is from Cla.s.s Chaos. Even if he is quite good, how capable can he be?"

Although Gao Ge has gained considerable fame in the Cultivation Academy, there are many students who don"t support him.

Gao Ge frowns.

The spiritual stone?

To be honest, it is not appealing for Gao Ge at all.

After all, he is not even interested in the spiritual jade. Unless he can find a Precious Land of Aura, any objects of aura won"t be of much help to him.

Then Meng Fang continues to say.

"Apart from that, as the teacher of Gao Ge, Liu Zhongyi will be rewarded with more spiritual stones and get promoted if Gao Ge performs well!"

Hearing that, Gao Ge finally appears thrilled.

He turns around to look at Meng Fang, asking, "Mr. Meng, to what position can Mr. Liu be promoted at most?"

Feeling a bit surprised, Meng Fang can"t help laughing. He suddenly thinks of what Gongsun Moyang told him.

According to Gongsun Moyang, it won"t work well to attract Gao Ge with the spiritual stone but it will work like a charm if Liu Zhongyi is involved.

Now, he only wants to say Gongsun Moyang predicts like a prophet!

In fact, it is not about prediction. Gongsun Moyang just gathers some information about Gao Ge, knowing that he is rather sentimental and seems to have a special feeling for Liu Zhongyi. Otherwise, he wouldn"t challenge the whole cla.s.s of No. 1 Cla.s.s Chaos when he just met Liu Zhongyi.

Gongsun Moyang even believes that Gao Ge attends the contest only to let Liu Zhongyi promoted.

Liu Zhongyi is sitting among the students of No. 8 Cla.s.s Chaos. Hearing what Meng Fang said, he also frowns.

"What are Meng Fang and the seniors up to?"

Although he feels depressed, he cannot stand up to tell Gao Ge loudly not to risk his life for winning the contest.

Meng Fang looks at Gao Ge and laughs, saying, "To what position do you hope Liu Zhongyi to be promoted?"

"It is not bad if he can be a princ.i.p.al." Gao Ge says.

Meng Fang feels shocked and says, "Then you must take down all the challengers."

Gao Ge laughs and stands firmly with bright eyes.

"As I recall, you asked the whole cla.s.s to fight with you when you challenged No. 1 Cla.s.s Chaos. What about now? Do you want to do the same thing?"

Gao Ge grins with embarra.s.sment and doesn"t respond to Meng Fang on purpose.

Meng Fang doesn"t go on scoffing Gao Ge. Instead, he calls the name of the contender.

"Yuan Mao from No. 2 Cla.s.s Heaven!"

The student called by Meng Fang stands up and steps on the stage with a big hammer.

Upon the sight of Yuan Mao, Gao Ge finally knows what a tank-shaped man looks like.

Yuan Mao is at least two meters tall with his arms as thick as common people"s thighs. He has muscles all over his body. His hammer must be over 50 kg. Anyone who is hammered by him must be seriously injured even if he doesn"t die at once.

Gao Ge stares at Meng Fang. Yet, Meng Fang just retreats and casts a gloating look at Gao Ge.

He feels so happy.

Gao Ge has hogged the limelight recently.

Now he has to do his best to cope with the trouble he makes for himself.

Gao Ge heaves a sigh.

He starts to doubt whether the contest is actually targeted at him. What is the purpose? Only to test his capability? Or there are other reasons?

Having thought for a while, Gao Ge doesn"t continue thinking. After all, he cannot find the answer.

Yuan Mao looks at Gao Ge and laughs, saying, "I know you are capable and that you defeated Chu Jie before, but it is not a big deal. I can smash Chu Jie with only one hammer. You will be the same. I must say you are so unlucky. If the contest rule were not changed, your first opponent should be a student of Cla.s.s Chaos. Only after you defeat him can you have a chance to fight with students of Cla.s.s Torrent."

"Enough. Hurry up. It"s about time. I want to have a meal early." Gao Ge says.

Yuan Mao flies into a rage instantly and then strikes at Gao Ge with his hammer.

When Yuan Mao is running, Gao Ge feels that the whole stage is shaking.

He is afraid that Yuan Mao stamps too heavily on the stage that it breaks down.

Yuan Mao is very big, which leads to his slow moving. Without any thinking, Gao Ge suddenly shows up behind Yuan Mao with his Ghost-like Steps.

Yuan Mao quickly turns around and hits him with his hammer.

Clang. The hammer fails to hit Gao Ge but it smashes a big hole into the stage.

It causes a riot among the audience.

"Yuan Mao is so powerful indeed!"

"Hmm. We are all cultivators. It is no use only having strength."

"Please stop fronting. If you are really capable, how about fighting with Yuan Mao?"

The student instantly keeps silent.

Gao Ge grins and asks, "Hey lummox, you are so slow. Can you be a bit faster?"

"You are dead meat!" Yuan Mao is inflamed with anger. He just raises his hammer when Gao Ge moves to another position again.

Yuan Mao has strikes dozens of hammers, which are all easily dodged by Gao Ge.

"Why are you running? Confront me face to face!"

Gao Ge doesn"t even bother responding to him.

He should exhaust Yuan Mao"s energy and then defeat him, which can save him the power of stars to handle the following opponents.

This is the strategy that Gao Ge adopts.

Yuan Mao is out of breath. He runs towards Gao Ge while mumbling.

Gao Ge thought it was some pithy formula but as he goes near to listen carefully, he is dumbfounded.

"80 yuan for one heavy hammer!"

"50 yuan for one mild hammer!"

Yuan Mao mumbles while hammering.