Chapter 121: She’s Just a Tool
Chapter 121: Chapter 121: She’s Just a Tool
"Coach Yang, Brother Chu, you’re here..."
The sparring match had just ended.
Lin Yi and Shen Yuzhe stepped down from the ring.
Chu Zhengxiong and his group walked over to them.
"HAHAHA... Not bad, kid. You just got out of the hospital and you’re already back at the Martial Arts Hall? And sparring, no less. Aren’t you afraid of making your injuries worse?"
Chu Zhengxiong clapped Lin Yi on the shoulder.
His eyes were filled with admiration.
In fact, ever since he first met Lin Yi,
he’d had a good feeling about him. In Chu Zhengxiong’s own words, they just clicked.
An odd pair, but they saw eye to eye.
It was simply destiny.
Besides, Chu Zhengxiong had watched Lin Yi grow, step by step.
Lin Yi smiled. "We just exchanged a few moves, no cultivation used... Otherwise, I probably would’ve been beaten in a second!"
"A few moves? Even if it was just a few moves, you got him all worked up. He nearly forgot he’s your senior and was about to break the rules!"
"I’m telling you, Old Han, the temperament of this batch of Martial Arts University students isn’t great. You’ll need to straighten him out later. Getting all emotional after a few moves with his junior?"
"With a temperament like that, don’t even say he’s from a Martial Arts University. We can’t afford that kind of embarrassment!"
Chu Zhengxiong’s words were directed at Shen Yuzhe.
Everyone had witnessed the flustered and exasperated state he was in after being defeated by Lin Yi.
Chu Zhengxiong was using this opportunity to put him in his place.
Shen Yuzhe wasn’t stupid; he naturally understood the meaning behind Chu Zhengxiong’s words.
He lowered his head, his face beet red, not daring to retort.
A flicker of displeasure crossed Han Bin’s eyes.
Shen Yuzhe was an intern in their Demon Hunting Squad One. In terms of talent and comprehension, he was considered quite good.
With the right guidance, becoming an official Demon Hunter wouldn’t have been a problem.
But the temperament he displayed today
made Han Bin re-evaluate him completely.
’As a Demon Hunter, how can his temperament be so unstable? If we go out on a mission together in the future, won’t his personal emotions cause some kind of trouble?’
A Demon Hunting Squad operates as a team.
It requires repeated battles to build cohesion.
Only then can a squad become a true unit.
If a mistake occurs because of one person’s poor temperament, it could bring a devastating disaster upon the entire squad.
Han Bin said nothing, but the displeasure in his eyes
was plain to see...
"Lin Yi, what are your plans when you get to the New District? Have you considered joining our Demon Hunting Bureau? On behalf of Team Three, I welcome you!"
Suddenly, Mo Ya walked over with a smile.
She casually extended an invitation to Lin Yi.
"Mo Ya, you’ve gone too far! Poaching him right in front of me?" Chu Zhengxiong’s expression darkened as he feigned anger.
Mo Ya chuckled lightly. "Brother Chu, Lin Yi isn’t on your team yet, is he? He still has the right to choose where he wants to go!"
"Fine. If that’s how you want to play it, let’s have Lin Yi decide for himself.
Tell us, which team do you want to join?"
Chu Zhengxiong looked at Lin Yi with a serious expression.
Mo Ya’s eyes also glittered with anticipation.
Through their two previous encounters with Lin Yi,
Mo Ya, Han Bin, and the others had all realized that Lin Yi’s talent was exceptional.
He might even be the most talented individual they had seen in years.
During his bout with Shen Yuzhe just now,
Lin Yi had been completely composed, despite Shen Yuzhe being his senior from a Martial Arts University.
At the start, Shen Yuzhe had launched a fierce assault on Lin Yi,
seeming to want to end the fight within a few rounds.
However, faced with the storm-like offensive,
Lin Yi responded with ease, never losing his own rhythm.
On the contrary, he was able to launch effective counterattacks from time to time, forcing Shen Yuzhe back.
Especially at the end, when they saw that Lin Yi had modified the basic fist and leg techniques,
integrating more effective moves for actual combat,
it made Chu Zhengxiong and the others’ eyes light up.
He had asked Yang Yong at the time if he was the one who helped Lin Yi modify the moves.
After Yang Yong denied it,
Chu Zhengxiong’s admiration for Lin Yi grew even stronger.
Taking the most basic fist and footwork and incorporating more effective moves for real combat—
—isn’t that the definition of talent?
Therefore, it wasn’t just Mo Ya who had her eye on Lin Yi.
Even Han Bin admired him greatly.
"Alright, it’s too soon for you two to be talking about this!"
"Lin Yi is still a high school senior. The Martial Arts Exam is in another month!"
"Right now, the most important thing for him is to break through his bottleneck and be in peak condition for the exam.
After he gets accepted into a Martial Arts University, then you can have him make a choice..."
Yang Yong stepped forward, helping Lin Yi out of a bind.
Chu Zhengxiong smiled and nodded. "Old Yang is right. We shouldn’t distract Lin Yi from his Martial Arts Exam. If he gets distracted and fails, wouldn’t he resent us for the rest of his life?"
After a few jokes, Chu Zhengxiong patted Lin Yi’s shoulder.
"Alright, keep up the good work, and take care of your body.
Sparring with someone when your injuries haven’t even fully healed... Couldn’t you have picked a decent opponent? Why’d you have to pick a piece of work like him!"
"Train hard. We’ll be heading out now!"
After he spoke, Lin Yi nodded and bid them farewell one by one.
Just as Chu Zhengxiong, Han Bin, and the others were turning to leave,
a cold glint flashed in Han Bin’s eyes. "Shen Yuzhe, are you not leaving?"
"Ah? I’m coming..."
Startled, Shen Yuzhe quickly snapped back to his senses and followed them.
It was at this moment that Qin Zhaoxue and Yin Xiaoyu walked over from the side.
As they passed by Lin Yi,
Qin Zhaoxue playfully stuck her tongue out at him.
"Captain Chu, wait for us!"
"Hm? I completely forgot about you two. Why did you run over here? This business between Lin Yi and Shen Yuzhe... it was because of you, wasn’t it?"
Qin Zhaoxue: "..."
After they had entered the elevator,
Lin Yi finally turned and walked back toward the training area.
Soon, Zhou Qi, Sun Tao, and Hu Quan surrounded him.
Each of them wore a faint smile.
Lin Yi defeating Shen Yuzhe had been incredibly satisfying for them.
For the past two days, he’d been using his status as a senior to constantly challenge the disciples of the Martial Arts Hall.
People like Zhuang Tao, Lin Lu, and Han Song
had all been soundly defeated by Shen Yuzhe.
If Zhou Qi hadn’t learned some dirty tricks from Lin Yi, he probably wouldn’t have lasted either.
But now, Shen Yuzhe had utterly lost face at Lin Yi’s hands.
"That Shen Yuzhe guy was about to use his cultivation just now. If Captain Han hadn’t stopped him in time, I was really afraid he’d retaliate against you!" Zhou Qi said, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Sun Tao and Hu Quan both nodded. "Yeah. No matter what, he’s a senior. He has absolutely no class, trying to pull a sneak attack like that!"
"Keep your voice down. Don’t let Shen Mengyi hear you. That’s her biological brother..."
As soon as the words were out, Lin Yi subconsciously glanced around.
He saw Shen Mengyi hitting a training dummy by herself.
She didn’t seem to have noticed them.
’Thinking back on what Shen Yuzhe said to me today,’ Lin Yi thought, ’no matter the motive, Shen Mengyi is quite pitiful.’
’She lost her parents when she was young and had to live with her aunt and uncle.’
’No matter how nice they were, she must have felt like she was living under someone else’s roof.’
’She’d have to be careful with everything she did, afraid of making her aunt and uncle unhappy.’
’And now that she’s grown up, she’s become a tool for Shen Yuzhe.’
’Maybe Shen Yuzhe’s intentions were good.’
’But only he knows if there were selfish motives involved.’
’But him telling Shen Mengyi to pursue me definitely served his own purposes.’
’His intentions were self-evident.’
"So that’s all a Martial Arts University student amounts to!"
"Oh, stop bragging. ’All they amount to?’ It’s one thing for Lin Yi to say that, but you?"
"What about me? I’ll learn a few dirty tricks from Lin Yi later and completely crush those seniors from the Martial Arts University!"
"HAHAHA... Learning dirty tricks takes talent too!"
"What kind of talent?"
"With that shifty look on your face, you’d give yourself away before you even tried a dirty trick. You call that talent?"
"Piss off, you’re the shifty one..."
In an instant, they all burst into laughter.
When Lin Yi followed Zhou Qi and the others to the rest area,
he had just sat down when Zhou Qi brought over a few blended drinks.
"The coach said your injuries just healed, so you can’t do any strenuous training. Sit here and rest for a bit!"
Lin Yi took the drink, nodded with a light smile, and said, "Thanks, senior."
"Oh, give me a break! Don’t call me senior. You’re my senior now..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Tao nodded sagely.
"Mm, Little Zhou, you know what’s good for you. Come give your senior a shoulder rub!"
"Piss off..."