Infinite Star - Chapter 31
“Wait… What are you doing here?” The principal was confused by Zayn’s question.
“What I’m doing? It’s the final round of the tournament, principal! Of course, I’m winning here.”
The principal was shocked by Zayn’s statement. He immediately checked Zayn’s cultivation stage, only to find out that he was still in the 3-Star Body Refinement Realm. What kind of joke was Zayn playing on him?
“Principal, he’s right. He is currently fighting in the final round against my student Flint. I know it’s hard to believe that, but he is really an astounding student.”
After Teacher Leaf reaffirmed what Zayn said, the principal started to look over to Vown. He remembered that Vown already told him that Zayn should be able to perform in the finals. Now he understood why Vown was so confident. The boy’s talent wasn’t restricted to his Cultivation of the Heart, he was a genius in every regard.
“I’m sorry Zayn, but we have to end the fight now. Brad’s student did something unforgivable, and he has to be punished.”
“But it’s the final round! Besides, we could punish him after the round.”
“No, sorry Zayn. We have to do that now. The tournament will be canceled off.”
Zayn was frustrated over that. His motivation for beating Flint wasn’t only deriving from his hatred over him, he also had the quest to win the tournament.
“Daisy, what happens if the tournament is canceled?”
“The quest will be seen as not fulfilled. The punishment will be carried out. The host clearly had the chance to beat the opponent and end the fight already, but he chose to toy with him. The host is clearly at fault on this matter.”
Panick could be seen over Zayn’s face. He knew that he toyed with his opponent and had the chance to end the fight, but he didn’t expect this kind of development.
He was frightened over the fact that a failure of the quest will bring some punishment with it. He couldn’t dare to imagine what the Daily System would utter as a punishment. If they could easily transport him from earth to this unknown world, then everything around the Daily System would be extreme.
“Brad, do it, now!”
The principal instructed Teacher Leaf in crippling Flint. After a breath of hesitation Teacher Leaf slowly walked up towards Flint.
Zayn was desperately searching for a solution to his problem. He didn’t care at all if Flint would get crippled or not, the problem was that he had to win the tournament first.
Teacher Leaf was getting closer and closer to Flint.
Flint was struck in fear at this moment. He couldn’t comprehend the situation. He, the one above all, was now getting crippled. What did he do wrong? Crippling worms? Was that so wrong?
“STOP! DON’T YOU DARE COME CLOSER TO HIM!”
An unknown voice struck like the principal’s voice in every ear. The voice was nearly as powerful as the principal’s voice.
The source of the voice appeared out of nowhere behind Flint. It was someone with similar features as Flint, with also the unique red hair. He seemed far older than Flint, but someone familiar to him.
As Flint saw his face, he was struck by happiness and immediately cheered up.
“Uncle! What are you doing here?”
“I heard your tournament was today. I wanted to see your performance, kid! And also bring you back to the Burning Heart Family. We have a visitor!”
The principal immediately gazed at Flint’s uncle.
“Do you think you can change anything with your presence here? Do you really think I am afraid of you?” The principal yelled at him.
“No, I don’t. But you see our family was blessed by a visitor today. It’s Flint’s grandpa, from his mother’s side. He’s an elder in the Burning Heart Family in the capital. I’m wondering what he has to say to this matter.”
After saying that Flint’s uncle put out an unknown stone from his small bag. It was a purple stone, with some engravings on it.
“What’s that stone?” Zayn asked Infinite Star.
“It’s a Transmission Qi Stone. With that kind of Qi Stone, you can easily reach and talk to other cultivators who are far away. They also only need a Transmission Qi Stone and your unique engraving. It’s quite handy in the cultivation world.”
“Ouh like a phone! It would be far cooler if there existed smartphones here, but still to have phones here is awesome!”
“…Phones? Kid, what’s that? I’ve watched over billions of worlds and never once did I have heard this kind of word!”
“Uhm… Forget about it!”
The principal understood that if Flint’s uncle was serious about the matter, he could call this elder at any time with his Transmission Qi Stone. There was also the chance that Flint’s uncle was bluffing, but he didn’t want to risk that.
As the words, Burning Heart Family and capital sounded the audience was intimidated. They knew of their terrifying existence and wouldn’t dare to offend them at any cost. How the hell were they now involved in this mess? They only wanted to watch the tournament.
“Well, you could call your elder, but don’t forget that the Thunder Head Academy was founded by the Thunder Head Sect. If you dare to offend the Thunder Head Sect, then go on!” The principal rebuked Flint’s uncle.
“So, we agree that we should handle this matter on our own! Now, Flint is the future of the Burning Heart Family and the beloved grandson of a well-known elder. Crippling him would only make things complicated. Don’t you agree, principal?”
“He crippled one of the academy’s student, only for display of power! Do you think I can let him get away with that?”
“Hmm… How about the Burning Heart Family will repay the academy with a Vermilion’s tear?”
“…”
The name of the Vermilion’s tear didn’t arouse any interest in the audience or any student at all. They didn’t know what it really was. Even the teachers didn’t know of the value of the Vermilion’s tear.
But the ones who knew were dumbfounded. Brad, the principal, and even Vown were shocked. They knew with that kind of item, they not only could heal the crippled student, but they still could use it to benefit one of their student’s cultivation.
“Hey, what’s the Vermilion’s tear?” Zayn again asked Infinite Star.
“Urgh… You’re really on the level of an infant! The Vermilion’s tear is, as its name implies, a hardened tear of a Vermilion Bird. The Vermilion Bird is a high-ranking beast. Anything from the Vermilion Bird is regarded as high tier items. Even its tear. But I’m not sure if it’s a real Vermilion’s tear. This world seems far too low-level to have anything like that.”
“Uncle, do you really have a Vermilion’s tear?” Flint was one of the only few young students who knew of the Vermilion’s tear existence, and he whispered like a child to his uncle’s ear.
“Yes, it was originally a present from your grandpa, but to fix this mess, I have to use it.” Flint’s uncle whispered back.
“If you really can bring a Vermilion’s tear, then the matter will be forgiven!”
This sounded as if the principal wasn’t strict, but if one knew of the Vermilion’s tear value, one would immediately tear apart that thought. It wasn’t directly a bribe from the Burning Heart Family, as the item’s value was so high that the Burning Heart Family would really make a loss out of it.
“Great! Now that we handled that matter, how about we go back on the fight? You know what, I’m even fine if Flint just admits defeat now.”
“…”
The audience was surprised at Zayn’s easy-going character in this kind of situation.
“Right, right, Flint you can just hand me the 50 Qi Pills over! But that’s really unfortunate that you can’t get your Fire Fist back…”
Zayn didn’t care at all anymore about the situation on the arena. He just wanted to get on with the tournament and end it finally. A delicious reward was awaiting him, and he wasn’t in the slightest interested in the punishment.
“Hold on! My nephew didn’t lose yet!” Flint’s uncle looked proudly at Flint.
Flint, on the other hand, was starting to curse at his uncle in his head. He wasn’t in the slightest interested in the fight against Zayn and lose his face again.
