Chapter 80: Gambling with Du Gu Bo, the new Shrek squad (5k)_3

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"Do you not believe it?"

"How could I? It's as obvious as lice on a bald head!"

Du Gu Bo spread his hands.

Qin Xiao chuckled, "How about we make a bet? Whoever wins gets to tell the other person to do something."

Uh-oh...

It's that same old trick again.

Du Gu Bo was filled with a sense of wariness. He knew this was likely a trap.

But...

Could Blue Silver Grass really transform into a person?

And a beautiful woman at that...

He was even more skeptical.

"Du Gu Bo, don't you want to take back this herb garden?"

"As an additional condition, if you win, how about I give you the herb garden?"

Qin Xiao's temptingly criminal voice rang out.

The herb garden...

Du Gu Bo's eyes lit up, flames seemingly igniting within them.

You could say Du Gu Bo might not be moved by a beautiful woman – that's because to him, the herb garden was like a stripped beautiful woman, even more attractive.

"Opportunity, this is an opportunity!"

Du Gu Bo gritted his teeth, making up his mind, "Fine, I accept your terms. And I'll add one condition..."

Saying so, he pointed at the flowerpot in Qin Xiao's hands, "If I lose, I'll even eat the flowerpot in your hands."

"Brave, I admire your ignorance and fearlessness."

Qin Xiao's eyes flashed with a trace of admiration.

That should be a compliment, right?

So why do I feel like I'm being scolded?

Du Gu Bo said grumpily, "Enough of the chatter, now make it turn into a beautiful woman."

"Now?"

"No no no, you've misunderstood me."

Qin Xiao shook his head, mischief twinkling in his eyes, "I said it would become a beautiful woman, but I didn't specify when."

"If we're setting a time limit for its transformation, I'd say it needs a hundred thousand years!"

What the heck?

A hundred thousand years?

Du Gu Bo was first taken aback, then cursed angrily, "You little brat, are you deliberately toying with me? Even if it's a soul beast, how many can live for a hundred thousand years?"

Qin Xiao merely smiled, not revealing to Du Gu Bo that the Bluesilver Emperor, after receiving the sacrifice of the Blue Silver King and if able to absorb and refine the soul power of a hundred million Blue Silver Grasses, could indeed become a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

And this process wouldn't take too long.

Of course.

Qin Xiao couldn't estimate the specific time, but he believed that this matter could already bring him a surprise.

Next to the Icefire Polarized Eyes, Qin Xiao planted the Bluesilver Emperor.

Then he placed the flowerpot in Du Gu Bo's hands.

"Clean it and keep it safe, you might actually have the chance to eat it in this lifetime."

"Heh, actually, I've already won; it's just that you're not ready to admit defeat now."

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Du Gu Bo gave a cold smile.

Qin Xiao smiled noncommittally. This time, he didn't mention ten thousand years, but instead shook a single finger in front of Du Gu Bo, "Give me no more than ten days, and Blue Silver Grass will transform, believe it or not? If it doesn't, then consider it my loss."

"Hahaha, alright, I'll remember what you said."

Du Gu Bo couldn't help but burst into laughter.

How could he not be happy?

In ten days, he would be able to take back the medicinal garden he so dearly loved.

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"Old Master Fu, these three are the strongest students in Blue Tyrant Academy, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Jiang Zhu...."

"Hmm, there was also Tailong who was passable previously..."

In Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong pointed to the two men and one woman beside him as he introduced them.

Flander nodded, "Adding in Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai; that's enough people for a Soul Master squad. For substitutes, there's no need to rush; we can recruit them slowly."

Liu Erlong nodded, "That's all we can do for now. But there's still time before the Continental Soul Master Championship, enough for us to select suitable members and form a competitive team."

"Alright, Zhao Wuji, now that everyone's here, you can start leading them in training."

Zhao Wuji nodded, and with a serious voice, said to Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the rest, including the three from Blue Tyrant Academy, "Follow me, official training begins now."

Having said that, he led everyone away from the place.

For a time, only Liu Erlong and Flander were left at the scene.

Suddenly, Liu Erlong sighed, "Old Master Fu, you know, with His Majesty the Thunder Emperor's age, participating in the Soul Master Championship is completely within the rules. If he's willing, looking across all the Soul Master teams in Soul Land, who could be a match? We'd have the championship in the bag."

"Haha, Er Long, you really dare to dream. What status does His Majesty hold, how could he possibly be interested in such a thing?"

Flander suddenly laughed.

However.

He wasn't able to keep laughing a moment later.

"Flander, Liu Erlong, what are you up to?"

Suddenly, a streak of purple light flashed by, and Qin Xiao's figure appeared abruptly in front of Liu Erlong and Flander.

"Your Highness, you've arrived quite timely."

"But rest assured, we were not speaking ill of you behind your back."

Flander hurriedly explained, fearing Qin Xiao might misunderstand.

"Then I'm even more curious to hear just what you were discussing." Qin Xiao asked with interest.

"Your Highness, it was like this. Just now Old Master Fu and I brought together the most outstanding students from both academies to form a squad, to prepare for the Continental Soul Master Championship."

"However, I heard from Old Master Fu that you're only eighteen years old, meeting the age requirement for the Championship, so I wondered, what if you were to take part..."

At this point, Liu Erlong spoke candidly.

"So it's just that..." Qin Xiao realized.

He remembered there was indeed such a championship where Shrek came out on top in the end.

But with his abilities, personally joining the fray would be like bullying kids, wouldn't it?

"Checking out the excitement might be nice, I've heard that the Skywater Battle Team is an all-female team, very pleasing to the eye..." Qin Xiao thought with interest.

However.

Just then, a mechanical voice rang out in Qin Xiao's mind.

The long-absent System had issued a task again.

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I intended to write six thousand, but I'm a bit tired. There are some issues with the follow-up; I'll write more tomorrow.