Chapter 140: Trouble and mastermind!

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"Seems like we need to go soon.. how are the preparations?" Duan Li turned around and asked his party.

"I've managed to memorize everything that your mother- I mean Senior Meng Yue taught us just now. With that, I'll be able to compile a manual book for group formations and give each maneuver a code name for easier reference on the battlefield, and it will be finish by the time we arrive at the hangar." Shen Lu said confidently.

After all, he didn't apply to become a strategist just on a whim, but because he could speed read and write at a blazing speed that had outpaced all of his peers!

With such abilities, he was able to learn and comprehend numerous complex strategem in a very short period of time, and when he entered the entrance test for the Strategist class, he basically excelled in all his marks!

"I... I've made it a compulsion to concoct pills or elixirs everyday, and thankfully because of that, we have enough supply for tomorrow's sudden skirmish. But just in case, I.. I will concoct some extras in case of emergency later on!" Guo He said nervously.

All these while, he had thought that those extra pills and elixirs he made everyday would either go to waste or would be sold for a very cheap price being a low 2 Star rank Alchemist.

But who would've thought that it would come in handy today?

"Very good! Di Rou, do you have any advice on how to distribute the pills and elixirs efficiently during a battle?" Duan Li turned to ask at his personal assistant.

Di Rou nodded, "Yes Master! I could personally deliver each pills and elixirs around a battlefield quickly, but for efficiency, we could use the newly formed Special Task Force!"

Hearing this, Duan Li became very intrigued.

"You mean Cucko and his team?"

"Affirmative Master!" after which, Di Rou called them out, "Chickens, Assemble!"

Whooshh!! Whooshh!!

Three rows of chickens suddenly congregated together that appeared to be extremely well-built and mighty, especially that sole leader of their's that stood at the very front of them all with a puffed out chest, the self-proclaimed King of the Chickens, Cucko!

"CUCK-CUCCKOOOO!!"

Cucko cucked out with a loud cuck, akin to a military commander greeting their superior, after which, the other chickens behind it followed suit and cucked out!

CUCK-CUCK-CUCCKOOOOO!!

They all seemed to be greeting Duan Li with their utmost form of respect and reverence by cucking out proudly!

Just by these outstanding performance of their's, they had already overshadowed the rest of their fellow species by an insurmountable gap!

"Holy hell! Where does all these loud chickens come from?!" Shen Murong said with a stupefied expression.

"... Is my senses alright? I felt these chickens to be somehow.. in the.. Qi condensation realm?" Fei Longwei creased his brows together, unable to comprehend the phenomena before him.

".. I think you are right.. I could feel their Qi fluctuations too.. but that can't be right.. chickens don't have monster cores in them.." Xu Rong commented out curiously.

At the side, Shen Lu nodded his head proudfully!

It seems that those chickens that had survived the experiment before has started to mutate splendidly!

Kekeke!

I wonder how the fishes are faring in that pond though?

"Impressive! You guys will definitely become a force to be reckoned with in the future!" Duan Li couldn't help but to compliment them after sensing their Qi fluctuations.

It won't be too long before they would make another breakthrough to the next level!

"Master, we could use two out of the three division here to help out with the pills and elixirs distribution during the battle tomorrow. Not only are they extremely agile, their small body would go undetected by most large enemies!" Di Rou said.

"Furthermore, I've taught them the basic form of the secret art that I've always used to hide in the shadows, and surprisingly, they were already able to execute it almost effortlessly as if it were in their blood!"

"With these, they could hide within one's shadow and could be commanded to fetch items any time!" she added.

Oho? That's very interesting!

"Good! Then in that case, leave one division to guard the residence court here while we are out." Duan Li instructed.

Whooshh!!

A division of the chicken nodded as they immediately spread out to hide in various locations of the residence court. Erasing their presence, they soon became undetected once more.

"Since there are 8 of you chickens here, I want you all to hide in each of my follower's shadow other than Xiahou Yu. As for your orders, I'm pretty sure you've all already received it!"

The chickens nodded and quickly dived into everyone's shadow except Xiahou Yu, where the latter's expression showed disappointment as she sighed.

"I couldn't risk letting her get one of these chickens.. who knows what she might do to them.." Duan Li thought inwardly.

The rest of the party also showed a hint of understanding as well, but couldn't help to still pity her.

Ahem!

"You.. you surely do have some weird companions around you.." his mother commented after closing her wide opened jaw from sheer disbelief of chickens possessing cultivation realms.

Just what sorts of person was Meng Yue, the Tyrant of the Jiu Empire?

She was a top-notch expert before her retirement, but even then, after trodding through the Tian continent for many years before while experiencing the various vicissitudes of life, she had never encountered a species of chickens as such!

Even the poultry animals like these chickens here had transformed into such a degree, was I really out of the loop for so long that I've never heard a mention about this back in the village?

But the neighbour's chickens was still normal though..

Shaking her head, she decided to forget it and put the matter to the back of her head.

"Well, let's head off to the hangar then shall we?" she said.

Everyone nodded and Cucko leaped atop of Duan Li's left shoulder, perching proudly as it puffed its muscular chest out.

Duan Li chuckled as he shook his head.

"I could already open up a circus show with all these collection of pets that I have now.."

Psheww!!

As they flew into the distance together, Cucko that was standing stoicly on Duan Li's shoulder could suddenly feel that someone was staring at its thigh intently from the back that it sent shivers down its spine!

Swerving its chicken head to the back, she found out that a human, the one called Xiahou Yu, to be staring at it for a while before the latter turned her head away into another direction.

"This human, what could she be thinking? I just felt a dangerous vibe.. as if a predator coming out from her.." Cucko remarked inwardly before turning its head back to the front.

Was it my imagination?

...

In front of the academy's hangar, was a mass congregation of students numbering in the thousands.

Some appeared to be wearing a grim expression while others indifferent and some, excited. But regardless, everyone was worked up by the sudden news that they had to depart today and the battle was tomorrow.

"Damn it! I couldn't believe that the monster stampede would be coming tomorrow instead of next week!"

"Me too! I haven't even purchase any pills or elixirs yet! I'm finished!"

"What? Here, take some of mine. As a cultivator, you should have some of these in stock at all times you know?"

"Yeah.. sorry and thanks.. huh? Hey look! Those groups of people over there.. isn't that the famed new junior student, Duan Li that had been causing a ruckus lately at the very front there?"

"Eh, you're right! Its indeed him.. those at the back must be his party then.."

The students began to gossip as soon as Duan Li and his party landed. They've heard a variety of rumors going on about this new junior with the Lord class as his main occupation.

Some said that he was an extremely formidable cultivator, such that even the third year Seniors had difficulties handling him in a battle!

Some even said that he was a crooked person, swindling everyone's spirit stones in a huge controversy and scandalous event that he created using his fame!

Therefore right now, there were a lot of gazes looking at Duan Li and his party with various intent behind them.

"Alright, stare on us much longer than that and I will slap you all to meet with your ancestor in the afterlife!" Shen Murong bellowed out.

Somehow, Shen Murong's role right now was like a bodyguard to Duan Li and his party. With his huge solid body as if a slab of rock from the mountains and his furry looks, coupled with his reknowned wild personality shared by all those of their clan, not many dared to retort on his words and thus, stopped their staring.

However unfortunately, there were still groups of people that do not understand this, thus they shouted back.

"Huh? Who the hell do you think you are?"

"Yeah, what's your problem with us staring, its our eyes and we can do anything we want with it!"

"Overconfident prick! You're nothing but an exagerated individual. If not for your clan, I would have long pummeled you for your insolence!"

"Big body but small brain!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA"

Hearing the waves of insult on him, the veins on Shen Murong's entire body popped out as he let out a murderous aura.

"Huh? What? You gonna kill us now? You got the guts? All show-offs!"

"Boohoo! I'm so scared! Where do you think this is idiot? You think the academy would turn a blind eye if you kill someone here just because you're from the Shen clan?!"

Shen Murong's face darkened at this moment. And was just about to head out to truly kill them!

He could tolerate them mocking him and at most, they would only receive a near-death injuries for that. But for them to bring his clan into this matter, as if he was strong and unfettered was due to his clan helping him, he would not tolerate those!

Only he knows of how much effort he had made to be where he was right now.

Thankfully, Shen Lu stopped him.

"Wait! Something is not right. It seems as if they were doing this intentionally. Don't get baited out." Shen Lu spoke out.

Gritting his teeth, Shen Murong replied, "I know, but I won't let them continue running their mouth!"

Duan Li on the other hand, frowned at this unexpected scene.

At a distance, further away from the fray, was a scholarly looking student with a wide grin on his face as he watched the entire scene playing out with a snicker.

"Now, Duan Li, I wonder how you will deal with this situation.."

He was the Strategist club's elder, that previously had his reputation thrown down the drain due to his mistake in predicting Duan Li's value ranking.

Rong Huan!

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