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Chapter 44 - 44 44 Wang Da Attends the Meeting Alone with His Saber

44: Chapter 44 Wang Da Attends the Meeting Alone with His Saber 44: Chapter 44 Wang Da Attends the Meeting Alone with His Saber To contain the toxicity of knowledge and the erosion of its echoes, the simplest method was to engage in rigorous physical activity to expend energy and empty the mind.

Yet, such extensive physical exertion not only depleted one’s energy but also the scant reserves of body fat—and in that era, it wasn’t much different from punishment.

In other words, without solving the energy supply issue, everything else was mere talk.

Sometimes Wang Yunxiao wondered if something had gone wrong when he traveled through time.

Other protagonists were like lone stars of disaster, well-fed while their families went hungry.

But his situation was the complete opposite, with over a dozen mouths clamoring to be fed.

Feeding one person meat and providing meat for over a dozen people were entirely different challenges.

The solution to this problem was simple—he really didn’t need to care about these so-called “brothers.”

Even if he neglected them, they could still eat and peacefully attend school.

And even if the food wasn’t great, they wouldn’t starve to death.

Wang Yunxiao had no need to waste his limited resources on them.

It was fine for him to think this way; after all, it was just a thought.

But what made him subtly anxious was the odd behavior displayed by Nurse Liu.

People fear what they don’t know, and the more one knows, the more crowded one’s mind becomes with thoughts.

Ever since he came into contact with this mysterious knowledge, Wang Yunxiao had keenly noticed subtle changes in the thoughts of those studying with him.

Chen Yan had been exposed to this knowledge the earliest.

She could see things others couldn’t, which in turn made her neurotic.

In the past, she had been a diligent student focused solely on her studies, forthright in character.

Disgusted by the lax demeanor of Wang Yunxiao’s group, she would often inform on them.

Now, however, she had become tight-lipped, hardly speaking unless necessary, for fear that her words might frighten her classmates.

Little Gourd had always been well-behaved and sensible, consistently a compliant and good child.

But after learning about Chen Yan’s abnormalities, she became intensely curious, always pestering Chen Yan, wanting to know what she had seen.

Even though she was terrified of ghosts, she couldn’t help but encourage Chen Yan to catch ghosts at school.

Youtiao became even more scheming.

Perhaps in his view, apart from big brother, the rest were troublemakers, each one a source of worry.

Just the daily concern for this and that was enough to rob him of sleep, leaving him with dark circles under his eyes.

Nurse Liu had long foreseen such changes but assured them that it was normal, nothing to worry about.

‘Normal, my ass!’ Wang Yunxiao thought.

If his temperament had been even slightly more volatile, he couldn’t have tolerated her attitude.

In martial arts novels, a master first assessed an apprentice’s character before teaching the martial arts skills.

If one didn’t pass the test of character, they wouldn’t easily teach.

This was when the control group would appear: the eldest apprentice couldn’t endure the loneliness and dullness, thinking the master was toying with him and would rebel on the spot.

The youngest apprentice, pure and gentle in character, not arrogant or impatient, passed the master’s test and was allowed to cultivate peerless martial arts…

And you?

You didn’t care about character at all but went for a completely free-range mentorship approach.

Isn’t our school actually some branch of the Demon Sect?

Wang Yunxiao could see that Chen Yan was starting to show signs of mild mental anxiety.

She was just an ordinary girl from a regular family; her world shouldn’t contain such things, and she wasn’t involved of her own volition but was forced into it.

Speaking of which…

it was actually Wang Yunxiao’s responsibility.

If Chen Yan hadn’t been inquiring about their affairs, she wouldn’t have met Shen Haowen, who used the Evil Technique.

Now, with events like participating in ghost marriages, changing feng shui, and mysterious strangers coming to their school to take on apprentices, it was hard to say how her mentality might change.

Even Youtiao could see that Chen Yan was now distracted from her studies, yet Nurse Liu just watched indifferently.

Don’t ask; if you ask, it’s because you can’t force growth.

But in reality, not everyone has such strong initiative.

Some people need to be guided or pushed by someone else.

“Tugging it a bit won’t matter.”

When it was time for lunch again, the homeroom teacher came to fetch Chen Yan, to take her home for a while.

Little Gourd, who was eating with Chen Yan, ran to tell Wang Yunxiao that her mother had come to the school looking for her, saying her father had an accident at home.

Isn’t this just never-ending crap?

Youtiao turned his head, ready to call others, but Wang Yunxiao waved his hand, signaling him to calm down.

Sometimes having too many people can actually make things more difficult.

Those who enjoy horror films and supernatural novels know that when ghosts scare people, there are often special limitations.

For instance, they must appear late at night, the victim must be alone, mobile phone signals don’t work…

and the like.

It’s said that there are many unwritten rules in that circle, such as the plotline that mobile phones have no signal must be set before 2023, otherwise the readers will laugh at you for being too far ahead.

Demons and ghouls, they fear crowds the most.

Wang Yunxiao, swaggering through town with a dozen underlings, would rarely be troubled by ordinary loafers, let alone those from the crooked paths of the Demon Sect.

Last time, it was because we had too many people that the other party didn’t even dare to show up.

Now, they’re shamelessly trying their luck again.

Wang Yunxiao was keen to see if the other party would have the courage to appear if he went alone.

They can’t possibly be scared of just him alone, waiting to bully Chen Yan when she’s by herself, right?

If someone is cowardly to that extent, then they might as well not mix in the Jianghu World—it’s pointless, isn’t it?

“Big brother…”

“Don’t move, I’ll go take a look.”

Watching the homeroom teacher leave the school’s main gate with Chen Yan, Wang Yunxiao followed quietly, scaling the wall.

Guozi watched Wang Yunxiao’s back until he was over the wall before turning away, asking Youtiao in a muffled voice, “Does big brother think we’re a burden?”

Youtiao pursed his lips and sighed, “A bit…”

Guozi fixed his gaze on him, “You’re the second in command, what should we do?”

Youtiao didn’t speak, pondered for a long while, and then softly asked Guozi, “Among our brothers…

when it really comes down to a fight, how many are willing to fight ruthlessly?”

It’s one thing to dare to fight, but quite another to dare to fight ruthlessly.

Some people seem so meek and compliant in everyday life, like a soft persimmon that anyone can squeeze.

But if they’re really pushed to the brink, they can grab a knife and stab you cold-heartedly.

Guozi thought for a moment, counting on his fingers, “One for me, one for Gangtou, one for Eryang, that’s it!”

“Gangtou?”

Youtiao was surprised and instinctively looked back at the tallest and stoutest of the brothers, who, unsurprisingly, greeted him with a simple and honest smile.

“Are you kidding me?”

Youtiao’s disbelief was understandable; he knew Gangtou too well.

This guy was just big, but in reality, he was a simpleton who didn’t dare to fight.

He was mostly used to make up numbers in the front.

He’d eat the most at meals but was the most timid in a fight, never daring to charge forward.

That’s why his nickname was Gangtou, looking tough on the surface but crumbly and soft inside.

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