Chapter 173 Give Me Another Chance
This was a beautifully said, and it showed his magnanimity, causing Shi Chun and Wu Jin to look at him and then at their own men.
Since Wan Daoxuan said so and gave such a guarantee, Mai Zhanzhang felt relieved. He turned to face his accomplices who came here dejectedly and said loudly: "When the two sides were one, no matter how much we contributed, we didn't get any credit. Now that the two sides are separated, we still have to give all the achievements we made by ourselves to them. Everyone, do you think this is fair?"
No one responded at first, but then one of Mai Zhanzhang’s fellow students shouted, “Not fair!”
Then the voices of "unfair" began to rise one after another, gradually converging into the same voice that echoed in the valley.
The shouting voices gradually revealed anger, a desire to vent and resist.
The words that had been suppressed in my heart for a long time finally came out in anger at this moment when the law could not hold everyone responsible.
The welcoming golden lights on both sides of the valley suddenly dimmed a lot. This was not the return of an accomplice, but they came back to grab the credit. What a welcome! They didn't even want to give them a good face.
On the distant hilltop, Mulan Qingqing, standing with her hands behind her back, heard the sound coming from behind, still looking cold and expressionless.
Guan Yingjie on the side snorted, "It's about to begin."
Shi Chun's expression was solemn, and Wu Jinliang's expression immediately became solemn as well when he saw his reaction. Anyway, neither of them said anything and let the noise continue.
After waiting for a while, Wan Daoxuan cast a spell and said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, don't quarrel, don't make a fuss, and talk it out nicely." After the noise died down a bit, he said again: "I know what you mean, but the rules of the competition were agreed upon by everyone at the beginning. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to negate the result after it has already been achieved, right?"
Someone in the so-called mob immediately shouted, "What kind of agreement is that? Do we have a choice? It's still up to you to decide what to do."
Someone among the elite troops on the mountainside responded loudly, "If you think it's unfair, just say so earlier. If you really win, will you still cry out that it's unfair?"
Someone in the mob retorted, "You have gathered your best troops to compete with us. Is this fair or unfair? Don't you have any idea?"
Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang looked at each other subconsciously again. It would be strange if the people who dared to rebuke these big sects in public were simple. They realized that there were probably more than one or two traitors on their side.
Someone among the elite troops mocked, "You are quite self-aware. You know who is the elite and you know that you are inferior to them. Don't you have any idea who gets the credit?"
Wan Daoxuan and the other two also looked at each other. They didn't arrange so many pretentious people for the elite troops. Now it seems that there is no need to arrange so many people at all. Once the topic was brought up, they naturally started to argue.
Someone in the mob sneered, "I thought the elites were so powerful. They have such a big advantage, but they only have 5,000 more than us. If they were as strong as me, you can figure out what kind of character they would be."
Someone among the elite troops snorted, "That's wrong. We are calculating clearly. We only attack when we know we can beat you. We are too lazy to bother. We are not like you running around and wasting time. We only attack when we have rested enough. It's our ability to beat you."
After listening for a while, Wan Daoxuan stopped caring about the people's loud quarrels. They quarreled as they pleased, while he quietly asked Shi Chun, "Brother Wang, we have an agreement. What do you mean?"
Shi Chun: "I don't mean anything. They are them and I am me. I can't control them. Anyway, I will never break the contract. What I say is what I mean. Let's count the insect crystals in front of each other and accept the loss."
He turned his head and pointed at the black cloth bags on the bodies of the people from the Bilan Sect behind him, "Our Insect Crystals are all here. Let's start counting them now. The sooner we finish, the sooner we'll be done. I don't want to argue. Anyway, we can get out at dawn."
Tang Zhen said hurriedly, "There is no rush for things. Things are not troublesome. People are the most troublesome. We need to sort out the people's affairs first. If we can't argue about the credits and disturb the domain master, it will be embarrassing for everyone."
Shi Chun: "It's not that troublesome. Both sides have counted the insect crystals. You are willing to accept the loss. What can you do if you have any objections? After we go out, who among us small sects dares to challenge you?"
Wan Daoxuan raised his hand to stop him. "Brother Wang, that's not what you said. If there is a big commotion inside, and Xuanzhou's first place is a big joke due to internal strife, then the good thing will turn into a bad thing after we get out, and the Territory Lord will have no way to explain it."
Later, Chu Jingtang, who knew something about the inside story, blinked his eyes and sighed in his heart, thinking that none of them had good intentions.
Shi Chun spread his hands slightly, "Then what do you say we should do? They paid but didn't get anything, so they just vented a few words. I can't shut them up, right? I can't shut them up either, otherwise so many people wouldn't have died at once."
This person has already admitted defeat. Continuing the conversation would only make him embarrassed. Wan Daoxuan stopped talking to him and shouted to everyone, "Be quiet."
After he shouted and calmed down the crowd, he said to the unwilling group of people, "Just tell me, what do you want?"
Chief Mai Zhan said: "The credits will be arranged according to each person's gains and achievements, and no one will be partial to anyone else."
"That's right, I'll take as much as I can, and I won't take even a penny more."
"Yes, it will be distributed according to the results."
Shi Chun watched quietly as this small group of people represented everyone, without saying a word.
As the noise from this side echoed, many people on the hillsides on both sides suddenly became dissatisfied and started to shout.
"We have arranged it in a way that allows you to compete for wins and losses. Why are you doing this now? What were you doing before?"
"Stop talking nonsense and just admit your defeat." "You are a bunch of useless people. You don't even know a good excuse to take advantage of others."
Those who don't agree and don't want to do it are all elite troops with relatively weaker strength. If all the credit goes to this side, they can get some profit. But based on the current results, there will be nothing for them to do. Naturally, they are jumping up and down in opposition.
Seeing that the quarrel was about to get out of hand again, Wan Daoxuan cast a spell and shouted angrily, "Shut up, everyone!"
After stopping the scene, he said to Wang Sheng and others: "Okay, you have come from afar and worked hard. Take a rest first. We will discuss it here and give you a satisfactory answer."
After saying this, he waved his hand, signaling the people to take these people away and settle them down.
So a group of rabble were taken away like this.
It’s no wonder that the hospitality of the elite troops was quite good. In the valley where they stayed, there was even a cave dug for them, so they could just move in directly.
About an hour later, Wan Daoxuan and his two companions came with a group of people who had taken a lot of effort to pacify. They called out all the people on Shi Chun's side and talked to them face to face.
"I won't beat around the bush." Wan Daoxuan opened his speech with a wave of his hand, "We have heard your dissatisfaction and demands, and we have just discussed this seriously.
Logically speaking, according to the bet, there is nothing to discuss, it is what it should be, but we have to admit that the amount of your harvest this time really surprised us. It is not reasonable to say that you have no credit this time.
But we also do not deny that we have some selfish motives. We, the big factions, are competing for a place in this conference. If you want to break the contract, we will not agree to it.
You were able to get nearly half of the score despite being at a disadvantage. We can fully understand your dissatisfaction. However, in view of your real contributions, we do not want to ruthlessly erase them. After discussion, we decided to give you another chance to compete.
But let me be frank with you. You cannot go back on your word this time. Whichever side wins will own the Insect Crystal. You are not allowed to make any more noise or quarrels after you lose. Just finish this conference quietly and don't cause any trouble for Xuanzhou. It will be the same if we lose.
If you agree, I will give you another chance to compete. If you cannot agree, this matter will be forgotten and you are not allowed to make a fuss about it. What do you think?"
The mob looked at each other in bewilderment; they had not expected such an unexpected event.
Many of the elite troops showed obvious reluctance in their reactions, as if they were being forced to be persuaded.
After Shi Chun looked at the reactions of both sides, he spoke on his side, "Brother Wan, forget it. There's no need to go to such trouble. They are just venting their dissatisfaction. There's no point in comparing them. I don't think we can win. The meeting will be over at dawn. There's no need to make trouble. This matter will be over after everyone has made a fuss about it. There's no need to take it seriously. We are trustworthy and will not break our promise. Let's stick to the original agreement."
"..." Wan Daoxuan was speechless and wanted to ask this guy what he meant. It was not reasonable for him to not even want a chance.
He didn't know how to continue the conversation. He was afraid of forcing the other party to compete again, as he was afraid of arousing the other party's suspicion. He was also afraid that his own people would object, which would lead to a vicious cycle and make it easier to arouse suspicion.
Wu Jin blinked his eyes.
In addition to blinking his eyes, Chu Jingtang also pulled his beard a few times.
Fortunately, there is an undercover agent here. Chief Mai Zhan was the first to object. He limped to Shi Chun and advised him, "Boss, it's better to have a chance than no chance."
"Boss, you can't do this. So many brothers have died, they can't die in vain."
"Boss, we haven't even started the competition yet, how can you be so sure that we can't win?"
"Boss, we are willing to compete again, how can you block our own path?"
"Boss, it's not too late to listen to what they want to compete for before making a decision."
A group of people almost rushed over to persuade Shi Chun, and some of them were so anxious that they almost asked if you were trying to deliberately give the advantage to Mulan and Qingqing.
In fact, a small number of people have already doubted this matter. According to the previous income of insect crystals, if they continue to maintain the same level, they will not lose to this side at all. It feels strange that they lost.
Shi Chun looked helpless and clasped his hands together, "Okay, okay, you guys figure it out."
He squeezed out of the crowd and spread his hands helplessly towards Wan Daoxuan, looking like there was nothing he could do.
Wan Daoxuan smiled without saying anything, secretly breathing a sigh of relief. This was normal. He was really scared just now.
Shi Chun, Wu Jinliang and others all stepped aside, leaving the matter to the two sides to decide for themselves, looking as if they were not involved.
Since Wang Sheng was not participating, Wan Daoxuan and the other two felt much more relieved. Their abilities were there and they could not be treated as mediocre people. They felt inexplicably fearful in their hearts.
Chief Mai Zhan was not polite and directly asked the other side on behalf of this side: "Let's compete again. How do you want to compete?"
(End of this chapter)
