It turned out that on the second day when Han Zhen led the team to Yanwu Valley, Ye Chen's gambling odds in the academy rose straight to buy one to seven, which was only through the first stage of the odds, entering the top eighty, one to eight, the top fifty, one to nine, the top twenty, one to ten, if you enter the top five, one to fifteen.

After the fat man finished speaking, Ye Chen and Tang Xing suddenly gasped, and Ye Chen directly pulled the fat man's collar: "How did you buy it, did you buy all the gold coins I had left?" ”

The fat man almost rolled his eyes when he was strangled, slapped Ye Chen's arm and hurriedly replied: "I bought it, but Brother Ye Chen, you only have five hundred gold coins left, and the remaining seven hundred are from me." ”

Ye Chen and Tang Xing immediately broke their hands and calculated after hearing this, but the two of them didn't figure it out for a long time, but they heard the fat man say again: "Is it so difficult to calculate, isn't it just 18,000 gold coins." ”

After a sharp swallow of saliva, Ye Chen put on an expression that I am very optimistic about you and slapped the fat man on the shoulder, without hesitation to praise him, and although the fat man had a smile on his face, he was secretly relieved in his heart, if he hadn't been stimulated by an opponent that day, he would not have bet on Ye Chen to enter the top five, but in the future, he would have to follow Ye Chen's footsteps and firmly hold his big thick legs.

In the end, after some friendly negotiations, Ye Chen got 10,000 gold coins, including the repair cost of the dormitory, Tang Xing extorted 2,000 gold coins, and said that he would divide half of them in the name of meeting, not to mention that it was not half of it, the fat man tearfully accepted the plan of the remaining 6,000 gold coins to finalize the distribution, and immediately cashed out the gambling money after the award in the hospital.

In the main courtyard, on the high platform of the main square, Mu Lao sat in the right position with a smile on his face, chatting with Luo Lao beside him, Han Zhen on the other side drooped his head and looked decadent, but his eyes were extremely cold, Liu Qi leaned on the back of the chair and straightened up, acting very restrained, while Mu Caifeng stood behind Mu Lao like a guard, and the people present were not surprised.

Not long after, a white-clothed tutor led the six academies to the high platform, Ye Chen walked in the first place, followed by Ding Shanshan, Xu Daliang, Ding Hao, Tang Xing, and even Han Batian, the six of them were brought to the front of the high platform and accepted the admiration of many students from the audience.

Subsequently, everyone's ranking in this year's Five Academies Competition and the academy's commendation were announced, although Tang Xing was eliminated in the first round, he ranked forty-first, with a reward of five hundred credits, and Ding Hao ranked twenty-fifth, with a reward of eight hundred credits, to Ye Chen's great surprise, Han Batian actually ranked twenty-third, and his actual combat power surpassed Tang Xing, rewarding one thousand credits.

After the three of them received the reward and retreated to the side, Mu Lao stood up and came to the front of the high platform, first waved to everyone in the audience, and then twisted his beard and said loudly: "The new little ones don't know the old man yet, let me introduce myself, the old man is the dean of Shuhai Academy, you can call me Mu Lao or Dean Mu." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was thunderous applause from the audience, especially those senior students, who were particularly excited, and it took a long time to calm down.

Mu Lao smiled and nodded, waved his hand and beckoned Xu Daliang to pat him on the shoulder: "The senior student of the Warrior Branch, Xu Daliang, has performed well in this competition, ranking twentieth on the Xiaojiaoyang List, rewarding two thousand credits, and one for a high-level combat skill." ”

The applause and shouts rang out again, and the students of the Warrior Branch were the hardest-working.

Immediately afterwards, Mu Lao called Ding Shanshan and praised him before announcing: "Senior student of the Magician Branch, Ding Shanshan, women don't let the eyebrows, the little Jiaoyang list ranks seventh, and the reward is two thousand credits, and one is a high-level magic." ”

Ding Shanshan is already very popular, she is a well-known iceberg beauty in the academy, the shouts are mixed with whistles, and there are even the screams of female students, and soon another banner is unfurled, and it reads: Beauty and wisdom are equally important, cultivate to overwhelm the academy, we will always protect you, Senior Sister Ding.

Ding Shanshan's face was slightly blushing, and she bowed slightly to Mu Lao and the audience before quickly retreating to the side, and then, without waiting for Mu Lao to make a move, Ye Chen stepped forward and poked his hands with an expectant expression.

Mu Lao smiled faintly, pulled Ye Chen and solemnly announced: "The junior student of the Beast Control Branch, Ye Chen, has made remarkable progress through the assignment of famous teachers, and has achieved very good results in this competition, ranking third on the Little Jiaoyang List. ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was silent, and many unbelievable eyes were focused on Ye Chen, and after ten breaths, a group of students with different injuries took the lead and shouted: "Ye Chen, good job, Ye Chen, pure masters." ”

The shouting led the audience, first the junior students of the Beast Control Branch cheered with them, and then all the students of the Beast Control Branch joined in, and finally the audience was full of jubilation, no one in Shuhai Academy had won such a high ranking for a long time, and what was even more unexpected was that it was the junior students of the Beast Control Branch who won such an honor.

However, in this jubilant atmosphere, there were four people who looked out of place, Han Zhen's chest was tight and he was short of breath, even if Han Batian's grades were good, he couldn't bear to leave the table silently, Han Batian had an evil smile on his face, his eyes revealed undisguised viciousness, Mu Lao stirred his beard and smiled like a fox, secretly calculating in his heart.

And Ye Chen's expression became serious, and he nodded heavily at the group of injured brothers and sisters, more agreeing with his original decision, but he turned his head to look at Mu Laodun and felt bad, this old man's smile seemed familiar.

After a while, Mu Lao waved his hand to suppress the surrounding sounds, pulled Ye Chen over and continued to announce: "Ye Chen is very motivated, it is rare for me to shine so much with just a little allocation, after careful consideration by this dean, it has been decided to accept Ye Chen as a reward." ”

These words stirred up a thousand waves like a boulder, and even Luo Lao, Mu Caifeng, Liu Qi, and the three of them were surprised, not to mention the other mentors and students, the scene was almost out of control, and the more they knew Mu Lao, the more jealous they became, this was simply a smooth progress.

However, Ye Chen didn't feel the slightest joy, and he calculated himself with this old man and others, not only did he not get a substantial reward, but he also had to perform a great gift of apprenticeship, no matter how he thought about it, he was a big loss.

But Ye Chen would not admit defeat easily, bowed deeply to Mu Lao with both hands, and then said loudly: "Thank you, Lord Dean, for not giving up, and accepting me as an apprentice in the friendship with my grandfather in the past, I thanked my grandfather in advance." ”

Mu Lao looked hesitant when he heard this, seeing that Ye Chen had already leaned over and knelt down, he suddenly lifted Ye Chen up at the last moment, at this time, the old man was already sweating slightly on his forehead, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he whispered angrily: "Good boy, with you, I almost made Lao Tzu short of your dead ghost grandfather, since this is ......." ”

Ye Chen smiled and said nothing, see what you old man can do with me, and Mu Lao paused for a moment, and then said loudly: "The old man just discovered that there is a difference in seniority, and the matter of accepting apprentices will be stopped." ”

"But the reward is still the same, since you are the descendant of an old friend, the old man will recognize you as a godson and act as a master and apprentice."

Mu Lao squinted and chuckled lightly and put down Ye Chen, Ye Chen's face was full of black lines and smiles, and everyone else was confused by the two paragraphs, but Luo Lao was different, staring at Ye Chen and falling into thought.

In fact, Ye Chen knew very well the intentions of Mu Lao's words, but he was angry that the reward was deducted by this old man, even if he gave 2,000 credits, it would be good, but the matter had come to this point, and he could only endure it and wait for a long time.

Ye Chen's mind showed a smile, leaned over again, and all the chatters stopped and focused their eyes, envy and jealousy abounded, at this moment, Mu Lao's eyes were like a crescent moon, he smiled in his heart, and stretched out his hand to support Ye Chen.

"Don't call me anything grandpa, let's continue to call Mu Lao."

The old man's tone was calm and peaceful, and Ye Chen's heart trembled when he heard it, and he nodded happily.

After a while, Mu Lao took out a small cloth bag: "Ye boy, some etiquette is still not avoidable, you can take this and count it as a return gift." ”

The cloth bag was handed over to Ye Chen, and he gently weighed that there should be twenty gold coins, but before Ye Chen put it away, Mu Lao said again: "As for your kid, you don't have to bother preparing gifts, go back and get me two pots of monkey wine." ”

"Pop" The cloth bag fell to the ground with his hands off, Ye Chen's eyelids jumped wildly, and the corners of his mouth twitched, and he secretly shouted in his heart that this old man was shameless, and the atmosphere of respecting the old and loving the young collapsed instantly.

This is the end of the commendation conference, only Ye Chen was slightly lost, as soon as he got off the high platform, Xu Daliang and Ding Hao were immediately pulled away, and went to celebrate, Ding Shanshan first let the fans surround him, but was soon rescued by Yingying Yanyan, Han Batian took advantage of no one to pay attention, and disappeared in a low-key manner, and a few junior students from the Beast Control Branch came to invite Ye Chen and Tang Xing, but the two politely declined, and found the fat man and left immediately.

Along the way, the fat man almost didn't stick to Ye Chen, first he said that he wanted to celebrate, and then he slapped the horse with a good whisker, just so that Ye Chen could introduce him to Mu Lao, and wanted to get in touch with this old man up close.

Ye Chen couldn't understand why the fat man admired Mu Lao so much, so he asked: "Fat man, is that old man so worthy of worship except that he can calculate people?" ”

When the fat man heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he looked at Ye Chen as if he was looking at something strange: "Brother Ye Chen, are you joking with me?" ”

Ye Chen shook his head, the fat man patted his thigh, and said excitedly: "You are asking the right person, the brother of my father's father's friend, who once served as a personal soldier under Mu Lao, the information is true and reliable, I will tell you ......!" ”

Ye Chen was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly immersed himself in it.

According to the legend of this personal soldier, Mu Lao once served as the border general of the Lei Ming Empire, and was highly relied on by the royal family, leading his 50,000 sons to garrison the eastern border of the empire for 33 years.

Mu Lao is still a strong man who cultivates beasts and battle qi, and has been promoted to the master of beast control and senior warrior more than ten years ago, and the figure of leading the Xuanying python through the battlefield is like a nightmare, and he is respected by the enemy country as the "snake demon general", and even the beast master association has thrown an olive branch many times, and the last time he also promised the elder a high position to lure him.

It wasn't until he arrived at the gate of the arena that Ye Chen recovered from the shock, although Tang Xing had heard of many deeds, he was speechless, the fat man took out a pear and chewed it, and his excitement receded.

Looking at the arena that he had not seen for a long time, Ye Chen recalled the hard days when he was bullied by Han Batian, smiled faintly for a moment, and took the lead in walking in.