<h4>Chapter 388: Chapter 387 Lost Miserably</h4>
Hu Shao was originally holding back a bellyful of anger, and now this man was asking him as if provoking him, which instantly made him furious.
"Damn it, do you think I wanted to lose?" Hu Shao yelled, "Just now, Number Three indeed had the upper hand, but who knew it would turn out this way. Number Three is stronger than Number Seven, but in this kind ofpetition, as I’ve said, sometimes a single move born of a split-second inspiration can change the whole battle, and that’spletely out of my control."
"Besides, you’re the one who wanted to bet seven million, why should Ipensate you? Shit, if you win, I don’t get a penny. If you lose, I have to pay you, do you think the people of Hu Martial Arts School are easy to bully?"
Towards the end, Hu Shao’s tone grew heavier, evidently using the reputation of the Hu Martial Arts School to intimidate others.
When the man heard the words "Hu Martial Arts School," hisplexion changed. He opened his mouth, but ultimately didn’t say anything. However, the way he looked at Hu Shao was clearly colder, and he also sneakily sized up Ye Wantong, obviously harboring designs on her as well.
Su Yang watched this unfold, and couldn’t help but sneer inwardly.
In fact, it was Su Yang who had meddled with the oue of the recent big fight.
Hu Shao was throwing his weight around, and Su Yang had been wanting to take him down a notch for a while. But before finding Eight-Faced Yama and Ghost de Mo Qianli, Su Yang couldn’t afford to startle the snake. Therefore, Su Yang could only resort to this method, trapping Hu Shao several times, to make him suffer some losses here!
However, Hu Shao had no idea that Su Yang was the one tampering with the game. He thought it was just his bad luck, and on the contrary, after losing so much money, he was even more enraged, determined to get his hands on Ye Wantong, otherwise wouldn’t the one hundred fifty thousand he spent have gone to waste?
After that, several more matches began. Under Su Yang’s instigation, Hu Shao ced several more bets. In total, he had already lost five to six million.
By the end, Hu Shao’s hair was almost standing on end—the five to six million had taken him a long time to save. Now, after just a few matches, he was on the verge of losing it all, and despite Su Yang’s goading, he refused to ce any more bets.
Su Yang sneered inwardly, knowing that Hu Shao was out of money on his end, and so he paid him no further attention.
In this short time, several groups from Pingnan Province also went up to participate in the preliminary contests.
In the end, to enter the actual Dragon Head Meeting in May, each side would have eight factions. That is to say, at least two of the Ten Great Families from each of the two provinces would be eliminated.
Moreover, it wasn’t just the Ten Great Families from the two provinces that came to participate; there were also powerful underground leaders from both provinces, such as Eight-Faced Yama from Pingnan Province. There were also some Martial Families, after eliminating the Nan Family from Pingnan Province’s Five Great Martial Arts Families, four families were left, and they all participated too.
Then there were some major families whose power could rival the Ten Great Families. Originally, there were the Zhao Family and Hong Family from Pingnan Province, but these two had already copsed. So, there were fewer participants from Pingnan Province.
On the other hand, Pingbei Province was different; it hadn’t gone through the upheaval that Pingnan Province had, and its strength was fully preserved. Thus, those participating in the preliminary contests from Pingbei Province were particrly numerous and strong. From the rhythm of the preliminary contests, it was apparent that Pingbei Province was somewhat stronger!
The Hou Family had two matches tonight, with Zhou Chuan and Fang Wenzhong participating. One win and one loss, it was a draw, and they moved on to the final preliminaries tomorrow.
With Nan Wudi of the Nan Family in charge, of course, there was no suspense.
Wang Wanli of the Wang Family didn’t even have to take action himself and won two consecutive matches, entering tomorrow’s preliminaries.
The Ye Family didn’t have to participate in the preliminary matches at all, Sword Saint’s renowned name was known throughout the world, and the Ye Family was among those who directly advanced to the next round.
The Shangguan Family invited experts to help, but their situation was simr to that of the Hou Family, with one win and one loss, leaving it all to tomorrow’s oue for final judgment.
Su Yang waited all night, but the Eight-Faced Yama didn’t show up; only his subordinates came forward and won two matches.
As for the Ren Family of Beishan, Family Head Ren Beishan didn’t appear either, but after all, the Ren Family is a Martial Family and simrly made it into tomorrow’s preliminary contest.
Throughout the night, the people Su Yang was waiting for didn’t arrive. Ghost de Mo Qianli, Eight-Faced Yama, Beishan Zhizhu, none showed up, which made Su Yang dare not act rashly.
When it was nearly dawn, the evening’s preliminary matches came to an end, but the manor’s party was just beginning. Those who had watched the boxing matches here, now went to attend the party.
Hu Shao didn’t dare to ce bets anymore and even refrained frommenting on the strength of the contestants on stage. Whoever he favored was bound to lose without a doubt, andter on, the others started betting against his tips and earned quite a lot, further lowering his status in everyone’s eyes. In turn, the credibility of Hu Martial Arts School was also questioned.
Hu Shao initially wanted to show off his wealth and his own strength to win over Ye Wantong’s heart, but instead, he lost all his face.
Now that the party had started, Hu Shao felt the opportunity hade. He immediately invited Su Yang and Ye Wantong to the party, even arranging for good seating in advance, iming he hit it off with Su Yang and wanted to drink till drunk. In truth, he just wanted to get Su Yang drunk.
Su Yang agreed readily to attend the party.
Once at the party, Hu Shao immediately started to ply Su Yang with drink. One moment it was a toast, the next a bump; they used "rotating battles" against Su Yang, aiming to get him drunk first.
Among all these people, only the young man named Chen Benhao refrained from urging Su Yang to drink. In fact, Chen Benhao had just met Hu Shao and the others for the first time and wasn’t familiar with them, barely speaking at all.
After a round of drinks, Su Yang’s expression didn’t change, whereas Hu Shao and hispany were all drunk.
In truth, Su Yang had drunk far more than they had. In the beginning, they fought him in turns, butter they just started ying dirty. However, no matter what they tried, getting Su Yang drunk was simply impossible. Eventually, Hu Shao and his group mostly copsed under the table.
Chen Benhao also looked surprised; he had seen through what Hu Shao and his people were thinking. To him, it was a mistake for Su Yang to have agreed toe to this party. But unexpectedly, the ones who erred were Hu Shao and his gang, how could several of them together fail to outdrink Su Yang?
"Brother, that’s some impressive tolerance you have there!" Chen Benhao said, surprised.
"Heh..." Su Yang chuckled, "Home brewer, drinking has been almost like drinking water since I was little, can’t get drunk!"
"No wonder!"ughed Chen Benhao, "I was wondering, you even dared toe here and drink with them. Turns out, they are the ones who brought trouble upon themselves by being shortsighted!"
"Heh..." Su Yang said with a faint smile, giving Chen Benhao a meaningful look. Chen Benhao was much more astute than Hu Shao and the others; he had already realized that Su Yang was ying Hu Shao!
"Brother, you don’t need to worry, I’m not close with them," said Chen Benhao with a light smile, "Besides, I’m just here to have fun, and other matters have nothing to do with me!"