âWhat fruits are you looking for?â Yang Ling asked since this was the natural conversational flow.
Li Qiye looked over at the magical gem tree and said: âOverthere, that tree has plenty of fruits.â
âMagical gem treeâ¦â Yang Ling thought that she had misheard him.
Initially, Li Qiye didnât garner a lot of attention. Some found his appearance strange but didnât pay any more mind.
However, his comment made everyone stare at him.
âDo, do you know what those fruits are?â The girlsâ eyes were wide open.
âFruits are fruits, to quench thirst. What else can they be?â Li Qiye shrugged.
âIgnorant brat.â Zhang Yu who had a feud with him immediately jumped in: âYou donât even know magical gem fruits. Stop speaking or youâll embarrass yourself even more.â
The other students from Duality stared strangely at Li Qiye. Some had disdain in their eyes; others thought that he was as bizarre as can be.
âGem or no gem, as long as it can quench my thirst.â Li Qiye answered with a leisure smile.
âNonsense, a frog wanting to eat swan meat.â Zhang Yu sneered: âYouâre not qualified to eat those fruits. Hmph, you canât even touch them. That dichromatic ape can smash you to death with a single finger.â
âWhy must I be subjected to so much blabbering when I just want some fruits. Whatâs so hard about plucking some?â Li Qiye shook his head.
âWhatâs so hard about it?â Zhang Yu purposely raised his voice to stop Li Qiye from backing out: âAm I hearing things? A woodchopper just declared that plucking the magical gem fruits is an easy task? Is he looking down on all the heroes in the world?â
The listeners certainly thought that Li Qiye was being bombastically ignorant.
âThe brat doesnât know the power of that ape.â A few experts shook their head and didnât like the nonsensical comment.
Those present including the ones from the Nightwalker Tribe have failed to grasp a single fruit. Thus, Li Qiyeâs comment could be construed as insulting them.
âHow ludicrous.â Zhui Xueyun was annoyed already from being injured earlier. Now, he snorted and stared at Li Qiye: âThe thing protecting those fruits is a dichromatic ape, a high heaven level chaos primal beast. Just one breath from it can turn you into blood yet you dareâ¦â
His strong reaction was understandable. His anger couldnât be taken out on the ape; Li Qiye became the new target.
âJust because you canât doesnât mean others canât.â Li Qiye waved his hand and interrupted the guy.
Xueyunâs anger nearly rushed out of his throat in the form of blood after hearing this.
âHow are you so sure?â Xueyun glared at Li Qiye.
âOf course.â Li Qiye smiled, completely nonchalant.
Not a single soul in the crowd believed him.
âNo one here can make this claim.â An expert shook his head: âI donât think you can ever get one in your lifetime given your power.â
âHeâs just spouting bullshit.â Zhang Yu laughed and didnât hold back.
âCanât believe you all are having such a hard time getting a few fruits, looks like your intelligence is far below average. You overestimate yourself by coming to this mountain range for an adventure.â Li Qiye smiled.
This line offended virtually everyone in the crowd. The benevolent ones chuckled and ignored it. However, a few became aggressive.
For example, Zhui Xueyun. Li Qiyeâs comment struck him hard because he failed to grab the fruits just now.
âHaha, I see. If you can get even one fruit, Iâll call you Master.â Xueyun sneered.
âI donât want a disciple like you.â Li Qiye refused.
Xueyunâs eyes flashed with murderous intent. He restrained his anger and threatened: âIf you canât do it, then you need to bow to me three times. Otherwiseâ¦â
He didnât finish but everyone knew what he wanted to do just by looking at his eyes. The two of them had no prior feud. Alas, the guy just needed to vent while Li Qiye purposely brought this on himself.
âSo you insist on me grabbing those fruits.â Li Qiye became amused and grinned.
Unfortunately, people here were foreign to this grin.
âScared now?â Zhang Yu said: âWords canât be taken back just like spilled water. Itâs too late for you to change your mind now.â
âIf you want to give up now, bow obediently three times.â Xueyun uttered coldly.
âBrat, just give up. Your life is more important. Itâs not shameful to bow to Young Lord Xueyun.â An expert wanted to help Li Qiye.
This was reasonable because in their eyes, Li Qiye was only a woodchopper. On the other hand, Xueyun was a genius with boundless potential. A few bows meant nothing.
No one here thought that he would be able to grab the fruits. It was nothing more than a fool daydreaming.
âI was going to grab them anyway.â Li Qiye smiled and pulled up his sleeves then walked towards the tree.
âYoung Noble Li, forget it. Just apologize to Young Lord Xueyun, that ape will really kill you if you provoke it.â Yang Ling thought that Li Qiye was going for real.
âItâs no big deal.â Li Qiye continued forward.
âJunior Sister, just let him die since that seems to be his wish.â Another student said.
âItâs courting death.â The spectators could see the outcome already.
âJust watch, when he gets closer, the dichromatic ape will crush him to a pulp with one finger.â Zhang Yu snorted.
In fact, the ape didnât need to do anything. The other chaos primal beasts were more than enough to devour Li Qiye.
Unfortunately, an extremely bizarre scene unraveled next, causing them to be slack-jawed.