Chapter 220: Academy of Joy (4)
Zheng Yunhui knew Bai Feng. That was an arrogant person. His grandpa had told him previously that when he grew strong, his first target should be Bai Feng. After all, that person was too hateful. He once challenged the entire war academy all by himself.
Su Yu said, "If my teacher agrees, would it be much more believable?"
"Of course. But Assistant Bai..."
Su Yu smiled, "I'll convince my teacher. Liu Hong is our opponent, after all. He would definitely be happy to see Liu Hong scammed. Then again, if we do that, my teacher would need to get a share of the profit as well."
Su Yu was starting to get excited as he said, "If my teacher tries to scam him, Liu Hong won't believe it. He would also be on guard against me. But you...he might not be too suspicious of you.
"If you can sell him the data for 5,000 merit points, you can get your money back. Also, he was the one who had set you up first. He dropped your stuff to turn you against me. That fellow is an asshole. Of the teaching assistants, he is the worst. He has no class and is a first rate hypocrite...
"Of course, if I use fake data, he can still discover the scam too easily. It won't work unless...I take a risk out of greed. For example, you offer something good as the wager. Something too good for me to refuse."
Zheng Yunhui's eyes flickered as he said, "I do have something like that. My grandpa, he's one of the strongest experts of Great Xia. A few years ago, he killed a Cloudbreach divine in the battlefield and obtained 10 drops of Cloudbreach blood essence. How about this? I'll use 3 drops of Cloudbreach blood essence as the wager. You'll use the willpower text and a set of data. That should work."
"Divine blood essence?"
Su Yu couldn't help but to curse inwardly. This fellow was really rich.
"Don't look at me like that. The blood essence belongs to my grandpa. But I can borrow it. It's the real deal so nobody would dare to snatch it from me. In Great Xia, nobody would dare to take from my grandpa unless your principal...I mean our principal shamelessly makes a move himself."
Zheng Yunhui was starting to get excited as well. "I'll use the real deal for the wager. With even divine blood essence being used, he has no choice but to fall for the scam. We will try to be cautious and secretive about it. Make it so that we are the only ones aware of it before leaking the information to him. The more secretive we are, the better it is. That would be understandable since we're both betting with things we shouldn't."
Su Yu was shocked by Zheng Yunhui's boldness.
He said, "That's too troublesome. Why don't we just offer to sell him the blood essence through the black market. Then have your grandpa raid the market and accuse him of stealing the blood essence. Your grandpa can beat him up and reclaim the blood essence after that..."
Zheng Yunhui was dumbstruck. Dang! What a ruthless guy!
"This is not the war academy..."
In other words, that plan might really work if this was the war academy.
The black market transaction would be illegal so it would be within Principal Zheng's rights to beat Liu Hong up before seizing the blood essence. He could even frame Liu Hong for some crimes and make Liu Hong's life even more difficult.
"Forget about selling the blood essence. That thing is too eye-catching. If someone really sets their eyes on it and I end up losing it in the black market, I would be dead. My grandpa would beat me to death.
"It would be better if I can keep it with me. Things would be much easier to deal with. Anyone daring to rob me can be treated as cult members. That excuse won't work after putting the blood essence in the black market," said Zheng Yunhui. He disagreed. But he was impressed with how treacherous Su Yu was.
"We should stick to our previous plan." Zheng Yunhui was still feeling rather excited, "This is quite exciting. If we succeed, Liu Hong would be broke! And he wouldn't even be able to do anything to us since this would be an illegal transaction!"
As for whether their plan would work, it didn't matter. There was a chance it would work and that was good enough.
"But there is an issue with this plan. You're not strong enough. Although you have your blood essence ability as your trump card, I'm not weak. You must be crazy to agree to such a bet without the confidence to defeat me. If you want the plan to work, you need to give the impression that you can defeat me. Otherwise, agreeing to this bet is the same as destroying your own future. Not even an idiot would believe that a genius like you would ruin your own future. This is the biggest issue with our plan."
Su Yu smiled, "Why won't I have the confidence to defeat you?"
"Huh?" Zheng Yunhui laughed, "Blood essence is really not that reliable. I'll be frank. I'm a seventh-stage Great Strength and my willpower is quite strong too. Even my Divine Character is pretty good. You won't be my match."
As far as Zheng Yunhui was concerned, not even blood essence would help Su Yu defeat him.
Su Yu smiled, "Don't get too confident. Since even you don't believe that I stand a chance against you, if I can really display enough confidence, Liu Hong might really believe that the bet is real."
"What other trump cards do you have?"
Su Yu smiled, "There is no rush. I still don't have enough confidence now. Wait a few days. I'll expose my secret to Liu Hong. As for you, just act clueless."
As a fifth-stage Great Strength, he was still a tad bit too weak.
But if he was at the sixth or the seventh-stage and nobody except Liu Hong knew about it, would Liu Hong fall for the plan? It was very likely that he would fall for it.
If Liu Hong believed that Su Yu's trump card was good enough to threaten Zheng Yunhui, then the bet would be a lot more believable. At that time, he would suffer a close defeat to Zheng Yunhui and everything would be acceptable.
Zheng Yunhui doubted Su Yu's words. But it didn't matter even if the plan failed. Su Yu was the one who had proposed this plan. He had never intended to do anything against Liu Hong in the first place. After all, Liu Hong was much stronger than him.
"Fine. We'll talk again next time." Zheng Yunhui smiled, "But from today onward, both of us will need to be hostile toward each other. I am from the Zheng Family. I have a fiery temper like my grandpa. That's probably why Liu Hong picked me as his target."
The Zheng Family was famous for their bad temper. Zheng Yunhui was the odd one out. Otherwise, he wouldn't have joined the cultural research academy.
"We'll go separately. In the classroom, I'll start looking for trouble with you. We'll let our hostility develop for some time and try to scam Liu Hong. Even if we end up not scamming him, we can still use the plan against someone else."
Zheng Yunhui was filled with excitement, "This feeling of plotting against others is incredible! It gives me the feeling that we are the villains. The cultural research academy is a good place indeed. It must be very exciting being a villain here!"
There was no place for him to showcase his cunning in the Zheng Family. After all, that was a family of brutes. All they knew was to swing their fists around. That was way too boring for him.
The cultural research academy was truly a good place. Just look at how treacherous all his schoolmates were. He liked this environment. Su Yu was the perfect example of that. He was supposed to be an honest man, but he turned out to be a super competent schemer.
Zheng Yunhui was falling in love with the cultural research academy. Life was so exciting here. Everyone here was so good with their words. Here, even students dared to plot against the teachers. The war academy was completely different. There, only fists mattered.
Zheng Yunhui started walking away in excitement. He had a feeling that the cultural research academy was the stage for him to win power and reputation. This was the perfect place to showcase his true talent. He could tell everyone that the Zheng Family was no longer a family of brutes!
Looking at the departing Zheng Yunhui, Su Yu laughed. He was also finding this whole thing interesting. The cultural research academy was truly a fun place.
As for Zheng Yunhui, he definitely wasn't as simple-minded as he looked. At first, he had thought that Zheng Yunhui was similar to Chen Hao. After all, Zheng Yunhui had the appearance of a typical brute. But the moment that fellow offered payment to read the text, Su Yu realized that he had misunderstood that fellow.