Chapter 154: I Have a Fondness for Mentoring Others and Teaching Them How to Behave

Ba Fenghan's heart turned cold...
Yet his person did not!
At the very last moment, Zheng Jian pulled back his sword edge, halting the Tear-Stained Sword a mere seven inches in front of Ba Fenghan's face.
The hearts of the spectators watching the battle had all leaped into their throats, but seeing it stop now, they let out unanimous sighs of relief.
After all, Ba Fenghan's striking appearance still earned him a favorable impression in the crowd's hearts.
As for the reason Zheng Jian spared Ba Fenghan, it was partly because the guy's looks could rival his own, and Zheng Jian held a rather decent impression of him!
More importantly, by not killing him, he could continue to harvest "wool" from him in the future. Given this guy's cool and arrogant demeanor, he was covered from head to toe in wool, making him prime for endless shearing. If he killed him, where would resentment points come from?
Weren't resentment points the core of everything?
Ba Fenghan panted heavily. In that previous split second, he truly thought he was a dead man!
Wang Shichong and Wang Tong exchanged glances, both seeing a trace of regret in each other's eyes.
Truth be told, they would have preferred it if Zheng Jian had killed Ba Fenghan. Those who are not of our race are bound to have different hearts! Naturally, they wished to eliminate such an extraordinary figure among the Turks, second only to Bi Xuan, at the earliest opportunity.
However, valuing their status, they neither could nor would openly tell Zheng Jian to hold nothing back.
"Well, Rheumatic-Cold, do you yield now?" Zheng Jian asked with a cheeky grin. Once he reined in his imposing aura, not a shred of a grandmaster's poise remained about him; his irritating sarcasm was overwhelming!
Ba Fenghan looked at Zheng Jian with a complex expression. "You didn't kill me. You will regret this."
Zheng Jian pondered for a moment and said, "Since you're so eager to die, how about I grant your wish right now? There's still time, after all!"
Ba Fenghan: "..." I was just fucking talking casually! You took all the credit for being a badass, and since I've already ended up like this, couldn't you at least let me have the last word?!
You eat the meat, and you don't even leave a drop of soup!
Resentment points from Ba Fenghan +999.
Zheng Jian seemed to read Ba Fenghan's inner monologue and smiled. "Alright, stop trying to play the tough guy—I've beaten you twice, which means I can beat you two hundred times. If you want me to regret this, feel free to come find me whenever you feel ready. After all, I am someone who loves being a teacher and enjoys instructing others on how to conduct themselves!"
Resentment points from Ba Fenghan +100.
Heh, he conceded now...
Ba Fenghan said no more, terrified that if he uttered another word, his blood pressure would spike from sheer exasperation. He turned around and walked away directly.
Fu Junyu gave Zheng Jian a deep look, then left as well...

Zheng Jian walked over to Shan Wanjing, whose eyes were filled with pure adoration as she looked at him.
"Big Brother Zheng, you were simply amazing just now!"
"Little Jingjing, don't fall for me; Big Brother is merely a legend spreading across the stars!"
Shan Wanjing paused, then sudden inspiration struck her, and she retorted, "If Big Brother wants to be a heartless wild goose, I will wait for you for a hundred years!"
Zheng Jian: "What the hell! This young lady isn't looking at recipe books... ugh, no, not looking at martial arts manuals, she's reading love guides instead?"
Could Zheng Jian just take a defeat? Could he admit loss?
Definitely not, right?
Seeing this, Zheng Jian pondered for a moment, then cried out with exaggerated grievance, "Why are you cursing people?"
Shan Wanjing was stunned, her pretty face plastered with bewilderment. "I... how did I curse anyone?"
Zheng Jian argued with absolute conviction, "You said I'm a wild goose. Is a wild goose a human? Since you said I'm not human, aren't you cursing me?"
Rigorous logic, clear thinking, entirely reasonable, and utterly confident! Besides, even when my reasoning isn't confident, my attitude definitely is!
Resentment points from Shan Wanjing +999.
In an instant, the young lady felt the whole world turn upside down. Clearly, she was speaking words of endearment, so how on earth did they turn into curses in this guy's ears?
The crucial point was that for a moment, Shan Wanjing truly didn't know how to refute him. This twisted logic was logic nonetheless!
"╭(╯^╰)╮, you still want to fight me! Little Jingjing, you're still a bit too green..." Seeing the resentment points roll in, Zheng Jian smiled smugly and headed out...
Shan Wanjing followed behind with a aggrieved expression, feeling utterly miserable.
Wang Tong, Wang Shichong, and Ouyang Xiyi watched the pair bickering as they walked away, and the three of them burst into hearty laughter.
"Ah, this is youth—so full of vitality!" Ouyang Xiyi sighed with emotion.
Wang Shicong... ugh, no, Wang Shichong chuckled teasingly upon hearing this, "Does Elder Ouyang feel that his own energy is failing him? This old man was originally planning to gift you two songstresses, but it seems Elder Ouyang has no need for them now?"
Hearing this, Ouyang Xiyi was so angry his beard and hair fluttered. "Well, you rascal Wang Shichong! Who says my energy is failing? This old man can still pleasure seven women in a single night! Stop talking nonsense, and don't send just two—send five over!"
Tsk tsk, look at that—a genuine old lecher.
"Hahahaha..." Wang Shichong and Wang Tong roared with laughter...
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Zheng Jian and Shan Wanjing returned to the Yuelai Inn. After dinner, they each retreated to their respective rooms to sleep.

Shan Wanjing lay on her bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. One moment she thought of Shi Qingxuan's ethereal xiao music, the next it abruptly morphed into Zheng Jian's face—one she both loved and hated—and then she recalled the scene of their bickering.
As for Zheng Jian, would he be thinking about women?
He was only thinking about the resentment points in his system!
After redeeming the *Mental Cultivation Method of Shattering the Heavens and Striking Earth*, Zheng Jian only had a few hundred resentment points left. Along the road afterwards, because most of what he saw and heard consisted of the tragic aftermath of war, Zheng Jian had barely harvested any resentment points.
It wasn't until tonight that he achieved a brand new explosion of resentment points!
Especially with Ba Fenghan, whom Zheng Jian had practically sheared clean. That's why they say these aloof, pretentious pricks are the best source of wool...
Zheng Jian: (#^.^#).
Aside from that, there was that wave of "Do you want to become famous in a single battle?", a map-wide AOE attack that reaped another harvest from all the spectators in the courtyard.
Through unremitting efforts in ruining people's moods, overnight, his resentment points shattered the 20,000 mark!
Looking at the five-digit resentment points in the system, how could Zheng Jian not feel utterly exhilarated? "This wave must be the highest single-day haul of resentment points I've ever gotten, right?"
Zheng Jian couldn't quite remember clearly anymore, but anyway, his mood was fantastic beyond words.
"Time for a shopping spree!" Zheng Jian happily clicked on the gacha (gambling) system.
"If you're going to gamble, gamble big!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Zheng Jian clicked on "Ten Consecutive Pulls"!
Instantly, 5,000 resentment points vanished, and the roulette wheel began to spin...
Silently blessing himself to be a favored child of luck, Zheng Jian roared internally: "Stop!"
On the system interface, the draw results materialized one by one: "Thanks for participating", "Thanks for participating", "Comprehension +1", "Comprehension +1", "Thanks for participating", "*Illusionary Magic Body Movement*", "Thanks for participating", "Thanks for participating", "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Pill", "Thanks for participating".
"Damn system, it's 'Thanks for participating' again! And six times, what the fuck!!!" The moment Zheng Jian saw the neatly lined-up six "Thanks for participating"s, his face turned green!
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