When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 516 - 389: Favors

Chapter 516: Chapter 389: Favors

“What use is your acknowledgement of wrongdoing to me?”

Elder Luo coldly watched Wu Shixuan, who was kneeling on the ground and slapping his own face.

Understanding dawned on Wu Shixuan as he moved on his knees in front of Professor Guo, ceaselessly kowtowing, “Professor Guo, I was wrong! I’m sorry! I was heartless and deserve to die! I shouldn’t have listened to slander and framed you! You’re a noble person, please forgive me …”

Professor Guo stood there, watching Wu Shixuan, watching this student he had always cultivated wholeheartedly, feeling unavoidably melancholic!

He had just realized something he’d always neglected.

Morality before skill.

A person without morals, even if you teach him all the skills, how can you expect him to protect his home and country? How can you expect him to withstand the tide of beasts?

Professor Guo looked at Xiang Beifei and Ye Changfeng, they were Jiuzhou’s future!

How come every disciple Elder Luo took on was so outstanding and righteous?

He watched Wu Shixuan, who was kowtowing and begging for mercy, he didn’t speak, and he didn’t stop him from continuing to kowtow, as if he no longer cared about it all.

Silently, he turned around and headed towards the doorway.

“Professor Guo, Professor Guo, please spare me! Just say a word…Professor Guo…” Wu Shixuan shouted in fear behind him, hoping to receive a word of forgiveness from Professor Guo.

He understood Professor Guo too well, knowing that if he kept pleading, Professor Guo would inevitably soften his heart and forgive him. Just like when he was still a student, no matter how unruly or arrogant he was, Professor Guo would only severely criticize him, then help him solve his problems.

He thought that Professor Guo would do the same today, if he pretended to be miserable, Professor Guo would definitely soften his heart, and he could be forgiven, just like always, by exploiting Professor Guo’s nature.

Professor Guo reached the doorway, seeming to hesitate.

Wu Shixuan was overjoyed, thinking that Professor Guo really wanted to plead for him.

However, Professor Guo gritted his teeth and stepped forward, disappearing into the void!

Wu Shixuan felt his heart turn cold!

“He didn’t say he’d spare you.” Elder Luo said with a chilling air.

“No…that’s not…Professor Guo will forgive me, listen to me…” Wu Shixuan was still trying for a last-ditch effort.

Smack!

Elder Luo showed no mercy, striking Wu Shixuan so hard that he spun 720 degrees in the air and smashed onto the ground!

“Protect me!” Wu Shixuan, seeing stars from the blow, also yelled loudly in his mind towards the system.

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“Yes! Yes…” Wu Shixuan nodded desperately!

[Camel Grass exchanged and directly applied to the host!]

Smack!

“Ah…”

“Woof! Woof!”

…

After more than a dozen resounding slaps, Wu Shixuan had been beaten to a point where he was unrecognizable, lying breathlessly on the ground, even worse off than He Caiwei!

“You dare to frame someone like Guo, who has done so much for the borders! What have you contributed to the borders? How dare you commit such atrocities? Do you really think you’re untouchable as an SSR, that no one can kill you?”

Murderous intent had begun to flare in Elder Luo’s eyes!

An SSR like this, keeping him would only cause trouble; better to kill him!

But just then, an extremely powerful fluctuation swept over the place, followed by an ethereal voice.

“Luo, show some mercy!”

It was a pleasant and melodious voice, like it came from an empty valley, reminiscent of flowing spring water, tinkling gently.

It was a woman!

Upon hearing this voice, Elder Luo’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

“You also want to meddle in these muddy waters?”

Elder Luo clearly recognized this hidden woman and was somewhat scornful.

“It’s beyond my control. You’ve already punished the two of them, and they’ve paid the price. If you still feel unsatisfied, you can continue beating them. But please spare their lives.” The ethereal voice resonated.

Cao Pei and the others exchanged glances because they had no idea who this woman speaking was. They were unaware that someone like her was hidden within the alliance!

Her cultivation was clearly much stronger than Zhu Yiji’s!

Elder Luo glanced at Wu Shixuan, with the murderous intent in his eyes undiminished, “What if I say no?”

He wanted to kill, and this woman was unlikely to stop him!

The woman let out a faint sigh, “Luo, do you remember you once said you owed me a favor?”

Elder Luo frowned slightly.

“Favors are not repaid like this.”

“You said you would definitely help me with a favor,” the woman said.

Elder Luo responded coldly, “This isn’t just my affair, but my student’s affair as well, and it’s also about Guo’s reputation! Where were you when Guo was being slandered just now? Where were you when He Caiwei and Zhu Yiji were giving them trouble? You have the cheek to talk about favors when I’m about to fight for justice for them? If I hadn’t returned, do you have any idea what the consequences would have been for my student and Guo?”

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He was not buying it.

The woman said softly, “I was unaware this had happened here, if I had been, I definitely would have stopped it. You should know, I’m not asking you for mercy on their behalf, I just don’t want—” She paused, her voice growing complicated, “I just don’t want another five-year incident.”

At this point, Sun Heshun also felt compelled to step in and mediate.

“Elder Luo, wait, beating is one thing, but killing needs careful consideration…”

“He dared to move against Guo and even dared to kill my disciple. Do I still need to think twice?” Elder Luo said coldly.

“You can’t do it like the last time again, you know I’ve always been on your side…” Sun Heshun said urgently.

Xiang Beifei looked at Sun Heshun, his thoughts also dwelling on the woman’s words.

After a long moment, he finally spoke, “Elder Luo, there’s no need to kill.”

Five years ago, in front of everyone, Elder Luo executed an SSR, tarnishing his own reputation significantly. If he were to kill another SSR in front of so many people again, he would likely stir up a lot more trouble.

So, Elder Luo must not take action.

He would do the killing!

“You’re not going to pursue him?” Elder Luo asked, frowning.

“We can’t make things difficult for Minister Sun; he helped us a lot today.”

Xiang Beifei nodded gratefully at Sun Heshun. Sun Heshun was a good man, always willing to lend a helping hand.

Sun Heshun also nodded slightly at Xiang Beifei, seeming to relax. Xiang Beifei wasn’t as uncompromising in his actions as Elder Luo, which pleased him.

Xiang Beifei raised his head and swept his gaze across Cao Pei and the others, especially He Caiwei who was on his last breath, the corners of his mouth revealing a hint of mockery, “I believe the fair and incorruptible Jiuzhou Alliance has its own laws to punish these two, right?”

His words were directed towards the woman who didn’t wish even to show her face.

Just now, Wu Shixuan’s guilt was nearly confirmed, yet Cao Pei still thought of playing down the issue. The Alliance’s so-called fairness was a joke; only those who knew which side to stand on had a say in the Alliance!

“Yes, I’ll give you an explanation, I promise,” the woman responded.

Elder Luo pondered for a moment and then asked, “What about Chang Feng?”

Ye Changfeng looked at Wu Shixuan, who was kneeling on the ground with disgust, but still shook his head.

“You’re lucky.”

Elder Luo then kicked Wu Shixuan aside.

“Thank you.”

A gust of wind passed, and He Caiwei and Wu Shixuan had both disappeared from the conference room.

“If the Alliance doesn’t give an explanation, I will go and demand one from the Alliance!” Elder Luo called out from behind.

“Certainly!”

The woman’s voice echoed.

Elder Luo once more cast a cold glance at Cao Pei, who was trembling with fear, before turning and leaving the conference room.

Xiang Beifei glanced at Yang Chengze huddling in the corner without speaking and left with Ye Changfeng, following Elder Luo.

“Principal Cao, we take our leave!”

Sun Heshun took the three terrified witnesses who had been cowering in the corner and also left.

Cao Pei stood in place, panting heavily; it was only after a long time that he turned to everyone behind him and said, “Regarding today’s matters, no one is to disclose any information until the investigation is clear! Professor Liu, keep today’s events a secret! With such a commotion, find an excuse to manage the students’ side of things too!”

If this matter weren’t handled well, his reputation as principal would be greatly affected!

However, what Cao Pei did not see was that, in a corner of the conference room, Xiaohei was prying a camera off the wall and pocketing it.

The entire process had been recorded by Xiang Beifei!

—-

The bleak border, shrouded in grey fog sweeping over the vast desolate wilderness beyond sight, where countless desolate beasts lurked.

Professor Guo sat on top of the city wall, silently watching the grey fog, his expression somber.

He was deep in thought, silent.

Eventually, he turned his attention to the desolate beasts roaring below the city wall, then waved his hand, killing all the gathering desolate beasts and took their Beast Pills. He placed the Beast Pills into the city wall, integrating them into the Formation to strengthen the defense.

“I thought you would rest for a couple of days.”

The voice of Elder Luo sounded beside Professor Guo.

“We still need to clear out the small-scale beast waves,” Professor Guo replied without turning around, continuing to embed the Beast Pills into the bricks of the wall.

Elder Luo slowly walked up to the edge of the wall, laying a hand on the sturdy structure and then, bending his finger, knocked on the wall with his knuckles.

The black bricks emitted a thudding sound.

“The defense is very strong,” he said.

“The border is long. Even the strongest defenses will be worn down by the power of the desolate beasts,” Professor Guo said.

Elder Luo nodded slightly, just watching Professor Guo work with the Beast Pills.

He knew Guo’s character well and understood what the defense of the border meant to him.

Elder Luo was a few years older than Professor Guo. Back when a beast wave broke through Jiuzhou’s defenses and took Professor Guo’s family, Professor Guo had not yet awakened his system. It was Elder Luo who rescued him.

Since then, Professor Guo, having lost his family, made a determined vow to become a guardian, to protect the defenses of Jiuzhou, to safeguard its civilians, and to prevent such tragedies from befalling others.

This was a lifetime’s commitment.

He never slackened his efforts!

Even though he had just experienced unfounded allegations, it changed nothing for Professor Guo.

After a while, Elder Luo finally said, “What do you think is the most likely scenario in which the city wall’s defenses could be breached?”

Professor Guo was silent for a moment and then answered, “If there is a large-scale systematic attack by a beast wave with creatures of God Refining strength or higher, and if it goes unopposed, then the city wall’s defenses will be broken.”

“You’re wrong,” Elder Luo said, rejecting Professor Guo’s statement. “You’ve been doing this all your life, and still, you don’t understand? What’s the greatest threat to the border defenses?”