Chapter 261: Boasting Competition
Thinking of this, I directly wrote a sign and placed it at the doorway.
No set rules, no eggs to claim, the prize is just peanuts, participation is open to all ages.
When the old man and old woman saw this sign, they thought, it’s too much effort to brag, and even if you win, you only get a few peanuts. It really felt meaningless, so they left.
But young people are different. They are full of curiosity for new things, and they feel that this Boasting Competition is unprecedented in all of history and across the world, so one by one, they are eager to try.
As for those who always come to my tavern, there’s no need to even mention them. They know that my peanuts are not ordinary, so they signed up early, ready to boast.
For this, I had also bought a very large pile of bragging rights in advance, er, no, I made preparations to earnestly watch them brag.
Looking at the time, it was getting late. I sat behind the bar. The first contestant was a thin young man. He walked forward, shrugged his shoulders, and said:
“Originally, I was a Heavenly Prodigy, so much so that I could be compared to the heavens. Later, for some unknown reason, my strength suddenly began to decline. I thought that my life would be ruined because of this, but unexpectedly, when I was fifteen years old, I encountered the first major turning point in my life: the annulment of an engagement.
Yes, the annulment of an engagement. This engagement was set for me by my grandfather when he was alive. The other party was the Nalan family, which was considered quite strong in our area at the time. And my fiancée was the only daughter of the Nalan family head, Nalan Daxia Gua, Nalan Daxigua.”
Hearing this, everyone present couldn’t help but burst into laughter, and even I couldn’t help but smile.
The young man’s face showed embarrassment. His originally fair complexion was now tinged with a slight blush. He scratched his head with his hand, trying to get the people around him who were openly laughing to quiet down, and anxiously explained: “Look, look, it’s true, don’t laugh, hey hey hey, if you keep laughing, I can’t go on, hey…”
However, his words not only failed to stop the laughter but instead triggered even louder and more unscrupulous bursts of laughter.
“Hahahaha, Nalan, Nalan Daxia Gua? Hahaha.” Someone laughed so hard they were bent over, almost to the point of tears.
Another person was even more exaggerated, directly holding their stomach and shouting: “Hahahaha, Nalan Daxigua, and two melons at that, hahaha.”
Hearing this, the young man couldn’t help but feel both ashamed and annoyed, and retorted: “So what? I didn’t say Nalan Roast Sweet Potato was bad, hehehe.”
For a time, the entire venue was immersed in an ocean of joy. Everyone was amused by the first contestant and burst into hearty laughter, creating an exceptionally lively atmosphere.
After a long while, the young man slowly began to speak again:
“To be honest, I never had many expectations for this relationship in the first place. But from ancient times to the present, it has always been the man who unilaterally broke off the engagement with the woman. I have never heard of a dignified seven-foot man being abandoned by the woman!
This was undoubtedly a great humiliation for my family; and for me personally, it was the ultimate humiliation. Even the term ‘utter disgrace’ could not express my state of mind at that time.
And this was simply because Nalan Daxigua, relying on her joining the strongest sect in our region at the time, believed she had a solid backing and support, and dared to bully and insult me so unscrupulously.
As the saying goes, a scholar can be killed but not humiliated. When they aggressively came to force me to break off the engagement, although I was indignant and felt it was unfair, I did not easily agree.
Instead, to save my father’s face, I myself took the initiative to propose breaking off the engagement with her, returning her action in kind. She broke off with me, and I broke off with her.
Nalan Daxigua didn’t think much when she came to break off with me, but I ended up breaking off with her, which made her face look extremely unpleasant. Her face was as if she had just eaten feces, and although she didn’t turn hostile on the spot, the strong person who came with her meddled like a dog chasing a rat, insisting on fighting me.
Fortunately, fortunately, my father was quite powerful back then and stood in front of me, shielding me from the pressure from that strong person.
That strong person and my father were not much different in strength. Knowing that he wouldn’t gain any benefit even if they fought, he glared at me fiercely.
Afterwards, Nalan Daxigua and I set a three-year pact, agreeing that in three years, I would defeat her with my own strength to prove that I was still the Heavenly Prodigy I once was.”
Having said this, the young man paused slightly, as if to calm his emotions, and then continued:
“Three years, a full three years. Do you know what I’ve been through? I was tormented by an old man who had been dead for many years, who greedily absorbed the spiritual power I had painstakingly cultivated. I hated him so much. If he didn’t have a physical form, I would have slapped him to death.
But fortunately, he later found his conscience and didn’t persist in his misguided ways. Not only that, but he also began to meticulously guide my cultivation with his rich cultivation experience accumulated over the years. Furthermore, he even accepted me as his last disciple and passed on to me a mysterious and powerful cultivation technique, which can absorb rare exotic fires in the world and can also evolve.
Recalling those days, the hardships are truly unbearable. Every day I would suffer all sorts of cruel torment and beatings. After being covered in wounds, I would rely on medicinal baths to alleviate the pain and heal my injuries. But all these hardships and sacrifices were worth it, because only by constantly tempering my physical body and will in this way could I ensure that my body could withstand the extremely violent backlash of the exotic fire when I found it in the future.
Thus, in such a difficult and harsh environment, I searched for clues about exotic fires everywhere, while gritting my teeth and persevering in my cultivation, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
Heaven did not fail the one who is willing. Later, through my continuous efforts, I finally found the trace of the Azure Lotus Heart Fire, ranked nineteenth on the exotic fire list.
But when I went to get it, there was a seven-colored python guarding it. It makes sense, anywhere in the world where heavenly materials and earthly treasures can be found, there are often fierce beasts accompanying them.
I tried to snatch it several times but couldn’t defeat it. But after going through so much hardship, I had finally found an exotic fire, so how could I give up so easily?
I took a deep breath, and after no other choice, I, I, I spent a whole day and night entwined with it. That was a whole day and night, and I was so exhausted that I didn’t dare to sleep, for fear that if I stopped moving, it would eat me.
I just gritted my teeth and endured it, until I finally wore it out and it fell asleep, and only then did I get the exotic fire.
Damn it, I’m so tired.
Sigh… but fortunately, after three years, I found Nalan Daxigua’s sect with my own ability and defeated her.
I didn’t do all this for anything else, but to tell everyone that what I lost, I will personally get back! “
