The Attack of the Wastrel

Gu Chengze's father was the person-in-charge of the Gu's Family finances and he had never really gotten along with Gu Rong. Hence, it was the main reason why Gu Linglong immediately took him as the main culprit.

"That’s really funny. So many people here have Earth Spiritual Roots, how did you determine it to be me? Do you think the whole clan is  under your control just because your father is the leader? If you want to frame someone, you better have evidence. If you are so capable, then let's go to the Hall of Law Enforcement. Let’s show them how overbearing the Leader’s family can be!"

"You……" Gu Linglong was so furious she couldn’t get back at Gu Chengze  to the point her finger started shaking while she pointed accusingly at him.

"Me, what?" Gu Chengze said impatiently. "Framing others without evidence, if others were to see this, they would think that everyone from the Gu Clan has no manners."

A few guys behind Gu Chengze nodded their heads in agreement. Either they could not stand Gu Linglong's overbearing attitude, or had fathers that were not on the leader's side.

"That's right, who knows if this small pile of dirt was actually made by her in order to frame others." A young guy claimed pointedly.

Gu Linglong had double Spiritual Roots of water and earth thus this sentence was not without basis.

"Nonsense! Why would I injure myself!" Gu Linglong argued back furiously.

A few people beside Gu Linglong started to talk, supporting her.

In a moment, a two person argument had turned into a group fight.

Gu Lingzhi stood at the perimeter of the group as if this had nothing to do with her, watching the two squabble. Her eyes showed a hint of humour, as she watched them quarrel till their faces turned red and their necks were strained.

Gu Chengze was definitely not responsible for that pile of dirt, and neither was Gu Linglong. Of course, she was the one who created it ever so subtly.

She had five Spiritual Roots after all.

In order to have a hidden trump card, Gu Lingzhi had made sure to gain some mastery of each Spiritual Root. She never thought that it would be useful today.

The pile of dirt she made was not only to stand up for herself. Gu Rong may be the leader of the Gu Clan, but since the clan was so big, there were bound to be different opinions and groups. It was by sheer luck that Gu Chengze's father was on the opposition’s side. It seemed like luck was on Gu Lingzhi’s side that day. Without any instigation, Gu Linglong had automatically pinned the blame on Gu Chengze.

As the argument between these two groups started to heat up, almost turning into a duel between Martial Artists, Gu Lian had realised the commotion and rushed over. His face was dark as he arrived.

"Does nobody want to train anymore? If you have so much energy then go to the mountain ranges and kill a beast. Are you not ashamed of fighting among yourself? Stop trying to show off!"

Gu Lian seemed as if he was telling off the entire group, but as he spoke, his eyes were clearly directed at Gu Chengze's side.

Since Gu Chengze's group all consisted of youths, they would naturally not be able to beat Gu Lian and could do nothing but swallow their anger. Angrily, they returned to the track to continue their training.

Seeing this, Gu Lingzhi quietly followed along. When she passed Gu Chengze, she gave an apologetic smile, "Sorry, my sister has been spoilt. Her character isn't naturally this bad, I hope you won't lower yourself to her level."

Gu Chengze gave her an unfathomable look, finding it slightly funny. This older sister is really an idiot. She has been suppressed by the Lin Yue-er and her daughter for so long, yet she still believes Gu Linglong is a good person?

"Are you speaking up for her?"

Gu Lingzhi hesitated for a while before nodding her head hesitantly. With a distraught look, she gazed at Gu Chengze, "Not entirely, I know sometimes Linglong might be slightly overboard, but who asked her to be my sister……"

In her tone, there was a subtle hint of indignance and helplessness, causing Gu Chengze to waver a bit. Following that, their roles changed as he started to console her slightly.

A whole afternoon was spent at the tracks.

As those on the tracks slowly completed their assigned trainings, they were shocked to realise that the person they believed would fail her training, had actually persisted on! Standing among a group of Level Two Martial Students, her expression actually seemed more relaxed than some of the Level Two Martial Students.

The newbies that had just came that day with Gu Lingzhi were still trying to finish their 50 grounds. 

"How is this possible?" Gu Linglong stared at Gu Lingzhi with widened eyes.

"You definitely ran less!"

Gu Lingzhi lowered her head, looking aggrieved, "Younger sister, there are people keeping track of the number of rounds outside the racing track, if you do not believe me, you can ask the head of the counter and see if I slacked off."

Everyone's heads simultaneously turned towards the head of counters. The head was slightly stunned as he nodded his head, his tone carrying a hint of disbelief.

"First Mistress has really ran 100 rounds, she did not slack off."

"Wah---"

An uproar emerged from the crowd.

If anyone still had doubts regarding Gu Lingzhi possessing Spiritual Roots, her performance today would no doubt force everyone to re-evaluate her.

A person who has never trained before could actually finish the training level of Level Two Martial Students and still have energy left over!

How strong was her inner essence?

Even if she does not become a Spiritual Pills Cultivator, she would still be an outstanding Martial Artist!

Sensing everyone’s attention and admiration on Gu Lingzhi made Gu Linglong feel as if she had been scratched by a cat.

Why should Gu Lingzhi, who had always been beneath her, receive such attention?

It was bad enough that Gu Lingzhi's Spiritual Roots were stronger than hers, but she could not bear it if even her inner essence was weaker than Gu Lingzhi's. 

But no matter how unwilling she was to admit, she could not stop Gu Lingzhi's brilliant emergence.

Moving around the surprised crowd, Gu Lingzhi happily walked over to Gu Lian.

"Headmaster, my training today is considered completed right?"

Gu Lian's expression changed and suddenly pointed to the Level Two Martial Artists that were training, "Today, you can follow them to train. The more you train the better your essence will be, which will help in your cultivation training."

Everyone sucked in a breath as they believe Gu Lingzhi would not be able to survive the training.

However, for the rest of the day, Gu Lingzhi proved to everyone what going against the current meant.

In just one day, Gu Lingzhi had concentrated on training to become a Level Two Martial Student. She could feel the Spiritual Power circulating within her body and used her Spiritual Power to tune her body during training.

When Gu Lingzhi genuinely thanked him, it shocked Gu Lian as he had originally intended to make things difficult for her. She claimed that if it were not for his high standards, she would not have figured out how to proceed with her cultivation training which she realised under the high pressure. He could only feel as if he did something wrong.

To offend someone with such outstanding talents, will I suffer in the future?

But thinking back on the measures Lin Yue-er will take, he felt assured.

No matter how good Gu Lingzhi's aptitude was, she still had to mature before anything could happen to him.

Hence, to everyone's surprise and Gu Linglong's expression filled with malice, Gu Lian waved his hands and told her to follow the Level Three Martial Artists for training the following day.