The Wine Shop of Eternity
Chapter 135 The Zenke The Rebel
The next day, inside the beast fighting arena. There was a huge platform at the very center with a size of a hundred meters on each side. This is where ferocious beasts are forced to fight each other.
Standing on the platform was Jiu Shen and he observed the hundred young men standing in front of him. They were all extremely exhausted because they had cleaned the place for a full day without any rest and they could only take a short break once in a while. They were not even allowed to sleep by Jiu Shen, making these young men secretly hate him, but how could they feel to escape Jiu Shen's common sense? Even so, he did not care about what they felt because he knew their anger would only turn into gratitude in the future.
Jiu Shen looked at them one by one and recalled their faces inwardly before he spoke in a cold tone. “I know you all feel annoyed and angry for being forced to clean up this place without a break, but you guys can't do anything because you're all weak!”
His cold words pierced the hearts of the youths, but they could only clench fists with angry gazes. They were still afraid of Jiu Shen, so they could only direct their angry expressions to the ground.
Looking at them, Jiu Shen grinned and his eyes flashed coldly. “You are all just a bunch of weaklings with nothing to be proud of! Even if you are forced to do something, what can you all do with your little strength?! Are you willing to remain trash all your life? ?!” Jiu Shen's voice was not that loud, but it echoed in the hearts of these youths like thunder.
Hearing his words, some of them raised their heads with red eyes. No one among them was willing to remain mediocre in their lives, but even before they were born in this world, they were already branded as servants of the Silveria Imperial Family.
The few youths who raised their heads still had a trace of fear in their eyes, but the fact that they dared to look at Jiu Shen showed just how much courage they had.
A young man with slightly darker skin color and a thin physique boldly glanced at Jiu Shen with his eyes already reddened from exhaustion and anger. The boy gritted his teeth as he resentfully looked at Jiu Shen who was staring at them with a cold grin.
Sensing the sharp gaze of the boy, Jiu Shen was a little amused and he could not help but look at it more clearly. Among this group of youths, this boy had the thinnest and weakest body, and he was also the only one who distanced themselves from the others when they were asked to clear the fighting arena of ferocious beasts. He was like a lone wolf, silently bearing everything.
Upon realizing that Jiu Shen was looking at him, the skinny boy felt fear in his heart, but his gaze was still fixed on Jiu Shen's face like a rebellious little boy.
“Nak, name you.” Jiu Shen said as he looked at the young man with interest. Even his newly accepted disciple, Can Ye, did not dare to glance at him.
The dark-skinned youth felt his heart pounding as he faced Jiu Shen, and with a slightly trembling voice, he said. “Yang Zenke..”.
“Yang Zenke right? From now on, you will do more than twice what they do.” Jiu Shen said emotionlessly.
Yang Zenke's face twitched when he heard those words, but he couldn't do anything about it because he was technically Jiu Shen's servant. They were trained to follow orders since they were young, but he had never experienced anything like this before.
With an angry expression on his face, he let out a sound through gritted teeth. “Why?!”
Seeing his rebellious appearance, Jiu Shen chuckled coldly and replied. “Because among your peers, you are the weakest. So you have to work twice as much as them so you don't miss. I didn't ask all of you just to have a few little servants. I intend to train you all as warriors! And I don't need a coward to be a warrior!”
A fighter? The young men cried out in their hearts. Although they did not know what kind of warrior Jiu Shen was talking about, all of them could not help but raise their heads with anticipation. In the Profound Dragon Continent, only powerful experts were respected, while weak ones were destined to be trampled by others.
The young men revealed stubborn expressions as if they were provoked by Jiu Shen's insulting gaze.
Without waiting for the others to speak, Yang Zenke clenched her fists tightly and roared. “I'm willing! As long as I become strong, I am willing to suffer pain!”
His young face furrowed as he shouted with all his might. The other youths also woke up from his stupor when they heard his loud screams.
“I'm ready!”
“I'm ready!”
“I'm ready!”
Their young but powerful voices echoed within the arena. Jiu Shen smiled as he glanced at this scene. ‘Elyk, to think that you gave me a bunch of fearless little kids. I think I should thank you in the future for this.’ He muttered in his heart as he looked at the passionate gazes of the youths.
“Then, I will train all of you until your bones break! But before that, I will let you eat as much and let you sleep enough to prepare for intensive training tomorrow!” Jiu Shen said as he took out countless spiritual fruits from his outer space earrings and placed them neatly on the large table. These fruits were from the Spirit World, and he had just prepared them last night. Although these fruits were only low-level spiritual fruits, it was still enough to nourish the bodies of these young people. He also had high-tier spiritual fruits, but those youths would not be able to handle the potent energy in high-tier spiritual fruits, so he could only give them the lowest-tier spiritual fruit.
Seeing the spiritual fruits presented before them, the eyes of the young men brightened. They were attracted by the aromatic scent of spiritual fruits, and since they were all extremely exhausted, they needed to replenish their energy as soon as possible so that they would not get sick.
Normally, cultivators would not be sick, but these children had yet to begin their cultivation journey. Unless their bodies were a little stronger, they were still humans without any cultivation prowess, so they were all still vulnerable to illness. That was also why Jiu Shen prepared a low-tier spiritual fruit last night. He took out several hundred spiritual fruits and that should be enough for the entire day.
“You can eat, and you can do whatever you want for the rest of the day, but you are not allowed out of this place.” Jiu Shen said before she disappeared from the platform with a swooshing sound.
Swoosh's.
Everyone was astonished by his sudden departure, but their gazes were instantly locked on the fruits piled up like mountains on a large table.
“Come eat first!”
“Ya, right! He said that we will start intensive training tomorrow, so we should be in top condition.”
Jiu Shen could have brought them into the Spirit World, but he did not want to expose them to the young ones too soon because there might be a mole between them. Even though he trusted Emperor Elyk, he was unwilling to take the risk. The man might be below him in terms of strength, but he should not be careless in uncovering his secrets. He had to earn the recognition and trust of the children before he decided to bring them into the Spirit World.