I Am Overlord - Chapter 119: You Want Me to Keep Being the Dark Horse?
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Chapter 119: You Want Me to Keep Being the Dark Horse?

Chapter 119: You Want Me to Keep Being the Dark Horse?

Among the over 100 towns in Cloud Margin City's territory, 10 stood above all others. These were also the top 10 towns during the previous Battle of Towns. They were respectively Cloud Dragon Town's Cloud Dragon Pavilion, Cloud Tiger Town's Cloud Tiger Palace, Vortex Town's Divine Wind Academy, True Martial Town's True Martial Pavilion, Sea Serpent Town's Sea Tundra Academy, Jadewater Town's Jadewater Hall, Blackhill Town's Blackhill Sect, Yellow House Town's Yellow House Academy, Justice Town's Justice Hall, and Jade Mountain Town's Jade Mountain Academy.

The 10 academies of these 10 towns were the strongest powers in Cloud Margin City. That was especially true for the academies with higher rankings that always had King Realm cultivators in their academies.

Because of that, the disciples of these academies were also much stronger than the disciples of other academies. It was not hard for them to get into the top 10 during each Battle of Towns.

After the conflict between the Martial Hall Palace and Gateflag Academy, they docked separately instead of working together like they had agreed on earlier. The young disciples were extremely excited and kept looking around after disembarking the ship, trying to find out what kind of opponents they were going to face.

"Boss, there are so many people here! There are a lot of beauties as well!" Xia Liuhui kept looking around and cried out when he saw the pretty girls everywhere.

"Stop embarrassing yourself," Xiang Shaoyun said with contempt.

"Xia Liuhui, don't lead Shaoyun astray. He is not a pervert like you," Lu Xiaoqing said.

Ever since Xiang Shaoyun had further showed his strength, Lu Xiaoqing had been sticking to him all the time, afraid that other women would approach him. There were a few times where Gong Qinyin wanted to have a chat with Xiang Shaoyun. But when she saw Lu Xiaoqing sticking to him, she decided against it.

"Yes, sister-in-law. My boss is indeed a gentleman. It was my fault," Xia Liuhui said, quickly slapping his face.

Inwardly, he was thinking something entirely different,

If even my boss is a gentleman, nobody else is a gentleman.

The Martial Hall Palace picked an empty spot and set up camp. When they were done, Tan Guanghua said, "The competition will start in three days. Just stay here during this period and don't go anywhere. Also remember to not create trouble."

Then, he told them more about the situation in the Golden River Valley and told them the various rules of the competition. He had already told them all that on their way here, but this time, he was merely reminding them. He also made it clear that Mo Zhu would be their leader during the competition. Many disciples were dissatisfied as they felt that Tan Guanghua was being partial here.

Mo Zhu, being an honorable person, stepped forth and asked, "Vice palace master, is this proper?"

He then looked at Xiang Shaoyun, his meaning clear.

"Hehe, I am gratified that you can say that. Don't worry. I have a different arrangement for Xiang Shaoyun. Alright, you may all leave now," Tan Guanghua said with a smile.

After everyone left, Tan Guanghua looked at Xiang Shaoyun and asked, "Do you share their thoughts?"

He was trying to ask if Xiang Shaoyun also thought he was being partial.

Xiang Shaoyun smiled and replied, "I understand the vice palace master did that for my sake."

"Oh? Tell me more," Tan Guanghua said, his interest piqued. He had heard many rumors about Xiang Shaoyun, but he had always believed that the rumors were exaggerations and had never thought much about it. But after the conflict with Gateflag Academy, he was looking at Xiang Shaoyun in a new light.

"You just want me to keep being the dark horse, right?" Xiang Shaoyun went straight to the point.

"Looks like your accomplishments have not been due to luck. You have a sharp mind as well," Tan Guanghua nodded praisingly before he continued, "That's right. You will be our super dark horse. I want you to help the Martial Hall Palace reach the top 10. Are you confident you can do that?"

"Hehe, I'll just do my best." Xiang Shaoyun did not make any promises. He did not know the strength of his competitors. Thus, he wouldn’t make any blind promises.

"You are a slippery one, aren't you? If you can enter the top 10, you will be rewarded by the Cloud Margin City. The rich rewards will help you easily reach the Transformation Realm. So long as you can enter the top 10 individually and our other disciples work harder, the Martial Palace Hall might be able to place top 10 overall as well," Tan Guanghua said.

"Um. I'll try my best," Xiang Shaoyun was still unmoved.

Seeing how Xiang Shaoyun was behaving, Tan Guanghua was forced to pull out his trump card, "If you can enter the top 10, I will also reward you with a tier-4 battle technique! Bear in mind, that is a true king-grade technique!"

Such an attractive offer was sufficient to drive many disciples m