Hours after midday, Sugar Bun came back with Xuan Li tagging at his rear. They discovered Dam Son nearby the tent playing with an amiable monkey.

“Isn’t that the Dark-Human messing around with a monkey? He talked so big I thought he would attempt climbing the mountain without us.”

“I’m going over there to find out.” Sugar Bun ran ahead towards Dam Son. “Hey, we’re back and we’re ready to climb again.”

“Oh?” Dam Son looked towards Sugar Bun and glanced at Xuan Li at the rear. “What about him?”

“He’s also ready to climb again. So what have you been doing all this time Dam Son? Were you just playing around with that monkey on your shoulder while waiting for our return?”

“Yes, I was waiting for the two of you so that we can continue our training. Remember what Master Jin said? Only when all of us reach the top will our training be complete.”

“But how will he know if we complete the training when he isn’t here? He didn’t stop by when we were away did he?” Xuan Li asked curiously.

“No, he didn’t.” Dam Son responded. “But, this is Raixom Academy. He doesn’t have to be here in person to spy on us, does he?”

“He does have a point.” Sugar Bun felt scared when he thought about this. “That geezer could have set up spies to watch us while he is away. If he finds out that we bailed earlier, I’m certain he will make our training even harder.”

“You could be right.” Xuan Li considered. “Then we don’t have any time to waste. Let’s pick up these jugs and start climbing.”

“Alright!” Dam Son became elated by his classmate’s approval. He didn’t make them aware that he had already made it to the top of the mountain 2 times in succession already because his Papyrus told him that the truth might deplete their morale.

“Come on monkey. Let’s do this again.” The monkey was following behind Dam Son and the others.

As agreed, all 3 of them started climbing the stairs in unison. Dam Son stayed one step behind Xuan Li and Sugar Bun to keep their balance if ever they were to slip during their climb. Excluding Dam Son, the other 2 split their water more than once but they refused to start all over even though Dam Son begged them to. Xuan Li insisted on continuing, so they did.

Several hours later, the trio made it to the 70,000th step drenched in sweat and exhaustion. They sprawled onto the floor panting heavily to regain their breath.

“We finally made it to the top.” Sugar Bun was happy to complete his training. “It is all thanks to you, Dam Son. If you weren’t assisting us from behind, we would have fallen down many times.”

“I appreciate the thanks, but I wouldn’t celebrate just yet. I mean we did cheat to make it to the top. We didn’t follow the rules as Master Jin issued them.”

“Stop complaining Dark-Human. You’re killing the mode right now. All we have to do is tell a little lie when that geezer returns. He’s always so drunk, he won’t even care.”

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“Oh, really. You brats think that you’re smarter than I am?”

“???” The students almost poop their pants when they heard Jin Hennessy’s voice close by. They searched their eyes around frantically until they located the source of the voice. It was coming from the monkey standing atop Dam Son’s back. “The monkey is the spy?”

“Not quite…” The monkey leapt into the air and undergo a quick transformation. Before it reached the ground, a tall and angry Jin Hennessy was present.

[Advance Word Fu Script: Beast Transformation] (Deactivated) –730(MAPL)

“No way? The monkey was him all along???” The students were shocked out of their minds. “So that means he heard and saw everything that we did since this morning.”

“Damn right I did.” Jin Hennessy washed his poisonous gave over his pupils. “You runts did whatever the hell you wanted to and avoided the methods of my training. What should your punishment be I wonder?”

As Jin Hennessy thought about the best way to punish his disobedient disciples, they were shivering on the ground like a cold leaf. “Damn it, we messed up.” Xuan Li admitted.

“We should have gone with Dam Son’s idea from the beginning.” Said Sugar Bun scowling at Xuan Li. “This is all your fault Xuan Li. If I didn’t follow you stupidly back to the Tower of Residence, I would not be undertaking this severe scolding.”

“Yeah, go ahead and blame me. It’s not as if I forced you to follow. You did what you wanted to.”

“Guys please don’t argue.” Dam Son tried to placate the situation. “I’m sure that Master Jin will be reasonable with his punishment.”

“Shut up Dark-Human. Quit boasting because you were blessed with incredible physiques. You might be able to handle his punishment but I know I won’t.”

“Why are you being so hostile? I was only trying to help.”

“Yeah, well I don’t need it.”

“All of you shut your trap!” Jin Hennessy’s shout quickly silenced his talkative disciples. “I’ve finally thought of a way to deal with you. Since none of you aside from Dam Son has completed your training, you will all start over again.”

“What, we have to climb all the way back up here again? But it took us so long the first time and that was when we cheated. I can’t imagine how difficult it will be if we don’t.” Sugar Bun feared pushing himself beyond his limit. Unlike him, Xuan Li liked a challenge but not one that was too difficult.

“This isn’t fair Master Jin. You didn’t give us enough time to rest so you shouldn’t blame us for cheating.”

“Long neck brat, you spent more than 6 hours doing God knows what inside the Tower of Residence. You came back fully rejuvenated and you still couldn’t complete my training fairly. You’re the kind of brat who loves to complain when things become too difficult or when the situation isn’t in your favour. However, when the condition is right for you, you don’t mind stepping on others to accomplish your goals. As for you Sugar Plump brat, you give up before you even start. You think too much about useless things and you never want to try your best. Look at your stomach. How could you’ve gained extra pounds while exercising? Come on you 2, you need to do better than that.”

“Do better?” Xuan Li became annoyed of him and Sugar Bun alone getting scolded so he asked, “What about the Dark-Human? You have so many negative things to say about our capabilities, what about him?”

“Him?” Jin Hennessy gave his eyes to Dam Son who sat silently at the side. “None of you can compare to this hardworking brat. While the both of you were off dawdling, he was here climbing the mountain in repeated successions. If it weren’t for you 2 dragging him down, I would have given him a pass already. Dam Son is a very diligent student.”

“What?” Xuan Li was veritably upset to hear this. Not that Dam Son was a diligent student but that he had already climbed to the top of the mountain in repeated successions. He glared at Dam Son with heated jealously. “Why didn’t you tell us about this?”

“Well, ah… Papyrus told me not to tell you guys.” Dam Son answered truthfully.

“Stop with the ridiculous excuses. You just think that you’re better than me don’t you? Wait and see how much stronger I get in the future.”

“In the future?” Jin Hennessy intervened in Xuan Li’s conversation. “Why don’t you get stronger right now you idiotic brat? Seems you all need more discipline.”

Jin Hennessy used his big toe to smash all of his pupils off the mountain peak. They rolled down thousands of steps until they landed at the very bottom of the mountain.