Jake followed Ling Lin out of the kitchen, through the house and out the front onto the path. She stopped and turned to look at him.

“Are you worried about Wang Chunhua?” She asked with a worried face. Wang Chunhua had beaten her badly at the last monthly session. They had been good friends when they were younger, but since cultivating she had changed greatly and acted like the rest of the Wang’s.

Jake let out a loud laugh. How could he worry about her, he was at the 8th level and she was maybe the 4th.

“I am not worried at all.” He said with a smirk. “I will have a lot of fun with her, and then let her eat her words. I am at now at the Houtian level 8 and have the fourth level of The Gravity Crushing Technique. Even if I stood there and let her hit me, she could not hurt me.”

He thought back over the past two years and how she had tortured him. The male disciples just beat him down and then left him alone. She however, had beat him down physically very slowly and also mentally attacked him. She kept trying to drive him out of the sect, saying trash like him did not belong inside the sect. She had been a kind little girl until she could cultivate, but had changed when she cultivated and he could not. He had helped her a lot previous to this with her fitness and her martial techniques.

“Let’s make a move then.” Said Jake. “Its time for her to pay the piper.”

They walked for a while and finally arrived at the central fighting. The arena was a large enclosed platform. It was composed of a large open space surrounded on all sides by tiered seating for spectators, but no roof. The ten fighting platforms were at the lowest point, this allowed maximum visibility for the spectators. There was a basic array around each platform to protect the spectators from harm in higher level fights.

Jake had a lot of bad memories here in the last two years. He had been dragged outside and left in a heap many times by the other disciples, especially Wang Chunhua. She seemed to delight in beating him unconscious and then dragging his body outside. One time she had even dragged outside the front gate of the sect and left him there. Fortunately a kind guard had been at the gate and had brought him inside and helped him recover. That was what someone had told him. He still had not found that guard and repaid the kindness, which is something he had the power to do now.

Jake and Ling Lin looked around. A lot of the disciples were already here. They walked to the side and sat down. They both closed their eyes to meditate while they waited. They could hear the crowd around them muttering and whispering however.

“He is trash and cannot cultivate. We will wait and watch the show. Wang Chunhua will surely be in fine form, she is waiting for this moment. She has vowed to finish him today”

His face lit up with a grin at the thought of Wang Chunhua. He would end her today instead, and drag her outside the sect unconscious.

“What is he grinning at?” He heard behind him. “Is he happy because he is going to die? Has he lost his mind?”

“He has been under a lot of pressure since he could not cultivate.” Another said. “Maybe he has cracked.”

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“Why is Fairy Lin with him?” Another said. “She has not been with him for years. I heard her grandfather banned him from talking with him.”

Ling Lin’s face kept getting darker and darker. She was trying to remain calm but the idiots were affecting her.

“Ignore them Little Lin.” Said Jake. “We will get ours in a few minutes.”

Lin calmed down and continued meditating, trying to ignore the people around them. She did so until a loud voice shouted at Jake. She opened her eyes and saw a beautiful girl standing in front of them with her arms crossed over a large bosom and round bottom. She looked at hers and sighed. Wang Chunhua looks to be curvier. She stood up and she subconsciously stuck her smaller chest out.

“Why are you still here Trash.” Shouted Wang Chunhua, with spittle flying out of her mouth. “I thought I beat some sense into you last time, and you would leave the sect. I guess I will have to cripple your puny body today to make sure you get the message.”

Wang Chunhua looked at Jake angrily. Why was he still here? She had tried to get him to leave but he refused. In her heart she had feelings for Jake ever since he looked after her when they were young. He was her idol and when he could not cultivate it broke her heart. She could not help him in any way, especially when the other disciples started beating him. She had thought she could drive him away and spare him future pain. If only he could cultivate, she thought. He would be the perfect man. He was tall and well muscled and his face was very handsome. It is only a dream, she thought.

Jake opened his eyes slowly and looked up at the beautiful Wang Chunhua. He had always admired her and now she was so beautiful and her body was spectacular. She was the dream woman of all the outer disciples. Jake smiled and slowly got up and bowed to Wang Chunhua.

“Hello Sister Wang Chunhua.” He said with a big smile. “You seem to be getting more beautiful every time I see you. This lowly one is still an outer disciple so has to come to the sparring sessions especially the monthly ones.

“Trash.” She shouted again, with spittle flying out of her mouth all over Jake. “Today I vow I will beat some sense into you and make you would leave the sect. Also I am not your sister and do not profane my name with your lowly mouth.”

“Yes fellow disciple.” Jake said still smiling. “I wonder what you will do if you do not beat me today? What If I beat you? Will you wager something then? I wager that if you win I will stop cultivating and be your personal slave. I will even leave the sect if you so wish. What will you bet?”

Wang Chunhua could not believe it, she could finally ease his suffering and the pain in her heart. She hated hurting him, but she did it out of love. She could finally get him to leave and get rid of the demon in her heart. She had some savings she could give him to help him start out

“This one vows to be your servant forever if she loses.” Wang Chunhua replied. “If you lose you have to leave that is all. Do you dare to make this wager with me? If you lose I will even give you ten spirit stones to help you when you leave.”

Jake frowned. Why would she give him spirit stones if he lost and not if he won? Could there be something deeper here. She never seriously hurt him but usually beat him around and knocked him unconscious. Actually since she did that less people beat him up and reserved that right for her. Could she have been trying to protect him?

Jake looked at Wang Chunhua with a very serious face.

“If you win I agree to those terms.” Replied Jake. “However if you lose you will be my Dao Partner when we come of age and not my servant. Do you dare take that bet?”

Wang Chunhua was at a loss for words. This was a dream of hers to marry Jake when they were young. She would not marry a mortal however so she still had a knot in her heart over this.

“I agree.” She replied quickly. “You can never beat me but it is fun to see. You are just a toad who wants to try eating the swan's meat. I will get an elder to witness this wager.”

She left hurriedly to find an elder.

Jake stood there with a big grin on his face. He could practice the Yin and Yang technique in a few years. He was sure he could get Ling Lin as well. With two partners the results would be much better. Beating her would be child’s play. He did not see Ling Lin next to him or the look on her face.