Chapter 517 A Three-Month Appointment
"This guy does harbor a grudge against Ricky!" The disciples whispered among themselves when they
heard Ray spell out the challenge.
In particr, they were curious about how Ricky, the ace genius, would react to the challenge. For all
they knew, Ricky was not the kind of person to y by anyone''s rules.
No one who knew Ricky well would be foolish enough to challenge him to a duel. The challenge from
Ray rendered Ricky speechless. In this game, wisdom was priceless, and Ricky knew this was not the
right time for picking unnecessary battles unless it were unavoidable. He''d have to control his anger.
After all, the Luxurious Chamber of Commerce was a spiritual-emperor force.
So ignoring the challenge, he vowed to himself instead to work on improving his power and skills. One
of these good days, he would have to stir up the Luxurious Chamber of Commerce.
"You want to challenge me to a fight? I just became an innate spirit, which everyone here witnessed.
Don''t you find it ridiculous that you''re spoiling for a fight with someone of much lower ranking? What
point are you trying to prove?
For goodness'' sake, you are a middle spiritual king, with so much power! If I were you, I''d be ashamed
of making a fool of myself by stooping so low for a serious challenge. I''d be mortified, to be honest, for
lowering the expectations of the entire Luxurious Chamber of Commerce with such spineless, shameful
flubbing," Ricky scoffed.
Many of the disciples watching were deeply impressed by the wisdom of Ricky''s words.
And they knew it would help him much not to think too highly of himself, if he wanted to go further.
"It was very wise of you to answer neither in anger nor to be swayed by his unnecessary provocations.
Although you have broken through your limit to be an innate spirit, you still have to learn the ropes
of your new rank. It will take you time to you achieve any significant improvement in skills," the
Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor advised Ricky.
"Should you give it your best, put in the effort and patiently take the time needed to nurture your gifts,
then you''ll have no problempeting against them."
"Sir, I understand your instructions," Ricky replied.
Meanwhile, Ray''s face turned sour. Not only had Ricky cleverly declined his challenge, but he also
humiliated the entire Luxurious Chamber of Commerce.
"What? Is that how you want to casually sidestep my challenge?" Ray nudged, desperately trying to
save his face.
"Will your entire camp be pissed up if you can''t sessfully challenge me today? It seems that you
won''t easily give up. Ok, I''d like to ept your challenge as you wish," Ricky said with a smile as he
agreed to the challenge.
At once, everyone at the scene quieted down again.
The way he had tactfully downyed Ray''s unfair challenge left them confused. By now, even if Ray
said anything more, everyone around would ignore him. They would not think Ricky was a coward who
didn''t dare to ept Ray''s challenge.
Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org.
By his own words, Ray had embarrassed himself and made Ricky earn favor with the people.
However, shortly afterward, Ricky changed his mind, leaving them confused as to his real intentions.
Was he kidding at first, ying mind games so as to catch Ray on the wrong foot?
Or had he had an impulsive change of mind? That would be unwise of him. Such abrupt decisions
would eventually have a negative impact on his development.
"Ricky, what''s wrong with you? Why did you change your mind to agree to his challenge?" Soar asked
Ricky in an urgent tone.
"Don''t worry about me. I know exactly how far I should go, and I also know when to stop. Of course, I
can''t ept the challenge, unless I''m pretty sure of what I''m doing. But reading his mood, I can tell he
was deeply hurt when I downyed his demands. From that humiliation, Ray is very desperate to
redeem his face, and he''s not easily gonna give up!" Ricky exined.
After a moment''s reflection, he added, "If I didn''t agree to his challenge, I''m afraid he would keep
shouting and thus causing trouble to everyone."
"That''s fine, if you are pretty sure of what you are doing. In which case, I should have your back," Soar
said, a contemtive look on his face.
Then he cleared his voice before asking, "Well, tell me now. What are you nning to do?" The
Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor also echoed Soar''s sentiments.
"Sir, rest assured, for I won''t make fun of my own life. The game n is simple. I''ll give him ater date
for a duel, just to let him cool his jets," Ricky exined.
"What do you mean? Don''t you want to..." the emperor asked, sounding very thoughtful.
"What? You have epted my challenge?!" Ray could not believe his ears.
ording to his own ns, he too had been thinking of challenging Ricky to a match, from which he
knew would immensely gain.
"What? Is there something wrong with your hearing? Do you need me to say it again?" Ricky said, a
little too brashly.
With time, he was growing more and more impatient with the people from the Luxurious Chamber of
Commerce.
"Then you must not renege." Once he was sure about his own challenge to Ricky, Ray too became
impatient, spoiling for a fight as soon as possible.
"Although I am not a good person, I always stay true to my words. Don''t get me wrong! Although I
promised to take your challenge, that does not mean it is the first thing on my mind at the moment. It is
but a mere promise we are talking about here, and you have to wait. If you feel it is urgent and must
happen right here and now, then I''m sorry, you''ll have to find another opponent. Not me!" Ricky
sneered.
"What do you mean?" Ray asked, incredulous.
Likewise, all the disciples around were puzzled.
"What I mean is very simple. Our fight will be in three months. That is the earliest date I can find on the
calendar," Ricky said with a cold smile.
Now, the disciples understood what Ricky had on mind. A whole three months of waiting on Ricky was
his clever way of sidestepping the challenge.
Ricky was an ace genius and had just broken through his limit to be an innate spirit. Over that
period, his fighting power would grow by leaps and bounds, the same way it happened with Jasper,
who had a simr experience.
Three monthster, if Ray would dare take him on, it would be Armageddon—bloody, messy, and
brutal. Not be a walk in the park as Ray would have wished for.
"You are pulling tricks on me?!" Ray shouted, obviously enraged.
"I didn''t say I''d fight against you now, did I?" In response to Ray''s angry outburst, Ricky just grinned.
"Or, do you think I am a fool who wants to take your challenge now? Three months from now, we can
fight, but that''s based on a premise that you are willing to wait. But in case you are in a hurry, that''s
none of my business."
"Damn it! You''ll pay for this!" When Ray heard the retort, his anger reached its peak, and he was ready
to attack Ricky right now.
However, Tonino, who was watching from a distance, stopped him.
It was allowed for them to have a verbal confrontation with the disciples from the Oriental College, but
they could not fight them. That would turn the two camps against each other, which would be
disastrous.
"Well, in three months, you will fight with Ray. No matter who wins or loses, the feud between us will be
over," said Tonino.
"OK, then. Three months it is." Ricky agreed to Tonino''s proposal, looking him straight in the eye.
After, Tonino left with Pearl and Ray. The other disciples also began to disperse, looking forward to the
sh in three months.
Ricky also left shortly after.
But instead of returning to his own residence, the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor invited him to
his pce.
As the vice dean of the Oriental College, the emperor had his own ce for cultivation.
Only that the pce here was notvishly furnished as the other pces, since the emperor was more
concerned with excellence in martial arts.
"Three monthster, you will fight with Ray. What are your chances of winning?" he asked Ricky as
soon as they entered the pce.