Chapter 63: Hypocrisy

  "It's really burning money." With this analysis, Xiao Hong looked at the purple energy tattoos surrounding his wrist and sighed.

  Then Xiao Hong began to think about other characteristics of the Shadow Strike Pattern, trying to make it evolve into more moves. Of course, compared to before, Xiao Hong was not dare to try easily, because every activation of energy was money.

  Xiao Hong didn't stop training until 10 o'clock at night, and although he had been very frugal, he still consumed five stocks of energy.

  He walked slowly to the side, and Xiao Hong began to instruct Lin Zi, Li Le and others. Originally, Li Le's driving second-level medicine pattern was handed over to Lin Zi by Xiao Hong, and Li Le changed to drive the third-level medicine pattern.

  Just as Xiao Hong was carefully instructing the people in front of him, his communication device in his arms suddenly vibrated and rang. He took it out to look at it, and the person requesting communication was Ren Xiang.

  "Ren Xiang, what's up?" Xiao Hong asked softly after getting through the communication.

  "Xiao Hong, I'm at the door, open it, there's something to say." Ren Xiang said.

  As for Ren Xiang, Xiao Hong was naturally familiar with him and came to the front hall without hesitation. There, he saw Ren Xiang, Huang Mao and others, who were all there. Apparently, this type of person mostly liked to be active at night.

  Open the door lock and let Ren Xiang and others in. He gestured for them to sit down casually, and Xiao Hong asked directly: "Ren Xiang, what's up?"

  "To be honest, I've come to ask for your help again." Ren Xiang didn't stand on ceremony and sat down on the sofa, saying: "Tomorrow is the Kyokai main match, we'd like to invite you to join us once more."

  "This...” Xiao Hong hesitated for a moment, he wasn't a war enthusiast, what champion fight, he wasn't interested, more importantly, he would be receiving a large number of customers tomorrow, where could he find the time? However, Xiao Hong really couldn't refuse, after all, he owed Ren Xiang a great favor, without his idea, probably now his own small medicine shop would still be struggling.

  For a moment, Xiao Hong was somewhat embarrassed.

  Ren Xiang naturally noticed Xiao Hong's expression, and just smiled slightly: "If you're having trouble, you don't have to go. Anyway, relying on our strength, we didn't plan to make a big splash in the regular season. We just wanted to broaden our horizons, and originally wanted to take you along to take a look. If you don't have time, that's fine."

  "Yeah, yeah, we didn't plan on doing anything anyway." Huang Mao continued, his eyes shining brightly as he turned to the people around him: "Hey, do you guys know? Tomorrow's opening act is going to be performed by Mu Xi'er herself, and she's even making a guest appearance as a competition supervisor! And it's all thanks to Xiang Ge's good luck, he managed to draw the main venue match in one go. This time we can finally get a close-up look at Mu Xi'er's beauty!"

  "What's that, Muxi? Wow, this is a real treat for the eyes!" Zhuang Hai responded, his eyes shining with an unusual light.

  Xiao Hong, who was standing beside him, heard this conversation and although he tried to maintain a calm expression, his heart suddenly became soft and mushy, and his pupils began to move slightly in their sockets.

  "You guys, when did you become so lacking in fighting spirit? If we're going to participate in the competition, we have to strive for victory no matter who our opponents are!" Xiao Hong said with a flourish.

  "Okay, Xiao Hong himself couldn't help but admit that saying these words was hypocritical. But he also couldn't openly say, 'Wow, I've had a crush on Muxi for a long time, and I want to go see her with you guys too.'"

  "Hong Ge, this makes a lot of sense. If we're going to fight, we need to show our true strength. It's not good if you guys don't do that." Xia Ze, who had always been silent, spoke with a serious expression, clearly he didn't care about Mu Xi Er and the others. For the sake of the tournament, he had been training hard for almost a month, his strength had already reached the level of a fifth-level cultivator.

  But if he were to hear Xiao Hong's inner voice, he would probably be shocked and vomit three liters of blood.

  "Xia Ze's style is like a true warrior, anyway we must strive for victory tomorrow, even if we fail, we will fall on the battlefield!" Xiao Hong followed Xia Ze's words and cleverly brought himself into it.

  "So you're saying you agree to participate with us?" Ren Xiang's eyes flickered slightly as he asked.

  "Yes, since we've worked so hard to get into the finals, it's a pity to let the opportunity slip away." Xiao Hong responded, actually when he said these words, he himself felt guilty, but there was no way around it. To be honest, ever since Xiao Hong entered the world of music production, he had been accompanied by Mu Xi'er's songs. Mu Xi'er held an extremely special position in Xiao Hong's heart, like a lively sprite and also like a solemn goddess.

  Xiao Hong is also human and has seven emotions and six desires. This is a rare opportunity to see Mu Xi'er with his own eyes, and Xiao Hong doesn't want to miss it.

  After sending Ren Xiang and the others off, Xiao Hong returned to his bedroom, lay on the wooden bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep for a long time. For Mu Xi'er, Xiao Hong might just be one grain of sand among countless fans, but for Xiao Hong himself, he self-deprecatingly said that perhaps it was like a toad wanting to see a swan, a rare opportunity.

  A family died of illness, the only son wandered around, under the pressure of a terminal illness, Xiao Hong thought he had become numb to the word "love", but Mu Xi'er might be an exception, just like that one colorful rainbow in a gray world, unreachable yet giving Xiao Hong hope.

  Such thoughts lingered in Xiao Hong's mind until after midnight, when he finally fell asleep with a hint of anticipation, feeling good.

  The next day, the sun shone brightly, and it was already slightly hot in the early summer morning. The cicadas were chirping incessantly among the branches.

  The entrance of Da Hongmei's center, as always, a long queue, the people in the queue seem to be getting along well, chatting and laughing, passing the time.

  At 8:00 sharp, Ren Xiang's magic bus stopped at the entrance of Dahongmei Center. Almost at the same time, Xiao Hong slowly opened the door. Unlike his usual white coat, this time Xiao Hong wore a casual outfit - dark red top, deep gray pants, and a white undershirt, understated yet very fitting.

  "Everyone, I'm sorry today. I have something to attend to below and can't personally receive you all. If it's alright with everyone, I can let Li Le help you out. He can completely resolve some small issues." Xiao Hong said apologetically, clasped his fists together, and then directly got into Ren Xiang's magic pattern car. The magic pattern car then drove off into the distance.

  Women who came to queue up early in the morning, look at me, I look at you, and look at Li Le, who is cleaning his hands with disinfectant wipes, some of them didn't react.

  "Lè zi, Xiào dà shī zhè shì gàn shén me qù le?" Some old customers asked Li Le, from the way they addressed him, it was clear that they were already very familiar with Li Le.

  "I'm going to watch the finals of the Go tournament." Li Le said with a face full of discontent. Logically speaking, today should be a holiday, but Xiao Hong made him stay and watch the store.

  "Wow, I didn't expect Master Xiao to not only be able to control the mysterious medicinal patterns but also the battle patterns!" A middle-aged woman exclaimed in surprise.

  "It's probably just a formality, the real competition has many strong players." Li Le said with a sour tone, in fact he also wanted to go, but Ren Xiang and Xiao Hong didn't bring him.

  "Sisters, it's rare for Master Xiao to take action, why don't we go and join in the fun?" one of the idle and bored noblewomen suggested. It can be said that for women like them who have no worries about food and clothing, the hardest thing to bear is time. Every day, apart from taking care of their faces, they basically just go shopping, rarely finding anything interesting to do.

  It was precisely because of this that the noblewoman's proposal quickly received a response from most people, and in an instant, more than half of the people who were queuing up had left. The remaining small number of people who did not want to disperse immediately were fortunate enough to find Li Le, as they knew that the tattoos were all made by Xiao Hong himself.

  As the main venue of the Kyudo competition is not in Hexi District, it will take at least half an hour for Mo Teng's car to arrive.

  "Xiao Hong, this time the command is given to you again. You are the executive captain. What's our next move?" Ren Xiang said softly, sitting opposite Xiao Hong. He had already thought it through last night. Since Xiao Hong was so determined, why should he retreat? Even if they lost, they would fight for honor!

  Although what was said last night were just empty words, the real purpose was still to take a look at Muxi'er's beauty with his own eyes. However, when it comes to fighting, Xiao Hong is not careless because in his heart, these are two completely different things. Since he chose to fight, Xiao Hong does not want to return with the reputation of a loser.

  "Bring me the opponent's information, let me take a look." Xiao Hong beckoned to Ren Xiang.

  The white paper handed over by Ren Xiang, Xiao Hong took a look, the opponent of the first round of elimination, named Haixin War Team, is a team that emerged from the Dongyun competition area, with a member level composition of 76654.

  Compared to Eagle Light Squadron, they are even stronger. As for Xiao Hong's side, excluding Xiao Hong himself, Ren Xiang is at level 5 and Xia Ze is also at level 5. The others can't even compare, the difference in strength isn't just a little bit.

  Xiao Hong finally understood, no wonder those guys were so relaxed when they came last night, it turned out that in their hearts, they had already given up, and three of the opponents could completely explode Ren Xiang and his team.

  "Brother Hong, do you think we still have a chance to win? To be honest, I don't think so. You're only a sixth-level driver, and look at our opponents - two of them are already sixth-level, not to mention the one who's seventh-level." Huang Mao said with his hand on Xiao Hong's backrest, speaking in a relaxed tone, which was typical of someone who had already given up psychologically.

  "We'll see when the time comes." Xiao Hong responded casually, but his mind began to think deeply. To be honest, he didn't have a hundred percent chance of winning in his heart either. He could only observe and determine the opponent's weakness at that time.