Supreme Emperor of Swords Chapter 143

Chapter 143 Choice—Ding Hao’s Goal

On the arena, Xu Tao was irritated; his face became ghastly pale and red. He felt embarrassed. He passionately talked for a long time, but no one echoed him. Even those who were originally on his side were all choked and dared not say a thing. The scene was cold and cheerless.
Xu Tao looked embarrassed.
Under such situation, even if he was thick-skinned, he could not continue his speech.
Staring at the disciples who made sarcastic remarks for a while, Xu Tao had to end hastily his so-called “policy outline”, jumping down the stage and flew in a hurry even if he was unwilling to do so..
It was too embarrassing, and it was just self-humiliation.
The first person who jumped out to compete for the academy head encountered such an embarrassing situation, and so, other lucky disciples of the Eastern Academy finally woke up.
Although a fair election for the academy head was good, not everyone could win glory in the arena.
Because every competition there was basically the stage for the truly talented. It was impossible to win the position of the academy head by luck except for Ren Xiaoyao, a fat man known as the ‘Superman of Fortune’. Ordinary people should not have such a big dream or else they would die in a very embarrassing manner.
Xu Tao was the best example.
Then, some people who originally wanted to try their luck also retreated.
There was silence throughout the martial house.
People gazed at each other in speechless despair.
Witnessing such a scene, Wang Juefeng, the black-bellied teacher-in-chief, with two arms over his chest, heartlessly laughed.
“I told you long ago, if you don’t have extraordinary strength, don’t come up on the stage and humiliate yourself. Actually, there are people who are not afraid of death. Haha, now the first one was ousted. Anyone else dare to try again?”
‘This bitch, arousing hatred again.’
The crowd glared at him, but no one went up.
“Bah, this is really a group of guys without balls. No one dares to come up to the stage? Let me remind you that today’s selection of the academy head is really not a joke. Don’t make random decisions just because you are close and far away from each other. Only by selecting a truly qualified head for the academy can you gain the greatest cultivation benefits, so that you will have a better standing in the competition among the five academies. Choosing a rubbish head for the academy will make you a loser in the beginning of your martial arts road, this coming year. Therefore, rookies, make your choice carefully.”
The black-bellied man continued to arouse hatred to the end with a sneer.
Everyone glared at him and then were lost in thought.
The black-bellied man woke up those teenagers in dream with a few words and everyone started to re-examine the importance of the academy head to the whole Eastern Academy of green shirts.
At this time, personal relationships must be put aside and personal preferences must also be put aside. Even if you don’t like the object in your daily life, as long as he is indeed a qualified candidate for the academy head, then you’d better vote for him. No one wants to be hampered at the beginning of his martial arts road for he’ll likely become a loser.
At this moment, voting for others would actually be voting for one’s own martial arts road for the upcoming close to a year term.
Obviously, this was also a test for all registered disciples.
A special test.
For a while, the whole martial house was quiet and everyone began to reconsider their choices.
More and more eyes were focused on Ding Hao.
There was no doubt that in the past 20 days or so, no one had performed more convincingly than Ding Hao. If Ding Hao could become the academy head, he would definitely be the best candidate.
However, Ding Hao still had no intention of stepping on the stage and running for the academy head.
The next moment, Li Lan, who had been quietly sitting opposite Ding Hao, slowly got up and jumped to the arena.
He didn’t make a lot of impassioned remarks like Xu Tao, nor did he really promise anything. He just glanced at everyone calmly, then looked at Ding Hao and said quietly, “I, Li Lan, want to be the academy head.”
No one booed.
No one stirred up trouble.
Li Lan came forward to run for the election, which everyone expected.
After all, Li Lan was also the one who won the honor for the whole Eastern Academy of the green shirts in the last five-academy’s competition. He won the support of many other disciples and always acted fairly. His strength was excellent and his skill “Exceedingly Beautiful Fade-like Palm Technique” was amazing, but he did not show any arrogance. Although he was a bit cold mannered, he was not annoying.
Furthermore, Ge Yin and Zhang Tianlun beside Li Lan were seeded contestants in the last five-academy‘s competition and they were his firm supporters.
If there wasn’t another, much more dazzling, brighter and unshakable genius as Ding Hao in the Eastern Academy of green shirts, there was no doubt that Li Lan was definitely the best candidate for the academy head in everyone’s eyes.
Everyone was convinced of this.
But now…
All eyes were focused on Ding Hao.
Ding Hao finally got up slowly.
There was a low cheer in the crowd.
However, Ding Hao was just standing under the stage and had no intention of stepping on it.
Looking up at Li Lan, the green shirt teenager who looked weak and delicate with a pair of delicate willow eyebrows; a smile appeared on his face. Ding Hao nodded while smiling. Then he looked at the eyes focused on him from his surrounding supporters, then said calmly, “I support Senior Brother Li Lan!”
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Later, many people did not understand why Ding Hao gave up so easily the top position in the Eastern Academy of the green shirts.
At that time, the situation was quite obvious. As long as Ding Hao was willing to fight in the competition, even if he did not say a word, just by slightly showing his attitude, he could easily become the head of the Eastern Academy of the green shirts with an absolute advantage.
However, Ding Hao’s final choice was to give Li Lan the power position that everyone was longing for.
In the end, Li Lan became the head of the Eastern Academy of the green shirts.
Only Ding Hao knew in his heart that not participating in the competition for the academy head was by no means a whim, nor was it because of what Li Lan said on that moonlit night—in fact, during this period of time, Ding Hao had been thinking about this issue and giving up was his final decision.
This was because the academy head seemed to have prominent rights, which were equal to the teacher-in-chief. The academy head was responsible for managing the entire Eastern Academy of the green shirts. But in fact, all these rights required a lot of effort and were based on the fact that he must devote his mind and energy to managing mundane affairs that had nothing to do with martial arts.
Everyone’s energy was limited.
When putting aside some time and energy for mundane things, it meant that his time and energy in cultivation would inevitably be less.
Ding Hao’s long-term goal was to become the pinnacle of martial arts with one sword so that he would go to the Southern Land to look for his sister as soon as possible. His short-term goal was to have a three-year contest with Mu Tianyang, the “prodigy” in the Tranquility Academy.
These two major goals were extremely arduous and great challenges for Ding Hao.