I Never Lose Bets

　　Long Zatian was forced to retreat because he had stalled for long enough and couldn't defeat three bears at once. Long Zaitian hadn't forgotten what Emperor Yuansheng told him, but he chose to prioritise their safety and belted, "Ming Feizhen, you Night Fortress spy, we're going to be reporting to the king of h.e.l.l instead of His Majesty if you don't do something!"

　　Su Xiao and Ye Luo looked at each other, hoping for an explanation. Seeing Ming Feizhen's fearless expression had Long Zaitian thinking, "His brain is either upside down, or he's stupidly strong!"

　　Cornered and out of ideas, Long Zaitian yelled, "Master Ming, Big Brother Ming, Uncle Ming, I don't care if you're a spy or not anymore. If you can beat them, help me kill a few before we're trapped and bodied!"

　　Ming Feizhen brushed off the accusation and replied, "If you can't win, hide, idiot."

　　"Oh, thanks a lot, genius! Didn't I say to run from the get go, moron?! Can't you see them blocking the way?!"

　　"I said hide. I didn't tell you to run."

　　"How is that any different?"

　　"There are trees you can climb, imbecile."

　　"Why didn't I think of that? Jump up to the trees!"

　　Long Zaitian leapt up a big tree and had to sloppily climb the rest of the way up because of his abysmal qinggong skills. He then transferred to another tree to hide, confusing the bear below.

　　Su Xiao wasn't known for his qinggong. Therefore, when he jumped over seven centimetres higher than Ye Luo, even she was surprised. As for him, he almost startled himself off the tree due to the high velocity. Luckily, Ye Luo caught him in time, pulling him in really close reactively and then wondered why she did so.

　　The bear was exasperated, but it couldn't do much other than slowly wade through the darkness in search of its prey.

　　"Ming Feizhen, hurry and climb up!" instructed Ye Luo.

　　"Big Brother Ming, why are you just standing there?"

　　Carrying Tie Hanyi on his shoulder, Ming Feizhen shrugged his other shoulder: "How? My qinggong is non-existent."

　　"He can't use qinggong after coming up with the idea? We were wrong about him? Did we think too much just because he's witty? No, I'm the one jumping to conclusions here. He has to reveal his skills now that his life is on the line. Hmph, you're not fooling Ol' Long anytime soon, buddy," thought Long Zaitian. As he watched the black bear close in on Ming Feizhen, he told himself, "Don't be soft, Ol' Long. Don't be soft. He's trying to force your hand to abscond suspicion. Don't be soft."

　　"Big Brother Ming, come up… Actually, I'll come down to help you. Sister Ye, don't stop me!"

　　"You can't control your output; how do you expect to carry two men at once? Don't just charge to your death!"

　　Teary-eyed, Su Xiao snapped, "I don't care!"

　　Ye Luo, knowing words wouldn't get through to Su Xiao, just held him back. Tie Hanyi was down there; of course she wanted to save them. Wanting to didn't mean able to, though. She suggested, "Vice-Captain Long, you help them, while I support you from here."

　　"Take my weapon. Please save Big Brother Ming."

　　"Ah, man. He's annoying, ugly and keeps hanging around Miss Shen, but we have known each other for a while. I can always look into him later. I can't let Ol' Tie die for nothing, either," Long Zaitian reasoned.