My starting summon is a small skeleton

Debt evasion and plagiarism.

Confronted with these two matters, Lu Wu took the initiative to address the issue of debt evasion first.

The 50,000 points had been dragged out for so long, he couldn't let them continue to delay.

And there were two ways to settle the debt of 50,000 points.

One was to find Jiang Beifeng and demand payment in person.

This method was the most tiresome and least rewarding; let alone finding Jiang Beifeng being difficult, expecting to collect the debt was even harder, so Lu Wu directly disregarded this option.

He chose the second method, to have someone else do the debt collection.

Lu Wu and Jiang Beifeng's betting agreement had been signed under the witness of the online platform.

Now that this incident had occurred, Lu Wu could ask the online platform to collect this debt.

Both Lu Wu and Jiang Beifeng were aware of this.

But they also knew that, while this might be the case in theory, it was different in practice.

Although the online platform indeed would help with debt collection and this was one of its major services, it required a process and some time.

And time, or rather a process, was exactly what Jiang Beifeng wanted.

Yes, he had even calculated this into the equation.

He had never intended to default on the debt from the beginning; the debt couldn't be evaded since the agreement was signed under the auspices of the online platform.

But there was room to maneuver this situation.

Starting with debt evasion, his goal was to provoke Lu Wu's emotions and enrage him first.

The online platform's collection was slow and bureaucratic, giving him lots of room to operate, and a few moves would be enough to irritate Lu Wu beyond measure.

Just when Lu Wu couldn't take it any longer and was ready to use coercive measures, Jiang Beifeng would promptly repay the points.

After this wave, Lu Wu's mental state would be on the verge of exploding.

This would save Jiang Beifeng a lot of effort for his next moves.

However, Jiang Beifeng overlooked one thing.

He hadn't anticipated that Lu Wu would have to deal with debt evasion, plagiarism, and team leading issues all at once.

With everything coming at him simultaneously, Lu Wu's anger was instantly provoked, leading him to resort to extreme methods right from the start.

Lu Wu's extreme method was actually quite straightforward, still involving the online platform.

He directly ordered goods worth 50,000 points on the online platform, and when it came to payment, Lu Wu directly used his betting agreement with Jiang Beifeng as a transaction.

Yes, this thing could be traded.

Because it was an agreement signed under the witness of the online platform.

Once the online platform approved the review, then this thing was worth 50,000 on the platform.

However, if the transaction was made directly with the online platform, it would only be valued at 95% of the agreement amount.

That is to say, the online platform would take a cut of 2,500 points.

This was not a small amount; normally, Lu Wu might think twice and hesitate about whether to proceed.

But with his current mood being sour, what's 2,500 points?

Give it up, then!

And then, the debt that Jiang Beifeng had evaded was transferred from Lu Wu to the online platform.

The efficiency of the online platform was quite fast. As soon as the transaction was completed, they immediately notified Jiang Beifeng.

"Please be advised that your betting agreement with 'I Want to Be a Sea King' has been officially taken over by the online platform.

Your account points have been frozen, and your assets are about to be liquidated. Please repay the debt of 50,000 points within three days, or further fees will be incurred due to the delay. Additionally, the online platform will auction off your assets.

If the auction proceeds are insufficient to cover the debt, the online platform will initiate a supplementary repayment procedure."

Looking at this piece of information, Jiang Beifeng's face darkened.

"2,500 points, huh? Lu Wu is really ruthless, to simply let them go like that."

Clearly, Jiang Beifeng was aware of this aspect.

He just hadn't expected that Lu Wu, known to be miserly, would throw away 2,500 points without hesitation.

"It seems I still don't understand him thoroughly enough!"

But Jiang Beifeng quickly adjusted his emotions.

This matter was just a minor episode for him, not a big deal.

"Evading this debt was originally to enrage him; seeing his current state, he's already ignited. If the debt evasion fails, then let it be; it gives me the opportunity to focus more on the upcoming plan."

From the very beginning, Jiang Beifeng had never taken the online platform's debt collection seriously.

Although the online platform's collection was notoriously aggressive and not repaying debts was famously dreadful, that didn't concern Jiang Beifeng.

Jiangbei would pay out the 50,000 points for him.

He just had to concentrate on dealing with Lu Wu.

But speaking of dealing with Lu Wu.

At first, Jiang Beifeng felt some pressure in his heart.

After all, the kid was extraordinarily cunning and seemed to have the support of a rich woman now.

Bullying him now meant that the kid would certainly retaliate in the future.

But even so, Jiang Beifeng still decided to proceed.

On one hand, he was not content with losing to Lu Wu; he had been fully prepared before, and it was only because Lu Wu had cheated that he won, and Jiang Beifeng couldn't accept losing to a cheater.

On the other hand, and most importantly, this was an order personally issued by someone.

Since that person was paying attention to this matter, he naturally had to execute it well.

If he did well and could curry favor with that individual, then Jiang Beifeng could also rise high.

With discontent and interests at play.

Jiang Beifeng couldn't think of any reason not to target Lu Wu.

"Come on, let's stir things up, let's have a good game again!

This time, I'm definitely going to defeat you!"

Jiang Beifeng really didn't believe that he would lose to Lu Wu once and lose to him again!

With that confidence, Jiang Beifeng began his bustle.

He needed to prepare. Judging by Lu Wu's current state, he absolutely would make a big fuss about it. As soon as Lu Wu kicked up a ruckus, Jiang Beifeng would immediately take action.

"Of course, I don't rule out the possibility that he suddenly has his brain kicked by a donkey, or someone stops him by his side. So, I have to be prepared here too. If Lu Wu doesn't make a fuss, we'll help him do it!"

...

Meanwhile, in Jiangnan.

Lu Wu was also not idling.

After sorting out the bad debt issue, he turned his attention to the plagiarism issue.

Like Jiang Beifeng, Lu Wu focused more on resolving the issue of plagiarism.

Initially, Lu Wu wanted to blow the matter up.

He even had a plan that would make Jiangbei regret it.

But before Lu Wu acted, he suddenly remembered what his rich woman had said.

Yes, it was before entering the instance when he was about to take down Team 003. His rich woman had advised him to stay calm in the face of trouble, to think thrice before acting, not to be sarcastic or radical, and to keep his cool.

After all, the rich woman was beautiful.

So, Lu Wu did listen to her words, to some extent.

So before he acted, he let himself cool down and reviewed the whole matter.

The more he reviewed it, the more Lu Wu couldn't understand why Jiangbei would do this.

Why would they bully a kind, upright, handsome, and harmless Little Cultivator like him?

Where had he possibly gone wrong to offend others?

To clear up this matter, Lu Wu specifically contacted Zhang Wentao.

Zhang Wentao was also in the dark about the whole situation, completely clueless why it had unfolded like this.

Logically speaking, no matter how much Jiangnan University and Jiangbei University were at odds, they shouldn't have involved Lu Wu.

Such a talent should be pampered by any place. Who would want to bully him for fun? Besides, did they really think the rich woman behind him was just for show?

"Could it be that someone in the Jiangbei Professional Center got greedy and did this without the upper echelons knowing?"

After discussing with Lu Wu for a long while, Zhang Wentao came up with such a hypothesis.

Once this hypothesis was out, Lu Wu immediately understood why Jiangnan was suppressed so badly by Jiangbei.

The problem lay with the leadership.

The leaders in Jiangnan were too upright, too naïve.

How could the high levels of Jiangbei not know about such a thing?

Lu Wu's proposal had been suppressed for over half a month, not to mention that just after Lu Wu completed an instance, the other party had taken the initiative to publish the cultivation plan.

Could this be just an individual's behavior?

This was clearly a well-organized, planned, and premeditated scheme targeting him, Lu Wu!

But even after much thought, Lu Wu still couldn't figure out why someone as handsome as he was would be despised.

When he couldn't figure it out, Lu Wu simply stopped thinking.

"Let's try a probing move first.

Uncle Zhang, could you use your name to ask for an explanation from Jiangbei, telling them if they can withdraw the cultivation plan and have the wrongdoer apologize to me, we can let this whole matter go?

If not, then we will follow due process!

Oh, and remember to record it!"

"Okay!"

Perhaps because he had just rejected Lu Wu's position as team leader, Zhang Wentao felt a bit embarrassed in front of Lu Wu at that moment.

Whatever Lu Wu said, Zhang Wentao went to do.

Meanwhile, Lu Wu logged onto the internal network to gather information from Jiangnan and Jiangbei while Zhang Wentao was on the task.

He knew that Zhang Wentao would definitely return unsuccessfully. Since the other party had already made a move, they would definitely not back down so easily.

If it had been Lu Wu himself doing this, he definitely wouldn't easily target such an outstanding, kind, likable, and promising Cultivator.

But once he did, it surely wouldn't just end there.

There must be more tricks up their sleeve.

But Lu Wu didn't even know the other party's purpose in targeting him, let alone guess why they were doing it.

So, Lu Wu went to the internal network to learn about the situation in Jiangbei at this time, particularly focusing on the relations between Jiangbei and Jiangnan.

After pondering for a long time, Lu Wu figured that the reasons for Jiangbei targeting him were few.

They either disliked him, or they disliked Jiangnan University, or they disliked his mom.

Of these three, Lu Wu found the third most implausible.

But after seeing the situation between Jiangnan and Jiangbei on the internal network, Lu Wu had a vague feeling that maybe, it was precisely this third reason.

Hesitating for a moment, Lu Wu made a call to his rich woman.

Directly on the phone, Lu Wu recounted everything he had encountered. While Lu Wu told the story, he could clearly sense the rich woman's anger.

It was a kind of anger with a clear direction.

She swore a few times, calling someone "shameless."

There, Lu Wu had cracked the case. He thought so! Why else would someone bully him? It turned out it was the rich woman's fault.

Lu Wu seized the opportunity to explain his resolution plan to her.

As soon as Lu Wu spoke, the rich woman immediately became happy.

"Very good, go ahead and do it!

Let that shameless woman know my might!"

This is my plan, what does it have to do with you, my rich sponsor?

Lu Wu rolled his eyes, full of disdain, but when the words came to his lips, they changed. He slapped his chest, "Leave it to me. Dare to bully my godmother, I'll let her know that there's such a thing as 'regret' in this world!"

After that, Lu Wu hung up the phone, elatedly starting his preparations.