Chapter 181

Chapter 181: Petty Tricks Are Not Worthy Of The Great Hall
When Li Jing Rang saw Quan Ye suffer a setback, his mood became strangely a bit better.

So Mu Ye was not only targeting him. She was targeting everyone present.

At this time, Elder Sun of Five Elements Dao Sect heard the noise and came over to see what was happening. Quan Ye had no choice but to press down his anger and glare fiercely at Mu Ye instead.

Mu Ye did not even look at him. After saying a few words to Zhou Jin Yue, she went straight back to stand with the Greenwood Sect group.

Not long after, people from the three sects entered Wen Ding Pavilion one after another in the order of their arrival.

Today, Yu Zhao, for once, was not cultivating behind closed doors. Instead, she left her door and windows open, paying attention to the sounds outside.

When she heard hushed voices approaching, she immediately stood up and went out into the courtyard to wait.

“Disciple Yu Zhao greets Sect Master, and greets all Peak Masters and elders.”

Sect Master Ji Yuan was very pleased to see Yu Zhao. He was just about to tell her to rise when the Sect Master of Wen Ding Pavilion, Master Bai Lian, who was accompanying them, suddenly spoke in praise: “Sect Master Ji Yuan, Yu Zhao performed excellently in both rounds of the Individual Competition. In my opinion, the champions of both the Sect Competition and the Individual Competition in this Cultivation World Grand Tournament will belong to Five Elements Dao Sect.”

“Not at all, not at all. The disciples of your Wen Ding Pavilion are also outstanding. You are killing us with praise, hahaha!” Sect Master Ji Yuan waved his hand modestly, but he could not stop grinning, which made Sect Master Bai Lian feel a little sour inside.

No one disliked hearing good things. The elders of Five Elements Dao Sect were the same. However, when they saw Master Qing Yan’s blank face, they did not dare show their joy too clearly and could only curl their lips in a reserved smile.

Master Qing Yan suddenly said, “Petty tricks are not worthy of the great hall.”

Sect Master Bai Lian and several elders of Wen Ding Pavilion all froze. Only then did they recall Yu Zhao’s awkward status and, for a moment, they did not know how to respond.

Yu Zhao lowered her eyes slightly, her heart calm like still water.

[There is no need to waste words arguing. After the tournament ends, everyone will see for themselves who is right and who is wrong between me and Master Qing Yan.]

“Master Qing Yan has a low-key personality and does not like being praised. Please forgive him, please forgive him,” Sect Master Ji Yuan said quickly to smooth things over.

He was unhappy inside, but he had no choice except to swallow his temper and act as peacemaker.

After he finally saw the people of Wen Ding Pavilion out, the first thing he did was go straight to Master Qing Yan’s room and issue a cold warning.

“Qing Yan, this is Wen Ding Pavilion, not Five Elements Dao Sect. Do you still remember your identity as a Peak Master? Do not let your personal grudges damage the sect’s reputation!”

Master Qing Yan’s expression stayed indifferent. He did not say a word.

Sect Master Ji Yuan grew even angrier: “I do not know what you are thinking, but Yu Zhao is a good child. I will never allow you to ruin her! If you continue to be so stubborn, I will drag you before the Grand Elder to demand an answer, even if I have to give up my position as Sect Master!”

With that, he flicked his sleeve and stormed out.

Back in his room, Sect Master Ji Yuan quickly sat down, grabbed the teapot on the table, and gulped down a big mouthful of tea.

“Phew, thank goodness that old brat did not lose his mind.”

He had really been afraid that Master Qing Yan would ignore everything and fight him right here on someone else’s territory. If that happened, things would get very ugly.

Luckily, Master Qing Yan was not completely out of his mind yet. But why could he not see clearly when it came to Yu Zhao?

[This whole thing is one big mess.]

While Sect Master Ji Yuan was sighing in his room, Yu Zhao’s room was filled with laughter and chatter.

Besides First Senior Sister Zhou Jin Yue, Mu Ye had also come over after she finished settling in. Without realizing it, the topic of the three women’s conversation shifted to Li Jing Rang.

Mu Ye frowned: “That guy called Li Jing Rang dared to spout off about you without even having met you. But do not worry, I already cursed him out for you.”

“Li Jing Rang?” A cold light flashed through Yu Zhao’s eyes.

Ever since she had been reborn, she had almost forgotten about this man.

“Li Jing Rang is very close with Ye Cong Xin,” Zhou Jin Yue added from the side.

Mu Ye did not catch the deeper meaning in those words, but Yu Zhao understood it clearly.

In her previous life, Li Jing Rang and Ye Cong Xin had hit it off as soon as they met. He immediately treated her as a confidant, praising her as unmatched in both poetry and painting, with talent gifted by the heavens.

In his mouth, Yu Zhao was just a crude, stupid piece of rock that dared to think it could sit beside a beautiful piece of jade. He had even written several sour poems just to mock Yu Zhao.

At that time, Yu Zhao’s strength was still low, her reputation was terrible, and no one cared about her. She could only swallow the humiliation in silence.

Maybe it was true that evil met evil in the end, because Li Jing Rang did not get to enjoy his glory for very long.

He had been engaged since childhood to Liu Zheng, the disciple of the Sect Master of Heavenly Sword Sect. According to the original plan, the two of them would exchange keepsakes after the Cultivation World Grand Tournament and then prepare for their Dual Cultivation ceremony.

However, he acted wildly and showed his fondness for Ye Cong Xin in front of others many times, which made Heavenly Sword Sect very unhappy. Liu Zheng then went to him privately to ask to break off the engagement. He refused and even turned things around, accusing Liu Zheng of having a filthy mind and slandering the “pure friendship” between him and Ye Cong Xin.

Originally, Liu Zheng had wanted to preserve his dignity. Seeing his reaction, she simply stopped holding back. Not only did she slice off half of his hair with one sword during the Sect Competition trials, but at the awards ceremony for the Sect Competition, she publicly brought up breaking off the engagement and smashed the keepsakes they were supposed to exchange.

From then on, Li Jing Rang became the laughingstock of the entire Cultivation World.

Later, Yu Zhao heard that Li Jing Rang had developed a Heart Devil, failed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and died from Qi Deviation.

Thinking of Li Jing Rang’s end, Yu Zhao curled her lips: “I heard that Senior Sister Liu Zheng of Heavenly Sword Sect is just like her name…”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled. Everything was understood without needing to be said aloud.

After sending Zhou Jin Yue and Mu Ye off, Yu Zhao was just about to return to her room when Su Ming jumped out from the corner, his voice cheerful: “Yu Xiao Zhao!”

Yu Zhao acted as if she had not heard him and kept walking toward her room. She turned around and was about to close the door.

Su Ming hurried forward and braced the door with both hands: “Don’t close the door, don’t close the door, I came to apologize to you!”

“Apologize?” Yu Zhao felt it was funny.

She was actually hearing these two words from Su Ming’s mouth.

[Has the sun risen in the west, or has some polite Sovereign Senior taken over Su Ming’s body?]

“Really, really!” Su Ming was afraid Yu Zhao would use Illusion Art to throw him out, so he quickly nodded. The two shallow dimples on his cheeks seemed completely full of sincerity.

Yu Zhao’s interest was piqued.

[She wanted to see if Su Ming could ever say something decent.]

“Go on then,” she said.

“Ahem.” Su Ming cleared his throat and said with a very serious face, “I was wrong. I should not have borrowed your Spirit Stones and not paid them back. From now on I promise I will not randomly borrow Spirit Stones anymore, and even if I do, I will return them on time. I will also buy you small gifts, and when others curse you, I will speak up for you.”

“That’s it?”

“That’s it.”

Yu Zhao let out a soft laugh.

[She knew there was no need to expect much from Su Ming.]

“Since you are done talking, you can go now.”

Yu Zhao pried Su Ming’s hands off the door and slammed it shut.

“Yu Xiao Zhao! Yu Zhao! Did you forgive me or not? Why did you close the door? I already apologized! Say something!” Su Ming clung to the door and shouted, his face full of both grievance and anger.

Had he not already apologized sincerely? [Why is Yu Zhao still mad at me? Did I not do enough?]

Yu Zhao’s temper was getting stranger and stranger. She was not cute or sweet like a junior sister at all. [No wonder Fifth Brother says she is a fake. She brought this on herself.]