Chapter 158: To Endure the Tribulation (1)
Translator: Sissy That Walk
“Master Murong, are you sure that"s a good idea? Are you sure we are going to just hand over the opportunity to Xue on a platter?” Murong Rui rose to his feet in frustration, “We are in no position to discuss the admission qualification of Four College! What are we going to do with Murong Qingyan?”“I second that, Master, I thought you asked Xue here to ask her about Recovery Elixir, but you didn"t even mention that. We should at least ask a few basic questions!” Murong Li chimed in, face darkened.
“I understand, please hear me out.” replied Murong Xiong, “Are we really going to listen to Murong Qingyan, the rebel of the family? She"s already made a chaos in our family, do you really believe what she said about Xue? She"s merely sowing discords among us, we cannot fall for that and suspect Xue. Xue is the most talented cultivator in the younger generation, it"s great benefit to us if Xue enrolls in Four College.”
“Master, I know you and Murong Qingyan are sworn enemies now.” Murong Rui sighed, “But with that being said, it is Murong Qingyan who has won the admission qualification, I don"t think we can just transfer the qualification to someone else, please think twice, master!”
“I know what you want to say, First Elder.” Murong Xiong interrupted Murong Rui, “I know what I"m doing, Murong Qingyan was a family member when she won this qualification at the Family Contest, so technically, it"s our family who has won this, not she personally! And as the Family Master, I declare we are sending Murong Qingxue to Four College instead of Murong Qingyan, are we clear now?”
“Master, this has never been done before.” Murong Xin shook his head, “What if the Four College won"t acknowledge Murong Qingxue? Have you thought about that? Isn"t that a big loss?”
“Don"t worry, I will see to it such tragedy won"t happen to Xue.” Murong Xiong"s face turned crooked, “All I know is the letter of admission will be sent to us, I can decide whom will get this as a matter of course.”
“Master, people will talk!” Murong Rui stamped his foot, “And please don"t spread any rumors about Murong Qingyan, she has nothing to do with the theft of Recovery Elixir in our family Treasury, please don"t...”
“Humph, listen to yourself, Elder Rui! Our whole family will be thoroughly discredited if we can"t find a good reason for ourselves!” Murong Xiong snorted, “Plus, we don"t stand the slightest chance to defeat her if Murong Qingyan really gets to enroll in Four College, I"m doing this for our family, don"t you understand? But if we send Xue to Four College, I know Xue will study hard, and hopefully one day she will be strong enough to win honour and distinction for our family!”
Murong Xiong had made his mind that no way would he let Murong Qingyan have this opportunity, not after what she did to him and their reputation. And he was confident he could control Murong Qingxue easily, he wanted Murong Qingxue to become a killing weapon for Murong family.
Seeing how determined Murong Xiong was, Murong Rui and the other elders sighed, there was nothing much they could do. They knew this was wrong on every level, but they dared not to think what would happen to them if Murong Qingyan really got to enroll into Four College, so they didn"t argue with Murong Xiong any further.
Meanwhile Murong Qingxue was wild with joy, she couldn"t wait to go to her mother and tell her what happened.
Liu Mei was pacing back and forth in the yard, waiting for Murong Qingxue. She even decided to go to the Hall and say it was her who had stolen the Recovery Elixir, no way would she let anything happen to her daughter.
Murong Qingxue came back when she had her heart in her mouth, “Xue, are you all right? What happened?”
“Mother, I"m fine, everything is fine.” Murong Qingxue smiled, she lifted a hand t the maids, signaling them to withdraw the room.
“Xue, tell me everything!” Liu Mei grabbed Murong Qingxue"s sleeve and urged Murong Qingxue to tell her everything.
“Mother, we are fine. They asked me about the Recovery Elixir, I kept saying I don"t know anything about it, what can they do, they have no evidence!”
“That"s great, I was worried sick.” Liu Mei let out a sigh of relief, “But we still need to be extra careful, this is no joking matter after all.”
“I know, mother. But that"s not important any more, I have great news!” Murong Qingxue took hold of Liu Mei"s hand and said in excitement, “Mother, grandfather asked me to got o Four College instead of Murong Qingyan, isn"t that great news!”
“Really?” exclaimed Liu Mei, she couldn"t believe what she just heard, “Master... master gives that opportunity to you? To Four College?”
“Yes, mother.” Murong Qingxue nodded, “Master even allows me to cultivate in Inhibited Ground before I leave for college, he has high hopes in me, this is so exciting mother.”
Liu Mei was overjoyed, “Xue, I can"t believe this works out so well for us, I was worried about Recovery Elixir when they asked to see you, but look at you now, you are going to study in Four College in no time! But Murong Qingyan---”