Chapter 209: Don’t Drag Us Down With You
Wanqi Jue’s techniques were extremely strange, and it seemed that it was an instant before he reached the empty street, falling next to her.
Lowering his head slightly, he could see her delicate and beautiful face and she lifted her eyes to look forward. She had a lazy expression on her face, looking as though she didn’t know of the danger that was going to befell her in the next moment.
Wanqi Jue’s heart pounded as he leaned over to softly say in her ear, “Close your eyes later, and don’t be afraid.”
He had deliberately lowered his voice to seem soothing and hypnotizing, similar to a lover’s whisper. It was a fascinating trick that was easy to dazzle people with and extremely useful, even Fu Xuejun couldn’t escape from it.
After saying that, he turned to see her face, only to find that little had changed. It was still the same indifferent and clear look on her face. She even raised her head to look at him, her bright eyes not having the slightest hint of anything in them.
“?” This didn’t look right!
Before he could come back to his senses, the girl in front of him was already lowering the umbrella in her hand to the ground. When she straightened up, a cold glint appeared in her eyes.
The s.p.a.ce around them fluctuated suddenly, and a heavy pressure of something unseen pressed down with a thunderous aura. Wanqi Jue couldn’t help but take a step back, and after stabilizing himself, he raised his head, something flas.h.i.+ng in his eyes as he did.
The girl who was only a few steps from him, her clothes were fluttering even though there was no wind, and purple lightning was crackling in her hands.
The sky on this side was gloomy and uncertain, but she stood tall and straight, the purple light dancing on the tip of her slender fingertips.
Five purple lightning shot out instantly, and the five shadows fell down embarra.s.singly easily. They stared at Gu Xiqiao with a look of shock on their faces.
They had thought that it was just a regular person from the ordinary world. They had scrambled to grab this task to try to impress the young lady, and they didn’t think of this girl to be significant at all. But they never expected that not only did the other not move, she only relied on her mental power to stop all their movements!
The talents of the five of them weren’t that great, but they had been in the ancient martial arts world for a long time and naturally had some tricks up their sleeves. Even against a genius like Jiang Tong, they would have a few tricks to use on her and hold their own, but they couldn’t even hold out against this girl for a second!
When did the ancient martial arts world have such a monster?
More importantly, this person could easily kill them off with just a finger, but she didn’t do it, and was dragging it out instead!
Under the pressure of the lightning that couldn’t be resisted, her mental powers and illusions, they already felt that death was better than this. At this moment, they were feeling regret from the deepest corner of their heart. Why did they have to take this task? Why did they listen to Fu Xuejun?
They wanted to open their mouth and beg for mercy, but they couldn’t make a single sound.
“Did you think the people from the secular world are easy to bully?”
Boom!
“Did you think yourselves to be so great?”
Boom!
“So you’re only good at bullying people from the secular world!”
Boom boom boom!
The five were beaten to an inch to death, and they couldn’t even tell where they were at.
Wanqi Jue, who was standing to the side with wide eyes, couldn’t believe what he was seeing in front of him.
After a long while, Gu Xiqiao lowered her hands, and the distorted s.p.a.ce was instantly cleared. She leaned over to pick up the umbrella that she had left on the ground, and opened it. Her face was still indifferent, her hair fluttering in the soft breeze and her snow-white face glowed slightly under the light.
The rain was letting up, and the dark clouds in the skies had started to disperse. It seemed like she was the only person left under the clear sky and she walked forward slowly, umbrella in hand.
When she reached the intersection, she stopped suddenly, a light voice ringing out in the empty s.p.a.ce. “Mr. Wanqi, please pay attention to your safety before tomorrow.”
Wanqi Jue finally came back to his senses and reacted, repeating the words she just said underneath his breath. He raised his head to ask something, but then he realized that there was no sign of her on the street any longer!
“Really…” Wanqi Jue wanted to sigh, but uttered those words instead. He couldn’t spit out any other words anymore, the shock was embedded too deeply in him.
He had initially thought that in the China ancient martial arts world, only Jiang Shuxuan could make him jealous of his strength. He didn’t expect to encounter a girl that would have a power that was not any less terrifying than the man.
She was so young!
When he was her age, he was way far behind her.
Wanqi Jue took a deep breath, and turned to the five people lying on the ground. His crystal blue eyes were cold. “Who sent you?”
There was mental pressure in the voice he used to speak that was comparable to Gu Xiqiao’s, and using just that little was enough to make the five unable to resist. They confessed everything. “We’re from the Fu family, and it’s the young miss who sent us. She wanted us to… to make sure Miss Gu didn’t appear in the capital for a while!”
He used ‘Miss Gu’.
“The Fu family? The young miss?” Wanqi Jue’s eyes narrowed further, applying more pressure in his voice. “What’s her name?”
“Fu… Fu Xuejun.” The five of them were scared out of their wits, and they looked at Wanqi Jue, the horror clear on their faces. With Gu Xiqiao gone, they thought that could breathe a sigh of relief. They didn’t expect this man to be no less terrifying than her!
What kind of bad luck did they have!
The contempt and hatred toward Fu Xuejun increased even more in their hearts.
Fu Xuejun? It really was her? How could it be?
Wanqi Jue’s mind was in a mess, the beautiful, flawless face appearing in his mind. Then he suddenly remembered!
That girl, wasn’t she the girl that he investigated for Fu Xuejun? The other daughter of Baili Wenxi?
If that was so, then Fu Xuejun’s actions could be explained.
Wanqi Jue pursed his lips tightly, leaving the place in slow strides. There wasn’t any expression on his face, and he had initially wanted to go to the Fu family’s banquet. However, he was not in the mood right now as his heart in a turmoil.
Before meeting Gu Xiqiao, he didn’t feel much regarding this elder sister of Fu Xuejun that suddenly came out of nowhere. He even had the thought of helping Fu Xuejun teach her elder sister a lesson. Now, it all seemed like a joke!
He chuckled lightly, but there was no smile in his eyes.
The five people on the ground only dared to crawl up after the two finally vanished from their sights, and they looked at each other with fear in their eyes.
They were silent, when suddenly, one of their phones rang.
The man picked it up, his face twisting into an ugly expression before he said, “It’s the young miss.”
“Ptui! What young miss!” The other person grabbed the phone, his eyes full of resentment. “Not knowing how big the world is, and thinking she is all that. She didn’t even know the details or information of the person she targeted, letting us rush in to die on our own!”
People in the ancient martial arts world respected power, so even though Gu Xiqiao had beaten them up, they didn’t hold any grudge toward her. Instead, they had inexplicable feelings of wors.h.i.+p toward Gu Xiqiao.
***
Once the call connected, Fu Xuejun flashed a warm smile at the celebrity beside her before walking into a corner to take the call. Before she could say anything, a mocking tone came from the other end, “Young miss, do you know who the other party was? You actually asked us to deal with her? Fu Xuejun, I don’t care if you want to die, but don’t drag us down with you! If you land yourself in big sh*t, I don’t want to die with you!”
The voice that spoke was no longer respectful, but full of mockery and anger.
Fu Xuejun couldn’t even let out a word before the harsh words were thrown, and the call was hung up without waiting for any response from her.
An angry haze shrouded her pretty eyes. When did people treat Fu Xuejun like this? As the most outstanding descendant of the Fu family, she was always sought after no matter where she went. This was the first time someone from the Fu family had shown her such disrespect!
“What a waste of s.p.a.ce!” They couldn’t even handle an ordinary person like Gu Xiqiao. “I’ll let you off today.”
Fu Xuejun took a deep breath to calm herself, before plastering a smile on her face. Before even managing to take two steps out, she saw the Fu Enterprise secretary walking over in a rush. “Miss, President Fu requests your presence upstairs.”
“Why so sudden?” Fu Xuejun asked hesitantly, looking at the expression on the secretary’s face. Wasn’t Fu Wei meeting with someone from the top management of Nine Heavens right now?
The secretary glanced at Fu Xuejun, and said carefully, “Miss, the president… he didn’t look very happy.”
“Alright, I know.” Fu Xuejun felt fl.u.s.tered at the words, but she calmed herself the best she could, heading upstairs.
As they headed up, an elegant man with gla.s.ses was making his way down.
“Mr. Mu.” The secretary stopped walking, greeting him politely.
Fu Xuejun was taken aback. Although Fu Wei’s secretary was usually a very approachable person, it was rare to see him displaying such respect.
Because he had been brought up by Fu Wei personally, his position in the Fu family was not any less than her own. There was also a time when Baili Wenxi had wanted to formally adopt him, but had been turned down by the secretary himself.
Apart from Baili Wenxi and Fu Wei, it was rare for him to even treat her with such respect. Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but glance at this Mr. Mu.
The person carried himself with elegance, and was a refined-looking man. The eyes behind the gla.s.ses were sharp, and he looked to be about in his mid-thirties.
How was it that he was able to make Fu Wei’s a.s.sistant treat him with so much respect?
Thinking that this person definitely was not some random commoner, she too nodded at Mr. Mu with respect.
After that Mr. Mu went down, only did Fu Xuejun turn to the secretary to ask, “Who was that?” She had a guess inside her mind, but she didn’t dare to believe it.
“That was Nine Heaven’s senior executive.” The secretary said, watching Mu Zong leave before continuing upstairs. Just as Fu Xuejun was going into the room, he couldn’t help but urge her, “Miss, hurry up and enter. Don’t keep the president waiting.”
In the Fu family, the one who knew Fu Wei the best was this secretary, apart from Baili Wenxi.
And that’s why, Fu Xuejun became more apprehensive at his words. She opened the door slowly, and Fu Wei’s calm voice came from the silence around the room. “Close the door.”
Fu Xuejun closed the door obediently, and pasting on a smile like usual, she looked at Fu Wei. “Dad, you were looking for me?”
Fu Wei picked up a piece of paper, looking at Fu Xuejun with no expression on his face. “Jun’er, come and look at this.”
It was a piece of paper, a typed out report from the looks of it in plain letters. After glancing at the content, Fu Xuejun’s face turned red. She grabbed the paper in a hurry, her face paling drastically after her eyes swept through the words. Her nails were tearing through the part of the paper where her fist was clenched.
How was that possible! Her mind was in mayhem.
“I want to know what you did that made all the elders of the Fu family band together and remove your status as the heir to the Fu family, as well as your place in the Trial Tower.” Fu Wei’s eyes were sharp behind his gla.s.ses, but it also held disappointment. “Do you know how much the Fu family gave for this placement?”
“I… I don’t know.” Fu Xuejun’s mind was in a panic. She was in the Imperial Capital, and could only rely on the Fu family. If the Fu family had cut her off as the heir, and even her placement in the Trial Tower, then what did she have left?
Thinking of this, she clung to Fu Wei’s sleeves and looked at him with pitiful eyes. “Dad, I didn’t mean to! Please help me!”
“If you’re wrong, then you’re wrong.” Fu Wei gently pried her hands off him. “Jun’er, I regret all the indulgence that I have given you. You’ve even made a move against an ordinary person. Jun’er, when did you become like this?”
Fu Wei closed his eyes in pain, not wanting to look at his daughter’s face, fearing that he wouldn’t be able to harden his heart if he did. He had always thought that she was the best behaved daughter in the world, so he and Baili Wenxi had always been indulging in her whims and pampering her every chance they had. He didn’t expect that she would develop into this kind of character.
“Dad…” Fu Xuejun looked at Fu Wei’s expression, her lips trembling, but not able to say another word.
This was the first time Fu Wei had this sort of expression. He really didn’t care about her now.
Fu Wei didn’t want to stay in the room any longer, and he stood to leave. “It’s not the most terrible thing, to not be the heir. The most valuable thing about a person is their character.”
The door closed behind him, and only Fu Xuejun was left in the room. The regret and dissatisfaction welled up in her immediately!
Her hands trembled as she picked up the paper again, reading each word carefully. She had thought that an ordinary person was nothing to be concerned with, but she didn’t expect to receive a blow that she would never recover from. Now Fu Xuejun was beginning to regret the things she did, to the extent that she could feel it like physical pain.
No, wait. There was one more person.
Wanqi Jue!
Fu Xuejun took out her phone with shaky hands, searching for Wanqi Jue’s number before pressing on it.
“The number you have dialed…”
How could this be? This was the first time Wanqi Jue had not picked up her call.
Fu Xuejun cut the call immediately, dialing again, but received the same cold voice.
Over and over again.
Fu Xuejun tried until she finally understood, even Wanqi Jue was ignoring her.
The phone slipped from her hand onto the floor, and her face paled even further. She was… finished, it seemed.
***
In the ancient martial arts world, Jiang Shuxuan walked out of the cave with Yi Bing behind him.
“Boss, we’ve measured the velocity of time. The ratio inside the cave to the outside is 1:7. In other words, while one day has pa.s.sed in the cave, seven days have pa.s.sed on the outside.”
The flow of time like this could be reversed using a secret method.
Which was to say, one day outside equals to seven days inside.
Cultivating for seven days inside only equaled one day outside, this was the biggest strength of cybers.p.a.ce.
“It’s a suitable place for cultivating and training.” Jiang Shuxuan raised his head to look at the cave. “It can be compared to the speed of the Trial Tower.”
“I don’t think it can be compared to the Trial Tower.” Yi Bing shook his head. “This cybers.p.a.ce is just too weird, I went in with Yi Tiao not even an hour, and our mind was already a little confused. Don’t talk about training, staying in there itself would be a problem.”
“I’m from a fox clan (T/N: likely just means he’s cunning) after all, and I can’t control myself sometimes.” Jiang Shuxuan said lightly. “Record the location down first, I’ll think of a way to use it.”
There were too few resources that were available in the ancient martial arts world now. Except for the Trial Tower, the others were all worthless.
This cybers.p.a.ce was very useful, the difference in the flow of time would allow them to reach a new level of improvement. Only, it wasn’t just anyone who could use it. Even Jiang Shuxuan found it hard to deal with it.
Hearing Jiang Shuxuan himself say the words, Yi Bing felt slightly regretful. He really did covet the cave, otherwise he wouldn’t have bugged Jiang Shuxuan to come over, to the point that he even went through Gu Xiqiao.
When Jiang Shuxuan had come in the beginning, he had even changed the way that he usually tormented him.
Yi Bing scratched his nose, sighing heavily.
“Boss, Uncle Jiang is here!” Yi Tiao shouted from a distance. Behind him was a tall and upright figure, who was very similar to Jiang Shuxuan, only his face looked more mature than him.
Jiang Han glanced at Yi Tiao and Yi Bing, these kids really didn’t know how to hold back in front of him, smiling constantly. They were only serious when they were faced with Jiang Shuxuan.
This made it seem like he had no authority or was threatening at all! Jiang Han was a little distressed at the thought, his son was like that, and so his subordinates were the same. Really!
“Dad.” Jiang Shuxuan looked at Jiang Han, some suspicion in his eyes. “Why are you here?”
“Can’t I come and see you? I’ve been home for a few days, and yet you’ve not come home once.” Jiang Han looked back at Jiang Shuxuan. “Do you have a problem with me?”
“I’m the same even when you’re not at home,” Jiang Shuxuan replied easily. “If you’re willing to change positions with me, I can come home every day.”
Jiang Han thought about his son’s usually tightly packed schedule, and immediately clammed up, changing the topic instead. “Cough… I just wanted to come and tell you, your mom has gone out of the ancient martial arts world today.”
A cold glint entered his eyes as Jiang Shuxuan pursed his lips. “Why?”
“You should be able to guess,” Jiang Han replied, looking at him meaningfully.
Jiang Shuxuan straightened up suddenly. “I’m leaving.”
Just as he said those words, he vanished into thin air.
Jiang Han: “…” This ungrateful son!
Yi Bing: “…” Boss, you’re not finished with this matter yet, is it okay to leave just like that?
Yi Tiao: “…” Was it only me who didn’t understand anything at all?
***
At the same time, in the Trial Tower.
Tang Qinghong walked out of the Trial Tower, taking the towel from the old man to wipe his sweat, he took a deep breath. He was having trouble adapting to the intensive training in the Trial Tower after the reformation. He looked up and asked, “Grandpa Tang, have my aunt and Shaoyuan return?”
“Second young master, the young master has not returned to train for three days.” Grandpa Tang furrowed his brows. “He has already lost out three days of training at his peak, if this goes on…”
Grandpa Tang was worried, Yin Shaoyuan was now well-known in the Tang family, and had performed well in the Trial Tower. The Trial Tower in the ancient martial arts world was the best place to train, the time ratio to the outside is 5:1. Yin Shaoyuan had been away for only three days, but it was in actuality half a month.
His strength would definitely fall far behind the others.
The mistress and young master were definitely weird, why would they leave at such a critical point of time?
The other people on the outside tried to forget about the Trial Tower because they didn’t have the chance to use it, but here Yin Shaoyuan was wasting the opportunity that he had been given.
Grandpa Tang couldn’t help but let out a heavy sigh.
Hearing those words, Tang Qinghong also frowned deeply. It was going to be the qualifying selection soon, and although Yin Shaoyuan’s strength was advancing in leaps and bounds, without actual combat training, it wouldn’t matter no matter how strong his strength was, and that was disregarding the fact that other people were also improving as the days pa.s.sed! Thinking about this, Tang Qinghong immediately gave a call to Yin Shaoyuan.
After a few rings, the call connected. “Shaoyuan, why haven’t you returned?”
“Cousin, I’ve decided to train outside. Give the placement in the Trial Tower to someone else who needs it!” Yin Shaoyuan’s voice was a little excited.
“Are you sure?” Tang Qinghong frowned harder. “There is no better place to train than in the Trial Tower, you’ve improved so much in less than a month, and you’ve made a name for yourself in the Tang family. At such a critical moment, you actually leave instead? Have you lost your mind?!”
“Cousin, I know this more than anyone else, believe me, I won’t harm myself.” Yin Shaoyuan understood Tang Qinghong’s kind intentions, so he made a point to explain it to him.
After a while, Tang Qinghong hung up the phone. He knew that Yin Shaoyuan was a logical person, but he still couldn’t believe his words.
There was a better place to train other than the Trial Tower in this world?
However, he didn’t bother saying anything else, walking out of the Trial Tower. It was better to talk to grandpa and let him decide.
After the two left, a group of people came out of the Trial Tower. The one in the lead was a young man. “Yin Shaoyuan has left the Trial Tower, that’s… really the greatest news ever.”
“That’s right. Young Master Wu, do you think Yin Shaoyuan can compare to you? He’s just an ordinary mongrel, after leaving the Trial Tower, what else can he use to go against you? You’ll definitely be selected to partic.i.p.ate in the ranking matches!” The people beside the young man said, not hesitating to flatter him.
Hearing these pleasant words and praises, Tang Wu sneered. “The state he’s in right now suits him the most.”
He would wait to see the look that Yin Shaoyuan had when he came begging him for mercy!