"This..." Guan Qingyun felt a headache and hesitated, unable to raise his head.
He returned from Huayu City in defeat, feeling humiliated. He had wanted to talk to his father about it in private, but he was dragged into the hall as soon as he got back. He was now in a difficult situation.
This is also his own fault. He said it too confidently, and Guan Xiu Jin believed it without a doubt, so he showed it off in advance. He never considered that Guan Qingyun's feelings for Mu Hanyan were just one-sided and others didn't take him seriously at all.
"What's wrong, Qingyun?" Guan Xiu Jin then noticed that Guan Qingyun's expression was not right, and asked with a frown.
"Qingyun is incompetent and has failed to live up to my father's expectations. I failed to get the Five-Colored Soul Orb back." Guan Qingyun said with a stiff face.
"What?" Everyone was surprised.
When Guan Xiujing talked about this matter before, he was very confident and everyone believed him. But who would have thought that Guan Qingyun would come back empty-handed.
"My dear nephew, it doesn't matter if the number is a little wrong. We don't know how many five-colored soul beads Zhao Xinghong has hunted. Some discrepancies are inevitable. As long as the number is roughly correct, it's fine." A priest said suspiciously.
But he was secretly guessing in his heart, could it be that Guan Qingyun was tempted by the wealth and wanted to keep it all for himself? After all, it was 200,000 five-colored soul beads. With these cultivation resources, what did it matter whether he stayed in the Temple of Life or became the chief priest?
Of course, even though he had suspicions, he couldn't say them directly, so he spoke very tactfully. As long as he could recover most of the Five-Colored Soul Orbs, it would be fine. It wouldn't matter if Guan Qingyun took some for himself; he couldn't let others work in vain.
The others didn't say anything, but their eyes were full of suspicion when they looked at Guan Qingyun.
"It's not that the number is wrong, I really didn't want it back." Guan Qingyun was just too self-righteous, but he was not stupid. He saw what everyone was suspicious of and hurriedly explained.
"It doesn't make sense. Mu Hanyan will be a member of your Guan family sooner or later. We are family and should have different opinions. There is no reason for her to hold on to those five-colored soul beads and not return them. How about this, you tell her that as long as she hands over those five-colored soul beads, we will give her 20,000 of them as a gift for your wedding." Although Guan Qingyun's expression did not seem fake, the priests in the hall still found it hard to believe. One of the priests said thoughtfully.
It's inevitable for people to be a little greedy, but one can't be too greedy. Mu Hanyan might not be able to use up 20,000 five-colored soul beads even after practicing for several lifetimes. This condition should be enough to make her hand over the batch of five-colored soul beads honestly.
Hearing his words, Guan Qingyun's pretty face flushed red with shame. What about marrying Mu Hanyan, what about being the main wife or concubine? It was all just his own wishful thinking. No one else was interested in him at all.
"Qingyun, what's going on? Could it be that Mu Hanyan is ungrateful and has rejected this marriage proposal?" Guan Xiujin finally saw something and asked Guan Qingyun.
"Not only is she ungrateful, she also injured the young master and drove us out of Huayu City." The servant covered his cheek and said indignantly.
Although a lot of time has passed, the scene of being slapped away by Taotie is still vivid in his mind. Whenever he thinks of it, his cheeks feel burning and he hates Mu Hanyan and the entire Huayu Temple to the core.
"That Mu Hanyan is so arrogant!" Everyone was even more surprised.
Guan Qingyun nodded. His proposal for marriage had failed, and he had been beaten and driven out of Huayu City. It was too humiliating to speak out. He had wanted to stop the servant, but everyone was suspicious of him and clearly doubted his words. He had no choice but to speak out. It was better for a servant to speak than for him to speak out himself.
"Master Chief Priest, it's clear that Mu Hanyan doesn't take the Temple of Life seriously. Why don't we just send out law enforcement priests to arrest her and bring her back to An. Then we can torture her severely. We don't have to worry about her not handing over the Five-Colored Soul Orb." A young priest said angrily.
The other priests remained silent. Although the Temple of Life was a superior temple, they would not attack the chief priest of a lower temple without real evidence, let alone torture him.
If things were really that simple, Kong Renhe wouldn't have been so humiliated by Mu Hanyan.
"How about sending someone to do it privately?" The young priest realized that his idea was too reckless and changed his mind.
"What is Mu Hanyan's cultivation level?" a priest asked cautiously.
As the son of the chief priest of the Temple of Life and a disciple of Dou Nanshan, Guan Qingyun was willing to admit such a shameful thing, which clearly meant he wasn't lying. They were more concerned about Mu Hanyan's cultivation level.
Although Kong Renhe suffered a lot and lost face at the hands of Mu Hanyan last time, that was mainly because of her endless array of protective magical weapons. They really didn't know much about Mu Hanyan's true strength.
Everyone's eyes turned to Guan Qingyun at the same time.
"My current strength is that of a sixth-rank Divine Heart Priest, and I also have the Nether Spring Seven-Star Sword bestowed upon me by my master. It's difficult for anyone below the ninth-rank Divine Heart Priest to hurt me. However, the Huayu Temple is Mu Hanyan's territory. Maybe with the help of formations, she can unleash combat power beyond her own realm, so I'm not quite sure what her strength is." Guan Qingyun said carefully.
Everyone in the hall fell silent. Even if Mu Hanyan truly had utilized the temple's formations to enhance her combat power, her true strength was certainly not weaker. Her strength had definitely reached the realm of a high-level Divine Heart Priest, making her a master even within the Temple of Life. Furthermore, since she hadn't utilized the formations, Guan Qingyun couldn't be certain. This meant her true strength was likely already at the ninth or even tenth level of Divine Heart Priest.
Although this was too shocking considering her age, there had never been a shortage of geniuses and prodigies in the long history of the Huayu Temple, and even the number of Divine Blessing Priests was unknown. Wasn't Hua Guanyu praised as a peerless talent that appeared once in a thousand years in the Continent of Gods? He was promoted to Divine Soul Priest and became one of the twelve Divine Blessing Priests before he was thirty years old. It was not too strange that Mu Hanyan had such cultivation.
In short, unless high priests such as Guan Xiujing and Gao Pengcheng take action personally, they may not be able to deal with Mu Hanyan. However, their identities are there, so how can they break the law and easily take action against a chief priest of a temple? If the news gets out, their lives will be completely over.
"Master Yang, Master Qiu, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" Guan Xiujing was in a state of confusion and looked at Yang Wensheng and Qiu Yongcheng as if for help.
They are the two with the longest seniority and the highest qualifications in the Temple of Life. If they were willing to step forward, they might be able to force Mu Hanyan to hand over the batch of five-colored soul beads.
Unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed.
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