Chapter 185 Gongshi Chuo harbored a small secret...
Gong Shichuo felt a slight sense of despair.
"Xie Jiaoyue!" she shouted angrily, but then realized she had no right to be angry, so she gritted her teeth and pinched Xie Jiaoyue's cheek. "What exactly do you want?"
Xie Jiaoyue mumbled, "Of course it's to complain."
What else?
"Aren't you reluctant to part with it?"
Gong Shichuo was taken aback.
If we sue Gongshi now, will she be reluctant to do so?
She turned to look at her sister, who had narrowly escaped death, and Pianxian, who was beside her sister.
I won't feel reluctant to part with it.
But how to report it? The trial isn't over yet; leaving now would be tantamount to forfeiting their results. But if they don't leave, the Gongshi clan will surely take further action against them if they discover their cousin's prolonged absence.
She gripped her wrist: "I understand. I'll withdraw from the trial voluntarily."
Anyway, she never intended to get a high ranking.
It's a pity that I only helped Jiaoyue accumulate a little bit of points, which wasn't enough to keep Jiaoyue firmly in first place.
Gong Shichuo had just touched her wrist when she realized that her bracelet was missing.
That was their signal for help, indicating their desire to leave the area. Without it, she couldn't directly contact the outside world.
A psychic reading? No signal.
Should they wait until the next day to seek help from the people on the other side of the water curtain? How will they get through tonight?
Gong Shichuo looked up and saw Xie Jiaoyue smiling as she snapped the bracelet off her wrist.
She lunged forward to stop her: "Are you stupid? If you break this, you'll lose all your achievements! Do you know that the reward for being in the top five in the entire competition is enough to change your life? How can you give up so easily?"
How could she possibly owe Xie Jiaoyue so much?
Xie Jiaoyue stretched out a finger and covered Gong Shichuo's mouth, opened the current ranking list, her eyes brimming with tears.
“You don’t understand, I’m going to give all my points to Chu Xingjin.”
This good-for-nothing only had a few parts of his Heavenly Tribulation destroyed, yet he became so despondent and stopped killing demonic beasts properly. In such a short time, he has already fallen to outside the top ten.
Moreover, she gave Chu Xingjin's information to that Nascent Soul demonic beast, the one she was riding, which was the mate of the one that died.
Chu Xingjin's upcoming trials are likely to be even more difficult.
If Chu Xingjin doesn't make it into the top five, she won't be able to receive the reward the system promised her.
Waaah, this good-for-nothing.
Gongshi Chuo and Gongshi Yue, unaware of the truth, both showed expressions of shock.
Gong Shichuo knew more about the situation; in that instant, countless pieces of information strung together in her mind, forming a chain.
So, it turns out, Jiaoyue still loves him?
She both loved and hated him. Her sense of justice made her despise Chu Xingjin's actions, but she couldn't completely abandon the boy she had liked since childhood. Torn between these emotions, she could only rescue the poor people who had been harmed by her beloved, distance herself from him, and give away all the points she had worked so hard to earn, expressing her subtle love.
She started rubbing Xie Jiaoyue's cheeks with exasperation: "What's wrong with your brain? You want that kind of guy? Are you stupid? What kind of person is Chu Xingjin? He's not good enough for you at all."
Jiaoyue mumbled again, "I don't understand, I don't understand."
Whether Gongshi Chuo understood or not, Xie Jiaoyue's bracelet was broken and her points were given away; Gongshi Chuo had no chance to stop it.
Then, they waited for half an hour, only to see a few clueless disciples of the Gongshi clan arrive.
Pianxian poked the bracelet-bound corpse on the ground, then poked the motionless disciples of the Gongshi clan: "Could it be that the four great celestial families are conspiring to deceive you?"
Having come from the countryside, she didn't understand how terrifying the scheming of city people could be.
Outside the training grounds.
A minor seal loosened, and a number of magical beasts surged out from it, just enough to occupy the hearts and minds of the four clan leaders.
Chief Wan realized someone was calling for help: "Send others to check."
Nothing is more important than eliminating the monsters.
They had already cleaned the training grounds, so there wouldn't be any major dangers, and the four of them didn't need to go there personally.
Gongshi Feifei volunteered: "I'll go take a look."
The four clan leaders looked at Gongshi Feifei and could understand his thoughts. The Gongshi clan had lost face today and wanted to take this opportunity to improve their reputation among their disciples, which was a normal behavior.
"You can go; I think your cultivation level is sufficient to handle it."
Gongshi Feifei smiled slightly, accepted the task, and turned to leave.
Xiao Xie, dressed in black, rarely spoke up: "Gong Shi Fei Fei didn't even say a word of pretense."
Chief Wan regretted his words as soon as he finished speaking. He had no intention of speaking, but Gongshi Feifei was always proud and sensitive. The word "cultivation" was enough to touch a nerve with him, and there would probably be a verbal battle.
Unexpectedly, there wasn't one.
The Xie clan chief urged, "Forget about what he's doing, hurry up and deal with the monsters."
His brows were furrowed, and as usual, he lost interest whenever the topic of the Gongshi clan came up.
This person has changed.
Gongshi Feifei had indeed changed his ways; his heart and mind were now only filled with his disciples who had not returned and his good-for-nothing daughter.
If they are allowed to drag this out until dawn, and the water curtain lights up again, and Gongshi Chuo continues to say some disrespectful things, the Gongshi clan will be ruined by Gongshi Chuo.
Gongshi Feifei secretly contacted all the disciples of the Gongshi clan who were participating in the All-Region Grand Competition through clan secret techniques, and asked them to gather together in the direction of Gongshi Chuo.
Including Chu Xingjin.
At least until he arrives, these people must be kept occupied.
He bet that no one cared about Xie Jiaoyue, and that even if he killed her, it wouldn't cause much of a stir.
He still has a trump card when all else fails.
Gongshi Feifei rushed desperately toward the trial grounds, his eyes bloodshot. Chu Xingjin could be destroyed, Gongshi Yue could die, nothing mattered, because the secret of the Gongshi clan must not be exposed.
To this end, he even went so far as to tamper with the seal.
He bet that Xie Jiaoyue was just a disciple from a small place, and no matter how talented she was, she couldn't possibly be compared to the threat posed by the magical beasts in the eyes of the four great families.
Gongshi Feifei believed that he was a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, and killing a few young girls would be no problem at all; the only problem was time.
He rushed to the location where the message was sent, only to find it empty.
It was just a trivial skill. He took out a compass inlaid with root-seeking wood. The dust floating on the compass automatically gathered into a pointer, and began to direct the direction according to Gong Shi Feifei's movements.
East.
Gong Shifei rushed there.
Standing still, the four-man group, covered in mud, watched helplessly as Gongshi Feifei arrived and left in a hurry, holding their breath and not daring to breathe.
They didn't dare to communicate telepathically, so they could only communicate with their eyes and gestures.
Gongshi Chuo: "Father, have you come to kill us?"
Xie Jiaoyue: "Does he look like he's here to rescue someone?"
Pianxian: "Why did he leave?"
Xie Jiaoyue pointed to the puppet and tattered cloth on her body: "The monster has four of our stand-in puppets tied to it, and the cloth wrapped around them is what I stole from you."
As for the four of them, they used the primitive mud-sealing method, combined with holding their breath and concentrating to seal their dantian, reducing their breath to the lowest level.
Xie Jiaoyue's methods are never like those of a traditional cultivator; rather, they resemble those of an unconventional rogue cultivator.
"Do you think you're very smart?"
Gong Shi Fei Fei returned, his tall figure casting a dark shadow under the moonlight, enveloping all four people in the distance.
"Oh no, it's been leaked after all."
Gongshi Feifei's magical artifacts were of extremely high quality, so ordinary tricks could not hide them for long.
Gongshi Feifei did not come alone; he was followed by many disciples of the Gongshi clan, but Chu Xingjin was nowhere to be seen.
Upon closer inspection, the disciples, regardless of gender, all displayed the same arrogance as Gongshi Feifei, and subtly looked down on Xie Jiaoyue, who was merely a furnace vessel.
His arrogance was tinged with a hint of bewilderment, particularly regarding Gong Shichuo's association with the three furnace cauldrons.
Xie Jiaoyue was also puzzled.
These people, just like Chu Xingjin before them, no matter how many times she suppressed them, no matter who had higher or lower cultivation levels, all felt that they could always be superior to her and that they could always be in a higher position and be above others.
It's truly a mysterious phenomenon.
She held Gong Shichuo's hand, whose palms were already damp with sweat.
The sweat on his brow betrayed Gongshi Chuo's inner turmoil. He no longer wanted to die, yet felt he had no way to survive.
Xie Jiaoyue grasped Gong Shichuo's hand in return. She had lost all strength and means to do anything further, and could think of no other way but to buy some time.
But Gongshi Feifei was clearly not a fool like her cousin; she had no interest in answering their questions. She racked her brains for topics, but could only think of one.
Xie Jiaoyue looked pitiful with tears in her eyes, like a little animal staring at Gongshi Feifei: "I just want to live. Just because I'm a furnace cauldron, am I not even worthy of living?"
Xie Jiaoyue thought that Gongshi Feifei had seen countless furnaces and cauldrons in his life, and liked to pretend to be a virtuous gentleman. He must need to do psychological training regularly in order to maintain the unity between his appearance and his mind.
She was confident in her beauty and acting skills, and she had to at least slightly impress Gongshi Feifei.
Fortunately, Gongshi Feifei was indeed a hypocrite, and he genuinely showed a look of disappointment.
He was probably replaying images of people in his mind, each one a vessel that loved him deeply but had to sacrifice.
Gongshi Feifei looked reluctant and said, "If you have to blame someone, blame Heaven."
Everyone has their own destiny, and Heaven has its own arrangements. Xie Jiaoyue was born to be a furnace, and she loved and helped the wrong people. Gongshi Feifei had no other choice.
The timid disciple following Gongshi Feifei gripped his weapon and asked softly, "Clan leader, this person has become quite famous recently. Won't we get into trouble if we just kill her like this?"
She was trained to manage the family business from a young age, which instilled in her a tendency to be overly cautious and hesitant.
Gong Shifei did indeed hesitate somewhat.
Gongshi Chuo, Gongshi Yue, and their companion were killed without consequence; no one would care.
However, Xie Jiaoyue's name was indeed associated with many people.
Another disciple, who seemed to have some respect for Gongshi Feifei, stepped forward and said, "Fame? Xie Jiaoyue, you're just an insignificant disciple from the Southwest Region. Even if you die, no one will care."
After thinking it over and over again, Gong Shi Feifei finally chuckled softly and said, "Yes, Xie Jiaoyue, the Heaven and Earth Division. In this world, only people from Heaven-level and Earth-level families can be considered human. Everyone else is just an ant."
"I can kill whenever I want. Even if the heads of the four great families are here, I have ways to make them unable to stop me."
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