Chapter 777: Secret Competition
Ye Xiaoman still stood up and walked towards Qing Yuanhu between Xiao Chujing and Qing Yuanhu.
Xiao Chujing's wrist slipped and he frowned.
Qing Yuanhu and Xiao Chujing looked at each other with cold eyes, and their eyebrows, which were originally just polite smiles, curved into an arc of true emotion, like a victorious show of strength.
Ye Xiaoman saluted the sect leader and the elders, and sat on the chair designated by Qing Yuanhu.
Qing Yuanhu saw that she was standing with her legs together, her hands neatly placed on her knees, her head half lowered, her eyes looking at the tea set on the table. She looked so honest and almost dull, completely different from the way she was grabbing and taking things in front of him. Qing Yuanhu smelled the warm fragrance on her body, his throat and knuckles itched, and he wanted to provoke her.
"Fairy Ye..."
Qing Yuanhu immediately leaned his upper body towards her, pressing his elbows on the back of her chair, his fingertips hanging naturally, just touching her shoulders.
Ye Xiaoman also reacted. She maintained an innocent appearance, raised her foot under the chair, stepped hard on his clogs, and crushed them hard.
Qing Yuanhu's toe bones ached, and his eyebrows twitched suddenly. Seeing Ye Xiaoman smiling at him with lowered eyebrows, he said, "Master Qing, what can I do for you?"
The corner of Qing Yuanhu's mouth twitched again. If she continued to treat him badly like this, he would really one day take the photo stone to attack the Qingzheng Sect. He would fight to the death, rolling around and throwing a tantrum, letting the whole world know that she had been having a sexual transaction with him behind his back.
Qing Yuanhu imagined the scene and thought about the expression Xiao Chujing might have, and he felt inexplicably happy, which offset the pain of Ye Xiaoman abusing his toes.
"I want to assure you that no matter whether you choose to cooperate with the Huantian Chamber of Commerce in the future or not, the Chamber of Commerce will continue to invest in you and the Qingzheng Sect."
Ye Xiaoman thought about it and realized that she wouldn't suffer any loss, so she removed the sole of her shoe from Qing Yuanhu's foot and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qing."
Qing Yuanhu's dangling fingers gently dragged across Ye Xiaoman's shoulders. From Xiao Chujing's perspective, it looked like Qing Yuanhu was whispering something intimately into Ye Xiaoman's ear. Xiao Chujing stared at their interaction with a cold expression.
Qing Yuanhu was like a gold ingot parading through the streets. Once he grabbed Ye Xiaoman's attention, he wanted to keep it for a long time.
"To show my sincerity to Fairy Ye, I'll give you a welcome gift."
Ye Xiaoman naturally extended her hand, and her fellow disciples stretched their necks to look at her curiously.
Qing Yuanhu said, "I'll give you a sneak peek at the topic for tomorrow's final."
The clan leader and the elders drank their tea with strange expressions. Faced with such blatant cheating, they, as elders, didn't know whether they should outright refuse.
Xiao Chujing made the choice for them: "No need, we want to win fairly."
"Winning fairly? Do you think so?" Qing Yuanhu didn't even glance at Xiao Chujing, his eyes still glued to Ye Xiaoman's face. "Even if more than half of the teams, through their leaders, have established connections with the Tianyan Sect in advance, obtained the test questions in advance, and have already started preparing?"
The clan leader spit out his tea: "How could such a thing exist?"
Qing Yuanhu asked seductively in Ye Xiaoman's ear, "Do you want to keep up with the progress, Fairy Ye?"
Xiao Chujing pursed his lips tightly: "No need."
Qing Yuanhu finally raised his chin and glanced at Xiao Chujing, who had been causing trouble. "Friend Xiao, have I asked for your opinion?"
Xiao Chujing asked in return, "Master Qing, may I ask why you are so attentive to me for no reason? What are your plans?"
Qing Yuanhu smiled, his tone revealing grievance: "I just admire Fairy Ye very much and want to lend her a helping hand."
"But you, time and again, have twisted my sincerity. What's your motive? Don't you want your sect to be better? Don't you want to see Fairy Ye's path go more smoothly?"
He said regretfully, "You are so ungrateful that I'm considering whether I should withdraw my sincerity."
Ye Xiaoman listened to the tit-for-tat between Qing Yuanhu and Xiao Chujing without saying a word. The physique of the male protagonist was such that even an ant on the roadside would want to step on him and then get slapped in the face. She thought Xiao Chujing had long been accustomed to being targeted by others, but his fellow disciples of Qing Zhengzong had some complaints about Xiao Chujing.
Being able to gain the favor of the Huantian Chamber of Commerce is a blessing in disguise.
Qing Yuanhu said that he would take on the resources for cultivation of the Qingzheng Sect, which meant that they would no longer have to risk their lives to accept commissions and could spend all their time on cultivation.
No one would refuse such benefits.
Is Xiao Chujing a little ungrateful?
Didn’t Elder Tang just specifically instruct us not to offend Qing Yuanhu?
The monks did not dare to show their dissatisfaction too much. In the past few days, everyone had witnessed Xiao Chujing's methods. While they admired him, they also felt a sense of fear towards him in their hearts. No one wanted to be his enemy.
However, under Qing Yuanhu's instigation, some dissatisfaction was still revealed.
"Master Qing, Junior Brother Xiao is just speaking his mind, he has no other intentions."
"What information did you get? Can you tell us in detail?"
"We and Junior Sister will be very grateful to you."
The sect leader and the elders also pretended to be deaf and dumb. Xiao Chujing had a calm expression and said nothing.
Qing Yuanhu wanted to take Qiao again, but Ye Xiaoman stepped on his foot to urge him on.
Qing Yuanhu then said, "Please pay attention to the long-standing dispute between Tianji Sect and Tianyan Sect."
The young disciples looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. Ye Xiaoman looked at Qing Yuanhu with dead eyes. Qing Yuanhu whistled silently at her, with a look that said, "If you want to know, then please me."
Only the Sect Master and the elders understood: "It turned out to be this troublesome matter that the Tianyan Sect couldn't solve on their own, so they outsourced it to others as a test question."
He cursed again in frustration, "They, the Tianyan Sect, have been unable to resolve something in ten years, and they want outsiders to resolve it in seven days. Isn't that wishful thinking?"
The Grand Court Official who was following Qing Yuanhu came over and whispered a few words in Qing Yuanhu's ear. Qing Yuanhu then stood up and said goodbye: "I have something urgent to attend to. See you later."
He walked towards the door without looking back, and teased frivolously, "I have more inside information. Fairy Ye, how about walking me out and I can help you analyze it along the way?"
Qing Yuanhu was almost at the door when he finally heard footsteps following him. He raised the corners of his mouth in triumph.
Walking out of the door, there was a long corridor. There was no one around. Qing Yuanhu immediately revealed his true nature and wanted to ask Ye Xiaoman for an explanation. He calculated the angle and reached behind him, grabbing Ye Xiaoman's wrist as he wished.
At the same time, he turned around to look at her and said, "Ye Xiaoman, shouldn't you thank me?"
"Thank you." A steady voice answered from behind.
Qing Yuanhu paused. The person behind him was not Ye Xiaoman, whom he had been expecting, but Xiao Chujing, whose face he disliked in every way.
Qing Yuanhu was struck by lightning. He quickly threw away Xiao Chujing's wrist and shook his palm vigorously a few times, feeling that the flesh on his hand was about to rot. If it wasn't Ye Xiaoman, then just get away, especially those stinky men.
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