"Oh my, they didn't just surrender?" Wen Longting said in surprise.
"You can tell from their moves that Nan Lingyang is holding back!" Ji Jiuying said calmly.
Nan Lingmo originally intended to surrender directly, but with so many nobles and royalty watching in the arena, Ji Fengyan didn't want to give anyone cause for criticism, so she decided to fight for his good reputation.
So, in order to win his favor, Ji Fengyan seemed to be doing it for his own good, but in reality, she was certain that Nan Lingmo would go easy on her.
"Consort Liang, is the princess consort Yu'er on the second arena?"
"Your Majesty, it seems so."
"Looking at his talent and appearance, he's quite good, and he's a good match for Yu'er," the emperor said with a smile.
“Your Majesty is right, I think so too,” Consort Liang replied.
Compared to that useless Ji Jiuying, she was quite satisfied with Ji Fengyan.
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The Empress glanced at her indifferently and remained silent.
As she expected, after seven or eight moves, Nan Lingmo deliberately revealed a weakness, allowing Ji Fengyan to win the match.
"Mid-season Yan wins in arena number two!" the referee announced loudly.
Pretending to be weak and understanding was originally Ji Fengyan's trick.
The competition had progressed to the teens, and Ji Jiuying looked at the empty seat in the main seat with a puzzled expression. The man had not yet appeared. Did he not plan to come today?
In fact, Gong Mingyue had arrived long ago, but he hadn't shown himself yet. He didn't want to be stared at by those disgusting eyes anymore.
"Your Highness!"
"Did you find anything?"
Fenji appeared behind Jun Linyu and whispered in his ear.
"I followed those girls last night..."
"Number 8, Huanan Street?" The young lady actually lived on Huanan Street. Jun Linyu's eyes turned sinister, and his domineering gaze fell on the black-clad figure not far away. He was extremely possessive, as if he were staring intently at his prey.
"I also found out that the courtyard is registered under Gu Qingfeng's name."
Gu Qingfeng, the renowned richest man in Cangyue Kingdom? What is his relationship with Miss Xiao Jiu?
Ji Jiuying felt Jun Linyu's gaze, glanced at him, and saw his guards reporting something to him.
An ambitious person like Jun Linyu has quite a few forces he secretly cultivates. Since she had revealed some of her strength to him, he would definitely try to win her over. If she guessed correctly, Jun Linyu must have investigated her.
Ji Jiuying ignored him and took out several bottles of pills from her spatial storage and distributed them to them, saying, "Take these just in case."
"What?"
Wen Longting hurriedly took the bottle, looked down and saw that it contained a Spirit Transformation Pill, a Body Restoration Pill, and a Spirit Restoration Pill.
Wen Longxiu opened the bottle for a second, and was so frightened that she quickly put the cap back on.
Looking at Wen Longxiu's reaction, and then at the pill bottle in his hand, Wen Chuyu pondered for a moment. Heaven-grade pill?
Wen Longting didn't seem to care, and was about to open the lid when Wen Longxiu stopped her.
"Sister?"
"Xiao Jiu~ Are all these for us?" Wen Longxiu ignored Wen Longting and asked Ji Jiuying in disbelief.
Although she had witnessed her refining Heaven-grade pills before, she found it no easy task.
The three bottles of pills contain a total of thirty Heaven-grade pills, and the three siblings together contain a total of ninety Heaven-grade pills!
Moreover, although this pill is of low grade, its purity is not much worse than that of a mid-grade pill.
Any one of those would fetch an astronomical price if sold elsewhere, and she just gave them away like that?
Ji Jiuying said with a smile, "What? You don't like the pills I refine?"
"But this is too expensive, and..."
"No buts, keep it! Let me tell you a secret, refining Heaven-grade pills is now a piece of cake for me, so you don't need to feel too much pressure." Ji Jiuying knew what she wanted to say and interrupted her.
Ji Jiuying's words were true. With the Nine Heavens Profound Fire and her recent efforts to improve her alchemy skills, refining Heaven-grade pills was now a piece of cake for her!
Wen Longting then realized, "What, this is the sky..."
Wen Chuyu immediately covered her mouth!
Wen Longting quickly put the pills into her spatial ring.
Today's arena was much more exciting than yesterday's, but Ji Jiuying had gone to bed too late last night and was already dozing off.
Seeing this from the shadows, Gong Mingyue's handsome face revealed a doting smile.
Yingyue and Yin Han exchanged a glance for a second, and instantly understood!
"Xiao Jiu, wake up! It's your turn, Big Brother. You're next." Wen Longting quickly woke her up.
Ji Jiuying opened her sleepy eyes and yawned, "How come we've arrived at Chuyu so quickly?"
At this moment, Wen Chuyu was already on the arena, but she really didn't know who her opponent was.
"Big brother is really lucky. He always runs into opponents who aren't too strong," Wen Longting chuckled.
"Don't be too happy yet. After all, the Genius Tournament is not over yet. Don't let your guard down until the very last moment."
As Ji Jiuying spoke, she looked towards the arena.
As expected, Wen Chuyu won.
"Wen Chuyu wins on arena number one. Now, please welcome number eighteen to the stage!"
Princess Jun Luoli flew onto the arena.
Unexpectedly, her opponent was Jun Luoli!
"Go, Xiao Jiu!"
"good!"
After saying that, he yawned and slowly walked onto the stage.
As the Fourth Princess Jun Luoli looked at Ji Jiuying's figure from afar, she felt as if she had seen her somewhere before.
Seeing Ji Jiuying slowly walking over, looking like she hadn't woken up yet, he immediately got angry!
"Hey~ what do you mean?"
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