Chapter 30
“Uh…”
The crowd was stunned. Regardless of whether they were outside or inside the observation stands, everyone was dumbfounded as they watched Su Lianhua being kicked off the stage ruthlessly. A violent shockwave even kicked up around her. They only felt pain.
Crack!
Some cultivators with sharp ears could even hear the sound of bones cracking clearly within this shockwave. It was obvious that Su Lianhua was really in pain. Even her bones had broken from the kick. It must be painful!
As for Su Lianhua?
She was indeed in a lot of pain, so much so that she almost fainted. Blood was flowing out of her mouth and nose, and her entire face was distorted from the pain. She didn’t even have the strength to scream.
“Hiss… Hiss…”
After a long while, Su Lianhua—who had recovered a little—continuously hissed but did not even dare to move. She felt that if she moved even a little, her body would immediately fall apart.
It hurt! It really hurt. Surely, she was about to die…
“Su Lianhua, this is the disparity between you and me, Ye Qianli. To me, any of your tricks can be solved with one kick.” However, Ye Qianli’s indifferent voice suddenly pierced into Su Lianhua’s heart coldly, causing her to feel even more pain! It was so painful that she could not breathe.
“Ye Qianli, how dare you!” At this moment, Su Qin—who was sitting in the spectator seats—could no longer tolerate it. Immediately, she stood up and pointed angrily at Ye Qianli as she reprimanded her.
“This is too much! This is really too much…” Some criticisms also erupted from the crowd, especially those who were standing near to where Su Lianhua had been kicked. They felt that Su Lianhua was really pitiful.
“So what?” In the face of Su Qin’s accusation and the moral questioning of those who did not know the truth, Ye Qianli rebuked lightly, “To be honest, if not for the rules of the Prodigy Convention today, even if I had killed her, who can do anything to me?”
No one!
This was because she was Ye Qianli, a fifth-stage talent cultivator—the person who awakened the Nine Mystical Extraordinary Fire, Ye Qianli! In the entire Vermilion Bird Dynasty, other than Crown Prince Rong Mo, she was the first! The first talent awakened by this genius already belonged to the Middle Three Stages.
“Even if it’s the Su family, what would you dare to do to me? Don’t think that I don’t know who threw sh*t water on me at the city gates and spread rumors about me being immoral throughout the city.”
“Right here and now, this is just a warning! A warning to all of you! Don’t provoke me. Don’t treat everyone in the Ye Residence as fools like Su Qin!” Ye Qianli declared resoundingly as she stared at Cheng Meihua, her clear eyes filled with killing intent.
At that moment…!
As pure as the white clouds in the sky, her white clothes fluttered in the wind as she stood on that ancient Vermilion Bird Platform, admonishing the Su Residence in front of the majestic Vermilion Bird God’s statue. How arrogant! Young and impulsive, her aura felt like it was soaring into the clouds.
“…” Cheng Meihua was so shocked by the current Ye Qianli that she broke out in a cold sweat all over. She only felt a chill run down her spine from her head. Moreover, a wet feeling spread from between her legs without her control.
She had peed her pants from fear…
Cheng Meihua was so frightened that she peed on the spot!
“Ye Qianli, you evil…” Su Qin was so angry that her entire body was trembling. The fingers that were pointing at Ye Qianli were trembling uncontrollably. However, before she could finish her furious cursing, Ye Fengtian interrupted her.
“Enough! Haven’t you embarrassed yourself enough?” Ye Fengtian shouted with reddened eyes. Although he had yet to verify it, the current him believed that his daughter’s words were not false.
In other words, that unforeseen incident at the city gate three days ago was planned by the Su Residence! It was Su Lianhua’s mother, or perhaps that good brother-in-law of his, who did it on purpose and not a spontaneous act by the masses.
Throwing dung! Throwing manure at his Ye family, how dare they…!
“I…” However, Su Qin got even angrier. She did not understand why Ye Fengtian would reprimand her instead when her daughter had already called her—this mother of hers—an idiot in front of everyone.
“There’s actually someone who dares to hurl excrement water on a student of my Gifted Academy. Your courage is commendable.” When Feng Lihuan heard up to this point, he suddenly spoke in a leisurely tone.
This made the Western Wilderness King, who had planned to keep up with appearances by saying a few words, choke. He could not say anything else. He only felt that his eldest daughter-in-law was really a fool! She actually did such a despicable thing to a superb talent cultivator. It would be fine if that was all! Unfortunately, Ye Qianli even found out about it!
Pa! Pa! Pa!
At this time, the Eastern Sea King—who was watching the show calmly—clapped once again without caring about the chaos. “Splendid! Wonderful! As expected of the granddaughter of Old Brother Ye of the Northern Territory. This bullish temper is really similar to his.”
“This uncle, you are right,” Ye Qianli retorted lightly. However, the Eastern Sea King remained unperturbed and smiled. “As an uncle, I welcome you to my Eastern Sea King Residence as a guest.”
“Then, the next time you see my grandfather, remember to call him Father.” Ye Qianli nodded.
“…” The Eastern Sea King was speechless.
“Hahaha! Eastern Sea King, I do want to hear you call the Northern Territory King ‘Father’, too! Hahaha…” However, Rong Feng clapped his hands and laughed loudly. A number of people wanted to laugh but did not dare to. They could barely restrain a smile, too. After all, the Eastern Sea King was also considered very powerful.
“When the Northern Territory King returns to the capital in the future, I’m afraid he’ll be frightened by such an elderly son,” Grand Secretary Lord Bai also stroked his beard and teased, causing many people to be unable to hold back their laughter.
“Old Bai, can we not joke around? I still care about my face.” The East Sea King felt helpless, but he was envious of his old opponent. When would he have such an outstanding granddaughter, too? It would be even better if the granddaughter became a grandson.
The audience over here had become peaceful and harmonious instantly because of this banter. Luo Xingping heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this. He quickly took the opportunity to announce, “Ye Qianli wins this match. Su Lianhua has failed the challenge of the Arena Lord and will be eliminated.”
At this point, Luo Xingping only paused for a moment before looking at Ye Qianli and asking, “Miss Ye, according to the rules of the Prodigy Convention, you can become the new Arena Lord and take part in the defensive battles. You can also give up. May I ask, what would you like to do?”
“I give up,” Ye Qianli replied. She had already achieved her goal so she was naturally not interested in the so-called arena defending battles.
“Very well. However, according to the rules of the Prodigy Convention, if there are any more talent cultivators after this, you will still need to go on stage and spar with them to determine your ranking,” Luo Xingping explained. However, he was only mentioning it in passing—that was all. He knew very well that there were no more talent cultivators this year.
“Thank you for relaying this information, Lord Luo.” Ye Qianli nodded her head in response and then left the Vermilion Bird Platform. She gave this area up to those young martial artists—who had diligently cultivated just for this day—to compete.
As for Su Lianhua, she had already been carried to the back and was being treated by the doctors from the Imperial Hospital at this moment. This was also the welfare of the wounded during the Prodigy Convention.
When Feng Lihuan saw that Ye Qianli had already left the stage, he also left from his seat. Seeing this, Rong Feng immediately gave Rong Mo a look, indicating that he should go and receive her well.
Rong Mo: “…”
“Give some better healing medicine in the palace to Miss Ye. She’s your fiancée after all. You should express some of your intentions now,” Rong Feng said in a low voice and waved his hand continuously, gesturing for Rong Mo to leave quickly.
Rong Mo: “…”
“What’s wrong? You’ve already personally given the person an enrollment token. Doesn’t this mean that you’re still interested in her? This crown princess consort is fine; this emperor will allow it.” Seeing that he was still sitting there without moving, Rong Feng spoke even more bluntly.
When Rong Mo heard this, it was obvious that he couldn’t bear to listen any longer. Thus, before Rong Feng could say anything else, he already stood up and left…