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Chapter 43: The aloof Empress became a fangirl, the villain’s charm could no longer be contained.

Yueyao, I gave those to you!

Before Ning Bei could speak, Qin Yu cracked first.

He rushed forward and pointed at the two pills, looking ready to cry; with them he could have leaped straight to the Foundation Establishment realm.

But to please Lin Yueyao, he had forced himself to hold onto them.

To his shock, Lin Yueyao immediately passed the pills to his most hated enemy, Ning Bei.

Wasn’t that a slap to his face in public?

What’s more, so many people were gathered around.

“Look at the Crap King’s face, like he just lost his dad… oh wait, he really did.”

“Haha, I’m dying; Senior Brother Ning showed up at the perfect moment.”

“Crap King, use your head… even if Senior Brother Ning dumped Lin Yueyao, she still wouldn’t belong to a pants-wetting loser like you.”

The hall erupted in roaring laughter.

Such a dramatic scene truly made it hard for them to keep straight faces.

One second Qin Yu was bragging and using pills to coax Lin Yueyao, the next she was using them to curry favor with Ning Bei.

For an instant they even felt a touch of pity for Qin Yu… he had backed the wrong horse.

“The pills belonged to Qin Yu?”

Hearing the crowd’s laughter, Ning Bei understood the situation and curled his lips in a cold smile.

Familiar, far too familiar!

“Yes.”

Qin Yu was about to assert ownership, but Lin Yueyao cut him off, “He already said they were mine… Ning Bei, I’m telling the truth.”

“Yueyao, how could you…”

Qin Yu tried to speak again, but she interrupted, “Didn’t you already give them to me? Do you want them back now?”

“No… I wasn’t trying to take them back.”

Qin Yu shook his head in panic.

“Then I’m free to do with them as I please!” Lin Yueyao snorted at Qin Yu, but her tone softened when she turned to Ning Bei, “The tournament is about to start, so I want to give you these pills; maybe they can help you a little.”

“These trash pills could help me? What are you thinking, Lin Yueyao?” Ning Bei rejected her without mercy. “Don’t bother me with this garbage again.”

With that, Ning Bei turned and went back inside, locking the door.

“Ning Bei…”

Lin Yueyao still wanted to say more.

She pursed her lips in grievance but was left standing outside.

“Yueyao, those pills carried my feelings… how could you hand my feelings to Ning Bei instead?” Qin Yu caught up and spoke with mixed emotions.

Those were his heartfelt feelings!

Lin Yueyao tossed the pills back at him and said, “Take your cheap feelings away. Don’t give me this worthless stuff again… Ning Bei doesn’t like it at all.”

“Ah?”

Qin Yu felt as if lightning had struck him; his whole body went numb.

He wasn’t stupid; of course he heard what she really meant.

She had given his tokens to Ning Bei, Ning Bei had dismissed them, and now she blamed him for being too cheap?

“No, Yueyao… you can’t say that…”

Qin Yu wanted to sort things out.

But Lin Yueyao gave him no chance; she turned and ran back to her room to sulk, muttering, “Useless Qin Yu… your lousy pills can’t even buy me a smile from Ning Bei.”

Left outside, Qin Yu was hit by a flood of ridicule.

“Crap King, you can give the pills to me, I don’t mind.”

“Haha, you were swaggering just now. Don’t forget you’re only a part-time disciple.”

“Senior Brothers, please don’t lump the Crap King in with us normal part-time disciples, we’d really appreciate it.”

…

At that moment, none of Qin Yu’s earlier pride remained.

All he could do was retreat to his room in anger.

Inside the room.

“What’s happening outside?”

Qin Jiujiu tried to sit up, but Ning Bei wrapped an arm around her fragrant shoulders. “Just a farce, Jiujiu. Don’t get up, just rest.”

…Hmph~

Qin Jiujiu bit her lip and rolled her charming eyes. “I didn’t see you cherishing me before; now you know how to dote on me?”

“I thought you reincarnated as a Great Emperor… I expected you to be amazing!”

Ning Bei rubbed her soft shoulders and offered a wry smile.

While the two of them were lost in tenderness, Qin Jiujiu had opened up completely and confessed her greatest secret… her reincarnation.

“You’re awful~”

Qin Jiujiu blushed at his words.

She almost wanted to ask Ning Bei if he really had no idea how powerful the Divine Sun Art was.

“Why are you getting shy now?”

Seeing her flushed cheeks, Ning Bei liked her even more and couldn’t help pinching her exquisitely sculpted face.

Such a beauty belonged to him alone!

Wonderful!

Qin Jiujiu offered no resistance, allowing the man before her to possess her domineeringly. “Ning Bei… hug me.”

“All right.”

Ning Bei wrapped an arm around her waist and sighed, “If you hadn’t told me, I would never have imagined you were a reincarnated Great Emperor.”

Qin Jiujiu fluttered her long lashes and said, “I do have memories of my past life, but both then and now… I never had a Dao companion other than you!”

“Oh? You were alone in your past life as well?” Ning Bei asked knowingly.

“Mhm~”

Qin Jiujiu lifted her chin in pride.

She seemed to be telling Ning Bei that, in both lives, she had kept herself solely for him.

Ning Bei kissed her smooth forehead. “Same here.”

“What about in the future then?” Qin Jiujiu asked, her big eyes sparkling.

“What do you think?”

Emm…

Expressions flitted across Qin Jiujiu’s delicate face, then she suddenly lifted her lips and kissed Ning Bei. “You’re a bad man~”

…

The dueling arena buzzed with energy.

Without special passages, representatives from the academies could hardly squeeze inside.

“Will the three Grand Preceptors please take the stage!”

On the platform, an Elder from Great Yu Academy acted as host, using a sound-transmission stone to project his voice across the vast venue.

The size of the arena could swallow mountains and rivers.

Amid thunderous cheers, three old men appeared slowly; they were Heavenly Martial Academy’s Grand Preceptor Wuyue, Great Yu Academy’s Grand Preceptor Yu Tong, and Qitian Academy’s Grand Preceptor Xu Yunyang.

Behind each elder followed his own academy’s Elders and the competing Inner Sect disciples.

As for Outer Sect disciples and part-time disciples, they had no right to be on stage and now sat in seats only slightly better than the common ones.

“Three years apart… I trust you have all been well.”

Yu Tong spoke first, his gaze roaming over Wuyue and Xu Yunyang.

“Brother Yu, we shared drinks just a few days ago!” Xu Yunyang laughed, then looked at Wuyue. “But Brother Wuyue, we haven’t met in three years, and you never came to drink with us. Are you embarrassed because your academy has come last in 10 consecutive tournaments?”

Yu Tong couldn’t help laughing at that. “You really know how to hit the sore spot.”

Heh~

Facing their sarcasm, Wuyue didn’t hold back. “Whoever fails to take first this time isn’t their mother’s own child.”

?

Yu Tong and Xu Yunyang froze.

Elsewhere.

While the Grand Preceptors exchanged ‘pleasantries,’ the contestants stayed busy.

They sized up their future opponents, eyes shining with anticipation; the tournament was their chance to make a name for themselves.

Some even went to provoke contestants from other academies, with the perpetually bottom-ranked Heavenly Martial Academy receiving special attention.

“You show up every time and go home first every time… I don’t even know why you bother.”

“Forfeiting would be less embarrassing!”

“Haha, maybe if one of them performs well, our Great Yu Academy might recruit him!”

“Our Qitian Academy doesn’t want them!”

…

Faced with the two academies’ mockery, Wang Teng and the others started cursing before Ning Bei or Qin Jiujiu even spoke.

Filthy words flew out of their mouths in a colorful torrent.

The disciples of Great Yu Academy and Qitian Academy had never faced a barrage like this.

Teasing was one thing, but outright swearing… even words like Crap King and bastard… had started flying.

It was practically personal assault!

What’s more, Wang Teng and the others swore so fluently it felt as if they had been specially trained.

“Let’s go, let’s go… don’t trade insults with them.”

In the end the two academies’ disciples couldn’t keep up and retreated in embarrassment.

Only Qin Yu, sitting below the stage, wore a dark expression.

He knew they weren’t cursing him… but he still felt offended.

Just as the ‘getting acquainted’ phase was ending, a young man strode straight toward Ning Bei.

The moment he arrived, he looked down and said, “So you’re Ning Bei?”

“And you are?”

“I’m Yu Sheng.”

Yu Sheng smiled, patted Ning Bei’s chest, and said, “Remember my name, because someone ordered me to kill you in the ring!”

Ning Bei looked curious. “Who?”

Yu Sheng: “???”

“You don’t need to know.” Yu Sheng almost got sidetracked but stopped himself in time. “Just be careful. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

With that, he turned to leave.

Ning Bei suddenly spoke up, “Give him a message for me.”

“What message?” Yu Sheng looked back with a cold laugh.

“I’ll f**k his ancestors!”

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