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Chapter 68: The protagonist’s younger sister is already plotting something big, but his fiancée is still at Maka Baka?

“What…?”

Qin Yu froze in shock.

What he wanted was the Xuanmai Grass; he had no curiosity about the golden lock itself.

“Congratulations, Ning Bei.”

“The chest no longer holds the Xuanmai Grass, but anyone who still wishes to try opening it may step up.”

Seeing that Qin Yu was on the verge of losing control, Yu Xuan hurried forward to steady the situation.

If Qin Yu blurted out in desperation that this whole show had been arranged by the Prince’s Estate, they would not only have wasted a thousand-year spirit herb.

Worse, any future attempt to win over Heavenly Martial Academy would spark suspicion and could even backfire.

Therefore, Qin Yu had to be stopped from losing control.

“Shut up and get down!”

Yu Xuan also stepped to Qin Yu’s side and issued a reminder.

“I…” Qin Yu felt like crying, lowered his voice, and pleaded, “Little Prince, please help me; you know I can’t do without the Xuanmai Grass, it means everything to me.”

“Heh.” Yu Xuan let out a cold laugh and snapped, “Since you knew the Xuanmai Grass mattered to you, why did you provoke him?”

“I…”

Qin Yu had no words.

Yu Xuan was no fool and could see that Qin Yu had planned to trample Ning Bei, only to miss his step.

Although Yu Xuan had also wanted to step on Ning Bei earlier, he now shifted all the blame onto Qin Yu.

“You’d better rein yourself in.” Detecting Qin Yu’s unwillingness, Yu Xuan warned, “If you expose our arrangement, think about your mother.”

With that, he turned and left.

He did not want to tangle with Qin Yu for too long and risk drawing attention.

At that moment, Yuan Yuan clung to Kui An’s arm and coaxed, “Benefactor, calm down, you can’t blame Yu’er entirely; you know the golden lock was never meant to be opened, that Ning Bei was simply too lucky.”

“You’re still making excuses for that worthless son?” Kui An scolded in displeasure, “Why didn’t he go on stage earlier? If he had, none of this would have happened, and now… don’t you understand how valuable that Xuanmai Grass is?”

…

Yuan Yuan pressed her lips together; of course she understood.

This thousand-year-old Xuanmai Grass differed from other millennium herbs and was literally priceless.

Even the deep-pocketed Prince’s Estate had only just acquired it and certainly did not wish to hand such a treasure over to a disciple of another faction.

It was like spending your own money to raise someone else’s child.

If not for the plan to use Qin Yu as a bridge to win over Heavenly Martial Academy, the Prince’s Estate would never have produced the Xuanmai Grass, even if Kui An had begged for it.

Hence, Aggrieved, Yuan Yuan had no choice but to vent her anger on her son.

“I told you the method in advance; how could you let someone beat you to it?”

Hands on her hips, Yuan Yuan scolded him, hating that iron could not become steel.

“Mother, I never thought it would turn out like this.”

Qin Yu lowered his head.

He too was full of regret; not only had he failed to step on Ning Bei, but he had also lost the Xuanmai Grass that had been within reach.

How had it come to this?

He felt that every move he made had been anticipated.

There was simply no turning the tables!

“Yu’er, don’t be too upset.” Seeing her son’s despondent face, Yuan Yuan finally softened and said, “Given the situation, I’ll appease the Prince’s Estate for you, so you needn’t worry about them making trouble.”

“Huh?”

Qin Yu looked up and blinked, asking, “Mother, can you really hold them back?”

“I…” Yuan Yuan hesitated, then changed her wording and said, “Child, I have my own way; you’d better watch out for Qitian Academy instead.”

…Alright.

Qin Yu nodded against his will.

He seemed to have guessed something yet was unwilling to believe it.

The next moment Qin Yu took a deep breath and asked, “Mother, can you ask my godfather a favor for me?”

“What favor?”

“Find an opportunity… help me get rid of Ning Bei.” A trace of viciousness flashed in Qin Yu’s eyes as he murmured, “I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but I feel he’s my nemesis.”

“This…?”

Hesitation showed on Yuan Yuan’s face, yet she still agreed to put in a word.

In truth she knew she had little say in eliminating the chief disciple of a faction they wished to recruit.

Even so, she could not refuse her son’s request.

“Alright, I have to go.”

“Mother, take good care of yourself at the Prince’s Estate…”

Watching his mother’s limping figure, Qin Yu felt a pang of sourness in his heart.

How sinful!

Damn Kui An… he had no idea how to cherish a woman.

Therefore, Qin Yu racked his brains and decided to swallow his pride and beg Lin Yueyao.

“Are you out of your mind?”

Hearing Qin Yu’s request, Lin Yueyao rejected him mercilessly, “Last time you ruined my plan and made Ning Bei hate me even more; I haven’t even settled that score, and now you have the nerve to ask me to beg him to give you the Xuanmai Grass?”

“Yueyao, Ning Bei said he doesn’t need the Xuanmai Grass,” Qin Yu said with a fawning smile, “but it’s vital to me; in return for me saving you back then, could you help me just this once?”

“Stop bringing up the past.”

Mentioning old times only angered Lin Yueyao further.

Because Qin Yu had saved her once, she had actually given up the affectionate Ning Bei for him.

Had she known she would lose Ning Bei, she would rather never have been rescued.

Besides, that so-called rescue had only been an act of gratitude; she had never truly been in mortal danger.

Facing the cold-hearted girl, Qin Yu felt even worse and said, “Yueyao, you’ve changed; you never treated me like this before.”

“Of course I’ve changed.”

Cursing in rage, Lin Yueyao pointed to the seats at the front and said, “Look for yourself, the one who should be sitting beside Ning Bei is me, but now it’s Qin Jiujiu.”

“It’s all because of you; if not for you, how would I have fallen out with Ning Bei?”

“I…”

Qin Yu was rendered speechless by the rebuke.

Meanwhile, After teasing Qin Jiujiu for a moment, Ning Bei took out the Xuanmai Grass.

“I don’t want it; keep it for yourself… it can temper your meridians,” Qin Jiujiu said, deeply moved yet still shaking her head.

She did not want to hold Ning Bei back.

“Take it, I said; it’s useless to me.”

“How could it be useless…”

“Are you taking it or not? If not, I’ll destroy it right now.”

Ning Bei spoke with feigned seriousness.

He was really afraid his little wife would refuse it.

Thanks to Qin Jiujiu he had gained so many benefits, including Revenge Points, that he could exchange for all kinds of cultivation resources in the System Shop.

Yet he could not hand those items to the girl because he had no way to explain their origin.

Now that he finally had a legitimate spirit item, he naturally wanted to nourish his little wife with it, perhaps even help her growth.

Of course, the main reason was that Ning Bei was kind-hearted!

“Alright~”

Pressed by Ning Bei’s domineering attitude, Qin Jiujiu happily accepted the token of love and said, “The pill I’m preparing was missing a meridian-shaping ingredient; now it’s complete.”

“Hmm?” Ning Bei caught something in her words and asked, “Pill? What pill?”

“Um…”

Meeting Ning Bei’s gaze, Qin Jiujiu suddenly blushed.

Her fair hand subconsciously rested on her lower abdomen as she shyly sold the mystery, “Take a guess.”

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