Chapter 269: TranQingdent (6)

Sima Chunfeng reflected on her satisfying companion in this life, or rather a conversation with a rival staking the pride between geniuses.

“Right. We should determine a winner and loser.”

First, appearance.

Hmm. There are many forms of beauty, so we can’t judge between flashy but aloof beauty and this lady’s beauty like a well-forged famous sword.

So it’s a tie, tie! Draw, draw!

But since the Heavenly Flower Sword is too tall for a woman, it’s this lady’s victory for being appropriately tall.

For breasts, this lady is bigger, but hmm, in terms of genius qualities it’s this lady’s victory.

Comparing achievements, she has subjugating the Blood Cult, winning the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition, and enlightening a pitiful beast, but this is also this lady’s victory for handling numerous tasks as the Murim Alliance’s Assistant Deputy Chief and comforting the people’s livelihood.

And for excellence of intellect, it’s also this lady’s victory.

Of course, it’s a loss in realm as a martial artist.

But as someone who will become Chief Military Official, this lady’s power to command everyone is greater than mere individual martial prowess.

“Kukuk, it’s this lady’s overwhelming victory. Heavenly Flower Sword, you’ll have to work harder to stand shoulder to shoulder with this lady.”

Though she pales in comparison to the genius and perfect Miss Sima, unlike those completely inferior ordinary people, she’s qualified to associate with this lady.

It was a very satisfying conclusion.

If Qing had heard, she would have been dumbfounded enough to carry out a Ximen Surin-style nuclear bombing. Saying if you’re excellent in martial arts you don’t need to use your head.

“Is that something to say to me now? Bringing another woman and so boldly asking to sleep together.”

“I’m sorry. But look at Miss Murong’s state. She’s a complete mess. She says she can’t sleep at all at night. You’ve seen it too. How she was pathetically dozing in the training ground. She said she felt reassured hearing my voice so she was pathetically napping like that.”

Tang Nanah is one of the few people who knows about Murong Juhui’s kidnapping.

“Tsk. It can’t be helped. Qing’er is too kind for her own good. Falling for such an obvious trick.”

The too kind Qing (hobby: dismembering living villains) said she would take care of a mentally ill child, so Tang Nanah, being fundamentally a doctor, thought well, what can you do.

“I’ll tell you in advance, I don’t like you. But I’m sleeping together to watch in case you hurt Qing’er again. Don’t even think about calling this friendship or anything like that.”

Tang Nanah growled like that.

However, Murong Juhui didn’t have the temperament to just listen quietly either.

“Ha. Look who’s talking. A crazy bitch who spreads poison and doesn’t even apologize, who in the world would be friends with someone like you?”

“Tsk. Miss Murong. No bad words.”

“But, she, she did it first!”

“If Tang Nanah dies will Miss Murong die too? Are you going to act childishly when you’re not even a child?”

It was almost, no, completely treating her like a child.

But Murong Juhui was acting almost like a child so it fit the situation. Murong Juhui complained resentfully:

“But, but…!”

“Tsk. You’ll be scolded. And Tang Nanah didn’t use bad words, did she? Apologize to Tang Nanah.”

“Ah, scold-, that, Miss Tang, s-so…”

Murong Juhui’s lips trembled as if she couldn’t speak, then she shouted:

“You crazy bitch! You did wrong first, ack.”

Finally, only after being pinched hard did Murong Juhui offer an apology.

The expression of Tang Nanah receiving the apology was sour.

“What, what is this? It’s a bit, strange. Why do I feel?”

“She said sorry. Just accept it.”

“No, isn’t she a bit strange? This, what’s with that very satisfied expression?”

“Usually the one apologizing first feels relieved and such. Miss Murong, you did very well. But couldn’t you listen before being punished?”

“Th-that um. I think I’ve gotten used to the inside of my arm, somewhere else, somewhere else…!”

“See, I told you she’s strange.”

“It’s because she’s hurting. Because she’s hurting. It will be okay. Right, Miss Murong?”

“Yes. Thanks to you. I’m always grateful.”

Tang Nanah’s narrowed eyes wouldn’t open. Though there wasn’t anything Tang Nanah could do about it.

Anyway, Murong Juhui lay down with Qing behind her and Tang Nanah in front, and passed out after just four breaths.

Even Qing, who falls asleep within one ke wherever she lies down, couldn’t fall asleep in the time it takes to inhale four times and exhale four times,

Just how tired must she have been to faint like this, it made her feel pitiful.

At this, Qing scolded Tang Nanah:

“See? How badly must she have slept to be like this? Why do you keep saying an injured child is strange? Though the child was a bit ill-mannered, you should still treat her well. Don’t memories from when you’re sick last a long time?”

“Ugh. I guess she really had a big mental shock. I thought she had some ulterior motive, I didn’t know it would be like this…”

Because the newly improvised large banquet hall was in a corner of Kaifeng, it ended up being quite far from the Murim Alliance too. This was because someone had properly eaten up the ship arena.

That someone is already on the way to the closing ceremony venue.

Qing tilted her head.

“What’s this, a sudden mass appearance of veiled women?”

Indeed, veiled women kept catching her eye.

Because Peng Daesan was in the group, the density of women was overflowing to the point of forming a barrier and being pushed towards the closing ceremony venue.

So looking around from the center, about one in five wore veils.

Qing shrugged at this.

“Oh my, I ended up leading a trend in the Central Plains. It’s understandable. They can’t help but imitate the Transcendent Transcendent Qing.”

“Ha. How funny. Aren’t you overestimating yourself too much?”

“Why. What is it? Did I say something wrong? Aren’t they imitating me?”

“They may be imitating you, but in the end it’s probably a ploy to look good to me.”

“Come on. Mountain is the one with an inflated ego. As if all the women in the world are trying to look good to Mountain, hmm. I guess they are trying to look good.”

Qing was poking Mountain’s side with her elbow when she suddenly changed her words at the brims of the veils all facing one direction.

It’s desperate love to the point of wearing veils.

They’re shooting fierce gazes that could pierce through veils at Qing’s impudent flirting.

“Hasn’t, hasn’t the rumor spread? Why are women still building walls to chase after you?”

“The, the rumor has spread. That, they say even if a woman with just big breasts and buttocks wears a veil, he’ll run after her with his eyes rolled back even if she’s a beggar, I heard from our Participation Society members.”

Murong Juhui quickly tattled.

The Dragon Phoenix Assembly’s Murong Juhui’s group, called the Participation Society, came to check on her a lot. Among the stories they gossiped about, one in three was about the Jade Qilin, saying the world’s most handsome man’s tastes are not normal these days.

“Is that so?”

“I thought the rumor hadn’t spread since nothing was changing, but fortunately it seems to have spread well. Yet it’s still like this?”

Peng Daesan said as if he couldn’t believe it.

Qing was equally dumbfounded.

The rumor that he’s associated with beggars spread widely, yet still, ah. Now they’re even wearing veils in beggar attire.

Mass production of flower beggars…

No wonder he’s almost a perfect attendance member of the Half Sword Twin Sabers Society, the world’s most handsome man’s troubles are still ongoing so he came to take shelter.

“Hey, Mountain. Maybe.”

“What?”

“Then how about spreading a rumor that you like women who go around with their breasts completely exposed?”

“Why?”

“Aren’t you curious how far they’ll follow? Actually I’m full of ulterior motives. It looks good. If we’re going to see scenery anyway, shouldn’t there be a lot of flesh color showing?”

“Hmm. I don’t mind being treated as the world’s pervert if it will make them leave me alone. But how do you plan to spread the rumor? Will you go around completely exposed in front of others like you said-“

Peng Daesan stopped mid-sentence.

And his expression hardened, which Qing read.

What is it, why? Why did he get upset?

Separately from that, it was also words that couldn’t be easily overlooked.

“Not me. Let’s see. Oh, do you see that young lady with a low neckline over there? Blue clothes with a red sash. Wow. If she just bounces slightly everything will spill out. Now, stare at her intently.”

“What?”

“Just keep staring at the woman with the most flesh color showing in your field of vision. Then everyone will wonder where you’re looking, then go ‘oh my, Young Master Peng is looking at breasts, he’s boldly looking’, and then everyone will follow along.”

Qing’s head only spins this well when making others suffer.

“Hmm. Not bad.”

Peng Daesan was also curious just how bizarre this spectacle could become.

Already one in five was in beggar attire and one in four was wearing a veil. Moreover, women with unnaturally large breasts and buttocks occasionally caught the eye, so if you’re going to stuff something in shouldn’t you at least make it not obvious?

So as one man and one woman entered the closing ceremony venue while blatantly staring at revealing outfits, the women observing Peng Daesan’s ocean-like beauty also dispersed without hiding their disappointment.

The Half Sword Twin Sabers Society members were all future leaders of the orthodox martial arts world, that is, part of the ruling class, except for Qing.

The ruling class doesn’t share tables with the ruled.

They mingle among themselves in special seats prepared on high and look down at those below.

So as soon as they sat in the special seats, the thought came that this would be boring before it even started, wondering when it would end.

Though they said there would be an important announcement at the closing ceremony, they already knew all the contents.

First, there would be news of subjugating the Blood Cult.

“…Thus, we joyfully announce to our martial arts comrades that we have defeated the evil seeds of the Blood Cult through a secret operation!”

“Waaah!!”

“The Murim Alliance is the best!”

It was truly fiery support.

And then a declaration that we’re taking down Black Store too.

But we’re not helping the Demonic Cult, and absolutely not imitating them even more.

It was an excuse that wasn’t an excuse, saying we just postponed it because of the secret operation to catch the Blood Cult, but we never had the slightest intention of sitting back and watching the evil Black Store group harming the world.

After this declaration, quite a few people turned pale and quickly left.

This is the righteousness of the orthodox martial arts world.

Black markets are half martial artists and half commoners.

They tell them in advance before taking them down.

Saying we’re going to properly take you down now so those who want to leave should leave.

After that was the announcement of the new Ten Great Clan to fill the empty spot of the Jin Prefecture Yan clan.

“In the past, we were plunged into sorrow at having to lose a great pillar of the orthodox martial arts world. However, we cannot commit the mistake of not reinforcing the house in sorrow over losing a pillar. So we would like to introduce a new pillar to all of you in the martial arts world.”

Qing looked at Gongson Yoye and her family standing on the stage.

The new Ten Great Clan is the Gongson clan.

According to Sima Chunfeng, it’s the family tradition of the Sima clan to not step forward.

There was no persuasiveness in someone who lost saying such things, so whatever, that must be how it is.

If it weren’t for Gongson Yoye, she wouldn’t have bothered coming to this place.

Even if they said it was an important announcement, the Nine Great Sects, Ten Great Clans and other major masters had already heard or even participated in the decision.

So there weren’t many high-ranking people actually attending the closing ceremony.

Just people in ambiguous positions who were appropriately high-ranking but could be pushed off to each sect watching with bored expressions to fill out the numbers.

Ximen Surin had already left saying she had been away from the sect for too long, so she left smiling with the lightness of someone who had seen all there was to see.

Ximen Surin, who had boasted all she could boast and received all the envy towards her outstanding disciple, smiled so much that Qing thought wow, I didn’t know she could smile like that.

The reason Qing didn’t leave with her was because of the order to go see Shaolin’s Absolute Sword Wall with the monks and take a roundabout tour to see as much as possible on the way back.

And when there’s a celebration at a friend’s house, well, you should congratulate them.

Qing also clapped hard and shouted cheers enthusiastically.

Gongson Yoye seemed to scan the VIP seats and somehow managed to make eye contact with Qing.

And then a bright, very pure smile, those exceptionally white teeth sparkling…

It was the end of June, summer.