Chapter 21: Slapped to Tears
His entire brain turned completely into mush in a short time, feeling so dizzy that he could not even stand steady on his feet,
and finally he knelt on one knee on the ground, taking a long while to gradually regain his senses.
It was precisely this single slap that knocked her down to one knee, and even directly forced her out of the state of Bloodline Amplification.
What was even more exasperating was that after landing this slap, Qin Yun simply watched from a distance,
if the other party had genuinely wanted to kill her, I am afraid that just the few seconds of her dizziness would have been enough to kill her three or four times over.
Watching Feng Qing'er completely plunge into a daze, Qin Yun could not help looking at his own palm that had just patted her head, wondering if he might have gone a bit too heavy with his blow,
yet he truly was not doing it on purpose, and really did not expect to settle her with just a single slap; it seemed that after his breakthrough, he had severely underestimated his own strength.
Had he known, he would not have shaken her Shangdan; since this fellow cared so much about face, she certainly would not accept her failure this easily. Even if he pretended to lose, at least he should have exchanged a few moves.
Never mind the two people who had arranged to fight in the first place, the three fellows on the side were staring at each other with wide eyes at this moment as well,
"Fei Tian, you fellow are playing dirty. Even if we forget about the Tier 7 Medicinal Pill, you had to make me watch such a huge show,
you actually purposely said those things, belittling the strength of your Young Pavilion Master right in front of me, just for the reversal at this moment."
Yao Lao's expression could not help making Xiao Yan think of a certain line,
"Your Majesty, he is playing you for a fool."
"Mm... uh... right, a mere Tier 7 Pill, whether we have it or not doesn't matter. Did you see that? This is the true strength of our Young Pavilion Master."
Fei Tian had originally intended to apologize, but as a result, he heard this wave of self-rationalized content from Yao Lao, so he simply decided to keep up the act,
anyway, nobody won the bet this time, but as a high-ranking member of the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, they could not lose in terms of aura.
As for the prideful little phoenix who had only just sobered up, right now nobody was comforting her at all,
Feng Qing'er had thought she might fail this time, but she completely had not expected to lose in such a crisp and neat manner,
why? Why? Clearly she had cultivated even harder than before, but why was she getting further and further away from him?
Could it be that everything about him before was just an act, and in reality he and she were not on the same level at all?
Was every instance of him just happening to show a strength slightly higher than hers simply meant to tease her?
Thinking of this, Feng Qing'er's eyes gradually grew watery, giving one the feeling that she was on the verge of crying.
"Uh, are you alright? Actually, just now was merely an accident, or else we can try again..."
Qin Yun felt like he might have stabbed a bit too hard into her heart just now,
Heaven is my witness, he truly did not expect that merely shaking an Shangdan would actually stun her completely.
"No need, Master, it is just that I am too weak. I am very sorry for failing to let you enjoy yourself to the fullest. Actually, I do not mind at all, nor am I crying; I truly do not mind in the least." Feng Qing'er forced herself to endure as she spat out this sentence word by word,
yet the expression on her face was far uglier than crying, and even drop after drop of tears streamed down her cheeks onto the ground, her entire face turning almost into a mess of smeared colors.
Perhaps she also realized that she was simply too embarrassing this time, so she directly used her sleeve to wipe away the stuff on her face, covered her head, and fled without looking back.
"Uh, Uncle Fei, was my blow a bit too ruthless just now?" Qin Yun also felt somewhat awkward at this moment, wanting to go up and comfort her,
yet he was afraid that seeing him might cause the other party's emotions to become even more agitated. For a moment he did not know whether he should go or not.
"Don't ask me, this is your own business. If you still remember my kindness toward you in the future,
do not under any circumstances sell me out when she calls Auntie over to slaughter everyone with quacks,
if I really get dragged into this, then after her Auntie beats you up, she won't be able to beat me."
Fei Tian did not even cast his eyes toward this place at all, and the very first thing he did was put some distance between them,
wearing an expression as if he had never set foot in this Back Mountain whatsoever.
As for the other two, they likewise wore looks as if they had suddenly been struck blind a moment ago and had apparently seen nothing at all.
"..." Do these few unprincipled fellows hope that I die quickly or something?
Seeing these teammates who were so scamming, Qin Yun did not count on them either,
and finally, after struggling with himself for a while, he decided to go take a look anyway. In case this prideful lass could not get over it for a moment and decided to find a tree to hang herself from its southeastern branch, it would be a total disaster.
At this moment Feng Qing'er was sitting on a rock, burying her entire head in her knees, and at a single glance one could tell she felt that life had lost all meaning.
"Uh, actually I am not very good at comforting people. How about you calm down for a bit first, alright?"
After finding Feng Qing'er, Qin Yun stayed by her side for half a day, yet he had no idea what to say.
Yet Feng Qing'er refused to budge at all, as if there was nobody around her, and gave him not a single bit of reaction.
Damn it, women and things really are troublesome. If it were back in his past life during his violent temper days, he would have just given her a beating and settled everything right then and there,
sigh, after transmigrating, his temperament was still a bit too kind.
Thinking this way and that, Qin Yun still had no good method to ease the current situation, so he switched to another approach, deciding to try out the money power that never failed in his past life.
Soon Feng Qing'er felt the person beside her poking her with something,
"I really am not good at comforting people. How about you accept this one million gold coins, and tomorrow you can go to the marketplace to buy some nice things? Let's call it even between us, alright?" Qin Yun simply ignored whether the other party was willing or not,
directly thrusting a black card holding one million gold coins from her hands through the gap right onto her face.
Seeing that this fellow was actually so unexpected, Feng Qing'er finally became willing to raise her head.
However, it was clearly visible that her two eyes were a little red, as if she had just had a good cry.
"Actually, that..." Qin Yun thought about it for half a day, yet could not even squeeze out a single fart.
In the end, Feng Qing'er spoke first. "All those matches you fought against me before were just you messing around with me, weren't they?" She truly deserved to be Stubborn Sis; even when heartbroken to this extent, her very first reaction was still about their previous sparring matches.
"No, it's just that my cultivation has grown a bit too fast recently. Actually, haven't you noticed? I'm already a Five-Star Dou Wang.
A gap of two minor realms plus a momentary lapse in judgment-such an outcome isn't entirely impossible." Qin Yun could only rack his brains to comfort the other party.
"Hmph, you're lying! Don't think I don't know; you were just playing me around in circles like a fool before,
and today you finally slipped up and exposed your true strength without paying attention. To think I even made a bet with you!
Now that I think about it, it would have been better to just let you ride me around in a circle."
Feng Qing'er still held a grudge over what happened earlier.
"Believe it or not, I can only tell you that I've undergone some strange changes recently.
In most of our sparring sessions over the past year, I actually used at least around eighty percent of my strength.
Rounding it up, I went all out in every single battle! Besides, you shouldn't belittle yourself too much-you can compare yourself to someone else.
In fact, you can already defeat ninety-nine point nine percent of people at the same stage now,
but you just have to compare yourself with that zero point one percent. That is very unwise." Qin Yun said earnestly.
"..." Watching Qin Yun's completely serious expression, Feng Qing'er curled her lip. Although she had not entirely emerged from her dejection, she was at least half-recovered.
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