Please Take Your Hand off My Horse's Reins

The two who appeared were none other than Ancient Sage Lingyan and Spirit Calculator, who had been hiding in the void above Heavenly Secret City earlier.

Ancient Sage Lingyan's appearance stirred another commotion among the crowd.

Ancient Sage Lingyan stepped forward and bowed to Great Emperor Yin Ya with his hands clasped.

"Heh..."

"Old fellow, after hiding for so long, you finally decided to come out?"

"If those bitches had crippled my dear disciple earlier, even the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion stepping in wouldn't have saved you from my punishment, you old bastard!"

Great Emperor Yin Ya's phantom glanced at Ancient Sage Lingyan, his gaze cold and fathomless.

At those words, a strange glint flashed through the eyes of the assembled experts.

Chu Luo also understood what his master was implying.

No wonder the higher-ups of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion had taken so long to arrive.

So this old fellow had been pulling strings in the shadows...

Noticing Spirit Calculator beside Ancient Sage Lingyan, Chu Luo secretly sent a voice transmission to Spirit Diviner next to him.

"Brother Spirit, is that fellow taking part in your heavenly secret child selection tomorrow too?"

At this moment, Spirit Diviner finally understood why his own master had been so late.

He looked at Ancient Sage Lingyan and his disciple, nodded slightly, and replied through a voice transmission.

"Brother Chu, his name is Spirit Calculator. He's the disciple of this Eighth Elder!"

"Presumably, Ye Qingxue is the outside help Spirit Calculator invited!"

"Although Spirit Calculator couldn't make the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking because of his age, his strength still shouldn't be underestimated..."

Chu Luo gave a harmless smile and nodded.

In his mind, he added Spirit Calculator to his little blacklist...

Since the fellow was another competitor, that made things easy...

"You jest, Great Emperor. Once I saw your avatar descend, I naturally knew that young friend Chu would be safe..."

"That was why I dared not interfere in your affairs."

"But, Great Emperor, Ancient Sage Wangqing is a member of the Ye Family. If she perishes here at our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, we would have a difficult time explaining it to the Ye Family..."

A strange glint flashed in Ancient Sage Lingyan's eyes as he addressed Great Emperor Yin Ya with utmost respect.

At that moment, neither Ye Qingxue nor Ye Luoyi, standing behind Ancient Sage Lingyan, dared utter a sound.

Even with endless resentment and fury boiling inside them, they could only swallow it for now.

Both feared that Great Emperor Yin Ya would slaughter them!

"Heh..."

Great Emperor Yin Ya sneered, utterly unmoved by Ancient Sage Lingyan's words.

"Hahaha..."

"Great Emperor Yin Ya, we failed to welcome your avatar's arrival properly!"

"Please forgive us!"

Just then.

A soft laugh rang out.

Immediately afterward, several figures appeared out of thin air in the void and descended before the crowd.

"It's Pavilion Master Tianyu!"

"And several senior elders of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion! To think they actually came out in person..."

Hearing the whispers around him.

Chu Luo turned his gaze toward Pavilion Master Tianyu, who stood at the head of the group.

So he's Pavilion Master Tianyu...

Chu Luo had only heard of him before and had never met the master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

"Heh..."

"Pavilion Master!"

"If my avatar hadn't come, my dear disciple would have been harmed by these two bitches today!"

"And another thing, did this Eighth Elder of yours take some favors from that old hag Ye Luoyi?"

"Before my avatar arrived, this old fellow watched the show for ages without coming out to stop it..."

"But the moment I gave this old hag a beating-well, would you look at that! What a coincidence! Your Eighth Elder jumped out right on cue..."

"Old fellow, did this old hag give you the kind of favors you get in bed?"

Great Emperor Yin Ya's expression changed faster than someone flipping through a book.

Every trace of his imposing dignity vanished.

With a sleazy, gossip-hungry look, he posed the question to Ancient Sage Lingyan.

The moment Great Emperor Yin Ya said that, the entire crowd fell so silent that not even a crow could be heard...

Nobody had expected it.

A supreme Great Emperor would actually say something like that...

But as everyone recalled what had happened earlier.

Could Ancient Sage Lingyan really be having an affair with Ye Luoyi?

The flames of gossip flickered in countless eyes.

Everyone turned toward Ancient Sage Lingyan and Ye Luoyi, whose expressions looked as though they had swallowed dog shit...

Behind Great Emperor Yin Ya, Chu Luo nearly failed to hold back his laughter too.

He silently gave his master a thumbs-up.

Master's move was downright vicious.

Although it wouldn't be appropriate to teach Ancient Sage Lingyan a lesson in front of so many Heavenly Secrets Pavilion higher-ups.

Making him squirm a little was pretty good too...

"G-Great Emperor... please stop joking..."

"There is nothing improper between Ancient Sage Wangqing and me!"

"This was merely a misunderstanding..."

Ancient Sage Lingyan suppressed the boundless fury in his heart and spoke through clenched teeth.

Ye Luoyi, meanwhile, was so furious she nearly dropped dead on the spot.

She stared at Great Emperor Yin Ya and Chu Luo, her hatred reaching its peak...

Pavilion Master Tianyu and the elders who had arrived all shook their heads inwardly.

Eighth Elder, oh, Eighth Elder.

Why did you have to provoke this old bastard?

Meanwhile, Ancient Sage Xuanji ran through every sorrowful experience of his life.

He fought desperately to keep the corners of his mouth from rising.

He and Ancient Sage Lingyan had never gotten along.

Now, seeing him humiliated by Great Emperor Yin Ya.

Made him happier than his own disciple becoming one of the Heavenly Secret Children...

Earlier, Ancient Sage Xuanji had thought Spirit Diviner's choice of Chu Luo would bring them trouble.

Now, however, Ancient Sage Xuanji wholeheartedly approved of his dear disciple's choice.

Pavilion Master Tianyu did not know whether to laugh or cry.

He glanced at Spirit Calculator and Ye Qingxue.

Then he looked at Ancient Sage Lingyan and immediately pieced together most of what had happened.

Still, Ancient Sage Lingyan was an elder of his Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, after all.

He did not want to leave him too humiliated.

So he clasped his hands toward Great Emperor Yin Ya and said:

"Great Emperor Yin Ya, our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was indeed negligent today!"

"However, since we invited these two members of the Ye Family, they are honored guests of our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, just like young friend Chu and yourself..."

"Besides, our heavenly secret child selection is imminent. Please show mercy, Great Emperor..."

Great Emperor Yin Ya gave a decidedly undignified grin and said:

"Now that's what I like to hear, Tianyu!"

"No wonder those old fellows of yours chose you!"

"All right, I'll give your Heavenly Secrets Pavilion some face!"

With that, Great Emperor Yin Ya waved his hand and withdrew the imperial pressure pinning Ye Luoyi down.

"Thank you, Great Emperor!"

"Eighth Elder, why haven't you escorted our two guests from the Ye Family away and settled them properly in Heavenly Secret City?!"

Pavilion Master Tianyu glanced over and spoke evenly.

"Yes, Pavilion Master!"

Ancient Sage Lingyan took a deep breath and immediately clasped his hands.

Then he led Ye Luoyi and Ye Qingxue away, both their faces filled with resentment.

But just as Ye Qingxue was about to lead the Heavenly Kirin Horse away.

Great Emperor Yin Ya glanced at Ye Qingxue and gave a sleazy grin.

"Little girl, you bullied my dear disciple, and now you think you can just leave?!"

"I've taken a liking to this Heavenly Kirin Horse!"

"If you want the Heavenly Kirin Horse back, have those old fellows from your Ye Family come ask me for it!"

"You..."

Ye Qingxue and Ye Luoyi were instantly enraged, but neither dared voice her anger...

Who exactly was bullying whom here?!

Great Emperor Yin Ya paid no attention to their expressions and said with a broad grin:

"Dear disciple, take the horse!"

"Right away, Master!"

Chu Luo bared eight gleaming white teeth, the grin tugging at his lips harder to keep down than an AK's recoil...

He scurried eagerly up to Ye Qingxue and grinned.

"Fairy Ye, please take your hand off my horse's reins..."

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