Chapter 482: Another Backhand Slap

Wu Shushan frowned tightly at the words.

Ling Xueyao not knowing doesn't mean he doesn't know.

Where are these two kids from, some Central Region petty state?

They are the noble bloodline continuation of the Emperor Sovereign of the Hunt's Summit!

Noble little young masters!

"Madam Nangong, the written‑exam papers cannot be leaked; please stop slandering Xiao Chen and Mo Xiaohu!" Otherwise you won't even know how you die!

Ling Xueyao sneered: "Wu Yuanzhang, how do you know these papers won't leak? There is no wall that doesn't let wind through, I think Ye Qingran looks quite attractive, who knows…"

Slap~

Ling Xueyao was hit by a sudden big slap and fell to the ground.

"This is the Academy; keep your mouth clean when you speak."

A cold voice rang out, chilling to the bone.

Ling Xueyao covered her left cheek, looked up sharply, and was stunned to see Ye Xiu.

Fu Hanxiu's cold gaze looked down from above; his tall, lanky figure exuded a chill like from hell.

"What are you, daring to hit me?" Ling Xueyao shouted.

She had never been hit by anyone from childhood to now!

"I'm hitting you! Not satisfied, you strike back?"

Ling Xueyao naturally refused to accept, and naturally wanted to strike back, but before the illustrious Emperor Sovereign of the Hunt's Summit, she was just a weakling.

No room to retaliate!

Everyone was stunned.

They looked in shock at the newly arrived Guest Minister Elder, already subjugated by his domineering aura.

The first to dare hit Ling Xueyao!

"Suddenly notice how domineering Elder Ye is, right?"

"Can't see his face clearly, but he's insanely handsome!"

"Heaven, am I the only one captivated by him?"

Ling Xueyao gritted her teeth, "Elder Ye, are you in league with Ye Qingran?"

Indeed they are in league, but he won't say.

"If you speak disrespectfully again, I will still act."

Ling Xueyao opened her mouth, fear filling her heart.

She had no doubt; this Elder Ye, she dared.

"Fine, just wait for me!"

She swore she would slice Ye Xiu to pieces and exterminate his Nine Clans!

"But hitting me won't change the fact that Ye Qingran helped her son cheat!"

Ling Xueyao remained stubborn.

"Is that so?"

Ye Qingran raised an eyebrow.

Dare, in front of her, slander her son's spotless grades as cheating?

As if the mother who gave birth were dead?

"Ling Xueyao, I will prove before everyone that my sons' grades are clean. However, if I prove they didn't cheat, I will make you pay a painful price for your words!"

Ling Xueyao's heart trembled.

She was actually shaken by Ye Qingran's aura.

But on second thought, she is the Young City Lord's Wife of Huangjin City, the prized daughter of Dan Valley, why fear Ye Qingran, a lowborn from a small place?

"Fine, I'll watch with anticipation!"

She indeed wants to see how Ye Qingran will prove it!

Ye Qingran lightly nodded three times, eyes shifting to look at everyone.

"First, I must state that my children earned their grades through their own ability, completely clean."

After speaking, her gaze softened toward Xiaohu Xiaocheng.

"Xiao Hu, Xiao Chen, mother is proud of you."

With mother's encouragement, others' doubts vanished instantly, leaving only joy in their hearts.

She turned again to Wu Shushan and the others.

"Since everyone doubts my children's grades, here's the deal: Wu Yuanzhang, all elders and Instructors, please pose ten questions on the spot, within the scope of this written exam. If any of them cannot answer one, I will leave the Shenzhou Academy with my children, never setting foot here again."

The words caused everyone to shudder.

Ye Qingran said that elders and Instructors should set questions; if Mo Xiaohu or Xiao Chen fails to answer, they must give up the Heavenly class slot and never step foot in Shenzhou Academy again.

How confident is that!

Could it be that Xiao Chen and Mo Xiaohu truly didn't cheat?

Ye Qingran finished, then looked at Ling Xueyao, eyes blazing, "If they can answer all questions, then Ling Xueyao, you take your children and roll out of Shenzhou Academy! Do you dare?"

Everyone's hearts trembled.

This is undoubtedly another high‑stakes gamble.

Only one side's children can stay.

Ling Xueyao didn't expect Ye Qingran to say that.

For a moment, her pupils flickered violently.

Actually, she has been saying Ye Qingran's child cheated all along because she wants them to bear a bad reputation.

Now Ye Qingran uses such a strong-handed approach; she doesn't know whether to agree.

Although she doesn't really believe Ye Qingran's child can rely on perfect-score ability, she still has to be cautious.

If they lose, it will ruin the child's future!

Fu Hanxiu looked at Ye Qingran admiringly.

What she did was undoubtedly excellent.

If Ling Xueyao agrees, since Xiaohu Xiaocheng can score full marks, as long as the questions are within the exam scope, there is absolutely no problem; if Ling Xueyao refuses, then her earlier slander will collapse on its own, and instead her own reputation will suffer.

"Mother, we're betting against them! I don't believe these two country bumpkins really have perfect-score ability!" Nanguo Buxie stood with hands on hips, arrogant.

"Yes, mother, we're not afraid at all! Just bet with them—I'll make them roll out of the Divine State Academy forever!"

Nanguo Qingyuan bared her teeth in a grin, quite spiteful.

Ling Xueyao, however, furrowed her brows, hesitating for a moment.

After a long while, she spoke in a low voice: "Ye Qingran, if you have the ability, prove they really can score full marks; don't keep betting for fun, is that interesting?"

Ye Qingran snorted: "Ling Xueyao, is that what you call interesting? I just ask you—will you take that bet or not?"

The more Ye Qingran acted this way, the less confident Ling Xueyao felt.

She isn't that impulsive. Moreover, having suffered two losses at Ye Qingran's place before, this time she dares not act rashly.

"Ye Qingran, do you think I'm like you, casually betting my child's future? Doing this is utterly unworthy of a mother!"

"You say that, meaning you don't intend to bet with me?"

Ye Qingran laughed mockingly.

Ling Xueyao clenched the hand in her sleeve, yet maintained an aloof demeanor: "I've said it—I won't use my child's future as a bet. If you insist on thinking that way, there's nothing I can do."

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.

It's obvious that Ling Xueyao means she won't bet with Ye Qingran.

As it turns out, Ling Xueyao also lacks confidence.

So does that also mean Ye Qingran's child didn't cheat?

Ye Qingran walked toward Ling Xueyao.

In Ling Xueyao's bewildered gaze, Ye Qingran raised her hand and slapped her.

"I said it—you're no longer a child; you must take responsibility for your words."

Having said that, she backhanded another slap.

"This slap is the price for slandering my child!"

Ling Xueyao had been dazed by two slaps from Fu Hanxiu, and now Ye Qingran gave her two more; her hair was disheveled, blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and she looked as miserable as possible.

What shocked Ling Xueyao most was that Ye Qingran laid hands on her, and she couldn't even react!

This sudden scene left everyone stunned.

Elder Ye hitting Ling Xueyao would have been bad enough, but Ye Qingran actually laid hands on her too!

As the young lady of Dan Valley and the Young City Lord's Wife of Huangjin City, when did Ling Xueyao become so easy to bully?