Chapter 897: Unreasonable

The Great Lun Mingwang felt like vomiting!

He Pingsheng smiled.

"You're still smiling?" said the Great Lun Mingwang. "What do you think?"

He Pingsheng said: "I think you two are both peacocks—whether Great Lun Peacock or their Nine-Colored Peacock!"

"In principle, you're all one family!"

"And your divine art clearly drew inspiration from their Nine-Colored Feather Rite, didn't it?"

"So, wanting to claim a little benefit is only human nature!"

"The fairest solution is to allocate a portion of the Baiyu Hui rewards to them—that would settle this matter!"

Right? That's no problem.

After all, they did contribute!

The Great Lun Mingwang said: "I know that… that's why I'm willing!"

"I already said: once this is settled, not only will the Nine-Colored Peacock clan receive their share, but so will the clans of all other divine arts I borrowed from. I originally planned to divide my rewards and resources into ten parts: five for our Great Lun Peacock clan, and the other five shared among those other clans!"

"After all, I don't really care about those things!"

He Pingsheng said: "Then isn't this solved?"

"Solved, my ass!" The Great Lun Mingwang's face turned black enough to make one question life itself: "This Nine-Colored Peacock clan won't let up—they've come to my very doorstep, claiming my Mingwang Rite is theirs, and demanding I hand it over!"

"This… this…"

"This is utterly outrageous!"

"It's shameless, utterly disgraceful!"

The Mingwang was so furious she nearly spat blood.

"Don't get worked up!" He Pingsheng quickly pulled her onto a chair: "This isn't worth getting so angry—just ignore them!"

"Ignore them?" The Great Lun Mingwang said: "No way! This person won't stop—they've sent wave after wave, daily shouting at my Great Lun Imperial Palace, spreading rumors everywhere. Now almost the entire Great Lun Imperial Domain believes my cultivation art belongs to them!"

"I…"

"Huh… let me catch my breath…"

"Shameless… truly too disgraceful…"

He Pingsheng was speechless.

He truly had no reply.

"Um…" he thought for a moment, then asked: "What level was the original Nine-Colored Feather Rite?"

The Great Lun Mingwang said: "What level? Just a Yellow-Class Upper Rank!"

He Pingsheng: …………

Holy shit!

They dare to pull this kind of stunt?

Divine arts and techniques are divided into four broad tiers, from highest to lowest: Heaven, Earth, Mystery, Yellow.

Each broad tier is further divided into four sub-ranks: Supreme, Upper, Middle, Lower.

That means the Great Lun Mingwang's Mingwang Rite is currently Heaven-Class Middle Rank, while the original Nine-Colored Feather Rite was merely Yellow-Class Lower Rank.

How dare they claim the Mingwang Rite is theirs?

Did the Mingwang contribute nothing at all?

"Sigh…" The Mingwang sighed deeply: "From a broad perspective, we're all Peacock Clan, so the Baiyu Hui can't meddle too deeply in this matter!"

"And fighting over something like this would make me, the Great Lun Mingwang, seem petty!"

"The key is, I can't just kill them, can I?"

"I feel like I swallowed a pile of shit—can't swallow it down, can't spit it out!"

The divine art cannot be given away.

After all, it's a Heaven-Class technique—how could I just hand it over?

Moreover, it's the Great Lun Mingwang's core divine art; if it leaked out, it would be disastrous for her.

But if she doesn't give it, they keep spreading rumors—and now they've even come to her door demanding it.

It really is nauseating!

"To deal with people this shameless, there's no other way!" He Pingsheng said. "You must use an even more shameless tactic!"

"How?" The Great Lun Mingwang leaned close to He Pingsheng, her face nearly touching his.

He Pingsheng said: "Let me think… they're annoying you, right? Let me figure out how to annoy them back…"

"Good!" The Great Lun Mingwang smiled sweetly, like a little bird clinging to her mate: "My husband, you're wonderful… if you handle this for me, you can demand anything afterward!"

He Pingsheng instantly perked up: "You're serious?"

"Serious!" The Great Lun Mingwang's eyes sparkled.

"Hmm… but first, let me speak with these Nine-Colored Peacocks and see what their game is."

…

"Who are you?"

In another grand hall.

A Nine-Colored Peacock of Body Integration stage, clad in purple Daoist robes, stared at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng smiled and said: "You must be the Nine-Colored Peacock Clan's 【Mohan Xianzi】?"

"Yes," Mohan nodded.

He Pingsheng said: "Who I am doesn't matter—you only need to know I can represent the Great Lun Mingwang."

"You?" Mohan's face twisted with contempt: "A mere Body Integration Second Layer? You represent the Great Lun Mingwang?"

He Pingsheng said: "True, I'm only Second Layer. But you're only Sixth Layer—barely higher than me!"

"You can see my cultivation level?" Mohan Xianzi was stunned.

He Pingsheng smiled but said nothing.

Mohan Xianzi was merely startled for a moment.

After all, in the Spirit Realm, countless methods exist to perceive the cultivation levels of those above you!

"Alright, since you can represent the Great Lun Mingwang, let's talk," Mohan said. "Our ancestral elder says the foundation of the Mingwang Rite lies within our Nine-Colored Peacock Clan!"

"This technique is fundamentally ours—not yours, the Great Lun Peacock Clan!"

"So now, we're taking it back!"

"We demand the Great Lun Mingwang return the Mingwang Rite to us!"

Huh…

He Pingsheng took a deep breath: This shameless face truly made him furious.

My wife has held back this long only because she values kinship within the clan.

"That's not reasonable," He Pingsheng said. "The Mingwang Rite was personally cultivated by the Great Lun Mingwang. Even though she incorporated a portion of your Nine-Colored Feather Rite, that's less than ten percent!"

"You may say the Mingwang Rite evolved from your Nine-Colored Feather Rite—but don't be so brazen as to claim it's entirely yours!"

"What about the Great Lun Mingwang's own creation?"

"Heh… of course, the Great Lun Mingwang's contribution is indispensable," Mohan Xianzi said. "So our ancestral elder says the Great Lun Mingwang may continue using the Mingwang Rite, and may even pass it down within the Great Lun Peacock Clan!"

"But the ownership must be clearly stated!"

"It belongs to our Nine-Colored Peacock Clan!"

"This won't affect your Great Lun Peacock Clan's lineage at all!"

"We urge the Great Lun Mingwang not to be so stubborn!"

"Because what belongs to us belongs to us—no one can change that fact!"