Chapter 33: Kneeling Flattery, Imperial Sister-in-law, Falling into a Trap

Although this was exactly what Shen Qingli wanted to achieve, but seeing Gu Cihe respond so decisively, she still felt delighted!

Gu Cihe even said, "Senior Sister, you don't know, the things I did to you before were actually because I was coerced by Su Chacha. You also know she is the granddaughter of the Supreme Elder; if I didn't comply, I couldn't survive in the sect."

That blame-shifting is really beautiful!

Shen Qingli was very satisfied, and on her face she showed the expression "as expected."

"I knew you wouldn't betray me." Shen Qingli's eyes grew hot.

Gu Cihe was overjoyed in his heart; he knew that Shen Qingli, this fool, would believe anything if coaxed.

He immediately seized the moment and said, "Then this inheritance..."

"Rest assured, as long as you expose Su Chacha's true colors publicly tomorrow, I will definitely not go back on my word." Not!

Shen Qingli sneered inside; for someone like Gu Cihe, a two-faced villain, she didn't need to worry about keeping promises.

Gu Cihe hesitated, though; speaking privately and speaking publicly are not the same, but he eventually made a choice.

"Alright!"

Gu Cihe thought, after obtaining the inheritance, he would just explain it to everyone later.

The junior martial sister will surely understand his difficulties, after all she is so understanding.

"Then I'll await the junior martial brother's good news."

Shen Qingli grabbed Gu Cihe's shoulder, her eyes full of emotion, and a faint purple light flashed in the depths of her pupils.

……

The next day.

The competition arrived as scheduled.

This was also the last day of the competition.

In the morning they would decide the top four, and in the afternoon they would decide the ranking of the top three.

And Shen Qingli's first match was against Zhou Chuanfeng.

"I really want to call you Imperial Sister-in-law, unfortunately the imperial brother is useless."

Zhou Chuanfeng spoke while secretly making hand seals; the moment Shen Qingli bowed humbly, he immediately launched a sneak attack.

"Sorry, compared to the ranking—" she wanted to say the ranking was more important, but she couldn't get the words out, because she had already knelt on one knee!

As it turned out, although Shen Qingli had bowed, behind her a fiery red phoenix roared forth; the overbearing aura of the divine-level inheritance directly crushed Zhou Chuanfeng to his knees.

Zhou Chuanfeng: "……"

Before the fight even began, she had lost!

What is this?

Although she was unwilling, Zhou Chuanfeng also knew that if she didn't count on a sneak attack for victory, she had absolutely no chance to win.

Although both were heaven‑pride daughters of the Xuan King Realm, the gap was absurdly large.

"In that case, it's better you don't marry in; I don't want to spend my life unable to lift my head." Zhou Chuanfeng gave a bitter smile.

"I concede." Shen Qingli withdrew the Phoenix Pressure and lightly moved on to the next round.

"She probably isn't trying to rewrite the regret from three years ago and take the title of supreme combat power, is she?"

"If she takes the championship, the Heaven Star Sect might possibly break into the top three of this sect grand competition."

"You probably forgot, there's still a hidden inheritor of the Taiyi Divine Venerable, right?"

People were heatedly discussing, once again shifting the focus from Shen Qingli to that mysterious inheritor of the Taiyi Divine Venerable.

"Who on earth is it? It's already the final day of the competition, and they still haven't shown up?"

"Could it be that they didn't even get a chance to display their inheritance before being eliminated?"

"Do you think they're also Su Chacha? They even have the Golden Phoenix Immortal Maiden inheritance—show up and they're pitch‑black, laughing their heads off!"

The gossiping about Su Chacha was so loud that even Su Chacha, who had just stepped onto the stage, heard it; she was furious to the point of wanting to die, but she had to endure it.

When everyone saw her opponent was Zhao Jianming, they thought she was done for! But the result was that Zhao Jianming lost—and lost rather resentfully…

No one expected that Su Chacha actually had a mount, and she suddenly released it, giving Zhao Jianming a dirty trick.

"Bastard! Wait for me!" Zhao Jianming blazed with anger.

Su Chacha retracted the wandering fire flood dragon, saying, "All's fair in love and war; you underestimated me, Senior Brother Zhao."

Zhao Jianming's face turned ashen, but he couldn't deny it; he regrettably suffered an upset elimination.

The spots for the semifinals were also set: Shen Qingli, Pei Jianshu, Liu Meng, and Su Chacha.

Zhou Chuanqi also suffered an upset elimination, but he lost to Liu Meng, and Shen Qingli felt it was not a loss.

"Only these four remain; I guess the Taiyi Divine Venerable's inheritance was obtained by Liu Meng!"

"I also think, among these four, only she is a pure sword cultivator!"

"No, Senior Brother Pei is also a sword cultivator! I'm betting on Senior Brother Pei!"

"……"

In a moment, the newly opened betting pool of the Betting Sect was already flooded with bets.

Although there were four options, only Liu Meng and Pei Jianshu were widely favored.

Especially Liu Meng, whose popularity even surpassed Pei Jianshu's, all because her Guardian Separation One Sword can actually contend with a Xuan Venerable!

"We female sword cultivators will finally produce a consummate master who will crush male sword cultivators!" The female sword cultivators all felt elated.

Liu Meng listened with great satisfaction; to the female cultivators who looked at her with admiring worship, she also smiled broadly, giving off an aura of "I've got you covered, sisters."

Yet she was born with a petite, cute appearance, which instead made the female cultivators laugh and giggle, all feeling she deserved the Taiyi Divine Venerable's inheritance.

"I don't care! She's my female goose; I'm betting all my savings on her!"

"Wake up! Even if you bet on her, she can't get your money!"

"You don't know? The Betting Sect said, anyone who bets on Junior Martial Sister Liu Meng can get a tenth of her!"

The gambling sect really knows how to do business—in an instant they pushed Liu Meng's popularity to the utmost; even though she repeatedly said she truly hadn't obtained the Taiyi inheritance, they couldn't stop their enthusiasm for raising 'female geese'.

"What should we do?" Liu Meng was quite anxious.

Shen Qingli laughed, "Who told you to be so likable?"

"That doesn't mean we should let them lose so much! I really am not!"

"Don't worry, they know what they're doing." After comforting them, Shen Qingli and Liu Meng stepped onto the Profound Terrace together.

This afternoon's final is about to begin; the Profound Terrace will match opponents again, and the winner of this grand final is undoubtedly the Jadeite Sect and the Heaven Star Sect.

The Jadeite Sect is understandable—after all, three years ago Shen Qingli won them abundant resources! Even though targeted by all sects, their ranking can still reach the top three.

The Heaven Star Sect is undoubtedly a dark horse! Not only did Shen Qingli lead the pack, but Liu Meng, Li Yidao, and Zhan Yuefeng also performed remarkably.

Everything is completely different from the rankings in her previous life, leaving Shen Qingli quite puzzled. As for Liu Meng, it's understandable—she drew her sword after all—but what about the other two? In her previous life they were utterly ordinary; how could Liu Meng drawing her sword still manage to boost them?

"A Li, if your opponent is still the junior sister, considering after all it's a match between fellow disciples, don't hurt her again like last time." Pei Jianshu's flattery interrupted Shen Qingli's thoughts.

Shen Qingli raised her eyes, then laughed.

Before the fight even began, Pei Jianshu had already shielded Su Chacha behind him.

Although Su Chacha appeared with teary eyes, she was actually provoking Shen Qingli, "Senior Sister."

At that moment, Shen Qingli's gaze turned ice-cold to the extreme, because Su Chacha activated her phoenix bone. Although it had been shattered, traces of Shen Qingli's aura still lingered in the phoenix bone, and Su Chacha was, right before her eyes, gradually erasing that aura.