Chapter 825: Chapter 826: The Empress Dowager’s Fury! (1st Update)
With the end of the competition, the championship team naturally received supre honor and generous rewards.
After the award ceremony, Ling Feng and the others, surrounded by countless excited students of the Heavenly Position Academy, marched triumphantly back to the academy.
Furthermore, the dean of the Heavenly Position Academy, Mu Yun Sang, personally ordered a celebratory banquet to be held at the academy to honor the “heroes” of the academy.
In today’s battle, the na of Ling Feng, the na of Lee Bufan, the na of Jiang Xiaofan…
The entire East Courtyard Sword Team suddenly beca the hottest topic in the Imperial City.
On the other hand, when the Four Great Casinos did their final settlent, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the mysterious young girl later appeared at the Heavenly Position Academy, betting on odds of fifty-to-one with three million Elental Crystals at each major casino.
In the end, when she collected her winnings, this mysterious young girl earned back fifteen million Elental Crystals, almost equivalent to retrieving all the Elental Crystals that Yaan Shuying had wagered.
Of course, they ended up in Ling Feng’s pocket.
Though the Four Great Casinos didn’t make much money in the end, thankfully, they didn’t lose much either, and they managed to get through this ordeal!
Yaan Shuying’s plan to manipulate public opinion and tarnish Ling Feng’s reputation also completely collapsed.
Thus, whether it was the Sword Team competition, the casino betting, or the direct confrontation between Ling Feng and Yaan Shuying, on all three fronts, Yaan Shuying essentially faced a comprehensive collapse.
This also ant that the Empress Dowager behind Yaan Shuying suffered a complete defeat against a re youngster.
…
Indeed, it’s a case of so rejoice, others mourn.
When Yaan Shuying ca to, she found herself back in the Imperial Palace.
Her hand instinctively touched her own cheek, as in her unconscious state, she vaguely felt that the head of a black donkey was doing so trickery on her face.
Fortunately, her face remained smooth and soft, and she hadn’t been disfigured.
“Miss Shuying, you’re finally awake!”
The palace maid attending to her saw Yaan Shuying get up from the bed and hurried forward to assist her, though they were clearly trying to suppress their laughter.
“You wretched servants, what are you laughing at?”
Yaan Shuying clenched her fair fist and angrily raised her palm, slapping one of the palace maids, scaring the two maids into kneeling on the ground and begging for rcy.
“Enough!”
A stern voice ca from outside the door, commanding respect without anger, yet with a touch of gentleness.
In the next mont, the elegant and noble Empress Dowager walked in from beyond the curtain. Although her appearance bore a six-to-seven similarity to Yaan Shuying, in terms of bearing, Yaan Shuying couldn’t compare to this forr first beauty of the Empire.
“Shuying, having lost the battle, there’s no need to take it out on your own people. That’s what the weak do!”
The Empress Dowager sat down by Yaan Shuying’s bed, gently waved the palace maids away, and said blandly, “All of you, leave now.”
“Yes, Empress Dowager.”
The two palace maids, as if granted amnesty, kowtowed to the Empress Dowager, and cautiously retreated from the room.
“Grand Empress Dowager, I… I’m just so angry!”
Yaan Shuying bit her lip. This ti, she had lost too badly, too completely.
“And, my… my face, what’s wrong with it? Why were those servants snickering?”
Yaan Shuying exclaid, suddenly jumping up and finding a mirror. When she looked, she saw a wild boar pattern had appeared on her exquisitely beautiful face!
“Damn it! Damn it!”
Yaan Shuying trembled with anger, furiously rubbing her face, but no matter how hard she rubbed, she couldn’t remove the ugly pattern.
“Alright, stop rubbing.”
The Empress Dowager stepped forward, grasping Yaan Shuying’s arm, “I’ve already had soone look at it. This kind of pattern is drawn with a special engraving, no matter how much you rub, you can’t remove it. You’ll have to wait for it to dissipate by itself in three years or find the person who drew it to help remove it.”
“What? Three years?”
Yaan Shuying was on the verge of collapse, she couldn’t bear it for even a day, let alone three years.
“The pattern serves well as a constant reminder for you to temper your attitude!” The Empress Dowager said indifferently.
“No, Grand Empress Dowager, you must think of sothing, I don’t want to beco an ugly monster!”
Yaan Shuying quickly kneeled before the Empress Dowager, hugging her leg, pleading earnestly.
“Humph, this ti, one small oversight led to complete failure. Ultimately, it was your negligence that caused to lose everything, so this punishnt is a minor reprieve to serve as a greater warning to you.”
The Empress Dowager pushed Yaan Shuying away, speaking coldly, “Alright, for the next ten days, you’ll stay here for enforced contemplation. There’s no need to go out.”
“Grand Empress Dowager, I…”
Yaan Shuying bit her lip hard; the love of beauty is innate in people, let alone soone who has always considered her own beauty more important than her life.
“Without my permission, don’t go provoking Ling Feng again. You’ve done enough foolish things!”
The Empress Dowager glared at Yaan Shuying fiercely. If it weren’t for her being a descendant of the Yan Family and having been deeply cherished by her since childhood, with this defeat, she’d almost want to have this troublemaker eliminated to avoid future problems.
Under the Empress Dowager’s glare, Yaan Shuying imdiately fell silent, like a cicada in winter, not daring to say another word.
“Han Yang, your grandson is truly too clever and too cunning!”
The Empress Dowager squinted her eyes, hissing with hatred, “Yet, ultimately, he’s still just a wet-behind-the-ears youngster. Competing with , he’s still far behind! The secret within the ‘Supre Mysterious Acupuncture Scripture’ shall certainly beco mine!”
Yaan Shuying shivered; though the Empress Dowager remained as city-toppling as ever, her gaze was utterly devoid of warmth, even sowhat terrifying.
Why, despite having risen to beco the Queen Mother, gaining everything a woman can strive for, did she still appear so unhappy?
Why was she so obsessed with the ‘Supre Mysterious Acupuncture Scripture’?
…
After the celebratory banquet, Ling Feng and his companions returned to their respective residences.
This grand competition granted the East Courtyard Sword Team three hundred million Heavenly Position Points in total, allotting tens of millions to each person!
Additionally, with the Heavenly Position Points earned from previously completing the Blood God Sect task, they could exchange a vast amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from the academy’s Treasure Vault to enhance their cultivation.
Of course, for Ling Feng, re Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures no longer had a significant effect. Whether it was Blood Essence or Heavenly Strategy Spring, they were supre treasures, yet they still couldn’t help Ling Feng break through the Ninety-nine ridians barrier in one fell swoop.
The legendary Hundred ridian Limit is truly a Heavenly Resistance!
Although there was still one month left until the final battle with the Royal Sword Team, both Ling Feng and every other team mber knew that defeating that Sword Team remained an incredibly challenging task.
This month, they must seize every mont, striving with all their might to break through!
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