iu Bingqian yelped and looked down in embarrassment. Her face was turning bright red.
“Ningzi, what’s wrong?”
“Sister Bingqian, I should be the one asking you what’s wrong. Ever since Ye Zifeng went onto the stage, you’ve been staring at him….” Liu Ningzi replied with a complicated look on her face.
Liu Bingqian fixed her hair and looked up, “Really? I’ve been looking at that Ancient Violet Cloud Sword. It looks very impressive.”
“Is the sword impressive or is the person you’re looking at impressive?” Bingqian’s servant girl, Xiao Lu, teased.
Liu Bingqian was at a loss for words. She could feel her face get hotter and hotter, “Xiao Lu. What are you blabbering about. If you keep talking, you won’t get to eat dinner tonight….”
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“Brother Zifeng, that sword is so cool. Let me play around with it. Let me be cool too!” Ye Huichi quickly ran towards Ye Zifeng.
“If you want it, then here you go!”
Ye Zifeng smiled and threw the sword towards Ye Huichi. It looked as if he was throwing some candy to a little kid.
“Thanks Bro!” Ye Huichi was very excited. He immediately waved the sword around with a proud expression on his face.
One should know that this wasn’t any mere grade 3 spirit tier sword. This sword symbolized the strength that Ye Zifeng had in order to obtain first place in the gathering.
With this sword, the young beauties of Leizhou city will all fall onto their knees when they see him. Now, everyone who witnessed the gathering today will not look down on him anymore.
“Young master Ye, I’ll give you 5000 gold coins for your sword. How about it?”
“Ha. What a joke. You want to buy this sword for 5000 gold coins? That’s a ripoff. I’ll buy it for 10,000 gold coins!”
Of course, these people were only joking around and won’t actually buy it. Even if they had the money, Ye Zifeng probably won’t sell it either.
Ye Xueyi started to laugh, “Brother Zifeng. This expensive prize… you really threw it to Huichi and let him play around with it. If he chips it or something, won’t you be sad?”
Ye Zifeng smiled, “A sword is used to fight against enemies, not for decoration. Even if it’s chipped, it is still a grade 3 spirit tier sword.
Ye Chen walked over and smiled at Ye Zifeng, “From what I know about you, I thought that you would definitely choose the Ocean Containing Bottle. But you’ve surprised me and picked the grandest prize instead.”
“As a fourth stage qi refining disciples, I can’t really use the Ocean Containing Bottle yet. Also, since it can only help in increasing cultivation speed, I’m not really that interested in it.”
Ye Chen was shocked, “Not interested in increasing cultivation speed? Are you gonna be like my good for nothing son and fool around all day?”
Without thinking, Ye Chen started to bad mouth his own son…
When he realized, he laughed bitterly. It seems like everyone’s opinion of Ye Zifeng had changed after this gathering. If Ye Zifeng can help the Ye clan change its destiny, then why would he need to curry favors with the Liu clan?
“I want to look grand. I got the sword so I can wave it around and show off a bit.”
“This…..” Ye Chen thought about it. It was normal for Ye Zifeng to want to show off after everything that had happened to him.
By choosing the sword, he was able to significantly lower the other clan’s vigilance towards him. The experts in the other clans can probably see that the Ocean Containing Bottle can help in cultivation and for Ye Zifeng not to choose it, it showed that he was still a child at heart. He depicted himself as someone who liked to show off and goof around. Like Lin Ke, many people felt that his future was limited and that he only won by luck. By doing this, he was able to reduce the amount of enemies that he had.
Of course, he didn’t choose the sword for this reason only. He thought about it carefully and decided.
Ye Zifeng smiled and stood up, “Alright. Now that the award ceremony is over, you should announce the benefits of being the number one clan in Leizhou City.”
Because the defending champions had lost, there was a second award ceremony. Even if the Liu clan lost, they can’t leave empty handed since they couldn’t participate in the first part of the gathering.