As the laughter erupted, others around could not help but grow curious. Just what had happened here?
Fang Tiansheng chuckled loudly and said, “This kid named Ye Bufan was full of confidence earlier. He even made a bet with me, saying he could successfully strike up a conversation with Fairy Su. Not only that, he even set stakes for the bet and swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao. I thought he had some special ability with that kind of confidence, but it turns out he’s nothing special at all.”
Hearing this, the crowd quickly understood, and mocking voices joined in.
“Where did this kid get such confidence? What makes him think he could succeed with Fairy Su?”
“Exactly. Look at his shabby appearance. At best, he’s just a disciple from an ordinary family. He really thinks a toad like him can eat swan meat.”
“Ye Bufan, wasn’t he the one who just came from the outer sect recently? I heard he has some talent. No wonder he’s this arrogant. A frog in a well indeed.”
“Hahaha, idiot!”
Hearing all the ridicule, Ye Bufan’s face flushed with shame and rage. He shouted furiously at everyone, “Shut up! All of you shut up!”
He never expected that instead of showing off in front of everyone, he would end up humiliated.
When Su Wan’er learned that he had used his so-called connection with her to bet for treasures, her disgust only deepened. She looked at him with loathing. “You are truly disgusting!” Then she stepped further away from him.
Ye Bufan panicked. Su Wan’er had already misunderstood him, and now that misunderstanding was only worsening. He hurried to explain, “Sister Su, it’s not what you think. You… you must have misunderstood me.”
Su Wan’er only gave a cold snort.
Clang!
A crisp sound rang out as a gleaming longsword appeared in her hand. She pointed it at Ye Bufan and said icily, “Ye Bufan, I’ll say this one last time. I don’t know you well, so stop addressing me so familiarly as ‘Sister Su.’ I warn you—stay away from me, or I won’t show mercy.”
Ye Bufan stood dumbfounded. Why? Why had things turned out this way? Just recently, their relationship seemed fine. He had thought that with a bit more effort, he could win her over.
Around them, disciples watched his embarrassment with mocking gazes.
At that moment, a figure approached, surrounded by attendants. “Wan’er, what’s going on?”
The moment she saw Gu Yun, Su Wan’er’s cold face bloomed into a bright smile. She stepped forward shyly and said, “It’s nothing, just a fly bothering and disgusting me.” Follow the newest chapters on novelping(.)com.
Gu Yun glanced at her, then at Ye Bufan in the distance. He seemed to understand. So this was the so-called protagonist? He looked no different from any other ordinary person. Gu Yun hadn’t wanted to clash with him, but since this boy schemed against him and spread filth on his name, Gu Yun had no intention of letting him off.
Smiling arrogantly, Gu Yun put his arm around Su Wan’er’s slender waist right in front of Ye Bufan and said, “Alright then, let’s go inside.”
Su Wan’er blushed but didn’t resist. After all, they were already together.
Soon, the two of them entered the Dao Hall intimately, leaving the crowd filled with envy.
“Damn, so in the end, Su Wan’er really belongs to the Holy Son?”
“Who said even the Holy Son couldn’t win her over? I told you, there isn’t a woman in this world the Holy Son can’t conquer!”
“The Holy Son is incredible!”
Ye Bufan’s eyes nearly cracked open with fury as he watched Gu Yun holding the woman he loved most. His teeth ground together, fists clenched tightly as he spat with venom, “Gu Yun, so you’re the one behind this, turning Wan’er against me. If not for you, how could she treat me this way? Just wait. I’ll definitely rescue Wan’er from your hands!”
But he knew he was no match for Gu Yun now. He could only watch helplessly as Gu Yun and Su Wan’er walked away. To the onlookers, Ye Bufan looked like a clown. Who did he think he was, daring to compete with the Holy Son for a woman?
The crowd soon dispersed, ignoring him.
Fang Tiansheng and his group, however, approached gleefully. “Brother Bufan, it seems you lost the bet, didn’t you? Shouldn’t you fulfill the agreement now?”
Ye Bufan’s body trembled. He had nearly forgotten. He had sworn that if he lost, he would shout three times that he was an idiot! Now, with hundreds of inner sect disciples gathered here, along with elders and stewards, shouting it aloud would ruin him completely.
He glared fiercely at Fang Tiansheng and sneered coldly. “I see it now. You’re all Gu Yun’s people, aren’t you? Gu Yun told you to set me up, to make me lose face, didn’t he? Hmph, I won’t fall for your trap!”
Fang Tiansheng and the others were stunned, then exchanged glances before mocking him again. “You really are an idiot. You were the one who came to us with this bet, and now you’re saying we set you up?”
“As for the Holy Son ordering us? Please. We’d love to serve him, but we’re not qualified.”
Ye Bufan’s face turned pale. It was true. If he broke his oath, the Heavenly Dao would punish him. At best, he’d suffer qi deviation. At worst, instant death.
Grinding his teeth, his hatred for Gu Yun only grew stronger. Gu Yun, this is all your fault!
But in the end, he had no choice. He raised his head to the sky and shouted, “I am an idiot!”
“I am an idiot!”
“I am an idiot!”
His cries drew not only Fang Tiansheng’s laughter but also the stares and amused smirks of countless others.
“Hahahaha!”
Fortunately, Ye Bufan’s mind was hardened enough that he wasn’t broken by the laughter. Instead, it only deepened his hatred. He swore he would return every humiliation to Gu Yun a thousandfold.
But just as he was about to step into the Dao Hall, a fat figure blocked his path—Gu Yun’s lackey, Zhao Tiande.
Zhao Tiande smirked playfully. “You’re not allowed inside.”
Ye Bufan’s eyes widened, bloodshot with rage. He roared, “Why are you stopping me? The rules of the Primordial Holy Land say that all inner sect disciples have the right to enter the Dao Hall to hear the elder’s sermon!”
Zhao Tiande laughed heartily. “That’s right. Other disciples have no problem. But the Holy Son gave an order—idiots are forbidden from entering!”
Laughter erupted from Zhao Tiande and his companions. They had only come to humiliate Ye Bufan further.
Ye Bufan’s face twisted as he tried to argue back, but then he remembered—he had just shouted aloud three times that he was an idiot.
In that instant, his defenses collapsed, his state of mind shattered. His eyes bulged, and with a violent cough, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Pu!”