Master, don't tease me, you can't handle three of them.

Chapter 163 He Hao is a coward

Ji Chen could only sigh and shake his head, saying, "You're still young, it's normal that you don't understand."

Gu Meng increasingly felt that this person was sick!

Thinking this, Gu Meng quietly moved behind Shi Chuan, thinking it was better to stay away from him, as she was afraid the disease might be contagious.

Lu Yunqi couldn't stand Ji Chen's behavior any longer, "Shut up!"

Apart from Ji Chen, only Jing Shu knew the reason for Ji Chen's recent outburst.

Jing Shu slightly curled the corners of his lips and looked up at Chairman Zong. Even though he couldn't see anything, he knew that his master had been watching him.

When Han Luo saw Jing Shu looking in his direction, a subtle smile appeared on his lips. He also answered Fan Qingyan's telepathic inquiries about Jing Shu and his senior brother.

"Jing Shu is out of danger. Senior Brother hasn't left; he's resting."

Fan Qingyan nodded in relief, "It's good that everything is alright."

"Old Fan, tell me, who will win between He Hao and Jing You?" Lu Jing's voice interrupted Fan Qingyan's thoughts.

Fan Qingyan snapped back to reality instantly, "Is that even a question? Of course, our sect's Jingyou will win!"

“I vote for Fan Qingyan,” Su Manyi followed closely behind.

Lu Jing smiled upon hearing this, "I can understand Old Fan supporting his own sect's disciples, but why is Sect Leader Su so certain?"

Su Manyi snorted, "None of your business? I'll bet 50,000 high-grade spirit stones, how about it?"

Su Manyi had heard Xu Xuejun talk about Jingyou's performance in Huacheng. It wouldn't be a bad idea to use that to extort money from Lu Jing and buy some new magical artifacts for Rou'er.

"Fifty thousand?" Lu Jing was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "So confident he can win? Okay, let's bet! I bet He Hao will win, I'm placing a bet of fifty thousand high-grade spirit stones. Sect Leader Zheng, do you want to place your bet?"

Zheng Hongtian shook his head; he wasn't interested in that.

“Me too! I’ll bet 100,000 high-grade spirit stones on Jingyou to win!” Fan Qingyan said eagerly.

Li Ning also took out a storage ring, "Then I'll bet on He Hao, two hundred thousand."

Fan Qingyan and Su Manyi couldn't help but give Li Ning a thumbs up. As expected of the Pill Master!

"Then I..." Zhang Tianxing was interrupted by Lu Jing before he could finish speaking.

"Sect Leader Zhang, please don't play this game! By placing a bet, aren't you essentially telling us the answer?"

Zhang Tianxing sighed slightly, quite regretfully, "You guys keep playing... but the result is already in."

"what?!"

Looking down, they saw that the elder had already announced that Jingyou had won!

"Come on! Hand over the money!" Su Manyi smiled and stretched out her hands to the two of them.

Lu Jing looked incredulous, but still took out his storage ring and accurately threw it into Su Manyi's hand.

"That shouldn't be! There's such a big difference in cultivation levels. Even if He Hao lost, he couldn't have lost so quickly! Also, Sect Master Su, do you know something we don't?"

Otherwise, how could he be so sure that Jingyou would win?

Su Manyi accepted the two people's storage rings and, after dividing the spoils with Fan Qingyan, mercifully told Lu Jing.

"This young fellow Daoist once helped the Lingxi Sect. In Huacheng, he single-handedly killed dozens of evil cultivators, including more than ten Golden Core stage evil cultivators, and was completely unharmed. Do you think He Hao can do that?"

Lu Jing and Li Ning both fell silent. After a long pause, Lu Jing finally managed to utter, "What the hell are they even comparing?!"

He Hao lay on the ground, unable to react for a long time, but the intense pain in his body told him that he had lost, lost completely.

With a single strike, Zheng Hongliang defeated him... How is that possible?!

He's been better than him since he was a child!

He Hao felt even more dissatisfied after hearing the elder announce the results.

No! It can't be true!!! The difference in their cultivation levels is so great, Zheng Hongliang couldn't possibly be that strong! He must have cheated!

He was going to tell the elder that he must have cheated!

He Hao struggled to get up, but saw that Jing You had already squatted down beside him and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

“He Hao, I know that Wu Hu and the others were instructed by your father, and you tacitly approved of it. I also know that when we were little, you were willing to play with me only because I was his son.”

Later, I awakened my spiritual root, and you used the guise of cultivation to completely sever ties with me...

I can understand that you've always been more talented, stronger, and more likable than me.

But you're a complete idiot!

He Hao was still stunned by what Jing You had said earlier when he suddenly heard Jing You scolding him, and He Hao instantly became angry.

But Jingyou didn't give him a chance to speak. Jingyou grabbed He Hao by the collar and looked at this childhood playmate, the person who wanted to kill him in the past, now defeated by him and powerless to fight back.

Jingyou wasn't actually very happy.

"I didn't want to be the young sect leader, and I can't just relinquish the position whenever I want!"

"Since you're not satisfied, why don't you argue with him yourself? Instead, you join those people in indirectly humiliating me? Are you really out of your mind?! He Hao!"

He Hao fell silent as he listened to Jing You's question.

Zheng Hongliang is wrong... When he was young, he didn't befriend him because of the sect leader, nor because of his father's instructions.

He didn't try to humiliate him in a roundabout way. What Zheng Hongliang saw was him telling Wu Hu and the others not to do such despicable things.

But Zheng Hongliang was right... After Zheng Hongliang awakened his spiritual root, he did indeed look down on him.

People in the sect also started to laugh at him, saying that he had been licking the boots for so long, only to end up with a piece of trash.

He was equally indignant. How could Zheng Hongliang, with such a useless spiritual root and such poor cultivation, be the young sect leader of Yaoyang Sect? His father had said that if it weren't for Zheng Hongliang, he would be the young sect leader of Yaoyang Sect!

Therefore, he distanced himself from Zheng Hongliang.

At first, when he saw Wu Hu and his gang bullying him, he couldn't bear it and told them to stop.

But then he heard them talking again.

"Look, that guy is pretending to be a good guy again."

“After Zheng Hongliang awakened his spiritual root, didn’t he still distance himself from him immediately?”

"Exactly, exactly. Seeing Zheng Hongliang like that now, he's probably feeling incredibly smug..."

He Hao, hiding in the shadows, simply clenched his fists but did nothing.

After all, they're right...

When his father learned of this, he scolded him, telling him to stop worrying about these things and that they were none of his concern.

He Hao bowed to his father and simply said, "Yes."

From then on, He Hao never inquired about Zheng Hongliang's affairs again.

It wasn't until later, after Zheng Hongliang died, that He Hao learned of his father's involvement.

But he just breathed a sigh of relief.

With Zheng Hongliang dead, He Hao, through his own strength and with his father's encouragement, became the new young sect leader of Yaoyang Sect.

No one dared to speak ill of him anymore, and everything was moving in a positive direction.

until……

"Excuse me, my name is Jingyou."

Zheng Hongliang didn't die; he's back. With a new name, a new identity, and new cultivation levels, he's come back to find them.

But at this point, he was no longer the person he used to be. He was now just like everyone else in the sect.

No, it should be said that he, like his father, looked down on Zheng Hongliang from the bottom of his heart.

But now, Jingyou's words have brought back his past self.

Yes, why didn't he go directly to the sect leader? Why blame everything on Zheng Hongliang? What did Zheng Hongliang do wrong?

Oh, he knows, because he's afraid.

He dared not confront the sect leader who questioned his decision, dared not disobey his father's words, and dared not stand up in front of that group of people to tell them that it was not like that.

He Hao is a coward; he's not even as brave as the good-for-nothing Zheng Hongliang.