Chapter 338: A Sweet, Fibrous Oval Fruit Or a Day Specified Numerically Or...
Teng Wuying sighed. Judging from Mao Biya’s bright red face, she was about to say something unwise.
Not that seeing signs of her anger was necessary to determine that she prepared to make an exuberant proclamation based solely on emotion. She needed no reason to do so, and even those with only a passing acquaintanceship with her could ascertain as much.
At least their current steering committee meeting was closed to the public, so her outburst would be somewhat contained with just Kang Ya-Ting and Qiu ZhenKang present to witness it.
Not that either of them seeing it was ideal, but they should be used to it by that point.
Teng Wuying watched as she grew more and more agitated the longer the meeting lasted until, finally, she apparently couldn’t contain herself any longer.
“The Rising Tide Sect cheated!” she yelled.
It was all Teng Wuying could do not to bury his face in his hands as he wondered if it was too late to change sides.
Well, obviously, he couldn’t do that. The whole point of his entire plot was to gain control of the Trials Pagoda, which would have to be taken by force. Still, his ally made the switch so very, very tempting.
“Please state the manner in which the official tournament rules were breached and present your evidence,” Qiu ZhenKang said, appearing completely unperturbed.
“The boy obviously was prepared to defend against mind attacks.”
“Apologies, Branch Sect Leader,” Qiu ZhenKang said, “but what rule would that violate?”
Kang Ya-Ting chuckled as he paged through the rule manual. “I’m having a hard time finding the particular passage that states, ‘Swift Blizzard Sect schemes should be allowed to proceed with no sect being allowed to enact countermeasures.’ But she doesn’t even have proof of any countermeasures being enacted. The boy could have simply learned a mind defense technique well before reaching the tournament. After all, techniques are private with no requirement for disclosure.”