Chapter 1436 - 1331: Are You Stupid?
However, when his gaze accidentally swept over Wang Yufei and Ye Ruxue, Jin Nanzhi’s expression froze for a second, then his eyes lit up.
These two girls are so beautiful!
Overjoyed, Jin Nanzhi couldn’t help praising, "Elder Chu, these two female disciples of yours really have extraordinary bearing!"
"Hehe! But of course!"
Master Chu said with great pride, "The Inner Sect’s Fairy Ranking is going to have new faces soon!"
The Fairy Ranking was a list in the Inner Sect that recorded the beautiful female disciples; every girl on it was top-notch in both talent and looks.
"Exactly, exactly!" While Jin Nanzhi was flattering him, Master Chu waved his hand and shouted, "You lot, help me carry the luggage down!"
Because Master Chu had gone out, he’d brought quite a lot of luggage with him.
The Outer Disciples who had just been sitting in the back of the carriage all came out carrying chests.
"Carry them up the mountain for me, just follow the mountain path first!"
Master Chu directed the crowd and took the lead up the mountain.
The disciples guarding by the roadside, seeing this, all bent over in salute.
Although Master Chu’s reputation was terrible and he was considered one of the worst among the Elders,
an Elder was still an Elder; the respect due had to be shown.
Seeing the two beauties following Master Chu away just like that, Jin Nanzhi immediately snatched a chest from an Outer Disciple’s hands and trotted after Master Chu, calling, "Elder Chu, let me help you carry it?"
"That’s not really proper, is it? Don’t you have gate-guarding duty?"
Elder Chu said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.
"It’s fine, our sect advocates respecting elders and caring for the young. Me helping Master Chu with some chores doesn’t go against any rules."
Jin Nanzhi put on an extremely humble look. "Besides, my Master said Master Chu is a man worthy of respect and told me to get closer to you whenever I have time."
"Hehe." Master Chu smiled squint-eyed; he didn’t believe Jin Nanzhi’s nonsense at all.
He and Jin Nanzhi’s Master were mortal enemies; would that bastard ever praise him?
Master Chu never even considered it. He knew perfectly well what Jin Nanzhi was after and despised him in his heart, but he didn’t expose him. Instead, he said, "Then keep up."
"Many thanks, Master Chu!"
Jin Nanzhi was overjoyed and kept sneaking glances at Wang Yufei and Ye Ruxue.
On the road, the group moved forward slowly.
Qin Hao looked around at the scenery; at first he found it fresh, but after seeing enough he got bored, so he casually wrapped an arm around Wang Yufei’s waist to amuse himself.
Wang Yufei had long since gotten used to Qin Hao’s wandering hands and could only endure it with a stiff face.
Seeing this, Jin Nanzhi’s eyes went wide. With a hint of jealousy in his gaze toward Qin Hao, he asked, "Master Chu, what are the honored names of your three disciples?"
Before Master Chu could speak, Qin Hao loudly said, "I’m Qin Hao, this is my main wife Wang Yufei, and this is my second wife Ye Ruxue."
Hearing that, Jin Nanzhi almost dropped the chest in his hands in fright.
Are you kidding me? These two hotties are both this guy’s women?
However, seeing the look of distaste on Wang Yufei and Ye Ruxue’s faces, he understood—Qin Hao was just bragging.
So he said sarcastically, "Junior brother, you’ve just joined the sect and you’re already thinking about taking wives. That’s not very good. Lots of brothers in the sect hate people like that. You’d better watch yourself in the future."
The underlying meaning of this was still a threat.
Qin Hao said indifferently, "Why would I care about those idiots?"
"Hmph!"
Jin Nanzhi’s brows twitched, but he still forced his anger down and said with a fake smile, "Junior brother truly has a...style all his own."
After that, the group walked onto a flat area halfway up the mountain.
Many thatched huts had been built on the flat ground, with Outer Disciples shuttling about.
Master Chu explained, "These huts are where the Outer Disciples live. You’ll come find a place to stay by yourselves later; someone will arrange it for you."
Compared to the Outer Disciples, the Inner Sect Disciples were practically living the good life.
They lived on the mountaintop together with the higher-ups.
The area there was several times wider than the mountainside, with palatial pavilions standing everywhere, and every residence was extremely refined.
Master Chu led the group to one of the residences and said calmly, "Put the chests in the courtyard. I’ll go report to the Sect Leader."
With that, he left the residence directly, leaving the group standing there in a daze.
Jin Nanzhi was the first to come back to his senses. With Master Chu gone, he wasn’t about to miss this rare chance to chat up the girls.
"Ahem." After clearing his throat, Jin Nanzhi walked up to Wang Yufei and Ye Ruxue, putting on what he thought was a charming smile. "Junior sisters, I’m Jin Nanzhi from the Golden Hall. Very pleased to meet you!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, waiting for two delicate hands to fall into his.
However, Wang Yufei and Ye Ruxue merely gave him a faint glance and stayed motionless, not even feeling the urge to speak.
"Uh..."
Jin Nanzhi felt a bit awkward and, noticing Qin Hao snickering nearby, pointed angrily at a chest and said, "You, come over and move this chest away!"
Qin Hao didn’t move either, just stood there with his arms folded.
"Are you deaf?!"
Jin Nanzhi’s face grew even more furious.
He’d already been extremely jealous of Qin Hao earlier, and now this guy dared laugh at him and ignore him—how could he tolerate that?
"Hey, senior brother called Jin-something-or-other, this is my Master’s place. If you’ve got nothing to do, you can leave now."
Facing the threat, Qin Hao showed not the slightest hint of panic. Instead, he reached out and wrapped his arm around Wang Yufei’s slender waist.
"What the hell gives you the right to drive me away?"
Jin Nanzhi hadn’t expected Qin Hao to be this arrogant, and then he saw Qin Hao groping Wang Yufei’s waist again.
His face darkened as he barked coldly, "I’ll give you a chance to kneel and apologize, or I’ll drag you up to the rooftop arena!"
"Rooftop?" Qin Hao and the others were all confused.
Jin Nanzhi sneered, "Country bumpkins like you who just entered the sect obviously wouldn’t know. The rooftop is an arena set up to resolve grudges between disciples. Up there, life and death are up to fate!"
At these words, everyone was shocked.
So, going up to the rooftop meant they could fight to the death?
This Jin Nanzhi wanted to kill Qin Hao over just a few words?
Wasn’t that a bit too ruthless!
Everyone couldn’t help looking at Qin Hao, their faces carrying a trace of schadenfreude.
Although they were all fellow townsmen from the outside world, Qin Hao had made it into the Inner Sect and was even taking advantage of Wang Yufei. Many of them had long been insanely jealous of him.
Now that they saw him running into trouble, they were secretly delighted.
Qin Hao ignored the others’ whispers and instead seriously asked, "For this rooftop thing, both sides have to agree to go up, right?"
"That’s right!"
Jin Nanzhi folded his arms proudly and said smugly, "You scared now? Tell you what, seeing as you’re new, I’ll reluctantly forgive your rudeness—as long as you kneel and apologize!"
The spectators’ expressions turned even more mocking.
"Haha! Qin Hao’s done for this time!"
"Offending a senior brother in the sect the moment he arrives, how pitiful!"
"So the question is, how is he going to kneel?"
Facing all the cutting remarks, Qin Hao showed no fear at all and simply said calmly, "Jin Nanzhi, are you stupid or what?"