932 Challenge the Yellow and Green-Level (1/2)

Huaqing's mood wasn't very good now.

His result in doing business this year wasn't very well because he spent most of his time practicing martial arts.

Every person's energy was limited, the amount of effort that he spent on doing business was indeed a bit lacking. Therefore…

He was indeed very worried that he would be successfully challenged.

Lightning sparked. 10 seconds wasn't long, but it wasn't very short either. But in Huaqing's heart, it was as if ten centuries had passed. When the sparks ended…

”PLAP—” Mu Huaqing's portrait dimmed.

”Young Master Gaojie's versus Young Master Mu Huaqing challenge…” The emcee took in a deep breath and said, ”Succeeded!”

Mu Huaqing's body instantly tightened and he clenched his fists tight.

He was successfully challenged.

This blow was indeed a bit hard to accept.

After all, being an Orange and Red-level Double Honorary Aristocrat, he had his own self-esteem. It wasn't that he couldn't accept failure, but failing in such a manner would bring disgrace to his lord too…

This was really unacceptable for Mu Huaqing!

”Hahaha, well done! Gaojie! You actually succeeded!” The people on Li Tianxing's side all cheered! After all, challenging the people from the Jiang and Yin Families' side and succeeding was a very proud thing to them.

”Impressive! Haha, well done! I know that you can do it!”

”Press on, Gaojie, the next step is to see your marital arts aspect! You must definitely succeed again!”

The people from the Jiang and Yin Families side all sighed. After all, being successfully challenged was quite a humiliating thing.

”Oh my, Huaqing, your luck is really quite bad.” While Mu Huaqing was sitting there feeling upset, a gloating voice sounded. ”I remember that I had asked you to sell some of your useless estates to Hong Dali previously, but you rejected no matter what I said. Do you regret it now? Haha!”

”Boyu, you are in no position to gloat over my matter!” Although he failed, Mu Huaqing didn't show any good face to this Honorary Aristocrat called Boyu. ”Instead, you purposely sold your useless gemstone factory to Dali. Competing through this kind of despicable means, I feel ashamed for you!”

”Haha, it's useless no matter what you say now.” Boyu laughed loudly and said, ”This is the advancement assessment, we only look at the result, not the process! Defeat is defeat, it doesn't matter what you say, haha!”

Mu Huaqing clenched his fists and didn't say anything more.

Even a sage like Quyuan would suicide from depression. If a person really had a great and compassionate heart, what problem was there in continuing to live on when disgraced by others. It would be worth living even if the person did one good deed in the time he was alive. Too many prominent figures believed that only saving thousands of people could be considered worth saving, but never considered that even saving just one person alone was also saving someone. In Buddhism, there was no difference between saving one person and saving thousands.

At this moment, the emcee continued to announce: ”Young Master Gaojie has successfully challenged Young Master Mu Huaqing! Then, he will have to wait for the martial arts challenge next. If he succeeds again, Young Master Gaojie will be promoted to become an Orange and Red-level Honorary Aristocrat and Young Master Mu Huaqing will be demoted to a Red and Orange-level Honorary Aristocrat.”

Hearing the emcee's words, Mu Huaqing clenched his fist violently, silently cheering on for himself. He definitely mustn't lose again for the martial arts challenge!

Yet, just as he was thinking about this, Mu Huaqing suddenly felt a kind gaze looking at him. He lifted his head and instantly saw Hong looking at him. Hong Dali smiled lightly and even gave him a thumbs up.

”This is…” Mu Huaqing was instantly dazed. At first, he thought that Hong Dali was mocking him, but he quickly understood. ”No, Dali is probably not mocking me. According to his character, he isn't someone who would do such a thing. Then, if he isn't mocking me, can it be that his intention is…”

Thinking up to this point, Mu Huaqing lifted his head violently and thought, ”He plans to stand up for me!? Doesn't that mean… he already regards me as a friend!?”

It was easy for those already doing well to receive help, but not easy for people in difficulties to receive help too.

Now that Mu Huaqing had made such a shame of himself, the others were all trying hard to keep a distance from him. Instead, Hong Dali was willing to stand up for him! What kind of friendship was this!?

Mu Huaqing finally understood now why those people around Hong Dali had always adored him like a treasure.

Who wouldn't be willing to be close to such a person?

Now that the challenge had ended, it was naturally time to progress on to the next step.

After the hall fell silent again, the emcee loudly shouted, ”Then, we shall continue to the next stage, the competition of the Orange and Yellow-level Double Honorary Aristocrats. For this stage, 12 Double Honorary Aristocrats will be competing against each other. The loser will stay the same while the winner will need to win again to be able to gain a chance to challenge the next level. Then, the competition shall start now!”

Very quickly, the competition between the 12 Orange and Yellow-level Double Honorary Aristocrats started. This time, not sure if he was lucky or unlucky, Mu Huaqing's opponent was the person who just mocked him, Boyu!

”Hahahaha, it looks like when a person is unlucky, he will even choke on water.” Boyu laughed even harder and said, ”Huaqing, I shan't be courteous then. Haha, such a fortune that is sent to my doorstep, sigh…”