Chapter 5 Qi Yue and Liu Xi (2/2)

Facing the young girl's stubborn and persistent gaze, Zhou Yuan finally retreated, and could only raise his hand in surrender, and laughed bitterly: ”Then I don't care.”

When Su Youwei heard this, her bright eyes curved slightly like a crescent moon, and at the same time, she secretly heaved a sigh of relief deep within her heart. She knew, if Zhou Yuan persisted, she probably wouldn't be able to reject him.

At least for now, she knew that in order to maintain her remaining self-esteem, Zhou Yuan would choose to give in. This made a glint of light to flash across her eyes, and her heart was filled with an unusual sense of gratitude.

”Your Highness, don't worry, I won't delay my cultivation. I promise you, after the test, I will definitely be ranked at the top, and will enter the Jia Yuan Academy.” Su Youwei smiled beautifully with confidence.

Amongst the Great Zhou Mansion s, there were over a dozen branches, and of course the Jia Yuan Academy was the strongest.

Zhou Yuan nodded. After thinking about it, he suddenly took out the piece of Gathering Origin Jade that he used to bet with Xu Lin from his bosom. Then, he pulled Su Youwei's jade hand and placed it on her palm.

”Don't think too much of it, it's not for you, it's for lending to you. I still don't have the Meridian Opening, so I don't need it.” Seeing that Su Youwei wanted to refuse, Zhou Yuan immediately said.

Hearing Zhou Yuan's words, Su Youwei could only swallow back the words that were in her mouth. Then, she hatefully cut a glance at him.

”I'm leaving!” Su Youwei kept the Gathering Origin Jade and snorted, then brushed past Zhou Yuan.

”How arrogant …”

Zhou Yuan looked at the girl's graceful back as she left, and shook his head. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly sensed something, raised his head, and looked towards a pavilion in the distance. There, he saw a white robed figure looking down at him from above, his eyes sharp like a blade.

”Qi Yue.” Zhou Yuan looked at the white clothed figure and his brows slightly twitched.

That white robed figure was none other than the son of the Manor of King Qi, Qi Yue.

Sensing Zhou Yuan's gaze, a hint of smile surfaced on Qi Yue's face. He then cupped his hands towards Zhou Yuan from afar.

Zhou Yuan laughed coldly in his heart, but he still maintained his smile on the surface. Smiling and nodding his head, he turned and left.

On the pavilion, Qi Yue looked at Zhou Yuan's figure that was getting further and further away, and his face finally turned playful as he muttered to himself: ”I never thought that this Your Highness, would actually unknowingly gain some attainments with the Origin Mark s ….”

Behind Qi Yue, a beautiful figure walked out. It was a tall and slender young lady, who also looked pretty, but her lips were a little thin. She seemed to be a little mean, and compared to Su Youwei, she looked a little less delicate and beautiful.

Her beautiful eyes looked in the direction that Zhou Yuan had left with disdain, and snorted coldly: ”The Origin Mark is only a small path after all, and no matter how deep one's attainments are, they are still unable to transform. Their lifespan is limited, and if one is careless, even ordinary people would be able to kill them.”

Her name was Liu Xi and her father was the Marquis of the Great Zhou, whom people called Marquis Liu. Naturally, she could be considered noble. There was some connection between her and Zhou Yuan.

A few years ago, when Zhou Qing sensed that the Manor of King Qi had grown stronger, he wanted to balance it out, so he planned to place some weight on Marquis Liu. Hence, he had proposed the idea of marrying Zhou Yuan and Marquis Liu's daughter, Liu Xi.

Marquis Liu was a little hesitant when she heard Zhou Qing's suggestion. After all, at that time, the Imperial Family of Great Zhou was weak and the only successor, Zhou Yuan, was unable to use the Meridian Opening, and coupled with the fact that Marquis Liu doted on him a lot, Marquis Liu decided to ask about the latter's intentions. However, Liu Xi was an extremely proud and arrogant woman, and thought that Zhou Yuan was just a cripple, so she rejected him without hesitation.

Seeing that, Marquis Liu used this as an excuse to reject Zhou Qing.

Although this matter had already passed, seeing Zhou Yuan, the toad that she had once called a toad, Liu Xi naturally still had some misgivings.

Hearing that, Qi Yue also smiled and nodded: ”In this time's mock exam, all of the students ranked near the top have already pledged their allegiance to me, if our His Highness Zhou Yuan thinks that he can rely on just this little bit of attainments in Origin Mark to make it, then we can only make him lose all face.”

Saying that, he paused for a moment, then squinted his eyes: ”However, Su Youwei's talent is indeed astonishing, and her future is limitless. If there is a chance, I must try my best to rope her in.”

Hearing Qi Yue's words, a trace of displeasure flashed across Liu Xi's face as she curled her lips and said, ”It's just a cheap girl with three opened meridians. If I can't win her over, then I'll just find an opportunity to cripple her.”

Liu Xi had an illustrious background and was considered quite talented. In the past, she was undoubtedly the most dazzling jewel in the Great Zhou Mansion, but ever since Su Youwei had appeared, many of her brilliance had been suppressed. This undoubtedly made her extremely displeased with Su Youwei, who was just a commoner.

Qi Yue could naturally hear the displeasure in the young lady's voice towards Su Youwei, and immediately laughed, but did not speak further, and only stared at the distant Zhou Yuan's disappearing figure.

”Looks like this Zhou Yuan doesn't have any confidence in himself anymore, so he wants to support a genius and rely on him …”

”Zhou Yuan, oh Zhou Yuan, this Zhou Family Holy Dragon of yours has really become a crippled dragon.”

”In that case, your Zhou Family is finished.”