Everyone heard that comment and parroted one after another, "Precisely, those not knowing and not understanding the world would be bewitched."
"Besides, Jiao Er is more…" that person originally wanted to say "good looking", but after thinking that this way of speaking was too fake, he changed it to two words, "fresh and pure."
Helian Jiao Er still showed a smiling face, but her heart had now completely lost the previous good mood. She waited until all the people were gone and dragged the servant girl in, "Go and make inquiries for me. Who on earth is that person? Why is she here? Moreover, she wore a pretty nice looking robe."
"Yes." The servant girl answered while trembling all over. Not for anything else as Helian Jiao Er's face had distorted. Nobody in the capital had ever seen the true appearance of the first talented woman in the capital. Only the maid knew that even though her mistress was lovely, but when her expression turned sinister, she was really scary She immediately replied: "This slave will immediately follow that person!"
"Wait." Helian Jiao Er called the girl to come back, "Go ask her what she's doing. If she's just an insignificant wench from the red light district, give her a piece of silver and make her move far away from the capital."
Helian Jiao Er had long been viewed as the center of the universe, thus she could not tolerate anyone who was more beautiful than her.
When Helian Jiao Er first saw this person, she did not sense any threat at all, because at that time that girl's dress was covered in filth, she only relied on her looks and skin.
Now, He Lian Jiao Er felt acutely that she fell short by a large margin in front of that person.
This wouldn't do. She had to make her disappear!
…Or...
"Before she leaves, make her tell you the secret of her beautiful fair skin." Helian Jiao Er's eyes carried malicious intentions. "Go and ask her what's her regular diet and what does it comprise of."
The servant girl cautiously asked, "What.. if she would not say?"
"Then tell her who's the one giving her the money." Helian Jiao Er lifted her chin and smiled frostily, "It is an easy thing for the Defense Division when they want a person to disappear silently from this world."
A cold chill ran down her back and the servant girl hurriedly conceded, "Yes."
The servant girl hastily dashed in the direction of Helian Wei Wei's departure.
One must say, Helian Jiao Er's destruction was ruined solely by her own pride. If it wasn't for her initial own arrogance and vanity, she wouldn't have had her attention set on Helian Wei Wei and would have recognized the umbrella in Helian Wei Wei's hand.
It was because, it wasn't just any ordinary umbrella - it was precisely that very umbrella that Helian Wei Wei won back at the armament competition.
It's just that, to make it more practical, she had made a few adjustments to it and added some functions which no other armaments possesed.
Stealth.
As long as the right temperature is reached and the optimum wind direction is achieved and combined.
This umbrella can automatically create a false airflow and hide the person who's holding it.
However, there was not much change in its appearance, that's why Helian Jiao Er had been too careless this time. It was because in her heart, Helian Wei Wei would always be the ugliest girl out of all the ugly girls.
Helian Wei Wei had initially thought of changing her clothes first and head back to the academy to look for those two guys and bring them to see the armament auction.
As a result, she had just turned into a corner and found that there was still a small tail that had not been shaken off.
It's just that this small tail was obviously way inferior to the previous ones. It did not even know how to hide the breath.
Helian Wei Wei leaned to the side and turned abruptly...
Chapter 216 - The Servant Girl Was Slapped
A gust of wind blew around her, and as if it had a life of its own, it lifted her hair and whirled her robes up. The servant girl seemed to not have expected them to turn around and appeared taken aback, she then straightened up her waistband and regained her composure. Although she was only young, she had certainly learnt her master's arrogance.
"Woman, is this not your your scheming younger sister's servant girl? Why is she following you?" Yuan Ming smirked from within the Celestial Boundary Spatial Space. Helian Wei Wei did not speak. She held up her umbrella, and the sight was beautiful as the cherry blossoms fell.
Although the servant girl felt uncomfortable, she did not forget her master's instructions. She took a step forward and said to Helian Wei Wei: "Miss, which fragrant pavilion are you from?"
"Which fragrant pavilion are you from?" Helian Wei Wei repeated the question, staring icily at the servant girl.
It was a pity that perhaps the servant girl was too used to the comforts and riches by the side of Helian Jiao Er, that she looked down at everyone else around her, let alone a p.r.o.s.t.i.t.u.t.e. "If you don't wish to tell me, I won't force it." The servant girl said haughtily. " I have banknote of 10 000 yuan here. My lady said that you can have it if you reveal the secret to your beautiful skin."
"Oh, it turns out that people have come to buy you. Woman, your market value is still doing well." Yuan Ming said chuckling away.
Helian Wei Wei took a glance at the banknote: "10 000 yuan?"
The servant girl assumed that Helian Wei Wei had never seen so much money before in her life and said haughtily "That's right." She did not expect what happened next. Helian Wei Wei smiled with amus.e.m.e.nt and laughed "10 000 yuan is such a small amount, I can't believe your lady would even offer it. It might be enough to buy a servant girl like you."
"You!" The servant girl was infuriated. She could not believe this lowly woman would dare raise her voice at her who was a servant from the Defence Division. She sneered "Do you know who I am? So you want to do things the hard way then!"
Helian Wei Wei looked at the servant girl with indifference as she ranted on. Unlike Helian Wei Wei's mocking laughter, the servant girl's warnings had no effect whatsoever, instead it was more like a superfluous noise. Realising this, the servant girl shouted loudly, without a care for any consequences "How much do you actually think you are worth? You are just an old hag. Old granny, I am talking to you but you act like you can't hear what I have said."
The servant girl shook with anger, held her cheek incredulously, her face contorted with rage, her eyes glared straight ahead and shouted "You dare hit me, you actually dare to hit me! You s.l.u.t!"
SL.A.P!
Helian Wei Wei raised her hand again, her smile was chilling, cold and mesmerising: "I have slapped you, so what?"
"You! I want to kill you!" The servant girl had completely lost control, with her teeth blaring she leapt towards Helian Wei Wei. She looked like she was not going to stop until she was dead.
Helian Wei Wei smiled, the frostiness in her eyes emerged slowly, and her usually bright eyes looked cold and chilling. Suddenly, her fingers moved through the air, like a butterfly dance, drawing a curved line which cut through the air.
SWISH!
Her sharp fingers held the servant girl's neck firmly. Her movements were so fast the servant girl barely had time to react. By the time the servant girl recovered from her shock, blood was already dripping from a cut. "I need only use the littlest of force, and i can cut your arteries open." Helian Wei Wei held the umbrella with one hand, and with the other she held a silver knife to the servant girl's neck. As the wind blew, it lifted her hair, and her smile was like the devil: "By then, it won't just be your face hurting, your blood will spray out all at once everywhere. If you dare call me a s.l.u.t again, I promise you will die a very quick death."
The servant girl did not dare shout anymore, her legs trembled, paralysed in fear, her face paled and she crumbled into a heap on the floor.
Helian Wei Wei looked at her with indifference and tore up the bank note with her long slender fingers. "Go home and
tell your lady that I was born beautiful and she can't learn to that. As for the money, don't think that just because she is Helian Jiao Er and has money and power, she can lay claim to anything. She should teach her servants better, or else they will get slapped all the time."
As the torn pieces of banknote fell to the ground, the servant girl stared at the back of Helian Wei Wei disappearing in the distance. She touched the cut on her neck and a sense of fear rushed through her. She did not think that woman could be so powerful. She did not even use any weapons and was able to suppress her. As Helian Jiao Er's close servant girl, she is knows Martial Qi, and yet at the most crucial moment she could not even defeat someone who is is not trained in Martial Qi. Who on earth was this woman?
She ran through the long alley, her face still pale with fear, her hands still holding her neck, afraid to let go.
"My Lady."
Helian Jiao Er turned and saw her servant girl clothes stained with blood, looking disheveled. Before anyone noticed, she pulled her aside quickly, frowning, she asked "What happened?"
The servant girl told her everything that had just happened without missing out any detail. Her face contorted with anger, "I have never seen such a savage woman!"
Helian Jiao Er did not speak, obviously infuriated. She tried to hold in her anger, but she finally exploded and kicked her servant girl in the c.h.e.s.t. "You useless thing!"
The already injured servant girl collapsed to the ground from the brutal kick, writhing in excruciating pain. However, no one witnessed what had just happened. When Helian Jiao Er turned around, she had already regained her usual dainty, innocent composure and walked into the crowd of people like an outstanding well-bred young lady. All she could think of was the thousands of ways she could could rip that woman to pieces once she had found her, and her eyes could not hide the jealousy she felt.
As a mother, naturally Madam Su already knew she had to step in. She got someone to take the servant girl away and walked over to Helian Jiao Er. Tapping her hand gently, she said "How many times has mother told you, nothing is more important than the Martial Qi competition. Why do you care about a girl from the countryside? Just wait, once the auction starts, everyone will know that only you are the perfect match!"
Chapter 217 - Disdain towards Wei Wei
"Jiao Er understands mothers teachings, but that s.l.u.t is just too arrogant!" Helian Jiao Er clasped her hands together, her face filled with scorn. "Just because she was born with a beautiful face,hmph... wait till I slash that old wrench's face!"
Su Yanmo pulled her aside, looked around, pinched her and said: "Jiao Er, how many times has mother told you to pay attention to your manners, words and actions! You are the most beloved daughter in the Defence Division, a pearl in the palm of your father's eyes, and the future Mistress of the East Palace. All eyes will be on you, trying to find any mistake you may make, and even more so now. You must remember, even if you are angry, you must not reveal your feelings in front of others. Do you understand?"
Helian Jiao Er knew that her anger was written all over her face, and although she was infuriated, she did not dare disobey her mother. She stroked the back of her Madam Su's hand, plastered on a loveable expression on her face and said: " Daughter understands."
Madam Su stroked her daughter's long hair, eyes shining brightly: " You don't have to be so jealous of that girls looks, she is after all just a village girl. We shall find out who she is tomorrow and ruin her."
Not just scratching her face, but ruining her face. Even more ruthless that Helian Jiao Er.
"Mother is right, I will not make a din anymore." Helian Jiao Er's lips curved into a vicious smirk. She knew better than anyone else her mother's methods, if her mother said to ruin someone, then there would be no saving that person.
However, the mother and daughter did not realise that as Helian Wei Wei said, just because you have money and power did not mean that you can control everything and everyone, there were always many variables in the world that could change situations. The true identity of Helian Wei Wei was one of these variables.
The sky was clear, not a cloud in sight, the wind blew gently, the emerald green cypress held the water drops, and the branches crumbled.. When the branch could not withstand the weight of the water droplets, it slightly weighed the branches down.
SNAP...
The dew hit her face. At this point in time, Helian Wei Wei had re-did her make up and changed into the uniform from the White Academy. She looked all around but could not find the two people she was looking for. Strange. Were they on vacation? Helian Wei Wei had returned without any success, but did not waste her time on this. When she saw that no one was in, she turned and left. Her quick entrance and exit left many to speculate what was going on.
"Look, she came back."
"She must have left something behind to return at this time."
"It looks like it. But these people are exaggerating, to actually call her 'Boss'."
"It is just the people from the inner court who have not seen the world, joining in the crowd to get in on some action. Some people have never been flattered in their life, so they do things like this on purpose, to pretend they are powerful and popular."
When Helian Wei Wei saw the younger disciples, she stopped as she had wanted to give them two of the tickets that were in her hand. However, the ladies that had gathered together to practice Martial Qi looked at her in distaste, like as if she was trying to rise up in position, they looked down on her. After all they were all better than her.
This woman was progressing well in the martial qi studies, but it was no use as she did not come from a good family and did not have any martial qi on her body. Those people should have surrounded them not her, they need to open their eyes as she was just a country bumpkin!
Helian Wei Wei understood this was just jealousy in their hearts, she wrapped her arms across her bosom and smirked at them.
The person who was stood next to her was a straightforward person, Chen Yifeng born in a General's army family, spoke with a reckless spirit: "Have you all finished? All you do is gossip about others all day long, do you not know how to do anything else? Based on this alone, you can't compare to the big boss!"
" Yes yes yes, your boss is an influential man." One of the people sneered. "Unlike everyone else in Martial Qi class who can't even score a point, even the Helian Family have kicked her out of their family. She thinks just because she has some knowledge of martial qi, no one can defeat her. In the end, she revealed her true colours in the martial qi test. I don't understand, she is also from the Defence Division, but Jiao Er is so compassionate and kind in comparison. Even when she was at the Profound Heaven auction, she did not make a scene. If your boss is so superior, then why doesn't she also go to the auction and walk around?"
"Younger sister, what are you talking about? You are making the situation awkward for our lady. Even with all of her fortune, she will not be able to afford a seat on the last row at the auction. Don't make things difficult for a poor student."
All the noble ladies talked amongst themselves and waved their fans around with a sarcastic smile on each of their faces.
"All of you, shut up!" The more Chen Yifeng heard, the angrier he became. He was also versed in martial qi, and when he lost to Helian Wei Wei he accepted his defeat. In addition to martial qi, he also learnt the art of the spiritual mind, which not everyone can learn, let alone how difficult it was to buy all the materials needed.
"That's impossible, Master Chen you want to fight with us for her?" Someone looked at him up and down:" Master Chen, don't tell me you have feelings towards your boss, for example wanting to marry her."
The chattering died down and turned into hoots of laughter. One of the ladies had laughed so much she was in tears, she pointed to Chen Yifeng and Helian Wei Wei and said " Don't joke about it, their skin colour is quite similar, who knows what their children will look like. I can't imagine, it might be like a small charcoal brick."
Chen Yifeng exploded with fury, with a look on his face like he was going to charge forwards for a good fight. Helian Wei Wei held on to his wrist, it did not seem like she had used a lot of force, but it made Chen Yifeng stop in his tracks to look back, astonishment showed in his eyes. He knew that his boss had talent, but lacked foundation and it must have been luck when she won the match when she first arrived at the Academy as Helian Mei had not shown her full potential.
Of course he was not sure what the test was like. After all, only the competitor themself would know what the test was like. At the time of the crystal ball test, his boss did not even have the ability to ignite the crystal ball. So how could it be that she had only held his wrist lightly, but he felt unprecedented force? This did not seem like the strength of someone without martial qi.
Chapter 218 - The Unforeseeable
Chen Yifeng looked at Helian Wei Wei in disbelief. She smiled with a hint of evil charm and playfulness, and looked at all the noble ladies and gentlemen with ridicule in her eyes: "So it seems the location of the Profound Heaven auction is very popular."
"But of course." The arrogant people glanced at her "Do you not even know what Profound Heaven is? I suppose it is not surprising, people like you probably would not even have seen any armaments from Profound Heaven."
Chen Yifeng's eyes were red with anger: "Why would our boss need to go to see armaments of Profound Heaven? The armament made by the supreme masters are also top quality."
"Oh, country bumpkins will always be country bumpkins, just can't communicate with them." That person held a handkerchief: "My sisters, let us not stand here and waste our time. We should see if we can buy tickets for the back row through Miss Jiao Er. There is no point trying to think about buying first row seats as they will all have been booked."
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