"You're right, Senior Brother," Fairy Hong Chen replied indifferently.
She actually didn't care how well her Junior Sister would rank. She knew that her Junior Sister didn't want to participate in this Subjugation Crusade. However, her Junior Sister was born with an extremely high cultivation aptitude and a naturally pure heart. She wouldn't be easily influenced by the seven emotions and six desires of the will. Furthermore, she had always been quick-witted since she was young. Hence, Master had high hopes for her Junior Sister. In fact, she wanted her to participate in this Subjugation Crusade so that she could experience more bloodshed.
However, Master liked her Junior Sister to begin with. If she brought back a good ranking, her Master would naturally like her even more, unlike her aloof personality.
After everyone handed over their Geotranscendence Bangles, the six groups of people sent by the Western Constellations Palace immediately met up to tally up the results. Yun Guang and the others quickly gathered around to watch, afraid that someone would cause trouble for them.
Grandmaster Qi Jie and Fairy Hong Chen weren't too interested in such matters, so they didn't join in on the fun.
After looking around, Yue Yao moved closer to Fairy Hong Chen. She took out two storage bangles and nudged Fairy Hong Chen's arm, transmitting her voice over, "Senior Sister, let me show you my earnings."
Fairy Hong Chen smiled. She took the two storage bangles and infused her transcendence energy to examine them. After a while, a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes. She turned around and transmitted her voice over, "So much?"
Yue Yao pursed her lips and giggled. "The ones with more are my earnings. The ones with less are just some guy's dowry."
"Dowry?" Fairy Hong Chen asked curiously, "Are you thinking of getting married? Otherwise, why would someone give you a dowry? "
"There! That guy. " Yue Yao pouted and gestured to Miao Yi. "Speaking of which, I really have to thank that guy. He really helped me out a lot this time …"
She secretly told Hong Chen the gist of what had happened.
After listening to what Yue Yao had to say, Fairy Hong Chen finally understood that it wasn't some sort of dowry. Instead, it was something that Yue Yao had forcefully snatched away. However, she still cast a curious glance at Miao Yi. She wasn't curious about how much Miao Yi had helped Yue Yao, nor was she curious about why Miao Yi would mention something like giving Yue Yao a dowry. Instead, she was curious about how Yue Yao would get so excited whenever she talked about this man named Yan Beihong. It wasn't like Yue Yao's usual behavior. It was just that Yue Yao herself might not have felt it, but Fairy Hong Chen, who had been with her for a long time, could clearly feel it.
Just as Hong Chen returned the two storage bracelets to Yue Yao, Yue Yao stuffed another storage bracelet into her hand. "Senior Sister, you've already been stuck at Red Lotus Sixth Grade for over two hundred years. I'll give you this storage bracelet so that you can break through to Red Lotus Seventh Grade as soon as possible."
Hong Chen shook her head and returned it to her. "Keep it for yourself."
"Senior Sister, don't make me unhappy." Yue Yao pretended to be angry, but she actually wanted to help her senior sister.
This was because she also knew that Senior Sister was the kind of person who could stand quietly in a certain place for an entire day without moving even when she wasn't cultivating. Her reticent personality that didn't like interacting with others didn't win Master's favor, so she was at a disadvantage in the Realm Beyond Heaven.
She had heard from Senior Sister's personal handmaiden that someone had been embezzling Senior Sister's share of the Orbs of Will that the Celestial Nation Chamber of Commerce had handed over to the rest of them. Senior Sister had once mentioned this to Master. In the end, Master had said, 'With your reticent personality, do you think anyone would have a grudge against you and deliberately make things difficult for you? If you really want to, then go to the Chamber of Commerce and audit the accounts. We'll talk again after you've found evidence. '
Hence, Senior Sister never mentioned this matter again. Senior Sister had never bothered to audit the accounts and had always been at a disadvantage. Some people saw that Senior Sister was as easy to bully as an idiot, so they seemed to be even more aggressive in embezzling Senior Sister's share.
Yue Yao had been brought up by Hong Chen when she was still a child, so she felt indignant on Hong Chen's behalf. However, she also knew that there were some people she couldn't afford to offend. It didn't matter even if Master valued her highly. If she angered someone, they might just backstab her in the back. Master couldn't possibly watch over her all the time.
Seeing that Yue Yao was adamant about this matter, Hong Chen reached out and took the 'dowry'. "You can keep the extra portion. I'll keep this for you for now."
Yue Yao solemnly reminded, "Not for me. It's a gift for you."
Hong Chen smiled faintly, but didn't deny it. Without expressing his opinion, he simply tucked it away in his high-grade storage ring.
On the other side, the results were out. Ji Meimei, who had been holding onto her last sliver of hope, was disappointed. She turned to look at her son, but didn't show it in front of everyone else.
Tang Jun, however, turned to look at Yue Yao with a smile on his face. The result was obvious.
Meanwhile, Yun Guang and the others looked at the participating cultivators in the room with a strange expression on their faces.
The rankings for this Sea of Constellations Subjugation Crusade weren't easy to come by. Too many people were in last place, and they had never seen such a strange result before.
Putting everyone else aside, Yue Yao was firmly in first place with over 68,000 Geotranscendence Bangles, leaving the second place far behind.
Yun Fei Yang wasn't a pushover either. Even though Yue Yao had forcefully taken away over 10,000 bangles, this bastard was still in second place with over 31,000 bangles. It seemed like the hard work he'd put in over nine years hadn't been in vain. If it weren't for the fact that over 10,000 bangles had been taken away and Miao Yi's interference, this bastard might have even gotten first place.
Kong Zhi was in third place with over 24,000.
Hei Wuya was in fourth place with over 20,000.
Feng Ruxiu was slightly worse off, also with over 20,000. He was only a hundred or so bangles away from the first place, and was forced into fifth place.
Bai Ziliang was a little worse off. He was in sixth place with over 12,000.
Among the top hundred, this was a decent ranking. However, among the representatives of the six nations, he was actually at the bottom. None of the six nations would compete with anyone else. It didn't matter if they won against other cultivators. If they were to compete, it would definitely be between the six of them.
Then again, if Miao Yi hadn't destroyed his Demon Refining Gourd, causing him to lose the artifact that allowed him to achieve victory quickly, he wouldn't have been in such a sorry state for the remaining six years. Actually, he was quite diligent in his running, even though he couldn't compare to Yun Fei Yang, a madman who could run around the entire Western Star Sea multiple times.
The seventh place went to none other than Gu Sanzheng.
The eighth and ninth places went to Ye Xin and Tan Lao.
With twenty-six bangles, 'Miao Yi' took tenth place.
This' Miao Yi 'was actually Yan Beihong. The reason why he had so few bangles was because when he was with Song Zeming and the others, he had participated in the battles, but not when it came to dividing up the spoils. However, Yan Beihong didn't really care about these things. All he wanted was to make it back alive. When Miao Yi gave it to him after taking care of Song Zeming and the others, he couldn't be bothered to take it.
The eleventh place went to Tao Yongchun, with seventeen bangles.
The twelfth place went to Pi Junzi, with three bangles. To be able to get twelfth place with just three bangles, what a joke.
Fortunately, everyone hadn't seen the rankings yet. Otherwise, Pi Junzi would definitely be shocked. 'Not only did I survive, I even managed to get into the top twelve?'
Including Yan Beihong, the other eighty-seven participants had only handed over one Geotranscendence Bangle, and were all ranked thirteenth. In other words, they were all in last place.
The reason why there was such a strange ranking was because everyone else's Geotranscendence Bangle had been confiscated by the representatives of the Six Sages. As for those that weren't confiscated, they had all been confiscated by Miao Yi. After Yun Fei Yang and the others confiscated the Geotranscendence Bangle, they didn't return them. They only returned the other items that they had taken, and then distributed the items that had died in battle without owners, using the method of purchasing them for the others' Geotranscendence Bangle.
The participating cultivators were more than happy to get a bigger share of the treasures. It was better than the rankings of the six clans. Otherwise, the six clans wouldn't have so many Geotranscendence Bangle in their possession.
The reason why Gu Sanzheng and the others had so many Geotranscendence Bangle was because they were with Miao Yi, and Yue Yao didn't take theirs. This was also why even Pi Junzi was able to get such a high ranking.
When Yun Guang and the others saw the rankings, they couldn't help but think to themselves, 'Such a strange ranking must have something to do with the representatives of the six clans. The Six Sages probably won't dare to do something like this again in the future. If they did, the Sea of Constellations Subjugation Crusade would be over.'
After asking their own people through voice transmissions, they found out that the reason why so many people came in last place was indeed related to the representatives of the six clans. They had all been 'bought' by the six clans. If they could remove the Geotranscendence Bangle from everyone's wrists, most of them would probably end up with zero points.
Miao Yi's' Yan Beihong 'had also attracted the attention of Yun Guang and the others. However, given their status, they wouldn't go so far as to pin all the blame on Miao Yi. They wouldn't be able to explain to the Six Sages if Miao Yi were to shoulder such a heavy responsibility. In the end, if the Six Sages hadn't suddenly sent their representatives to interfere, the Subjugation Crusade wouldn't have ended up like this.
At least in Tang Jun's eyes, 'Yan Beihong' had done a good job. As a Celestial Nation cultivator, he naturally had to do his best to serve the Realm Beyond Heaven. Even if something were to happen, Tang Jun would do his best to protect 'Yan Beihong'. Otherwise, who would continue serving nobles like them in the future?
"We're still missing one!"
After repeatedly counting all the Geotranscendence Bangle, the supervising cultivator from the Western Constellations Palace suddenly exclaimed.
Hearing this, the supervising cultivator walked over to the astrolabe placed in the center of the hall with a frown on his face. He noticed that the Geotranscendence Bangle displayed on the astrolabe had all turned into red dots of light.
He swept his gaze across the entire astrolabe and confirmed that all the Geotranscendence Bangle were in one spot. Then, he repeatedly invoked his arts and waved his sleeves, continuously enlarging the astrolabe to its maximum size. Even then, he could only confirm that all the Geotranscendence Bangle were roughly within this side hall. He couldn't determine which one of them was in the possession of.
He swept a cold gaze across the crowd and said, "Whoever has the last Geotranscendence Bangle, hand it over immediately. If you dare to keep it for yourself, no one in the Western Constellations Palace will be able to protect you once it's discovered. Not even the Six Sages will be able to help you!"
Everyone exchanged glances with one another. Miao Yi, who was also looking around, was suddenly taken aback. Then, as if he suddenly recalled something, he bit his lip and slowly stepped forward.
Qi Xiuhong's corpse was suddenly in his embrace. The missing Geotranscendence Bangle was still on Qi Xiuhong's wrist, and he couldn't take it off. He couldn't just cut off Qi Xiuhong's wrist, could he?
This scene instantly caused the entire hall to fall silent. Miao Yi, who was carrying Qi Xiuhong's corpse, gave off a desolate feeling. He slowly turned to look at Bai Ziliang, his gaze extremely cold.
Bai Ziliang didn't have a good impression of Miao Yi either, and his gaze was just as cold.
Yue Yao and Hong Chen stared at him blankly. 'He's been carrying this woman's corpse with him all this time. Could she be his lover?'
Women were always more sensitive. The two of them looked at Miao Yi with complicated gazes.
"Rip!" One of the giant pythons coiled around the pillar suddenly shot towards Miao Yi with its mouth wide open. Its speed was extremely fast, and Miao Yi couldn't possibly block its attack at all.
A silhouette flashed out at an even faster speed. In an instant, he unleashed a palm strike, causing the entire hall to tremble violently.
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