After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn

After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 057 Blowout & Black Material

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“Crossdress! Crossdress! Crossdress!” The group of contestants and four mentors clapped and heckled. The cameraman also came with the camera and took close-ups of Tao Mu’s face as if it didn’t cost any money.

Tao Mu looked at Du Kang with some exasperation. Du Kang chuckled gleefully and shrank back behind Wen Bao, doing good deeds and hiding it deeply——but with his 1.9m height, hiding behind Wen Bao’s 1.75m height was no different from not hiding at all.

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The school beauty selected by Beijing Film was Xu Yingying from class 01 of the junior year of the acting department. She still remembered Tao Mu’s talent for photography during military training so she smiled and jokingly said: “I have to tell you guys, Tao Mu is not only good-looking, but also very good at photography and makeup. I think if he dresses up in women’s clothing, he won’t even need a makeup artist to put makeup on him, he can take care of the styling perfectly and without problem.”

After a brief pause, Xu Yingying deliberately said: “I asked Tao Mu to help me take the art photos when I was doing my resume. It was very beautiful. The military training photos used during the preselection for the national school beauty and hunk competition by the girls of Beijing Film’s ’08 class were all taken with Tao Mu’s help.”

Listening to what Xu Yingying said, many contestants immediately recalled the various military training uniform photos uploaded by Beijing Film students when FlyNews was just launched. Many people were very curious at the time. But they also felt that the photos were very beautiful and gave off a unique aura. Later, the scope of the selection of school beauty and hunk was expanded, and many Beijing Film girls also changed to artistic photos. But in contrast, they actually did not leave a greater impression than those previous military uniform photos that lacked any makeup done.

They really didn’t expect that these photos were taken with Tao Mu’s help.

The female contestants who originally didn’t know now looked at Tao Mu with brighter eyes. If it was a woman’s nature to love beauty, then Tao Mu, who could take beautiful pictures, must be the type of boyfriend that all girls aspire to find——handsome, talented, good personality, rich, and could take beautiful pictures of his girlfriend.

At that moment, a male contestant asked Gu Xun: “Did Tao Mu take your photos for you?”

Gu Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head with a grievous expression on his face: “No. Tao Mu only takes pictures of girls, and they must be beautiful girls. Big grown men like us can forget it.”

One remark and the contestants bursted into laughter once again. Everyone clapped their hands and heckled, deliberately making weird “yo yo” sounds to tease Tao Mu.

Tao Mu had a helpless expression on his face as he raised his hands to defend himself: “Slander, absolute slander. Who says I don’t take pictures of boys? The key is that no boys asked me to. It’s not like I can take the initiative myself, right?”

Tao Mu felt he was very justified, only to be refuted back by Gu Xun: “Then how can you take the initiative to look for female classmates with your camera?”

“Acknowledge it. You are a gals before pals person. Your dorm’s classmate Du Kang has already told us all about it.”

Tao Mu turned his head abruptly, staring at Du Kang with piercing eyes. Du Kang looked up at the sky with an innocent look. Suddenly someone pulled the topic back on track: “Ai, don’t let Tao Mu lead you by the nose. Weren’t we talking about Crossdressing!”

“That’s right!” The words reminded everyone, and everyone clapped their hands again and heckled: “Crossdress! Crossdress! Crossdress!”

“Fine! Fine! Fine!” Tao Mu interrupted the contestants. Just when everyone thought Tao Mu was about to surrender, they heard Tao Mu outrageously saying, “Today is everyone’s rehearsal and it won’t be good for me to steal the show. Then how about this. When the number of registered users on FlyNews exceeds 100 million, I will wear women’s clothing and dance for everyone, okay?”

“No!” The contestants screamed and expressed their disapproval.

A school hunk from a 985 science and technology university said loudly: “According to the “Statistical Report on the Development of the Internet in China”, in 2008, the number of people who use the Internet in China as a whole is less than 230 million. You are clearly acting shamelessly.”

Worthy of being a top student from the 985 science and technology university, reciting statistics and providing evidence with just an open of the mouth. When this bunch of boys and girls heard this, the heckling became more and more fierce.

Tao Mu was forced into helplessness, so he could only put his hands together cutely to beg for mercy: “Come on. We young people should have some expectations for the future, don’t we? Anyway, I have given the conditions, and whether or not you can see my crossdress dance performance, it’ll depend on the sincerity of all Chinese netizens.”

“So it’s happily decided then!”

Tao Mu fled amidst the wailing of all the contestants and mentors. But he didn’t know that this small episode was quickly edited by the unscrupulous post-production group into the rehearsal footage and uploaded to FlyNews in one fell swoop. Moreover, it was even marked in bold!

The melon-eating netizens who saw this video all went crazy. As if they had been injected with chicken blood, they began urging their classmates, friends, colleagues, and family members to sign up for FlyNews. Then they took screenshots of the new accounts they worked hard to bring in and posted them on FlyNews, continuously @-ing Tao Mu and even including a line of limerick they came up with——Tao Mu must not only crossdress and dance, he must also take my photo stance.

Netizens’ trend following characteristic had already shown itself as early as the National Day military uniform celebration. Coming across such a fun thing, of course they would not miss it. So one by one, they all became the tap water of FlyNews, lobbying people around them to register for FlyNews accounts while offline, and then upload screenshots and attach a line of limerick. (TN: Chinese word for ‘lobby’ sounds the same as ‘tap water’)

In addition, celebrity artists who had already registered for FlyNews accounts, and school beauty and school hunk contestants also used their FlyNews accounts to urge fans to bring in new users. So in order to attract users, some fans posted on various message boards, forums, and campus websites. These children, who were on average between 14 and 20 years old, don’t know the difficulties of the world. They only heard a contestant saying in the video that the people on the Internet in 2008 China numbered 230 million.

So they thought: Then wouldn’t I just need to bring in less than half of the people to complete the request of FlyNews’ CEO in order to see Tao Mu dancing in women’s clothing with my own eyes? !

Adhering to such a simple mindset, these children began to jump actively around. Because the initial audience for FlyNews was students from various colleges and universities. Therefore, the initial registration mechanism stipulated by FlyNews was based on a system for identifying users——one must register with one’s student ID or mobile phone number. This decision was originally made to ensure the fairness of the voting. But in fact, one mobile phone number could register ten accounts. However, most netizens did not know this rule, or had never noticed it.

As a result, a lot of netizens also had a set mind-set when they pulled people offline, those people they pulled into FlyNews were all real registered users. When these newly registered netizens were drawn in, they all joined in the fun and followed the trend, adding their own effort to this publicity event.

Soon, this incident inexplicably turned into an Internet event. Almost all Chinese netizens joined this carnival. They watched the number of registered users of FlyNews increase from the original couple hundred thousands little by little, 200,000, 300,000, 400,000…..breaking one million…..breaking two million…..

In the end, even the news media got wind of this and began to publish articles to discuss the phenomenon of Internet carnival caused by FlyNews. There were even authoritative financial magazines and Internet magazines commenting that FlyNews’ blowout user growth was “unbelievable” and “spectacular”, and could be included in textbooks’ “classic marketing cases”.

As the group of netizens entertained themselves, they also suddenly developed a “simulation game” type of pleasure and accomplishment.

It was us who created this “miracle” spoken of in the industry. FlyNews being able to exceed tens of millions of registered users within just a few months of its launch was all thanks to us. There were even attentive netizens who remembered that the one millionth user of FlyNews, the ten millionth user of FlyNews was absolutely someone I had brought over.

There was a saying in consumer psychology that once consumers developed a special attitude towards a consumer platform, they could easily become loyal users of this consumer platform. And in a market economy, customer loyalty meant strong purchasing power.

It was just that this kind of customer loyalty was difficult to cultivate. Many big brands and companies that had been established for decades or even over a hundred years were trying their best to find and maintain such a customer loyalty base. FlyNews, which had only been online for a few months, actually managed to easily achieve this——of course, under the continuous shameless operation of a certain founder.

So, besides Tao Mu’s main job as an actor, his marketing talent was the first to attract the attention of the outside world.

For example, the Weibo platform that had always been paying attention to Tao Mu was the most dumbfounded——because of Tao Mu’s outrageous yet brilliant crossdance dance performance incentive plan, all netizens’ attention was once again attracted by FlyNews. In this extreme carnival mode, there simply were no people paying attention to the big event of “all Weibo employees taking over FlyNews” that was elaborately planned by the Weibo platform. The big news of Weibo’s CEO personally registering on FlyNews was like a drop of water dispersing into the sea under this frantic user recruiting mode that all netizens had fallen under. Even if it caused a slight ripple, it soon disappeared in the storm of the Internet carnival.

As a result, Gao Yonghuai couldn’t help but sigh at Tao Mu’s marketing methods once again. And also deepening his mentality to have a good relationship with FlyNews and Tao Mu himself once again.

But these were all things to follow. Now, all netizens were trying their best to pull people to FlyNews, all waiting to see Tao Mu, the young CEO who created FlyNews, to crossdress and dance after the website exceeded 100 million registered users.

Tao Mu didn’t expect that just a simple remark would cause such a big response on the Internet. Sighing with feeling, he looked at Yun Yi who was sitting in front of him with a smile. He was indeed worthy of being China’s richest man in the future, just a casual gesture from him could cause such a bloody storm——

That’s right, this time the publicity plan of “China’s Netizens Uniting to Join FlyNews, Just Waiting To Watch Tao Mu Crossdress” was planned and launched by bigshot Yun. It had to be said, he really had the potential of being China’s richest man in the future. Just a small test drive could become a classic marketing case sought after by the industry. Sure enough, excellent talents were excellent talents no matter what position they were in.

“That’s also because of your good cooperation.” Following Tao Mu’s overflowing praise, Yun Yi also entered the mutual praising mode with a smile: “If you were not so handsome, able to create FlyNews at such a young age and also willing to play around, possessing none of the airs of a domineering CEO at all. It is estimated that those netizens will not so sincerely solicit users for FlyNews.”

“So the top priority now is to find a way to reward everyone.” Tao Mu touched his chin, putting the crossdressing thing aside. It was not that he had any resistance to wearing women’s clothing and dancing. In fact, as an actor, Tao Mu had played all kinds of roles in his previous life, and dancing in women’s clothing was simply child’s play for him. It was just that having already said that, Tao Mu could not give the reward in advance before the number of registered users on FlyNews exceeded 100 million.

Besides, the netizens had worked so hard to help him and just a video of him dancing in crossdress could not express Tao Mu’s gratitude at all.

“Then what are you planning to do?” Yun Yi asked with a smile. He knew that his collaborator had always had many interesting ideas.

“Don’t worry, I have already prepared it a long time ago.” Tao Mu raised an eyebrow at Yun Yi and smiled. It wouldn’t be too troublesome, he just had to activate some of his development plans for FlyNews in advance.

That afternoon, Tao Mu met with Luo Xi and Long Tianao again to prepare to discuss with the two of FlyNews’ desire to purchase the copyrights of the two major entertainment companies’ backlogs of movies and TV dramas.

In 2008, the Internet had not developed as fast as in the later years, and copyright awareness was not high. Therefore, the movies and TV dramas produced by major film and television companies, other than being broadcasted on the TV station during a certain period of time, were all stored in the warehouse the rest of the time.

What Tao Mu wanted to do was to discuss with Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment on buying the copyright of these dust collecting movies and TV dramas, and broadcast them on the website for free.

“I have no problem here.” Luo Xi said immediately. Under Tao Mu’s guidance, she earned a lot of money in the international crude oil market. Within the company, she was trusted and seen positively by even more shareholders, and her authority was increasing day by day. Even if it was just to reciprocate the favor, Luo Xi would not refuse Tao Mu’s request. If it was not for the fact that she might not be able to explain it to the upper management, Luo Xi even wanted to give away all the films and dramas of Longteng Entertainment to FlyNews for free——anyway, it would just collect dust in the warehouse otherwise.

Long Tianao’s thinking was similar to Luo Xi’s. Because he strongly advocated that Summer Star Entertainment artists should register on FlyNews. At first, everyone didn’t care all too much, they mainly agreed to make the young master happy. But with the continuous shameless operations from FlyNews, those celebrity artists who were willing to register on FlyNews——especially those who were very active on taking everyday photos and engaging with fans and netizens, unexpectedly received unprecedented attention on the Internet. Even their recognition among the public had increased.

Especially those two mentors who could not reject Long Tianao’s request to join the competition. They were originally only C-list idol singers, the kind that no one cared about during commercial performances. But now just walking on the streets they could be recognized by passersby and be chased after for autographs and group photos. Even fans of other contestants came to cheer them on during commercial performances.

One must know that in the entertainment industry, the attention received by artists was directly linked to their interests and the future of their career. This change immediately attracted the attention of interested people. There were even celebrity agents starting to contact FlyNews, wanting their stars to serve as special guests on the national school beauty and hunk selection contest.

Even the companies, Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment themselves came to be noticed by many netizens because of the free sponsor name attached in front of the program. Some netizens who were interested in becoming celebrities and joining the entertainment circle even found their way to the official FlyNews accounts of Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment and asked how to become a celebrity artist.

This kind of thing happened frequently, bringing different degrees of benefits to both the company and the artists. Long Tianao, who had previously been a force to urge artists to join FlyNews, immediately became a “prescient” talent and  also received more regard in the company.

It was precisely because of this that Long Tianao’s position and influence in Summer Star Entertainment increased significantly. So now answering Tao Mu’s words, he was more confident and more decisive than before.

Sure enough, as the two rich second-generation classmates returned to their respective companies and discussed it with everyone. The company executives who had tasted the benefits from earlier immediately agreed to Tao Mu’s request for cooperation. Luo Xi was the most ruthless, and directly proposed to package all the film sources of Longteng Entertainment to Tao Mu at the cheap cabbage price of one million yuan.

Fortunately, Tao Mu was not the kind of person who killed chickens to get the eggs and only ate meat by himself without even letting his business partner have soup. He resolutely opposed Luo Xi’s proposal, and the final clause was one million yuan plus 10% of the advertising fee as a share to purchase the network broadcast rights of all of Longteng Entertainment’s film sources. The contract period was five years.

Summer Star Entertainment’s conditions were the same.

Then, Tao Mu returned to FlyNews with all the film sources of the two major film and television companies. He ploaded all videos directly to the Bullet Screen Network, and then added an enlistment of advertising companies at the beginning of the videos.

Netizens who had already fallen into the “hot-blooded event of pulling people” mode were caught off guard, hit on their heads by a large number of classic film and television dramas. It was such a delightful surprise that they simply ignored Tao Mu’s subtitles in the opening of the videos, and enthusiastically clicked into the video they wanted to watch, even forgetting about pulling more people.

The number of registered users of FlyNews which had been in a blowout state finally slowed down. Many competitors or industry colleagues who had been paying attention to the growth momentum of FlyNews shook their heads, feeling that Tao Mu was too young and didn’t know how to grasp such a good opportunity. Actually, giving out benefits himself and affecting the enthusiasm of netizens to attract more users.

Tao Mu didn’t mind at all. He always thought that it was meaningless for just himself to be happy and profitable, believing that everyone should have fun together. As the saying went “it is much more joyful to share the joy than enjoy alone”. The wisdom of the ancestors was always right in the end.

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After uploading all the videos, Tao Mu, who settled down to wait for the advertising companies to jump into his trap themselves, didn’t know that while he patiently waited for money to fly in, Yao Wenxiao, who had been hiring private investigators to investigate him, finally found his “black material.” And was currently making preparations to sharpen the sword and make a big move.

A storm of public revelation that “the founder of FlyNews turned out to be a nightclub MB” broke the news jointly by more than a dozen paper and television media. At this time when the development of FlyNews was in full swing, it was like a pot of cold water being poured on hot oil.

Suddenly stirring up a huge wave.

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“What the hell are you doing? Didn’t you say that Weibo will expose the black material of Tao Mu and FlyNews with Yuxiao Media? Why are you doing publicity stunts with FlyNews behind my back?”

Early in the morning, Yao Wenxiao broke into the CEO’s office at Weibo headquarters in anger, regardless of the secretary’s obstruction, and questioned loudly.

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“Mr. Gao, Manager Pei, I’m really sorry. Because Mr. Yao is the company’s future business partner, I don’t dare to stop…..” The newly recruited secretary girl looked at Gao Yonghuai and Pei Yirong with embarrassment, and tried to justify her dereliction of duty.

Gao Yonghuai, who was talking to the publicity director Pei Yirong about the success of yesterday’s publicity effect and preparing to continue with another wave, paused slightly before waving his hand to signal the secretary to leave first. Then, with a slightly curious look he focused on the young CEO of Yuxiao Media, who was in front of him.

Mr. Gao did not understand why Yao Wenxiao was so angry.

“Mr. Yao, I think you may have misunderstood.” In the face of Yao Wenxiao, who was more than a decade younger than himself, Mr. Gao behaved very patiently: “The Weibo platform is a service-oriented social networking site, not a gossip weekly. We need to promote ourselves. Only better publicity plans can let more netizens know about Weibo, use Weibo, and get used to Weibo. Therefore, all the publicity policies of the Weibo platform are carried out around this theme.”

Gao Yonghuai tactfully and firmly dismissed Yao Wenxiao’s ridiculous betrayal theory. Yao Wenxiao choked for a while, and his anger became more and more explosive: “But when we negotiated cooperation yesterday, you didn’t say that. Mr. Gao, one must stick to his words.”

Even though Gao Yonghuai’s self-possession was quite deep, he still almost laughed in amusement at Yao Wenxiao’s accusations. Pei Yirong, who stood on the side, was also quite speechless.

“Mr. Yao,” Pei Yirong’s temper was not as good as his boss, and he pointed out Yao Wenxiao’s impractical thoughts very straightforwardly: “Business is not fighting a war, even if it is a competitor, there is no need to go overboard. Not to mention that it is less than a month since FlyNews’ establishment and its founder is also just an 18-year-old college student who just entered college. You are deliberately looking for the black material of this kind of person but even if you find it, so what? This is the business field, and everyone only values ability. As long as the other party does not commit murder or arsonry, any black material on immoral behavior is irrelevant.”

What was more, based on Pei Yirong’s understanding of FlyNews and Tao Mu, the other might not actually even have any black material that could count as a career killing scandal. Could Yao Wenxiao have been in the entertainment and media business for too long of a time, so his mind had also become muddled and that was why he brought the same kind of method used against celebrities to the business field——what did he even think was market competition? Just a bunch of small stars discrediting each other in order to compete for roles and endorsements, therefore continuously exposing black materials and splashing dirty water?

“The nature of market competition depends on core competitiveness. If Weibo itself is not attractive, even if FlyNews can be discredited this time, FlyNews or other social platforms will continue to emerge in the future. As long as the market economy is in charge, there will always be many competitors like this.”

Pei Yirong also said a few more words of advice for Yao Wenxiao’s sake. Unfortunately, Yao Wenxiao’s response was very disappointing.

“I don’t care about other websites or other social platforms. I must destroy FlyNews, and destroy Tao Mu.” Yao Wenxiao said with certainty. However, he was also a person who had received nine years of compulsory education plus four years of university. As his anger value cooled slightly, he also slowly calmed down. He suddenly realized that he shouldn’t have broken into Gao Yonghuai’s office so recklessly.

“I’m very sorry, Mr. Gao.” Yao Wenxiao returned to his senses and quickly apologized to Gao Yonghuai: “I have some personal grievances with Tao Mu. This time I was too blinded by my own private grievances. Sorry to have made you laugh at this.”

“Young people, it is inevitable that they are reckless once in a while.” Gao Yonghuai smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn’t mind.

After Yao Wenxiao repeatedly apologized, he left with a grimace. It seemed that the interactive promotion of the Weibo platform and FlyNews still left a trace of grudge in Yao Wenxiao’s heart.

Watching Yao Wenxiao’s striding back, Pei Yirong suddenly laughed and shook his head: “It is said that this CEO Yao is actually a famous young talent in Shanghai. Now it seems that either there is no one in Shanghai or the talent of this young CEO of Yuxiao Media is questionable.”

“At any rate, he is still the favorite grandson of the chairman of Sheng’an Group. Even if it’s for the face of Chairman Yao, everyone has to treat him courteously.” Anyway, it was not like it cost money to praise him as a young talent.

Gao Yonghuai slowly picked up his chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea, and did not directly answer the words of his confidante, but his attitude was fully revealed in their discussion: “What are you going to do next?”

Pei Yirong returned to his senses in an instant, remembering the serious business interrupted by Yao Wenxiao, and immediately said: “Next, I am going to let all the employees of Weibo sign up at FlyNews, and then unify the copywriting to help Weibo advertise on FlyNews——didn’t that little CEO Tao say that FlyNews is a principled social platform and will never block netizens’ comments for no reason. We must give him a chance to prove himself.”

Gao Yonghuai was immediately amused by this strategic move from his confidante: “Not bad, young people really need more opportunities to prove themselves. Well, as a senior in this industry, I will give him this opportunity first.”

“Help me sign up for a FlyNews account. By the way, apply for a V as well. I will personally make this advertisement.” Then Gao Yonghuai also kindly expressed that he was just giving young people a chance to prove themselves——actually shamelessly posting this remark on FlyNews. He also changed the slogan of his website——Weibo, a social networking site willing to give young people opportunities.

Pei Yirong laughed loudly: “I wonder how this little CEO Tao will feel after seeing the response from our Weibo platform?”

Gao Yonghuai smiled and said, “You will know if you call and ask.”

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On the other side, the young CEO of FlyNews still had yet to know how two old, cunning foxes resolved his advertising slogan.

Because the production team of “National School Beauty and Hunk” was filming in the Beijing Film’s practice studio, Tao Mu went back to school with his three roommates after driving lessons in the morning. Wen Bao and the others also convinced him to visit the shooting team.

But they couldn’t go visit the set empty-handed. So after making some preparations, the young Mr. CEO and three roommates pushed open the door of one of the Beijing Film practice rooms. Seeing that everyone happened to be taking a break, he shouted: “Everyone has worked hard. Come over, I’ll treat you to the classic product launched by the world’s top 500 companies. Let everyone enjoy and relax a bit.”

The tone and words were so impressive that the instructors and contestants participating in the recording gathered around to take a look——Tao Mu and his three roommates held large buckets of fried chicken wings with french fries in their hands. The yellow paper bag was also printed with the classic logo of that amiable old man with a white beard.

The world’s top 500 companies——KFC; classic product——fries and fried chicken wings. Each word was particularly true, whether it was from data analysis or market research, there was nothing wrong with this statement.

But why did they want to punch a certain someone?

Originally, they had felt very moved, thinking that the benefits of FlyNews were particularly good. Of course, the benefits of FlyNews were indeed good. But with the boss Tao Mu being mischievous and playing pranks on them again and again, no one could stand it!

Entrusted by Tao Mu, Yun Yi, who had been following along with the filming, came over at this time. Looking at the takeaway bag in Tao Mu’s hand, he said helplessly, “Does being mischievous make you that happy?”

This remark was something Tao Mu often spoke. At this moment, the remark being used on himself, Tao Mu couldn’t help but chuckle. He put the takeaway on the table and clapped his hands: “Everyone has worked hard, come and eat.”

The handsome appearance with electrifying eyes was practically enough to shoot an ad for KFC.

Even though Tao Mu had already had a face-to-face meeting with everyone on the night of their reporting in, the contestants and some of the mentors present were still shocked by the attractive value and age of the CEO of FlyNews.

At such a young age, with such handsome looks, and even creating such an amazing social networking site as FlyNews which would always stir up a storm of attention and discussion on the Internet every time they did publicity. This kind of person who could just succeed with his appearance alone but just had to speak with talent was simply irresistible.

So Tao Mu only just appeared at the recording site and was immediately surrounded by a group of mentors and contestants. The four mentors mainly took into account Tao Mu’s friendship with their company’s senior management, and reflexively wanted to show goodwill to Tao Mu. The contestants’ mindset was much simpler. Everyone was a college student and around the same age. Back in school, they usually also liked to hang out with classmates who were good looking, playful and had good personalities. So coupled with Tao Mu’s cheerful and grounded personality every time he appeared, the contestants did not feel the gap between themselves and Tao Mu.

Tao Mu handed out Cokes to his senior brothers and sisters in a clockwise direction. Everyone thanked him politely, but it just had to happen that when it came to Shen Yu something would always go wrong.

Shen Yu took the chicken wings Tao Mu handed him and then threw an arm around Tao Mu’s shoulders and asked with a bright smile, “Why are you so free these days? When I came to find you the day before yesterday, you insisted m that you were not free. The day before yesterday when I asked you to accompany me on a campus tour you were also reluctant. But today you actually took the initiative to visit the set today. You wouldn’t be feeling guilty and want to be nice to me, would you?”

Before Shen Yu’s words even ended, some of the more sensitive contestants’ expressions immediately turned bad. Hesitating eyes looked back and forth between Tao Mu and Shen Yu. The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.

In order to avoid suspicion, even the senior brother of the same school felt embarrassed to say a few words to Tao Mu in front of everyone, but at this time his face also changed. He still remembered that on the day Shen Yu came to report in, he said a lot of inexplicable things at the gate of Beijing Film. Fortunately, Tao Mu was not that kind of frivolous person, otherwise even he would develop an ill-feeling against Tao Mu. But now it was like this again——

The Beijing Film senior glanced at Shen Yu, then subtly pulled the subject back to before: “That’s right. Tao Mu, why don’t you tell us straight, there are so many beauties and hunks here, who do you really like? But as a hunk I must warn you. Even if you like a beauty here, you can’t use your power for personal gain during the competition, got it?”

“Senior brother, don’t worry.” Tao Mu also knew this senior’s kindness, and immediately warmed up the atmosphere, “Even if I find a girlfriend, I have to find a woman who is prettier than me in women’s wear. If I can’t find one, I would rather remain a bachelor.”

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“Oh-ho, acting ratchet narcissistic there. You really think you are a daffodil!” Du Kang joked, “You have such confidence in your looks? Even if you are looking for a girlfriend, you just have to find one that is more beautiful than you in women’s wear. Then why don’t you crossdress and let us have a look.”

Du Kang’s words immediately attracted the attention of the contestants. All of a sudden, the practice room was full of wolf howling and heckling for Tao Mu to change into women’s wear for them to see.

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Male pheromones hit Su Mu’s senses domineeringly. He stretched out his right hand and put two fingers on Shi Ran’s chest, warning: “If you don’t mind a few extra holes in your chest, you can continue to walk forward.”

Realizing that this little guy in front of him was not that easy to get a handle on, Shi Ran took two steps back to the table and sat down. Looking at Su Mu he said, “If you are willing to submit to Zhen, Zhen can not only give you 1 million deniers of grain but also an army and territory. You will be the only king on this chaotic land.”

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Su Mu seemed to half-smile. He walked to Shi Ran and sat down in front of him, saying, “Even as a king wouldn’t I still have to listen to you, the emperor’s orders? I’m not interested in being a slave-servant.”

“Zhen can make you the empress.” Shi Ran stared closely at Su Mu’s beautiful eyes.

“Tch…..” Su Mu looked at Shi Ran and said, “Ben Gong is the crown prince now and the emperor in the future, just a small insignificant empress, Your Majesty does not hold much regard for me in your eyes.”

Shi Ran nodded and said seriously: “Zhen holds you in my heart. Zhen has seen countless people in this life and only you are qualified to stand by Zhen’s side. Besides, it will be sooner or later that Wu Kingdom and Wei Kingdom will grow and reach their hands into this chaotic land. How can you alone resist two covetous tigers? Together with Zhen, the entire world will be ours. So what is a small insignificant Qing Kingdom in comparison.”

No wonder that he was able to trick the Princess of Wu into his hands back then with such honey sweet words. Su Mu felt a little amused. This trick used to play with little girls was actually used on him. Su Mu said: “The two kingdoms of Wu and Wei are fierce tigers. But is your Shi Kingdom a sheep instead? Your Majesty just wants to set up a target to act as a shield for Shi Kingdom. Moreover, Your Majesty coming to see Ben Gong in person, could it be that Wu Kingdom and Wei Kingdom intend to join forces to suppress the Shi Kingdom?”

Shi Ran straightened up and did not conceal the ambition in his eyes: “There are no two suns in the same sky, no two kings on the same earth, Wu and Wei are just Zhen’s stepping stones. One day, Zhen will become the only master of this world. Xiao Chi, are you willing to join hands with Zhen and sit on the throne overseeing these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.”

Speaking in such a prideful manner. Since ancient times, countless people on this land had the same dreams Shi Ran had, but on this road of destruction, no one had yet to succeed since ancient times. Su Mu shook his head and said to Shi Ran:” You will not succeed.”

A cold light flashed in Shi Ran’s eyes and he asked: “Zhen ascended the throne at the age of seventeen. It took only fifteen years for the Shi Kingdom to transform from a country as small as the Qing Kingdom to a big country that can contend with Wu and Wei. Why can’t Zhen unify this world?”

Su Mu said: “Because you are just rewalking the path taken by the predecessors, so the result will be just the same as their’s.”

Being able to develop the Shi Kingdom from weak to strong in just a little over ten years, Shi Ran was not a person who couldn’t listen to other’s words. He looked fixedly at Su Mu and asked after a while: “Then what kind of path do you believe will lead to unifying the world.”

Su Mu raised his eyebrows and his smile caste brilliance over the room, “Why should I tell you?”

Shi Ran laughed and said: “Could it be that you want to conquer and rule the world as well?”

Su Mu asked back: “Why not?”

“Putting aside the three kingdoms of Shi, Wu and Wei, even just a small Jin Kingdom is enough to give you a headache. If you want to unify the world, little fellow, it’s more realistic to follow me.” Shi Ran looked at Su Mu in amusement, as if seeing something as unthinkable as a kitten pouncing on a tiger.

Su Mu was too lazy to talk nonsense with him any more, and turned the topic back to the grain exchange. He said, “We can discuss the affairs of the world later. Your Majesty should pay me the grain first. Currently, Wu Kingdom is watching covetously at the border of Shi Kingdom, so if Your Majesty does not want a fire in your backyard at this time, then deliver all the grain before winter.”

Small flames ignited in Shi Ran’s eyes as he looked at Su Mu’s white neck. He shook his head and said, “No grain, but Zhen can accompany you instead.”

Su Mu’s eyes iced over and the pressure rose sharply in the room: “Since Your Majesty has no sincerity, then there is no need for us to talk anymore. Ben Gong will go back and send people to pay a visit to the military headquarters of the Shi Kingdom.”

“Little fellow, don’t be so angry, Shi Kingdom’s military headquarters are not so easy to enter.” Shi Ran said to Su Mu: “The farming technology you provided to the Wu Kingdom has broken the balance of the three kingdoms, and the Wu Kingdom has already begun to make plans. Although this chaotic land of yours is barren, it is the only place through which the Wu Kingdom can fully expand to the east and south. If your Qing Kingdom does not want to be destroyed under the iron hooves of the Wu Kingdom, you should find another way out as soon as possible.”

Su Mu half-smiled: “Doesn’t Your Majesty also need to travel through my Qing Kingdom in order to expand your territory?”

“Zhen can confer you the title of king.” Shi Ran said.

Su Mu’s eyes flashed sharply and he spoke in a decisive tone: “Ben Gong will only settle for being the emperor in this life. My words have been said very clearly, since Your Majesty does not intend to pay the grains, then forgive Ben Gong for not keeping you company any longer.”

As soon as his voice fell, Su Mu’s figure had already disappeared from the boat. Shi Ran wiped away all expressions on his face, turning into a stone face again. Wu Kingdom was growing stronger and was able to make Shi Ran feel threatened. His brows furrowed and he held a hand behind his back as he paced inside the cabin, head lowered in thought. The best way at present was to foster a force on this chaotic land that could stop Wu Kingdom’s invasion from the south. Originally, Shi Ran had been optimistic about the Chen Kingdom, but that thing that was supported onto the throne with his help dared to struggle out of his control. He had already sent people to deal with it.

Suddenly a sense of crisis rang alarm bells in his head. Shi Ran’s eyes became sharp as knives, and he retreated quickly. With a “bang” sharp iron hooks pierced the bottom of the boat and clear lake water poured into the cabin. In an instant the whole boat fell apart, and Shi Ran hurriedly flew onto a floating wooden board. Shooting towards the shore like an arrow, Shi Ran saw that his guards who had been standing guard on the shore were being engaged in a fight by a group of people in black and were unable to pull out. Su Mu was standing on the shore watching the show with a surprised look, feeling regret to see Shi Ran appearing on the shore unscathed. Su Mu revealed a pleasant smile and said to Shi Ran: “Your Majesty’s qinggong is excellent. Ben Gong is impressed.”

There was no expression on Shi Ran’s face, no happiness or anger could be seen. He watched his guards be besieged and did not make any response. He walked up to Su Mu and looked at Su Mu as he said: “Daring to use force in front of the crown prince of this country, these people don’t hold any regard for you in their eyes.”

“Then is Your Majesty coming uninvited and breaking into the territory of the Qing Kingdom without authorization holding regard for Ben Gong?”

Su Mu suddenly snapped out his right hand and attacked Shi Ran’s vital point. Shi Ran, who had experienced a lot of battles and was skilled in qinggong was naturally not afraid of Su Mu. With a move, he slipped out of Su Mu’s attack range. It was a pity that he did not dare to make any further movements however. Su Mu walked up to Shi Ran with a smile on his face and stretched out his hand to seal his pressure points. Only then did Gu Yunzhou, who was standing behind Shi Ran, moved his iron sword from his neck, the expression on his face as cold as always.

Looking at the overpowered guards of Shi Ran in the woods, Su Mu walked to Gu Yunzhou in a good mood, and said with some joy: “Why are you here?”

Gu Yunzhou looked at Su Mu with no expression on his face, but there was a hint of warmth in his eyes: “Someone bought his head half a year ago.”

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Naturally, he was referring to Shi Ran. There were many people who wanted Shi Ran’s life, but not many dared to take on this task. Even fewer could hire Gu Yunzhou. Su Mu was a little curious but now was not the time to ask. Instead he said to Gu Yunzhou: “Can you let me dispose of him, of course I may not be able to pay that much compensation.”

After all, he was the emperor of the Shi Kingdom, and as the crown prince of a small kingdom he might not be able to pay the price.

Gu Yunzhou replied expressionlessly: “Yes.”

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The Cruel Tyrant CH 082 Exchanging Grain

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However, the letter paper ashes in Shi Qingshuang’s hand just fell to the ground when countless screams sounded from outside the door. A hostile light flashed in her eyes and Shi Qingshuang kicked the door open with a “bang”, coming face to face with Su Mu’s cold, murderous face.

The iciness melted away from Shi Qingshuang’s face and those pair of lovely eyes flashed with lustre. She glanced at the people lying on the ground and then said to Su Mu: “It turns out that it is the Crown Prince’s arrival. Please forgive me for not coming out to welcome you in time.”

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Su Mu threw away the blood-stained sword in his hand. He walked over to Shi Qingshuang and said, “Take tour people and get out of Qing Kingdom.”

Shi Qingshuang raised her eyebrows when she heard these words: “I am an envoy to the Qing Kingdom by His Majesty’s order. Being threatened just for seeing the sights in the Qing Kingdom, does Your Highness not hold any regard for the Shi Kingdom?”

Su Mu sneered and said: “If burning half of the grain of my Qing Kingdom and reducing hundreds of thousands of people to starvation is just considered seeing the sights, then I would like to go to Shi Kingdom to see some sights too.”

“Your Highness, don’t accuse others wrongly.” Shi Qingshuang said with a smile: “How can I do such an awful thing?”

Su Mu didn’t bother to talk nonsense with her any more, and directly reached out to grab Shi Qingshuang’s neck. But Shi Qingshuang’s martial arts was not weak and she quickly avoided Su Mu’s right hand when it was about to touch her neck. Still, after a few dozen exchanges, she was caught by Su Mu in the end. Lu Zhao and Fan Qiang who came after hearing the commotion immediately surrounded Su Mu.

Fan Qiang stared at Su Mu with a look of hatred, wishing nothing more than to eat his flesh and drink his blood. He shouted: “Su Mochi, you let her go!”

Su Mu recognized that this plain-looking man was the assassin he met that night in Qingyang County, and a coldness flashed in his eyes. Su Mu squeezed Shi Qingshuang’s neck and said: “If you want Shi Qingshuang, have Shi Ran hand over one million denier of grain in exchange.”

After speaking, he left with Shi Qingshuang. Fan Qiang and Lu Zhao wanted to chase after him but the difference in strength between the two sides was too large. After chasing for a while, there was not even a trace of Su Mu’s shadow left. Even worse was that their subordinates came to report that their headquarters had become surrounded with soldiers. The two had to rush back to preside over the overall situation.

Outside the Heavenly Justice Sect headquarters, Su Mu quickly arrived outside the Qin Kingdom’s barracks and threw Shi Qingshuang who had her pressure points sealed on the ground, and said to the soldiers behind him: “Keep a close watch on her.”

Shi Qingshuang, who was forcibly dragged up by the soldiers, didn’t have any look of fear on her face. Instead, she looked at Su Mu with a weird smile and said: “Why would Your Highness think that His Majesty will exchange a million denier of grain for this humble girl?”

Su Mu sneered and said: “Is the head of the shadow guards of Shi Kingdom not worth a million deniers of grain?”

Shi Qingshuang raised her eyebrows when she heard these words: “Since Your Highness knows that I am the leader of the shadow guards, then Your Highness should also know that His Majesty is not lacking in chess pieces like me.”

“Whether he is lacking or not, it is not for you to decide.” Su Mu walked into a tent without looking back, picked up pen and paper, and soon a letter was sent with a soldier to Shi Kingdom.

Under Su Mu’s intervention, the Heavenly Justice Sect headquarters was captured within two days, and all the diehard believers were directly executed on the spot by Su Mu’s order. After all, it was an organization that had only been established and not yet fully formed momentum. If delayed to a few years later, this would likely not be the case. Those brainwashed people would spread like a virus on the land of the Qing Kingdom.

Soon after, Su Mu’s “eye-blinding and headache splitting” letter was sent to the Shi Kingdom’s Palace. The black court robes on Shi Ran’s tall and muscular body emphasized his majestic and prestigious aura. Shi Ran opened the envelope with a slightly callused hand and looked at the letter. He was still unable to make sense of this familiar demonic looking scribble but it was this kind of three-year-old child’s handwriting that delighted him. Shi Ran laughed loudly: “This Qing Kingdom’s Crown Prince is truly interesting. Zhen has almost nearly forgotten this interesting little fellow and it’s rare that he still remembers Zhen. Since that’s the case, how can Zhen not make any response?”

The guard standing next to Shi Ran was shocked when he saw Shi Ran, who had always been solemn, suddenly laugh out loud. He reminded in a careful manner: “Your Majesty, Princess Qingshuang has been arrested by the Crown Prince of the Qing Kingdom. The ransom is one million deniers of grain, Your Majesty.”

Shi Ran stared at the letter paper happily, and said nonchalantly: “There is no need to exchange for Qingshuang, but Zhen can consider it if he used himself in exchange.”

The guard secretly glanced at the currently happy Shi Ran. Not daring to waste time, he answered: “Yes.”

When Su Mu, who had already returned to the imperial city, received the news from Shi Ran, he wanted nothing more than to squeeze this pair of uncle and niece to death. Soon after there was a second letter, asking Su Mu to bring Shi Qingshuang to the Shi Kingdom to talk to him in person. Qing Kingdom and Jin Kingdom were about to go to war at any moment so of course, Su Mu wouldn’t go to Shi Kingdom to meet the other in person. However, Su Mu didn’t expect that while he had decided not to meet Shi Ran, Shi Ran personally came knocking half a month later. Throwing away the invitation signed by Shi Ran in his hand, Su Mu strode out of the study and said, “Prepare the carriage.”

In the Yuping Lake, withered lotus leaves could be seen. A small boat floated gently on the water, and several guards dressed as civilians stood on the shores like sculptures.

Immediately after Su Mu lifted the curtain of the carriage, Shi Ran’s guard walked over and said to Su Mu: “His Majesty invites the Crown Prince on the boat.” After speaking, he stretched out his hand and gestured to the ordinary boat floating on the lake.

Su Mu circulated his inner energy and flew across the lake, appearing on the bow of the boat in the blink of an eye. The boat shook lightly and Shi Ran’s deep voice came from inside: “You have really made Zhen wait for a long time, Xiao Chi.”

When Su Mu heard that term of endearment he almost didn’t slip and fall into the lake. The corners of his mouth twitched as he walked inside the cabin. The cabin was covered with a soft carpet, and Shi Ran’s tall figure was leaning against the couch like a resting lion. Su Mu frowned and found a chair to sit down on, getting straight to the point: “Is Your Majesty here to pay me a million deniers of grain?”

Shi Ran, who was carefully examining his prey, laughed and deliberately distorted his meaning: “That’s right, I am here to accompany you.” He stretched out his hand to pinch Su Mu’s chin, only for Su Mu to avoid the other’s fingers with a frown.

Shi Ran retracted his hand, but those sharp eyes continued to scan Su Mu unscrupulously. Su Mu narrowed his eyes and said, “Your Majesty came all the way to Qing Kingdom to make fun of Ben Gong?” Su Mu was not stupid enough to think that Shi Ran would eagerly run over here to give him grain.

Shi Ran said: “Zhen heard that the common people in your country accidentally suffered a fire a few days ago and are unable to fill their stomachs. After Zhen heard this, Zhen truly felt heartbroken. Zhen really couldn’t bear the suffering of the people of the Qing Kingdom so Zhen purposely hurried overnight to Qing Kingdom to discuss with Xiao Chi and find a solution together. “

“Heh, the fire in Qing Kingdom is not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster.” Su Mu stared at him closely and said: “Shi Qingshuang, as a princess of the Shi Kingdom, set fire in my Qing Kingdom, shouldn’t you give me an explanation?”

Shi Ran propped up his body, his brown eyes reflecting Su Mu’s figure: “If you have evidence that she set the fire, then you can go ahead and execute her. To show sympathy, Zhen can give you one hundred taels of gold and ten thousand deniers of grain. “

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“One hundred taels of gold? Ten thousand deniers of grain? Are you trying to dismiss a beggar?” Su Mu said in a bad tone: “Shi Qingshuang can set fire in my Qing Kingdom, and Ben Gong can do the same in your Shi Kingdom.”

Shi Ran stood up, so tall his figure was that he couldn’t even stand upright in the cabin. He walked towards Su Mu step by step and looked down at him as he spoke in an ambiguous tone: “Everything has a leeway, we can spend the whole night discussing to our satisfaction…..”

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The Cruel Tyrant CH 081 Burning Grain

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Su Mu leaned back on the chair lazily, and the soft silk rubbed against Su Mu’s white and slender body. Huang Xuan, who was peeking at him, swallowed secretly. Su Mu looked at him with a half-smile. Huang Xuan’s heart jumped and he whispered with unease: “Your Highness, I really know that I was wrong.”

“Really?” Su Mu pretended not to believe it. Seeing Huang Xuan nodding his head like a chicken pecking grain, he felt a little amused, but his face was still set in a cold expression. After all, he must give these people a lesson, let them know that they better not be like that group of women in the harem who did nothing all day long but fight for favor. Su Mu had always thought that feelings of love or lust were just life’s flavoring, and it would not be worth it if a life was lost because of this.

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Su Mu earnestly said: “I will entrust you with a task to study various epidemics as well as prevention and treatment methods for various common diseases.”

Huang Xuan obediently nodded and said: “Your Highness, please rest assured, this official will do my best.”

Su Mu stepped forward and touched his head, his eyes deep as he said, “I do like you, but your capability is the key to determining how far you can walk with me.”

Huang Xuan’s eyes darkened and he clenched his fists, replying, “Yes.”

Waved his hand, Su Mu said with some tiredness: “You go back, I want to rest.”

Seeing the faint dark circles under Su Mu’s eyes, he couldn’t help but feel distressed. The Crown Prince was just a little older than him. But when the Crown Prince was dealing with state affairs, he was acting jealous and striving for favors with a group of men. Thinking of this, he really did feel too ashamed to see people. Huang Xuan exited the room noiselessly, glancing at Su Mu  fondly before carefully closing the door.

Managing to get a rare early bed rest, Su Mu, who had a good night’s sleep, got up and changed his clothes, feeling fully energized. But before Su Mu walked out of the room, he heard a hurried voice from outside the door: “Your Highness, this official has something to report.”

The black clothes on his body were already half wet with dew, and there was a layer of red flush on his face. Su Mu had never seen Shi Yan so anxious, and Su Mu, who had a foreboding feeling, became serious: “What happened?”

Shi Yan stepped into the door and bowed as he said: “There is news from the southwest that 70% of the unharvested grain in the six counties has been burned.”

“What!” Su Mu felt as if a bucket of icy water poured over his head, and even his heart felt cold.

The six southwestern counties were the main grain-producing areas of the Qing Kingdom. Burning 70%  of the grain supply in the southwest was equivalent to burning half of the country’s grain supply. Because of the several generations of incapable rulers in the Qing Kingdom, the Qing Kingdom did not have much grain supply. Even if all the grains were taken out, this gap could still not be filled, if there was no way to solve the problem this time, at least hundreds of thousands of people would starve to death.

There were more than a dozen people in the large, spacious room but still there was no sound to be heard. The curtain hanging down to the ground was lifted by a sudden wind. Su Mu appeared with eyes that had a terrible storm brewing within, his knuckles cracking from squeezing them so hard.

The sudden drop in temperature and the raging killing intent sweeping the room almost caused the eunuchs and palace ladies present to collapse to the ground.

“Shi Qingshuang!”

Su Mu gritted his teeth, wanting nothing more than to immediately cut Shi Qingshuang with a thousand swords. Other than her, Su Mu could not think of a second person behind this. Su Mu walked towards Taihe Hall with a dark and cloudy expression, and suppressed his impatience as he waited for the officials underneath to finish bowing before he flew into a fearsome rage: “You pile of useless trash, Ben Gong had you send troops to help collect the grain but what the fuck did you do instead! 70% of the grain has been burned in the southwest, what, are you planning to eat grass instead?! Yuan Fulu!”

Yuan Fulu, who had not received the news, was almost scared to death by the Crown Prince’s words. 70% of the grain was burned in the southwest! What bastard did such a thing! The Crown Prince was now going to burn him now! Yuan Fulu was drenched in a cold sweat, trembling madly as he walked to the center of the hall and fell to his knees with a thud: “This official…..this official has committed a crime…..Your Highness, please forgive me!”

Su Mu fiercely stood up from the dragon chair and kicked the golden pillar in front of him to pieces: “Forgive you! It’s not even enough for you to die a hundred times to make up for this! Come in! Take off Lord Yuan’s official uniform and drag him out to kneel under the sun! Having worked so hard to plant the crops for more than half a year only to go up in flames! Do you plan to have the people eat stones instead!”

“Your Highness…..Your Highness…..this official…..has committed a crime!”

Yuan Fulu’s heartbreaking voice came from outside the door and immediately had all the officials tremble in place. After having vented, Su Mu tried to calm his anger. Su Mu sat back on the dragon chair and swept the officials with cold eyes: ” All officials in charge of collecting grain from the southwest will be punished according to the law. If Ben Gong is notified of any overly tolerant treatment when carrying out the punishments, Ben Gong will have stones prepared for you to eat!”

In the southwest, the Heavenly Justice Sect headquarters, Shi Qingshuang was dressed in handsome and romantic male attire. She laughed happily after hearing the news of the Crown Prince’s anger from the spies.

“Hahahaha…..Why do I like to see you angry so much? Shall I make you even more angry?” The bright smile suddenly became clouded and Shi Qingshuang appeared beside a birdcage in a blink of an eye. She stared at the cheerfully chirping bird as if she was staring at a person: “After all, you made me so angry back then. Since I can’t kill you, I’ll use your people and your country to pay homage to Qingxue!”

As her coldy sinister words fell, the beautiful bird in the cage suddenly exploded, and the minced meat and blood splattered in all directions. Shi Qingshuang wiped the blood from her face expressionlessly, and called out without turning around: “Lu Zhao.”

A tall man opened the door and was not surprised to see the blood on Shi Qingshuang’s body. He looked forward expressionlessly, “What is the Princess’ order?”

Shi Qingshuang turned around and said with cold eyes: “Send someone to rob the granary of Qing Kingdom. If you can’t rob it, you will burn it. Inform Fan Qiang that after the start of winter to begin carrying out porridge relief. In addition, step up the recruitment of believers. By next year, I want 100,000 troops.”

“Yes.” Lu Zhao answered, “Princess, our mission in Ziyang County was hindered. The believers who went to preach there were arrested by Ye Qingfeng and other people from Jianghu. The believers near Lingxiao Peak were also dealt with by Gu Yunzhou’s subordinates.”

Shi Qingshuang snorted coldly, her eyes turning venomous, and she said, “Don’t deal with Gu Yunzhou for now, find a chance to kidnap Ye Qingfeng’s mother and sister.”

“Yes.”

After Lu Zhao retreated with his orders, a figure suddenly appeared in Shi Qingshuang’s room without warning. Shi Qingshuang was not surprised, but there was a trace of precaution in her eyes: “What’s the matter?”

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The cold and harsh looking man handed a letter to Shi Qingshuang and said: “His Majesty has an order. For now the Shi Kingdom is slightly inferior to Wu and Wei in terms of military force. If there is chaos here, Wu and Wei will inevitably reach their hands into here. Shi Kingdom can’t compete with them for the time being, so don’t stir this pool of water too muddy.”

The person disappeared after speaking. Shi Qingshuang opened the letter and glanced over it before shredding it with internal force.

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Sect Leader Is Under Great Pressure CH 027 Is This A Kidnapping?

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When You Jia encountered Feng Qingxiu, he was currently standing on a cliff.

The happy squid who was in a good mood because of a relaxing bath stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder: “What is Eldest Senior Brother thinking?”

“I entered the sect after you, but why do you call me senior brother?” Feng Qingxiu turned his head, asking with slight curiosity.

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He asked his master, and his master said that it was just a title and not something to be bothered about—in truth, he vaguely got the feeling that his master likely didn’t know either.

He thought that maybe his master did indeed develop a heart demon, which was why his master was so different. His master during the heart demon period should be treated with care, and it was better not to ask too many questions that had nothing to do with cultivation practice.

“There’s actually an interesting story behind this.” You Jia explained to him, “When the sect first came into being, Kun-Lai had only a few peaks. At that time, when accepting disciples, all of our parents and relatives wanted to become the Sect Leader’s apprentice.”

However, it was of no use. The only thing that came from this was that there were a few more additions to the people hung up on the branches waiting to be struck by thunder on Zhaoyue Peak.

Several elders asked others not to bother the Sect Leader about accepting apprentices, but this was misunderstood as them wanting to take away all the good disciples and not leave any good ones for the Sect Leader.

So naturally, even more people went to find the Sect Leader, only to be slapped away by the great wards surrounding the Sect Leader’s residence.

This couldn’t stop the eager people of course.

At that time, there was an old pine tree on Zhaoyue Peak, which had developed some intelligence. There were more and more people hanging on its branches every year, forming quite a spectacle.

Seeing that the Sect Leader didn’t seem to be angry, the elders did not bother to deal with this matter.

Countless people fell under the Sect Leader’s hand, and countless “corpses” could be seen laying at the foot of Zhaoyue Peak all year round. One time, Elder Yan passed by and mockingly said that whoever could become the apprentice of the Sect Leader, he would definitely call him “corpse brother”! (TN: a play on the term shixiong which means senior brother but “corpse brother” is also pronounced as shixiong)

“Shi” as in corpse.

So a long time afterwards, wherever this matter was discussed, there would always be people who would say that whoever could be the “corpse brother” was very lucky indeed.

Gradually, the term spread as the four word title “Sect Leader’s direct apprentice” was too much of a mouthful and also cumbersome to write. When discussing online, everyone naturally used “corpse brother” instead.

Such as: “Aiya, today I managed to take the top spot in the examinations. I wonder if I have entered the sights of the Sect Leader? I feel like I can become the ‘corpse brother’.”

“Taking three exams at once, do you think you are the ‘corpse brother’, to act so arrogantly?”

And so on.

“So, the so-called senior brother…” Feng Qingxiu felt that his three views were collapsing.

“Don’t worry, we will call you Eldest Senior Brother from now on, not the corpse version!” You Jia comforted him.

“No, actually you should just call me Junior Brother…” Feng Qingxiu didn’t feel comforted at all.

“Recently, it’s just that everyone needs to vent their dissatisfaction. After all, your rise to the top is too surprising. They will go back to calling you the proper way in a few days. Like me for example, I technically have to call you… Youngest Senior Uncle.” You Jia sighed with satisfaction, “Towards the Bai Yue issue today, thank you, Youngest Senior Uncle!”

“You…” Feng Qingxiu said with a smile, “I shall remember this.”

“The great grace must be paid back, no need to be courteous, I have something to do now, so I shall be leaving first!” You Jia felt that he had successfully bullied his senior brother and was very happy.

Who said that only physical injuries hurt, there were so many ways to make trouble for others.

Feng Qingxiu crossed his arms, and was a little amused as he watched the other leaving, thinking that this senior brother was both quite silly and naive.

It was not that difficult to coax an ignorant senior sister, ai, he’ll just treat it as helping out fellow sect disciples.

The problem now was how to solve the issue of his family…

“Is it very troublesome?” Ji Yunlai walked out from behind him smiling.

“A little bit,” Feng Qingxiu had long become accustomed to Ji Yunlai’s random coming and going, and turned his head to look at him sadly, “actually very troublesome.”

“Do you want help?” Ji Yunlai chuckled. Settling a few mortals in Kun-Lai was no big deal for him, even if the number was greater than a hundred, it was only for a hundred years after all.

“You are breaking your own rules.” Feng Qingxiu frowned slightly and refused, “I can help them apply for entry and give them the help I can, but I won’t cross the line. There’s no need to test me.”

“How is this a test? I just want to make my apprentice happy.” Ji Yunlai smiled and said, “Xiao Qing, do you know, children who know how to cry are doted on more.”

“But I am not a child after all.” Feng Qingxiu said proudly, “If my family really does have talented potentials, how could I still suppress them?”

“Then how did you explain it to your family? Just now when your mother was crying you looked completely at a loss.” Ji Yunlai didn’t feel mean at all for watching his apprentice’s lively family reunion like one would watch a television soap opera.

“Putting aside how unreasonable it was for her to ask that my little brothers become your apprentices as well. If you really agreed, I’m afraid my family won’t be able to live past tomorrow.” Feng Qingxiu smiled bitterly. It was not that he didn’t want to help, it was his mother acting too unreasonable. Putting aside the fact that his three younger brothers did not even have the qualifications to pass the Dragon-Phoenix Selection in the first place, just the request to become his master’s direct apprentice alone was already out of this world. Compared with this, sending some family members into the lower school of the outer sect was a very small matter.

Did they really take those big influential families in Kun-Lai as harmless herbivores?

With a little encouragement, countless jealous people would be very willing to teach his family a lesson.

The Sect Leader could certainly protect them, but how could it be easy to control the human heart? If forcefully controlled, the fair and upright atmosphere within the sect would break down.

“My apprentice, you see things clearly, it deprives me of a lot of fun.” Ji Yunlai smiled and tapped on his apprentice’s forehead.

A cultivation method immediately flooded into his mind, and with it seemed to be a halo of light and a seed. The seed transformed in his sea of ​​consciousness, taking root and sprouting.

“This is…” Feng Qingxiu read a few words in silence, and instantly became a little startled.

“Kun-Lai’s cultivation method, Supreme Emptiness Immovable True Sutra, is best with the Cloud Talisman True Seed!” Ji Yunlai said casually.

“Isn’t the Cloud Talisman True Seed only able to be made by Synthesis level cultivators… Two hundred thousand spiritual stones might not even be able to buy one…” Of course, Feng Qingxiu knew what a Cloud Talisman True Seed was, one of the three treasures of Kun-Lai, which could transform one’s spiritual root into the best and suitable version when used along with the Supreme Emptiness Immovable True Sutra. Its simplified version, Cloud Talisman Dao Seed, was already at a price that ordinary disciples could hardly afford.

“Xiao Qing.” Sect Leader Ji said to him earnestly, “You are my apprentice so be more magnanimous. The whole of Kun-Lai belongs to me, and of course it also belongs to you.”

“…” Seemed very reasonable. Feng Qingxiu was speechless, still feeling that something was not quite right.

“Work hard on your cultivation.” Ji Yunlai expressed his satisfaction, and after a few casual reminders, he turned and walked into the void.

One step, so close yet worlds apart. In the blink of an eye, he had already returned to the front yard of his residence on Zhaoyue Peak.

Seeing him approaching, a white camellia blooming in the courtyard blossomed happily, the bloom as big as a round dipper. The flower bloomed perfectly, and the moment it bloomed he felt delight in his heart.

It was like seeing Xiao Qing grow up.

He was well aware of what happened down the mountain.

But he did not need to take any action.

He believed that Feng Qingxiu had the ability to deal with it, and he was certain that those young cultivators dare not be too audacious.

Sure enough, Xiao Qing resolved it quickly.

However, his apprentice’s cultivation level was too unbearably deplorable. As his master, he should at least give some good things, for cultivation, and for protection.

This was also the reason why Ji Yunlai waited until the matter was over before approaching him.

What he had to worry about now was himself. Now he was like a newbie playing a veteran game account, and his stats were not familiar to him. Although he could use his level to simply crush low-level players, it would be very troublesome if he had to face off against same level players.

Becoming proficient with his stats and skills asap was the proper thing to do.

He stretched out his hand, and a pure white camellia blossomed on his palm.

Flower layers upon layers, peerlessly beautiful, the soft light coming from the petals reflecting on his face. He flicked a petal with his finger.

The petals that fell off withered and then sank into the earth.

Life and death, to thrive and to wither.

Success or failure.

He closed his five fingers, and the petals disappeared from the slender and white fingertips.

He walked into his dwelling.

Behind him, countless flowers bloomed out of season.

Then withered again in an instant.

Only the white camellia that bloomed with joy remain unchanged.

***

On the other side, Feng Qingxiu was left alone on the cliff, the wind blowing at his hair and robes.

He closed his eyes and felt the precious gift bestowed on him.

That Cloud Talisman True Seed seemed to have been made and planted by Ji Yunlai himself and it fit perfectly with his spiritual roots. With this alone, he already felt that the speed of the spiritual energy circulation in his meridians had at least doubled.

Even more excited than him was his shadow.

Almost in the blink of an eye it had entered his sea of consciousness and stuck itself onto the spiritual root that was transformed from the Cloud Talisman True Seed, stroking and rubbing up and down, looking very much like that group of classmates of his who wanted to breathe in immortal energy that he couldn’t look on anymore.

So he angrily drove the shadow out of his sea of consciousness, after all, he had the final say here.

Seeming to have been wronged terribly, the shadow squatted down in the corner and ignored him.

Feng Qingxiu was speechless for a while, but he couldn’t do anything about his shadow. He had no choice but to sit down on the cliff and continue to study the high-level cultivation method of Kun-Lai.

Then, he felt a sense of familiarity.

So familiar that it was as if he could remember what came after just by reading a sentence, and then following the guidance he began to cultivate according to the method. Instantly, many energies floating in the surrounding area began to gather around him…

But he didn’t know what it was.

He only knew that his shadow was eating it very happily.

As his shadow ate happily, his spiritual energy also began to rise.

The sun rose and the moon fell, and there was no such thing as a break.

His cultivation level also began to rise uncontrollably.

No way? Was this Kun-Lai cultivation method so powerful?

This was too powerful!

Feng Qingxiu meditated silently, looking on as his cultivation base began to rise at a visible speed.

Foundation Establishment Stage mid-phase, sixth level, seventh level, eighth level…

No way, it was about to reach the ninth level.

Ninth level!

It was still rising!

Foundation Establishment Stage final phase? ? ?

No way? Could it be that it was going to rise again? But it will be the Golden Core Formation Stage next!

And then it was the Golden Core Formation Stage, but no longer rising…..

Wait a sec!

Feng Qingxiu practically wanted to scream out loud.

What was happening here?

Where was the tribulation?

What about the heart demons?

This was too scary. This was rising to a new cultivation level. What cultivator didn’t prepare beforehand by collecting spiritual artifacts, deal with their heart demons, consolidate their cultivation base, and choose a good lucky place to break through to the next cultivation level?

But he rose up a level as if it was as easy as taking a sip of tea, without even any notice beforehand!

Too terrifying!

Towards this inexplicable leveling up method he was simply too scared beyond description!

Master, help!

The head disciple, who had always been calm and steady, was completely unable to calm down. He stood up a little unsteadily and prepared to go find his master.

Just as he passed a corner, he heard a soft sigh.

“The faint sky, my meager self…..” An elegant and melancholy voice sounded, and then out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a young man standing at the edge of a cliff, a sword held up to his throat and about to commit suicide.

Feng Qingxiu instinctively stepped forward to stop it.

Suddenly, a sudden change occurred!

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A long sword was silently placed up against his neck, the culprit being the very young man who was about to commit suicide just a second ago. He had tan skin and a ring hanging on a chain around his neck.

The look in his eyes was very domineering, but Feng Qingxiu did not recognize him.

“I need you to do me a favor.” He said.

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