144: Chapter 144 Poisonous Immortal Tea, A Situation at a Glance!

Han Yueli stepped past the precious lamp as if all her strength had been drained away.

Her face was deathly pale; she collapsed to her knees with a thud, trembling all over.

"No... it's not like that..."

She looked up at Qin Yu, her eyes filled with terror.

"Master, please listen to my explanation... Those were just thoughts from the past; I now..."

Qin Yu's expression was so dark that water could have dripped from it.

He slowly stood up from his seat.

A Killing Intent, terrifying enough to freeze the Soul, erupted violently!

It locked firmly onto Han Yueli on the ground.

"You wretch!"

"This Divine Son has treated you well, yet you dare to harbor thoughts of betrayal!"

"You are courting death!"

Qin Yu raised his palm, preparing to strike her down and purge the traitor.

"Brother Qin, wait!"

Just then, Ji Haoyue moved.

He flashed forward, blocking the path in front of Han Yueli.

With a compassionate look on his face, he said, "A good bird chooses its tree to nest in; a wise subject chooses their master to serve."

"Since this young lady is unwilling to remain subordinate, why must Brother Qin force the issue?"

He turned around and offered a gentle, jade-like smile to the trembling Han Yueli.

"Young lady, do not be afraid."

"From this day forward, you are free!"

"If you are willing, my Ji Family is prepared to offer you protection."

As he spoke, Ji Haoyue reached out a hand, intending to help Han Yueli up from the ground.

Han Yueli looked at him with teary eyes, then glanced at the murderous Qin Yu in the distance.

Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she grabbed Ji Haoyue's hand.

"Many thanks to the Divine Son for your rescue... This humble woman is willing to follow you!"

It worked!

Ji Haoyue laughed wildly in his heart, yet his face maintained the appearance of a righteous gentleman.

He had succeeded!

In front of everyone under the heavens, he had turned Qin Yu's most favored woman against him!

This slap to the face was resounding!

"Qin Yu."

Ji Haoyue shielded Han Yueli behind him and looked at Qin Yu provocatively.

"It seems your so-called invincible prestige is nothing more than this."

"If you cannot even keep the heart of someone by your side, then you have lost!"

Inside the great hall, countless gazes swept back and forth between Qin Yu and Ji Haoyue.

At this moment, the atmosphere became tense to the extreme.

Everyone knew that the true contest of this Hongmen Banquet was only just beginning!

Qin Yu looked at the smug-faced Ji Haoyue opposite him, as well as the pitiful-looking Han Yueli hiding behind him.

He trembled involuntarily with rage, his fists clenched tight, yet he could barely suppress the laughter in his heart.

Good!

Well acted!

Han Yueli's acting skills had matured far too much compared to when she first encountered Gu Changge.

It would be a waste of talent if she didn't win an Oscar!

Next, it was time for me, this furious God of Pure Love, to take the stage!

"Ji Haoyue!"

Qin Yu let out a thunderous roar, his voice filled with the fury of betrayal.

"Get lost!"

"She is This Divine Son's woman!"

Facing Qin Yu's possessive, furious roar, Ji Haoyue smiled.

He smiled with immense satisfaction and relief.

The feeling of personally snatching away his opponent's most cherished possession and watching them rage in powerlessness was simply wonderful!

He felt he had already won!

"Brother Qin, why be so angry?"

Ji Haoyue paced back and forth in the hall with an extremely elegant posture.

"This young lady has already made her choice; why must you force her?"

"Brother Qin, I advise you to calm down!"

"After all, this is my Ji Family's Bulao Mountain, and everyone present is a Senior from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."

"If you were to run wild here, I fear... that wouldn't be very good, would it?"

A threat!

An undisguised threat!

He intended to use this "boiling the frog" method to slowly drive Qin Yu into a corner.

First, he would alienate his confidant and shake his Dao Heart.

Then, he would use the weight of the situation to suppress him, leaving him unable to vent his anger.

When the opponent's Dao Heart showed cracks and their mental defenses collapsed, he would present that cup of tea, the Immortal-Breaking Curse poison he had meticulously prepared for Qin Yu.

With this combo, he didn't believe Qin Yu could possibly turn the tables!

"Good."

"Very good!"

Qin Yu stared fixedly at Ji Haoyue, his chest heaving violently as if he were struggling to suppress his impending rage.

He took a deep look at Han Yueli, who was hiding behind Ji Haoyue and dared not meet his gaze.

His eyes were filled with disappointment, coldness, and a trace of imperceptible Killing Intent.

Subsequently, Qin Yu turned abruptly, flicked his large sleeves, and sat back down upon the domineering throne floating in mid-air.

He no longer looked at the pair of adulterers, but instead picked up the Immortal Tea just presented by a maid and drank it in one gulp.

His movements were extremely rough, as if he wanted to pour all the anger in his heart into his stomach.

Seeing this, the smile on Ji Haoyue's lips grew even wider.

He had taken the bait.

This seemingly ferocious big fish was, in the end, still young and impetuous.

His Heart-Nature was nothing more than this.

"Everyone."

Ji Haoyue surveyed the entire venue, his voice becoming gentle and calm again, regaining control of the room.

"Just now was merely a small interlude; I apologize for the amusement."

"Since the trial of the heart has been tested, let us now proceed to explore the second stage—Dao follows Nature!"

Changing the subject, he began his solo performance.

"The so-called Dao is formless and faceless, yet it is omnipresent..."

As Ji Haoyue spoke, he paced back and forth in the hall.

The transcendent Dao aura about him began to circulate.

As he spoke, mysterious visions began to appear in the Void Realm at the center of the hall.

At times, the sun and moon rotated, and stars were born and destroyed.

At other times, the clear Qi rose and the turbid Qi sank, evolving into the Taiji Yin and Yang diagram.

Amidst this, the sound of the Great Dao boomed, flowers fell from the sky, and golden lotuses sprang from the ground.

A grand, profound aura enveloped the entire hall.

The Cultivators present were all immersed in it.

They listened, intoxicated, as if they had truly touched the threshold of achieving the eternal Dao.

Even those old monsters at the Saint King level revealed expressions of contemplation, clearly having gained much insight.

Only Qin Yu remained.

He was still leaning on his throne, idly playing with the teacup in his hand.

On his face, there was even a hint of undisguised... disdain!

Just as Ji Haoyue reached the crucial point, preparing to reveal a glimpse of his understanding of the Grandmist Dao to completely stun the audience.

Qin Yu's lazy voice rang out abruptly.

"Stop!"

One word instantly interrupted Ji Haoyue's long-winded speech and caused all the Cultivators immersed in the Concept of the Dao to jolt awake.

Every gaze in the hall focused once again on Qin Yu.

Ji Haoyue's face still wore that gentle smile, but deep in his eyes, there was a trace of imperceptible anger.

"I wonder what insight Brother Qin has?"

"I wouldn't call it an insight."

Qin Yu drank the last sip of tea in his cup and tossed it aside casually.

He looked at Ji Haoyue and shook his head, as if looking at a clown playing to the gallery.

"I just think that everything you've said... is trash!"

Boom!

As soon as these words were spoken, it was earth-shattering.