52: Chapter 52 Celebrating Senior Brother's Victory!

Because the duel between the two far exceeded the Qi Refining level, it was even more spectacular than the average Foundation Establishment Stage duel.

Having achieved victory, Su Yi, relying on his striking appearance, naturally received immense adoration.

From the spectator stands, flowers and hairpins were constantly being tossed into Su Yi's arms.

Already annoyed, Su Yi saw the audience still throwing "trash" at him, and anger instantly flared up in his heart.

"What are you all cheering for? If you keep making a scene, I'll be chopped into mincemeat by that black-bellied snake tomorrow!"

Besides, it's one thing for young ladies to throw hairpins, but why the hell are there muscular men throwing hairpins while winking at me!

Disgusted, Su Yi scrambled out of the Martial Arts Arena, almost tripping over himself in his haste.

After the high-intensity duel between Su Yi and Gu Wanquan, the subsequent conventional exchanges of spells or the "rookie-pecking" sword duels naturally held no appeal.

This caused the first day of the Outer Sect Competition to end in such an anticlimactic, slapdash manner.

Returning to his small courtyard, just as Su Yi stepped inside, the effects of his Mythical Talent allowed him to sense several malicious gazes fixed upon him.

"Su Yi! I am going to kill you!" The petite Ling Yao charged over, dragging a Huaxuan axe she had scrounged up from somewhere.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Su Yi watched the axe—which was nearly as tall as Ling Yao—being swung toward his head, and his soul nearly left his body in terror.

He didn't know how such immense power could be contained within Ling Yao's small body; the Huaxuan axe, almost as tall as she was, whistled through the air as she swung it!

Using a Water Clone to dodge the fatal blow, he hurriedly pinned down Ling Yao, who had dropped the Huaxuan axe and was trying to bite him, and spoke loudly to defend himself:

"Everything I did was for your own good!"

Ling Yao, her head pinned down, was so angry she laughed. Did he really think her brain was filled with nothing but pork knuckles?

"For our own good, so you dosed us with laxatives?"

"I don't believe a word of it!"

Sensing that Ling Yao was about to break free, Su Yi brought out the speech he had long prepared: "Ask yourselves, isn't your fear of Wanquan a little less now?"

Hearing Su Yi's words, Ling Yao stopped, and the others sitting under the big tree also softened their expressions from their previous blank stares.

Seeing that it was working, Su Yi instantly got into character and said with feigned profundity: "That sword strike became your Heart Demon. You are unwilling to face it now, but as your cultivation increases in the future, it will only become a greater Heart Demon!"

"I defeated him just to tell you that Wanquan is also human. Humans fail, and he is not invincible!"

Su Yi looked at everyone, speaking each word clearly and with a serious expression.

These words instantly touched everyone present, and their gazes toward Su Yi involuntarily softened.

When Su Yi defeated the "invincible" Gu Wanquan in their hearts, they all felt an inexplicable sense of relief, and their gazes toward Gu Wanquan held less awe and despair.

Shi Buran had been the first to point this out, and they hadn't expected Su Yi's purpose in doing this to be exactly the same as what Shi Buran had said!

Looking at the sincere-faced Su Yi, Wen Daoyi stood up, her face flushed with shame and anger, and snapped: "Then couldn't you have told us beforehand? Why did you have to..."

Because of her thin skin, Wen Daoyi didn't say the words "diarrhea" out loud.

At this moment, Su Yi was already immersed in the exquisite acting of a veteran performer. A wry smile appeared on his face, and his peach-blossom eyes asked helplessly: "If I had told you beforehand, would you have cooperated with me?"

Everyone was slightly stunned, then realized the truth; Prodigies all have their own pride.

If Su Yi had really told them he wanted to do this, as Prodigies, they would not only have refused to help him, but might even have tried to stop him!

"I cannot beat Wanquan. If I didn't do this, I wouldn't have been able to win against him. So I had no choice, and regarding you all, I also had no choice!"

Seeing everyone lower their heads in silence, Su Yi, seeing that it was working, said in a low voice with the detachment of one misunderstood by the world:

"With a clear conscience, I let the seasons pass as they will!"

Once these words were spoken, the people who had been full of resentment toward Su Yi now felt a bit ashamed. Su Yi was actually willing to do this for them, and magnanimously indicated he didn't care what others thought of him!

Su Yi, who was already too deep into his role, tilted his head back and closed his eyes, his face full of detachment, but in his heart, he was already silently scoring his acting performance.

"Acting score: 82 points, the rest is all 666!"

As for where Su Yi learned this nonsense, it naturally came from the mouth of Shi Buran.

Of course, not the current Shi Buran, but the Shi Buran who had already become the Buddha of the Zen Sect, after he and Yin Chaoge had joined forces to kill Gu Wanquan.

Facing the dying Yin Chaoge, he had whispered these heartfelt words: "I helped you this time, not for your sake, but for my own. The Heart Demon of my youth is now gone, and I, too, have found release!"

Yin Chaoge also smiled with release and met his death generously.

This scene had moved countless players to tears at the time, so Su Yi remembered it vividly.

Not to mention later, when Ling Yao, as the Empress, would often mention Gu Wanquan in Su Yi's ear, recounting the shock Gu Wanquan's sword strike had given her when she first started cultivating!

It is evident that in the original storyline, the pressure that Gu Wanquan, this "version child," brought upon these Prodigies was immense!

Wiping out a sect single-handedly, and in the end, fighting two against one and still managing to take one down with him—at the beginning of the game, Gu Wanquan was the number one person in immortal path》!

Even after his identity was exposed, Gu Wanquan still had many fanatical fans who, in the subsequent game progression, even attempted to find a way to resurrect Gu Wanquan.

This shows the influence this Prodigy had on the game.

Therefore, from the moment he decided to use the laxatives, Su Yi had already thought up this speech. He not only simulated Shi Buran's psychological state at the time in his mind but even rehearsed it to himself several times.

This was the moment to test his acting and delivery; he absolutely could not mess it up!

Su Yi lifted his head with detachment, hands behind his back, with an expression that said he would let them do as they pleased.

Facing the detached, fearless, and unfathomable Su Yi, everyone now felt nothing but deep shame.

To help them overcome their Heart Demons, he not only risked himself to challenge Gu Wanquan—whom they all believed to be invincible—but also had to endure their misunderstanding!

"Senior Brother Su is truly righteous!"

"Senior Brother Su did nothing wrong here!"

Shi Buran was the first to stand up. He bowed slightly toward Su Yi and said respectfully: "Celebrating Senior Brother's victory!"

Yin Chaoge and the others stood up one after another. Even Ling Yao, who was beside Su Yi, though her mind hadn't quite caught up, instinctively followed the others and bowed slightly toward Su Yi, saying in unison:

"Celebrating Senior Brother's victory!"

Su Yi, who had been tilting his head back with his eyes closed, finally opened them. Watching everyone genuinely congratulating him on his victory, he let out a long sigh of relief in his heart:

"My goodness, it worked!"