Seeing the look on
Even knowing it would offend the Sacred Family, Yang Xin didn't hesitate to side with Nie Li. For her, the choice was easy.
"Hmph." Shen Fei snorted coldly, ignoring Nie Li. *Enjoy your arrogance for now. When the Genius Tournament begins, I'll show you how I destroy you!*
"Haha, Young Master Shen is so friendly!" Nie Li said with a hearty laugh. "Ning'er often tells me about you—she says Young Master Shen is a magnanimous person!"
The moment Nie Li mentioned
Seeing Shen Fei's face turn the color of pork liver, Nie Li seemed completely oblivious as he continued, "Ning'er's cultivation has really been advancing by leaps and bounds lately. She's about to advance to Silver rank. After I helped her with a massage, her cold syndrome has practically healed. You know, Young Master Shen should really be thanking me!"
A massage...
At Nie Li's words, all sorts of intimate images flooded Shen Fei's mind, nearly making him cough up blood. To think that, to this day, Xiao Ning'er had never even let him touch her hand!
"Nie! You're making me furious—I'll kill you!" Shen Fei could no longer contain himself, his eyes bulging with rage. As a direct descendant of the Sacred Family, when had someone this proud and arrogant ever suffered such humiliation? Shen Fei burst forward, throwing a punch straight at Nie Li.
Just then, Yang Xin arched an eyebrow and stepped between them. Though she knew perfectly well that Nie Li was deliberately provoking Shen Fei—and she could only laugh bitterly at that—since Shen Fei was looking to cause trouble for Nie Li, she naturally couldn't stand by and do nothing.
Seeing Nie Li deliberately anger Shen Fei and use Yang Xin to fight his battle,
"Young Master Shen Fei, don't be impulsive!" Shen Xiu said with a smile. "The Genius Tournament is about to begin. Surely the Nie family will send participants as well. Wouldn't it be better to settle things then? There's no need to ruin relations here!"
Shen Fei's chest heaved as he forced down his rage, glaring viciously at Nie Li. He could see that Nie Li had the protection of the Alchemist Association, which was why he was so brazenly fearless. Here, there was nothing Shen Fei could do to him. But once the Genius Tournament began, he would strike and teach Nie Li a vicious lesson.
And if Nie Li didn't participate, then he'd beat whoever the Tian Hen Family sent to within an inch of their life—until Nie Li had no choice but to step in!
Shen Fei took a deep breath and stopped in his tracks.
Just then, Nie Li remarked casually from the side, "The Genius Tournament coming up will be pretty boring without something at stake. If there's no wager, I'm not participating."
"Oh?" Shen Xiu glanced at Nie Li calmly. "I wonder what kind of wager this young friend has in mind?"
"Why don't I run the house this time? Whatever wager the Sacred Family puts down, I'll match it. If the Sacred Family's wager is too small, I won't bother playing!" Nie Li said with complete nonchalance.
"You run the house? Do you even have that kind of money?" Shen Xiu raised an eyebrow. Once a wager was in play, both sides had to put up equal sums, with the winner taking everything. "I'm afraid the Tian Hen Family can't afford to play!"
"With Sister Yang here, does the Sacred Family really need to worry about whether I can afford to play?" Nie Li said with a slight smile.
Standing nearby, Yang Xin had figured it out. The reason Nie Li had provoked Shen Fei and challenged the Sacred Family was precisely to lure them into his trap—to get them to take this wager. It seemed Nie Li was confident he could beat Shen Fei.