[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 186

Chapter 186 - Paying the Bet

"Do you go outside of the mountain?"

"Rarely."

"So you practice all day long?"

"Nope. I'll take Little Daze for a walk in the morning then some other chores and studying. I practice in the afternoon and cultivate at night."

"Little Daze?"

"A beast that I picked up. Looks a bit like a horse, and now it's my mount."

"I see...."

Hearing the laughter from the main seats, Jiayan bit harder into her food. What's so funny? All she knows is studying and practicing. Is she a dummy? What does cousin see in her anyway?

Crack!

She bit into something hard and her teeth felt numb. "Ah!" She let out a shriek of pain.

"What happened?" This shriek attracted the attention of the queen and king.

State Master Jiayan spit out an item. Seeing that there was blood on it, she held her cheek and started crying.

"Sister bit the clam's shell!" the prince turned back to his parents.

The king and queen smiled. The king of Yijun chided her, "You're not young anymore, can't you be more careful?"

"There are times where you just miss something." The queen smiled and beckoned Ding Qingqing to come over. "Qingqing, help State Master take a look."

"Yes." Ding Qingqing smiled.

After ensuring that her teeth were alright, Jiayan heaved a sigh of relief. She then caressed her cheeks to sooth the pain. Seeing Lu Mingshu smiling, anger rushed up her heart and she shouted at her. "What are you laughing at?!"

Lu Mingshu looked over at her.

"What are you looking at? I'm talking about you! Am I that funny?"

"Jiayan!" The king of Yijun shouted at her. Doesn't she know where she is right now? Even if you don't like her, this is not an appropriate thing to do in front of the crowd!

"I only asked her a question!" Even father is on her side! Jiayan's face turned red with anger, and she pointed at Lu Mingshu. "Speak up!"

Lu Mingshu gave her a thin smile before answering. "Nothing much, I'm just happy that I won the bet with State Master Jiayan."

State Master Jiayan stared at her blankly for a moment.

"Has State Master forgotten?" Lu Mingshu looked at her. "On the opening day, State Master and I bet in front of the crowd about whether I could get into the New Generation Ranking."

State Master Jiayan had really forgotten about it.

That day when she sent her servant girl to deliver medicine to Lu Mingshu and got exposed by Xie Lianzhen, she had been so upset that she skipped the competition for a few days. Now that Lu Mingshu spoke about it in front of everyone, shivers ran down her spine.

The bet! A hundred mystic crystals!

Her first reaction was to look over at her father, the king of Yijun.

"There's such a thing?" The king of Yijun looked at Jiayan in shock.

Lu Mingshu answered before Jiayan could. "Your Majesty isn't aware of it? That day, State Master and I made a bet; if I didn't get into the New Generation Ranking, I'll stop bothering her, and but I did, she'd have to pay me..."