The two exchanged palm strikes, and Qing Xuanzi, despite being in the Celestial Realm, found himself at a disadvantage, pushed back several meters.
He exclaimed in shock, "Hmm? Grandmaster late stage, even close to the peak! No wonder you're so arrogant. My Qing Xuan Sect remembers today's matter!"
With that, Qing Xuanzi transformed into a ball of light, engulfing Tian Chen, and flew away, vanishing in an instant.
If it were an ordinary early or even mid-stage Grandmaster, Qing Xuanzi would have been confident in suppressing them.
However, against someone in the late stage, or even close to the peak, his clone was no match.
After all, a clone was still just a clone; it couldn't sustain a prolonged fight, and many abilities couldn't be unleashed. Thus, he made a decisive retreat.
Watching Qing Xuanzi and Tian Chen depart, Senior Cang Long couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He himself hadn't been absolutely certain of victory, as the opponent's realm was too high. If the other party had insisted on a fight, the outcome would have been uncertain.
After the opponent left, Senior Cang Long stepped forward and asked, "Lord Sea God, how should these two be dealt with?"
"Two decent corpses. Feed them to the deep-sea bloodthirsty eels!" Ye Feng said.
Senior Cang Long nodded immediately, "Yes!"
After Senior Cang Long left, Xiao Feifei cautiously approached and asked, "Ye Feng, I'm sorry, are you alright!"
Ye Feng looked at her, reached out, and pinched her nose, saying, "I've never met anyone as foolish as you to be kidnapped twice! And by the same person twice!"
"I, I'm sorry! I'll be more careful next time!" Xiao Feifei's face flushed with embarrassment, feeling utterly mortified.
Ye Feng gave her a look, "Next time? You almost got me killed this time, and you're thinking about a next time?"
"Oh, I didn't do it on purpose! And you can't blame it all on me! Who told you to bring other girls to your place!" Xiao Feifei said, still a little upset.
Although she wasn't angry anymore after seeing Ye Feng take a beating for her without retaliating, because she knew Ye Feng still loved her.
However, she couldn't help but feel a bit jealous. After all, seeing other girls sleeping in Ye Feng's room and wearing his clothes, who wouldn't be upset?
Ye Feng quickly said, "That was actually a misunderstanding! I'll explain it to you properly when we get back!"
"Uh, okay!"
Upon returning, Ye Feng immediately found Shangguan Lin'er and asked her to explain what had happened.
Shangguan Lin'er knew she had implicated Ye Feng. This time, she didn't deliberately provoke Xiao Feifei and explained the entire process.
"Oh, I see! I'm sorry, I misunderstood!" After hearing the detailed account, Xiao Feifei immediately apologized.
Shangguan Lin'er also said, "It's alright! I was woken up and had some morning grumpiness, so don't mind it!"
"Haha! Don't worry! Of course, I don't mind! Actually, I really like your songs, I've always been a loyal fan!" Xiao Feifei said.
Shangguan Lin'er was surprised, "Really?"
"Of course, it's true. I've bought all your albums, and I've listened to your title track countless times..."
After a few exchanges, the two began to chat more and more happily, eventually even forgetting about Ye Feng.
Looking at this scene, Ye Feng was somewhat bewildered.
He knew they had been arguing and cursing at each other earlier, finding each other disagreeable.
He never expected them to get along so well now, and he muttered, "This is a woman's heart, a needle in the sea!"
Ye Feng shook his head and was about to leave.
Just then, his phone rang.
He took it out and saw it was Zhou Lingyu calling: "Hello, Ye Feng! Something's wrong, I have some bad news to tell you!"
"Hmm? Bad news? What bad news?" Ye Feng was very confused.
Zhou Lingyu said, "Didn't I mention a few days ago that I wanted to find a celebrity to endorse our Seven Islands tourism?"
"Uh-huh, and then?" Ye Feng asked.
Zhou Lingyu continued, "I found a popular second-tier singer whose recent songs have gained considerable traction! It's rumored she'll soon break into the first tier!"
"Everything was agreed upon! But today, that celebrity suddenly changed her mind! She unilaterally terminated the contract and went to endorse another tourism project!"
Ye Feng was also very angry upon hearing this.
The next second, he asked, "Which celebrity? And which tourism project did she go to endorse?"
"This celebrity is named Ye Nana, and she went to endorse a tourism project called 'Sea City'," Zhou Lingyu replied.
Ye Feng frowned upon hearing "Sea City," "Sea City? Why does that sound so familiar?"
Ye Feng felt like he had heard this name somewhere before.
However, the next moment, Zhou Lingyu explained, "It's the tourism project proposed by Tang Zhiyang and Zhao Yanxuan back then."
"Hmm? So it's that one! Are they still building it? I thought it was scrapped!" Ye Feng said with some surprise.
In the past, to develop a large tourism project, Southeast Province had invested a massive subsidy of two billion yuan. At that time, enterprises from all over Southeast Province had come to bid. Among the top three contenders were Ye Feng's Seven Islands project, Tang Zhiyang's "Sea City" project, and Sun Manzhu's "Listening to Mountain Whispers" project.
In the end, Ye Feng's Seven Islands project successfully received the two-billion-yuan subsidy.
Ye Feng had assumed the other two were scrapped, but he didn't expect Tang Zhiyang and the others to have not abandoned it and actually built it.
However, what made Ye Feng even more speechless was yet to come. Zhou Lingyu said, "I suspect this was all done deliberately by Tang Zhiyang and the others!"
"Oh? Why do you say that?" Ye Feng asked, confused.
Zhou Lingyu said indignantly, "Because after we announced the date of our press conference, their Sea City project also immediately announced their launch on the same day!"
"What's more, the singer I had secured was suddenly poached by them at a high price!"
"In other words, he stole all our promotional achievements! It's infuriating!"
Ye Feng, though also angry, remained calm, "Since she's not coming, let's look for other celebrities!"
However, Zhou Lingyu's reply made Ye Feng even more speechless. She said, "I've tried. Many first-tier celebrities are too expensive, and their schedules are fully booked, leaving no time!"
"Second-tier celebrities are cheaper, but for some reason, many second-tier celebrities are unwilling to take it, as if they've conspired!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng found it very strange and finally said, "You try finding other celebrities first and see if anyone is willing. If not, I'll think of a way!"
"Okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Ye Feng sat aside, frowning in thought.
At this moment, Xiao Feifei and Shangguan Lin'er had finished their conversation. Seeing Ye Feng looking troubled, they approached and asked, "Ye Feng, what's wrong? Why do you look so worried?"
Ye Feng told them about the second-tier celebrity being poached.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Feifei suddenly smiled and said, "What's there to be worried about? Don't you have a better, more readily available one right in front of you?"
Ye Feng was stunned and suddenly looked up at Shangguan Lin'er...