Chapter 20 Gossip

Qiao Yu waved his dark staff, and in the next second, the green plant by the window responded to him.

After mastering wood-type magic, communicating with plants was a piece of cake. Qiao Yu finally heard the conversation between Ji Pingyang and the dormitory aunt.

No wonder Qin Xuan was directly swatted away by the dormitory aunt when he caused trouble. The dormitory aunt must be a hidden big shot!

"My young master of the Ji family, what's gotten into you today that you actually asked me to meet you alone? Haven't you been avoiding me?" The dormitory aunt looked at Ji Pingyang with a sneer.

"Mo Qingchou, you don't need to be sarcastic with me. I broke off relations with the Ji family a long time ago, you know that. I don't owe you anything." Ji Pingyang met the dormitory aunt's gaze calmly.

Qiao Yu's eyes lit up as he listened. Gossip! And juicy gossip! He relayed what he heard to Zuo Yu and the others as he listened.

"Don't owe me anything? I've waited for you from a young maiden until I've turned into an old hag, I'm almost an old maid!"

"Now you're telling me you don't owe me anything? Ji Pingyang, I finally felt my heart flutter once, but you made me lose so thoroughly, hahahaha, damn it!"

The sneer on dormitory aunt Mo Qingchou's face instantly turned into anger.

Facing Mo Qingchou's anger, Ji Pingyang remained calm and went straight to the point.

"Mo Qingchou, I'm looking for you this time because I have something to ask of you."

"I wouldn't dare, you, the number one sword cultivator in the Inner World, can't even handle it. How could I, a woman, possibly do it?" Mo Qingchou kept mocking Ji Pingyang.

Ji Pingyang was still very calm.

"After the Combat Tournament, I hope you can help me protect those students on Team Two. Their potential is too great. I suspect those people from the Western Alliance will not be able to resist attacking them."

Qiao Yu and the others' expressions changed drastically. Good heavens, they were eating gossip that involved them? Headmaster Ji actually wanted the dormitory aunt to save them?

"You can't even protect them? Impossible!" When it came to serious matters, Mo Qingchou's expression also became serious.

"Those lunatics from the Western Alliance either don't make a move, or they'll definitely take me into consideration when they do. You're different. Almost no one except me knows your true strength." Ji Pingyang said.

"Why do you think I'll help you?" Mo Qingchou crossed her legs and looked at Ji Pingyang.

"This isn't helping me. To be precise, it's a transaction." Ji Pingyang pushed out a card: "There are 100,000 in the card, it's your reward."

Mo Qingchou's eyes lit up instantly, and she quietly pocketed the card, but still muttered.

"Tch, only 100,000, the dignified number one sword cultivator is really stingy."

"I'm done eating, I'll take my leave."

However, Ji Pingyang had no intention of paying attention to her. He stood up to leave, knowing that as long as this woman took the money, she would definitely do the job.

"Wait!"

Mo Qingchou stopped him directly.

"Ji Pingyang, you asked me to meet you just to say this? Don't you have anything else to say to me?"

Mo Qingchou bit her lip lightly. It was already so late, and she had spent three hours dressing up before coming out. She was unwilling to let Ji Pingyang go back like this! Ah, no, she was worried!

Ji Pingyang took a deep breath and said without turning his head.

"What I wanted to say to you, I already said it twenty years ago."

"You also know it's been twenty years! I've been waiting for you from 18 to 38! Ji Pingyang, is your heart made of iron?!" Mo Qingchou reached out and grabbed Ji Pingyang's wrist.

"I'm sorry, I can't let my sister down." Ji Pingyang was expressionless, as if he really didn't have a trace of emotion.

"My sister and I are twins, what's the difference between us? When Mo Qingxue was alive, I didn't compete with her, I hid my feelings for you in my heart, but now she's been dead for twenty years!"

Mo Qingchou couldn't help but roar, attracting the attention of many customers.

A look of pain flashed across Ji Pingyang's face, as if the name Mo Qingxue had stirred up some painful memories in his heart.

That year, he was a genius with boundless talent, and at the age of 23, he successfully stayed at his alma mater, Kyoto University, and became a teacher. Qiao Anqing was his first student.

In the same class as Qiao Anqing were the twin sisters Mo Qingxue and Mo Qingshuang.

Until that incident happened... Mo Qingshuang changed her name to Mo Qingchou...

"You look exactly the same, but unfortunately, you're not her."

Ji Pingyang shook his head with a wry smile, then strode away, leaving Mo Qingchou alone in a daze.

"Ji Pingyang, you bastard! May you be single for the rest of your life! May you use your five fingers for the rest of your life!"

Mo Qingchou could no longer suppress the turbulent emotions in her heart, and burst into tears on the table.

At this time, the expressions of Qiao Yu and the others in the private room were exactly the same, their eyes widened and their mouths agape.

Yang Xiangdi even had saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth.

No one expected that going out for a meal with Fang Biao would reveal such explosive news!

The dormitory aunt Mo Qingchou was actually Headmaster Ji's sister-in-law?

The sister-in-law likes her brother-in-law but can't get his love?

Although they only heard a few words, it didn't stop them from imagining a two-hundred-episode family drama in their minds.

Wonderful!

Too wonderful!

"No wonder... so that's it! No wonder!" Fang Biao couldn't help but shake his head.

"No wonder what? Mayor Fang, do you have more gossip?" Qiao Yu perked up his ears.

Fang Biao nodded and asked.

"Aren't you curious why there are so many top experts only three years after the Inner World opened?"

Qiao Yu and the others nodded, eagerly waiting for Fang Biao to explain.

Fang Biao smiled slightly and said.

"It's only been three years since the server opened, but thirteen years ago, the Inner World started recruiting players to participate in the closed beta."

"Because the closed beta was not very stable and could be life-threatening, those who participated in the closed beta at that time were either people who had a death wish, people who wanted to leave a sum of money for their families, or abandoned children of various major families."

"And Ji Pingyang, as the young master of the Ji family at the time, actually signed up to participate in the closed beta, which was completely absurd at the time! Ji Pingyang even had a falling out with the Ji family because of this!"

"Although I don't know what story he and that Mo Qingxue had, but now that I think about it... tsk tsk tsk, Ji Pingyang at the time should have really wanted to die! Your Headmaster Ji is also a devoted lover!"

Fang Biao couldn't help but take a big gulp of wine.

Qiao Yu felt a little strange in his heart... Thirteen years ago, he was just six years old... Could there be any connection between them?

"Mayor Fang, do you mean that the top experts now are all people who participated in the closed beta back then?" Yang Xiangdi asked.

"Yes!" Fang Biao nodded: "Although many people did die in the closed beta, without exception, all those who survived the closed beta became giants! They began to dominate the world!"

Towards the end of the meal, Qiao Yu and the others had already lost their sense of taste. Today's news was more shocking than the last.

The invincible number one sword cultivator, Kyoto University Headmaster Ji Pingyang, in their eyes, had actually tried to die for a woman, which was too surprising! Even the dogs on the street would exclaim "What the hell!" when they heard this!

Qiao Yu didn't even know when he left the restaurant.

After the five of them left, Fang Biao, who had been somewhat drunk, suddenly opened his eyes, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes.

He opened the Inner World network, seemingly talking to someone.

"I have news that you should be very interested in..."