Chapter 202: Planning to Leave
’Take it back first and refine it when I have a chance.’ Jiang Yue thought and withdrew his divine sense from Qi Shuo’s body.
"As I thought, Yeying is amazing." The young master said, and his eyes filled with excitement.
However, the excitement was momentary, and his eyes soon turned cold.
"What a good Lu family." He muttered under his breath.
If Yeying was not by his side, he would have been successfully recruited by the Lu family. At that time, he could forget about freedom and free will for the rest of his life.
Worst of all, his Qi family may not necessarily help him until it was too late.
It was because the Lu family knew that the Qi family also desired the marriage between him and Lu Xuanrui that they dared to be so arrogant.
Otherwise, the Lu family wouldn’t dare to give him a love elixir that stripped him of all free will.
"What does the young master plan to do?" Jiang Yue asked with a smile on his face.
Rather than answer, Qi Shuo looked around.
He saw several elders looking at their table and knew that leaving wouldn’t be easy.
As soon as they did something, the elders would notice and move to control them.
For the time being, he didn’t know what to do, and he turned to Jiang Yue.
"What about Yeying?" He asked.
"Me..." Jiang Yue chuckled and stood up.
"I plan to leave." He said, and Qi Shuo looked at him incredulously.
Compared to Yeying, he would have an easier time leaving.
Even then, he had no confidence, but Yeying looked certain he could leave.
’Does he have a way?’ Qi Shuo wondered and once again looked around.
He noticed that the people who were watching the excitement were now alert. They looked ready to act depending on what Yeying did after standing up.
However, Yeying didn’t seem to notice.
"Since I helped you, I will help you all the way." He said to Qi Shuo.
"What do you mean?"
"Get your people and follow me."
Without waiting for a response, Jiang Yue stepped away from the table and walked toward the exit.
At the same time, Qi Shuo signalled Qi Feiyan, and both rushed to walk behind Yeying.
’What a joke.’ Qi Shuo thought and clenched his hands.
He was a dignified young master of a big clan and had never been in such a miserable situation.
Until now, he was proud of his background and thought he could be an umbrella for Yeying.
Unfortunately, he overestimated himself.
In the end, he couldn’t protect the person he wanted to protect and even needed Yeying to protect him.
’Lu family, I will never end with you.’ He swore, and a cold light shone in his eyes.
However, his resentment was not only for the Lu family. He also resented his Qi family and its ambition.
If the Lu family succeeded in today’s matter, he knew the Qi family would only come out to help after he married Lu Xuanrui.
At that time, they would settle accounts with the Lu family, but the compensation was only a gesture that wouldn’t hurt the interests of both parties.
’As expected, my own strength is my best reliance.’ He thought, and his eyes hardened.
Originally, the Qi family valued him very much, but the feeling changed when he showed signs of qi deviation.
With his talent, a Lu family was not good enough for him.
However, since he could become useless at any time, the family felt the best way to maximise his value was by letting him marry a useful wife.
As he thought of things, Qi Shuo sighed, and a lot of feelings left his body with the sigh.
"Yeying." He called.
"Does the young master have something on his mind?"
"When there is time, I will invite Yeying and his Taoist companion for wine." He said, and Jiang Yue was startled.
He could hear no reluctance in the other’s voice, which made him extremely satisfied.
’It’s good he has figured it out.’ He thought and chuckled.
"Yeying will happily drink the wine."
After that, neither talked and continued to walk to the exit.
However, before they reached the exit, someone stood in their way.
"Fifth elder." Jiang Yue called and bowed.
"Where is Yeying going? There is still a lot of wine, or does Yeying dislike the wine offered by my Lu family?"
Jiang Yue smiled, and his demeanour became complacent.
"As a matter of fact, Yeying doesn’t like the wine." He said, and the face of the fifth elder turned ugly.
He didn’t expect Yeying to throw the face of his Lu family, and his visage distorted with anger.
"I have invited young master Qi and young lady Qi to drink tea at the Black Wind teahouse."
The fifth elder almost spat blood when he heard that.
This was the first time he met a person like Yeying.
"Truly a newborn calf that does not fear a tiger." The elder said through gritted teeth.
At the same time, his momentum began to rise, but Jiang Yue only smiled and looked at him in mockery.
"Does the fifth elder want to do it?" He asked.
"You bastard." The fifth elder could no longer control himself and lifted his hand to hit Jiang Yue.
However, a wall appeared between the two, and the attack smashed the wall but did not injure Jiang Yue.
"Third brother." The fifth elder called aggrievedly.
"The Lu family invited us to thank us for our efforts in the secret realm and apologise for the previous misunderstanding. Why have I not seen the gratitude or apology?" Jiang Yue inquired, and everyone glared at him.
They all thought he didn’t know his situation.
It was tacitly understood that the banquet was a hongmen banquet. How could there be gratitude and apologies?
’He is crazier than I am.’ Qi Feiyan thought and admired Jiang Yue.
She liked to set the world on fire and add fuel when she encountered a burning fire.
However, she was self-aware.
She knew what to do and what not to do.
In a situation like where they were in someone’s urn, she naturally didn’t dare to fan the fire. Otherwise, the fire would burn her without leaving a piece of scum.
Unfortunately, Yeying didn’t have the same principles, and since they were grasshoppers on the same rope, she was sure to get burned.
With eyes full of grievances, she glared at Qi Shuo and blamed him.
She blamed him for liking someone who couldn’t measure the situation, but most importantly, she blamed him for bringing her to Black Wind city.
’What a mess.’ She lamented.
"If Yeying can wait a while, our Lu family will give you a satisfactory explanation." The third elder said, and Jiang Yue almost sneered.
If he waited, wouldn’t he give the opponents a chance to plot against him?
Although Jiang Yue was confident about leaving the Lu family, he couldn’t be too arrogant. Even rabbits would bite when cornered, let alone the Lu family.
At the moment, he didn’t want to anger them too much and cause them to disregard their rationality.
If he did that, he would be the one to suffer.
"Yeying understands the heart of the Lu family, but Yeying can’t wait."
"How can this be done? Our Lu family has promised an explanation. If Yeying leaves without receiving it, won’t my Lu family lose all face?"
’Do you have any face?’ Jiang Yue thought but didn’t say it.
He had already pushed as much as he could, and it was now time to pull. He needed to take a step back and allow everyone to retreat with their face intact.
"Yeying also wants to wait, but my uncle has arrived and is waiting to bring me back to the inn."
When he said that, everyone was confused.
Some looked at Jiang Yue like they were looking at a fool, but others grew vigilant.
The elders in the hall were origin tempering and core formation realm cultivators. If someone had arrived for Yeying, they would have noticed.
However, they had noticed nothing so far.
In this situation, there were only two explanations.
One was that Yeying was lying to make them back down. The other was that his uncle had a higher cultivation than them.
When the elders looked at Yeying, they couldn’t tell if he was lying or telling the truth.
Nevertheless, they didn’t dare to be careless.
"If Yeying’s uncle has arrived, he is naturally welcome to the banquet. Yeying doesn’t need to be polite, invite him and let us celebrate together."
At that, Jiang Yue looked a little awkward.
"Yeying’s uncle doesn’t like gatherings and meeting people."
"We understand and won’t bother him too much. It’s just that Yeying is a guest of our Lu family, and it is not polite if we don’t greet his uncle."
"If that’s the case..." Jiang Yue smiled, and a terrifying qi presence swept through the hall.
