Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 99: Chapter 99 You Are Cheating

Jiang Fan, who heard the bell, was also preparing to go out.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qingxian knocked on the door stealthily: “Jiang Fan, hurry up and open the door.”

Jiang Fan opened the door for her in surprise.

Before he could ask anything, Liu Qingxian pulled him into the room.

She looked him up and down and, finding that he was fine, finally breathed a sigh of relief: “Good for you, you’ve got some brains. You didn’t get yourself into trouble.”

She carefully took out a jade box and shoved it into Jiang Fan’s arms: “Take this.”

Jiang Fan looked down and was stunned: “Wolf Head Honey? Senior Sister, where did you get this?”

Leaning against the door, Liu Qingxian gave him a sidelong glance: “Of course, it fell from the sky!”

Jiang Fan felt embarrassed.

He remembered that the two senior brothers had said this item was very precious and could fetch a high price at the night market.

He realized how Liu Qingxian might have obtained it.

“So why are you giving it to me?” Jiang Fan asked in astonishment.

He already had about ten pounds of it in his basket.

Liu Qingxian looked at him strangely, as if questioning his intelligence: “Obviously, it’s for you to complete your task.”

“You think I’m giving it to you to eat?”

To complete my task?

Jiang Fan suddenly felt the honey in his hands become heavy.

Besides Xu Youran and Chen Silin, Liu Qingxian was the third woman to think of him.

“Thank you, Senior Sister,” Jiang Fan said gratefully.

Even though he didn’t need it.

But he felt that this one pound of honey was more precious than the ten pounds in his basket.

Liu Qingxian brushed it off: “No choice, you’re just unlucky.”

“As soon as you took on the task of collecting honey, there was a mutation in the hive.”

“Even the most experienced honey collector, Fatty Chen, was stung and is still unconscious.”

“I was worried you would stubbornly go down there and get hurt, but seeing that you’re fine, I’m relieved.”

Jiang Fan felt both amused and exasperated.

Not only did he go down there.

But he also brought back quite a lot of honey.

“Alright, hurry up and go to the main hall to report.”

“This is your first time completing a task, and my father will be watching on site.”

“Just take this honey and slap it in his face, let him underestimate you, humph!”

With a snort, she quietly slipped away.

Jiang Fan murmured speechlessly, “I don’t have any problem with your father, but you seem to have one.”

Thinking it over.

He decided to leave the honey Liu Qingxian gave him at home and keep it well-preserved.

He carried his basket to the front of the main hall.

“Tao Zhengjun, you collected three Spirit Ginsengs, far from the target of ten, so your score is: failing.”

The Big Senior Brother, Wang Chengjian, was inspecting each disciple’s task.

Noticing that Tao Zhengjun had failed his task, he patted his shoulder comfortingly: “It’s your first time here, not knowing the growth conditions of Spirit Ginsengs and not completing the task is understandable.”

“I won’t punish you this time; try harder next time.”

“Next.”

Jiang Fan arrived just in time and placed his basket in front of him.

The numerous disciples instantly perked up.

“The main event is starting.”

“Wasn’t his task to collect honey? Why is he carrying a basket?”

“Could it be he went herb gathering instead?”

“If that’s the case, the Big Senior Brother will have an excuse.”

Seeing that it was Jiang Fan.

Wang Chengjian’s smile vanished, replaced by a stern look: “Jiang Fan, do you remember your task?”

Jiang Fan replied calmly, “I don’t need a reminder from Big Senior Brother.”

Three days had passed.

He was still so confrontational!

Wang Chengjian squinted his eyes slightly and said:

“Then remember, I told you that if you fail to complete the task, you’ll have to clean all the toilets on Sect Master Peak.”

“You haven’t forgotten that, right?”

Jiang Fan frowned slightly.

He wasn’t like this to Tao Zhengjun just now, so why a different attitude towards him?

He spoke bluntly:

“Didn’t Junior Brother Tao also fail to complete his task?”

“Why is Big Senior Brother so understanding and lenient with him, but punishing me instead?”

“Does this count as favoritism?”

The disciples looked at each other in astonishment.

Wherever there are people, there are politics.

Tao Zhengjun’s family was wealthy, and privately gave many benefits to Big Senior Brother, so he naturally favored him.

But due to Big Senior Brother’s prestige, no one dared to speak up.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Fan, the confrontational one, questioned it publicly.

Wang Chengjian’s expression turned stern.

His peripheral vision glanced towards the main hall behind him.

Liu Wuchen was watching in the main hall!

He quickly defended himself, saying:

“Junior Brother Tao is used to a pampered life, so I gave him some leeway.”

“I didn’t expect you to be so petty, so I’ll handle this officially.”

“Junior Brother Tao, it’s not that Big Senior Brother doesn’t take care of you, but as you can see, Jiang Fan wouldn’t let me.”

“So, you’re assigned to clean the toilets too.”

Upon hearing this.

Tao Zhengjun breathed heavily through his nostrils, glaring fiercely at Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan coldly glared back.

“What, do you have a problem?”

Tao Zhengjun recalled Jiang Fan’s tough methods, shuddered, and hurriedly said, “No problem, no problem.”

That encounter had left a deep impression on him.

Wang Chengjian, showing contempt in his eyes, thought he was truly useless!

He had intended to spark a conflict between Tao Zhengjun and Jiang Fan, but to his surprise, Tao Zhengjun had already been subdued.

In the main hall.

Liu Qingxian giggled, “Father, did you see that?”

“Jiang Fan managed to make your favorite disciple dare not express any anger.”

Liu Wuchen’s cheek twitched.

Damn it!

Tao Zhengjun was a rare Dual Cultivation of Body and Magic genius, yet how could he be bullied by a guy with no Spirit Root?

“Don’t get too pleased. I heard that the hive had an anomaly this time, even the expert collector Chen Dongsheng failed and was severely stung.”

“Jiang Fan is completely unscathed and doesn’t look like someone who’s been to the hive.”

“He might not be able to produce any honey later.”

Liu Wuchen gave Liu Qingxian a meaningful look.

She felt a jolt of panic.

Did her father find out about her buying honey secretly?

But he’d been in seclusion for the past two days and hadn’t left the mountain.

At this moment.

Wang Chengjian no longer wanted to waste words with Jiang Fan and said, “Is this fair now?”

Jiang Fan, satisfied, replied, “That’s more like it.”

He then kicked the basket towards him: “Big Senior Brother, examine it yourself.”

Wang Chengjian glanced at the basket and said in a playful tone: “Before checking, I want to remind you of something.”

“Such tasks are not to be falsified.”

“Especially not purchasing the task items from elsewhere!”

“Once exposed, it’s far more serious than failing.”

In the main hall, Liu Qingxian panicked instantly.

Wang Chengjian’s deliberate mention of this must mean he knew something.

She couldn’t help but worry.

Liu Wuchen glanced at her with a half-smile: “What, nervous?”

Liu Qingxian tried to maintain her composure: “Who’s nervous? Isn’t it normal for Jiang Fan to collect honey with his skills?”

Liu Wuchen sipped his tea thoughtfully and said, “A disciple reported to me.”

“Last night’s night market, a disciple, suspected to be from Sect Master Peak, secretly bought a pound of honey.”

“That person, was it you?”

At this point, even a fool knew.

Her secret help for Jiang Fan had likely been discovered by her father.

Liu Wuchen didn’t delve into it further, saying indifferently: “Have Jiang Fan admit his task failure himself.”

“Consider it saving him some face.”

“Go now!”

Liu Qingxian bit her red lips, reluctantly stepping out.

If exposed for cheating, Jiang Fan would be taken by the Reward and Punishment Hall, whipped publicly in the square a hundred times as a deterrent.

If that happened, he’d be utterly humiliated throughout the entire sect.

Compared to that, cleaning toilets wasn’t as bad.

Though still embarrassing, it was only within their peak.