"Jiang Xuanji, who are you calling a dog?" Wu Zhanpeng's face flushed with anger upon hearing this.
"Whoever knows in their heart who I'm calling a dog does," Jiang Xuanji smiled slightly. Though she was cursing, her words held a unique charm.
Thirty seconds later.
Wu Zhanpeng's phone rang.
"Hello! President Qin!" Wu Zhanpeng answered, his face immediately morphing into a fawning smile.
"Wu Zhanpeng, what did you do at Moon Half Hotel? From today onwards, none of your businesses have any relation to our Qin family. I, Qin Yang, do not know you." Qin Yang, the head of the Qin family, roared with fury, berating Wu Zhanpeng mercilessly.
Wu Zhanpeng stood frozen, completely bewildered as to what had happened.
"President... President Qin..."
"What President Qin? How could you be so capable? You think a top-tier Kyoto family should give Moon Half Hotel face? It's already a great honor if they give us face." Qin Yang continued his tirade.
"Qin..."
Wu Zhanpeng tried to explain, but Qin Yang cut him off again.
"Shut up and listen to me first. Do you know who is standing in front of you? Do you know who that young man is? His name is Ye Bufan! The youngest Martial God in our Nine Provinces – Ye Bufan!"
Qin Yang's voice was laced with anger.
"From this moment on, your company's cooperation with our Qin family ends."
Qin Yang hung up the phone without giving Wu Zhanpeng any chance to speak.
Wu Zhanpeng looked up at Jiang Xuanji, then shifted his gaze to Ye Bufan. If the Qin family severed ties with him, the loss would be catastrophic for his company, and the subsequent chain reaction would inevitably lead to his business collapsing.
"You are the newly ascended Martial God Ye Bufan?" Wu Zhanpeng looked at Ye Bufan with a bitter smile. "I, Wu Zhanpeng, admit defeat."
With that, Wu Zhanpeng slammed his head against the nearby wall and died shortly after.
The remaining two Great Martial Venerables, upon hearing Ye Bufan's name, were at a loss for what to do.
"Scram." Ye Bufan roared at the two men. The sound exploded in their ears, causing blood to gush from their orifices as they scrambled away from Moon Half Hotel.
"Mr. Ye, I sincerely apologize for the trouble I've caused you." Jiang Xuanji apologized respectfully to Ye Bufan.
"It's nothing. I just saw some things that dirtied my eyes and wanted to clean them up." Ye Bufan spoke subtly, and Jiang Xuanji, glancing at Yao Tong and Zhang Ting behind him, understood perfectly.
"Mr. Ye." At this moment, Nangong Yi and the others had finished their business. The three walked out to find Ye Bufan, only to see him in conversation with Jiang Xuanji.
"Manager Xuanji is here too." Jin Yuchen greeted Jiang Xuanji upon seeing her.
Jiang Xuanji turned to the three and said, "Mr. Ye just had a slight friction with guests from the Earth-level private room, but it has been resolved."
Jin Yuchen, Nangong Yi, and Yu Chi Qiyang turned to look at Wu Zhanpeng's body lying on the floor.
Ye Bufan walked over to Jin Yuchen and said, "Do me a favor and take care of these two people."
Jin Yuchen followed Ye Bufan's gaze and, upon seeing Yao Tong slumped against the wall, almost choked on his own saliva. Nangong Yi and Yu Chi Qiyang looked inside and were also taken aback.
"Isn't that the incredibly popular first-tier actress Yao Tong and her agent from these past few days?" Nangong Yi exclaimed.
Jin Yuchen gave Nangong Yi a meaningful look. Nangong Yi quickly shut his mouth and then said to Yu Chi Qiyang, "Yu Chi, let's go see what we can order for Mr. Ye to eat first."
Yu Chi Qiyang didn't quite understand Nangong Yi's words but was forcibly pulled away by him.
"I say, Nangong, why are you dragging me away? Isn't that the big star Yao Tong? One of my company's products wanted to get her endorsement before, but her schedule was so packed we couldn't even book her. We ended up having to find someone else," Yu Chi Qiyang said, repeatedly looking back towards the private room behind them.
"You don't understand this, do you? This is called respect. Do you think a beautiful big star would want to be seen in such an embarrassing state?" Nangong Yi asked. "Do things with foresight, and you'll have favors owed to you later."
"Makes sense." Yu Chi Qiyang nodded. "My grandfather always says I don't understand social graces. It seems I need to learn more from you."
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Nangong Yi laughed heartily, and the two walked towards the hotel entrance.
"Oh my goodness." Nangong Yi and Yu Chi Yiannian reached the entrance and saw that Moon Half Hotel was already jam-packed with a dense crowd, leaving them stunned.
"Why are all these people still here? I thought they would have left," Nangong Yi remarked, looking at the martial artists outside.
"Ye Bufan's current popularity is higher than any celebrity's," Yu Chi Yiannian said. "Brother Nangong, honestly, when you see Ye Bufan, don't you feel admiration?"
"Naturally." Nangong Yi replied. "I broke through to Martial Venerable back then thanks to Ye Bufan."
Following this, Jiang Xuanji also had the two cultivators in white robes dismissed. Through negotiations between Jin Yuchen and Jiang Xuanji, she called a few female staff members who then escorted Yao Tong and Zhang Ting back to their own room.
Only after this was done did Ye Bufan and Jin Yuchen go to meet up with Nangong Yi and Yu Chi Qiyang.
At Moon Half Hotel, under Jiang Xuanji's arrangements, the medicinal effects on Yao Tong and Zhang Ting gradually subsided. Zhang Ting slowly regained consciousness, while Yao Tong sat beside her, still recalling everything that had just happened.
"Yao Tong, what happened just now?" Zhang Ting stood up excitedly, checking Yao Tong's body.
"It's alright now." Yao Tong turned to look at Zhang Ting. "Sister Ting, Wu Zhanpeng won't bother me again."
"What's wrong?" Hearing Yao Tong say this, Zhang Ting, thinking Wu Zhanpeng had done something to her, turned pale and demanded, "What did Wu Zhanpeng do to you?"
"He's dead." Yao Tong said.
"What? Wu Zhanpeng is dead?" Zhang Ting couldn't believe her ears. It seemed like a lot had happened while she was unconscious.
"Yao Tong, what exactly happened? What happened while I was unconscious?" Zhang Ting asked.
Yao Tong took a deep breath and said, "It was Ye Bufan, that youngest Martial God Ye Bufan, he saved us."
Hearing Ye Bufan's name, Zhang Ting felt as if she were dreaming. As she listened to Yao Tong recount the events, Zhang Ting couldn't help but pinch her own cheek...