The next moment, there was an outburst of chatter as the angry crowd expressed their indignation and resentment.

 “Lu Jiu Que! What nonsense are you uttering?! Don’t bring any further disgrace to the late members of the Lu family! Otherwise, you’ll be letting generations of your ancestors down!”

 “You’re such a naive yet insolent character. Why didn’t you just drop of the foot of the cliff and die?! Why did you find your way back up here?”

 “How dare you treat Senior Sister Shao this way!”

 …

 Shao Qingrou was very satisfied with this situation, as she had aimed to make it impossible for Lu Jiu Que to survive in the empire.

 Lu Jiu Que was obviously born to be a worthless curse of a human being, so how could she be worthy of receiving such exceptional treatment from the sixth prince?

 The place beside the sixth prince could only be hers!

 ‘Lu Jiu Que, if I fail to bring you down now, you’re bound to meet your doom the next time around!’ Shao Qingrou concluded her thoughts and rushed to appease the crowd in a flurry, saying, “Don’t… Let’s calm down first, everyone…”

 Lu Jiu Que suddenly uttered a single line coldly. “Weren’t you all unaware of my whereabouts? Then how do you all seem to know that I fell off a cliff? Well? Could it be that all of you deliberately left me in the lurch? Seems like I should have a good chat with the sixth prince…”

 Her cunning inference instantly caused the young men, who were all extremely worked-up, to choke on their words. The flames of anger raging within them were suddenly doused, and their hearts were filled with penetrating coldness instead.

 She was going to look for the sixth prince?!

 How dare this worthless piece of trash even think of troubling the sixth prince!

 If the impartial and incorruptible sixth prince ever learned that they had done such a thing to her… No way, that was too scary to consider.

 With her chin, Lu Jiu Que pointed to Shao Qingrou, whose face had turned ghostly pale. Then, with a scornful smile, she said, “As for Shao Qingrou, she certainly isn’t qualified. Everyone who’s here is heading to the Heavenly Divination Sect, but not me. She’s just a disciple of the Heavenly Divination Sect, so what gives her the right to question my whereabouts?”

 So overwhelmingly arrogant!

 Since when had this worthless piece of trash become so condescending?!

 But as the crowd looked at the present Lu Jiu Que before them, they didn’t know why they felt somewhat afraid inwardly. However, they still decided to bite the bullet and shouted out their opinions.

 “Hmph, that’s right that you’re not in the Heavenly Divination Sect. For worthless trash like you, it would be good enough if you were able to make it into any of the Nine Paths’ Sects.”

 “The Heavenly Divination Sect, in your dreams!”

 “That’s what I’m saying. Senior Sister Shao, let’s ignore her!”

 …

 Shao Qingrou squinted, and after a long time, she made a very disappointed face. With a sigh, she said, “Miss Lu, how can you not even have a teeny bit of ambition? With my help, you could certainly enter the Heavenly Divination Sect. Isn’t that better than getting into any of the other Nine Path’s Sects? The sixth prince has asked me to take care of you as a favor, yet who could have known that you… Sigh… Forget it. Let’s drop the subject.”

 She created a lofty image of a woman mourning someone else’s misfortune and growing angry over this person’s passiveness to strive for more, which made the crowd even more doting towards her. It seemed like she had dedicated herself to helping others wholeheartedly.

 Lu Jiu Que raised her eyebrows. She had just been curious about how the original host could have had the opportunity to participate in the test, and also, why would these people be such hypocrites and return to look for her? It turned out it was all because of the sixth prince.

 Even if the original host was worthless and a curse that everyone feared, the sixth prince was still willing to protect her. It seemed like the sixth prince and the Lu family shared quite a deep relationship.

 Shao Qingrou finished speaking her mind and no longer bothered herself with Lu Jiu Que. It was as though one more look at the latter would only mean more disappointment for her.

 “Get ready, get a firm grip on the ropes, and follow me back to base!”

 “Yes, Senior Sister Shao!”

 …

 Taking a chance when the crowd wasn’t paying attention to her, Lu Jiu Que bent over and reached out to grab a handful of small stones, then she leaped onto the back of a small and thin demonic beast that was unoccupied. Her lips curled into a small smile, making her look particularly evil and untamed.

 Shao Qingrou was the Flower of the Empire, right?

 Haha! She simply loved destroying flowers with her ruthless hands!

 After being reborn, she no longer had her silver needles. What effect would there be if she were to use stones instead?

 As the heir of the Lu family, a matter as small as applying acupressure on vital points was a piece of cake to her, but these people were all cultivators, so Lu Jiu Que couldn’t dare to be too careless.