When Hu Lingling heard that, she instantly blew up. Pointing at Su Yuan, she said, "What do you mean by that? Are you saying I seduced you? You… you don''t even look at yourself. Which part of you makes you think I''d do that? My… my master is the An Yang Saint Emperor. How could I ever fancy trash like you!"


    "Lingling, you… you…" Su Yuan was so angry his face turned green. He couldn''t catch his breath and almost passed out from rage.


    "So ording to you, the An Yang Saint Emperor''s disciple is much nobler than my little brother, huh?" Su Yang looked at the An Yang Saint Emperor and drawled, "Brother Anyang, what do you think?"


    The An Yang Saint Emperor only wanted to stay out of it, but Su Yang wasn''t giving him that chance. Once Su Yang asked him a question, he had no choice but to answer.


    "Brother Su Mo, you''ve misunderstood. Brother Su Yuan is a dragon among men. My… my disciple of Anyang being favored by Brother Su Yuan is her honor, and also my honor!" The An Yang Saint Emperor replied in a low voice, with a clear hint of ttery in his tone. He had no choice; Su Yang was way too overbearing right now.


    Hu Lingling was stunned. Hadn''t her master always looked down on Su Mo? What was going on now? Why was he talking like this?


    Besides, her master had never bowed and scraped to anyone. Even the strongest Saint Emperor in the True Martial Realm was only his equal. He had never shown this kind of attitude to anyone. What was wrong with him this time?


    "Hahaha…" Su Yangughed loudly. "Many thanks for your praise, Brother Anyang. But my little brother is indeed outstanding. Even I am very satisfied with him. Brother Anyang, so what you''re saying is, you think my brother is a perfect match for your female disciple, no problem at all?"


    "Absolutely no problem!" the An Yang Saint Emperor said at once.


    "Oh!" Su Yang nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Hu Lingling. "Your master already said so. Looks like what you said earlier doesn''t hold water. Little girl, were you lying to me?"


    The An Yang Saint Emperor''s heart jolted. Su Yang saying this meant he was already angry.


    Hu Lingling, however, still didn''t know anything. She nced nkly at the An Yang Saint Emperor, hoping he''d give her some hint.


    But the An Yang Saint Emperor didn''t dare pay her any attention now. He just lowered his head and pretended it had nothing to do with him.


    Hu Lingling ultimately couldn''t figure out what her master was thinking. She hesitated, then said angrily, "I lied to you? Why would I need to lie to you? My master is the An Yang Saint Emperor…"


    Before she could finish, a powerful force mmed straight into her knees, and she dropped to the ground, kneeling uncontrobly.


    "Talking to me, you don''t show a shred of respect?" Su Yang said coldly. "Anyang, your disciple really doesn''t understand the rules."


    The An Yang Saint Emperor''s forehead was covered in cold sweat. He hurriedly lowered his voice. "Brother Su Mo, I''m truly sorry. I failed to discipline her, I failed to discipline her!"


    Only now did Hu Lingling sense something was wrong. She looked at the An Yang Saint Emperor anxiously. "Master, wh-what is going on?"


    "What''s going on?" the An Yang Saint Emperor said furiously. "Look at the mess you''ve made! Brother Su Yuan is Brother Su Mo''s younger brother. Brother Su Mo may not be a Saint Emperor, but even I am no match for him. And the three servants at Brother Su Mo''s side have all be Saint Emperors now. For Brother Su Yuan to take a liking to you, that''s a fortune umted over many lifetimes for you, yet you don''t know how to be grateful at all. You even dared to nder Brother Su Yuan like that. I say you must be blind as a dog!"


    "Ah?" Hu Lingling''s eyes widened. There was so much information in that one tirade from the An Yang Saint Emperor that she couldn''t digest it for a while.


    Only after a long time did she finally figure out what had happened.


    First, the An Yang Saint Emperor said he himself wasn''t Su Yang''s match. That meant they had fought, and the An Yang Saint Emperor had lost.


    Second, the three servants at Su Yang''s side had all be Saint Emperors. That alone was enough to shock the entire True Martial Realm.


    Putting all of this together, she finally understood why her master was acting like this.


    Her master had chickened out!


    He''d really chickened out!


    From the way he was talking now, he''dpletely chickened out.


    Hu Lingling stared nkly for quite a while, then started shaking all over from fright. Her voice trembled. "Immortal Su, I… I… I…"


    She stammered for a long time but couldn''t get a full sentence out. This whole thing had indeed been orchestrated by the An Yang Saint Emperor. But the problem was, did she dare tell the truth? Did she dare sell out the An Yang Saint Emperor?


    Even if the An Yang Saint Emperor had chickened out in front of Su Yang, the prestige he''d built up over the years still terrified her.


    "Could it be that this whole thing is just some misunderstanding?" Su Yang saidzily. "Miss Hu, ording to what my little brother said, the two of you were originally deeply in love. Is that true?"


    "Ah, th-this…" Only then did Hu Lingling remember Su Yuan beside her. She hurriedly said, "Right, right, right, that''s right, deeply… deeply in love, I… I love him very much…"


    "Then that settles it!" Su Yang waved his hand. "Su Yuan, since Miss Hu has deep feelings for you, take her down to rest and recover first."


    Su Yuan was stunned. He stared at Su Yang, dumbfounded. After what had just happened, he''d already seen clearly that this Hu Lingling had been ying with his feelings from the start. He waspletely awake now, no longer had any hopes for her, and even felt a bit of disgust.


    But at this moment, Su Yang actually wanted him to take Hu Lingling down to recuperate. What was that supposed to mean? This woman screwed me over like this, and you still n to have us be together?


    The others were all full of confusion as well. No one could figure out what Su Yang was thinking.


    Su Yang''s expression was calm. He waved his hand, and the Great City Lord took Hu Lingling away.


    Su Yang looked at the An Yang Saint Emperor and said with a smile, "Brother Anyang, didn''t I say there was a misunderstanding in this matter? You were too impulsive."


    The An Yang Saint Emperor was alsopletely confused, but he couldn''t very well ask, so he could only force a smile and say, "Brother Su, it''s my fault, my fault. I was too impulsive. I… I''ll apologize to Brother Su Yuan. For what happened this time, I… I''m willing to pay any price to heal Brother Su Yuan!"


    "No need to heal him. This little thing is just a flick of the wrist; I can do it myself." Su Yang smiled faintly and patted the An Yang Saint Emperor''s shoulder. "It''s just that I really don''t understand. Where did the misunderstandinge from in this matter? Could it be that some petty viin was stirring the pot behind the scenes?"


    The An Yang Saint Emperor''s face instantly changed. Su Yang was clearly scolding him. He was the mastermind behind this whole thing. With Su Yang''s words to this point, there was no way he hadn''t figured it out. Since Su Yang had guessed it and was still handling it like this, just what kind of medicine was he selling in this gourd?