The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 1551 - 1548: Pretending to be a Couple? (5 Updates)

Chapter 1551: Chapter 1548: Pretending to be a Couple? (5 Updates)

Lin Bai expressed his gratitude to Tang Biao and other Outer Sect Disciples for their assistance.

At this moment, Lu Ao and Fang Jin approached with smiling faces.

Lu Ao said with a wry smile, "Brother Dongfang, I never expected that you are actually the newly promoted Junior Sword Master Dongfang Bai of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect. You really embarrass me."

"Thinking back to the past month, I’ve even boasted in front of you. It’s funny just to think about it."

Lu Ao continued with a wry smile.

Lin Bai chuckled and said, "Although I am the Junior Sword Master of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect, I seldom leave the Sect. In the past month, listening to the interesting stories from Elder Brother Lu Ao about the Lingnan Continent has indeed broadened my horizons."

Lu Ao laughed heartily and said, "Haha, since the Junior Sword Master doesn’t blame me, then in the future I can boast to others that I, old Lou, have drunk and chatted happily with the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect’s Junior Sword Master Dongfang Bai. Who would dare to provoke me?"

"Hahahaha."

Lu Ao’s joking remark caused everyone around, including the Sword Cultivators and Lin Bai, to give a wry smile.

Fang Jin said solemnly with a fist salute, "Brother Dongfang, we fell into the hands of Gao Rui and Song Zi this time and it’s thanks to your help that we were able to escape this calamity."

Lin Bai shook his head and replied, "If it were not for my involvement, Gao Rui and Song Zi wouldn’t have kept harassing you so, there’s no need for thanks."

Fang Jin and Lu Ao both smiled slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

At this point, Lin Bai turned around and saw Yue Qing leaning against the wall, her face pale as paper, with black blood all over her body.

Lin Bai suddenly remembered the poison of the Survival Sword in Yue Qing’s body.

Lin Bai quickly flashed over, took the Survival Sword from beside Li Zong’s corpse, and came before Yue Qing, saying softly, "You said that the Survival Sword can absorb the poison in your body!"

"Now that the Survival Sword is in my hands, what should I do to extract the poison out of you?"

Lin Bai asked curiously.

Yue Qing looked at Lin Bai in a daze, the white veil on her face lifted slightly as her almond-shaped eyes curved with a joyful smile, "The Heaven-reaching Sword Sect’s Junior Sword Master really does have an imposing aura."

Lin Bai sighed in slight annoyance, "Tell me quickly, how can I remove the poison from your body!"

Yue Qing, however, was not in a hurry to tell Lin Bai how to use the Survival Sword to extract the poison, but rather took out three Sword Qis from her Storage Bag.

"Do you remember you promised me, three Sword Qis for three favors?"

Yue Qing asked weakly.

Lin Bai nodded.

Yue Qing handed over one Sword Qi to Lin Bai, "This Sword Qi is for saving me just now; that counts as one favor you’ve done for me."

Lin Bai’s expression remained unchanged as he accepted the Sword Qi, which turned into a wisp of black light and merged into his body.

Lin Bai saved Yue Qing’s life, so her giving back a Sword Qi to Lin Bai was reasonable; otherwise, who else would want to shoulder the risk of rescuing Yue Qing from thousands of experts of the Silver Moon Commerce Association?

"This second Sword Qi...," Yue Qing then took out another Sword Qi and said, "Dongfang Bai, I want you to help me."

Lin Bai asked curiously, "Help you with what?"

Yue Qing said somewhat excitedly, "Help me take back the Silver Moon Commerce Association from my uncle. It’s my father’s life work, it absolutely cannot fall into the hands of a faithless and treacherous person like Yue Zheng!"

Lin Bai stared intently at the second Sword Qi in Yue Qing’s hand, hesitant to take it.

At this point, Tang Biao said, "Junior Sword Master, the current situation in Haizhen City is chaotic, especially with the Divine Weapon Feast approaching, many martial artists are coming and going."

"Since the death of the old president, the Chamber has been fully taken over by Vice-President Yue Zheng. Now, both the high and low ranks within the Chamber are under Yue Zheng’s control."

"Including the high ranks of the Silver Moon Commerce Association, they have quite a bit of trust in Yue Zheng!"

Tang Biao briefly summarized the situation within the Silver Moon Commerce Association for Lin Bai.

"Moreover, Junior Sword Master, even though you are the Junior Sword Master of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect, this is after all an internal family matter of the Silver Moon Commerce Association. If you rashly use the title of Heaven-reaching Sword Sect Junior Sword Master to force the high ranks to choose Miss Yue Qing,"

"I’m afraid such an action, if spread, could make martial artists across the Lingnan Continent say our Sect bullies the weak, which won’t sound too good."

"And should the Silver Moon Commerce Association bring a lawsuit to our Sword Master, it’s likely that the Sect Leader might blame you, and you as well could be punished by the Sect!"

Tang Biao spoke with profound implications.

Lin Bai said, "You’ve heard it; even if I could use the power of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect’s Junior Sword Master to help you temporarily take over as the President of the Silver Moon Commerce Association, once I leave, those high ranks will still not follow you."

Hearing Lin Bai’s words, Yue Qing’s eyes showed a touch of loss, quickly dulling.

Lin Bai took a deep breath and said, "Let’s not talk about this for now, first tell me how to use the Survival Sword to draw out the poison from your body."

"No need," Yue Qing shook her head slightly.

She refused Lin Bai.

Then, she dragged her weakened body, with her palm against the wall, and laboriously stood up, and began walking step by step towards the outside of Wuji Mountain Manor.

Every step she took seemed difficult, as if her feet were bound by a heavy mountain, making every lift of her foot particularly strenuous.

Her body swayed dangerously, taking a step and wavering several times.

The black trails of blood on her body, following the white garment, left a long trace on the ground.

But even with such severe injuries, and knowing death was not far away, she still headed towards Haizhen City.

"Where are you going?" Lin Bai stood up and called out watching Yue Qing’s disappearing back.

"Back to Haizhen City," Yue Qing weakly responded.

Lin Bai caught up with Yue Qing and said, "You still have poison in you. Let’s get rid of the poison first, alright?"

Yue Qing replied, "If you are unwilling to help me, even if the poison is removed now, returning to Haizhen City will still lead me to a dead end. What good will that do?"

Lin Bai, somewhat angrily, said, "Knowing that it’s a dead-end, you still want to go back? Are you foolish?"

His words ignited her anger too, and she stared at Lin Bai, tears of grievance welling up in her eyes.

Tears of grievance filled her eyes.

But she still stubbornly yelled at Lin Bai: "The Silver Moon Commerce Association is my father’s life’s work; he even sacrificed my mother’s life for it!"

"I can’t stand by and watch the Silver Moon Commerce Association that my father founded and painstakingly managed for over two hundred years fall into the hands of the villain Yue Zheng!"

"Moreover, my father’s corpse is still in Haizhen City, still at the Silver Moon Commerce Association, still in the hands of Yue Zheng. As his child, shouldn’t I go back to collect his remains?"

"Dongfang Bai, we are both children of our parents. If one day your parents met their end in a foreign land, wouldn’t you seek revenge for them? Wouldn’t you go to collect their remains?"

Yue Qing defiantly yelled at Lin Bai.

In Yue Qing’s words, the first half did not touch Lin Bai. It was the latter half that moved him.

Now Lin Bai’s parents were also missing, not knowing whether they were alive or dead!

Hearing this, Lin Bai fell silent.

As tears slid down Yue Qing’s eyes, she said coldly: "If you are unwilling to help me, then don’t stand in my way!"

After speaking, Yue Qing continued walking forward.

Lin Bai remained silent, not stopping Yue Qing.

At this moment, Fang Jin, Lu Ao, Tang Biao, and the others did not say a word, just staring blankly at Lin Bai.

"Give me the Sword Qi."

After Yue Qing had walked a few steps, Lin Bai’s voice came from behind her.

Yue Qing turned back in surprise and looked at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai looked at Yue Qing with a resolute gaze and said, "Give me the Sword Qi. I will help you, not for the seat of the Chairman of the Silver Moon Commerce Association, but merely for that phrase you said... for the duty of a child."

Yue Qing took out a strand of Sword Qi from her Storage Bag and handed it to Lin Bai, with tears of joy running down her eyes: "Thank you."

Seeing Lin Bai had still made his decision to help Yue Qing, Tang Biao immediately said, "Junior Sword Venerable, if you really want to help Miss Yue Qing, it doesn’t necessarily mean a dead end!"

"I have a plan that could not only help Miss Yue Qing regain her position as chairman, but also protect the honor of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect without subjecting the Sect Leader to punishment!"

Tang Biao said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, both Lin Bai and Yue Qing looked at Tang Biao with joy.

Lu Ao said in annoyance, "Brother Tang Biao, if you have a good plan, just spit it out. Look what you’ve done to our Junior Sword Master and Miss Yue Qing."

Lin Bai also said, "Brother Tang Biao, do you really have a solution?"

Tang Biao laughed and said: "This is a ’Break the Cauldrons and Sink the Boats’ strategy! If you two really want to take this course of action, I’m afraid both of you will have to pay a price!"

Yue Qing said coldly, "As long as the Silver Moon Commerce Association doesn’t fall into the hands of the villain Yue Zheng, I am willing to pay any price!"

Tang Biao smiled at Lin Bai and asked, "What does Junior Sword Venerable think?"

Lin Bai said, "What’s your plan? Let’s hear it."

"Since the Junior Sword Venerable asked me to say it, I will," Tang Biao replied. "It’s simple, the strategy is to have Miss Yue Qing and the Junior Sword Venerable become husband and wife."

"What?"

Lin Bai was startled, his eyes widening as he looked at Tang Biao!

Yue Qing also looked at Tang Biao with a bit of disbelief. If Yue Qing had intended to offer her body in exchange for help, she would have already done so during her time at the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect with Qi Xuan.

Tang Biao laughed and said, "Junior Sword Venerable and Miss Yue Qing, don’t be so agitated. What I’m proposing is a fake marriage!"

"Miss Yue Qing, think about it, with your current situation, going back to Haizhen City, back to the Silver Moon Commerce Association alone, is undoubtedly a death sentence at the hands of Yue Zheng and the higher-ups of the Silver Moon Commerce Association!"

"But if you return under the identity of the wife of Junior Sword Master Dongfang Bai from the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect, that will be different."

"Having this identity, even if the Silver Moon Commerce Association had the audacity, and if Yue Zheng dared to kill you at all costs, he would have to weigh the consequences against offending the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect!"

Lin Bai and Yue Qing quickly analyzed Tang Biao’s words in their minds.

Tang Biao continued, "With the identity of the wife of Heaven-reaching Sword Sect’s Junior Sword Master Dongfang Bai, when Miss Yue Qing returns to the Silver Moon Commerce Association, even if Yue Zheng is mad enough to want to kill you, the association’s higher-ups will stop him because the Silver Moon Commerce Association cannot afford to provoke the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect!"

"At that time, Miss Yue Qing will have a buffer period. With the ability that allowed Miss Yue Qing to achieve such an impressive sales record in the Eastern War Zone in just four years, during this buffer period, she can surely demonstrate her capability to make the high-level executives of the Silver Moon Commerce Association see who can really make money for the association!"

"Miss Yue Qing, you must be clearer than us: the Silver Moon Commerce Association is a merchant alliance. The high-level executives only focus on profit; whoever can help them make money, they will support for the chairman position!"

"In this way, Miss Yue Qing would legitimately gain the high-level executives’ recognition and take the chairman’s position; and the Junior Sword Venerable won’t be punished by the Sword Master."

"After everything is successful, even if the Junior Sword Venerable leaves Haizhen City, by then Miss Yue Qing will already have full control over the Silver Moon Commerce Association."

Tang Biao explained in detail.

"What do you think about this strategy, Junior Sword Venerable and Miss Yue Qing?" Tang Biao finished, smiling as he looked towards Lin Bai and Yue Qing.

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