Chapter 99

Ma Wei was greatly surprised: "Your meaning is that someone else is secretly helping him? But in this world, I've only heard that Feng Yingkong is the only one who has mastered the Spatial Essence Technique."

Mu Qinxue neither confirmed nor denied it, and replied indifferently: "Perhaps he was the only one who practiced it before, but I have heard that he has hidden the cultivation secret somewhere. It's possible that Ning Yi stumbled upon it by chance."

"Then..."

"To verify it is simple. Just have someone capture Ning Yi and interrogate him, and you'll know," Mu Qinxue said casually.

Ma Wei was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said: "But today, Director Zhao and Yang Yu spoke up for him. It won't be easy to move against him. They, in a sense, represent the Feng Ying family, and it's not the right time to fall out with them yet. After all, their popularity in the Haixi region is still very strong. Capturing Ning Yi might be easy, but falling out with the Feng Ying family prematurely would be unwise."

Hearing this, Mu Qinxue smiled faintly: "Uncle Ma's concerns are not without reason. I was just speaking off the cuff."

"Hehe!" Ma Wei laughed awkwardly. This Mu Qinxue was not so simple. "Then, for now, we should focus on undermining the Feng Ying family's prestige. Once they lose the people's support, we can overthrow them in one fell swoop. By then, even if Feng Yingkong comes out of seclusion, it might not be of much use..."

Mu Qinxue nodded again: "Then I'll look forward to Uncle Ma's good news."

Ma Pi, standing nearby, felt an opportunity and immediately chimed in: "Speaking of undermining the Feng Ying family's prestige, tomorrow is a good opportunity."

Ma Wei glanced at Ma Pi and asked curiously: "Oh? What opportunity?"

"I used the incident of Guo Hui being injured to quit the school team along with Fang Ting. Du Wen also quit. Now, the Nanling Middle School team is just a shell. Hmph, and tomorrow is the match. I want to see how they can compete without us," Ma Pi said with a smug smile.

"If they lose tomorrow, the Nanling Middle School team will basically be demoted. Just imagine the anger that will arise when the never-demoted Nanling Middle School team is demoted. We can channel this anger towards the Feng Ying family, which will highlight the incompetence and weakness of their future heir. How can such a person lead the entire Feng Ying family, let alone the Haixi region?"

"You quit the school team?" Ma Wei frowned, not having time to ask further.

Mu Qinxue laughed: "Young Master Pi has a good plan."

"I dare not, I dare not!" Ma Pi said with a hint of pride. He hadn't expected to be able to give such a long speech. Reflecting on it, it seemed quite reasonable. This was a small achievement, especially in front of a beauty like Mu Qinxue.

"But your plan is not to be praised," Mu Qinxue said with a faint smile.

Ma Pi was taken aback. What did she mean?

"Miss Mu, if you see any problems, please point them out," Ma Pi said, feeling uneasy.

Mu Qinxue was not tactful: "First, even if they are demoted, it will be because you quit, which will reduce the team's strength. You will be the ones laughed at. Second, if they don't get demoted and win instead, you will be even more embarrassed, like being slapped in the face. So..."

"Ah!" Ma Pi was stunned and looked at his father.

The latter couldn't help but glare at Ma Pi: "You good-for-nothing, you're more of a hindrance than a help."

Ma Pi's face turned red with embarrassment. He had wanted to take credit but ended up like this. He didn't say much more and hurriedly walked to the side, picked up his phone, and called: "Hey, Teacher Gao? Hehe, it's Ma Pi..."

"Oh, Young Master Pi, what's up?" The voice on the other end was still friendly.

Ma Pi suppressed his pride and conceded: "About quitting the school team, hehe, I was being foolish..."

"It's fine, young people always have their moments of impulsiveness!"

Ma Pi couldn't help but smile: "So, I've decided to rejoin the team. Do you have any objections?"

"No objections, of course not... More people mean more strength."

"That's great!" Ma Pi breathed a sigh of relief. His strength was there, and it seemed Gao Yang wasn't a fool.

"But, Young Master Pi, I'm afraid I can't give you back the position of captain," Gao Yang said just as Ma Pi was relaxing.

"Uh..." Ma Pi frowned, "It's fine, but who is the captain now?"

"Oh, it's Li Jiawei. The official team members are Zhong Xinben, Zhou Qingshan, Ning Yi, and Zhang Liao... You can be a substitute."

"Substitute... substitute?" Ma Pi almost swore, "No, Teacher Gao, what's going on? Did you make a mistake?"

"No mistake, we are having a team meeting to prepare for the away match tomorrow. Oh, since you're willing to be a substitute, you might as well come to the meeting."

"Teacher Gao, are you joking?" Ma Pi couldn't hold back. The hell, not giving him the captaincy was one thing, but not even a formal team member? This was too much.

Worse still, Ning Yi was a formal team member, and he had to be a substitute. What a joke.

"No joke..." Gao Yang's voice was quickly replaced by a voice Ma Pi now recognized but found slightly cold, Li Jiawei's.

"Li Jiawei..." Ma Pi was almost spitting blood, "What gives you the right?"

"Because I am the current captain of the school team... Ma Pi, I'm informing you now that you have been officially removed from the team," Li Jiawei said coldly, "Oh, I forgot to mention, the reason is that you deliberately lost a match, which led to your expulsion."

Ma Pi was speechless: "Li Jiawei... I won't let this go."

He hung up the phone in a hurry.

"How did it go?" Ma Wei asked as soon as Ma Pi returned.

Ma Pi looked embarrassed. How could he say this?

After a while, he replied with a grim face: "Gao Yang, that bastard, has already recruited a full team and even included Ning Yi."

"What do you mean?" Ma Wei frowned.

"I've been expelled from the team," Ma Pi said resentfully.

"But tomorrow they are facing Nongping High School, currently ranked third... I'll see how they die..." Ma Pi said with hatred.

The match between the second-to-last ranked Nanling Middle School and the third-ranked Nongping High School began at the Nongping High School martial arts hall.

Originally, this was a routine match, but with the major changes in the Nanling Middle School team, it became highly noticeable. Nongping High School, currently ranked third, still had a chance to win the championship, so they certainly wouldn't let up in this match.

The Nongping High School team members were all at the initial stages of the Fifth or Fourth Level of Qi Cultivation.

The Nanling Middle School team, according to the provided data, had only Zhong Xinben at the initial stage of the Fourth Level of Qi Cultivation. The rest were a sorry sight: Captain Li Jiawei at the initial stage of the Third Level, Zhou Qingshan at the mid-stage of the Third Level, Zhang Liao at the late stage of the Second Level, and Ning Yi at the initial stage of the Third Level. They were mostly substitutes from the original Nanling school team.

Despite many people knowing that Nanling Middle School had surprisingly won 3-2 against the second-ranked Xilin High School in the previous match, they still didn't have high hopes for the newly reformed Nanling Middle School.

However, the match results left everyone speechless. Nanling Middle School won 3-1 against Nongping High School.

Except for Zhou Qingshan, who lost after a grueling 20-minute match, Li Jiawei, Zhong Xinben, and Ning Yi all won their matches.

Ma Pi, who had confidently declared that Nanling Middle School would lose 0-3, stood up abruptly from the audience seats as soon as the match ended.

He was about to curse but suddenly remembered that Mu Qinxue was sitting next to him, so he sat back down helplessly.

He looked at Mu Qinxue, who was protected by two beautiful bodyguards and seemed to be deep in thought.

Unable to resist, he said: "Miss Mu... I bet there's something fishy going on here."

Mu Qinxue adjusted her sunglasses, which covered most of her beautiful face, and said indifferently: "Nanling Middle School won, shouldn't you be happy?"

Ma Pi was immediately embarrassed. This Mu Qinxue's words were really frustrating, and he couldn't refute her.

In the end, he could only say awkwardly: "Miss Mu, did you notice anything?"

He remembered that Mu Qinxue had come to watch the match to see if Ning Yi was up to something.

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Sorry, I've been very busy these past few days, and I've also been quite sick. I fell asleep at 8 PM last night and only woke up at 2 AM. I rushed to finish this chapter, and it's definitely not for the World Cup. I have to go to work in three hours.

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