After the group had observed the woman in yellow for a moment, Fan Jinhua was the first to call out, "Caicai..."

Wu Caicai’s entire body trembled, and she quickly turned around.

Her expression instantly shifted from resentment to pleasant surprise. She hurried to greet the group, but immediately turned back to the woman in yellow and said coldly, "Wu Yiyi, go ahead and tattle if you want. I don’t care."

Her tone was still extremely hostile.

Then, Wu Caicai asked in a cold voice, "And you? What are you doing here at Dragon Flame Academy?"

After asking, her eyes filled with vigilance.

Wu Yiyi still wore a faint smile, seemingly completely unfazed by Wu Caicai’s rebuke.

"Me...?"

She even deliberately drew out the word, replying with a light laugh, "I’m here to see Lu Chao, of course. My First Uncle and Third Uncle both received Martial Techniques from Young Master Lu, and I’d love to get one too."

As she spoke, she immediately looked toward Lu Chao...

In a single bound, she rushed right in front of Lu Chao.

Wu Yiyi ignored Cheng Yunsu, who was standing beside him. "Young Master Lu, I am Wu Yiyi, holder of the Hundred Flames Trading Company’s Green Fire Order, and a student at the Beast Flame Lion Institute. Might we have a word in private?"

As she spoke, she blinked her large, sparkling eyes, tilted her head slightly, and gazed at Lu Chao with a saccharine sweetness.

This display made Cheng Yunsu’s brow twitch and caused Wu Caicai’s expression to darken.

Fan Jinhua, Luo Wendeng, and the others also showed extremely wary expressions.

From Wu Caicai’s expression and her few words, they could tell that she and Wu Yiyi did not get along at all.

Lu Chao’s expression, however, was as calm as still water. He met Wu Yiyi’s gaze and said indifferently, "No. Please leave."

Those four short words made Wu Yiyi’s eyes tremble. She looked as if she was on the verge of tears from the rejection, a truly pitiable sight.

"Young Master Lu, I’m here to help you."

"Your second trial tomorrow is so, so dangerous. I was thinking that with my father’s influence across the various Flame Countries, I might be able to persuade a few hundred students from the University Institutes not to be recruited by Zhongyue Academy."

"How could you reject me so quickly?"

Her tone was heartbreakingly pitiful as she gazed at Lu Chao.

The implications of Wu Yiyi’s words made Dean Jiang and the others who had just come out stare with wide eyes.

’She can really convince several hundred students not to participate in tomorrow’s battle against them?’

Lu Chao’s brow furrowed again, and he was about to speak...

But Wu Yiyi immediately took a few steps back and said softly, "Young Master Lu must think I have an ulterior motive, right?"

"Actually, my goal is very simple. Just as my Sister Caicai brought back the Nine Primordial Yang Swords for the Hundred Flames Trading Company from you... and my Third Uncle, Witch Ying, brought back the Shadow Form Hundred Marvels Fist for the Hundred Flames Trading Company from you."

"I also want to make a big trade with Young Master Lu and receive a set of Martial Techniques."

As soon as she said this, a sharp glint flashed in Sun Shijin’s eyes.

’Wu Yiyi actually knows that Witch Ying got the Shadow Form Hundred Marvels Fist from Lu Chao?’

’Doesn’t that mean Wu Yiyi knows that Witch Ying was one of the people who kidnapped Zheng Zhuhe?’

Lu Chao remained expressionless as he stared back at Wu Yiyi...

"Shadow Form Hundred Marvels Fist?"

"I bought that from Senior Witch Ying; it was not something he got from me. As for myself, I have no Martial Techniques to trade with you..."

"Old Yu, see our guest out!"

After speaking, Lu Chao looked at Yu Fei...

The latter flashed forward without hesitation and stood before Wu Yiyi. "This way, miss."

His True Qi faintly radiated from his body, pressing down on Wu Yiyi’s guards.

But Wu Yiyi, still looking pitiful, said, "Young Master Lu, people from your side will die in the second trial tomorrow."

Lu Chao ignored this...

Other than Yu Fei making a gesture for her to leave, no one else paid her any mind.

Wu Yiyi looked as if she was about to cry again. She looked at Wu Caicai and said, "Sister Caicai..."

Wu Caicai cut her off on the spot...

"Wu Yiyi, stop pretending."

"Everyone here is my friend. Since I don’t like you, no one here is going to like you."

The attitude of Lu Chao and the others deeply moved Wu Caicai.

It was obvious that everyone had seen how much she detested Wu Yiyi, so Lu Chao didn’t need to ask any questions before telling her to leave.

"Fine."

Wu Yiyi sighed and slowly turned around. "If Dragon Flame Academy loses tomorrow, Sister Caicai will bear a great deal of the responsibility." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The unspoken meaning was: You were the one who stopped the trade between Lu Chao and me. If people from Dragon Flame Academy die, your conscience will never be clear, Wu Caicai.

Wu Caicai’s expression changed instantly, a pang of guilt striking her heart.

She was about to say something, but Lu Chao stopped her...

When Wu Yiyi, her back still turned, heard no response, she added in a low voice, "Young Master Lu, if you come find me before the battle starts tomorrow, the deal can still be made at any time. I’ll be leaving now."

Leaving these words behind, Wu Yiyi departed step by step with her guards.

Wu Caicai withdrew her gaze and subconsciously looked at Lu Chao, her expression filled with doubt...

"Hero Lu, that Wu Yiyi is my Second Uncle’s youngest daughter. She’s been doted on since she was a child and moves among the geniuses of the various Flame Countries like a fish in water. Perhaps I shouldn’t have stopped you from trading with her."

"She really can reduce the number of your opponents in tomorrow’s second trial by several hundred."

Wu Caicai’s words made Dean Jiang look at Lu Chao again...

’Although Lu Chao and his group were full of confidence, there was a huge difference between facing a thousand opponents and facing several hundred. If they could make a deal with Wu Yiyi, perhaps it would be a good choice.’

But Lu Chao just smiled. "Miss Caicai, let’s go inside and talk."

And so, the group brought Wu Caicai and Uncle Leng back into the courtyard.

As soon as they were seated, Lu Chao said bluntly, "That Wu Yiyi used the Shadow Form Hundred Marvels Fist to test me. If I’m not mistaken, she was the one who instigated Zheng Zhuhe to cause trouble at the Dragon Flame branch of Hundred Flames."

"Not to mention anything else..."

"On that point alone, there’s no need to make a deal with her. She harms her own family. She’s just a rotten person."

To keep Wu Caicai from feeling too burdened, Lu Chao stated directly that Wu Yiyi was not someone worth cooperating or trading with.

Witch Ying was her third uncle, yet she would even harm her own uncle.

After hearing this, Wu Caicai’s guilt lessened slightly.

She nodded and said hatefully, "Wu Yiyi really is a rotten person. Because we’re around the same age and are both the youngest daughters in our Hundred Flames Witch Family, we’ve been compared since we were little."

"Wu Yiyi received all the love and adoration, while I was... Ugh, never mind. Let’s not talk about it."

As she spoke, a dejected look appeared in Wu Caicai’s eyes. She quickly changed the subject, "Hero Lu, Beast Flame Academy is going too far, from top to bottom. How can they bully people like this? What will you all do tomorrow?"

Everyone could see that Wu Caicai didn’t want to talk about her family’s affairs, so they didn’t press the matter.

Yu Xiaoping stepped forward and said directly, "Sister Caicai, how about we tell you all about the exciting things that happened to us in the Chaotic Hundred Countries after we parted ways?"