Invincibility Begins with a Super Fairy Manny

Chapter 2782: Chapter 2783: Public Outcry

Yun Lingxuan turned around to the table, personally poured a cup of tea for Tang Xiao, and only after handing it over did she ask.

"Miss Tang, is there something you need?"

Holding the steaming cup, Tang Xiao’s anger and dissatisfaction diminished by three points, and after carefully considering her tone, she spoke softly.

"Did Yun Daijia return with my brother?"

Yun Lingxuan’s heart was stirred, and she raised her eyes to look at this Tang Xiao.

She saw a strange expression on her face and understood her intentions, so she smiled faintly.

"Yes and no!"

"What do you mean?"

"I did meet your brother at the literary contest in Ling’an Domain, then things changed over there, so we left together, but on the way your brother went ahead, so we didn’t truly travel together. Why? Is there something wrong?"

Upon hearing Yun Lingxuan’s explanation, Tang Xiao’s anger subsided by another point, and she spoke with a conflicted expression.

"It’s nothing much, just that my brother was punished upon returning to Qisi Poetry Society. He’s closed himself for contemplation at Repentance Cliff now, and I heard he was punished for deliberately letting things slide during the literary contest and losing the Poet Sage rank. So I wanted to ask if you know anything about this!"

Yun Lingxuan nodded, "I certainly know about this! Your brother did let things slide at the literary contest, and he indeed lost the Poet Sage rank!"

"Then what’s really going on?" Tang Xiao asked puzzledly.

Yun Lingxuan sighed, then recounted the events roughly.

After listening, Tang Xiao was stunned.

"Yun Daijia, is what you said true?"

"Absolutely true. How could I joke about such things?"

Tang Xiao suddenly had a headache.

Because only now did she understand that her brother’s affairs had nothing to do with this Yun Daijia.

Everything stemmed from her brother’s wishful thinking.

The deliberate letting things slide was caused by him being deceived by a treacherous person and acting impulsively.

But she quickly shifted her focus to Xue An, mentioned by Yun Lingxuan.

Well, her brother’s Poet Sage rank was taken by an unknown lad!

And this lad even dared to steal poems in public, which is truly intolerable!

During Yun Lingxuan’s recount, she mentioned the eleven poems Xue An composed, reciting a few.

Tang Xiao, so talented, upon hearing them realized these poems had differing styles and couldn’t have been by one person, thus filled with disdain.

To her, this Xue must be a charlatan.

Thinking this, she apologized sincerely to Yun Lingxuan.

"Yun Daijia, I’m truly sorry! I misunderstood you earlier, please forgive me!"

Yun Lingxuan had long seen that Tang Xiao came in anger, but since she apologized so candidly, Yun Lingxuan didn’t pursue it, instead smiled faintly.

"Miss Tang needn’t be polite, if it were me, I’d also ask for clarity."

Tang Xiao nodded, "Thank you, Yun Daijia. I have other matters, so I’ll take my leave now!"

Saying that, the girl left hurriedly.

Yun Lingxuan also didn’t rise to see her off, merely sat silently in the chair until Tang Xiao’s footsteps completely faded down the stairs, then she gently lifted her cup to sip tea.

"Miss!"

"Hmm?"

Tuan’er hesitated, "Were those ten-some poems by Xue An really plagiarized?"

Yun Lingxuan shook her head, "I don’t know! On the way back, I pondered those eleven poems carefully, found their styles different, even their word usage varied greatly, but can’t solely determine Xue An plagiarized!"

"A very simple logic, if someone could write such poems, they’d surely publicize widely to gain fame, and wouldn’t willingly remain unknown and be plagiarized, right?"

Tuan’er’s originally worried heart gradually calmed, "Yes! I think so too! So I said Xue An couldn’t have plagiarized!"

Seeing Tuan’er’s earnest look, Yun Lingxuan chuckled lightly.

"Silly Tuan’er, just believing yourself is useless, you have to make the outsiders believe Xue An didn’t plagiarize!"

Saying this, Yun Lingxuan’s gaze drifted beyond the bamboo curtains.

"I reckon now the outside has already stirred up a big commotion!"

Yun Lingxuan was entirely accurate, along with the spread of the events at the Ling’an Domain literary contest.

Especially when the story of Xue An composing eleven poems, dominating the scene, spread, the entire literary circle and even Xihua City stirred up a huge commotion.

"Truly decaying morals, when even contests hosted by Qisi Poetry Society can blatantly plagiarize?" An old scholar said sorrowfully.

"What is Ling’an Domain? Never heard of it before!" someone asked confusedly.

"A small, impoverished place previously unknown, now it blasts out such major news." Someone spoke sarcastically.

"Tsk tsk, composing eleven poems to dominate the scene, does he think he’s the Poet Sage reborn?" someone mocked.

"Damn, could the plagiarism be any more obvious? We scholars striving for years never composed a masterpiece, but in this Xue’s hands they’re abundant, which is simply a huge insult!" someone griped.

"No way, we can’t let this matter slide easily, or it’d be an insult and desecration to us hard-studied scholars!" someone added fuel to the fire.

In no time, opinions varied and public sentiment boiled.

But undeniably, almost everyone didn’t believe those eleven poems came from Xue An alone.

Especially when he was from the obscure place of Ling’an Domain, skeptical eyes increased.

In this situation, emotional students ran to demand explanations at Qi Si headquarters.

Of course.

With their skills, they couldn’t possibly cross that muddy path, so they could only shout outside the door.

But that was enough.

This plainly represented an attitude from the literary circle, so Qi Si Poetry Society finally responded.

Tang Zheng, the scholar who hosted the Ling’an contest, was already punished to contemplate at Repentance Cliff.

As for the highly disputed Xue An...

His name wasn’t found in the list of participants for the main literary contest from all domains.

Which means... he likely won’t attend this main contest.

News spread, the public was astonished.

"Indeed a fame-seeker, now that things escalated, he dares not show up!" someone sneered.