But Yuan Yujun was just an ordinary disciple, whereas Zhou Shuran was a direct successor of an Elder!
As a direct successor of an Elder, Zhou Shuran, though young and a latecomer to the Sect, had to be respectfully addressed as "Sister Zhou" by all disciples of the other seven Elders except for another direct successor of an Elder!
Even the ordinary disciples of other Elders had to address Zhou Shuran as Sister Zhou when they saw her.
After all, hierarchy within the Sect was very strict, with no room for overstepping. So, even though Yuan Yujun felt resentful, she still had to respectfully call Zhou Shuran Sister Zhou.
Initially, Yuan Yujun thought Xu Hao was Zhou Shuran's lover from outside, but she later realized that every time Zhou Shuran mentioned Xu Hao, her face was full of hatred; only then did she understand he was an enemy.
However, Xu Hao had already become a Grandmaster-level fighter while Zhou Shuran was just at the Mastery Period; the gap between them was somewhat significant.
Seeing Zhou Shuran's extremely angry, disgruntled, and conflicted expression, Yuan Yujun secretly felt a sense of satisfaction.
Even if you're an Elder's direct disciple, so what?
Even if your status is higher than mine, so what?
Aren't you still being completely suppressed by that kid from outside?
However, Yuan Yujun always suppressed her emotions within her heart, maintaining a respectful demeanor towards Zhou Shuran on the surface.
Zhou Shuran slowly recovered from her shock and glanced at Yuan Yujun, saying indifferently, "Thanks for your efforts, Yu Jun. There's nothing more for you here."
Yuan Yujun slowly walked out.
Zhou Shuran immediately began to operate her Cultivation Technique, adjusting her breath. After a long while, she finally stabilized her breath and murmured to herself, "I didn't expect Xu Hao to have improved so much in strength. But my progress isn't slow either; my master said I'm very suited for cultivating the Xuanmen's methods, and my cultivation speed is almost on par with that senior sister. I should be able to reach the Peak of Mastery by the end of this month. However, reaching the Grandmaster Level is not easy, could it be…"
Zhou Shuran hesitated and finally clenched her teeth, "If I cannot advance to Grandmaster Level by the end of next month, then I will go to that place. Although it's risky, Xu Hao will definitely keep his word. If he said he would spank me in public, he will do it. I cannot rest until this revenge is settled!"
With her mind made up, Zhou Shuran started cultivating once more.
Jing'an City's Xu Liu Group was operating as normal, and the construction of the new office building in Huadu City was coming to an end, along with the nearby factories, which were also gradually nearing completion.
Xu Hao, in his efforts to establish Xu's Martial Arts Hall, directly converted a closed private school in the North district three, compensated by the Wu Family, into a Martial Arts Hall.
The selection of a site for the amusement park was efficiently being finalized by the Xu Liu Group's planning department. Contentsourcedfrom*–MyVirtualLibraryEmpire.
The film and television base established in cooperation with the Hongkong tycoon Li Chenggong was preparing for its ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was scheduled to be held soon; all these developments were publicized to the outside.
Meanwhile, Xu Hao's home had received several uninvited guests.
Chu Yunfei, the top power figure of Huadu City, and his daughter, Chu Xiaoxiao, accompanied by several medical staff, had arrived.
At this moment, Chu Xiaoxiao was lying on a stretcher, eyes closed, emitting the same chilling aura as before that made it unbearable for ordinary people to stay near her for over five minutes. This was the reason why Chu Yunlong had offered a very high price to the two nurses caring for Chu Xiaoxiao.
Seeing Xu Hao seated comfortably in an armchair, paying no attention to him, Chu Yunlong dared not get angry and instead asked in a low voice, "Young Master Xu, my daughter's attitude last time was indeed inappropriate. Could you perhaps forgive her on account of her youth?"
Xu Hao spoke indifferently, "Saving a life is more virtuous than creating a seven-story pagoda, so I did not hesitate to save her last time. But instead of being grateful, she lashed out at me with harsh words, and although part of it was due to her ignorance, I think it's more about her inherently poor character, isn't it?"
Chu Yunlong hurriedly said, "Without concealing anything from Young Master Xu, Xiaoxiao has always been like that since she was young, very cold to everyone, and sometimes very violent. She often got into fights with other children at the kindergarten."
Anna, who was watching the sleeping Chu Xiaoxiao, suddenly said, "Brother, why don't you save her? We can at least pass on enough Cultivation Method for her to reach Grandmaster Level."
"You silly child!" Xu Hao couldn't help but feel a mixture of amusement and exasperation. Anna really believed that Cultivation Methods that could reach Grandmaster Level were not valuable?
He had no blood or kinship with Chu Yunlong, so why would he give him such a precious thing for nothing?
If Chu Xiaoxiao had had a good attitude, then naturally, he could have taken her as a disciple and passed on the Cultivation Method to her, but her attitude was obviously very bad!
Chu Yunlong quickly said, "Young Master Xu, I understand that such a Cultivation Method must be very precious, but please believe me, I will definitely bring out something of equal or even greater value to exchange with you!"
"I don't covet anything from you, and to be honest, the Grandmaster-level Cultivation Method might be very valuable to others, but to me, it's just average. However, I prefer to act from the heart," Xu Hao said.