He Honghui was completely taken aback by Peng Ying's words. Although He Honghui had worked in the White Lotus Sect for many years, he had always been at the bottom and had no understanding of the sect's overall structure.
He thought that the two Grand Protectors were above the Three Holy Envoys and that their relationship was simply one of superior and subordinate. He had never considered any other connection.
Now, after hearing Peng Ying's words, He Honghui realized where he had gone wrong.
Master and disciple.
They were master and disciple!
Peng Ying's master was actually the Left Grand Protector of the White Lotus Sect, which was why Peng Ying could act so eccentrically within the sect without fear of being apprehended.
With the Left Grand Protector protecting Peng Ying, no one except the Sect Master could touch her!
Ironically, He Honghui had even intended to use Peng Ying to climb his way up, become the Moon Holy Envoy, and stand above Peng Ying, ordering her around in the future.
Just thinking about it was ridiculous.
Most importantly, He Honghui had firmly believed that the Left Grand Protector was on his side and there would be no problem.
In reality, as soon as He Honghui had made his first call to the Left Grand Protector, he had already been sold out. All of his intelligence had been passed on to Peng Ying.
Because of this, all of He Honghui's tricks were perfectly understood by Peng Ying, leaving him with no ability to contend with her!
It was bad enough that her cards were better than yours, but what if you were playing with your hand exposed? How could you possibly win?
Unless Peng Ying was an idiot, He Honghui had no chance of victory.
He had been fooled, truly fooled.
He Honghui had wanted to curry favor with the Left Grand Protector to advance, never imagining that the Left Grand Protector was Peng Ying's master. He had truly tried to flatter the wrong person.
Infuriating!
He Honghui gritted his teeth and said, "So you knew about my plan all along and were just playing along with me?"
Peng Ying said without reservation, "Yes, watching you hop around like a clown was quite amusing."
The last shred of pride He Honghui had left made it difficult for him to accept this reality. He roared and charged at Peng Ying. He had been acting subservient to Peng Ying for years, and now he wanted to unleash all his accumulated resentment in one go!
"Peng Ying, damn you!"
He Honghui lunged to grab Peng Ying's neck, but before he could get close, a colorful centipede emerged from Peng Ying's sleeve, flew into the air, and bit He Honghui's neck.
Pain!!!
He Honghui felt an intense pain in his neck. He reached out to grab it, but the centipede coiled around and bit his nape again.
The centipede's venom was extremely potent.
The venom was injected into He Honghui's bloodstream through the bites. In just a few seconds, He Honghui's vision blurred, and he couldn't even stand. He slowly collapsed.
Using his last ounce of strength, he glared at Peng Ying and cursed, "Bitch, I won't spare you even if I become a vengeful spirit!"
With that, He Honghui fell to the ground.
Starting from his neck, the skin all over his body turned a deep purple as the poison quickly spread throughout his body.
Before long, He Honghui's heart stopped beating.
He was dead!
Pitifully, He Honghui had been scheming to kill Lu Ming, but every step of his plan was under Peng Ying's surveillance, and he ended his life in such a tragic manner.
Recalling the centipede, Peng Ying smiled at Lu Ming and said, "The trouble is resolved. It's time for the second half to begin. Let's go into the venue."
She said it so casually, as if He Honghui's death had nothing to do with her.
Lu Ming looked at the beautiful and gentle woman, his wariness of her increasing. After all, a woman who could kill someone at any moment was definitely not simple.
Lu Ming and Peng Ying entered the venue, leaving He Honghui's corpse lying on the ground.
Three minutes later.
In the lounge.
Logan glanced at the clock on the wall. It was about time, so he prepared to return to the stage and launch his final counterattack.
There was only one thing bothering him now: was Lu Ming dead?
According to his agreement with He Honghui, Lu Ming was not supposed to survive the halftime break. Now that the break was over, Lu Ming should have been dead.
But why hadn't there been any news?
Had he failed?
As he was wondering, the door opened, and a staff member said in a panic, "Mr. Logan, we have news from He Honghui's side."
Finally, news!
Logan asked excitedly, "Tell me, has Lu Ming been dealt with?"
The staff member shook his head and delivered a very bad outcome to Logan. "No, it was He Honghui who was dealt with. He died from poisoning, his death was horrific."
What?
Logan was startled, but quickly calmed down.
He gave a wry smile and mocked himself, "I'm such a fool for actually believing that a small fry like He Honghui could take care of Lu Ming. Forget it, let's pretend the agreement never happened. Only I can deal with Lu Ming."
Logan stood up, tidied his clothes, and left the lounge.
He had already contacted the top ten entrepreneurs, all of whom were first-class wealthy individuals on the Forbes list. With these ten magnates lending their support, he believed that even Lu Ming would be no match for him!
After all, when it came down to it, wasn't it all about money and connections?
If a noble school could provide these two things, why would it worry about parents not approving?
Hmph!
Logan walked out of the lounge and onto the stage.
He scanned the audience and indeed saw Lu Ming sitting safely in the audience. The annoying guy was really not dead.
He took a deep breath.
Logan smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you have all rested enough. We shall now continue with our previous presentation."
At this moment.
An impatient parent stood up and said, "Mr. Logan, from what I've learned from official personnel, you only invited quality teachers and those three social celebrities to support you this time, and they have all been defeated. What else do you have to present? I think you should stop struggling and start the voting. You definitely won't get the qualification to build the school this time."
It wasn't just him; other parents felt the same way.
They believed that Logan had played all his cards.
However.
Logan gave a cold smile and said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know where you heard such false information. I, Logan, never fight a battle unprepared! Yes, I have lost three matches, but that doesn't mean I have no cards left."
He scanned the crowd.
He stood up straight and raised his voice, "I still have cards! Now, I will introduce to you our noble school's friendly partners, the top ten entrepreneurs on the Forbes list!"