Shocking! A master of metaphysics has been mind-reading!

Lu Qiu looked at him with a deep gaze, her voice soft yet firm, "This... Mr. Qian, how did you determine that she is an unrelated person? Was it merely based on her age? Isn't that too arbitrary? Perhaps her basic skills are no worse than those of the masters present?"

"What a joke, at her age?" Master Qian's throat tightened, and he quickly said, "In our line of work, why can't we use age to determine seniority? Older people have been in the business longer, younger people have been in it for a shorter time, what's wrong with that?"

Lu Qiu looked at him and said calmly, "Sir, you just said that you have been in the industry for more than ten years, which means you are a latecomer. There must be masters here who are younger than you but have been in the industry for longer. Does Mr. Qian intend to talk about seniority with such masters?"

Upon hearing Lu Qiu's words, some people at the scene spoke up in his defense.

"He's right. I'm only in my early fifties, but I've been in the industry for exactly twenty years. I'm practically your senior, so you can't judge seniority by age."

"Yes, yes, some people are very talented and entered the industry early. Take that guy from Mingmen Mountain, for example. He's only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old this year. His talent is something we can't even dream of matching."

Of course, some of Master Qian's people also struck up a conversation with him.

"Although it is too arbitrary to judge based on age alone, this is the case for most. Many of the skills of the older generation were lost when the Taoist priests went down the mountain to save the country. Being able to learn even a little bit of them is already a talent and can be at the top of the industry. But such a genius only comes along once every few years."

"Even disregarding seniority, some of us here are quite renowned. We've all met and heard of each other. If you ask me, let's all compromise and not dwell on this. We were all invited here, and although the time hasn't come yet, we still have important business to attend to."

Amidst the murmurs and comments from the crowd, Master Qian found himself in an awkward position. He wanted to back down, but with so many people watching, he knew many would laugh at him behind his back. After a moment's thought, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't care about anything else, as long as she has an invitation, whether electronic or paper, it's fine. If not, then she should come and apologize to me properly. You all heard how rude this junior was just now. My request isn't too much, is it?"

"It's not that it's tall, but that girl was indeed quite young and impetuous."

"Indeed, sir, why don't you talk to the girl who came with you and suggest that she just lower her head and let it go, so that everyone can avoid getting into trouble? Taking a step back will make things much easier."

Lu Qiu twitched the corners of his mouth. He believed that if he dared to apologize to Xia Wange, she would twist his head off the next day. Xia Wange was not the type to compromise.

Besides, under these circumstances, he couldn't possibly make her bow down.

After thinking for a moment, he shifted his wheelchair slightly and raised his voice a little, "The masters present must know about my destiny. They all say that feng shui masters emphasize seeking advantage and avoiding harm, and going with the flow. Now that I am here, I am 'advantage,' I am 'momentum.' To be unfairly harassed and criticized without cause, and then to ask us to back down, is too much to ask of us."

"I, Lu, hereby declare: anyone who forces her to do something she doesn't want to do is an enemy of mine. If you masters find this objectionable, feel free to use whatever methods you have against me, and the consequences will be..."

"Shh." A soft "shh" sounded in Lu Qiu's ear, followed by a smiling voice, "You're done pretending, now it's my turn."

I'm going to show off big time this time.

Pulled behind him, Lu Qiu heard the other person's unified answer for the first time, which was quite unusual for him.

He looked at Xia Wange and saw that her every move was incredibly affected. He felt more at ease and realized that she really needed to put on a big act, not just show off.

"Everyone," Xia Wange glanced at the crowd, then looked at Master Qian, "Where were we arguing about?"

Immediately afterward, Xia Wange showed a look of realization and interrupted Master Qian before he could speak, saying, "Oh, right, it's an invitation, isn't it? I don't actually have one."

Master Qian's eyes lit up. "Heh, I knew you were slacking off and sneaking in. It's also because the person in charge wasn't supervising you properly. We just discussed a solution: you apologize to me, we can each compromise, and I won't hold this issue against you."

"There's no way I'm backing out." Xia Wange slightly raised her chin, flicked her hair, and looked at him with disdain. "I really don't have an invitation. I was asked to come on someone else's behalf. I just asked the person who asked me about the invitation, and he said he had never heard of such a thing."

Someone chimed in, "I don't know who your client is...?"

Xia Wange looked at the person who had spoken and gave him an approving look. "I've heard that everyone calls him Fang Qingzi."

"A real estate guru?!"

"Oh dear, Master Fang's request? I was wondering why I didn't see Master Fang today; I had some questions I'd like to ask him."

"It's Master Fang? Then there's really no need for an invitation. Everyone around here knows how powerful Master Fang is."

Hearing the surrounding conversation, Master Qian angrily said, "You say it was Master Fang who commissioned you, but do you have any proof?"

"Master Fang just asked me, with a puzzled look, if people from Qingya Peak need an invitation?" Xia Wange raised her hand and, in full view of everyone, took out a wooden plaque and put it on her waist. "Master Qian, I wonder how good your eyesight is now? Can you see this plaque clearly?"

The identical wooden signs, with the prominent characters "Qingya Peak," made everyone gasp.

The people of Qingya Peak are the top tier in their metaphysics.

Master Qian's face darkened upon seeing those three words. Unable to speak immediately, he quickly gave his disciple a meaningful look. The disciple, understanding, hurriedly said, "Is this master a junior of Fang Qingzi? To put it bluntly, although Master Fang Qingzi is renowned, he is of the same generation as my master. Even if this young master is from Qingya Peak, he is still a junior. Shouldn't he be more respectful to my master? Such aggressive behavior is not the kind of discipline Qingya Peak teaches!"

Everyone around frowned, thinking that this guy surnamed Qian was a bit shameless, calling himself a peer of Master Fang Qingzi. What was that saying again? Oh right, it's like trying to scam someone by trying to climb the moon. Even if he was Master Fang's disciple, he belonged to the orthodox school of metaphysics at Qingya Peak, which was still better than Master Qian's unorthodox methods.

Just as everyone was about to speak up for Xia Wange, Xia Wange was pleasantly surprised and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Oh my~ it turns out that Master Qian and Fang Qingzi are of the same generation!"