Chapter 978: Essence Of A Manipulator
Upon seeing that Bloom quickly found a spot to steady her mindset, Carn had a shocked expression on her face.
Her mouth was left agape as she slowly turned to Xu Feng. She had no choice but to give him a thumbs-up and admit defeat.
"You’re really aweso, Guild Leader." She swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
The statent he made earlier was simple and concise, but it managed to affect Bloom this deeply. Compared to her ridiculous provocation toward Evelyn, it was indeed a joke.
"Have you learned the essence of being a manipulator?" Xu Feng pretended to stroke his imaginary beard and asked. It was a good feeling to pretend like so wise sage.
Carn also knew what he was trying to do, but didn’t expose him. After all, he indeed had the right to pretend like a wise sage with his previous action.
Instead, she pondered over the question he gave her.
What was the essence of being a successful manipulator?
"Hmm, is it learning and understanding what the opposing party cares about?" She furrowed her brows and asked with uncertainty.
Her provocation toward Evelyn was based on the deduction that she cared about her reputation. However, it was evident that Evelyn didn’t care what others viewed her. Moreover, Carn should have long understood that Evelyn didn’t care about reputation or whatnot.
If she were the type to care about it, then she wouldn’t have stalked them and approached them directly to inquire about Cool Wind’s whereabouts.
"Ugh, so my approach was wrong from the start." She frowned and leaned on her palm. She now understood how terrible her provocation was.
"Heh, you asked
for confirmation, but in the end, you’ve already got an answer in your heart." Xu Feng mused and didn’t tease her. The re fact that she understood her mistake was already far superior to him.
Back then, he was even more foolish and stubborn. Even he found it hard to believe he hadn’t been pumled to death.
"The law of provocation and manipulation is actually so profound." Carn clenched her fist.
"Of course, it is. Many claim it was dishonest and wicked, but many still use them to win battles."
"I agreed. There might no longer be any war, but business wars still exist. Business people are more vile than others."
"Hoh, how did you know business people are more vile than others?"
Upon being questioned, Carn’s behavior suddenly turned weird. She was about to respond but halted herself. It appeared as if she didn’t want to divulge further regarding this topic.
"It’s just a simple question." Seeing that, Xu Feng swiftly changed the topic.
"Look, there’s another person who passed the aptitude test." He pointed it out.
Realizing that Xu Feng was easing the original tension, Carn heaved a sigh of relief and was grateful to him for never prying deeply.
"Oh, Floral Witch is the third person to pass." Carn chuckled and turned to him. "You were sowhat right."
"Right about what?" Floral Witch raised an eyebrow and stepped toward them. She had just co out and overheard Carn’s words. What caught her by surprise was that there were two other candidates who were faster than her.
’I’ve already done my best to succeed. Seems like my willpower still needs work.’ She thought to herself.
"Ah, there’s no need to worry much." Xu Feng chid in and didn’t wish to elaborate on the matter.
Nodding, Floral Witch was about to drop the matter since she still had 5 more aptitude tests to deal with.
Unfortunately, Carn suddenly held a sly grin as she cleared her throat.
"A sha, Branch Leader Floral Witch. You were so close to reaching 2nd place, but Bloom is just faster. And Evelyn is even more superior."
"Bloom and Evelyn?" Upon hearing those two nas, Floral Witch glanced around and spotted those two. She wasn’t surprised about Bloom being faster, but she was definitely taken aback by Evelyn’s achievent.
’Evelyn was in first place?’ She had so insider information regarding Evelyn’s identity being quite unique within the Malefic Order Guild. However, the information was very tight, and she couldn’t dig deeper.
Who could have thought that she was actually concealing such ability?
Floral Witch narrowed her eyes and beca wary of the Malefic Order Guild.
The previous action from CarnageBound had already alard her. And now that she was reminded of another individual within the guild by Carn, it would be a miracle if she didn’t hold any suspicions.
While she remained silent and strode off in deep thoughts, Xu Feng sighed softly and stared at Carn.
"What? Are you srized by my beauty?" Not a bit ashad or embarrassed by his sudden stare, Carn raised her chin up.
"If you stare any longer, then I’m going to charge you so fee. My beauty isn’t sothing one could just see for free. It’s only because you’re the Guild Leader that I allow you so leniency."
"Were you angry with Floral Witch?" Ignoring her remarks, Xu Feng raised the question. He could easily tell that Carn was using Floral Witch as a guinea pig to test her provocation skill. But then why would she target Floral Witch?
He had even sent so signals and hints to not use her as a target practice.
"I just don’t like her guts." Carn shrugged in response. "Too much scheming brews in her mind. In that case, I might as well stir her mind a bit more to spice it up."
"I see..."
Ti then went on, and before long, the first aptitude test ended.
Without much surprise, the majority of the players had passed with relative ease, albeit with so being quicker than the others.
However, there were still so individuals who were eliminated in the process.
Nicholas also appeared in front of everyone at this mont. "A total of 5 players have failed to exert their willpower and have thus been eliminated. The second aptitude test will comnce right away."
As soon as Nicholas finished his declaration, all the remaining players, aside from Xu Feng and Carn, were teleported away.
No warning or rest, or preparation whatsoever was granted.
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