The Dao Is One Foot Higher, the Divine Abilities Tower a Thousand Zhang Higher

Su Yun rose to his feet. "Daoist Brother Kurong, don't take offense. Yingying wasn't laughing at you; she was mocking me."

Sui Kurong's expression turned somewhat displeased.

But he did not know that Su Yun had always liked to put on an air of grace. Yet after every display of grace, all that remained was a complete mess. Thus, when Yingying saw Sui Kurong arriving beneath an umbrella, bathing in calamity ash, she could not resist ridiculing him.

She was not ridiculing Sui Kurong, but using him as the butt of her sarcasm to express her dissatisfaction with Su Yun.

Yet to Sui Kurong's ears, it sounded exceptionally grating.

"Though I am an unaffiliated man of the Immortal Realm with neither rank nor title, I am by no means weak."

Sui Kurong said solemnly, "Holy Emperor Su, do not look down on Sui. I attained the Dao during Emperor Jue's era. By the end of Emperor Jue's reign, I had already reached the fifth level of the Dao Realm."

Su Yun's expression grew solemn. "Mr. Kurong is also a genius. You were already at the fifth level of the Dao Realm ten thousand years ago. How far have your cultivation and strength advanced by now?"

Yingying asked with a smile, "If you are so capable, why are you still an unaffiliated man?"

Su Yun shouted, "Yingying, do not be disrespectful to Mr. Kurong!"

Sui Kurong burst into laughter. "Since ancient times, many wild and unruly men of talent have gone unrecognized, never encountering an enlightened ruler. That is a common thing. Emperor Jue was tyrannical and sinister, and the people under his rule could barely survive. I disdained entering the Imperial Court as an official and serving as a tiger's accomplice. As for Di Feng, his ascension was illegitimate. Though