A man who had joined the Nine Sacred Demon Gate only a few days ago actually dared to say he would destroy the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. This was simply madness. Nan Huairen had just thought Li Qiye was somewhat unfathomable, but now he felt that Li Qiye was so ignorant it was outrageous!
Yet Li Qiye could not even be bothered to spare Hall Master Fu, Xu Hui, and their ilk another glance. He walked outside as leisurely as if strolling through a courtyard and said, "I do not care who calls the shots in your Nine Sacred Demon Gate now! Demon Emperor or True Person! Since you want to follow the rules, then follow them properly, and I will oblige you. If you do not want to play by the rules, I will oblige you there too! Today, with me here, I will slaughter your Nine Sacred Demon Gate and send you down to meet that old chicken-head!"
"Good, good, good! Ignorant brat, today I will first pull out your tendons and flay your skin. Let me see how you will destroy my Nine Sacred Demon Gate then!" Xu Hui laughed in extreme anger. This was the funniest joke he had ever heard in his life. He had truly never seen anyone so wildly arrogant and ignorant!
Protector Mo and Nan Huairen were both so ashamed that they wished they could dig a hole and crawl underground. Li Qiye had never even cultivated dao arts, yet he dared to boast about slaughtering the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. This was too ignorant! The present-day Nine Sacred Demon Gate was an incomparably powerful sect in the Great Central Region, capable of controlling an entire kingdom. How many people could destroy them?
Yet Li Qiye did not even listen to Xu Hui's words, nor did he look at him. He simply continued walking outside. Xu Hui was so enraged by Li Qiye's arrogance that he nearly coughed up blood. With an angry roar, he shouted, "Little beast, die!" The moment the words fell, he slashed his sword at Li Qiye.
"Stop—" At that moment, a thunderous shout rang out from the skies above the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. The voice rumbled like rolling thunder and carried supreme majesty. With a single thunderous shout, none could resist it!
At that thunderous shout filled with supreme majesty, both Xu Hui and Hall Master Fu could not help but have their legs go weak. Their hearts trembled.
"Elder—" Hall Master Fu shuddered upon hearing that voice. He had not expected such a trivial matter to actually alarm an Elder!
"In a fair duel, if one is killed, one can only blame insufficient skill!" The voice of an Elder from the Nine Sacred Demon Gate resounded through the sky!
This greatly shocked many disciples of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, as well as mid- and high-ranking hall masters and protectors. Such a matter had actually alarmed the Grand Elder—this was no ordinary affair!
Protector Mo and Nan Huairen both shuddered inwardly. This was the Grand Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate! Legend had it that the Grand Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate was already a True Person! Over the years, the Washing Yan Ancient Sect had interacted with the Nine Sacred Demon Gate countless times. Even their Grand Elder and sect master had personally visited the Nine Sacred Demon Gate.
However, the Elders of the Washing Yan Ancient Sect found it difficult even to meet figures of Elder rank from the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, much less the Grand Elder or the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor!
Today, such a matter had actually alarmed the chief Grand Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, Elder Yun! This indeed carried a different significance.
"The marriage alliance between the Nine Sacred Demon Gate and the Washing Yan Ancient Sect is a sect rule." At this moment, the Grand Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate did not mention Du Yuanguang's matter at all. His voice boomed like rolling thunder: "However, marriage is no child's play! If the Washing Yan Ancient Sect wishes to marry the successor of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, it must prove that it possesses such strength!"
"At last, the Nine Sacred Demon Gate has produced someone willing to take responsibility." Li Qiye calmly commented on the words of the Grand Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. "Of course, if you follow the rules, I will follow the rules as well. Do you not merely want to test me? Fine, I will oblige you! Better to strike while the iron is hot than choose another day—let it be today! Whether I marry the successor of your Nine Sacred Demon Gate is my business, but if someone wants to look down on me, then I will not hesitate to teach him a lesson!" With that, he walked outside!
Li Qiye's words were far too arrogant. Even Protector Mo and Nan Huairen wanted to kneel and beg him to stop boasting. If he kept blowing, he would burst the cowhide! At this point, Protector Mo and Nan Huairen both wished they could dig a hole and hide in it. This was losing face beyond all measure.
At this moment, Nan Huairen and Protector Mo deeply regretted accepting this assignment. It had not been easy for the Grand Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate to step forward and resolve the disturbance caused by Du Yuanguang. Anyone else would have taken the opportunity to step down from the tiger's back, turned a major issue into nothing, and built good relations with the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. Even if they could not marry Li Shuangyan, it would not have mattered.
Yet Li Qiye actually continued boasting that he would teach the Nine Sacred Demon Gate a lesson. This was simply courting death without knowing it! At this moment, both Nan Huairen and Protector Mo felt that Li Qiye was far too ignorant and arrogant!
"Let it be today." The Grand Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate issued his golden words and jade decree. After saying this, there was no further sound.
Xu Hui trembled with rage. Li Qiye was so arrogant, so overbearing, that Xu Hui wished he could cut Li Qiye down. Li Qiye had dared to provoke and belittle him; Xu Hui wished he could sever Li Qiye's limbs and make him wish he were dead. But with the Grand Elder's golden words and jade decree, he did not dare defy them!
"I will be waiting for you! I will make you wish you were dead!" Xu Hui said hatefully at last, then left with his people.
"Blind to the height of the heavens and thickness of the earth!" After Hall Master Fu and his group departed, Protector Mo refused to let Li Qiye go outside no matter what. At this point, he no longer cared about his status as a protector. Half dragging and half pulling, he hauled Li Qiye back.
"Protector Mo, is there any need to be so terrified?" Li Qiye said helplessly after being dragged into the courtyard. He pushed Protector Mo's hands away.
Protector Mo trembled with anger and glared fiercely at Li Qiye. At this moment, he wished he could give Li Qiye a brutal scolding, but for the upcoming assessment, he swallowed the foul breath in his chest.
"Ignorant fool!" Protector Mo said hatefully. "You are seeking your own death! If you want to die, fine, but do not drag the Washing Yan Ancient Sect into the water!"
"Protector Mo is taking this too seriously. It is only a small matter," Li Qiye said calmly, treating it as nothing at all.
Protector Mo trembled with anger. "You—you—you—" He stammered "you" for a long while, unable to say anything more. Li Qiye had angered him until he could barely catch his breath.
Nan Huairen was speechless as well. He felt Li Qiye had gone mad. Ignorant to this degree and arrogant to this degree, he was beyond all cure. Nan Huairen even wanted to slap Li Qiye across the face.
"Sir, do you know how powerful the Nine Sacred Demon Gate is now? Many of their protectors are qualified to be granted the title of king or marquis! Not to mention their Elders and the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor. If the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor were to act, a single hand could likely wipe out our Washing Yan Ancient Sect!" Nan Huairen could not help complaining.
"Just now, the Grand Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate resolved Du Yuanguang's matter. You should have used the slope to get down from the donkey. Whether you married the princess of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate was a minor matter. If you could build good relations with an Elder of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, it would not only be good for you, but for our entire Washing Yan Ancient Sect. You could also establish a great merit through this, one that would benefit you for life." The smooth and tactful Nan Huairen could not help analyzing the gains and losses for Li Qiye.
"So what? In matters like this," Li Qiye said unhurriedly, "I prefer using my fists to settle them!"
Naturally, Li Qiye could not reveal the secret in his heart. If the Nine Sacred Demon Gate did not follow the rules, he would use this opportunity to uncover the foundations of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. Although he had promised the Nine Sacred Great Sage back then, if his descendants did not know whether they lived or died, Li Qiye would not mind using this chance to cleanse the Nine Sacred Demon Gate once! It would also be a perfect chance to make use of every bit of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's foundation!
Nan Huairen rolled his eyes and no longer wished to speak. He felt he was playing the lute to a cow. He did not want to bother with an idiot like Li Qiye anymore. Speaking to such an ignorant piece of trash was a waste of breath.
Nan Huairen could not help grumbling inwardly. With that tiny bit of martial skill of yours? Even if you luckily killed Du Yuanguang, before the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, it was still insignificant. With such little strength, you dared to boast about settling things with your fists?
Nan Huairen felt that after Li Qiye had luckily killed Du Yuanguang, his confidence had swelled beyond control. Did he truly think himself invincible beneath heaven?
Protector Mo was so angry that he was speechless. At last, he said hatefully, "Take the assessment properly and follow the rules! If you cause any more trouble, you—you—you will not need to return to the Washing Yan Ancient Sect! When that time comes, no one will be able to save you!"
"If even the Nine Sacred Demon Gate is unsafe, then other places will be even less safe." Li Qiye smiled with the composure of an old god.
Protector Mo was so enraged that he nearly spat blood. He no longer wanted to speak to such an idiot. Talking to him was simply playing the lute to a cow. Unless an idiot like this suffered a lesson, he would never know how high the heavens were or how thick the earth was.
With Protector Mo and Nan Huairen angered to the point of coughing blood, the assessment was held on one of the main peaks of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. For this assessment, not a single Elder from the Nine Sacred Demon Gate showed up. Instead, two people came forth to preside over it, both protectors. One was Xu Hui's master, Protector Xu; the other was Yu He, the strongest among the protectors of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate and their chief head protector!
Protector Xu, Xu Hui's master, radiated terrifying light from his entire body. He seemed as though he had been forged from divine metal. As for the chief head protector, he was even more terrifying. The aura of a king or marquis billowed around him, and his blood energy was boundless. He was absolutely an incomparably powerful king or marquis. At this level, one could turn one's hand to make clouds and flip it to make rain!
The Nine Sacred Demon Gate had Protector Xu and the chief head protector Yu He serve as judges, while the Washing Yan Ancient Sect had Protector Mo serve as its judge.
At this moment, the main peak was packed solid, surrounded three layers deep within and three layers deep without. Countless young disciples had come to watch and enjoy the spectacle!
Naturally, the younger male disciples were the most opposed to the marriage alliance between the Nine Sacred Demon Gate and the Washing Yan Ancient Sect. Their objections were the loudest. Li Shuangyan was the goddess in their hearts, while Li Yanshuang was the princess of their Nine Sacred Demon Gate.
A small sect like the Washing Yan Ancient Sect was utterly unqualified to form a marriage alliance with their Nine Sacred Demon Gate, much less a useless good-for-nothing like Li Qiye, with a Mortal Physique, Mortal Meridians, and a Mortal Fate. A person like him was not even worthy of carrying shoes for the princess of their Nine Sacred Demon Gate!
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