Arrogance Doesn't Need to Consider Location (Part 2)

"No—" the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor stated decisively, "You may. Open the Sacred Cave, and Young Master Li can take one item from within!"

"A wise choice," Li Qiye nodded. "Prepare yourselves, then find me. I'll be heading back now." With that, he turned and left the Heavenly Hall.

The Sun-Turning Demon Emperor instructed Yu He to escort Li Qiye back.

After Li Qiye departed, an Elder within the Heavenly Hall couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, the matter of the Sacred Cave is rather hasty."

"Perhaps not," the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor's voice echoed. "Since the Nine Sacred Demon Gate was established, who has ever opened the Sacred Cave? It has always been sealed, never opened! This might be an opportunity, it aligns with a prophecy left by our Ancestor."

The Grand Elder nodded in support of the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor. "There's no harm in trying. Since Your Majesty has decided, let Li Qiye give it a shot."

"Your Majesty, regarding the Guardian Spirit, why have we never heard of it? Is our Nine Sacred Demon Gate's Guardian Spirit a Celestial Beast or a Spirit of Longevity?" another Elder couldn't help but ask.

"I do not know either," the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor replied. "There are very few records concerning our sect's Guardian Spirit. Only a few sentences are mentioned in the Ancestor's secret texts. The Ancestor only stated that the Guardian Spirit would reveal its divine power only when our Nine Sacred Demon Gate faced annihilation. This secret text can only be viewed by successive sect masters."

"But it revealed its divine power this time," another Elder interjected.

"This is also something I do not understand," the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor said. "The Guardian Spirit chose him, there must be a reason for the Guardian Spirit's choice."

"This kid is truly bizarre," Elder Yun, the Grand Elder, remarked. "According to Yu He, he effortlessly passed through the Chaotic Heart Forest, both times! This is something completely impossible. Now, the Guardian Spirit has chosen him as well. It truly makes no sense!"

These words caused the other Elders to fall silent. They, as Elders, knew the Chaotic Heart Forest all too well. Completing the fourteenth layer of the Chaotic Heart Forest, they knew what that implied!

"This is truly bizarre," one Elder couldn't help but say. "Our Nine Sacred Demon Gate is flourishing today. Among the younger generation, in terms of cultivation, Junior Disciple Leng is the strongest. In terms of talent and potential, the Princess is the most outstanding. However, the Guardian Spirit chose neither Junior Disciple Leng nor the Princess. Instead, it chose a junior who hasn't cultivated and possesses a Mortal Physique, Mortal Meridians, and Mortal Fate!"

At this point, the Elder couldn't help but complain that the Guardian Spirit of their sect had chosen an outsider. Even if their Guardian Spirit chose an outsider, if it were an unparalleled genius, they might have accepted it. But it chose a youth who was called a cripple by everyone.

"The events of eternity are not something we can fully comprehend," the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor finally admitted. Everything that happened today was too strange. He was a man of great experience who had weathered countless major events, yet he couldn't fathom what happened today.

"Your Majesty, even if Li Qiye truly opens the Sacred Cave, can he really choose any treasure?" another Elder couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, Your Majesty. It is rumored that there might be an Immortal Emperor artifact in the Sacred Cave," some Elders were unwilling to accept, after all, it was an Immortal Emperor artifact.

"If he can truly open the Sacred Cave, then it is the will of heaven," the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor stated. "Elder Jian has already said that in this generation, no one can open the Sacred Cave! Li Qiye might just be a miracle. Since no one else can open it, why not let him try."

Hearing the "Elder Jian" in the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor's words, the Elders of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate no longer spoke, because within the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, no one commanded more authority than Elder Jian!

"Issue an order. No disciple is to leak any information about today's sect affairs, or they will be severely punished. This is an ironclad rule!" Finally, the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor issued this command!

The Nine Sacred Demon Gate did not wish for outsiders to know too much about their Guardian Spirit.

When Li Qiye returned, their living quarters had been changed. They had been moved into the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's most esteemed guest residences, a treatment usually reserved for kings of great nations and emperors of ancient kingdoms.

This treatment left Nan Huairen and Protector Mo overwhelmed with gratitude. Let alone them, mere insignificant figures, even Elders or the Sect Master of their Washing Yan Ancient Sect would not have received such treatment.

Now, Protector Mo and Nan Huairen understood that this treatment was all thanks to Li Qiye.

When Li Qiye was sent back by Yu He, Protector Mo and Nan Huairen couldn't help but stare at Li Qiye, but for a long time, they couldn't speak.

At this moment, even Protector Mo dared not inquire about what Li Qiye had discussed with the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor in the Heavenly Hall, as it was no longer a matter within his purview.

Now, Protector Mo and Nan Huairen could only remain speechless. Over the past two days, Li Qiye's words had been incredibly arrogant. First, he killed Du Yuanguang, then he disdained Xu Hui, and even boasted that he would trample the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. Especially today, Protector Mo had felt several times that this brat Li Qiye was simply out of his mind, terrifyingly ignorant!

However, now, upon careful reflection, they realized that Li Qiye was not ignorant at all, nor was he boasting. He was merely stating facts; he had been confident all along.

Nan Huairen couldn't understand, and Protector Mo couldn't either. How did Li Qiye manage to pass the fourteenth layer of the Chaotic Heart Forest of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate in one go? Why did the invincible stone figures protect Li Qiye? Neither master nor disciple could understand any of this.

However, Nan Huairen finally understood one thing. The day Li Qiye climbed onto the giant stone figure's shoulder was not just for fun; Li Qiye had been prepared.

Thinking back now, Nan Huairen couldn't help but feel that his own insight was still rather shallow.

"If you have anything to say, just say it," Li Qiye said with a smile, seeing the hesitant expressions of Protector Mo and his disciple. He sat casually at the head seat as if nothing had happened.

Protector Mo opened his mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say. He was a man of few words, so in the end, he simply sat down beside them, saying nothing.

Compared to Protector Mo's reticence, Nan Huairen was much more adaptable. He looked at Li Qiye, opened his mouth, and then closed it again. Finally, he mustered his courage and said to Li Qiye, "Did... did that matter work out?"

"That matter? What matter?" Li Qiye was taken aback by Nan Huairen's question, not knowing what he was referring to.

"Just, just, the matter of the marriage alliance, marrying the Princess Li," Nan Huairen stuttered a bit.

"You mean Li Shuangyan, right?" Li Qiye couldn't help but smile and shake his head. "I haven't inquired about this matter, nor do I care to. She's just a woman, why bother?"

Li Qiye's arrogant words left Nan Huairen utterly speechless. He knew who Li Shuangyan was – the successor of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, the future Demon Emperor, and the princess of the Ancient Niu Jiang Kingdom. Not to mention her peerless beauty, her talent with an Emperor Physique, Emperor Meridians, and Sacred Fate was enough to awe countless people.

It wasn't just in the Ancient Niu Jiang Kingdom, but throughout the entire Great Central Region, the young talents who wished to marry Li Shuangyan could form a line from the east to the west of the Ancient Niu Jiang Kingdom.

And now, Li Shuangyan, a divine maiden who captivated thousands and amazed countless people, was dismissed by Li Qiye as an insignificant woman. This was as arrogant as it could get, as domineering as it could get.

However, by now, Nan Huairen no longer felt Li Qiye was being arrogant. No matter how arrogant Li Qiye's words were now, Nan Huairen wouldn't find them arrogant; he would find them perfectly reasonable.

What Li Qiye had done today had completely overturned his perceptions and shattered his common sense!

Nan Huairen had no choice but to close his mouth, but his eyes couldn't help but dart towards the Snake-Beating Cudgel on Li Qiye's body. This unremarkable wooden stick had beaten Xu Hui, a master of the True Fate Realm, until he was covered in wounds and unable to get up. This had left a deep impression on him.

"If you want to see it, take it and look," Li Qiye said generously, seeing Nan Huairen's strange gaze. He took off the Snake-Beating Cudgel and tossed it to him, saying indifferently.

Nan Huairen took the Snake-Beating Cudgel and held it carefully in his hands to examine it. At this moment, even his master, Protector Mo, leaned over. Master and disciple began to study the Snake-Beating Cudgel.

But no matter how they studied it, it remained an ordinary wooden stick.

"This, is this really the firewood stick from the Ancestral Hall?" Nan Huairen couldn't help but ask Li Qiye. He couldn't believe that this mere firewood stick could beat Xu Hui so badly!

"That's right," Li Qiye nodded and said.

Nan Huairen swallowed and, mustering his courage, said to Li Qiye, "Senior Brother, c-can I try it out?"

"Look at how timid you are," Li Qiye couldn't help but laugh upon hearing Nan Huairen's words. "Go on, show me."

Seeing Li Qiye agree, Nan Huairen immediately began to wield the Snake-Beating Cudgel. Protector Mo also watched intently, wanting to see what was so magical about this fire-poker.

However, after Nan Huairen finished his demonstration, the Snake-Beating Cudgel in his hands didn't possess the same power as it did in Li Qiye's. In Nan Huairen's hands, it wasn't as if it could point anywhere and hit its mark like it did with Li Qiye.

"Senior Brother, why does it become miraculous in your hands?" Nan Huairen was completely baffled. It was just an ordinary wooden stick, but why did it become so formidable when it was in Li Qiye's possession?

Li Qiye glanced at him before slowly saying, "Sincerity makes it effective." He stopped there, as he wouldn't easily reveal the true profundity of the Snake-Beating Cudgel to others.

Naturally, the Snake-Beating Cudgel couldn't unleash Li Qiye's level of power in Nan Huairen's hands. After all, the Snake-Beating Cudgel was brought out of the Ghost Forest by Li Qiye himself. No one in the world understood this wondrous cudgel better than Li Qiye!

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