Even a Princess Can Only Be a Maid (Part 1)

Chapter 41: Even a Princess Can Only Be a Maid (Part 1)

At this moment, everyone was stunned, including the six Grand Elders. Although they were Elders of the Washing Yan Ancient Sect, in terms of cultivation, if they were to enter a kingdom, they could only be considered powerful figures at best.

Yu He, however, was different. As the chief Grand Protector of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, he was qualified to be enfeoffed as a prince, and not just any prince, but one of the highest order, possibly even a True Human.

In the face of such a powerful individual, even Elder Gu, the Grand Elder of the Washing Yan Ancient Sect, had to lower his status significantly. If they were to enter a kingdom, a mere powerful figure could not compare to a prince!

The six Grand Elders showed a measure of respect to a powerful figure like Yu He. Yet, today, Yu He was respectfully addressing Li Qiye. This was simply unbelievable.

Even more unbelievable was that Yu He had brought a message from the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor: if Li Qiye were to visit the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor would personally welcome him.

Who was the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor? He was the unparalleled overlord of the Great Central Region in this era, dominating the world! Let alone anyone else in the Washing Yan Ancient Sect, even the six Grand Elders were not qualified to meet the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor.

And now, the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor wanted to personally welcome Li Qiye. How inconceivable was this?

As for the other disciples, they couldn't even begin to imagine it. For a moment, everyone present was petrified.

However, what happened next made them even more petrified. Li Qiye simply extended his left arm, and Li Shuangyan, after coldly looking at him, finally said nothing. She simply gently took Li Qiye's arm, appearing submissive, and left with him.

"Protector Yu, I won't be entertaining you," Li Qiye said as he left. The chief Grand Protector, Yu He, simply bowed in response.

This scene shocked everyone, from the six Grand Elders and the various protectors to all the disciples. For a long time, they couldn't recover from their shock.

Amidst everyone's astonishment, Li Qiye and Li Shuangyan returned to the solitary peak, back to the small courtyard. Once they were alone in the courtyard, Li Shuangyan pulled her arm away from Li Qiye.

Li Shuangyan shot him a cold glance, her demeanor still proud and cold. She said, "Are you satisfied now!"

Regarding Li Shuangyan's attitude, Li Qiye merely gave her a cold look and comfortably sat down in the master chair. He then lazily glanced at her and said indifferently, "In front of everyone, you linked arms with me. Do you really think I'm so vain that I'd want to ascend by using you? If the shock and envy of a bunch of ordinary cultivators can satisfy my vanity, then I, Li Qiye, have lived in vain."

"I let you link arms with me just to give you some face!" Li Qiye continued, his gaze turning cold. "I have always been protective of those around me, always cherishing them. If you stay by my side, I will give you some consideration! Letting you link arms with me in public was just to give you some prestige! As a Sword Servant, when did you ever have the right to walk arm-in-arm with me!"

"You—" Li Shuangyan trembled with anger, her icy, frosty face flushing red. This time, she had come under orders, setting aside her status to link arms with Li Qiye in public, which was already giving him ample face. Now, Li Qiye had said such words, how could she not be furious.

"I understand your pride," Li Qiye said, completely unfazed by her anger. "You are not afraid of coming under the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor's orders, and you are certainly unwilling in your heart. You consider yourself a heavenly prodigy, looking down on me, a mere mortal, which is also normal. However, I am giving you consideration. Think about it: today, I let you link arms with me, and that is giving you a good start! If you do not continue to follow me when I sweep across the heavens in the future, you won't even have a place by my side!"

A person around thirteen years old spoke the most arrogant words. Even the current prodigies, the princes of ancient kingdoms, would not dare to utter such domineering and arrogant words. Yet, today, a thirteen-year-old youth spoke such domineering words.

If anyone else had said these words, it would undoubtedly be considered arrogant and ignorant. However, Li Shuangyan looked at Li Qiye, and he was incredibly calm. He spoke the most arrogant words in the world with the most plain and unhurried tone. If it were any other time, she would have thought Li Qiye was arrogant and ignorant, but now, she couldn't detect any trace of arrogance or ignorance in him.

Li Shuangyan had not come here willingly. She was acting under the orders of the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor. Not only did the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor think highly of Li Qiye, but even Elder Jian of their Nine Sacred Demon Gate believed Li Qiye had great potential, which eventually persuaded her to come.

This matter was incredibly humiliating for Li Shuangyan. She was a successor of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, the princess of the Ancient Niu Jiang Kingdom. In terms of looks and talent, she was a phoenix among men, a heavenly prodigy!

In this era, her suitors were as numerous as carp crossing a river. No matter how outstanding the young talents were, she had never favored any of them. Yet today, she had to be a Sword Servant to a mortal.

Her master, the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor, was extraordinarily talented. Even in the apocalyptic era where the Mandate of Heaven had shattered, he could rise to prominence, which was enough to demonstrate her master's talent and wisdom! However, her master, such a dominant figure, thought so highly of a mortal with a mortal physique, mortal meridians, and mortal fate. This made her somewhat confused!

Li Qiye's words now left her unsure whether to be angry or upset. If she were to call Li Qiye arrogant and ignorant, it didn't seem like it at all now!

"Fine, you think you're unrivaled in the world, then prove it to me!" Li Shuangyan was both angry and upset. She said coldly, "If you can truly do it, then I might consider you to have some skill! Otherwise, you're just daydreaming."

After a long while, Li Qiye finally turned his head and looked at her with a light and indifferent gaze. "Prove it? What do I need to prove?"

Li Qiye's arrogant attitude made Li Shuangyan tremble with anger. Even more crucially, Li Qiye was clearly a thirteen-year-old boy, younger than her, yet he spoke with immense dominance, as if he were an invincible emperor. Such a thirteen-year-old boy spoke the most arrogant words in the most trivial and indifferent tone!

"I have a formation diagram here. Forget breaking it, if you can even reveal a hint of its profound mysteries, then I'll consider you somewhat capable!" Li Shuangyan couldn't stand Li Qiye's arrogance. It was simply too arrogant!

As she spoke, Li Shuangyan took out a corner of a tattered ancient skin. It was unclear what this ancient skin was made of, but it was inscribed with countless curves, dao symbols, stars, and formation points... It was just a small piece of ancient skin, yet it contained myriad manifestations, as if encompassing all the profound mysteries of heaven and earth.

If anyone were to look closely, their soul would be instantly drawn into it, as if sucked into a mysterious and profound world. This world was incomparably profound and supremely marvelous. Anyone with unparalleled talent and boundless wisdom who looked at it would be unable to extricate themselves, drawn in by its profound mysteries. At the same time, within these mysteries, even the most talented individuals could not find their way out.

When Li Qiye saw this ancient skin, it felt too familiar, too familiar. As he looked at the curves, dao symbols, stars, and formation points within... in an instant, Li Qiye scanned the entire ancient skin.

At this moment, a wiped-away section of a formation diagram appeared in his mind. This was once one of his deepest memories. However, the complete memory had not yet resurfaced; only a wiped-away corner had appeared.

Li Qiye's memory of this small corner was too profound. Regarding the complete memory, Li Qiye was too lazy to deduce it further, too lazy to retrieve it, because no one understood it better than he did!

"Just a corner of a broken formation. Enter from the Kui Star, pass through the Nine Profound Passes, retreat from the Eight Wheel Moons, transform the Nine Stars, then enter the Heavenly River..." Li Qiye spoke calmly and leisurely, pointing casually. He concluded, "The core of this corner of the formation is in this position, guarded by Myriad Manifestations and protected by Six Beasts and Four Immortals. Few in this world can break this corner of the formation."

Li Qiye spoke fluently and eloquently, as if he were listing familiar items. In Li Qiye's words, this didn't seem like some peerless formation, but merely a trivial minor technique.

However, Li Shuangyan was instantly shocked. She knew the origin of this corner of the broken formation. This formation had an astonishing origin; the ancestor of their Nine Sacred Demon Gate had only obtained a corner! Yet, with just this corner of a broken formation, several generations of geniuses and great sages of their Nine Sacred Demon Gate had studied it for their entire lives and still couldn't fully comprehend all its profound mysteries. It was only in the most recent generations that their Nine Sacred Demon Gate's sages, after generations of effort, finally fully unraveled the profound mysteries of this corner of the formation.

Even so, their Nine Sacred Demon Gate could not set up this formation. In this generation, her master, the Sun-Turning Demon Emperor, recognized her talent and thought she might be able to cultivate this formation. Therefore, he passed this formation diagram to her, and half of her cultivation was related to formations!

She had begun to come into contact with this formation when she was very young, but it took her more than ten years to truly comprehend it completely, and that was with the guidance of the insights of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's sages!

Li Shuangyan had also hoped that one day she could set up this formation, because once this formation was completed, it would be world-shattering, capable of slaying gods and immortals. However, she also knew that with her current fortune, it was impossible to set up this formation!

When she came to the Washing Yan Ancient Sect this time, she had brought this formation. The Sun-Turning Demon Emperor's intention was to see just how miraculous and unfathomable Li Qiye was, and to test Li Qiye with this formation.

Li Shuangyan never dreamed that Li Qiye, after just one glance at a corner of a formation, which was called the most peerless great formation in the world, would speak so fluently, as if listing familiar items.

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