"So you're Fang Chen?"
The Unfeeling Immortal Emperor spoke. Her voice was exactly as it had been before, cold and utterly devoid of warmth. Her silver-gray eyes settled on Fang Chen as though she were inspecting an object.
"That's right."
Fang Chen's answer was just as brief.
"Why do you not bow before me?"
The Unfeeling Immortal Emperor's voice remained flat, but the pressure within it suddenly intensified, bearing down on Fang Chen like an invisible mountain.
The air in the Great Hall seemed to solidify.
The four Attendant Immortal Emperors' gazes grew colder still.
Immortal Emperor Yun Yi's expression shifted. He hurriedly said, "Martial Ancestor Uncle, please calm your anger. Daoist Friend Fang Chen—"
"I did not ask you."
Without so much as a glance at Immortal Emperor Yun Yi, the Unfeeling Immortal Emperor cut him off, her silver-gray eyes still fixed on Fang Chen.
Fang Chen seemed not to feel the mounting pressure. A faint smile even touched his lips. "Why should I bow? Because you're old? Or because you sleep so well?"
The temperature in the Great Hall seemed to plunge to freezing the moment he said it!
Anger and killing intent flashed through the four Attendant Immortal Emperors' eyes, and their auras stirred.
The Golden Roc Immortal Emperor's mouth twitched. He wanted to laugh, but the occasion was hardly right, so he forced it down.
Immortal Emperor Yun Yi looked frantic. He shot Fang Chen a warning glance, then turned to the Unfeeling Immortal Emperor. "Martial Ancestor Uncle, Daoist Friend Fang Chen is simply forthright. He meant no offense. The New Alliance has only just been founded, and there is much to rebuild. We need everyone united—"
"Yun Yi."
At last, the Unfeeling Immortal Emperor took her eyes off Fang Chen and looked at Immortal Emperor