Facing the furious crowd inside the Azure Emperor Temple, with their eyes wide in anger, who would have thought that the brash youngster not only showed no fear, but sneered instead:
"Supreme Godly Emperor stands high above. Why would he care about your prostrations, or protect the likes of you? Heh, what a pipe dream. He probably can't even be bothered to spare you a glance. You might as well offer those spirit fruits to me instead. Once I've cultivated enough, how about I protect you?"
"Impudent!"
"How dare you show disrespect to the Azure Emperor!"
The many cultivators inside the temple all roared angrily at the brash youngster.
Li Zhōujūn's brows also drew tightly together at the youngster's words.
At the same time, the girl in Daoist robes snorted. "Do you really think my Zhu Family built this temple merely to seek the Azure Emperor's protection?"
"Isn't that so?" the brash youngster sneered. "You specially built this Azure Emperor Temple, didn't you, just to make the Azure Emperor notice you and bestow a little benefit upon you?"
"Heh, you're truly shallow." The Daoist-robed girl's delicate brows rose sharply. "The Mad Emperor refined the Thousand Corpse Emperor Body. If he had succeeded, all living beings throughout the Primordial World and even the myriad heavens would have suffered catastrophe. The Azure Emperor slew him, thereby saving the lifeforms of the Primordial World and the myriad heavens. He deserves the reverence of all living beings in the Primordial World. You too have received the Azure Emperor's grace, yet you show him disrespect. As the saying goes, even when drinking water, one must not forget who dug the well. Do you have any conscience?"
Li Zhōujūn looked at the Daoist-robed girl in surprise. He had not expected her to defend him so fiercely.