Even the Purple Gold Cave Elders who met with them to discuss matters would offer a few comforting words: Forget it. He wasn't Niu Youdao's match ten years ago, much less now. Don't let the Skyfire Cult lose face, and so on.
Naturally, Qian Fucheng spoke up for the Skyfire Cult, saying that not being a match ten years ago did not necessarily mean he would still be no match ten years later.
The other party merely gave a "Heh-heh" and let it pass, the mockery in it unmistakable.
Some were even more direct, openly elevating their own Purple Gold Cave while disparaging the Skyfire Cult. It was only natural for their own people to speak for their own.
Others simply began mocking them outright. They made it plain: Was the Skyfire Cult sick in the head? They actually sent some disciple beneath them to challenge a Purple Gold Cave Elder? What did they take Purple Gold Cave for? Since you were not being polite, there was no need for us to be polite either. Such words were flung out without leaving them the slightest shred of dignity. Your Skyfire Cult disciple simply wasn't good enough!
Faced with all manner of barbed remarks, Qian Fucheng was beyond merely losing face. He was so stifled he could barely breathe, yet he had no proof to argue with. After all, Kun Linshu really had lost to Niu Youdao back then and had nearly been beaten to death.
He truly wanted Kun Linshu to fight Niu Youdao now, but Niu Youdao's demands were too harsh. He actually wanted Kun Linshu and Fire Phoenix to leave the Skyfire Cult and become Niu Youdao's slaves. This was no small matter; Qian Fucheng had no authority to decide it.
Especially since Kun Linshu had mastered the