"Greetings, Sun King!"
Xuan Lengyan remained exceptionally calm in the face of the Sun King's provocation.
This was an age of great upheaval, with everything changing. In the past, given her status, the Sun King would never have given her a second thought.
Even the entire Xuan Family had never been much in the eyes of the Great Sun Divine Palace.
But now, the Golden Core Society had risen like a dark horse. Through alliances and infiltration, it had even made the Great Sun Divine Palace restless. The palace had begun to descend from its lofty perch in the heavens, abandoning its air of mystery.
Xuan Lengyan saw right through the Sun King's motives. He simply wanted to suppress her to show that the Immortal Palace still stood above the Golden Core Society.
She also knew she was an easy target. She was an executive member of the Golden Core Society, yet she had not severed ties with the Immortal Palace.
If she did not still have her Immortal Palace background, she would have had no need to bow to the Sun King. He had clearly seized on that point.
The Sun King waved a hand. "You're Xuan Xuan, aren't you? I met you once many years ago. Back then, you were just a little girl with wispy hair at Xuan Chunqiu's knee. Seven or eight years have passed, and you've already cultivated some power. Now you're all dolled up, attracting bees and butterflies. I wonder what sort of upbringing your Xuan Family gave you."
Xuan Lengyan said, "Did you come here today specifically to lecture me, Your Highness? If so, Xuan Xuan will gladly listen."
"I've long heard that the Sun King possessed great powers, yet I never expected he'd be no more than a bully hiding behind his