Xu Yi said coldly, "Looks like you've wanted to kill me for quite some time, Brother Wu. You knew Director Yu was the woman I loved, yet you hurried to propose to her through Lord Yuwen, hoping to settle the matter quietly while Lord Yuwen was unaware of the truth. Now that you can't cow Lord Yuwen, whose pride will not bend, you want to kill me instead. Is this all because I kept you from taking first place at the Tassel Gathering? You resent me this much over that? With a mind as narrow as yours, I can only sigh: Xiongchu Heavenly Monarch's fame may shake the world, but it's a shame he has no worthy successor."
"Shut your mouth!"
Wu Xiuxian roared with fury. "You rat, how dare you insult the Heavenly Monarch!"
Everyone in the courtyard was dumbstruck. No one had expected Xu Yi to come out swinging so hard and confront Wu Xiuxian to his face.
Xu Yi shook his head slightly. "You've got it wrong, Brother Wu. You're the one insulting the Heavenly Monarch. You're the Heavenly Monarch's own son, yet instead of devoting yourself to quiet cultivation and hard training, and inheriting his mantle, you spend your days flitting from one grand gathering to another, chasing after the Fairies of this age. How are you any different from some wealthy idler in the mortal world? No, that's not fair—the wealthy idlers of the mortal world at least don't abduct women by force. You're using the Heavenly Monarch's name to try to seize Fairy Zixuan. Even the thugs in the street are better than you."
When it came to trading barbs, Xu Yi could sweep the world with half a mouthful of words.
By the time he finished, Wu Xiuxian was so enraged that his