When the people present heard Zhu Xiyan's words, their expressions changed as one. A commotion broke out, and they all stared at her in shock.
No one had expected Zhu Xiyan to make such an outrageous demand: she wanted Ling Daoyi to kneel before her in public and apologize.
To everyone there, that was simply impossible.
Even though Ling Daoyi had already humbled himself as much as he could, and everyone had realized that Zhu Xiyan had a tremendously powerful figure backing her—someone even Ling Daoyi greatly feared and dreaded—
making him kneel was another matter entirely.
As the saying went, a man could be killed, but not humiliated!
And Ling Daoyi was no ordinary man. He had once stood out above all others, been hailed as the greatest genius in the Cultivation World in nearly five hundred years, and stood at its very pinnacle as a towering figure!
To make someone like him abandon all dignity and kneel before another in public seemed, to many, far harder than simply killing him.
As everyone looked on in shock, Ling Daoyi and Yu Jing'an's expressions changed as well.
Yu Jing'an could no longer hold back. "Miss, my master already sincerely apologized and made amends to you. Why humiliate him like this and demand that he kneel to admit his mistake? You're being far too aggressive!"
Yu Jing'an looked displeased.
Even though they needed Zhu Xiyan's help, he still couldn't accept or tolerate her demanding that Ling Daoyi kneel and apologize in public.
Li Hongtian, who still had no idea why his grand ancestor and master were so wary of Zhu Xiyan, also couldn't hold back his indignation. "Exactly! You're going too far! Even when someone is killed, you don't need to humiliate them like this. My grand ancestor is a man