Thick soup slowly slid down his cheeks.
The old monk froze where he stood, disbelief written all over his face.
He... the head of Jeweled Temple's Discipline Hall, had actually been splashed in the face with a bowl of leftover soup by a junior, before so many people?
Yet more terrifying than the humiliation was the other party's strength.
Though she had struck without warning.
He could not deny that he had indeed failed to react.
If that bowl of soup had been replaced with something capable of harming him...
At the thought, the fear in his heart surged even stronger.
Impossible...
Absolutely impossible!
When he had entered the Core Formation Realm, this girl was probably still in the womb!
How could she possess such terrifying strength?!
"You dare insult my master?!"
The young monk behind the old monk flew into a rage, his eyes widening.
He knew nothing of the twists and turns within this. All he knew was that this woman had no martial virtue, resorting to such despicable means for a sneak attack.
"Silence."
The old monk cut him off coldly, forcibly suppressing the fury in his heart. With a smile that did not reach his eyes, he said, "General of the Guard Jiang, are you truly going to fight my Jeweled Temple to the death?!"
"To the death?"
Jiang Yuechu gave a chilling smile.
"You dare threaten a court official in front of so many people? Even if I beheaded you today, what could you do about it?"
"You!!!"
At this point, how could he not understand?
This girl had come for him today!
Jiang Yuechu glanced sideways and said blandly to those behind her, "Take them back first. I'll handle things here."
The moment those words fell, a trace of concern flashed across Liu Ke's