The words caught everyone by surprise.
Cao An, the Jade Terrace Fairy, and the others froze for a moment. Then they felt that, perhaps, it was only to be expected.
Given Xu Wuji's temperament, he had already stood at the head of the Dragon-Tiger Ranking as the foremost figure of the Righteous Dao before the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury opened.
Now he had survived the First Nine Heavenly Tribulation and become an elder of the Dao Dominion Sect, yet a sect master of the Outer Dao had driven him to this point before every faction. Even his senior, True Person Tongxuan, had been forced to bow his head for his sake. How could Xu Wuji swallow such humiliation?
Xu Wuji met your gaze with steadfast eyes and spoke again. "Sect Master Chen, please grant me a lesson."
The expressions of several Righteous Dao sect masters shifted subtly.
True Person Tongxuan frowned slightly but did not stop him.
You raised your eyes to the gifted disciple of the Dao Dominion Sect but gave no reply.
True Person Tongxuan spoke slowly. "Sect Master Chen, Wuji has already apologized—"
His gaze turned to Xu Wuji, his voice carrying a senior's helplessness and protectiveness. "This child is Senior Brother Nine Yang's disciple. He has always been stubborn."
"If Sect Master Chen is willing to offer him some guidance and show him how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is, that would do him good."
Xu Wuji's eyes burned, his fighting spirit blazing like fire.
Shi Jinghong saw it and knew Xu Wuji did not truly intend to fight you to the death. At his current level, going all out against you would be no different from striking a rock with an egg.
The "guidance" True Person Tongxuan spoke of naturally meant that