Eastern Seas Visitors at the Door (Fourth Update; Aiming for Sanjiang, Please Keep Reading)

"I'd accept a man who knew when to bend and when to stand tall, even one who endured humiliation for a greater purpose. As long as he had backbone, he was a real man."

Ye Qingyao's voice rang with ironclad resolve.

"But there's one thing I won't accept: a man who becomes someone else's dog!"

"Even if his master is the foremost figure of the Three Teachings or the King of Heaven himself, I won't accept it!"

"A man who becomes a dog has already broken his spine. He'll never stand straight again. And he thinks he's worthy of marrying me?!"

Boom!

Her words sent the entire Training Ground into an uproar.

Wild!

Too wild!

Wasn't that taking arrogance too far?

She looked down on even the followers of the foremost figures of the Three Teachings—and called them dogs?

Countless scions of Profession families would sharpen their heads to a point for the chance to follow those figures, yet never get the opportunity. To the world, it was a road straight to the heavens. From Ye Qingyao's mouth, they had become dogs with broken spines.

Lu Changsheng's face stiffened. His smile seemed frozen in place, making him look absurd.

Lu Zongyuan's face went black as the bottom of a pot. His fists clenched tight; if not for the occasion, he would probably have started cursing.

"Of old, there was a divine bird that perched only on parasol trees, ate only bamboo seeds, and drank only from sweet springs."

Someone in the crowd murmured, "Today, the Ye Family has a daughter who will marry only a true man who stands tall between heaven and earth. Her standards soar as high as that divine bird."

Many young Martial Cultivators felt a fire burning in their chests when they heard her.

"A humble