Xu Feiniang sent Patriarch Blazing Fire a Flying Sword Message, laying out the facts and reasoning with him, urging him to set aside his old hatred and cooperate with Shi Feiyang so they could confront the Emei Sect together in the future.
Little did she know that Patriarch Blazing Fire was in seclusion, refining the Blazing Fire Thunderclap Sword and studying the All-Heaven Blazing Fire Formation. Her Flying Sword Message fell into the hands of deputy sect leader Shi Nanxi.
The moment Shi Nanxi read the Flying Sword Message, he erupted, smashing the table before him to pieces with a slap and unleashing a torrent of abuse. "That lowly bitch Xu Feiniang! That whore who bites the hand that feeds her! She was nothing but a female dog Hunyuan Ancestor kept to amuse himself, and now she dares order our Mount Hua sect around!"
Seeing his violent reaction, the Mount Hua disciples before him hurriedly took the letter and passed it around. After reading it, they too began cursing Xu Feiniang, dragging her mother into nearly every insult.
In truth, Xu Feiniang, known as Fairy Wanmiao, was not only adept at charming outsiders but also well liked within both Wutai and Mount Hua. Although Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan's favor had elevated her seniority and left many resentful, that was ultimately an internal Wutai matter. The people of Mount Hua had little reason to dislike her so intensely.
Shi Nanxi reacted so strongly because he belonged to the Western Demon Cult and was Venerable Poison Dragon's own junior brother.
As early as the Southern Song, Shi Nanxi had befriended Fire Spark Yang Shao of Mount Hua. Yang Shao later introduced him to Patriarch Blazing Fire, and the three found themselves so like-minded that they became practically inseparable.
Back then, the three went