"Such insolence! Panicking over such a trivial matter—what kind of behavior is that? Yue Chen, slap him!"
Seeing the figure rushing over in a panic, Lu Xiang frowned.
He had been feeling immensely pleased with himself, believing the situation across the world was firmly under his control, when this person ran up shouting "Something terrible has happened." Wasn't that a slap in his face?
"Yes!"
Yue Chen, the young man who had been flattering him all along, sneered as he walked over. He slapped the figure several times in succession, beating his mouth bloody before finally stopping. "You worthless thing with no sense of propriety! How dare you be so disrespectful before Senior Brother Lu Xiang? You're asking for a beating!"
After scolding him, he turned to Lu Xiang with a respectful expression. "Senior Brother, I've dealt with it..."
"Mm!" Lu Xiang nodded in satisfaction, his face full of praise. Only then did he look at the slapped figure. "What happened that made you so flustered you forgot all the rules? When all is said and done, you've followed me for many years. If you act so rashly again, watch out—I'll kill you!"
"Yes, Senior Brother..."
The figure hurriedly nodded. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "It's like this. The people on the perimeter just sent word that an ancient ship has charged straight in. Our people simply can't stop it... That's why I hurried over to report..."
"An ancient ship charging in? Could it be Gu Xiao? Good. It would be best if he came—I can kill him and use him to intimidate the others!"
Rather than being afraid, Lu Xiang's eyes gleamed with excitement upon hearing this.
"Senior Brother's literary and martial virtues are unparalleled; you are invincible beneath the heavens. Of course you need not fear