Standing in the great hall, Huang Yan froze.
For a moment, he had no idea what to do.
He desperately wanted to roar at Dai Sangyu, who had humiliated him, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west-never bully a young man for being poor!"
But he soon remembered that he was over a hundred years old. In terms of age, he could hardly call himself young anymore.
Besides, if he dared shout that and enraged a Core Formation True Person, he might well leave his life here today.
Yet simply leaving like this seemed far too cowardly.
Fortunately, a gentle voice broke the deadlock. "Fellow Daoist Huang, I'm terribly sorry. I didn't know about your relationship with Senior Sister Dai, otherwise-Senior Sister Dai may be in a bad mood. I hope you can forgive her."
The speaker was Meng Qingyi.
He was inwardly lamenting his predicament as well. Senior Sister Dai had walked in, dropped a single remark, and left, giving him no time to react.
As a result, after Senior Sister Dai's humiliating words, the Azure Dragon Mountain Lineage had thoroughly offended Fellow Daoist Huang.
Huang Yan himself was only a foundation establishment middle stage cultivator, hardly anyone of consequence. But behind him stood Huang Yunzi, a core formation late stage cultivator, Purple Cloud Valley, and the entire cultivation world of the Yue Kingdom.
Moreover, during the Beast Tide twenty years ago, it was precisely thanks to Huang Yunzi's helping hand that the Immortal City had survived the crisis.
In a sense, the Immortal City owed Huang Yunzi a debt of gratitude.
Privately, Meng Qingyi felt that Senior Sister Dai had gone too far by giving Huang Yan no face whatsoever.
Even if Senior Sister Dai wanted to break off the engagement, had she left the matter