Chapter 213: A swordsman's momentum (2)
Ye Dingzhi gazed intently at Li Changsheng's back.
After a long while, a trace of gravity surfaced in his eyes. He stepped forward and cupped his hands.
"Ye Dingzhi pays his respects to Senior Nangong!"
Clearly, he knew a great deal about Li Changsheng as well, so he addressed him by his current name, Nangong Chunshui, rather than as Li Changsheng, who had cut off the Demonic Cult Eastern Expedition with one man and one sword eighty years ago.
Li Changsheng paid no mind to how Ye Dingzhi addressed him. He glanced back at him and said calmly, "With the Demonic Cult Eastern Expedition underway, why have you, its current leader, come to my Snowmoon City instead of overseeing the campaign? Are you planning to deal with me first?"
"You jest, Senior."
Ye Dingzhi stared intently at Li Changsheng. "Since you know about our Demonic Cult Eastern Expedition, have you not heard what happened at Dongting Lake?"
Li Changsheng nodded. "I have."
"Weren't you joining forces with the Raging Flood Dragon Alliance against the Imperial Court?"
Li Changsheng looked at Ye Dingzhi with a faint, ambiguous smile. "What happened? Did you fail?"
Ye Dingzhi ignored the mockery in his words and nodded. "Yes, we failed. We underestimated Yu Huatian's strength!"
"I wasn't the only one who came this time. Our Demonic Cult's former leader, Ren Tianxing, came as well, along with Bai Xiaolou, whom you once defeated. And the Demon Mentor of the Demon Mentor Palace, Pang Ban, also came."
"But to think that even three Heavenly Beings working together still failed!"
Ye Dingzhi's gaze darkened, his feelings tangled beyond measure: shock and helplessness at Yu Huatian's strength, anger and resentment that even such meticulous plans had ended in defeat at his hands.
"You