The Green Mountain Sect's style was best reflected in its catchphrase, the famous line: "Do you want to die?"
Sometimes, this line took other forms. For instance, the soft "hmm?" that True Person Liu Ci, his Closed-Door Disciple Zhuo Rusui, and now Jing Jiu all favored.
He Bumu was an elder of Shiyue Peak. Having spent so long dealing with things that could not speak, such as flowers, plants, and medicinal pills, he had a steady, gentle disposition. As he spoke, he adjusted the wording to make it much more polite, at least mentioning the option of not wanting to die.
But everyone knew this was superfluous. However gentle Elder He's wording, he was in fact being forceful, or rather, cold to the extreme.
At critical moments, Green Mountain had always offered the world only two choices: obedience or death.
If turmoil broke out in the Hanging Bell Sect and something really happened to Sect Master Chen and Se Se, the Green Mountain Sect, as the guardian of order in the Southern Heaven cultivation world, would inevitably act.
That also meant that this middle-aged man named De Yuanquan would certainly die, whether or not he succeeded in becoming sect master.
Many cultivators had heard of the Green Mountain Sect's famous catchphrase, but few had actually heard it with their own ears.
An uproar swept through the hall.
Many had thought that the Green Mountain Sect would keep a low profile for years while waiting for that spring rain. Who could have imagined that this seemingly mild elder would come straight in and force Old Madam and De Yuanquan to the edge of a cliff? Was the Green Mountain Sect going to kill someone in public today?
Old Madam's expression did not change at all. Her wrinkles seemed carved with a