Zhu Jie had stepped forward to provoke the other party at the Pure Heaven Bureau's suggestion.
The Pure Heaven Bureau had already arranged for the Divine Guard Army to guard the area around Solitary Mountain, but worried that the other party might escape by sword, they decided to act right there on Cloud Terrace. There were many powerful cultivators here, and even more powerful figures from the Western Sea Sword Sect. The bureau's only concern was that the Western Sea Sword Sect might resent the disruption of the Four Seas Banquet, so the best approach was to find a way to enrage the other party. As long as the other party struck first, the Western Sea Sword Sect could hardly blame the Imperial Court afterward, and might even become its greatest aid.
The best candidate was naturally Zhu Jie, because he was on good terms with the Western Sea Sword Sect and could speak freely in the hall. Besides, his words really were offensive.
"Or are you just too ugly? Did someone slash your face a few times with a knife when you were little and disfigure you?"
"Of course, perhaps you were born so pretty that you can't bear to let anyone else look?"
"Hurry up and take off that bamboo hat. I happen to like pretty girls. If you really catch my eye, I'll be sure to cherish you properly."
Zhu Jie kept talking, his words utterly lewd and as humiliating as he could make them.
The cultivators in the great hall found this rather strange. *How vulgar could his words get? Even if he was on good terms with the Western Sea Sword Sect, wasn't he afraid of displeasing his hosts by making such a scene? As for what backing he might have... his brother was already