Chen Shaohua's steps suddenly halted, her delicate brows knitting slightly.
She had only just established her authority and cowed this pack of petty rabble.
And yet there was still some blind fool daring to jump out and openly sing a different tune from hers?
What a worthless cultivator who did not know life from death, nor the weight of things!
She sneered inwardly.
Did they really think Mount Jiuhua had invited them here to help?
If not for the last shred of use they still possessed, this lot could forget about ever touching a contest of this level for the rest of their lives!
Impatiently, she turned back once more.
The person that entered her sight was still that cultivator in blue robes.
He was also looking at her with a slight frown, as though wondering why she had yet to answer him.
Chen Shaohua found it laughable.
He wanted to see the mountain lord? How could it possibly be so easy!
According to the rules, everyone before her was supposed to wait in the side hall next!
They would only get to see her master when he had the time to summon them!
But she had no desire to clear up this man's confusion.
That would be no different from wasting her time.
Thus, Chen Shaohua merely sneered and said in a tone that was almost charitable:
"You were late. Being allowed to enter and observe the ceremony is already an immense favor!"
She then looked Ye Li up and down before slowly delivering what she believed was the most fitting advice for the occasion:
"Behave yourself!"
"My master often says that a person's worth lies in knowing their own limits!"
Having said that, she could not be bothered to pay this outsider any further attention and turned to