Little did Yang Zhen know that his every move was being watched by everyone in the entire Heavenly Mountain Holy Land.
The Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord Nine Dragons looked at Yang Zhen as he approached with extremely strange expressions. Nine Dragons, in particular, seemed to want to curse Yang Zhen, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up. If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, this old geezer would probably have burst out laughing.
Seeing this, Yang Zhen immediately knew what had happened; he must have gotten into trouble again, but not to an unforgivable degree. His smile widened, and he waved to Nine Dragons, saying, "Fellow villager, you're back!"
As he spoke, Yang Zhen looked around and whispered, "Why didn't the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord come with you? Does that old geezer have such a high and mighty attitude?"
Although Yang Zhen's voice was soft, weren't all those present genuine Great Saint?
For a moment, Elder Yan staggered and almost fell onto Nine Dragons, while Fuyao's master even spat out saliva with a "pfft".
The others glared, about to berate Yang Zhen, when Yang Zhen suddenly exclaimed, "Hello, young Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord! I never expected to find such an ethereal beauty in this godforsaken place. My Yang Zhen; you can call me Little Zhenzhen or Little Yangyang, it doesn't matter."
Upon hearing Yang Zhen's words, the elders swallowed back the words they were about to say, their anger intensifying. They reorganized their angry rants against Yang Zhen, but before they could utter them, the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord looked at Yang Zhen with a half-smile and asked, "How have you transcended the mortal realm?"
What... what's wrong with the Holy Lord?
The audacious Yang Zhen actually dared to disregard the majesty of the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord and directly address him as... "Miss?"
What an outrageous title!
In terms of age, the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord could be Yang Zhen's grandmother! This is simply outrageous! This is simply outrageous!
Elder Yan was the first to get angry. He was about to speak when he suddenly realized he couldn't speak. He just kept whimpering and looked at the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord with a bewildered expression.
Why doesn't the Holy Lord allow me to reprimand this disrespectful brat, Yang Zhen?
Could it be that... the Holy Lord likes being called "Miss"?
Miss?
Elder Yan shuddered. What kind of mess was this?!
Most of the people present stared at Yang Zhen with their mouths agape, completely dumbfounded and bewildered.
Fuyao and Li Qingfeng looked at each other in bewilderment, especially Li Qingfeng, who was practically questioning his existence.
That bastard Yang Zhen... how dare he speak to the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord like that?
What Li Qingfeng found most unbelievable was that the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord not only didn't slap Yang Zhen to death, but also wasn't angry.
Not angry?
Faced with Yang Zhen's outspokenness, how could the Holy Lord not be angry?
Nine Dragons, standing to the side, coughed incessantly, trying hard to suppress his laughter as he coughed; he looked like he was about to cough his lungs out.
Yang Zhen gave Nine Dragons a strange look, clicking his tongue in amazement. "So even the Great Saint can get angry?"
If this cough doesn't get treated with some cough syrup soon, it'll definitely turn into pneumonia!
Seeing the gaze of the young lady next to Nine Dragons, Yang Zhen grinned and said, "I wonder if you've ever heard of the phrases 'beauty that could make fish sink and geese fall from the sky, and 'the moon hides and flowers blush'?"
"A beauty that could make fish sink and geese fall from the sky, a beauty that could shame the moon and flowers? Adjectives?" The Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "They are indeed two excellent words. To be able to associate them with these flowers, plants, and trees, the person who created these two words is truly a genius!"
Yang Zhen was taken aback, and immediately felt that this young lady in front of him was quite extraordinary. She understood the meaning of those two words without even needing an explanation?
This pretense can no longer be maintained smoothly!
"Little one, do you know that if Nine Dragons hadn't been here, you would be dead!"
Yang Zhen was startled. He looked around and said, "No way! Even if my fellow villager wasn't here, I wouldn't die. How could the dignified Heavenly Mountain Holy Land be so petty? By the way, what's your name, Miss? Are you the granddaughter of the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord?"
"I am the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord!" The Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord looked at Yang Zhen with a smile.
Yang Zhen was stunned, and everyone's hearts nearly jumped out of their chests. "What are you going to do about this, you bastard!"
"Hahaha, what a beautiful day!" Yang Zhen looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle with a melancholy expression. Then his eyes lit up and he turned his gaze to Du Kang and Ma Huicao in the crowd.
"Hahaha, Senior Brother Du Kang, Senior Brother Ma Huicao, why are you two sitting on the ground? It's a cloudless day with a torrential downpour. With such a beautiful night view, why don't we go to the back mountain to see the snow?"
Hearing Yang Zhen's incoherent words, everyone present couldn't help but twitch at the corners of their eyes.
Even the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord looked astonished, staring blankly as Yang Zhen walked past her with such ease and natural grace.
Nine Dragons laughed so hard he could barely stand up straight. The mighty Great Saint had no regard for decorum whatsoever.
Du Kang and Ma Huicao almost jumped up and gagged Yang Zhen.
Damn it, do you think it's easy for the two of us to pretend we're invisible? The Holy Lord has finally developed even the slightest interest in you, can't you just talk to her nicely and make her happy?
This is all nonsense, what is all this rambling about?
You're about to get beaten up, and even Nine Dragons couldn't stop you. You only have yourself to blame. Who told you to come looking for the two of us?
Du Kang and Ma Huicao couldn't hold back anymore this time, tears streaming down their faces. If they could do it all over again, they'd let whoever wanted to come, no matter how high they were lifted, the harder they would fall. They'd let whoever wanted to be hurt suffer.
Damn it, what sins did they commit in their past lives to even think of provoking that bastard Yang Zhen?
Du Kang and Ma Huicao exchanged a glance, then scrambled towards the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord, kneeling down beside him with a thud and wailing, "Please punish us, Holy Lord!"
Yang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. "Amitabha, it's better to die for yourselves than for me. My apologies, brothers."
And then there's that old geezer, Nine Dragons. Wasn't the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord supposed to be a grumpy old man?
When did he abdicate?
They didn't even tell me beforehand!
Now he's really lost face. The dignified Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord, would he care about phrases like "beauty that could make fish sink and geese fall from the sky" or "beauty that could shame the moon and flowers"?
And you call her "little sister"!
Yang Zhen glanced furtively at the Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord, who was looking at Du Kang and Ma Huicao, and slowly walked away, intending to leave.
"Stop!"
The Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord spoke calmly, but Yang Zhen reacted as if he had heard a Thunderclap. He immediately stood at attention, stood still, put on a smile, and slowly turned around.
"We'll talk about this later!" The Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord glanced at Du Kang and Ma Huicao, then said to Yang Zhen, "Little guy, how confident are you in subduing the Sword Spirit?"
"I'm absolutely certain!" Yang Zhen hurriedly replied, "Don't even mention one Sword Spirit, even if it were Sword Spirit, I'd still go and capture them for you, Miss... for you, Holy Lord!"
Pfft!
The Heavenly Mountain Holy Lord couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The people around them froze in shock.
The Holy Lord actually laughed?
And he even laughed out loud?
This is an absolutely unique event; who has ever witnessed it before?