"You dare, you dare..." Cao Miao stammered.
"Hehe." Gu Chen said calmly, "I just looked at your Cao Family's two seniors on the Dragon Ranking. One is ranked lower than me, and the other is only four places higher. Tell me, what do you think I wouldn't dare to do?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Miao was speechless!
Gu Chen was simply too domineering, but that's how this world is—strength speaks for itself. When your fist is bigger than someone else's, you naturally have that kind of confidence!
They couldn't even refute it!
The strong should have the dignity and pride of the strong! Gu Chen's actions are not surprising!
"When... when are you going...?" Cao Miao could only ask in a trembling voice.
Gu Chen glanced at him indifferently, choosing not to answer, but instead looked at Gu Muyu and said, "Third Elder, even after this ceremony, it's still a member of the Gu Family who will be on the Dragon Ranking, so it's not considered a disqualification, right?"
"Hmph!" Gu Muyu snorted. Although she didn't want to admit it, Gu Chen was telling the truth. The ceremony was ruined, but Gu Chen was the one who ascended the platform, which was the only face they could save.
But don't get too excited yet.
"Hmm?" Gu Muyu raised an eyebrow.
Gu Chen said calmly, "I will go to the Gu Family immediately. I need Gu Family to give me an explanation and a satisfactory answer! If I am not satisfied, then I don't need this Gu surname anymore!"
We're better off without the surname Gu!
Such domineering words left everyone utterly stunned!
After a brief pause of a few seconds, Gu Muyu burst into maniacal laughter, even though it aggravated her injuries, causing her to vomit blood, a gruesome and shocking sight, she still couldn't control herself.
He laughed so hard he looked like a madman, and tears streamed down his face!
"What are you laughing at?" Gu Chen said calmly.
"I laugh at your overestimation of your abilities, I laugh at your stupidity!" Gu Muyu's smile vanished, replaced by a mocking sneer, "You actually dare to provoke the Gu Family? Who do you think you are?!"
"A long time ago, some people thought I couldn't stand against you powerful families, but I did." After a moment of contemplation, Gu Chen slowly said, "At the Aristocratic Family Assembly, I stood at the foot of Starfall Cliff and stopped everyone. At that moment, I decided that I would show everyone that those ants and lackeys in their eyes could indeed shake an elephant, could indeed hold up the sky! Cao Wushuang couldn't kill me, Zhuge Wangyue couldn't kill me either! I did it!"
"Then, someone told me that I had offended many people, offended ancient martial arts families, and that I was doomed to die, that they would hunt me down to the ends of the earth." Gu Chen took a deep breath, and his robes billowed without wind, his hair flying wildly, as he arrogantly declared, "Then, I entered the Land of Heaven and Earth. I wanted to see if I would really die!"
As Gu Chen spoke, the surrounding crowd grew quieter and quieter. His words seemed to possess a magical power, as if an indomitable, ever-victorious, and unyielding figure appeared in their minds and eyes!
That's Gu Chen!
A figure that would get their blood pumping!
"I'm so glad I got here." Gu Chen looked at Gu Muyu, who was already trembling, and said, "Moreover, not only did I make it onto the Dragon Ranking, but I'm also alive and well."
"So, what do you still think I wouldn't dare to do?"
The last sentence sounded like a muffled thunderclap, suddenly hitting Gu Muyu's ears. Her facial muscles stiffened, and she opened her mouth wide, but she couldn't utter a single word no matter how many times she tried!
Gu Chen pressed his advantage step by step, citing his past deeds and experiences to raise his aura to its peak. Under such pressure, his provocative words against the Gu Family earlier suddenly seemed less abrupt, and even gave rise to an absurd thought: Could it be... could it really be possible?!
Just like the doubts he's faced before?!
Even Gu Muyu had the same thought under Gu Chen's intense gaze, but she quickly came to her senses and bit her lower lip until it bled. Her back was drenched in cold sweat. She knew that this was just Gu Chen's psychological warfare, merely a prelude to his arrival at the Gu Family in half a month.
Others might be influenced by him, but she couldn't! Gu Muyu sneered, "Gu Chen, you're dreaming if you think you can challenge the Gu Family!"
As she spoke, she suddenly turned her head towards Liu Jingce and shouted, "Elder Liu, Elder Ge, during the Aristocratic Family Assembly, this Gu Chen was the culprit who caused everyone to lose all the resources they fought for. Now he's right in front of you, are you still going to tolerate this evil? Why don't you take action and subdue him!"
Gu Muyu's sudden attack caught everyone off guard, even Elder Liu and the other two were not prepared.
The young noblemen, who had just been caught up in Gu Chen's boastful words, finally came to their senses. Yes, where had the Yellow Rock Grass gone? And that's why the Tiger Ranking rewards had been delayed!
Many of those present had attended the Aristocratic Family Assembly before, so they remembered the incident vividly. When they heard Gu Muyu say that Gu Chen was the one who did it, many of them were filled with righteous indignation and outrage.
"This matter has not yet been thoroughly investigated," Elder Ge said in a deep voice. "We cannot draw conclusions based solely on Zhuge Wangyue's one-sided account."
After witnessing Gu Chen's power, Elder Ge actually felt that Gu Chen was most likely behind the incident. After all, only this kid could be so arrogant, reckless, and disregard the consequences.
But it was precisely because of Gu Chen's strength and talent, and even his display of cultivation techniques, that Elder Ge felt Gu Chen was even more valuable. Their Heaven and Earth Palace was only maintaining the order of the Land of Heaven and Earth and did not want to suppress a promising talent like this.
They might even be promising talents who could change the Land of Heaven and Earth.
For all these reasons, and also because of his own petty calculations, he sided with Gu Chen, speaking ambiguously.
"How could we not have investigated thoroughly? The truth is already obvious!" Gu Muyu shouted angrily, "Elder Ge, Elder Liu, are you trying to protect this brat? What do you think you're doing to our families? This Gu Chen is lawless and disregards the rules; he is the common enemy of all of us aristocratic families!"
The weighty accusation was slapped on him, causing Elder Ge's expression to change, and even Elder Liu's expression turned slightly unpleasant.
But at that moment, Gu Chen suddenly laughed.
"You're about to die, what are you laughing at?" Gu Muyu, bewildered.
Gu Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, "I thought you, Third Elder, would have some brilliant tricks up your sleeve, but I didn't expect you to be so pathetic. This kind of tactic makes me think too highly of you. Public enemy? Heh, I already became the public enemy of all the aristocratic families during the Aristocratic Family Assembly. I entered the Land of Heaven and Earth with this identity in mind from the very beginning. Do you think you can scare me?"
They're absolutely outrageous!