116: Lost to your brother?

He spoke his plan word for word. Zheng Dayi had suffered a huge loss in front of Xu Xi, and many sect disciples had also been killed. He certainly wouldn't let the matter rest.

“Call out Xu Xi of your Xuanjian Sect! I, this Prince, want to see what kind of power he, Xu Xi, possesses to dare disrupt the plans of my Hua Sheng Dynasty!”

At the inn where the Xuanjian Sect was stationed, Zhuge Zhengwo was already a bit tired from driving his flying boat all the way to Zi Yuan City. He was just about to rest for a while when he suddenly heard the commotion outside.

Instantly, his desire to rest vanished, and he stepped out of the inn with a solemn expression.

He thought this would make the disrespectful person stop their provocative behavior, but he didn't expect to be taken advantage of and cursed at even more fiercely.

Zhuge Zhengwo was originally a pedantic and rigid person. How could he swallow his anger at this moment? He immediately shouted loudly,

“You brat!”

“How dare you bully my Xuanjian Sect?”

“If you can't give a good reason today, then don't blame me for bullying you!”

His face was flushed, almost purple, like a pig's liver. Zhuge Zhengwo was on the verge of choking on the spot.

“Old man, what if I bully you? If I give you face, I'll call you Elder Zhuge. If I don't give you face, you're just a running dog of the Xuanjian Sect!”

“Ye Liufeng is dead. As an Elder of Law Enforcement Peak, holding such a high position and power, you have no ambition at all. Should I say you're stupid, or should I say you're stupid?”

Still with light, sarcastic words, the person claiming to be a Prince showed no change in expression after Zhuge Zhengwo appeared. Instead, he became even more arrogant.

It was as if the person who came out wasn't Zhuge Zhengwo, but an ordinary Xuanjian Sect disciple who could be easily bullied.

Of course, the reason he dared to do this was not because of his own formidable strength, but because behind him stood a burly man who was also at the peak of the Entering Profundity.

Clad in purple-gold soft armor, with a thick beard on his chin and a profound iron spear on his back, everything about this man displayed his iron-blooded nature.

Just as Elder Zhuge was seething with anger and about to resolve the glib young man in front of him with a single move, the burly man stood with his spear, blocking him and intercepting all of Zhuge Zhengwo's formidable sword qi.

Holding the long spear horizontally, his movements were broad and sweeping, fully demonstrating his sharpness.

“Good, good, good! The Hua Sheng Dynasty truly believes my Xuanjian Sect has no one!”

Staring grimly at the few people in front, after this confrontation, how could Zhuge Zhengwo not know their background?

It was Hua Yi, the First Prince of the Hua Sheng Dynasty, the largest dynasty in Ying Province.

If you were to ask where the Xuanjian Sect had any entanglement with the Hua Sheng Dynasty, it would naturally be with those people in the Hall of Offerings.

The combined attack formation was given by the Hua Sheng Dynasty.

However, what they gave was not the complete version of the combined attack formation, but a crippled version. Otherwise, the elders of the Hall of Offerings would not have been easily cut down by Xu Xi, like chopping melons and vegetables.

It was just that with the people of the Hall of Offerings killed, the Hua Sheng Dynasty's goal of eroding the Xuanjian Sect and gaining greater benefits in the Juefeng Secret Realm also fell through.

This matter was entrusted to the First Prince by the Emperor of the Hua Sheng Dynasty. With the mission failed, the First Prince was directly held accountable, which was also the reason why Hua Yi was so angry.

“Thank you, General Chang, for your righteous intervention.”

Hua Yi, who had provoked them, seemed quite casual as he cupped his hands in salute to the general who had blocked the attack for him.

His calm and composed expression, completely unfazed by Zhuge Zhengwo's soaring sword qi, was in stark contrast to the stunned expressions of some Xuanjian Sect disciples.

Of course, “some Xuanjian Sect disciples” here referred only to Yang Siyi.

Whether it was the sect's first direct disciple, Xun Ya, or the second direct disciple, Lü Yongyuan, both were calm.

They had seen many such scenes and were not surprised.

Only Yang Siyi, a hothouse flower, would appear so.

“What if I bully your Xuanjian Sect for having no one?”

“If you really want to find trouble with me, you can deal with me however you want in the Secret Realm.”

“But… I truly don't put your meager forces in my eyes.”

“Especially that kind of trash, still scared to the point of trembling legs. The Xuanjian Sect is truly getting worse year by year.”

After thanking the general who stood in front, the insolent Hua Yi once again mocked them, full of sarcasm.

His gaze swept over Xun Ya and the others, lingering on Yang Siyi for a few extra seconds.

Seeing his frightened expression, he became even more unrestrained.

Hearing this, Zhuge Zhengwo also glared at Yang Siyi angrily.

When outside, one should be more dignified and uphold the prestige of the Xuanjian Sect. Yang Siyi was simply too unaccomplished.

“Worse year by year?”

“I think the Hua Sheng Dynasty is even worse than the Xuanjian Sect.”

“Speaking of which... Prince Hua Yi seems to have lost to the Tenth Prince in the first trial of the succession struggle.”

“Tsk tsk tsk, even the weakest Prince can turn defeat into victory. It seems Prince Hua Yi is just a hollow name. Do you really think we look up to you? Trash!”

Being mocked like this, Xun Ya stammered, unable to speak. He was not the type of person who could argue.

However, Lü Yongyuan would not tolerate him.

Within the sect, Lü Yongyuan had not joined any faction and had walked his path to this day cautiously. Besides his talent, his eloquence was also an important reason.

He looked at Hua Yi with sarcasm, directly hitting his sore spot, and it was a very recent matter.

After hearing these words, Hua Yi's face visibly contorted with rage. He constantly suppressed the anger in his heart. After a long while, Hua Yi finally recovered and said coldly, without moving a muscle,

“Sharp-tongued. I wonder if you can remain so in the Juefeng Secret Realm.”

After speaking, he left in a huff. In this confrontation, Hua Yi was utterly defeated and lost all face, although the Xuanjian Sect also felt quite bad.

But after the news of Ye Liufeng's death spread, what face did the Xuanjian Sect have left? Almost all sects with a bit of power could step on them twice.

Powerful individuals in the Reaching the Profound were hard to find, but there were many in the Entering Profundity.

“Well done, you really dampened their arrogance.”

“Yang Siyi, you truly disgrace Elder Yang's name. A tiger father, a dog son!”

With Hua Yi defeated and retreating in humiliation, Zhuge Zhengwo's grim expression finally softened. He looked at Lü Yongyuan with a pleased expression, nodding repeatedly, very satisfied.

However, when his gaze shifted to Yang Siyi, who was still in shock, he couldn't help but frown, his great disappointment clearly evident.

Similarly, Xun Ya received the same treatment, but it just wasn't pointed out.

As the sect's first direct disciple, he was in a sense the true face of the Xuanjian Sect. When the sect was insulted, he remained silent. Who could endure that?

Especially since Xun Ya was Zhuge Zhengwo's carefully cultivated successor.

Compared to Lü Yongyuan, a casual direct disciple, the difference was immediately apparent, making Zhuge Zhengwo wonder if his judgment was flawed.