Su Hua's apology was sincere, but she never expected it to be met with Gu Qingfeng's teasing.
This made her very angry.
But anger was all she could feel. Faced with Gu Qingfeng—a man whom even the Three Thousand Great Daos could do nothing against, a man who couldn't be executed even by the so-called divine judgment of the gods—aside from anger, she could only feel more anger. There was nothing else she could do.
In truth, Su Hua didn't know that Gu Qingfeng didn't blame her at all for publicly revealing his identity. He hadn't even given it a second thought. Not only that, he actually had to thank Su Hua.
Regarding his own identity.
Ever since awakening in this world, Gu Qingfeng had never deliberately hidden it. He knew it was impossible to conceal anyway; he would be recognized sooner or later. So, he simply never made a big deal of it.
After arriving in Yanluo, in order to find Tang Hengheng, to reunite with his old Chixiao brothers, and to smoke out those impersonating him, he had publicly declared his identity more than once. Unfortunately, no one believed him, which gave him a headache.
Fortunately, Su Hua's appearance had proven his identity. Otherwise, coming to this Shangqing Sect, he would have had to waste his breath proving who he was over and over again.
"Big Sister, why leave? Have a couple of drinks."
Su Hua shot Gu Qingfeng a glare and said irritably, "You drink by yourself."
With that, she turned and walked far away.
After all, she was a woman.
Even if her previous life was as the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens, and her current life was as an Emissary of the Nine Heavens, in the end, she was still a woman.
Being teased by Gu Qingfeng like this in front of the entire world made her somewhat embarrassed. Even though she tried her utmost to restrain it, a trace of bashful shyness still appeared on her stunning, nation-toppling face.
However.
To the eyes of the world, this scene was an entirely different matter.
Because before this, there had always been rumors that Immortal Su Hua had always admired the Chixiao Monarch. For this, she had visited places the Monarch had been, walked every path he had trodden. This matter had long spread throughout the world, and Immortal Su Hua had never denied it.
Coupled with Su Hua openly shielding the Chixiao Monarch nine years ago, it further verified the truth of the rumors.
Now.
In front of the entire world, the two were even flirting and bantering—one teasing, the other shy—making it truly somewhat unacceptable.
However.
Besides being unacceptable, what everyone felt more was envy, jealousy, and hatred—hatred that this Chixiao Monarch was too shameless, too much of a scoundrel!
You must know.
Back in the day.
In the Great Northwest Frontier, he had been entangled with the Frontier Queen, Feng Zhuyue.
Then, in the Yanluo Kingdom, he had been intimately involved with the Yanluo Empress, Tang Hengheng.
Later, he had publicly toyed with the Shangqing Sect's Female Sect Master, Ye Tianlan, in front of the entire world.
Later still, he had even teased the World-Honored Lady, Jun Xuanji, while shouldering the Immortal Dao Judgment.
And then there was the Immortal Court's Eldest Princess, the Lord of Shangshan Palace, the Elder Lady Youyue, and so on...
A total of twenty-four women, and these twenty-four were all peerless goddesses of the Ancient Times Era. There were goddesses from the early Ancient Times, the mid-Ancient Times, and the late Ancient Times. There were World-Honored Ladies, Immortal Maidens, Celestial Maidens, Demonesses, Enchantresses...
Spanning the entire hundreds of thousands of years of the Ancient Times Era. In other words, almost every goddess born during the entire Ancient Times Era had been monopolized by Gu Qingfeng alone.
This alone had already made the men of the world green with envy and hatred.
Fortunately, the Chixiao Monarch had been judged by the Immortal Dao in the Ancient Times Era, which gave everyone some psychological balance.
But who could have imagined he hadn't died, and had now returned in the Present Era?
And after returning, he had started teasing Immortal Su Hua, the goddess worshipped by countless men in the Present Era. Moreover, judging by Immortal Su Hua's reaction, she didn't seem angry at all, but instead showed a hint of maidenly shyness.
Heavens!
Having already ravaged the goddesses of the Ancient Times Era, did the Chixiao Monarch now intend to ravage the goddesses of the Present Era as well?
The crowd gathered at the foot of Shangqing Sect Mountain began to grow restless. Even those who had no grudge against Gu Qingfeng and had just come to watch the spectacle couldn't stand it anymore, shouting to crusade against the Chixiao Monarch and rid the people of this scourge.
"I say, you brat...
Damn it!
How has your old habit flared up again."
Wine Immortal Zhen Yang cursed angrily, his face flushed with agitation.
He had always admired Gu Qingfeng. Ever since Gu Qingfeng, with his cultivation crippled, trained at Shangqing Sect back in the day, Zhen Yang had held him in high esteem. But the one flaw he could never appreciate was Gu Qingfeng's philandering nature. Not only could he not appreciate it, he utterly despised it. For this very reason, he had once fought Gu Qingfeng over it.
Because back then, the goddess in his own heart, Elder Lady Youyue, had also been ambiguously involved with Gu Qingfeng, entangled and flirting. They had even damn well drunk that... *passion wine*, mouth-to-mouth at that. What drove Wine Immortal Zhen Yang even more insane was that he himself had been the one to introduce Elder Lady Youyue to Gu Qingfeng back then.
He had long forgotten about this matter after all these years, but seeing Gu Qingfeng tease Immortal Su Hua now, Wine Immortal Zhen Yang was instantly reminded of how Gu Qingfeng had teased the goddess Elder Lady Youyue back then. Furious, he roared, "You brat! A dog can't change its habit of eating shit!"
"Hahahahaha!"
Seeing Wine Immortal Zhen Yang's furious expression, Gu Qingfeng laughed heartily. He naturally knew why the Wine Immortal was angry. Munching on a Crimson-Leaf Monster Fruit, he chuckled, "Can't be helped. You know me—I don't have any grand ideals, nor any great ambitions, nor any major hobbies. I just have a taste for this, hahahaha!"
"You...
Little bastard, asking for a beating, aren't you!"
Wine Immortal Zhen Yang pointed at Gu Qingfeng, so angry he was huffing and puffing, his beard bristling.
"Old drunkard, you were no match for me back then, let alone now. With your level of skill, a single slap from me would reduce you to ashes on the spot."
"Hey!
You little bastard! You really think you're the King of Heaven, do you? Today, if this old man doesn't teach you a harsh lesson, it won't count!"
"Oh ho, Not convinced, are you? Not convinced, is it?
Count yourself in too."
Gu Qingfeng tilted his head, squinting with a mischievous smile as he looked at him, crooking a finger. "Come on, let me see if you've made any progress over the years, you old codger."
"You damned little bastard!"
Wine Immortal Zhen Yang's face flushed crimson with rage. His mind stirred, intending to teach Gu Qingfeng a lesson. Radiance began to flicker around him, surging power started to erupt... but it quickly dissipated. Faced with Gu Qingfeng, Wine Immortal Zhen Yang ultimately didn't dare to make a move.
Especially seeing Gu Qingfeng's utterly unperturbed demeanor, not even deigning to look at him properly, Zhen Yang felt a deep-seated dread in his heart. Although he couldn't see through Gu Qingfeng's true strength, nor did he know exactly how powerful Gu Qingfeng was, one thing he was certain of: Gu Qingfeng was absolutely not someone who bluffed.
Since this kid dared to utter such heaven-defying, heroic words, looking down on everyone present, he definitely had the capability to back it up.
Even though Wine Immortal Zhen Yang didn't know and couldn't imagine what that capability was, he knew Gu Qingfeng must have it.
In the end.
Wine Immortal Zhen Yang thought it over and decided it was better not to act. In front of the entire world, if this brat slapped him into a sorry state, he would lose face spectacularly. It would be hard to hold his head up as a man ever again.
With a sigh.
Wine Immortal Zhen Yang said with extreme helplessness and frustration, "Forget it. This old man admits defeat."