"Well? Have you decided? Are you coming one by one, or all together?"
Gu Qingfeng looked at Jinyan and Wuhua, the married couple opposite him, and said, "This lord doesn't care either way. It's all the same to me. I'm just killing time anyway, might as well have some fun and stretch my limbs."
Earlier, when Gu Qingfeng asked if they were coming together or individually, Jinyan and Wuhua had felt that something abnormal was afoot, their hearts unsettled and uncertain.
Now, having just witnessed Lixin Xianzi and Upper Immortal Qingqing kneel on the ground in terror from a single sentence from Gu Qingfeng, Jinyan and Wuhua felt even more unsure and utterly dared not make a move.
Jinyan Xianshi stared at Gu Qingfeng and asked in a deep voice, "Just who are you, sir?"
"Didn't I already tell you? This lord is the Great Lord who dominates Heaven and Earth. What's the matter? Don't believe me? If you don't, let's have a go. I'll show you what it means to dominate Heaven and Earth."
"Since sir claims to be a Great Lord who dominates Heaven and Earth, you should be a figure renowned throughout the Great Desolate."
"Naturally."
"In that case, your illustrious name should also be known far and wide across the Great Desolate. May I ask for your esteemed name?"
"Didn't you come here today to seek justice for your disciple? What does my name have to do with that?"
"Does sir dare not even reveal his own family name and title?"
"It's not that I dare not. I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."
"How would I dare not believe if you don't even say it?"
"Fine, there's no harm in telling you. Listen well."
Gu Qingfeng laughed. "This lord's surname is Gu. My original name is Tianlang, also known as Qingfeng. My Dao title is Chixiao."
Upon hearing Gu Qingfeng announce his name and Dao title, Jinyan, Wuhua, and the hundreds of Immortal Dao experts from the Wuling Immortal Realm were all terrified as if they had seen ghosts.
The Lixin Xianzi and Upper Immortal Qingqing standing beside Gu Qingfeng were so frightened that their delicate bodies couldn't help but tremble.
The two of them had never imagined that Gu Qingfeng would so publicly announce his name in front of such a large crowd.
What did he mean by this?
What did he want to do?
Did he not know what his own identity was?
Did he not know that his very existence was intolerable to Heaven and Earth, that the Three Thousand Great Daos would spare no effort to eradicate him?
Did he not know what terrifying waves would sweep through all the heavens and myriad realms once the news of his death and resurrection spread?
No!
Even we knew these things. How could he, the person involved, not know?
But since he knew, why did he announce his identity without the slightest concern?
What exactly did he want to do?
Did he want to tell all the heavens and myriad realms that the You Di who once incinerated the Nine Heavens, commanded the Nine Nethers, slaughtered the Great Dao, and severed the firmament had returned?
Lixin Xianzi and Upper Immortal Qingqing were completely stupefied with fear.
Jinyan and Wuhua were also scared pale, staring fixedly at Gu Qingfeng as they asked, "You say… you are the You Di?"
Perhaps the shock was too great, for Jinyan Xianshi's voice had even become shrill.
"That's right. This lord did indeed once ascend to the title of You Di, but that was only in the past. I haven't been that for a long time now."
"With just you?" Jinyan Xianshi snorted coldly. "You dare claim to be the You Di?"
"What's the matter? Don't believe me?"
"I don't believe it!"
"You don't believe it, huh? Good, that's exactly right."
Gu Qingfeng smiled and pointed at Lixin and Qingqing beside him. "These two don't believe it either. Even now, they're still doubting in their hearts. Isn't that why they were just discussing how to rely on you all to test this lord?"
Beside him, Lixin Xianzi's heart was filled with utter embarrassment. Her beautiful face flushed red, then turned pale, then flushed again. Her expression was one of bitter amusement, wanting to cry but having no tears, feeling utterly ashamed, and even having an impulse to kill herself.
Hearing Gu Qingfeng say this, everyone present suddenly understood. They finally realized why Lixin Xianzi and Upper Immortal Qingqing were both so respectful and so terrified of Gu Qingfeng. So they had mistaken this fellow for the You Di!
Come to think of it, throughout all of Heaven and Earth, probably only the You Di could make esteemed figures like Lixin Xianzi and Upper Immortal Qingqing so terrified.
However.
Was this fellow really the You Di?
How could he possibly be the You Di!
No one believed it.
"Lixin Xianzi, Upper Immortal Qingqing, you must have been deceived by this man."
"That's right! This man must be using the You Di's name to swagger and deceive!"
"The true You Di turned to ashes ten thousand years ago when Mount Wudao descended. It's impossible for him to come back to life!"
"If the You Di were alive, how could the Holy Maiden not know?"
"Even if the You Di really did die and come back to life, his existence is intolerable to Heaven and Earth. If he dared appear in the Great Desolate, the Three Thousand Great Daos would eradicate him immediately. How could he possibly announce his identity in public and leisurely drink here, waiting for the Three Thousand Great Daos to come eliminate him? The You Di isn't a fool. This man is clearly an imposter pretending to be the You Di!"
"Moreover, what kind of existence is the You Di? Everyone knows the You Di was solitary, arrogant, domineering, ruthless, bloodthirsty, and cruel, with an aura that blotted out the sky and sun. Now look at this man. Even if the You Di lost all his cultivation and fortune, he wouldn't be as frivolous, exaggerated, cynical, and slovenly as this fellow, would he?"
One after another, people stepped forward, angrily denouncing Gu Qingfeng as an imposter pretending to be the You Di. This was especially true for the Upper Immortals like Mo Baiyu and Yun Zhou, who harbored jealousy and hatred toward Gu Qingfeng. Their emotions grew more and more agitated.
Faced with an unknown existence, no one was not wary, no one was not afraid.
Earlier, seeing Lixin Xianzi and Qingqing's respect and fear toward Gu Qingfeng, and not knowing Gu Qingfeng's identity, they had all been wary and dared not act rashly.
But after learning the reason for Lixin Xianzi and the other's fear of Gu Qingfeng, the wariness in Mo Baiyu and the others' hearts actually diminished.
Because they simply did not believe Gu Qingfeng was the You Di, just as they would not believe a mouse was a vicious dragon.
However.
As they stepped forward to angrily denounce him, neither Lixin Xianzi nor Upper Immortal Qingqing spoke a word. They remained standing obediently to the side.
What Mo Baiyu and the others said were not things they hadn't considered.
On the contrary.
They had thought about it too many times, far more than anyone present.
If not for that one Cloudwater Sword, they would never have suspected Gu Qingfeng was the You Di.
It was precisely because of that Cloudwater Sword that they had such misgivings, and precisely because of that Cloudwater Sword that they were so panicked.
They were afraid.
Afraid of that saying: better safe than sorry.
Within the scene, Jinyan and Wuhua did not angrily denounce Gu Qingfeng as an imposter like Mo Baiyu and the others. Although they also did not believe, the two were, after all, famed Immortal Dao personages who had gained renown in the ancient era. Their experience and insight were not comparable to Mo Baiyu and the others. Moreover, they clearly knew that if there weren't some evidence, someone with insight no less than their own, like Upper Immortal Qingqing and Lixin Xianzi, probably wouldn't suspect someone of being the You Di for no reason at all.