"You say you are You Di, so you are You Di?"
Jinyan Xianshi shouted sharply, "On what grounds?"
"On what grounds?
On no grounds at all. You were the one who insisted on asking my name. I told you, you wouldn't believe it anyway. And what happened? You still don't believe it. Not believing is one thing, but now you ask me on what grounds? What, by your meaning, do I have to prove to you that I am myself?"
"If you don't prove it, how can I believe you are You Di!"
"I say, Fellow Daoist, there's a problem you seem to have gotten wrong, haven't you?
You were the one who insisted on asking my name. I merely stated my own name. Whether you believe it or not is your problem, not something I should worry about. I never said I had to make you believe. Isn't that the logic of it?"
"You!"
Jinyan Xianshi was momentarily speechless.
"Husband, why waste so many words on him!
Just make a move. I don't believe he's You Di!"
Beside him, Wuhua Xianzi wanted to act, but Jinyan Xianshi couldn't decide, staring at Gu Qingfeng, not daring to act rashly.
If anyone else today claimed to be You Di, he wouldn't believe it at all. But the problem was that he had personally witnessed the attitude of reverence and awe that Upper Immortal Qingqing and Lixin Xianzi had shown towards Gu Qingfeng earlier. They clearly believed Gu Qingfeng was You Di. Even if they didn't fully believe, they were definitely suspicious. Otherwise, they would never have done something in public that damaged the face of the Eternal Life Pavilion, nor would they have been so frightened by a single sentence from Gu Qingfeng that they couldn't even stand steadily.
It was precisely because he had seen Qingqing and Lixin show such reverence that Jinyan Xianshi felt unsure in his heart.
He took a deep breath, cupped his hands, and asked, "Lixin Xianzi, Upper Immortal Qingqing, on what grounds do you believe he is You Di?"
Neither Lixin Xianzi nor Upper Immortal Qingqing responded to him, as if they hadn't heard.
Upper Immortal Qingqing had been standing quietly to the side, head bowed.
Lixin Xianzi was the same, though she was more focused on pouring wine for Gu Qingfeng.
"Two Seniors."
At this moment, Mo Baiyu stepped forward and said, "In this junior's opinion, Lixin Xianzi and Upper Immortal Qingqing must have fallen victim to this imposter's despicable evil methods, which may have clouded their minds, causing them to mistakenly believe he is You Di."
"Perhaps this imposter placed mind-controlling parasites in the wine, seizing control of Lixin Xianzi and Upper Immortal Qingqing's minds!"
Mo Baiyu's words reminded Jinyan Xianshi, because the absent-minded, dazed state of Lixin Xianzi and Upper Immortal Qingqing here did indeed look as if they had fallen under some evil influence. Could it be that their minds had truly been controlled?
Jinyan Xianshi couldn't decide for the moment.
"A bunch of brats with little guts but quite the imagination, even coming up with mind-controlling parasites."
Listening to Mo Baiyu and the others, Gu Qingfeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He sighed, "It seems I'm destined never to be a good person in this life. How honest a person I was before! I never provoked anyone. Just because they said my existence was a threat, afraid I'd become a great calamity, they wanted to kill me. What could I do?
I couldn't just let them kill me for no reason, could I?
So I could only resist. In the end, after resisting, I became the one with the infamous reputation for indiscriminate slaughter, bloodthirsty and cruel."
He raised his cup and drank, then added, "And I don't know which turtle bastard kept exaggerating and spreading stories about me everywhere, so that whenever my name is mentioned across the myriad realms of the heavens, it's either 'heinous crimes fill the sky' or 'sins pile up to the heavens,' either 'the epitome of evil' or 'a scourge upon heaven and earth.'"
"Big Sister, tell me, am I wronged or not?"
Lixin Xianzi was holding the wine pot, pouring wine for Gu Qingfeng. Hearing his question, how dare she say no? She quickly nodded in agreement, saying, "Wronged."
"Although we haven't known each other long, we've at least been in contact for a while. I'm not the bloodthirsty, cruel person from the legends who indiscriminately slaughters and kills at the drop of a hat, am I?"
"No...
You're not."
"Exactly!
Big Sister, in the future when you see me, don't act all scared, kneeling and begging for mercy at every turn. I haven't done anything to you. It's completely you scaring yourselves. If this gets out later, who knows what bad things people will say about me. I've carried this black pot long enough. I don't want to carry it anymore. It's time to clear my name."
"Yes, yes, yes...
This humble woman in the future...
will never dare to do so again."
Lixin Xianzi raised her head, looked at the crowd present, and specifically said, "Earlier, when Qingqing and I knelt, it was not because we were threatened by the Great Lord. It was all Qingqing and I scaring ourselves. It has nothing to do with the Great Lord...
I hope everyone does not misunderstand, and even more, do not spread rumors blindly. Moreover...
the Great Lord...
is really not as evil as the legends say. He is...
a good person..." In order not to offend Gu Qingfeng, Lixin Xianzi could only brace herself and utter these words against her conscience.
"Hey, that's more like it. Come, Big Sister, sit down and have a couple of drinks with me."
Gu Qingfeng picked up the wine pot and poured two cups of wine, gesturing for Lixin and Qingqing to sit. They didn't dare refuse and could only obediently sit down to drink.
"I say, everyone, are you going to make a move or not? If you are, then hurry up, quickly. Let's settle this fast. If not, then go find somewhere cool to stay. Don't disturb my refined mood. I need to drink with these two beauties now."
The people in the scene looked at each other, wide-eyed, none daring to make a move.
To be precise, it wasn't that they didn't dare to make a move. If someone dared to take the lead, the others might not necessarily hold back. At the very least, Mo Baiyu, Yunzhou, Mufeng, Fuying, and even including Shangguan Dong and other admirers of Upper Immortal Qingqing all wanted to crush Gu Qingfeng, whom they envied and hated, under their feet in front of Upper Immortal Qingqing.
They had originally hoped that the Jinyan and Wuhua couple would take the lead, so they could seize the opportunity to eliminate Gu Qingfeng.
Unfortunately.
They waited and waited, but the Jinyan and Wuhua couple never dared to make a move, which made them very anxious. They wanted to step forward themselves but lacked the courage.
"Since no one dares to make a move, then go cool off somewhere."
Gu Qingfeng looked at Qingqing and Lixin and said, "Sisters, come on, accompany me to the ship's cabin to drink."
Just as Gu Qingfeng was about to stand up, a voice came.
"Wait!"
One person stepped forward. It was a man wearing a silver crown, dressed in white robes, looking elegant and handsome.
It was none other than Mo Baiyu.
Everyone was shocked.
No one expected Mo Baiyu to step forward at this moment, including Jin Lao, who had always followed Mo Baiyu, protecting his safety and advising him.
Jin Lao was also a Great Wilderness Spirit Immortal who had opened the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Life-Death Gate. The reason he followed Mo Baiyu was also because he saw that Mo Baiyu, whether in terms of innate talent, comprehension, or mental disposition and fortune, could be considered a choice among immortal prodigies, and was bound to achieve great things in the future.