Gu Qingfeng followed the sound and looked over to see two young women walking towards him.
One was an ordinary-looking woman in green robes.
The other was a petite, delicate girl who appeared to be only twelve or thirteen years old.
The girl had short hair that reached her ears and wore a white dress, looking exceptionally lively and cute.
Although the woman in green had plain features, her eyes were particularly profound. As she looked at Gu Qingfeng now, her gaze held a complex mix of emotions—embarrassment, shyness, but mostly anger.
As for the girl, her large, lively eyes were filled with surprise and delight as she stared at Gu Qingfeng.
Looking at the two, a faint smile couldn't help but curl at the corner of Gu Qingfeng's mouth. He recognized them—they were none other than Chen Yue and Xiaolian, whom he had encountered earlier in the Black-Raven Secret Realm. Although Chen Yue had disguised herself and altered her appearance, making her look different from before, how could such a trick possibly fool Gu Qingfeng's piercing eyes?
Chen Yue had disguised and changed her appearance.
Xiaolian, on the other hand, had done the opposite. She had also disguised herself in the Black-Raven Secret Realm, but now she was showing her true face.
Noticing Gu Qingfeng looking at them, both Chen Yue and Xiaolian quickly masked their emotions, especially Xiaolian. Crossing her arms and tilting her little head up high, she strode into the pavilion and asked with an air of superiority, "So you're that Nouveau Riche surnamed Gu?"
"Hmm, that's right," Gu Qingfeng replied with a smile, nodding. "What of it?"
"Nothing much!"
Though Xiaolian was small in stature, her tone was enormous. Entering the pavilion, she very rudely picked up a spirit fruit from the table, took a bite, and then sat down, saying, "This young lady heard you're quite arrogant, so I came specifically to see for myself."
Gu Qingfeng feigned sudden understanding, finding the situation rather amusing. By the looks of it, these two girls thought that with one of them disguised and the other revealing her true face, he wouldn't recognize them.
"Let me introduce myself. This young lady's surname is Xia, given name Pan—Xia Pan'er, a direct disciple of Jiangzhu Mountain."
Seeing Gu Qingfeng remain unmoved, Xiaolian grew somewhat angry. "Do you even know Jiangzhu Mountain?"
"I've heard of it. Seems like a reclusive cultivation sect in the Glazed Territory."
"Good!" Xiaolian nodded with satisfaction. "Since you know Jiangzhu Mountain, you must have heard of our Jiangzhu Ancestor, right?"
"Jiangzhu Ancestor?" Gu Qingfeng rubbed his chin, the smile on his lips growing even more pronounced. "Are you talking about that sleazy fatso?"
"What? What did you say? How dare you disrespect our Jiangzhu Ancestor? Have you grown tired of living, you Nouveau Riche!" Xiaolian roared furiously. "Listen well! Our Jiangzhu Ancestor is no sleazy fatso! He is a renowned Nascent Soul expert, a grandmaster of his generation, a venerable and highly respected Senior!"
"Oh? Did I remember wrong?"
Gu Qingfeng had indeed heard of Jiangzhu Mountain and had even dealt with its ancestral patriarch before. In his memory, the Jiangzhu Mountain ancestral patriarch was indeed a sleazy fatso who had done plenty of shady deeds—stealing chickens, digging pits, setting traps—and was ruthless to boot. Back when excavating ancient cave dwellings, that fatso's methods were downright sinister, trapping and killing many people. He had even tried to trap Gu Qingfeng once, though he had also been thoroughly disciplined by Gu Qingfeng back in the day.
"Are you sure your Jiangzhu Mountain ancestral patriarch is 'venerable and highly respected'?" Gu Qingfeng wondered if the Jiangzhu Mountain ancestral patriarch had been replaced or something. Feeling puzzled, he asked, "What's your Jiangzhu Mountain ancestral patriarch's Daoist title?"
"Listen up, Nouveau Riche! Our Jiangzhu Mountain ancestral patriarch's Daoist title is Nanqing."
"Nanqing... Nanqing..." Gu Qingfeng murmured the name, then burst out laughing. "So after all this fuss, it's still that sleazy fatso."
"You!" Xiaolian gritted her teeth in anger, but knowing Gu Qingfeng was not to be trifled with, she naturally didn't dare to make a move. She could only fume, "You Nouveau Riche, don't get cocky! I'll tell our Ancestor later, and he'll crush you with a single finger! Don't say I didn't warn you—our Ancestor is a Nascent Soul expert who has undergone many transformations! Transformative Nascent Soul, do you even understand that?"
Gu Qingfeng laughed heartily.
"Damn you, Nouveau Riche! What are you laughing at!"
"Nothing," Gu Qingfeng shook his head, still laughing. "If I remember correctly, your Jiangzhu Mountain ancestral patriarch was already a Transformative Nascent Soul back then. How come after all these years, he hasn't made any progress at all? Still just a Transformative Nascent Soul?"
"Ah—I'm going to die from anger! You damned Nouveau Riche!"
If it were anyone else daring to insult her master like this, Xiaolian would have taught them a lesson without hesitation. But facing Gu Qingfeng, she didn't dare. Back in the ancient pagoda of the Black-Raven Secret Realm, she had personally witnessed Gu Qingfeng's terror and knew full well how terrifyingly powerful this guy before her was.
She glared at Gu Qingfeng, breathing heavily in anger, and secretly transmitted her voice, "Sister, this guy is just too detestable! Let's not talk to him anymore, or we'll die from rage!"
Chen Yue stared fixedly at Gu Qingfeng. She was a member of the Nine Radiance Alliance and shouldn't have appeared at today's event, as this was the Four Regions Alliance banquet. After all, the Four Regions Alliance existed to oppose the Nine Radiance Alliance, and given her status as a proud daughter of the Nine Radiance Alliance, the consequences of her identity being exposed were unimaginable.
The reason she had taken such a great risk to come here in disguise was precisely because she had learned that Gu Qingfeng was also present.
Because she simply couldn't accept it!
Back in the Black-Raven Secret Realm, not only had this guy humiliated and teased her, but he had also seen her body naked. She had actively thrown herself into his arms only to be rejected. Later, he had even hugged and embraced her, groping her breasts and buttocks...
Chen Yue had never suffered such immense humiliation in all her life.
She couldn't accept it!
She absolutely could not accept it!
Knowing that Gu Qingfeng's strength was unfathomable, she had specifically brought a secret treasure today for the sole purpose of revenge!
Revenge for the humiliation!
"Proceed according to our planned scheme. Don't slip up. And you, stop calling him 'Nouveau Riche' with every sentence as if you know him. If he recognizes us, we'll be in trouble."
"I was disguised in the Black-Raven Secret Realm. How could this guy possibly recognize me?"
"It's better to be careful. This guy is far more terrifying than you imagine."
"Terrifying? Hmph! No matter how powerful he is, he can't withstand the Spiral Dream-Returning Pill. Later, we'll trick him into taking the Spiral Dream-Returning Pill. Then, however we want to deal with this Nouveau Riche will be entirely up to us, won't it?"
"I'm going to pull out his tendons and skin him alive!"
"I say, sister, there's no need to be so vicious, is there? The Nouveau Riche didn't really do anything to us. Although I don't like him either, he did kindly warn us back in the Black-Raven Secret Realm. Let's just teach him a lesson, give him a little scare—that should be enough!"
"What do you know! He didn't do anything to you, but that doesn't mean he didn't do anything to me... This damned pervert... This damned pervert, he..." Chen Yue hadn't told Xiaolian about the Union Bliss incident in the Black-Raven Secret Realm. That kind of thing was too embarrassing to tell anyone else, not even her sister.