Watching Wei Jiaojiao's sneering, mocking expression, Lan Feier felt both furious and resentful, yet utterly helpless. At this moment, she desperately wished Gu Qingfeng truly were the heir of Lord Chixiao, just to scare this Wei Jiaojiao to death, to see how she could still laugh then, and to make the Leiyun Branch Hall pay the price for betraying the core principles of Crimson-Letter.
Unfortunately.
He was a fake. A fraud.
Lan Feier could only sigh inwardly, remaining silent and letting Wei Jiaojiao mock her. She knew this woman was extremely vicious; there were likely even more unpleasant words waiting for her.
Sure enough.
Wei Jiaojiao's mockery did not stop. On the contrary, as more and more people gathered around, her ridicule intensified.
"Oh my, I heard that Gu Qingfeng—no!
I should say the heir of Lord Chixiao... no, to be precise, the monarch's heir recognized by you Fengyun and Huoyun Senior Chixiao veterans—puts on quite the airs, doesn't he? Looks down on everyone, they say. His boasts are apparently quite grand too, often claiming to be invincible under heaven, proficient in all ten arts of the immortal path, especially the Musical Arts, boasting that there isn't a single tune in the world he can't play."
Since Gu Qingfeng was the monarch's heir recognized by the twelve Senior Chixiao veterans of Fengyun and Huoyun, his words and actions, in a sense, represented the face of both the Fengyun and Huoyun Branch Halls. Wei Jiaojiao was using this very method to thoroughly humiliate both branch halls, Lan Feier, and the twelve Senior Chixiao veterans.
Faced with this, Lan Feier had nothing but helplessness.
While she detested Wei Jiaojiao, she also hated Gu Qingfeng with a gnawing resentment.
That damned fraudster, using who knows what methods, had made the Senior Chixiao veterans believe him. If you're going to scam people, fine, but why go around bragging so outrageously? And if you're going to brag, why make such fantastical claims? Proficient in all ten arts of the immortal path?
And claiming there's no tune in the world he can't play?
How could anyone utter such grandiose lies?
If you're going to be a fraud, at least have some professional ethics, alright?
Who would believe such outrageous boasts?
It was impossible for Lan Feier not to feel depressed or angry in the face of Wei Jiaojiao's mockery. But she did not leave. She knew Wei Jiaojiao too well. If she left now, this woman would only become even more vicious. More importantly, many people from Fengyun and Huoyun were here today, including her own master.
The other day, when the twelve Senior Chixiao veterans returned from the Leiyun Branch Hall looking utterly defeated, it had already damaged the reputation of both the Fengyun and Huoyun Branch Halls. Now, with the news that the Senior Chixiao veterans had recognized Gu Qingfeng as the monarch's heir known to everyone, it had almost become a laughingstock, turning both branch halls into a joke.
Someone had to step up and shoulder this responsibility. There was no hiding from it. Even if she avoided it today, she couldn't avoid it tomorrow. Even without Wei Jiaojiao, there would be others from the Leiyun Branch Hall. So, Lan Feier could only brace herself and endure it. In her mind, it was better for her alone to be humiliated than for the elders and seniors of Huoyun and Fengyun to suffer the same.
Wei Jiaojiao had exhausted all possible humiliating remarks. Lan Feier had thought that even if Wei Jiaojiao wanted to continue mocking her, there would be no other leverage—at least Fengyun and Huoyun had no other weaknesses. But to her surprise, Wei Jiaojiao kept using her ridicule of Gu Qingfeng to humiliate both the Huoyun and Fengyun Branch Halls.
Mocking Gu Qingfeng meant humiliating the Senior Chixiao veterans, after all, since they were the ones who had recognized him as the monarch's heir.
And mocking the Senior Chixiao veterans meant humiliating the Fengyun and Huoyun Branch Halls.
Similarly, mocking Fengyun and Huoyun also meant humiliating Lan Feier.
Wei Jiaojiao seemed to understand this logic perfectly. At some point, she took out some pills and began feeding the little fox in her arms, smiling leisurely as she said, "I heard that a couple of days ago, that monarch's heir of yours—what was his name again?
Gu Qingfeng, right?
Seems he even put on airs in front of Immortal Su Hua. And it wasn't just putting on airs; they say he even had the audacity to claim that Immortal Su Hua's 'Little Blue Flower Language' was riddled with flaws, that he could casually point out numerous shortcomings in it. Truly an eye-opener."
Many of the surrounding crowd had also heard about the incident at Yunxia Sect.
It was said that Gu Qingfeng, with no regard for his life, not only showed disrespect to the Immortal but also made outrageous boasts, claiming Little Blue Flower Language was full of flaws, and even went so far as to blaspheme her, saying that if he pointed out the shortcomings, the Immortal should serve him.
Lan Feier had heard about this incident too.
Because of the Black Crow Secret Realm affair, she already had little goodwill toward Gu Qingfeng.
Coupled with the fact that he had somehow deceived the twelve Senior Chixiao veterans,
Lan Feier's hatred for him multiplied.
Now, with this new incident, Lan Feier's hatred for Gu Qingfeng intensified even further. She was utterly baffled—how could Gu Qingfeng, this fraudster, be so shameless? Bragging in ordinary situations was one thing, but now he had the nerve to boast in front of Immortal Su Hua, and about Little Blue Flower Language, no less.
Heavens!
How could anyone say such things?
Who in the world didn't know that Immortal Su Hua's Little Blue Flower Language was hailed as the textbook of Musical Arts for the current era, a near-perfect masterpiece? Back then, when all the Musical Arts grandmasters of the world gathered at the Musical Arts Heavenly Summit Conference, they collectively endorsed Little Blue Flower Language. It was not only revered as a classic by many Musical Arts beginners but also acknowledged as a classic masterpiece by many senior Musical Arts practitioners.
And he called it 'riddled with flaws'?
Couldn't this guy at least prepare a draft before spouting such nonsense?
At least make it somewhat believable, alright?
Your boasts are just too far-fetched!
And what's even more disgraceful is that he actually dared to say the Immortal should serve him.
Immortal Su Hua was an envoy of the Immortal Court, the host of the Heavenly Summit Conference, a pioneer and disseminator of Musical Arts. It was said that before her reincarnation, she was once a Nine Heavens Profound Immortal. With such status, such nobility, who in the entire world would dare be disrespectful to her?
No one. Absolutely no one. Not even those Daozun, nor Earth Immortals.
And now, that damned fraudster Gu Qingfeng actually dared to blaspheme her. It's simply...
Simply...
Lan Feier couldn't even imagine how to describe Gu Qingfeng. The more she thought about it, the more baffled she became. How on earth did a guy like Gu Qingfeng, who boasted so outrageously, manage to deceive the twelve Senior Chixiao veterans?
To put it bluntly, Gu Qingfeng's words and actions possessed every characteristic of a fraudster. Anyone who wasn't blind could tell he was a fraud. So how could those Senior Chixiao veterans possibly...
As Lan Feier wallowed in her helplessness,
Wei Jiaojiao showed no signs of stopping. She smiled and asked, "Young Master Xu, I heard you were present at the time. Could you tell everyone how exactly that monarch's heir recognized by your Fengyun Branch Hall put on airs in front of the Immortal?"
Xu Jintong stepped forward and said, "Heh, that fellow surnamed Gu had no regard for his life. First, he showed disrespect to the Immortal, then made flirtatious remarks. However, the Immortal did not stoop to his level."
"Is that so?
Did that monarch's heir later point out the shortcomings in the Immortal's Little Blue Flower Language?"
"What a joke. As if he could!"