Gu Qingfeng's voice came, causing Xuefeng and the dozen or so other old Chixiao people to freeze.
Snow Three Blades was indeed Xuefeng's old nickname, but this nickname was only known by a bunch of old brothers from the Black Nether Banner of the Chixiao Sect. Even Xuefeng's descendants and the current helmsman and elders of the Changhong Branch Hall did not know.
Xuefeng and the other old Chixiao people were extremely suspicious and puzzled in their hearts, not knowing how Gu Qingfeng knew this.
"I heard Scarface Kui and Fire-Head Monk are also at your Changhong Branch Hall. Why didn't they come today?"
These words caused Xuefeng, Hongwen, and the others' expressions to change drastically, their hearts filled with immense shock.
Scarface Kui was Master Kui's nickname, which was widely known.
As for Fire-Head Monk, that was the nickname of Old Master Hong, who was stationed at the Changhong Branch Hall.
Who was Old Master Hong?
He was precisely the former banner master of the Black Nether Banner of the Changhong Branch Hall back in the day, and also the old banner master of Xuefeng and the others.
Master Kui's nickname Scarface Kui might be widely known, but Old Master Hong's nickname Fire-Head Monk, just like Xuefeng's nickname Snow Three Blades, was only known by their old brothers from the Black Nether Banner. Moreover, their nicknames had never been mentioned since the Chixiao Monarch was judged three hundred years ago, and their descendants had no idea.
How on earth did this person know?
Why did he also know the old banner master's nickname?
Xuefeng and the dozen or so other Chixiao people exchanged glances, all seeing deep suspicion and puzzlement in each other's eyes.
"You...
Just what kind of person are you!"
Old Master Xuefeng held his breath, staring at Gu Qingfeng as he asked in a deep voice.
"What kind of person I am isn't important."
Gu Qingfeng lay back in his chair, closing his eyes to rest his spirit, one hand resting on his forehead. He didn't even glance at Xuefeng and the others, and his tone was exceptionally flat as he said, "I don't want to say, and even if I did, you probably wouldn't believe me. I can't be bothered to explain or prove anything to you. You just need to know that I can represent Gu Tianlang."
"How dare you!
You junior dare to directly utter the Monarch's name!"
"It's just a name. It's meant to be called, so what's wrong with uttering it directly?"
Seeing Gu Qingfeng show such disrespect toward the Monarch, the dozen or so Chixiao people present were somewhat angry and wanted to take action. Xuefeng signaled them not to act rashly and asked, "On what grounds do you dare to represent the Monarch?"
"On what grounds?"
Gu Qingfeng slowly raised a hand, light flickering in his palm, and then a seal token condensed and manifested. "Is this enough!"
The seal token was illusory and real, like a phantom, yet also like a water mirror. Within it were layers of profound mysteries, evolving and transforming—like wind rising and clouds surging, like Chixiao thunder, like a azure dragon roaring across the heavens, and like a raging elephant subduing the earth.
Seeing this seal token.
Xuefeng and the dozen or so other Chixiao people were all as if struck by lightning, their faces turning pale with shock. Old Master Xuefeng and the others pointed at the seal token, as if unable to believe it, murmuring in trembling voices, "Chi is supreme, the seal is honored, commanding the world, none dare disobey...
This is...
This is the Chi-Shang Seal Token!"
Almost out of instinctive reaction, the dozen or so Chixiao people all dropped to one knee, respectfully shouting in unison, "Black Nether Banner Chixiao people pay respects to Chi-Shang!"
The sudden obeisance of Xuefeng and the dozen or so others truly startled everyone present.
No one had expected Gu Qingfeng to manifest the Chi-Shang Seal Token.
For a moment, the scene erupted into an uproar!
It was said that three years ago, the Young Lord Chiyan who turned to ashes at the Tai Xuan Stele could manifest the Chi-Shang Seal Token. Could this person truly be the Young Lord Chiyan?
"Honored Uncles, are you sure the Chi-Shang Seal Token he manifested is real?"
The speaker was Minghui, the current helmsman of the Changhong Branch Hall. When he saw Gu Qingfeng manifest the Chi-Shang Seal Token, he was also startled. However, he wasn't an old Chixiao person after all, so seeing the Chi-Shang Seal Token didn't excite him as much as it did Xuefeng and the others. Most importantly, in today's world, there were countless frauds impersonating the Chixiao Monarch himself or his heirs, and among them were quite a few who could manifest the Chi-Shang Seal Token. Whether it was real or fake, no one knew.
Perhaps it was really because seeing the Chi-Shang Seal Token was too exciting.
Hearing Minghui's words, Xuefeng and the others finally realized they had been so focused on kneeling that they hadn't verified its authenticity.
Even so, none of them stood up. They were all Chixiao people and had all seen the real Chi-Shang Seal Token with their own eyes. Just like the Chi-Shang Seal Token Gu Qingfeng was manifesting now, it had the wind rising, clouds surging, dragon and elephant transformations.
This was real!
It must be real!
The more Xuefeng and the others looked, the more excited they became, excited beyond control.
"Honored Uncles, in today's world, there are quite a few frauds who manifest the Chi-Shang Seal Token. There are three or four in the Southern Sea region alone. Every one of them can manifest the Chi-Shang Seal Token. Real or fake, even the Southern Sea Emperor, the great overlord Wang back in the day, couldn't distinguish them!"
Minghui tried to persuade them, and then Wan Dongfang, the leader of the Nine Dragons and Eighteen Elephants, also stepped forward to advise, "Old Master, don't forget that fraud Gu Tiansheng fifty years ago who impersonated the Monarch's descendant. Back then, she could also manifest the Chi-Shang Seal Token, and she even fooled Old Master Heishui who was stationed in our Great Northwest."
The persuasion from Minghui, Wan Dongfang, and the others made Xuefeng and the others, who had originally believed it was real, pause in their hearts.
They all believed the Chi-Shang Seal Token Gu Qingfeng manifested was real.
But when they thought about how the Southern Sea Emperor Wang the great overlord enshrined three or four Chixiao Monarchs of unknown authenticity, and how that fraud Gu Tiansheng fifty years ago who impersonated the Monarch's descendant had also manifested the Chi-Shang Seal Token and even fooled Old Master Heishui, at this thought, Xuefeng and the others also began to doubt for a moment, unsure whether to believe it or not.
Even they, these old Chixiao people who had seen the real Chi-Shang Seal Token, couldn't distinguish it, let alone others who had never even seen what the real Chi-Shang Seal Token looked like.
"Real or fake, fake or real, the real is false and the false is real. The affairs of this world truly are ever-changing."
Gu Qingfeng shook his head and sighed, his words filled with helplessness.
He had always thought the Chi-Shang Seal Token could prove everything.
After all, what's real can't be fake, and what's fake can't be real.
Now it seemed he had thought too much. He finally realized that the matter of frauds impersonating him was more complex and serious than imagined. They could even impersonate the Chi-Shang Seal Token, to the point that now when he manifested the real Chi-Shang Seal Token, no one dared to believe it.
Although Gu Qingfeng didn't want Xuefeng and the others to know his identity.
Not wanting to was one thing.
But now, even the only thing that could prove his identity, the Chi-Shang Seal Token, no one dared to believe. Thinking about it carefully, this matter was truly a headache.
"Forget it, forget it. Real or fake, it doesn't matter. All of you, get up. Go back for now. Regarding the matter of me injuring your descendants at Wuse Mountain, I'll give you a satisfactory explanation in due time."
"Go back?"
Minghui said with ill intent, "You make it sound too easy, sir?
You injured disciples of our Crimson-Head, and now their cultivation has been crippled by you. What kind of explanation can you give us?"
"If it weren't for the sake of Xuefeng and these few old Chixiao people, what I crippled wouldn't have been just their cultivation."
Minghui flew into a rage, shouting sharply, "What arrogant words!"
"My words have always been arrogant. What are you going to do about it!"