"Old Master, don't worry, I won't let the Immortal Dynasty provoke Gu Qingfeng."
"Immortal, you don't understand my meaning. This isn't about whether the Immortal Dynasty provokes that Gu kid or not. To be honest, even if the Immortal Dynasty does provoke him, with that kid's temperament, he wouldn't even care in the slightest."
Huode tried to persuade her: "The key issue now is that these bastards from the Immortal Dynasty are looking for trouble with the Crimson-Letter Sect, oh no! They're preparing to move against the Chixiao People. That's the real key! It doesn't matter much if the Immortal Dynasty provokes Gu kid, but they absolutely must not provoke the Chixiao People. That's Gu kid's fatal weakness, it cannot be touched!"
"Fatal weakness?"
Su Hua seemed somewhat confused by Huode's words and responded, "Old Master, if you're worried about the Immortal Dynasty taking action against the Crimson-Letter Sect, I can assure you here that as long as I, Su Hua, remain in the Great Northwest for a single day, there will absolutely be no conflict between the Immortal Dynasty and the Crimson-Letter Sect."
"Immortal, why haven't you understood my meaning yet..." Huode said with a pained expression: "The problem now isn't whether conflict occurs between the Immortal Dynasty and the Crimson-Letter Sect. It's that the Immortal Dynasty has already made their attitude clear, and that's enough. Whether they take action or not is no longer important. What's important is Gu kid! Whether he takes action or not is the real key!"
"Why..." Huode's words left Su Hua somewhat bewildered.
"Still asking why? Immortal, you don't understand Gu kid. When that kid starts taking action, it won't just be these grandsons from the Immortal Dynasty who die. That kid either doesn't act, but once he's determined to do something, he'll do it thoroughly to eliminate future troubles. He'll go all the way. If he kills these Immortal Dynasty grandsons today, tomorrow he'll go to the Divine Land to kill their entire families, and the day after he'll dare to unleash a great slaughter in the Immortal Dynasty itself. Do you believe me?"
At this moment, Kumu from Five Colors Mountain stepped forward, cupping his hands respectfully: "Immortal Su Hua, Huode speaks correctly. I hope you can persuade these Immortal Dynasty officials to leave as soon as possible. They must, must not provoke the Crimson-Letter Sect any further. Otherwise... it would truly be a catastrophe! This old man truly cannot imagine what terrifying things Gu... Young Lord Chiyan might do if he learns of this matter!"
Then Palace Master Feiyan also stepped forward and said: "Immortal Su Hua, if you don't wish to see events of the Ancient Era repeat themselves in the Present Era, please make these Immortal Dynasty officials leave the Great Northwest as soon as possible."
Looking at Huode, then at Kumu and Feiyan, Su Hua wore an expression of astonishment, her heart filled with even greater confusion.
She truly couldn't understand why these three would say such alarmist things.
She had fought against Gu Qingfeng and acknowledged that his strength was unfathomably profound. But to say that... provoking Gu Qingfeng would cause a catastrophe—wasn't that too exaggerated?
And going to the Divine Land to kill entire families? Unleashing great slaughter in the Immortal Dynasty?
The Ancient Era repeating itself in the Present Era?
This was too...
Even Su Hua felt Huode and the others' words were somewhat exaggerated, let alone others.
Many people felt the three were being deliberately mysterious, possibly accomplices of that self-proclaimed Monarch's successor Gu Qingfeng, deliberately exaggerating to make others believe them.
"Huode, what kind of dog thing are you? If not for considering your past acquaintance with Gu Tianlang, you would have died countless times already. Now you dare to be deliberately mysterious here?"
Gold Crane scolded: "And saying that criminal disciple Gu Qingfeng would unleash great slaughter in the Immortal Dynasty? Truly shameless boasting! Whether he's even Gu Tianlang's successor is still unknown. Even if he really is, so what? Even if it were Gu Tianlang himself, I'd lend him ten thousand times the courage right now, and I doubt he'd dare to act presumptuously before the Immortal Dynasty!"
"Gold Crane, you old traitor! I'll fuck your ancestors!"
Huode cursed angrily: "You ungrateful, backstabbing traitor! Keep pushing your luck to the extreme! Let me tell you, grandson, you'd better pray Gu kid doesn't learn of this matter. If he does, I dare swear to the heavens, you few grandsons will die in the most miserable, horrific ways imaginable!"
"Hahaha! Good, I'll wait. Then I'll definitely see how that criminal disciple Gu Qingfeng makes us die in miserable, horrific ways..."
"Old thing who doesn't know life from death!"
Liuguang Jiaoying glared viciously at Huode, killing intent flashing in his eyes as he shouted: "This Young Lord will definitely have you sliced into a thousand pieces with no place for burial!"
"You bastards, don't you dare act arrogantly in front of this old man either!"
Huode pointed at Liuguang Jiaoying and the others, cursing back without any courtesy: "If you don't want to die, get lost now! Otherwise, when the time comes, even your parents who are Immortals will be buried along with you for your ignorance!"
"Seeking death!"
"Old thing, I think you've grown tired of living!"
Whoosh!
Liuguang Jiaoying, Yingnian, Ruolan, and the other Immortal Dynasty Young Lords all flashed forward angrily, wanting to tear Huode to pieces. They were noble Immortal Dynasty Young Lords, superior even in the Divine Land. Normally, who wouldn't kneel and pay respects upon seeing them? When had they ever been insulted like this? Moreover, the one insulting them was an unknown minor elder from a small, obscure sect. This was utterly intolerable to them. Even the usually composed Liuguang Qinghong and Xingyao were both shaken with anger, flashing forward to appear.
"Dare I ask, Immortal Su Hua, will you shield someone who insults Immortal Officials and shows contempt for the Immortal Dynasty's dignity?"
Su Hua didn't respond, but she didn't move aside either.
At the same time.
Elder Hong, Old Master Tang, Old Master Huang, the Banner Masters of the three Black Banners, and all the Chixiao People flashed forward to appear.
Clearly.
They would not let the Immortal Dynasty people lay a single finger on Huode.
Huode wasn't afraid.
If he were afraid, he wouldn't have come today.
What did he rely on?
Not Immortal Su Hua, nor the Chixiao People present, but the gourd Gu Qingfeng had given him, hanging at his waist.
Of course.
Huode hadn't come today deliberately to show off. He genuinely wanted Su Hua to intervene and make these officials leave. Not out of pity for these officials—to be honest, he couldn't care less about their lives or deaths. What truly worried him was Gu Qingfeng. He truly didn't want Gu Qingfeng, upon learning of this matter, to kill these officials in a fit of rage. Even more, he didn't want Gu Qingfeng to repeat the mistakes of the past and walk the old path of the Ancient Era again.
"Immortal, if you believe this old man, please make these officials leave quickly."
After Huode spoke, Kumu also said: "For the sake of all under heaven, and for the common people, we hope Immortal Su Hua will take these officials and leave."
Again with 'all under heaven' and 'the common people.' Su Hua felt more and more that something was off. She seemed to vaguely realize something, staring at Huode as she asked: "Old Master, can you tell me... just who is Gu Qingfeng..."
Huode felt like crying but had no tears.
If possible, he truly wanted to announce Gu Qingfeng's true identity to the world. But he couldn't. Because he knew that once Gu Qingfeng's identity was exposed, the consequences might be even more terrifying than the Immortal Dynasty causing him trouble.
At that moment, a childish voice called out: "Elder Sister Su Hua."
Hmm?
Su Hua looked over and was surprised to see it was Xiao Jinr.
"Jinr, how did you... come here? What about Yeye? Isn't she with you?"
"I sneaked over by myself."
Xiao Jinr looked very anxious and worried as she said: "Elder Sister Su Hua, please don't interfere with this matter anymore, okay?"
"Why?"
Xiao Jinr looked around the crowd as if searching for something and said: "Elder Sister Meng told me... none of these Immortal Dynasty people will survive today. Just let them be, don't interfere anymore... If... if you keep interfering with this matter... you'll... you'll die..."
What!
Su Hua was greatly shocked, feeling utterly bewildered as she asked: "Me? Why would I die? Does your Elder Sister Meng want to kill me?"
"No! Not Elder Sister Meng... it's Big Brother..."
Beside them, Huode quickly asked: "Little Jinr, do you know where your Big Brother is right now?"
Xiao Jinr anxiously looked around, murmuring to herself: "Elder Sister Meng said Big Brother has been here all along... watching from the very beginning..."