Exterminate the clan?
Prepare for the aftermath?
Su Hua stared at Huode with her beautiful eyes, her gaze exceptionally complex, and said in a low voice, "Huode, have you been deceived by him? He is not Monarch Chixiao!"
"Whether he is or isn't, does it make any difference?"
Huode responded very seriously, "Young Master Gu says he represents Gu Tianlang today. The rest is no longer important."
"He cannot represent Monarch Chixiao!
No one can represent him!"
Su Hua had never been so angry before. She herself didn't understand why she was so furious—was it because of Gu Qingfeng's arrogance, willfulness, and unreasonableness, or because of his claim to represent Monarch Chixiao? Su Hua didn't know, and at this moment, she didn't want to know. Staring at Gu Qingfeng, she shouted angrily.
"I'm telling you, Gu Qingfeng, with me, Su Hua, here today, I will not allow the Immortal Dynasty to act against the Crimson-Letter Sect, nor will I allow the Crimson-Letter Sect to act against the Immortal Dynasty. I will not permit you to harm anyone, including all the Immortal Officials present."
In the pavilion.
"I say, Sister Su."
Gu Qingfeng glanced at Su Hua with an air of boredom and said nonchalantly, "Today, out of consideration for your past care of the Crimson-Letter Sect and for Xiao Jinr's sake, I've already patiently listened to you ramble on for so long. You've made your point, so that should be enough. Are you going to keep going on and on?
Go find somewhere cool to stay. Don't stand here shouting nonsense at me."
"Gu Qingfeng, you...
you...
you arrogant, damnable fellow...
you..." Su Hua was so angry that her peerlessly beautiful face turned deathly pale. Pointing at Gu Qingfeng, she gasped for breath.
In all her life.
Whether in her past life or this one, she had never been so blatantly ignored and humiliated by anyone.
Yes.
Ignored.
Only now did she realize that this arrogant, rude fellow had never taken her seriously from the very beginning, completely disregarding her presence. And he even said he only listened to her because of her care for the Crimson-Letter Sect and for Xiao Jinr's sake?
And told her to go find somewhere cool to stay! How outrageous!
He was utterly contemptuous!
"Gu Qingfeng, you arrogant fellow, do you think just because you've fused with a wisp of the Monarch's spiritual will, you can truly consider yourself Monarch Chixiao?
I'm telling you, you don't have that qualification."
Su Hua, flushed with anger and humiliation, could no longer contain the rage in her heart and decided to teach this arrogant fellow a lesson. But just then, Xiao Jinr walked over, took her hand, and pleaded pitifully, "Sister Hua, please don't be like this...
Don't interfere with matters here anymore. Big Brother doesn't have that much patience. He...
will kill you..."
"He doesn't have that much patience?
This lady isn't someone to be bullied either!"
Perhaps she was truly too angry, for Su Hua completely disregarded her image, even uttering 'this lady'. She shouted furiously, "This lady wants to see how he plans to kill me today, and moreover...
this lady..."
Just as Su Hua was speaking, suddenly, from somewhere unknown, came an ethereal voice.
"Xiao Jinr is right. He truly doesn't have that much patience. If you continue to pester him, he...
really will kill you..."
The voice was extremely ethereal, as if from the horizon, or from underground, or even from all directions. When the voice came, Su Hua, standing outside the pavilion, was swept away as if by a gust of wind. When she reappeared, she was already a kilometer away. Beside her, a blurred figure had appeared at some unknown time.
It was truly an ethereal and blurred figure, swaying like a flame, drifting like light smoke. One could only vaguely discern it was a woman; nothing else could be seen.
No one knew who it was.
They only knew that after Su Hua inexplicably appeared there, she stood as still as a statue, her beautiful eyes fixed on the ethereal figure, filled with disbelief, as if she had witnessed something inconceivable.
Indeed.
For Su Hua, it was truly inconceivable. Others might not know who the woman was, but that didn't mean she didn't know, because the newcomer was a woman she had always deeply respected.
Nalan Qianqiu.
A sister she revered both in her past life and this one.
But she didn't understand why Nalan Qianqiu, who was always elusive and mysterious, would suddenly appear in the Great Northwest, and at this very moment, to stop her.
"Sister Nalan, how...
how are you here?"
"To save you, and to prevent you from making mistake after mistake."
Save me?
Making mistake after mistake?
Su Hua was bewildered. Then, Nalan Qianqiu addressed Gu Qingfeng in the pavilion a kilometer away, saying, "Gu...
Young Master Gu, Hua'er is ignorant. I hope you can forgive her offense."
In the pavilion, Gu Qingfeng glanced at Nalan Qianqiu, but it was only a glance. He paid no further attention and said nothing.
But Nalan Qianqiu's apology and plea for forgiveness truly shocked Su Hua.
She knew exactly how powerful her Sister Nalan was, and she also knew how aloof and proud Sister Nalan was. Very few in this world could catch her eye. Ordinarily, even mentioning the ruler of the Immortal Dynasty would barely warrant a response from her.
Apologizing?
In Su Hua's memory, her Sister Nalan had never apologized or made amends to anyone, not even once.
And this time, she actually apologized to Gu Qingfeng on her behalf?
And called her ignorant?
Said she had offended him?
Heavens!
What in the world was going on?
"Sister Nalan, you...
do you know him?"
Nalan Qianqiu looked at the sun gradually setting in the west, then turned her gaze to Gu Qingfeng, who was drinking alone in the pavilion. In her ethereal eyes, a deep fear seemed to flicker. After a moment, she closed her eyes, shook her head lightly, and responded softly, "No."
"No?"
Su Hua's thoughts were momentarily thrown into disarray. She asked in astonishment, "If you don't know him, then why are you apologizing to him?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean, you don't know?"
Su Hua wanted to say something but suddenly found she couldn't move. She quickly asked, "Sister Nalan, you...
why are you restraining me?"
"I'm restraining you to prevent you from doing something foolish."
"Something foolish?"
Su Hua remembered the first thing Nalan Qianqiu had said and couldn't help but feel a surge of dread. "Sister Nalan, you can't be serious. You know me best. Do you really think he can kill me?"
Although Gu Qingfeng's strength was mysterious, bizarre, terrifying, and dreadful, Su Hua might not know if she was a match for him, but she was confident in her ability to protect herself in front of him. Moreover, after reincarnating, given Su Hua's current attainments, she didn't believe anyone could completely erase her.
"Hua'er, remember what your sister says."
Nalan Qianqiu turned around and spoke in a very serious, earnest tone. "Whether he can kill you does not depend on your identity, background, or your strength and attainments."
"Then what does it depend on?"
"It depends solely on whether he wants to or not..."