"Is that old geezer Huode still in the Great Northwest?"
"After the Heavenly Mandate descended, the old master had already left. He said he wanted to travel around and see the sights."
"Is that so... That old geezer has finally come to his senses..." Gu Qingfeng nodded, smiled, and drained his cup of wine in one gulp.
He still remembered clearly that Huode had no interest in attaining the Dao and becoming an immortal. Otherwise, he wouldn't have refused Gu Qingfeng's enlightenment initiation that day. Huode's greatest dream was to wander the world, traveling wherever he pleased. However, in the past, he had lived for the sake of Yunxia Sect, always burdened by that tie. Now that Yunxia Sect was long gone, there was no so-called burden left, and he could roam the mountains and waters as he wished.
"Don't just stand there. Come, sit down and have a couple of drinks, let's chat."
"This humble one dares not."
Seeing Fei Kui still bowing his head and pouring wine just like before, Gu Qingfeng teased, "What's there to dare? You're an Earth Immortal powerhouse now, after all. Looks like you've done quite well for yourself in Yanluo Kingdom. Standing here pouring wine for me, people who don't know might think I'm some big, spoiled Young Master."
Fei Kui's face changed dramatically in fright, and he knelt on the ground again, trembling with fear and respect. "Young Master, this humble one's achievements today are entirely due to Young Master's guidance back then. This humble one... this humble one will never forget. Young Master will always be this humble one's master. With just one word from Young Master, this humble one would face ten thousand deaths without hesitation!"
"Still 'master'? Face ten thousand deaths without hesitation? You really know how to talk."
Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head with a sigh. "Alright, get up. I'm not your master, and you're not my servant. Helping you back then was purely because you drove my carriage for a few days, that's all. Nothing more, nothing less. Don't overthink it."
"Young Master... This humble one... this humble one..." Fei Kui was dejected, as dejected as if he had been rejected after failing to become a disciple.
Standing outside the VIP lounge, both Tang Manqing and Wei Lao saw and heard everything clearly. Fei Kui wasn't trying to become a disciple; he was trying to pledge himself as a servant.
That's right!
He was trying to pledge himself as a servant.
Upon hearing that Gu Qingfeng was not his master, Fei Kui actually became utterly despondent.
This scene couldn't help but make Tang Manqing and the others question their understanding of life. They had seen people become despondent after failing to become disciples, but they had never seen anyone become despondent after failing to become someone's servant. Who would actively seek to become another's slave?
Especially when this person was Boss Fei, who worked under the Black Buddha Lord and had made a name for himself within Yanluo Kingdom.
If Gu Qingfeng was now prosperous and successful, it might be understandable.
But this guy currently had no cultivation, no status, nothing at all. He looked so weak and frail, one couldn't even tell how long he had left to live.
Why?
Just because he was the successor of Monarch Chixiao?
So what?
He had killed so many Noble Scions of the Immortal Dynasty in the Great Northwest.
Once his identity was exposed, forget being the Monarch's successor, even if he were Monarch Chixiao himself, facing the Immortal Dynasty of today, he'd probably only be able to flee in disarray.
Fei Kui didn't seem like a fool. On the contrary, he was an extremely shrewd fellow. Why would he be so loyal and respectful to a Gu Qingfeng who had nothing and was in mortal danger?
"I say, Fei Kui, enough is enough. Get up and have a couple of drinks with me."
Hearing this, Fei Kui didn't dare delay. He quickly got up, but still didn't dare sit down. He continued to hold the wine pot, pouring a cup for Gu Qingfeng and respectfully offering it before pouring one for himself.
"I say, little niece, do you want to come in and have a couple of drinks with us?"
If it were before, upon hearing Gu Qingfeng address the Princess Royal so disrespectfully, Shui'er would have certainly stepped forward to berate him. However, having witnessed Boss Fei kowtowing and kneeling to Gu Qingfeng, for some reason, Shui'er felt an inexplicable wariness towards Gu Qingfeng and naturally didn't dare step forward to scold him anymore.
Not only her.
Tang Manqing was no exception.
However, besides the inexplicable wariness, she was more filled with doubt and suspicion. She asked, "You know who I am?"
"Nonsense, I'm not blind, of course I know who you are."
"You..." Tang Manqing believed her disguise skills were quite good. At the very least, ordinary people couldn't see through them. Even Earth Immortals, or perhaps Loose Immortals and True Immortals, might be able to detect flaws, but they would only see flaws, not definitively recognize her identity. She couldn't understand how this guy had seen through it. What was even more puzzling was that Gu Qingfeng hadn't even used his divine sense to probe. Could it be that Fei Kui had secretly transmitted the information to him via voice?
After thinking it over, that seemed to be the only possibility.
"Are you really that Gu Qingfeng, the Chiyan Young Master who caused havoc in the borderlands nine years ago?"
Gu Qingfeng shrugged and smiled. "Didn't I already tell you?"
"You killed so many Noble Scions of the Immortal Dynasty in the Great Northwest. Aren't you afraid your identity will be exposed?"
Tang Manqing glanced at Fei Kui. In her opinion, if Gu Qingfeng's identity was exposed, not even Fei Kui, nor even the Black Buddha Lord behind Fei Kui, could help Gu Qingfeng. That included her, a Princess Royal of Yanluo. After all, Gu Qingfeng had killed Noble Scions of the Immortal Dynasty, dozens of them. The Immortal Dynasty would never let him go. If it weren't for that, Fairy Hua wouldn't have lied and announced his death back then.
"I am afraid. Who says I'm not?"
"Since you're afraid, why are you swaggering around enjoying yourself here?"
"Otherwise, what do you think I should do? Hide?"
"I think that's exactly what Fairy Hua meant when she announced your death back then."
"It doesn't matter. This is Yanluo Kingdom, not the Great Northwest. Not many people know me here."
Gu Qingfeng stood up, stretching lazily. "Besides, I've already changed my appearance now. I'm no longer Gu Qingfeng, the Chiyan Young Master from the Great Northwest. I'm Gu Tianlang, Monarch Chixiao from the ancient era."
Tang Manqing swore she had never met such a bizarre person.
He had killed so many Noble Scions of the Immortal Dynasty, yet he dared to swagger around here eating, drinking, and having fun.
Not only that, but he had also won everything from a Nine-Star Immortal Official of the Immortal Dynasty.
And he said he was no longer Gu Qingfeng, the Chiyan Young Master, but Gu Tianlang, Monarch Chixiao?
His tone sounded so casual and indifferent, as if he could be whoever he wanted to be.
What did that mean?
Did he think he was the King of Heaven?
Able to do whatever he wanted?
Or did he think that calling himself Monarch Chixiao would intimidate the Immortal Dynasty?
How could there be such a person in the world?
Was he an idiot?
Or had he lost his mind?
Behind her.
Wei Lao was also deeply frowning, looking at Gu Qingfeng as if he were a monster.
He had also heard about Gu Qingfeng, the Chiyan Young Master, but only heard about him. Whether this person was really the Monarch's successor was unknown. However, with so many impostors claiming to be the Monarch's successor in the world, this person was probably no exception.
What he hadn't expected was that this person had now started calling himself Monarch Chixiao?
Could it be that he had grown tired of impersonating the Monarch's successor?
And had now started impersonating Monarch Chixiao himself?
This couldn't help but make Wei Lao sigh, sighing that the audacity of swindlers these days was getting bigger and bigger...