“A half-step Celestial Venerable with ninety percent power, and moreover a pampered girl disguised as a boy. If this is the result of normal cultivation, then this woman truly deserves to be called a peerless genius!”
Ling Xiao lingered on this woman’s face for a while longer, not because of her beauty, but because of her astonishing aptitude.
There were plenty of geniuses these days, but someone so remarkably talented was rare.
It was said that among the six young masters of the Holy Dynasty, two were girls; the title of young master was just a designation. Could this woman be one of them?
“Are you the Holy Son? I didn’t expect the Holy Son to be such a beautiful girl.”
Ling Xiao suddenly asked.
Hearing this, the girl was clearly startled, but in an instant, she returned to normal.
Of course, it was only on the surface that she recovered; deep in her heart, it was still like a monstrous wave had been stirred up.
From the day she was born, she had been raised as a boy, and then she had always disguised herself as a man, never having been seen through by anyone.
Most people just thought her appearance and temperament were more beautiful than a woman’s, but they could not guess that she was a woman, because she cultivated a special martial art that could change her voice and even create the illusion of an Adam’s apple.
But the young man in front of her had pointed out her identity and her gender in one breath.
“Oh, sorry, you must have your own reasons for disguising as a man. It was me who spoke out of turn.”
Without waiting for the Holy Son to speak, Ling Xiao smiled and shook his head, then turned to Wu Xiang and the others, cupping his hands and saying: “This disciple pays respects to the Sect Master and the various elders.”
“Junior Brother Ling, you all sit down first.”
Wu Xiang’s expression was serious. Although he temporarily did not know what business the people from Heavenly King Gate had coming here, his intuition told him that things were probably not simple, so he still had a trace of hidden worry in his heart.
Ling Xiao nodded, then turned to sit down, but unexpectedly, just as he approached the chair and before his bottom had even touched it, a sudden palm wind assaulted him, and that chair was actually blasted into fragments.
“What is the meaning of this, Sect Master Chen?”
Wu Xiang coldly questioned.
The one who had just destroyed the chair was Chen Nanxing.
“Hmph, does Sect Master Wu not know that sinners only have the qualification to kneel, and not to sit?”
Chen Nanxing coldly snorted and said.
As soon as these words came out, the middle and high-level martial artists of Moonlight Sect immediately began to whisper among themselves. Many people looked at Ling Xiao with a bit of schadenfreude, and also a bit of resentment, as if they felt that Ling Xiao had provoked enemies he should not have.
These people were basically the older high-level ones; they had always been cowardly and self-deprecating, doing things timidly. They did not like people like Ling Xiao very much.
While some others expressed dissatisfaction with Chen Nanxing; this was Moonlight Sect after all. Even if you were the Sect Master of Sword King Sect, you should not cause trouble here.
These people were mostly the newly promoted middle and high-level ones; they had a new spirit and would not grovel and bow before outsiders.
This was also normal. Wu Xiang had just become Sect Master not long ago. For Moonlight Sect’s interior to completely unite in a short time and be consistent against outsiders was still not very possible.
After all, they had knelt for so long; wanting to stand up would take some time.
A sect’s confidence needed time and achievements to accumulate.
Slap!
This was a crisp slapping sound.
The one who hit was Moon Woman.
The one hit was Chen Nanxing.
“Impudent, who are you calling a sinner?”
Moon Woman’s icy voice rang out, and then she directly pulled Ling Xiao’s hand and sat him down beside her.
Chen Nanxing touched his burning cheek; his mouth twitched a few times, but in the end, he still did not dare to speak.
Facing Moon Woman, who was stronger than him, he did not dare to let out even a fart.
“Thank you, Sister Moon Woman, for venting anger on my behalf!”
Ling Xiao smiled and said.
“When you become strong, just vent anger for me in return.”
Moon Woman said with a smile.
“That’s for sure.”
After Ling Xiao finished speaking, he looked over at Chen Nanxing and the others. If he guessed correctly, Chen Nanxing this time was probably wanting to borrow the power of Heavenly King Gate and the Holy Dynasty to exert pressure on Moonlight Sect, and then eliminate him, this thorn in the side.
“Hmph!”
One of the white-bearded old men among the Cave Heaven Realm experts from Heavenly King Gate coldly snorted, looked at Wu Xiang and said: “I’ve long heard that Moonlight Sect is now overbearing and arrogant. Seeing it today, it is indeed so!”
“What does this old sir mean by that? Are you saying that only he, Chen Nanxing, is allowed to run wild in my Moonlight Sect, but we cannot do anything to him?”
Wu Xiang frowned and said coldly: “The experts from Heavenly King Gate coming to Moonlight Sect as guests, we welcome them. But if someone comes to pick a fight, let alone Heavenly King Gate, even if it’s the Heavenly King’s father, my Moonlight Sect has nothing to fear!”
This neither humble nor arrogant response made the people from Heavenly King Gate lose face.
“Bastard, do you know who you are talking to?”
That white-bearded old man angrily shouted.
“You’re the bastard! A mere elder from Heavenly King Gate, being so arrogant in front of this Sect Master. Is this the etiquette of your Heavenly King Gate?”
If it were Chang Yueying, she would probably grovel before this old man, scared and trembling, but Wu Xiang did not buy into that.
“Sect Master Wu’s words are mistaken!”
The Holy Son slowly stood up, cupped his hands and smiled: “Although the twelve sects are nominally equal, in reality, there are distinctions of high and low. Without a doubt, Heavenly King Gate is the head of the twelve sects. An elder from Heavenly King Gate naturally has the qualification to speak on equal terms with the Sect Master of Moonlight Sect.”
“Then what kind of thing are you? Do you have the qualification to speak here?”
Wu Xiang coldly asked.
The Holy Son was stunned for a moment; a flush appeared on his face, but it quickly disappeared.
Although this woman was not old, she could calm down instantly when encountering matters; it was truly rare.
“I am the Holy Son of the Holy Dynasty; naturally, I have this qualification!”
The Holy Son said indifferently.
When Ling Xiao had said this person was the Holy Son earlier, the people of Moonlight Sect had not quite understood what this Holy Son meant.
Now hearing this person announce himself, they finally understood that this was actually the Holy Son of the Holy Dynasty, the candidate for the next Holy Emperor.
Whoa!
In the entire hall, except for Wu Xiang, Moon Woman, and Ling Xiao, all the others actually knelt down.
“We pay respects to the Holy Son, a thousand years! A thousand thousand years!”
The Holy Son smiled slightly, very satisfied with this scene. Without making a move, he could make others grovel; this feeling was really good.
However, when he saw Ling Xiao, his brows furrowed.
Wu Xiang and Moon Woman were stronger than her, so not kneeling was understandable, but what gave this Ling Xiao the right?
“Seeing the Holy Son, why don’t you kneel?”
The Holy Son asked coldly.
“What a joke. When the Blue-Eyed Clan and the Ninja Clan joined forces to attack Baiyun Province, where were you, this Holy Son?
When dream pills were rampant in Baiyun Province, where were you, this Holy Son, again?
Now you want me to kneel? Are you worthy?”
Even if Ling Xiao knelt to Lin Ze, he would not kneel to this so-called Holy Son.
“Good! You’re very good! When we get to Heavenly King Gate, I’ll see if you can still be so arrogant!”
The Holy Son trembled with anger all over. He had seen arrogant people, but someone as arrogant as Ling Xiao was truly a first.
After a long time, she calmed down, looked at Wu Xiang and said: “Wu Xiang, hear the order. This villain Ling Xiao, during the period of participating in the three sects’ martial assembly, massacred disciples of Sword King Sect on a large scale and has already committed a grave crime against the Holy Dynasty. This palace has come this time to take him to Heavenly King Gate to accept trial!”
