Chapter 1621: Embrace the darkness!

Heh, are you also jealous of my beauty?

Empress Chi Yao had no suspicions about him.

Otherwise, how could one explain Fang Yuan's hostility?

After all, she had no prior dealings with Fang Ningbing; the hostility at first sight was clearly jealousy.

She has always trusted her intuition.

A woman's intuition is quite accurate.

This instead gave Empress Chi Yao a slight sense of self-satisfaction; perhaps she could later match wits with Fang Ningbing and gain more, after all, being the heir of the Changsheng Old Ancestor is a weighty identity.

"Hello, Fang Ningbing, I've heard of your story." Empress Chi Yao said softly, "Compared to Feng Kuang Man, well… that idiot isn't worthy of being mentioned alongside you; otherwise, it would be an insult to you."

After Feng Kuang Man's death, the Changsheng Sect lineage never ceased to mock him.

After all, they had been deceived by Feng Kuang Man for a long time back then.

This person has already become a laughingstock.

At times, he is also used by the Gui Clan to mock the Changsheng Sect.

Fang Ningbing gave a faint nod. "Hello, Empress Chi Yao."

Empress Chi Yao smiled, believing her smile was as lovely as a flower, capable of stunning this corner of heaven and earth. She turned her gaze toward the Gui Clan and said, "Elder Can Mie, why must you break the agreement? If I recall correctly, the higher authorities have always turned a blind eye to conflicts in these star seas, but they never allow bullying the weak with power or the strong overpowering the weak."

"Hahaha!"

Elder Can Mie burst into laughter, pointing at Elder Luo Chong and saying, "Ask him clearly who struck first! Was it your Changsheng Sect people!"

Then he flicked his sleeve, directly seizing Jian Tianye, whose life or death was unknown, from the distant, shattered starry sky.

"Hiss!"

Jian Tianye turned into a streak of light and flew before everyone.

"Jian Tianye?" Empress Chi Yao's brows furrowed slightly, a hint of doubt.

Elder Can Mie directly stepped on Jian Tianye's face, rubbing it repeatedly.

"Pfft!"

Jian Tianye suddenly awoke from a life-and-death crisis, continuously spitting out blood clots, which were fragments of his internal organs.

Elder Can Mie glared at Jian Tianye and scolded, "Jian Tianye, even as a dog you need to read your master's expression. Look at what you've done—did you attack our juniors on your own initiative, or were you acting under Luo Chong and others' orders?"

That remark is quite particular.

Jian Tianye's complexion instantly turned grim.

Elder Can Mie's words carry hidden meaning.

He was originally trying to protect Fang Ningbing, but now it seems he's going to take the blame!

Damn it!

He's been screwed again!

Being a dog is really tough!

At that moment, Elder Luo Chong said calmly, "I swear by the stone statue of the Changsheng Old Ancestor, I swear by the Changsheng Great Dao, I have never let Jian Tianye act against those junior cultivators of the Dao Solid Realm."

He naturally also understood Elder Can Mie's implication.

Since Empress Chi Yao came as a mediator hoping both sides would cease hostilities, they could then gracefully step down.

In the recent battle, each side lost one high-star Dao Solid Realm cultivator, plus many low-star Dao Transformation and Dao Fusion Realm cultivators; the losses were not insignificant.

It's also time to halt the fighting.

Moreover, Empress Chi Yao's position is quite special.

She is able to sit steadily as Empress of the Yaochi Imperial Dynasty for tens of thousands of years, naturally thanks to the backing of the Gu Clan, Shou Clan, and Gui Clan behind her.

There are rumors abroad that Empress Chi Yao's oral skills are superb, serving those Dao Fruit Realm powerhouses to universal praise.

Achieving this is truly extremely difficult!

Know that, whether Gui Clan, Gu Clan, or Shou Clan, people generally rarely approach beauty.

Empress Chi Yao poured her heart and blood into it; succeeding on such a difficult path is simply astonishing.

Therefore, since Empress Chi Yao has spoken, they must give her face.

But upon hearing Elder Luo Chong's reply, Jian Tianye felt extremely miserable inside.

"Damn it, I've been sold out again!"

It seems he needs to take the blame.

Even if he admitted that it was a person from a branch of the Changsheng Sect who ordered him to attack and exterminate several Gui Clan lineages, it would be of no use.

He is a smart person.

He could only accept this great black pot, saying, "In that case, I was rash. I rushed to protect Fang Ningbing too eagerly. Elder Can Mie, I apologize to you. I'm sorry."

Although he felt stifled inside, when Jian Tianye spoke those words he was quite composed.

That expression was exactly as if he truly had done something wrong.

"Hahaha!"

Elder Can Mie, Elder Luo Chong, and the others all let out a strange laugh.

"Looks like it really was a misunderstanding."

Empress Chi Yao was very pleased with Jian Tianye's performance; she secretly sent him a mental message: "Rest assured, Elder Jian Tianye, after you return to the main sect of the Lingxiao Sword Sect, I will report upward that you have no merit but also have endured hardship. Moreover, this avatar is near collapse, and you have also suffered considerable loss."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Empress!" Jian Tianye sent mentally.

He inwardly sighed, glad that where there is loss there is also gain.

"Face?"

"Haha, if you want face you can't have substance; what's face worth, a few coins?"

Elder Luo Chong also sent a mental message: "Excellent! Excellent! Elder Jian Tianye has a great sense of the bigger picture."

Jian Tianye cursed in his heart, yet he transmitted his voice with utmost respect, 'Everything for the Changsheng Sect, everything for the Grand Dao of Longevity!'

But Yang Xuan felt utter contempt in his heart.

Damn, is this a sword cultivator?

Back then, Jian Tianye made a name for himself, rising all the way, making people's blood boil.

Now he has become a dog, a fawning, tail-wagging dog!

The sword cultivator's face damn well made him lose all face.

This bastard still wants to be his master, what a pipe dream!

At this moment, Elder Luo Chong waved his hand, 'Heh... but Elder Canmie, you don't need to mind this, after all Jian Tianye is also doing it to protect Fang Ningbing, so let this matter pass.'

'Never mind, never mind.' Elder Canmie himself stepped back, he pointed at Xuanji Holy Lord and said, 'You have Fang Ningbing, we of the Abyss lineage also have a monster, Ming.'

Everyone looked toward Xuanji Holy Lord; she wore a purple robe, her white hair stretched three thousand zhang, her face was absolutely beautiful, her features exquisitely carved as if by a god's hand, she bore an aloof, frost-defying aura, standing there, she was as beautiful as a painting.

Empress Chi Yao was slightly startled.

The Strange Tribe could actually produce such an extraordinarily beautiful woman!

You know the Strange Tribe are all a bunch of ugly freaks!

She had secretly served some Strange Tribe powerhouses; frankly, they were really too ugly.

Whenever she did things, she did them in the dark.

Fortunately, the Strange Tribe naturally likes darkness; their eerie power makes the surroundings pitch black, so she doesn't have to look at their faces.

Otherwise she would feel nauseous to the point of vomiting.

Some Strange Tribe powerhouses even asked, 'Chi Yao, won't you light a lamp?'

Empress Chi Yao felt sick in her heart, 'Embrace the darkness.'

But who would have thought, the Strange Tribe actually has such an peerless beauty as Ming!

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