Chapter 435: Acting Out of Character (Second Update)

The chattering birds over there saw that she finally reacted and thought their mockery had worked, never expecting to be scolded by her instead.

Li Qiushui's voice was cold and clear, devoid of threats, as if she were merely stating some perfectly normal, trivial matter.

Before Li Fengyao could even speak, the Wanhua Valley disciples who had been scolded were the first to lose their composure.

"You want us to get lost? Ha!"

One of them furrowed her brows, squinted at Li Qiushui, and said in a flat, indifferent tone:

"Princess Qiushui certainly has quite the imposing air! Do you really think that just because you are a princess out of the palace, everyone must yield to you? You had better get one thing straight: my Wanhua Valley is not afraid of your Li Family."

As one of the super sects, Wanhua Valley indeed had the confidence to say such things.

But the prerequisite was that such things could only be said in private, not brought out into the open.

"Since Valley Master Zhao has already spoken, then naturally I will not hold a grudge against a child, it is just..."

"Just?"

"You!"

Last time, Li Long had forcibly broken into Wanhua Valley and even forced an Elder to their death, ruthlessly grinding Wanhua Valley's reputation and dignity into the dirt.

"Senior Uncle, there is no need to be angry; it is better to leave this matter for me to handle."

She did not care about Wanhua Valley's feelings at all.

But now, just because of one sentence from Fan Zhuying, the facade had been completely torn away.

It was just a pity that the "white moonlight" in her heart was actually a woman as well...

"... Many thanks for the Emperor's guidance; this Palace will surely teach her well in the future."

Amidst Li Fengyao's few words of persuasion, Fan Zhuying retreated in a daze, keeping her eyes fixed on her back the entire time.

Moreover, it was already a private moonlight being admired by someone alone.

Yet this simple action caused the expressions of quite a few people in the Wanhua Valley group to change slightly.

Li Qiushui could see the trickery in this and knew that it was likely just an accident.

Zhao Yundan was speechless.

After being reprimanded, Fan Zhuying pouted in defiance and retorted without bowing her head.

"... It is not."

Li Fengyao did not take Fan Zhuying's reaction to heart; having dressed as a man for so many years, she had long since grown accustomed to such things.

"Heh, not afraid?"

"I wonder, Emperor, what is your opinion?"

Even Li Long widened his eyes at this moment, feeling that the situation was not quite right.

The older disciple's expression changed, and she immediately scolded:

"Shut up! Fan Zhuying! What are you saying?"

Zhao Yundan:?

"You! You must not bully people too far!"

But they were destined to be disappointed.

The former Valley Master was Zhao Yundan's master, so Fan Zhuying was indeed of the same generation as her.

The Emperor did not feel offended; he only found it amusing.

"Is she your daughter?"

"Bullying you, so what?"

"You!"

"Emperor, my sect's disciple is young and speaks without restraint; this Palace apologizes on her behalf, and I hope you will not take offense."

But in the end, the sect had made no response, letting Li Long kill someone and drift away; for many disciples, this was an unacceptable outcome.

Several high-ranking members of the Sword Casting Pavilion who knew the situation could not help but cast their gazes toward a certain room in the guest quarters, carefully peeking at the reaction there.

Fan Zhuying, who was in the heat of anger, was about to say something more when a hand gently pressed down on her shoulder.

"Let go, I... oh, it is Junior Martial Nephew Li."

And before the Heaven Gate, the crowd did not know about the conversation between the Emperor and the Valley Master; the atmosphere at this moment had become somewhat subtle due to Fan Zhuying's slip of the tongue.

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"It really is true that if you don't beat them for three days, they'll climb onto the roof and tear off the tiles; to think they have actually developed a grudge. It seems the lesson I gave them last time was not enough."

That's not worth it!

"Mm-hmm."

But Li Qiushui was different; she would not engage in empty, insincere social pleasantries.

"This Wanhua Valley has quite the arrogant tone."

It was too wrong.

Those of similar age to her had lower status, and those of her own generation disdained to make a move against a little one, which had fostered her arrogant personality; she was extremely unhappy when she encountered Li Qiushui, who did not fawn over her.

She smiled at Li Qiushui and said, seemingly casually:

"Ninth Sister, speaking like that hurts the harmony; you should apologize to Senior Uncle Fan."

The women of Wanhua Valley had teased Li Qiushui earlier partly to support their own person, Li Fengyao, and partly to dampen the spirit of the Sword Casting Pavilion; what they said had been measured, and they did not truly want to come into conflict with her.

For the sake of this disappointing Junior Sister, Zhao Yundan could only lower her pride to plead with Li Long, hoping he would show mercy and let this child who had not yet grown up go.

By then, she might not necessarily be by her side to clean up her messes.

And just at this moment, the door was gently knocked, and a calm voice came from outside.

After receiving the promise, Zhao Yundan nodded faintly and turned to return to her guest room.

But upon turning back to see Li Fengyao's handsome face, Fan Zhuying's attitude softened on the spot, and her voice even took on a coquettish tone.

"Fan Zhuying is the only orphan of the former Valley Master's younger sister, so she counts as my Junior Sister."

It is Zhao Yundan!

Do you think everyone is someone you cannot afford to offend like you are?

Given Fan Zhuying's background and status, there is indeed almost no one in the Beiming Divine Continent she cannot afford to offend.

However, Li Long is not wrong about this; this child really should be properly disciplined, otherwise she will certainly cause even greater trouble in the future.

Thump, thump.

This, is this right?

She does not know, but some people are breaking into a cold sweat at this moment.

"Haha, interesting, interesting!"

A young girl's heart in spring is always a poem.

It is precisely the move Li Long used when he stormed Wanhua Valley to demand an explanation!

Although Fan Zhuying has a bit of a temper, she has some level of skill to be qualified as a representative of Wanhua Valley to participate in the Immortal Sect Grand Competition, and at this moment, she also saw the meaning behind Li Qiushui's movement, and her expression changed.

Outside the door, Zhao Yundan was choked into silence by these words, took a deep breath, and sighed.

No one could have imagined that Valley Master Zhao would actually come to apologize in person because of a slip of the tongue by a disciple.

If it were Li Fengyao, he would have already used a witty topic to tease it away and lightly brush the matter aside, or simply pretend not to hear it as if it never happened.

Upon hearing this, Li Long did not get angry but laughed instead, gently patted the hand of Ran Guifei resting on his, and shook his head with a chuckle.

"Hmph! You all heard what I said!"

Li Qiushui laughed when she heard Fan Zhuying's words, said nothing, and just raised her sword to lightly gesture a sword-swinging motion.

No matter what, Zhao Yundan is still a Valley Master; apologizing so easily is just too demeaning.

They recognized the prototype of that movement.

That disciple did not know that her words and actions had been broadcasted in their entirety, and that a certain Son of Heaven surnamed Li was watching the live stream with great delight.

Li Fengyao's words made everyone except Fan Zhuying change their expressions slightly.

Is this really coming to act as a peacemaker?

This is clearly coming to fan the flames!