Chapter 169: Recognizing Shen Qingli as a Divine Lord

It thrilled all the celestial soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Palace!

He truly lives up to being their Young Emperor!

Her Majesty the Empress's biological daughter!

She's got guts! She's feisty!

"Young Emperor!"

"Young Emperor! Young Emperor!..."

One shout after another, heartfelt cries, came from the hot-blooded celestial soldiers and officers of the Vermilion Bird Palace.

Xu Shen Yun and Jin Wu were shaken by this scene! They originally thought that, to avoid making things difficult for Her Majesty, the Young Emperor would surely hand over that poisonous woman to Lou Guan Xue.

Although doing so would indeed not be the style of the Vermilion Bird Palace, the Shen Ting has just recovered, the Dao Lord is still in seclusion, and the former divine friends who were on good terms with Her Majesty are either dead or severely wounded—this is disadvantageous to Her Majesty in every way.

Her Majesty previously also, by forcefully killing Qin Su Nu, drained her origins and offended the other two Four Spirit Divine Lords, making it truly inadvisable to leave any loose ends.

All of this is why Xu Shen Yun and Jin Wu sought to kill Qin Bi Lian.

But now, Shen Qingli has perfectly resolved all factors unfavorable to the Vermilion Bird Palace!

She also boosted the Vermilion Bird Palace's morale, which should have been dampened, to even greater heights!

These are still secondary; what truly moved Jin Wu and the others to tears is——

Shen Qingli's move is tantamount to telling the entire Shen Ting that she, this Young Emperor of the Vermilion Bird Palace, is not Zhong Minglan's weak point but her armor!

She has strength, and even more spirit!

How old is she?

Celestial beings are perceptive; naturally they can see that her bone age is still under twenty!

Shao Guan Wu? He's over two hundred thousand years old! Yet now she's pressing him to 'fight'!

It's not that Shen Qingli's strength already surpasses Shao Guan Wu's, but that her aura far exceeds his!

"Dare you?"

"Bet?"

Shen Qingli is still issuing threats!

She believes Shao Guan Wu wouldn't dare!

He can't afford to lose!

Of course, if they really fought, she also has confidence she wouldn't lose!

At worst, she'd just play all her trump cards!

Shao Guan Wu, having lost Qin Su Nu, is like an old turtle with half his combat power gone—a muddle-headed turtle that her mother once trimmed!

If they really fought, even if she couldn't win, she would absolutely not lose, nor would she die!

"What a big mouth, little girl!"

Lou Guan Xue stopped Shao Guan Wu from speaking and responded herself.

"Big?"

Shen Qingli smiled lightly, as calm as clouds and wind.

"As a mighty Mysterious Emperor, you can't even split my companion's punch with a single axe."

While speaking, Shen Qingli also pointed to Shao Guan Wu's axe and the image of Nine Li's Taiji fist.

Shao Guan Wu's veins bulged on his forehead; he could barely hold back.

But Lou Guan Xue said, "Your beast companion was given by your mother, right? Does that count as your strength?"

"Are you blind?" Shen Qingli wanted to laugh, where did this ignorant little celestial maiden come from, still an upper immortal?

"How presumptuous!" Lou Guan Xue said coldly, "Do you know who I am? You dare defy me?"

"A mere foot-washing maid dares to confront Her Majesty?" Zhong Minglan spoke.

Lou Guan Xue was nearly exploding with anger, her cool composure cracking, "Who are you calling a foot-washing maid?"

"You've responded, so it's clearly you," Zhong Minglan sneered, "A lowly servant unfit even to wash Kunlun Divine Lord's feet, worse than Qin Su Nu, dares to come before Her Majesty and teach her daughter a lesson? Who gave you the gall?"

Lou Guan Xue was nearly driven to death by anger, for every word of Zhong Minglan struck precisely at her sore point.

"Shao Guan Wu, without Qin Su Nu, has your brain been eaten by a dog? Beating Her Majesty's daughter under twenty gives you a sense of achievement?" Zhong Minglan's contempt was almost tangible.

Shao Guan Wu felt both ashamed and embarrassed!

"But my daughter,"

"Is she really your daughter?"

"What exactly do you mean?!"

Shao Guan Wu simply couldn't understand how Bi Lian was no longer his daughter.

"Go check it out yourself; after all, we've been comrades for years—here's some advice."

"I,"

"Still not putting away your axe? Still not embarrassed enough?"

Shao Guan Wu's face flushed and neck thickened with anger, but after being a celestial being for so many years without dying, he could still tell right from wrong; plus, his turtle nature made him endure, and endure he did.

Lou Guan Xue was unwilling!

But she also understood that the tide had turned.

Had she known Zhong Minglan's daughter would be this arrogant, she shouldn't have added fuel to the fire; she should have protected Qin Bi Lian from the start.

Such a fine, obedient pawn, wasted just like that.

Lou Guan Xue was still unwilling: "The death of the Bi Lian Divine Princess must be explained."

Shao Guan Wu, having just lowered his axe, immediately chimed in: "Not bad! Zhong Minglan, you first killed Su Nv, then Bi Lian—you mother and daughter are far too murderous!"

"Who made her provoke Her Majesty (me)?"

Zhong Minglan and Shen Qingli spoke in unison, both pausing subconsciously and looking at each other.

They then added, "Death is justified; killing them was deserved."

The identical words made Zhong Minglan smile; she reached out to Shen Qingli, "A Li, come."

Shen Qingli immediately returned to Zhong Minglan's side; Nine Li also transformed back into a "little kitten" on its own, landing on Shen Qingli's shoulder, clinging to her neck, suck~

It had consumed a lot and urgently needed Shen Qingli to feed it dark matter energy.

Shen Qingli rubbed and rubbed its soft fur, the dark energy from her fingertips making it especially comfortable, and it lay limp in the crook of her neck.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, nobody present could have linked this little kitten to the explosive battle iron-eating beast just now...

"It's so cute."

"I don't know which immortal soldier spoke first."

The other immortal soldiers couldn't help themselves, especially the female immortal soldiers.

"Young Master, may I pet it?"

The female immortal soldiers simply couldn't hold back and asked.

But Shen Qingli hadn't spoken yet!

Nine Li bared its teeth, "No way!"

"Still pretty fierce, hahaha~"

The female immortal soldiers weren't angry either, and felt that was exactly right! Looking cute and lovable, but actually super fierce!

Our side's troops were in high spirits, while the other side's troops looked pale; they had thought they would finally overpower Vermilion Bird Palace, though nervous yet a little excited, but after just one encounter they lost their nerve again.

Cowardice from top to bottom...

To save face, Shaoguan Wu still declared, "It's not up to you to say what it is; it is what I say! I will get to the bottom of this matter! When the time comes, we'll make it clear before the Dao Lord!"

Zhong Minglan, with a clear conscience, said, "This emperor awaits."

"Alright! Withdraw the troops." Shaoguan Wu ordered.

The perfunctory Black Tortoise Palace elite troops all withdrew, even wishing they could run faster, really feeling a bit embarrassed!

But who asked the opposition to be those reckless Vermilion Bird Palace folks? Besides, their empress is incredibly strong! They admitted defeat.

It's just that the Azure Lotus Goddess died so horribly; I've never seen twin god heirs torn apart and eaten alive before their father's very eyes. Even during the Great Calamity, no god heir had died so horribly...

At the same time, Lou Guanxue, who had been completely ignored, turned her gaze to Di Jin.

Originally she hadn't paid much attention to Di Jin, after all he was just someone who chanted laws; she only wanted to figure out where this person came from.

But when she saw Shen Kuo beside Di Jin, her blood rushed straight to her head.