Chapter 21

Obviously.

Matters of love between men and women always make for good talk.

However.

Where there are those who like it, naturally there are those who don't.

Before Bai Zhantang could continue.

A burly man who looked like a man of the Wu Lin spoke dismissively in a muffled voice.

"Pfft~ isn't it just a Miss confessing her love? What's the big deal."

"For someone standing at the very top of the Nine Continents, would he still be short on a Miss's affection?"

Everyone nodded in unison.

Agreeing with the words.

After all.

Even some of the slightly famous rising stars of the Wu Lin had countless women chasing after and favoring them.

Let alone a terrifying existence like this?

"Then what if I told you that the one confessing is none other than our Great Ming Wu Lin's Sun Moon Holy Sect's Cult Leader, Miss Dongfang Bubai?"

Bai Zhantang frowned slightly and snorted, refusing to be outdone.

What?

Dongfang Bubai???

Once these words were spoken.

It was as if a bolt of thunder had struck.

Leaving everyone present utterly dazed and dumbfounded.

Frozen on the spot, completely stunned!

Not only them.

Even Ximen Wudi himself, who was one of the parties involved.

Upon hearing these words, nearly couldn't help but spray the tea in his mouth.

Looking at Jiang Yuyan's big, dewy eyes scanning back and forth over him.

The corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

A few breaths later.

The sounds of sharply inhaling cold air rose one after another throughout the hall.

"Hiss!!! It's actually that demon, my heavens!"

"Have you noticed? The two of them have such well-matched names — one Dongfang, one Ximen, one Bubai, one Wudi."

"What are you thinking! Dongfang Bubai is just a name; she can't even be unbeatable in the Great Ming Wu Lin, let alone the Nine Continents! And that big shot is the truly invincible one, true to his name!"

"Right, right. Although Dongfang Bubai's strength is indeed very strong, if paired with that existence, the gap is not just a little!"

"Alright, alright, let's not discuss whether they're a match or not. At the very least, Cult Leader Dongfang's bold act of confessing is still commendable for its courage!"

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Seeing how just a few words of his had livened up the atmosphere in the room.

Bai Zhantang did not rush to reveal what came next.

Instead, he watched with a smile as everyone argued and discussed.

After quite a while.

The sounds of discussion gradually quieted down.

Taking advantage of this moment.

Bai Zhantang raised his hand and struck the awakening block once more.

He looked at everyone with a smile.

"I suppose our patrons still don't know?"

"Less than an hour after this matter was announced, an earth-shattering reversal occurred!"

Everyone's eyes lit up.

They stared at him with bright, eager eyes, guessing in their hearts what kind of earth-shattering reversal it could be.

However.

Seeing them scratching their ears and cheeks, curious about what came next.

Bai Zhantang only smiled and did not speak.

After a stunned moment, how could everyone not see that he was waiting for tea money!

They glared at him unhappily.

Cursing him in their hearts, but obediently taking out silver with their hands.

Having received the tips.

Bai Zhantang did not keep them waiting long.

With a smile, he cleared his throat roughly and began the next part.

"Last time we left off at Cult Leader Dongfang boldly confessing her love."

"But before the news had been out for an hour."

"A woman with her face veiled, wearing a black robe, appeared atop Black Wood Cliff."

"As the headquarters of the Sun Moon Holy Sect, seeing a stranger break in, how would these demonic cultivators still be polite to you."

"Every one of them drew swords and grabbed blades, attacking the black-robed woman."

"Who knew this one wasn't someone easy to reason with."

"Seeing them act without a word, she let out a cold snort, then raised her jade hand, extended her index finger, and merely tapped it lightly..."

"Unexpectedly, that utterly ordinary finger point killed more than half of these demonic experts!"

"The remaining few also bled from the corners of their mouths, bearing a heavy burden!"

"As the black-robed woman stepped closer step by step, these experts all showed expressions of despair."

"Fortunately, at that moment, the leader of the Sun-Moon Sect, Dongfang Bubai, appeared and stood before the black-robed woman."

"It must be said."

"Bai Zhantang's storytelling still had a certain flair."

"Just a few vividly delivered sentences plunged the crowd into wild imagination."

"That wasn't all."

"The plot was just about to enter its most thrilling moment."

"Yet he deliberately fell silent."

"Left the crowd utterly stranded, their hearts itching like cats scratching!"

"Here, here, here! Damn it, you're practically living in a money pit!"

"Watching Bai Zhantang tilt his head, his left thumb rubbing incessantly between his index and middle fingers."

"Everyone present understood this blatant hint instantly."

"Each muttered complaints with discontented eyes."

"But their bodies were still honest—they pulled out more silver."

"Bai Zhantang, who had collected tea money until his pockets overflowed."

"Stuffed the silver into his bosom like a money-grubber."

"Then grinned and said."

"'You're Dongfang Bubai?' The black-robed woman asked coldly, staring at the Crimson Robe-clad Sect Leader."

"But who is our Lord Dongfang? The one who strikes terror into the hearts of countless righteous sects, the one whose name silences crying children at night—how could she answer just because someone asked?"

"Her eyes narrowed slightly, her gaze brimming with boundless malice as she coldly spoke: 'Who are you? How dare you act recklessly at Heimu Cliff? Do you think my Holy Sect has no one left?!'"

"As she spoke, Lord Dongfang swept her wide sleeve—shiu, shiu, shiu! Three silver needles shot through the air, striking the black-robed woman's forehead, heart, and dantian without delay."

"It is well known that although Lord Dongfang's strength was only at the peak of Grand Master, due to her cultivation of the Kuihua Manual, her speed surpassed even ordinary Peerless Realm experts by a third!"

"Yet this lightning-fast, razor-sharp attack halted dead three inches before the black-robed woman's body—not an inch closer!"

"Boom!"