Chapter 708: Chapter 251: Seeing Bai Ming Again
“Why did I catch you?” Commander Zixia said with a cold smile, “Do I need to spell it out for you? You thought you could hide in the crowd, and I wouldn’t find you, right?”
“It… It doesn’t matter what I said. We just jostled each other a little, and you resorted to foul language, wanting to expel us from the Elegant Scholar Pavilion. How is this reasonable?” The sleazy short man was very angry, shouting while struggling with his hands and feet non-stop, trying to break free from Commander Zixia’s grasp.
Commander Zixia let the sleazy short man struggle wildly and scoffed with disdain, “A gentleman’s actions are not empty but always justified! You are all only concerned with your own feelings, never considering others! With such character, no matter how brilliant your poetry, you’re still nothing more than beastly scoundrels in fancy clothing!”
Everyone was lashed by Commander Zixia’s rebuke and was left with no room for rebuttal.
After a short while, those elites from various circles who still knew etiquette and sha, erged one by one from the chaotic crowd, bowed deeply to Commander Zixia, and left for the downstairs without looking back.
In less than a quarter of an hour, of the more than five hundred people previously jostling each other, only the sleazy short man remained in Commander Zixia’s hands.
The sleazy short young man, dumbfounded by the scene, finally ca to his senses after a long while and shouted arrogantly, “Hey, why are you leaving? It was hard enough to pass the poetry examination, and you haven’t even seen the Immortal Phoenix’s face. Are you willing to leave just like this? Are you really going to compromise just because of what this Daoist said?”
“Shut your mouth! The others left because they still have a sense of sha! You malnourished ghost, still pretending to be righteous and stirring up everyone’s emotions, what exactly are you plotting?” Commander Zixia’s face gradually filled with anger. He violently threw the sleazy man toward the stairwell, “Get out now! Don’t force to throw you out of Yafeng City!”
The sleazy short man, in pain from the fall, looked at Commander Zixia with resentnt, sneered, and said, “Such a Commander Zixia! I’ll rember you, I’ll make you regret this.”
Commander Zixia snorted, “Good, I’ll be waiting!”
Once bustling with over six hundred elites, now only around seventy remained in the Green Field due to that man’s troublemaking, and among them, people like Li Qingming accounted for a dozen.
Watching the retreating figure of the sleazy short youth, Li Qingming stood up from his seat, walked over to Commander Zixia, and said with a smile, “Commander, they say that a gentleman should be modest, but what I see in you is nothing but rudeness and impetuosity, not a trace of the gentleman.”
Commander Zixia was stunned by these words, and then burst into hearty laughter, “The senior mocks ! Master always taught us that a gentleman is respected and not detested, and one should always strive to be better, not proud or impetuous. I’m far from a gentleman; perhaps only our senior brother can truly be called a modest gentleman.”
Li Qingming tapped his hand and said, “A childlike heart, perhaps this is what your master wishes you to retain!”
“Ding ding dong dong…”
As the two conversed, the beautiful sound of immortal music was getting closer. Along with it ca waves of fragrant breeze. A Jade Boat glimring with multicolored light approached, its spacious bow holding an ancient zither. In front of the zither, a young girl who could not have been older than fifteen sat quietly. She wore a light pink dress that fluttered gently in the wind, accentuating her perfect figure enchantingly.
In the Green Field, all the promising talents from various realms stopped their activities. Considering the negative impact of the previous jostling incident, aside from a few such as Long Xuhu, every remaining talent sat up straight in their seats, striving to see the young girl’s face from afar.
The girl was like a radiant pearl with a captivating glow, ethereally beautiful and full of grace. Although she didn’t match the Immortal Phoenix in divine splendor, her appearance was close to perfection, but she also had a different kind of youthful tenderness.
“This must be the Immortal Phoenix!” A blue-robed cultivator sitting in the back exclaid, his eyes shining with admiration, “Although I’d heard that the Immortal’s beauty was unmatched and hard to find in the Central Heaven World, I never expected her to be so otherworldly and peerless!”
“What are you talking about!” The cultivator sitting next to the blue-robed one spoke up, “This Daoist brother must not have seen the Immortal Phoenix. This young girl is beautiful, indeed, but not quite as dazzling as the Immortal Phoenix. If I’m not mistaken, she must be the Immortal’s maid or perhaps a sister the Immortal t in another realm!”
“What?” The blue-robed cultivator was surprised, “She’s not the Immortal Phoenix? Her beauty is already rare in the Central Heaven World. If the Immortal Phoenix is even more stunning than her, then that’s simply…”
“Whooosh~~~”
The Jade Boat berthed, and as the last note dwindled, the pink-dressed girl stood up. She playfully twirled a lock of hair with her delicate finger, standing by the ancient zither, and said with a sweet smile, “Zhu’er didn’t play well. Please forgive my performance, gentlen!”
“Miss Zhu’er is too modest. Your zither music was divine, even evoking flowers to bloom and birds to gather, with clouds of mist rising from the earth! Such an extraordinary phenonon is unmatched by others!”
“Yes, Miss Zhu’er! With music so exquisitely unparalleled, it’s rare in this world. Why be so humble?”
The talents and heroes from various realms in the Green Field land all began to express their admiration, and even though so flattery tinged their words, a degree of sincerity could still be discerned.
Miss Zhu’er’s pretty face flushed with a hint of embarrassnt, and she smiled shyly: “Zhu’er’s way of music rhythm is nothing special. My miss’s music is what truly deserves the title of divine lody. Once she plays her tune, it can rejuvenate a withering world, instantly restoring fatally wounded creatures back to their original state! That is what I call the grand achievent of music rhythm!”
Just as she was speaking, the exquisite and transcendent Qingya Fairy erged from the ship’s dock, interrupting Zhu’er’s words, saying, “This mischievous girl Zhu’er is babbling nonsense again, I beseech all the young masters not to listen to her wild claims.”
“Miss Fairy is being too modest! Two epochs ago, in the Immortal Phoenix Pavilion of the Ten Thousand Beast Realm, I was fortunate enough to hear Miss Fairy’s ancient zither piece ‘Mountain and Stream’. Its lody elegant, sentint profound and tranquil, it even caused thousands of Immortal Phoenix Pavilion disciples to have sudden enlightennt, breaking free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and advancing their cultivation. It truly was a performance that astonished all attendees,” a handso Purple-robed Cultivator sitting at the front spoke.
Upon hearing this, everyone else was shocked and utterly amazed! rely by listening to a zither tune, an entire Pavilion’s worth of disciples broke through in their cultivation; it was too astounding!
“The young master jests! Qingya has no such capability; you must have seen incorrectly!” Qingya Fairy laughed, then stepped forward, walking as if on air.
Li Qingming and others watched as Qingya Fairy approached, suspended in the Void, when suddenly they felt a sharp gaze boring into them from behind. Turning around, they were surprised to see Bai Ming from Baima Academy, whom they had “accidentally” t the other day.
“Senior, we et again! That day when Senior fought against the Great Demon above Yafeng Ancient City, we all witnessed it! Senior’s cultivation is indeed boundless; it seems we need to adjust our plans,” just as Li Qingming thought to detain Bai Ming for a thorough inquiry, Bai Ming’s clear voice rang in his ear.
Li Qingming was quite surprised, not expecting the man to dare speak of changing plans right before him, which suggested Bai Ming held a position of so significance within his organization.
“What is the na of your organization?” Li Qingming asked with a deep and indifferent tone, speaking through a spiritual voice transmission.
“Ancestor Hall!” Bai Ming replied, his facial expression turning peculiar, “Now that we’re on the subject, our Pavilion Master actually has so ties to you!”
“Ties? What kind of ties?” Li Qingming paused for a mont, then rembered the ‘ng’ inscribed Jade Token that had co from Bai Ming, and with a thoughtful expression, asked, “Could it be that your Pavilion Master’s surna is ng?”
“How did you know?” Bai Ming’s face stiffened suddenly, then he let out a soft laugh, saying, “Indeed! That Jade Token of mine ended up in your hands. With your wit, you would naturally guess so of it!”
Li Qingming’s expression unfazed, he coldly snorted: “Humph, it seems it’s true! So, your Pavilion Master is actually Kong Yuan’s descendant across generations, why then does he oppose Kong Yuan?”
“Oppose?” Bai Ming shook his head and said, “I’ve never said that our Ancestor Hall is an enemy of Saint Kong Yuan! Without the support of Saint Kong Yuan himself, do you think we could exist for long?”
Li Qingming fell silent for a while and then said, “Kong in the light, ng in the dark! Kong Yuan, ah Kong Yuan, what a clever strategy!”
Bai Ming’s eyes shone with admiration, exclaiming, “Senior truly is divine! With rely a few hints revealed, Senior has almost hit the nail on the head!”
Li Qingming scoffed disdainfully: “It seems that your visit this ti is not just on behalf of your organization. Speak! What has Kong Yuan sent you to do?”
Bai Ming gently lifted the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and said, “Heavenly King Mountain Lord!”
“What!”
Li Qingming’s face dramatically changed upon hearing that, as a terrifying aura surged to the skies. He radiated a brilliant glow, the color blend of Green Gold tinting the surrounding airspace red.
A massive phantom of the Swallowing Sky Bear erged above Li Qingming’s head, soaring into the Heavenly Vault, its form becoming visible as it snarled and clawed, carrying with it an almost solid aura of the Heavenly Dao, completely subrging the area.
“Boom!”
The entire third layer of the Elegant Scholar Pavilion went silent in an instant, followed by a loud explosion. A small tower on Small Cliff crumbled instantaneously, and the Long Lake surged with whopping waves; a grove of tender peach trees shed their petals in profusion, leaving all their branches stark and bare.
Tables in the Green Field were destroyed, and all the talents from the Central Heaven World, who a mont ago had been covertly observing Qingya Fairy, were now pressed heavily against the grass by this sudden, overwhelming pressure.
Their hairs stood on end, eyes filled with terror as they looked at Li Qingming. They wished to rise, but at this mont, they couldn’t even muster the thought of resistance, let alone muster True Yuan. Thus, they could only lie prostrate on the Green Field in horror.
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