Chapter 154 - The Youngsters
Both Bai Rouyun and Li Moyun looked at these youngsters from the Undying Sword Sect with surprise as they noticed that the hostility had intensified.
Before, they felt extreme respect towards Li Moyun, but now they had banded together to glare at the two of them. Clearly, they were not pleased with the words Bai Rouyun had used.
Touching her nose, and feeling somewhat embarrassed, Bai Rouyun could not help but chuckle. She had not said anything too outrageous, had she? All she had done was to say the truth as it was, and it had caused them to become so furious? What a bunch of easily annoyed children!
Although her current body was not very old, she had lived for more than twenty years in her past life, so looking at these experts, they were around the same age. Some of them were even younger, and thus she felt that they were merely children throwing a tantrum.
Especially since these experts had grown up in the sects. They had never really faced any dangers, and thus their personalities were like young and spoiled princes and princesses.
Spoiled brats like these did not matter to Bai Rouyun. She had met many of these experts before, and could easily ignore them. However, Li Moyun had always been a respected person who others looked up to.
"Dearest, do not mind them," Bai Rouyun glanced at them again, and decided that instead of spending time arguing with these youngsters, it was better to calm down her husband. If he lost his temper and did something irreversible, like wiping out the geniuses of the Undying Sword Sect, then the Eternal Shadow Palace would be in a tight spot in the future.
Li Moyun's lips twitched when he felt how Bai Rouyun wrapped her arms around his waist, leaned against his chest, and spoke with a gentle and soft voice.
She was clearly trying to calm him down, but he was merely annoyed, not nearly on the verge of erupting in anger. Even so, he was delighted to feel her taking the initiative, so he tightened the grip around her waist, and pressed her against his chest.
"The Undying Sword Sect is nothing more than that," he finally said as he glanced at the woman who had tried to chat him up earlier.
"Instead of spending their time and effort to cultivate, they look for shortcuts to gain fame. I might be young, but I am not blind."
Li Moyun enouncietated every word with a cold and harsh voice, clearly scolding them, but while these young disciples dared to argue with Bai Rouyun, they could do nothing when it came to Li Moyun.
The atmosphere had turned stagnant and awkward. The staff of the Thousand Treasure Pavilion dared not even breathe, out of fear that these two groups of heroes noticed them, and would take out their anger on them.
However, the atmosphere quickly changed as the Elder returned to the group of people. Sensing the odd atmosphere, he could not help but frown. Still, when he looked at the two people who were hugging each other not that far away from them, he came under the impression that his sect's disciples were merely uncomfortable with the unconventional display of affections.
Waving his hand, he gestured for the disciples to follow him, and all of them hurried out of the tent. They dared not tell this Elder what had happened, as they knew that their junior sister was the cause of the misunderstanding, but they still felt indignant.
The Eternal Shadow Lord was powerful. He was not easily bullied, and if the Undying Sword Sect truly angered him, he would not care about their status. One has to know that the Eternal Shadow Palace had killed some rather prominent members of many sects in the entire continent; however, they had no other option than to ignore them due to lack of proof.
Everyone in the upper class of the cultivation world knew that Xue Jingyu had turned to the Eternal Shadow Lord to get assistance for avenging his close friend, the Ice Phoenix Bai Rouyun.
Initially, no one had known who was behind the assassinations of their high ranked experts. However, as the sects began working together, they soon found that these experts all had one thing in common. They had all participated in the hunt for Bai Rouyun.
They had never thought that it was the Eternal Shadow Palace, as it was merely an upstart faction when she was fleeing for her life. There was no way that they could have any connection to one another.
However, as time went by, more and more of the participating experts found themselves dead, and their factions started a thorough investigation.
What they found horrified them all. These factions had heard mentions about the Eternal Shadow Palace from time to time, but at this point, no one knew their actual strength.
Even so, the leads they found proved that the ones who were avenging Bai Rouyun were members of the Eternal Shadow Palace, which showed that they were no longer an upstart faction, but one that was equal to the three major sects.
It was even worse that they had teamed up with Xue Jingyu. Everyone knew that Xue Jingyu was going to use some of his resources and connections to cause problems, but they had been given the guarantee from the Faction Leader of Shitian Tower that he would not allow their powers to be used for revenge.
The factions who had chased down Bai Rouyun did not fear Xue Jingyu when he did not have the backup of the Shitian Tower; however, reality proved that he still had the ability to cause problems.
The Young Master of the Shitian Tower and the Eternal Shadow Lord were since then considered legendary figures who would cause the other factions to act with caution around them.