This Is What a Villain Is Like

Chapter 200: Chapter 98: He Can Bully Her, but Others Cannot; Destined to Reach the Pinnacle and Look Down Upon All

"Saintess Zhu Yun has been with me the entire time. I’d like to know just how she caused the tragic deaths of your Ancient Inquiring Sect disciples."

"Could it be that the Blood Immortal Sect specifically targeted and killed only disciples from your Ancient Inquiring Sect? It’s more likely that your disciples were all talk, and now that they’ve all died tragically in there, you’ve lost face and are just looking for someone to blame."

"Saintess Zhu Yun saved me from the hands of the Blood Immortal Sect. She has done me a great service, and by extension, the Prime Minister’s Mansion. Her personality is gentle, kind, and honest, but that doesn’t mean an old coot like you can just bully her as you please."

His tone was casual, yet it held an undercurrent of coldness.

"That Ye Ming is cunning and skilled at deception. He tricked Saintess Zhu Yun to gain her trust and ambushed me multiple times. If she hadn’t saved me, I’m afraid I would have died inside the Secret Realm on this trip."

"Old coot, are you trying to bully her right in front of me just because she doesn’t know how to argue back?"

These words made the expressions of the various Elders from the great Immortal Sects present change.

The Elder from the Ancient Inquiring Sect, in particular, turned pale.

He held such a high status, yet Jiang Lan was calling him "old coot" over and over. And he couldn’t even lash out.

Everyone had heard of Jiang Lan’s reputation as a spoiled heir. Truly offending this reckless and lawless fellow would only bring trouble upon oneself.

In response, he could only snort coldly in his heart and let it go.

Seeing this, Qi Heng wanted to say more, but an Elder next to him stopped him with a look.

If Ling Zhuyun had truly colluded with the Blood Immortal Sect and caused everyone’s tragic deaths, they certainly wouldn’t let her off easily.

But to push all the blame onto her simply because she was deceived by someone from the Blood Immortal Sect was unrealistic. Once the Jasper Pool Sect realized what had happened, they wouldn’t take it lying down either.

"Thank you, Young Master Jiang..."

The Elder from the Jasper Pool Sect hadn’t expected Jiang Lan to stand up for Ling Zhuyun at a time like this and immediately expressed his gratitude.

Ling Zhuyun’s limpid, autumn-water eyes seemed to ripple as she stared blankly at Jiang Lan standing before her. She felt as if he was completely blocking all the Elders’ gazes.

It gave her an inexplicable sense of peace and security, like a warm current flowing through her heart.

She lightly bit her lip under her veil, secretly thinking to herself, ’Now I owe him another favor...’

"Silence implies consent. If you don’t explain anything, then just wait to be bullied."

"What will you do next time, if I’m not by your side?"

Jiang Lan glanced back at Ling Zhuyun.

He could bully Ling Zhuyun, but others couldn’t. Besides, this was a golden opportunity to earn brownie points with her.

But with a personality like hers, it would be a real problem if she didn’t change in the future.

"I..."

Ling Zhuyun’s red lips parted, wanting to say something, but she felt it wasn’t right. She couldn’t possibly ask him to stay by her side forever, could she?

However, Jiang Lan didn’t give her the chance to speak.

RUMBLE!

From the sky above, a Golden Ancient Battle Chariot rushed over and landed at the entrance of the Secret Realm.

Ying, Mr. Chu, and others stood upon it, having come to greet Jiang Lan. "Young Master..."

Jiang Lan nodded slightly.

"Young Master, your aura?"

The two of them immediately noticed something unusual about Jiang Lan’s aura and showed looks of pleasant surprise, but with so many eyes and ears around, they didn’t ask any further.

Jiang Lan simply said, "We’ll talk in detail when we get back."

"Yes..."

The people from the Observatory naturally didn’t dare to investigate Jiang Lan. As for what would happen here later, that was no concern of his.

Right now, the priority was to return to Anyang City and rest up. He would also use the time to think about his various plans for the future.

On an Ancient War Chariot not far away, a cold and stunning figure clad in Soft Armor watched Jiang Lan’s departing back, seemingly lost in thought.

Not long after Jiang Lan and his group left, the terrifying sound of a blood sea came from the distant sky. The sea of blood surged, pungent and gory, as if it would drag everyone into its depths.

A figure wreathed in blood-red light descended on a cloud of blood. With just a single palm strike, he sent the Elders of the various Immortal Sects flying backward, coughing up blood.

"Since when do the actions of my Holy Sect require your investigation?"

It was an old monster whose true appearance could not be seen, his figure hidden within the cloud of blood.

As he laughed, an overwhelming torrent of blood-red light swept over the area, instantly plunging the entrance to the Secret Realm into chaos and screams.

Many Loose Cultivators and older-generation cultivators with guilty consciences took advantage of the chaos to flee, evading the Observatory’s investigation. Zixia Daoist mingled among them and also made a swift escape.

Ye Ming, already disguised as a disciple of Yijian Palace, sighed inwardly upon seeing this.

’If I had known this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have needed to hide and could have just escaped openly. But for now, I have to continue acting as a Yijian Palace disciple.’

The chaos here lasted for half a day. Even with people from the Observatory standing guard, it was of no use.

The old monster from the Blood Immortal Sect who had appeared was terrifyingly powerful, having reached the level of the Seventh Realm, the Dharma Realm. He was peerless and unstoppable.

Everyone from the Observatory was injured and bloodied, able to do nothing but watch as numerous cultivators fled.

Although the Qian Lei Ship hung high in the sky, it was useless. It couldn’t be deployed, or the casualties would have been even more severe; even the Observatory’s own people would not have been spared.

The incident at Purple Mist Mountain quickly spread like wildfire through the various prefectures of the Great Xia Dynasty, causing a huge stir and sensation.

The impact was enormous. The heavy losses suffered by the major Immortal Sects, as well as the brazen and rampant arrogance of the Blood Immortal Sect, sparked heated debate and discussion everywhere.

Among the topics, a young cultivator named Ye Ming also became a focus of discussion for many.