NOVPUBConsidering their own strength, they found themselves hesitant to take the stage.
"What a waste," sneered Xu Zimei from below the stage.
He could tell that Bai Xiao wasn’t much stronger than Baili Zhenyun, if at all; it wasn’t that she had defeated him so easily.
Mainly, it was because of Bai Xiao’s combat experience and her use of spiritual energy that she was able to instantly find the weakness in Baili Zhenyun’s technique, and then gather all her power at once.
With one move, she rendered Baili Zhenyun incapable of fighting back.
In doing so, she both conserved her own strength and stunned these young warriors.
"Bai Xiao, you injure your fellow disciples so ruthlessly; you are simply unworthy of becoming the Saintess," protested a young voice from below.
"Exactly, this woman is tyrannical. It’s merely a common contest, yet she spares no one from her own clan. How can she be worthy of being the Saintess?" More and more people seemed to find their point of attack, protesting together.
"If you lack strength, make up for it with words."
"Enough!" A roar nearly drowned out everyone’s clamor.
With an awe-inspiring aura, Bai Chengfeng silently looked at the younger generation of his family.
"You disappoint me. If someone surpasses you in skill, why not aspire to catch up and surpass them instead of being jealous and slandering others?
Merely injuring a disciple is considered ruthless?
Do you know what a Great Emperor is?
If you don’t have tens of thousands of lives on your hands, you don’t deserve to be called a strong warrior.
For one man’s success, thousands of bones dry; the real strong are those who have emerged from the Sea of Blood.
Look at yourselves now, what do you resemble?"
Hearing Bai Chengfeng’s words, the room fell silent and many of the youths bowed their heads in shame.
"Well, I hope my words give you cause for reflection," sighed Bai Chengfeng, then announced loudly, "I declare, Bai Xiao to be the Bai family’s contemporary Saintess."
As Bai Xiao slowly accepted the token unique to the Saintess, the family members below all shouted in unison, "Greetings, Saintess."
With a piercing gaze, Bai Xiao stepped to the edge of the enshrinement platform, her tone indifferent as she looked at Xu Zimei, "Do you have anything else to say?"
"My word still stands; if you dare to return to the True Martial Holy Sect, I will do everything in my power to kill you," Xu Zimei said with a faint smile, "How about we make a bet?"
"Bet on what?" asked Bai Xiao.
"We fight a battle; if you win, I will willingly yield the position of the Saint Heir of the True Martial Holy Sect to you. Thus, you could become the Saintess of two Imperial Rule Immortal Sects," Xu Zimei laughed, "If you lose, I do not want anything. I only have one condition."
After pondering for a moment, Bai Xiao finally asked, "What condition?"
"A life-and-death battle, which cannot end until one of the parties is dead. There can be no retreat or surrender," Xu Zimei replied with a smile.
"I refuse," Bai Xiao stated and turned to leave immediately.
Watching her departing figure, Xu Zimei smiled without attempting to stop her.
After all, this was the Baili family’s turf, and there were so many people present.
He didn’t want to reveal too much, and, of course, the most important thing was that merely killing a Bai Xiao was simply uninteresting. The most painful thing in life is not death, after all.
As the enshrinement ceremony slowly came to an end, the Baili family prepared a banquet to treat all the guests.
The foods at these banquets were all items like spiritual medicines, which are exceedingly precious in the outside world.
Plus, for the entire day today, all expenses within Hundreds Miles City were taken care of by the Baili family.
You could consume anything for free anywhere within the city.
......
As the banquet was about to end, Xu Zimei found Baili Chengfeng.
Baili Chengfeng could guess the nature of the enthronement ceremony as well.
Although the descendants of the family were dissatisfied behind the scenes, they weren’t bold enough to embarrass him openly on such an occasion.
There definitely was someone backing them up.
Therefore, his attitude towards Xu Zimei had become much colder.
"You want to go to the Heavenly Primordial Minor World?" Baili Chengfeng asked indifferently. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝖕𝖚𝖇.𝖈𝔬𝔪
"Yes, I hope Patriarch Baili can arrange it as soon as possible," Xu Zimei nodded.
"Seven days from now," Baili Chengfeng replied indifferently, then fell silent for a while before finally saying, "Why must you hold such great animosity towards Xiao’er?
I’ve looked into the matter, and it seems she hasn’t offended you."
"You don’t need to try and plead, some decisions I’ve made won’t change," Xu Zimei shook his head.
"Then watch your own back," Baili Chengfeng huffed coldly and left with a flick of his sleeves.
Not long after, the Great Elder of the True Martial Holy Sect also found Xu Zimei.
"Your grievances with Baili Xiao end here," the Great Elder said indifferently, "This is the Deputy Sect Master’s intention.
Some things aren’t as simple as you think."
"My matters don’t need others to decide," Xu Zimei replied.
"Without the support of the sect, you will be nothing," the Great Elder stated, "The current Baili Xiao is different from before.
The sect plans to cultivate both of you to compete for Destiny of this era."
"There’s only one Great Emperor, so you want us to fight to the death in the end?" Xu Zimei smiled.
"You still don’t understand, this way the sect’s chances of competing for Destiny will also increase," the Great Elder explained, "If you both manage to make it to the end, even if you lose to the other, out of consideration for the same sect, one could spare the other’s life."
"It’s not that I don’t understand, it’s that you don’t get it," Xu Zimei shook his head indifferently, replying, "I am destined to embody Destiny in this era, be it a Talented Disciple or an Evil Being.
If one acts humbly, there might be a glimmer of life.
Otherwise, they can only become a skeleton on my path to proving the Way."
"Arrogant and reckless," the Great Elder huffed coldly, "This is the sect’s decision, not something you can dismiss with a single word."
Watching the Great Elder’s retreating figure, Xu Zimei smiled faintly and shook his head.
"The sect doesn’t matter a damn."
......
With the conclusion of the enthronement ceremony, the bustle of Hundreds Miles City, although still present, inevitably felt somewhat diminished compared to the previous few days.
The story of Baili Xiao defeating Baili Zhenyun with a single palm strike on the platform of the enthronement had also spread throughout Hundreds Miles City.
By now, the name of the Saintess of the Baili Family had nearly spread across the entire Eastern Continent.
People paid great attention to the Saint Heirs and Saintesses of every sect, especially the Saintess of the Imperial Rule Immortal Sect.
These were all the hot favorites for carrying Destiny each year.
......
Seven days had passed, and Xu Zimei came to the Baili Family, ready to enter the Heavenly Primordial Minor World.
Baili Chengfeng had been waiting inside the family premises, and he took Xu Zimei with him towards the family’s Forbidden Land.
"You have only seven days, after which you will be forcibly expelled by the Secret Realm," Baili Chengfeng said.
Xu Zimei nodded.
The matters within the Heavenly Primordial Minor World were of utmost importance to him; if not for wasting some time in Mixed Yuan Ancient City, he might already have obtained that item.
