NOVEL NEXT Chapter 20 - Domineering Jun Wuqi
After Jun Jiuxiao and Ji Lanqing left, Jun Wuqi remained silent. The others dared not leave or speak, and the hall was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
After a long while, the Grand Elder could not hold back and asked, “Holy Lord, do you have any further instructions?”
Jun Wuqi leisurely replied, “No instructions.”
“Then can we leave?” The Grand Elder felt his face had been utterly lost today. He wanted to regain his dignity but couldn’t match Jun Wuqi’s strength, so he had to swallow his anger.
Jun Wuqi did not respond, surveying everyone before standing up and walking down the stairs step by step.
As he walked, he said, “Jiuxiao is my disciple, and I am the one who named him the Holy Son. He represents me, and to insult him is to insult me.”
He cast a disdainful glance at Lin Mu and his disciple, saying, “As for some fools who dared to provoke him, if they’re dead, so be it. If anyone is dissatisfied, they can question the sword in my hand.”
Jun Wuqi’s expression was emotionless, his sword still dripping with blood. His presence exuded a domineering aura, looking down upon everything.
The position of Holy Lord had been fought for by Jun Wuqi himself. With one person and one sword, no one in the Holy Land could match him. Even the peak ancestor buried in the soil could be confronted head-on, and it was said he had the potential to challenge the quasi-Emperor Realm.
The Holy Land’s ancestors directly appointed Jun Wuqi as the Holy Lord, and he did not disappoint. The Xuantian Holy Land became even more powerful under his leadership.
After all, who would dare provoke a Holy Lord who drew his sword at the slightest disagreement? If you offend him, he will not reason with you; he will just cut you down with a single sword strike. Who can withstand that?
The name of the Xuantian Holy Land grew louder and louder, and more and more geniuses chose to join, creating a positive cycle.
As Jun Wuqi left, the Second Elder also looked up, feeling immensely proud as he followed Jun Wuqi out.
The Grand Elder’s faction sighed in relief, truly afraid that Jun Wuqi might take violent action at any moment.
After the sigh of relief, they were frustrated again. They had gone through such a grand spectacle to trouble Jun Jiuxiao, only for it to end like this??? They lost an elder and a disciple, and still had to be threatened by Jun Wuqi.
Most importantly, Jun Jiuxiao had already advanced to the late stage Self-Severing Realm. The challenge of defeating him posed by Zong Yue, who had just broken through the Self-Severing realm, had become a joke.
Jun Jiuxiao was already invincible at the same level, and Zong Yue might have had a chance to fight with the treasure and elixirs given by the Grand Elder.
But now that he had reached the late stage Self-Severing Realm, Zong Yue would only be seeking humiliation if he tried to fight.
But not fighting was also not an option. The challenge had been issued, and it was known to the entire inner and outer sects, including the miscellaneous disciples.
Fight? Can’t win. Don’t fight? Total loss of face.
The Grand Elder smashed a chair in frustration and gritted his teeth, saying, “Jun Wuqi, you are going too far.”
The others dared not speak, silently lowering their heads, mentally criticizing, Why didn’t you dare speak when Jun Wuqi was here? Now that he’s gone, you finally speak up.
After venting, the Grand Elder also left, and besides the Law Enforcement Hall members who stayed behind to clean up the aftermath, everyone else departed.
Ji Lanqing followed Jun Jiuxiao to his residence. Although Jun Jiuxiao was not actually injured, he continued to pretend.
Ji Lanqing, worried about him, stayed with him all the way back to his cave dwelling.
Jun Jiuxiao looked at her and asked, “Is there anything else?”
Ji Lanqing hesitated but eventually asked, “Why did the Holy Son protect me? I’m just a dispensable maid.”
“I said you are my person. As long as you don’t betray me, I will protect you,” Jun Jiuxiao replied with a cold tone.
Ji Lanqing quickly knelt and said, “Lanqing will never betray the Holy Son.”
Jun Jiuxiao noticed that Ji Lanqing’s address had changed, indicating that he was no longer just the Holy Son to her, and she was no longer just a maid. He had begun to enter her heart.
Jun Jiuxiao did not speak further and just watched Ji Lanqing.
After a while, he said, “You can leave now. I need to tend to my injuries.”
Ji Lanqing returned to her own residence, unable to calm down for a long time. Her mind was filled with Jun Jiuxiao’s words, “I will protect you.”
She placed her hand over her heart. For the first time, her cold heart beat so rapidly.
Jun Jiuxiao, who had stood in front of her in the Law Enforcement Hall, was the only light that had ever appeared in her life.
She no longer cared what Jun Jiuxiao wanted from her. If he wanted something, she would give it to him. She only wished for him to be good to her for a little longer.
Jun Jiuxiao was still unaware that the great heroine, the future Empress, was slowly turning into a yandere under his care.
As soon as Ji Lanqing left, Jun Jiuxiao dropped his feigned weakness and lay down on his bed, drinking a cold cola.
2233 cheerfully said in Jun Jiuxiao’s mind, 【Congratulations, host, for completing the mission of risking your life to protect the heroine.】
Jun Jiuxiao hadn’t anticipated this mission. When he saw Lin Mu attacking Ji Lanqing, he quickly instructed 2233 to arrange a mission while he moved to block Lin Mu’s attack.
2233 had now been trained by Jun Jiuxiao to be an excellent worker, automatically finding and assigning appropriate missions.
Jun Jiuxiao was a bit shaken by Ji Lanqing today. It seemed that she really had feelings for him.
Originally, he had planned to make Ji Lanqing see him as a white moonlight, an unattainable figure. But as the day drew near, Jun Jiuxiao felt an unusual pang of guilt for the first time.
Hearing Ji Lanqing’s words, “Lanqing will never betray the Holy Son,” Jun Jiuxiao didn’t know how to respond and could only let her leave.
Jun Jiuxiao didn’t want to think about it further and suppressed his guilt. After all, he was heartless.
Since Ji Lanqing had started to have feelings, he needed to up his game and strive to win her heart completely before the male lead arrived.