Chapter 407 - Illustrious Reputation

“It’s your turn next.”

After the old man and Liu Wu had completely disappeared, Zhan Hong slowly turned around, his icy cold gaze locked onto Gu Xi.

Gu Xi’s expression was indifferent, but soon after, he smiled disdainfully, “You’re not worthy.”

Once these words were said, the surrounding spectators could not help but look at Gu Xi with high regard.

There were probably only a few people in the entire continent who dared to speak to the young elites of the Zhan Clan in such a manner.

“Your strength is not bad.” Towards Gu Xi’s belittlement, Zhan Hong’s emotions did not fluctuate much beyond his expectations. “But this is not what gives you the right to be so arrogant.”

His words were ice-cold. At the same time, dense killing intent surged out from his body. It even caused the temperature in the world to drop by a few degrees at this moment. This caused the unprepared crowd to involuntarily shiver.

“I’m afraid that you don’t have the right to speak here.”

Qing Zhu, who had remained silent all this while, suddenly spoke. She stared at Zhan Hong in front of her and gently raised her jade-like finger to point into the distance. “On account of the fact that you previously taught those people from the Mysterious Sky Sect a lesson, I’ll spare your life. Scram.”

“This woman is really heartless!”

“And she doesn’t even have a brain. Could it be that she has never heard of the Zhan Clan?”

In the crowd, people continued to speak out cautiously.

In their eyes, the current Zhan Hong could be considered Qing Zhu’s benefactor. Yet, Qing Zhu was boasting shamelessly to Zhan Hong. It could be said that she was completely devoid of conscience.

The discussions of the crowd lingered in her ears. Qing Zhu frowned slightly. If not for the fact that she was trying her best not to flare up, she would have even wanted to kill all these people here.

Zhan Hong had indeed helped her, but now he wanted to attack Gu Xi as well. Moreover, he had used a killing move! Although she and Gu Xi were not very good friends, they had experienced life and death together. Most importantly, this whole thing was because of her. Naturally, she could not let Gu Xi be the scapegoat.

“This lady seems to be ungrateful for my help.” Zhan Hong spoke indifferently, his gaze landing on Qing Zhu.

“I don’t want to say it again. Get out of my sight, or else you won’t be able to leave.” Qing Zhu also spoke indifferently. Although she did not answer Zhan Hong’s words, the attitude in her words was obvious.

“What if I don’t leave?” Zhan Hong tugged at the corner of his mouth, and a trace of a smile appeared on his ice-like face.

At the same time, the killing intent between heaven and earth began to surge forward. However, this time, its target was no longer Gu Xi alone, but three people instead.

Obviously, Qing Zhu’s ungratefulness made Zhan Hong feel a little angry.

Seeing this, Qing Zhu snorted lightly, and was about to make a move.

“Let’s leave it to Little Nine. We still need to participate in the Grand Sect Competition. It is not a wise choice to reveal our strength here.” Gu Xi’s lips moved slightly. A voice quietly entered Qing Zhu’s ears. This caused the spiritual energy that was circulating within her body to gradually sink into silence.

At the same time, Little Nine by the side also understood. She slowly took a step forward. In the next moment, a spiritual energy ripple spread in all directions with her as the center.

Even though Little Nine did not use her full strength, those people who were caught off guard were all overturned by this ripple. The scene immediately became a little chaotic.

It was not just this. With just this one step of Little Nine, the ice-cold killing intent that surged from the sky and Earth also collapsed into nothingness in an instant.

Zhan Hong’s pupils shrunk slightly. Disbelief surged onto his expression. His entire body involuntarily took a few steps back and he nearly fell to the ground.

‘So… strong…’

This was the first thought that came to his mind.

He had never expected that this woman, who had been quiet, would actually destroy his killing intent with just an insignificant movement.

This was an absolute suppression in terms of strength!

But this woman’s age clearly looked similar to his!

Similar age, yet, such crushing strength. What kind of monster was she?!

“I’m in the wrong this time.” After suffering a huge loss, Zhan Hong tidied up his messy clothes and looked deeply at the three people in front of him. He continued, “I think you guys are also here to participate in the competition, right? I believe this competition… will be very interesting.”

After saying this, Zhan Hong turned around and left without looking back.

“He left just like that?”

“F*ck, isn’t the Zhan Clan a warmonger? Why did he cower so quickly?”

As they watched Zhan Hong’s figure gradually disappear into the distance, everyone was clearly a little disappointed.

However, this was only a portion of the people. There was also a portion of people with sharp minds who quickly noticed that something was wrong.

Numerous obscure gazes fell on Little Nine and Gu Xi from all directions, as if they wanted to use their gazes to see through them completely.

“Looks like we can only stop here today.” Gu Xi glanced in the direction of those gazes and shrugged.

“Then let’s go back.” Qing Zhu frowned and took the lead to leave.

Although she also wanted to continue strolling around Lanjiang City, she did not want to swagger around here with so many pairs of eyes.

Gu Xi and Little Nine looked at each other, and the two of them followed Qing Zhu.

Seeing that there was no more fun to watch, the crowd quickly dispersed.

At the same time, the news that Zhan Clan had sent Zhan Hong to participate in the competition quickly spread throughout the entire Lanjiang City. Not only that, the news that six of the seven members of the Mysterious Sky Sect had died had also reached the ears of the people in the city.

Most importantly, Gu Xi and the other two.

As the three of them did not wear the clothing of any sect or family, they did not know what kind of power they came from. However, they knew that the three of them had forced Zhan Hong to retreat.

For a time, the entire Lanjiang City became very interested in the identities and backgrounds of Gu Xi and the other two. Many people began to secretly investigate their origins. However, under the full cover of Tong Shan and Tang Conglin, they did not reveal anything at all.

In the next few days, in order to not attract attention, the three of them stayed quietly in the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, waiting for the arrival of the Grand Sect Competition. During this period of time, Gu Xi also completely stabilized his cultivation at the middle Saint stage.