Chapter 423: Strength determines superiority

"It's Huo Qinghuang and the others! They succeeded!"

The crew-head shouted excitedly.

Long Weihua's hand stopped in mid-air, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

He slowly put down his hands, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"Great, you succeeded. I knew you could do it!"

He walked quickly forward, excitedly shook Huo Qinghuang's hand, and spoke in a trembling voice.

Huo Qinghuang paused, and silently withdrew his hand.

"Of course, there is nothing I can't accomplish when I take action!"

She raised her chin slightly, gently brushed off the non-existent dust on her body, glanced at the people around her, and finally stopped at the head of the Liu family.

"I just heard someone trying to kill us. Is it you, a young man, who doesn't know the difference between respect and inferiority and dares to speak rashly?"

There was a gleam in Huo Qinghuang's eyes, and he suddenly shouted in a stern voice.

The indignation on the face of the head of the Liu family had not yet completely disappeared. When he heard this, his face instantly became extremely ugly, and turned blue and white.

Being scolded casually by Huo Qinghuang in front of so many people, the head of the Liu family was completely embarrassed.

He was panting heavily, his muscles were knotted, and he looked like he wanted to rush up and have a big fight with Huo Qinghuang.

But considering the strength of both sides, if he took action he would only bring humiliation upon himself and lose even more face.

I wanted to refute, but I was speechless and didn't know how to fight back. For a moment, I was so angry that I almost fainted.

Seeing this, people around cast strange looks at them, and the originally celebratory atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward and depressing.

As we all know, in the world of cultivation, age is not the basis of seniority, but strength is the basis of seniority.

No matter how old the head of the Liu family is, he is not as strong as Huo Qinghuang. In front of her, he can only be called a junior and cannot take advantage of his seniority.

Of course, if Huo Qinghuang is willing to give him face, he can also respectfully call him the head of the Liu family.

But because of Huo Lingze, the Huo family and the Liu family are now almost at loggerheads. It is because of this that the head of the Liu family has repeatedly wanted to kill Huo Qinghuang.

But who is Huo Qinghuang?

He is a man who fears nothing, it would be strange if he could be spared!

"Ahem! Miss Huo, this..."

Long Weihua coughed lightly, then stepped out to smooth things over, saying, "Patriarch Liu was concerned about the country, and he was in a hurry, so he spoke without thinking. Now that the crisis is over, you, a great contributor, should not bother with him."

As he spoke, a not-so-sincere smile appeared on his face.

That is to say, now that everyone is watching, as an official representative, he cannot challenge the major sects, and he also has to balance the forces of all parties when necessary.

Otherwise, he would wish that such a force that did not obey official orders and often went against them would be destroyed as soon as possible.

Huo Qinghuang was not moved at all.

Her eyes were sharp, with a cold light flashing in them. She stared at the head of the Liu family and said, "You care about the world? Humph, when you urged us to launch the missiles, did you ever think about the life and death we went through in there? If we hadn't successfully sealed it, the world would have been devastated by now, and you are the executioner who pushed us into the abyss with your own hands!"

Her voice was crisp but cold, and every word she spoke was like a sharp arrow, piercing the face of the head of the Liu family.

Patriarch Liu gritted his teeth, clenched his hands into fists, veins popped out on his forehead, and he suppressed the anger in his heart and said:

"I, I was also forced by the situation at that time. I saw that the barrier was about to collapse. If the big monster came out, the consequences would be disastrous. I just wanted to resolve the crisis as soon as possible, and I didn't think about hurting you."

Although his tone was firm, there was a hint of weakness in his words.

Now the situation is stronger than the person. Although Huo Qinghuang has made great contributions, his strength is no match for the opponent and he has to bow his head.

"Forced by the situation?"

Huo Qinghuang sneered and took a step forward. Her aura suddenly rose, and the air around her seemed to be oppressed by her aura, emitting slight fluctuations.

"Then let me ask you, if you were in the other's shoes, and it was you who was locked up in there with your life or death uncertain, and the people outside were ready to attack you without caring about your life or death, how would you feel?

Oh, I was wrong, a narrow-minded person like you would never go through this kind of crisis."

She looked disdainful and spoke sharply, directly tearing off the face of the head of the Liu family and stepping on it to the ground.

The Liu family is also a well-known family in both the Taoist and martial arts circles, and is feared throughout Quancheng. When has the head of the Liu family ever been humiliated like this? He was so angry that he glared at Huo Qinghuang, his aura surging and his fists clenched so hard that they made crackling sounds.

Just when the atmosphere was tense, Zhang Tianshi suddenly coughed and gently paused his sword on the ground: "Everyone, now is the time to work together to deal with the catastrophe, why fight among yourselves?"

His eyes were like lightning, sweeping over Patriarch Liu: "Patriarch Liu was indeed inappropriate just now, but..."

He changed the subject and looked at Huo Qinghuang again, "Since Fellow Daoist Huo has returned safely, why don't you first tell us about the situation inside the black hole? And this guy, is he the ancient mythical beast Kuiniu?"

Zhang Tianshi's words were like an invisible force that instantly eased the tense atmosphere.

"Kui Niu?!"

“It’s actually Kuiniu!”

Everyone's eyes then shifted from Patriarch Liu and Huo Qinghuang to Kui Niu, and they all exclaimed in surprise.

That is to say, Huo Qinghuang attacked the head of the Liu family as soon as he came out, attracting everyone's attention. Otherwise, the appearance of an ancient mythical beast like Kuiniu would have attracted everyone's attention long ago.

"Moo!"

Being watched by so many pairs of eyes, Kuiniu snorted in dissatisfaction and stomped his one foot on the ground, causing the ground to shake.

Its bell-like single eye scanned the crowd, and two streams of white air blew out of its nostrils: "What are you looking at? Have you never seen a divine beast before?"

Everyone retreated in response to its roar, and a few monks with weaker cultivation even fell to the ground.

Only then did everyone realize the identity of Kuiniu as an ancient monster, and they were filled with inexplicable fear.

Long Weihua saw that things were not going well and quickly stepped forward to apologize: "Senior, please calm down. We have only heard of your great reputation for a long time and got excited for a moment..."

"snort!"

Kui Niu shook his horns and said, "I'm in a bad mood now. If anyone keeps staring at me, be careful or I'll hit him with a bolt of lightning!"

Seeing this, Huo Qinghuang raised the corner of her mouth slightly: "Okay, Lao Niu, stop scaring them."

She turned to Zhang Tianshi and said, "Yes, this is the mythical beast Kui Niu. It has a bad temper. You'd better not provoke it."

Tushan Yuhua added at the right moment: "It is also thanks to the help of Senior Kuiniu's thunder magic that we were able to completely kill Jianmu."

These words not only gave face to Kuiniu, but also explained its origin and diverted everyone's attention.

Zhang Tianshi understood and immediately bowed and said, "I see, thank you for your help, Senior."

The others were not fools either. They wiped their sweat and followed suit.