a show of force

Nangong Ye didn't ask any further questions and quickly looked away.

He was a smart man. He knew that the person in front of him was not someone he could afford to offend, so he wanted to get rid of this ancestor as soon as possible.

The Great Demon Servant turned around, raised his hands together and bowed slightly to Nangong Ye, and said humbly: "Master Nangong, can you take me to the front of the hall to have a look?"

What is this guy planning?

Nangong Ye raised his eyelids, crossed his arms across his chest, slowed down his pace a little, and signaled the people behind him to follow.

But the strange thing is.

After Nangong Ye took a few steps forward, the expected footsteps did not happen. Feeling strange, he turned his head and looked behind him. As a result, he saw the person who was urging him to leave standing there without moving, with half of his body leaning out of the fence, looking down as if at something.

Nangong Ye stepped forward and looked down along the line of sight of the Great God's Demon Servant. The person who came into his sight was someone who made him feel extremely familiar - Song Liubai.

A flash of confusion flashed across Nangong Ye's face, but he quickly adjusted his expression.

The direction that the Great God Demon Servant is looking at... Could it be that Song Liubai and the Great God Demon Servant have some unknown relationship?

Nangong Ye was speculating in his heart, but he soon realized that the person the great demon servant was staring at was not Song Liubai, but an inconspicuous and sickly young man beside him.

The young man looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, with thin bones and no self-protection skills. It was obvious that he was a man who did not move very often. He was probably just a male favorite kept by Song Liubai.

But the look in the eyes of the Great God's Demon Servant when he looked at the young man was indeed a little strange. Could it be that the young man was not as simple as he seemed, and was trying to test others?

Nangong Ye was lost in thought and didn't notice that the Great God Demon Servant's eyes swept over him and revealed a triumphant smile.

The Great Divine Demon Servant withdrew his gaze and took a few steps back. He said meaningfully alongside Nangong Ye, "That man must be Song Liubai, the head of Yinghua Pavilion."

"What, the leader of Yinghua Pavilion is actually..." Nangong Ye opened his mouth slightly.

He had just thought that Song Liubai showed up this time in the capacity of Hengyuan Sect, but he didn't expect that he was the head of Yinghua Pavilion, who held the lifeline of Liuli Sect.

The Great God Demon Servant nodded, his eyes narrowed dangerously, "I saw a bit of him..."

"What?"

"Hehe." The Great God Demon Servant was in a corner that Nangong Ye didn't notice. He stared at the young man's face and said, "Emperor's appearance."

“…”

No one spoke for a while, and the two fell into an eerie silence.

Nangong Ye thought that the person the Great Demon Servant was talking about was 'Song Liubai', but what the Great Demon Servant saw was very complicated, because the 'threads' on Song Liubai and the young man were tightly entangled together, indistinguishable from each other.

Xiao Cha stood behind Song Liubai, and looked up at the two people in the attic as if she sensed something.

Fortunately, Nangong Ye had made some preparations in advance and set up a barrier in the attic so that others could not see him.

The great demon servant stretched out his finger and traced the young man's body through the air.

So familiar, this young man gives me an extremely familiar feeling... It should not be said to be familiar, but a call from the blood and the origin.

"What's wrong with you?" Nangong Ye exclaimed, awakening the Great God's demon servant's consciousness.

The Great God Demon Servant frowned, his eyes hollow, yet he still looked in the direction of the young man. His hands unconsciously clenched into fists and trembled slightly due to his excitement. Then he began to babble non-stop, "The Demon Servant was created by the Demon God. The Demon Servant belongs to the Demon God. The Demon Servant longs for the Demon God's love and care."

"I want to meet him." The great demon servant pointed at the young man, glanced at him sideways, and his tone was serious but unconsciously carried a bit of murderous intent.

Nangong Ye was stunned for a moment, but soon realized the boy's extraordinary significance to the person in front of him, and quickly made a plan in his mind. "Of course, as long as you can eliminate Yinghua Pavilion for me, then everything will be at your mercy."

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Xiao Cha looked at the attic and blinked, the strange feeling in his heart had not yet dissipated.

"A-Cha, are you feeling unwell?" Seeing that he was in a daze, Song Liubai asked in a low voice. He skillfully wrapped his hands around the young man and interlocked his fingers with his. He could feel the other's pulse between his fingers, which was smooth and strong. Song Liubai felt relieved subtly.

Xiao Cha shook his head and said, "It seems like someone is watching us."

Seeing this, Song Liubai patted the boy's hand soothingly, a mysterious smile hidden in the corner of his mouth. He slowly said, "It's okay, those people can't hurt you."

Those people, did Song Liubai already know that someone was deliberately staring at him?

Xiao Cha was still a little uneasy, but on the surface she nodded obediently.

Song Liubai held Xiao Cha's hand, but glanced at Liu Er behind him.

Seeing this, Liu Er lowered his head slightly. The runes drawn on the talisman paper in his hand began to change, and then the talisman paper turned into a ball of ash and dissipated in the air.

No one knows all this.

Outside the mountain gate, a group of paper figures hiding in the darkness shrugged their shoulders and shook off the dust and fallen leaves on their bodies.

"Acha, be careful with your step." Song Liubai helped the young man over the threshold of the banquet hall.

At that moment, the hall, which was originally filled with the sound of conversation, suddenly became quiet, and the people sitting in the seats all turned their heads.

A bolt of lightning streaked across the clouds.

The wind blew out from nowhere and mercilessly extinguished the candles in the hall, making the hall, which was already dark, dim.

"Isn't this... Song Liubai from the Hengyuan Sect?"

"Hasn't Hengyuan Sect's Sect Master Lin already been present? It would be against the rules for Song Liubai, as Sect Master Lin's senior brother, to show up again."

"Could it be that the Hengyuan Sect is still fighting among themselves?"

"It's not certain. As far as I know, Sect Master Lin only took the position a few days ago. He probably hasn't secured the position yet. It's normal for some people with bad intentions to be around."

However, these suspicions seemed quite funny in the following words.

Facing the confused and hostile gazes of the crowd, Song Liubai calmly said to the Liuli Sect disciples beside him, "Master of Yinghua Pavilion—Song Liubai."

The Liuli Sect disciple came to his senses and hurried forward to take everyone to sit down.

Only then did everyone realize that the young man in front of them came here not to seize power from Hengyuan Sect Master Lin, but to take their own lives.

The people in charge of the sects who had just spoken out to laugh at the joke turned pale and quickly looked away. Moreover, Yinghua Pavilion had long become a topic that was avoided among these large and small sects.

In fact, Yinghua Pavilion did not arrive late, but just delayed for a while at the door with Hengyuan Sect to sit down.

Nangong Ye arranged the Yinghua Pavilion to be in the front row, opposite the number one sect, Hengyuan Sect. This also made some less important sects realize the status of the Yinghua Pavilion in the martial arts world.

Song Liubai sat down and picked up the teapot indifferently. He poured himself a cup and raised his chin and said, "It's our first meeting. Cheers to everyone."

This action caused the leaders of the sects, big and small, to panic and quickly raise the cups at hand and drink them all in one gulp.

Song Liubai narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at everyone in front of him with a cold smile, and turned the cup in his hand upside down on the table, "Everyone, please behave yourself. Even if you do it, do it cleanly. Don't let me catch you having any lingering ties."