"Hmph, I, Gu Liyan, protected your life so you could sit in your current position. Why would I need you to protect me today? You think too highly of your position!" Gu Liyan sneered.
Xian'er stared at Gu Liyan in shock upon hearing his words. She had heard rumors that Duan Zhengxiu had been ambushed before taking office, but he had survived, and according to Duan Zhengxiu himself, he had been rescued by a benefactor. However, she truly couldn't believe that this beautiful man before her was the one who had saved Duan Zhengxiu!
"Gu Liyan! Don't think you can get anything in return for a favor! I kindly offered you a position in the court, but you refused. You know your own intentions!" Duan Zhengxiu stopped wasting words and spoke directly, "If you don't agree to compete with me for supremacy, you won't be leaving the palace today!"
Gu Liyan sneered, "So, are you threatening me?"
Duan Zhengxiu snorted coldly, "Guards!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the palace doors swung open, and countless archers outside aimed at Gu Liyan.
Duan Zhengxiu said confidently, "Gu Liyan, you are a rare and powerful figure. If you join forces with me, unifying the world will be no difficult task! At that time, your status will be second only to the emperor. Why not?"
Gu Liyan looked up at Duan Zhengxiu and said, "The world can be unified, but the position of monarch is absolutely not something an ungrateful scoundrel like you deserves!"
Gu Liyan turned around, looked at the nearly one thousand archers and sneered, "And do you really know how powerful I am? You think a mere thousand people can stop me?"
Duan Zhengxiu suddenly realized that his proud imperial guards seemed completely unable to stop Gu Liyan, this monstrous talent, because his strength was far beyond that of ordinary people!
"I'm afraid we haven't seen snow this season, have we?" Gu Liyan muttered to himself as he stood at the entrance of the main hall.
Under the bewildered gazes of the crowd, a sudden gale howled, and in the blink of an eye, the sky turned a vast expanse of white. Then, as if time itself had stood still, the wind seemed to freeze.
Everyone stared blankly at the changing scenery before them, feeling for some reason that Gu Liyan was like a colossal beast, completely impossible to contend with!
A snowflake suddenly fell, followed by countless large snowflakes, and in the blink of an eye, the earth was covered in silver.
Duan Zhengxiu stared blankly at the scene outside the hall. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have offended someone he could never contend with—a god!
At this moment, there was a glint in Gu Liyan's eyes—a fierce glint!
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