Chapter 116: Gu Feifei's Doubts

Looking at the spiritual seal hurtling toward him from Gu Feifei, Li Jiansan said indifferently, "I waited for you all this time, and this is the best you could come up with?"

Hearing Li Jiansan's words, Gu Feifei froze. Could this brat have known all along that she was gathering a spiritual seal? How was that possible? He had to be bluffing.

With that thought, Gu Feifei sneered, "Hmph, kid, stop putting on an act. This is a spiritual seal! A spiritual seal! Do you even know what that is?"

Li Jiansan shook his head helplessly. He swiftly formed a spiritual seal of his own and struck back. The moment he finished speaking, Gu Feifei's spiritual seal was shattered instantly. Caught in the backlash of his attack, she stumbled back several paces.

Gu Feifei's body began to tremble violently. Her face turned incredibly pale, and her heart filled with sheer horror.

*He actually shattered my spiritual seal. Could he be... a spiritual array master?*

At this realization, Gu Feifei's eyes widened in sheer disbelief. "You... how could you shatter my spiritual seal?"

Li Jiansan said flatly, "A simple structure, flimsy spiritual energy, utterly fragile."

Hearing his reply, Gu Feifei asked blankly, "Are you really a spiritual array master?"

As soon as she spoke, the onlookers fell into a state of profound shock.

"He's a spiritual array master?"

"How is that possible?!"

"A spiritual array master this young is rare even in the Imperial Capital..."

"No, how could you possibly be a spiritual array master!" Gu Feifei cried out, launching another palm strike at Li Jiansan.

"Impudent!"

Gu Yue rushed forward to intervene. Seeing the situation, his entire body shuddered with fear.

"Kid, my father is here! Why haven't you fallen to your knees yet?" Gu Feifei said arrogantly upon seeing Gu Yue arrive.

*Slap!*

Gu Yue spun around and delivered a vicious slap across Gu Feifei's face.

"Father..." Gu Feifei clutched her burning cheek, staring at her father in utter confusion.

"You worthless fool! How dare you show such disrespect to Lord Li!"

Gu Feifei stood dazed. "Lord Li?"

"Father, have you lost your mind? He's... he's just a greenhorn. How could you hit me for the sake of this little bastard..."

"Shut up!" Gu Yue ignored her confusion and roared, "Kneel down and apologize to Lord Li immediately!"

With that, Gu Yue dropped to his knees before Li Jiansan. "Lord Li, please forgive us."

"This... Master Gu Yue, why are you..."

"How is this possible? This makes no sense..."

"Master Gu Yue, why are you kneeling before this kid?"

The elders of the Zhang family watched the scene unfold with dropped jaws. Deep horror filled their eyes, and a cold shiver ran down their spines.

The man before them was no ordinary person. He was the renowned Master Gu Yue, a grand Tier-Two Spiritual Array Master. Even in the Imperial Capital, he was a figure of repute. In a place like Qingyang Town, he was a titan who could make the earth tremble with a stomp of his foot. Aside from a select few, almost no one could suppress him.

Yet, a man standing at the absolute peak of power in Qingyang Town was now kneeling before Li Jiansan—an obscure youngster—and addressing him as "Lord" with every breath. The world had turned upside down far too quickly.

What on earth was going on? Could someone tell them what had just happened? Did this kid possess some hidden identity formidable enough to strike terror into a figure as powerful as Master Gu Yue? Otherwise, why would Master Gu Yue bow and scrape before a mere youth?

"Father, why... why are you kneeling before this little bastard?"

"Are... are you feeling alright?"

Gu Feifei's face was a mask of terror. She even began to doubt if the man in front of her was truly her father. Yet, the formidable aura radiating from Gu Yue repeatedly reminded her that this was indeed the awe-inspiring Master Gu Yue. But why was her father, whom she revered as royalty, groveling at the feet of this commoner with a face full of desperate pleading? How was this possible? What had happened? Who in the world could tell her what was going on?

"Master Gu Yue, what is wrong with you?"

"Look closely. He's just some brat who came out of nowhere. Why are you kneeling to him?"

"You... you are a Tier-Two Spiritual Array Master, a symbol of nobility and transcendence!"

"Even the City Lord has to show you the utmost respect!"

"Someone of your stature, how could you kneel to him?"

Zhang Jiyang suddenly stepped forward, completely oblivious to the reality of the situation.

A spiritual array master was revered wherever they went, let alone a Tier-Two master. Such a status placed him far above the City Lord of Qingyang Town; who would dare treat him with anything but deference? Yet, this terrifying figure was now kneeling before Li Jiansan. This staggering disparity was something Zhang Jiyang simply could not comprehend.

"Shut your mouths, all of you! Who gave you the audacity to act so insolently in front of Lord Li?"

"And who gave you the courage to dare raise a hand against him?"

"Furthermore, anyone who spoke insolently to Lord Li earlier, get the hell down on your knees!"

"If anyone dares to play tricks here, I guarantee they won't live to see tomorrow!"

Gu Yue's furious roar resounded like a sudden clap of thunder. It instantly frightened several elders into dropping to their knees, their impact cracking the bluestone pavement beneath them.

"Lord Li, are you satisfied with this?"

Behind his words, Gu Yue was trembling like a cicada in winter, gripped by absolute terror. If he could, he would have skinned Zhang Jiyang alive and swallowed him whole! He had barely managed to escape the clutches of this little demon, Li Jiansan. Yet, that fool Zhang Jiyang had gone out of his way to provoke him. Before looking for trouble, couldn't he have bothered to find out whether this was someone he could afford to offend?

It was no wonder the Zhang family had fallen into such decline with a fool like him around. If they survived today's ordeal, he would make sure to teach that dog Zhang Jiyang a lesson he would never forget.

*You utter bastard, even I suffered defeat at his hands, yet you dare to pick a fight? He is the disciple of those three grandmasters, the alchemical genius known as the 'Little Pill King.' Forget about you—even I wouldn't dare offend him.*

It was over. They were completely done for. These fools had actually provoked Li Jiansan today. If this little demon became displeased, catastrophic consequences would follow...

"Father! Why? Why must I kneel, and before this little bastard of all people?!"

Although Gu Feifei was forced onto her knees, her heart burned with a million grievances and sheer fury.