Prince Zhi Ye was extremely arrogant, pointing at everyone present and issuing such commands.
It was as if disobedience would result in severe harm.
From his expression, it was clear he had come prepared, intending to cause trouble.
He didn't want these people to help the Great Xiao Kingdom; his intention was to humiliate them and cause significant loss for Zi Ruo Lin, preventing her from gaining any advantage.
This would deviate from his original purpose for coming.
Prince Zhi Ye certainly did not wish to see such a thing happen.
As soon as Prince Zhi Ye spoke, everyone showed expressions of anger. They were determined to obtain the Honored Pill this time; how could his mere words threaten to disperse everyone?
This was impossible.
"You haven't even grown a full beard, yet you speak so boastfully. I wonder if your wares can withstand a three-legged kick."
"Truly audacious. Is everyone from your Tian Ming Kingdom so ill-mannered? Why don't you give me a good show?"
"Haha... If you think you're so great, we can advance the competition to now. Let's see how mighty you are."
"Exactly, a smooth talker is an unreliable worker."
Everyone began to taunt him, their expressions clearly indicating their intent to fight.
With such a golden opportunity to obtain the Honored Pill, could they really be intimidated by Prince Zhi Ye's few words?
More importantly, what right did he have?
Did he think he was impressive just because he brought a few Divine Emperor powerhouses?
What if there was even one late-stage Divine Emperor?
"All talk and no action, a bunch of trash." The Divine Emperor powerhouse opposite Xia Feng placed his wine cup down heavily, suddenly stood up, and pointed at Prince Zhi Ye, saying:
"Allow Gong to educate you on how to behave?"
Upon saying this, the man shot up and lunged towards Prince Zhi Ye. The late-stage Divine Emperor powerhouse behind Prince Zhi Ye moved quickly. The two instantly clashed, each retreating three steps, neither gaining an advantage.
Prince Zhi Ye's eyes held a smile, and then he arrogantly said, "I've given you the opportunity. If you don't cherish it, then don't blame me."
Before anyone could react, Prince Zhi Ye loudly shouted towards the outside of the palace, "Old Ancestors, these people are ungrateful. I request your presence."
As Prince Zhi Ye's words fell, six extremely powerful pressures suddenly appeared outside.
One mid-stage Divine Venerable.
Five early-stage Divine Venerables.
These were the Old Ancestors of the Tian Ming Kingdom and the Old Ancestors of five other kingdoms.
They had come prepared this time. To put it plainly, they wanted Zi Ruo Lin to marry Prince Zhi Ye. If she refused, they would simply annex the Great Xiao Kingdom.
Although there were rules, and they couldn't wage war to the point of a country's annihilation.
However, for such matters, everyone turned a blind eye. Strength determined everything.
At that time, they could find any puppet king to reign for a hundred years as a transitional period, and everyone would know.
Any rule was formulated for ordinary people. Do not try to constrain those who made the rules with those rules, otherwise, it would appear too ridiculous and ignorant.
"Zhi Ye pays his respects to the Old Ancestors, and to all the other Old Ancestors." Prince Zhi Ye, with a respectful expression, bowed to the six Divine Venerables walking towards them.
As these six appeared, everyone's faces changed dramatically, and a sense of regret arose. Even Gong, who had been so arrogant moments ago, was now trembling.
In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or scheme was useless.
Let alone six Divine Venerables; even one Divine Venerable could toy with thirty of them at will.
Divine Venerable was the pinnacle of this world.
"Zi Zhu Lin, aren't you going to come out?"
Ma Xiu De, the late-stage Divine Venerable Old Ancestor of the Tian Ming Kingdom, ignored Prince Zhi Ye and roared towards the distance.
After a short while, the sky showed signs of abnormality, and an old man's voice was heard from afar, "Ma Xiu De, you have violated the pact between nations and have come to my Great Xiao Kingdom to cause trouble."
As these words were spoken, an old man in a white robe quickly approached.
He was the Old Ancestor of the Great Xiao Kingdom, Zi Ruo Lin's great-grandfather, and the guardian divine artifact of the Great Xiao Kingdom, its only early-stage Divine Venerable powerhouse.
"Haha... Zi Zhu Lin, I have broken through to mid-stage Divine Venerable, are you surprised? To celebrate, I think our two countries should form a marriage alliance. What do you think?"
Ma Xiu De did not answer Zi Zhu Lin's words but instead flaunted his strength, speaking in a tone that informed Zi Zhu Lin that the marriage alliance was inevitable.
The marriage alliance was merely an excuse; annexation was the real goal.
Before Ma Xiu De had broken through to the late-stage Divine Venerable, their strengths were comparable, and they had coexisted peacefully.
After all, if a real fight ensued, he was also afraid of not gaining an advantage.
Now, it was different. He no longer needed to pretend; he had revealed his hand. He was already a mid-stage Divine Venerable.
He had nothing to fear and could do as he pleased.
As for the pacts between nations, were they not the very ones they had created before?
Who would actually take that thing seriously?
That would simply be laughable.
"Great-grandfather, I would rather not marry that good-for-nothing." Zi Ruo Lin, fearing that Zi Zhu Lin would agree, quickly spoke her mind.
Now that the pretense was dropped, Zi Ruo Lin no longer needed to worry about saving face and directly called Prince Zhi Ye a good-for-nothing.
In her eyes, that person was sinister and had a bad reputation.
Even marrying a random person would be better than marrying the good-for-nothing Prince Zhi Ye.
For example, Xia Feng, the young master of the Super Sect, who had been peeking at her just now.