Gu Hongguang felt he had never met such a shameless person.
He was a late-stage Divine Sovereign realm expert. There were only a few at the Great Perfection stage in the entire Divine Realm. Aside from the Lord of Ten Thousand Underworlds who often appeared to show off, the others hadn't been seen out and about for a long time.
This meant that as long as he avoided these few individuals, he could roam freely throughout the Divine Realm.
Now, a mere youngster was telling him to kneel and apologize, speaking so nonchalantly. Gu Hongguang felt this was the greatest insult he had ever suffered, and an insult to Divine Sovereign realm experts.
Even the Lord of Ten Thousand Underworlds, a Great Perfection Divine Sovereign, would not dare speak to him like this.
Although he was not a match for someone like the Lord of Ten Thousand Underworlds, it would still cost the latter dearly to kill him.
He was already in the late stage of the Divine Sovereign realm, separated by only a small cultivation gap.
There were even instances of people fighting across such small gaps.
Moreover, his learned cultivation techniques were primarily defensive, with offense as a secondary focus. Therefore, even when facing someone like the Lord of Ten Thousand Underworlds, he had a chance to escape.
As stated before, the Lord of Ten Thousand Underworlds would have to pay a significant price to kill him.
This price was enough to deter the Lord of Ten Thousand Underworlds from acting rashly.
Therefore, Zhang Sanfeng also knew that although they had been in a rivalry for so many years, they had never truly fought. Typically, it was the disciples below who sparred privately. As long as no lives were lost, any competition was permissible.
After all, people grow in adversity. A comfortable environment would cause a person to lose their ambition in pursuing the Great Dao.
Without ambition, a person is no different from a walking corpse.
Ambition has no set size; everyone has their own ambitions and expectations.
"Haha..." Gu Hongguang laughed so hard he almost choked, then pointed at Zhang Sanfeng and chuckled, "Old Daoist, I finally understand why you chose to watch from the sidelines instead of intervening. If I were you, I wouldn't even need you to act; I would act myself."
Zhang Sanfeng smiled at his words and replied, "I will understand even more later."
You don't understand; you're just incredibly foolish.
It wasn't entirely Gu Hongguang's fault, as there were only a few people at the Great Perfection Divine Sovereign stage, and they all knew each other.
Who with a normal mind would think this was a Divine Emperor realm expert?
No one could figure it out. Let alone the always confident Gu Hongguang, whose confidence stemmed from his own strength.
If he hadn't encountered someone like Xia Feng, who was like a cheat code, Gu Hongguang could indeed be confident and arrogant.
After all, with strength in hand, arrogance was his nature.
"Haha... I understand very well now." Gu Hongguang burst into laughter, looking at Xia Feng with a hint of mockery.
Zhang Sanfeng said no more. The more smug he was now, the more shocked he would be later.
Instead of wasting more words with Gu Hongguang, it was better to wait and see how he would beg for mercy later.
Gu Hongguang was full of confidence. Seeing that Zhang Sanfeng was silenced by his retort, he finally turned his gaze to the person involved, Xia Feng.
"People must have self-awareness. I am not one to kill indiscriminately. While my words may be arrogant, it's directed only at this old Daoist. If you kneel and beg for mercy now, I will punish you lightly. After all, I am much more benevolent than the old Daoist beside you."
Gu Hongguang even began to discuss the matter of light punishment with Xia Feng, specifically pointing out Zhang Sanfeng to make everyone see that Zhang Sanfeng wasn't a good person either.
After all, he didn't protect the people around him; wasn't that hypocritical?
"You've said everything I wanted to say," Xia Feng smiled.
"Is that so? Then you intend to hold your ground?" Gu Hongguang asked, drawing out his tone.
"It's not convenient here. How about we find a private room and chat privately? I guarantee you'll be satisfied after you come out," Xia Feng suggested, his eyes narrowing as he looked at Gu Hongguang.
With so many people present, Xia Feng did not want to expose his identity.
After they left, even if Gu Hongguang knelt before him, others wouldn't know what method he used. Speculation and firsthand observation were two different matters.
Gu Hongguang was somewhat confused by Xia Feng's intention, "chat privately?"
Was this kid afraid of losing face in front of everyone?
"Why privately? Are you afraid of being embarrassed if so many people see?" Gu Hongguang asked with a smile.
"Of course, outside is also fine, but I'm considering your face," Xia Feng spread his hands.
The more Xia Feng acted this way, the more Gu Hongguang wanted to agree with him.
"Since you've said so, let's chat privately." Gu Hongguang turned and walked into his private room, motioning for everyone else to leave.
Seeing this, Xia Feng went upstairs. Everyone began pointing fingers at Xia Feng.
"This kid looks a bit unfamiliar, and I can't discern his strength. Could he be someone playing the pig to eat the tiger?"
"What's strange about not being able to discern strength? As long as you have an artifact to conceal your aura, you wouldn't be able to discern a True God realm person. As for what you said about playing the pig to eat the tiger, that's a bit naive. Playing the pig to eat the tiger in front of a late-stage Divine Sovereign expert?"
"Exactly. Even if, as you say, he's someone playing the pig to eat the tiger, at best he's a Divine Sovereign expert. Everyone knows the Great Perfection Divine Sovereigns; this is still useless. Godly Sovereign Gu is a late-stage Divine Sovereign expert."
"You wouldn't be suggesting he's a Divine Emperor expert playing the pig to eat the tiger, would you? Haha... you'll make people die laughing."
"A Divine Emperor expert? If he were truly a Divine Emperor expert, I'd castrate myself, leaving no chance for dissection or stitching."
"Hahaha..."
A group of onlookers discussed Xia Feng.
Xia Feng indeed looked very young. After all, people in the Divine Realm generally did not deliberately alter their appearance.
They were as they were.
Regardless of what was being discussed outside, Gu Hongguang and Xia Feng paid no attention. Xia Feng followed Gu Hongguang into his private room.
Gu Hongguang sat on a stool, leisurely pouring himself a cup of tea, and looked at Xia Feng, asking, "Speak, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Gu Hongguang, at this moment, was like someone who had victory in his grasp, with a relaxed expression.
In his eyes, Xia Feng was ultimately just an insignificant junior.
However, since Xia Feng had dared to offend him, he wouldn't let it slide.
If Zhang Sanfeng had stepped forward, and he had demanded Zhang Sanfeng kneel and apologize, that would have been reasonable.
"I already said it outside. It was for your sake, so you wouldn't lose face here," Xia Feng said confidently, still with a smile that made people want to hit him.
Gu Hongguang was precisely one of those people who wanted to hit him. Anger finally appeared on his face, and he reprimanded, "Kneel."
With this command to kneel, Gu Hongguang's Divine Sovereign aura was fully revealed. If Xia Feng were truly a junior, he would have been forced to his knees by this aura alone.
Facing his pressure, Xia Feng showed no reaction and his expression remained unchanged. Just as Gu Hongguang felt bewildered, a pressure emanating from the heavens suddenly made him unable to breathe.
It also carried a hint of the power of rules.
Divine Emperor?
Gu Hongguang's eyes widened like a bull's, his liver and gall nearly splitting from fear.