Chapter 202

Chapter 202: Isn’t that the troublemaker arriving?

The Hall of Ceremonies of Heavenly Profound Gate.

An elder rolled up his sleeves and poured a cup of tea for the man in front of him: “In this Purple Mist Grand Ceremony, Xia Donghua, your support is quite high. Many elders support you as the Holy Son. Among the disciples within the sect, you are the unanimous choice.”

Xia Donghua smiled and shook his head: “What kind of support? The one with the highest support should be our senior brother from Cloud Sea Peak. Otherwise, it would be Qingwan, the disciple of Elder Wang Xuan, or He Qingqing from Baihe Peak who also has some competitiveness.”

“Hahaha.” Elder Xu of the Hall of Ceremonies laughed and shook his head, “Although that little guy Chen Yun is indeed good, he’s not interested in this position. No one else can match you. In the hearts of us old fellows, you’re the most suitable one.”

Xia Donghua raised his teacup: “Then I will replace wine with tea, thanking Elder Xu for your appreciation.”

“Good, good.” Elder Xu also raised his teacup and drank it all at once.

Elder Xu stroked his beard: “When Xia Donghua becomes the Holy Son, we need to hold a grand ceremony for you in the Hall of Ceremonies. But our Ritual Hall is a bit old.”

“Is that difficult?” Xia Donghua naturally understood what Elder Xu meant, “At that time, I’ll renovate the entire Hall of Ceremonies. After all, rituals are very important, and the Hall of Ceremonies is the face of our Heavenly Profound Gate.”

“Then let me thank you in advance, Xia Donghua, oh no, thank you, Lord Holy Son.” This time it was Elder Xu raising the wine glass.

“Elder Xu, please don’t be so polite,” Xia Donghua said with a smile.

“Elder Xu, Senior Brother Xia…”

Just as the two were talking happily, a disciple walked in and bowed to both of them.

“What is it?” Elder Xu asked with a smile, looking quite pleased.

“This is for Elder Xu, Senior Brother Xia, Xu Ming from Wu Kingdom, invited by Uncle Qin, has come to pay respects,” the disciple said, seemingly trembling slightly in his voice.

“Xu Ming…”

Upon hearing the name Xu Ming, Elder Xu frowned and looked at Xia Donghua beside him.

Xia Donghua calmly said, “We don’t know Xu Ming, who knows if this person is really Xu Ming? Besides, Sister Qin is still in seclusion. Without Sister Qin’s confirmation, how do we know this invitation is from her? Tell this Master Xu to leave first. We’ll discuss it after Sister Qin comes out of seclusion.”

Elder Xu nodded: “Follow Senior Brother Xia’s instructions. Go ahead.”

“But…” the disciple hesitated.

“What do you mean ‘but’?” Elder Xu looked somewhat displeased.

“But Elder, this Master Xu gave me this.” The disciple said while handing over a jade token.

Elder Xu glanced at it and saw three words written on it: “Wenwuqing”. “What does this jade token mean?”

The disciple explained, “Elder, Wenwuqing is an official title personally granted by the emperor of Wu Kingdom to Xu Ming. It’s unprecedented, and Xu Ming is the first. Xu Ming says he represents Wu Kingdom to pay respects.”

Elder Xu and Xia Donghua: “…”

Outside Heavenly Profound Gate, Yue Lou looked anxious, but Xu Ming remained calm.

“Why does Yue call Qingwan Auntie and call the son of the Sect Leader as Senior Brother?” Xu Ming asked, finding a topic.

Yue Lou was speechless: “Of course it’s because of seniority! Elder Wang Xuan is the current Sect Leader’s elder sister, and Auntie Qin is Elder Wang Xuan’s personal disciple. Naturally, we call her Auntie. Although Auntie Qin doesn’t have much airs and always tells others to call her ‘elder sister’, in my heart, Auntie Qin’s seniority is just that high. As for Senior Brother Xia, he is the Sect Leader’s son, but Senior Brother Xia is only a personal disciple of an elder, so naturally, we call him Senior Brother.”

“I see.” Xu Ming finally understood. “Forget about this, is your jade token really effective?” Yue Lou asked Xu Ming, somewhat worried.

In Yue Lou’s plan, the outer gate disciple shouldn’t have been allowed to report; instead, she should have directly suppressed these outer gate disciples with her identity and then brought Xu Ming inside.

By the time those old guys in the Hall of Ceremonies realized it, she would already have brought Xu Ming inside.

Now that the disciple went to report, there might be trouble.

Once the outer gate disciple gets explicit backing from the elder in the Hall of Ceremonies, they will have more confidence.

“Relax, no problem.”

Xu Ming confidently explained.

“If I say I’m Qingwan’s guest, the other party wouldn’t care much. But I’m visiting as an envoy of Wu Kingdom. If they don’t let me in, it means they’re not giving Wu Kingdom any face. I think the disciples of your sect shouldn’t dare to do such a thing.”

Listening to Xu Ming’s explanation, Yue Lou couldn’t follow at first, but after careful thought, it made sense.

It is indeed like that!

Wu Kingdom is one of the ten great kingdoms of humanity.

And Xu Ming is an official of Wu Kingdom.

If Xu Ming visits as an official of Wu Kingdom, how dare they not receive him?

Sure enough, less than two incense sticks later, the guard disciple quickly ran over, bowing to Xu Ming: “Master Xu, I sincerely apologize earlier. I was just following the rules. Please forgive me.”

Xu Ming naturally wouldn’t bother with an outer gate disciple. These outer gate disciples, no matter which sect, actually have it tough: “Can I go in now?”

“Of course, Master Xu, please come in.”

The disciple quickly moved aside.

Xu Ming nodded and walked up the mountain.

Yue Lou was somewhat surprised, not expecting things to be so simple.

“I made a lot of preparations, but it turns out they weren’t needed,” Yue Lou said with a laugh as she sat next to Xu Ming.

“It’s not over yet.” Xu Ming shook his head, “They let me come up, but those people may still try something against me. At least, they’ll make things difficult for me.”

Yue Lou didn’t understand: “Aren’t you visiting as an official of Wu Kingdom? How dare they harm an official of Wu Kingdom?”

Xu Ming glanced at Yue Lou, thinking that this girl was indeed loyal to Qingwan, but why did she seem so naive? “Heavenly Profound Gate let me in because I am Wenwuqing, and behind me is Wu Kingdom. They are behind Heavenly Profound Gate. Official to official, they can’t possibly refuse me. But any disciple of Heavenly Profound Gate can cause me trouble. Because he is an ordinary cultivator, and I am also a practitioner. That’s private to private.”

Yue Lou: “I don’t understand, it’s confusing.”

“It’s fine, Lady Yue, you don’t need to understand.”

Xu Ming pointed forward with his mouth.

“Look, speak of the devil and he shall appear, isn’t that the troublemaker coming?”