"Heh!"
Han Wenye, Wang Tianming, and the others sneered when they saw Young Master Tianqing looking at Shangguan Chen and Shangguan Tong indifferently.
They had been waiting for this moment for half a day!
"City Lord Shangguan, how have you been?" Young Master Tianqing looked at Shangguan Tong and Shangguan Chen. His gaze lingered on Shangguan Tong for a while before he spoke. His voice was emotionless.
"Young Master Tianqing!" Shangguan Chen's expression was also very cold. He only bowed slightly before replying in an equally indifferent manner. "Yes.
"How dare you, Shangguan Chen! Why didn't you come out of the city to welcome the Chosen Saint? Why didn't you go to the Young Master's old residence? Why didn't you kneel when you saw the Chosen Saint? " Suddenly, a white-clothed female disciple from the Watercloud Sacred Land jumped out and stood behind Young Master Tianqing. She raised her slender finger and pointed at Shangguan Chen. Her expression was furious, and her voice was extremely sharp.
The white-clothed female disciple was quite pretty. If she didn't speak, others might think she was an obedient girl like the girl next door. However, the moment she spoke, her impression of her changed drastically.
She was definitely a sharp and unkind woman.
"That's right, Shangguan Chen. Kneel!" As soon as the white-clothed female disciple spoke, the other ordinary disciples from the Watercloud Sacred Land began to shout as well.
"Shangguan Chen, you're only an ordinary disciple of our Watercloud Sacred Land. Young Master Tianqing is the Chosen Saint. Ordinary disciples have to kneel when they see the Chosen Saint. Have you forgotten?"
"You're a senior among the ordinary disciples of our Watercloud Sacred Land after all. Moreover, you were the eldest disciple of the ordinary disciples back then. Don't tell me you don't even have this little bit of etiquette?"
"Kneel quickly and kowtow. Otherwise, we'll definitely report this to the elders of the Sacred Land. Then, we'll punish you for the crime of disrespect and let you know the strict rules of the Sacred Land! "
Even more ordinary disciples from the Watercloud Sacred Land began to shout. For a moment, the crowd was agitated, and the scene was noisy.
Shangguan Chen's face was ashen when he heard these shouts. He was speechless.
Although these ordinary disciples from the Watercloud Sacred Land were deliberately targeting and making things difficult for him, he couldn't deny it. Everything they said was actually reasonable.
The disciples of the Water Cloud Holy Land were divided into Outer Disciples, Ordinary Disciples, Elite Disciples, and Holy Sons. Among them, the Holy Sons had the highest status. When the rest of the Third Stage disciples saw the Holy Sons, they had to kneel down and salute them to show their respect.
However, Shangguan Chen had always viewed Young Master Tianqing as his enemy, so how could he make Shangguan Chen kneel?
Kneel and salute to your enemy? Shangguan Chen could not do it.
Shangguan Chen had always been a very calm person. He was a person who always looked at the big picture, but he was also not calm. There were also times when his emotions overwhelmed his rationality. And now, it was time for his rationality to be clouded by his emotions.
The death of his wife, Meng Yu, was a knot in Shangguan Chen's heart that could never be untied.
However, at this moment, Shangguan Tong, who was behind Shangguan Chen, suddenly stood out.
"May I ask everyone, does Young Master Tianqing have an official position now?" Shangguan Tong looked at everyone and asked in a deep voice.
"No!" The white-robed female disciple was stunned. She did not understand why Shangguan Tong would say that, so she replied subconsciously. After she finished speaking, she wanted to say something else but was interrupted by Shangguan Tong.
"My father is the City Lord of Red Rock City appointed by the Holy Land and has a legitimate official position. According to the Holy Land's official position rules, all those who leave the Holy Land will be the main officials of the various cities and be in charge of the specific administrative and military affairs of the various cities. Disciples with official positions do not need to kneel to any Holy Sons or Elders of the Holy Land. They only need to be treated with official etiquette! "Shangguan Tong's voice was not soft. She suppressed everyone's voices. He looked around at everyone and said slowly.
"If that's the case. Young Master Tianqing does not have an official position now, but my father has an official position. Then why does my father need to kneel to Young Master Tianqing? Which rule of the Holy Land did my father break? "
Hearing Shangguan Tong's words, the group of ordinary disciples immediately shut their mouths. Then, their expressions became incomparably ugly and they could not say a word.
Shangguan Tong was right. The Water Cloud Holy Land did have such a rule. All disciples with official positions did not need to kneel to the Holy Sons and Elders of the Holy Land. They only needed to be treated with official etiquette.
The Water Cloud Holy Land made such a rule because of many considerations. First, it was for its own prestige. After all, disciples with official positions represented the face of the Holy Land when they went out to take on important positions in the various cities. If they still had to kneel to the Holy Sons and Elders of the Holy Land in public, it would be a loss of prestige and would cause others to look down on the Water Cloud Holy Land.
Second, it was to restrain some of the more arrogant Elders of the Holy Land. After all, the Elders of the Holy Land already had enough authority. If they could still control the various cities and expand their authority, the Holy Land would sooner or later be torn apart by the Elders of the Holy Land from within.
That was why such a rule had been made.
However, although there was such a rule, and this rule was indeed effective, it wasn't as effective as imagined. Most of the Aqua Cloud Holy Land's disciples still hurriedly knelt down and saluted after seeing the Holy Land's elders and Holy Son.
After all, they were still disciples of the Aqua Cloud Holy Land. The elders and Holy Sons of the Aqua Cloud Holy Land still had the authority to restrict them. One could follow this rule and refuse to kneel, and the Holy Sons of the Aqua Cloud Holy Land couldn't punish one because of this rule. However, there was no guarantee that not kneeling would not infuriate the Holy Sons of the Aqua Cloud Holy Land. If one infuriated the Holy Sons of the Aqua Cloud Holy Land, they would have a way to deal with one.
Therefore, in order to avoid making things difficult for themselves, and at the same time, for the sake of their future in the Holy Land, most of the Aqua Cloud Holy Land's disciples with official positions completely ignored this rule. When they saw the Holy Land's elders and Holy Sons, they would all kneel down and salute to show their respect.
At the same time, it was also because of this reason that very few people mentioned this rule now. If no one mentioned it, perhaps no one present would remember it. Even Shangguan Chen himself had forgotten this rule.
Fortunately, Shangguan Tong had once been fond of reading and had read many books in the Holy Land. Among them were the books on the official position rules of the Holy Land. That was why she remembered this rule. Now that she mentioned it, she could help Shangguan Chen out.
No one dared to answer Shangguan Tong's question. Even Young Master Tianqing fell silent.
The rules of the Holy Land were very strange. Under most circumstances, probably no one would take these rules seriously. However, once these rules were used in public, no one dared to openly violate them. This was because the higher-ups of the Holy Land would definitely treat it as an extremely serious matter for the sake of the Holy Land's dignity and the strict rules of the Holy Land.
This was exactly the case right now!
Although they knew that the restriction of this rule was very limited, no one dared to question it directly. This was because everyone knew that if news of this were to spread, then the higher-ups of the Holy Land would punish those who openly violated this rule!
Even Young Master Tianqing did not dare to do so!
Therefore, there was no need for Shangguan Chen to consider kneeling and greeting Young Master Tianqing today.
As for what would happen in the future, Shangguan Chen and Young Master Tianqing were already enemies. Not to mention, Han Wenye, Wang Tianming, and the others were trying to sow discord. Would Young Master Tianqing let him off just because Shangguan Chen had to kneel and greet him?
Absolutely not!
Since that was the case, now that there was a legitimate reason for him not to kneel and greet him, what was the point of saying anything else?
For a moment, the surroundings were silent.
Some of the ordinary disciples seemed to raise their eyebrows and opened their mouths to refute. However, they only opened their mouths before their expressions suddenly fell. In the end, they could not say anything.
After a long time!
"Since there's no need to kneel and greet me, then there's no need for that!" Young Master Tianqing finally spoke again. He then said indifferently, "However, City Lord Shangguan, I'd like to ask you something!"
"What did you do last night? Who was it? Who gave you the guts? Who gave you the guts to kill the Golden Roc Trading Company, Wind Array Guild, He Clan, Sun Clan, Qing Gang, and other forces in the city? "
"You're the appointed City Lord of Red Rock City by the Water Cloud Holy Land. Every action of yours represents the interests and reputation of the Water Cloud Holy Land. Yet, you actually did such a thing? Do you really think that you're the local tyrant of Red Rock City just because you're the City Lord of Red Rock City? That you can kill and rob everyone in the city? "
"Who do you think you are?"
"Hmm?"
Young Master Tianqing suddenly shouted. The aura of a superior suddenly erupted from his body, causing the surrounding temperature to drop below freezing point. On top of that, a powerful aura surged out from Young Master Tianqing's body. This powerful aura was like Mount Tai pressing down on Shangguan Chen's head, causing Shangguan Chen, Shangguan Tong, Zheng Yu, and the grey-robed elder's expressions to change drastically. They could not help but bend down deeply.
"Creak!" "Creak!" "Creak!"
In order to straighten their waists, Shangguan Tong and the others desperately tried to resist this powerful pressure. Because their bodies were resisting this powerful pressure, the bones in their bodies were making teeth-numbing sounds.
"Plop!" "Plop!" "Plop!"
On the other hand, Old Zhang and the others were too weak to withstand this huge pressure. Their knees immediately went soft, and then they knelt down with pale faces. At the same time, their knees hit the ground, making a muffled sound.
"Shangguan Chen, what else do you have to say?" Young Master Tianqing stared coldly at Shangguan Chen and spoke with force. (End)
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