Xiao Hua waved his hand and said, "You're welcome ~"
Seeing that Xiao Hua, a mere Book Immortal, had a disrespectful attitude towards him, Jiang Jianming felt slightly displeased. Xiao Hua didn't seem to be envious or surprised like other people when they saw him.
However, his expression did not change as he waved at Yue Yichun and said, "Friend Yichun, come here. When you went to find Ancestor Xiao, I brought some rare fruits from Xuanpu. Have a taste!"
"Ancestor Xiao ~" Yue Yichun not only ignored him, he even helped Xiao Hua up and said, "Brother Xiao Hua has already taken the seat of honor. Where do you want to sit?"
"Don't, don't ~" Xiao Hua suddenly understood something. He glanced at Yue Yichun and quickly said, "I'm not old. I can sit anywhere!"
"Here, here ~" Du Family's female disciple Zhao Linhong quickly took out a chair and placed it beside Jiang Jianming and said respectfully, "Ancestor Xiao, sit here."
Du Family's Zhao Linhong and Yue Yichun were originally enemies. After the three families formed an alliance, the two appreciated each other's talents and had a tacit understanding.
"Alright!" Xiao Hua knew what the two were thinking and sat down with a smile. He even patted Yue Yichun's head and said, "You're really sensible!"
"Annoying!" Yue Yichun said, "Ancestor Xiao, you're not much older than me. Don't take advantage of your seniority!"
Lan Zhan looked at Yue Yichun in shock. He blinked and seemed to have understood something.
"How should I address you, Ancestor Xiao?"
Jiang Jianming frowned and raised his hand when he saw Xiao Hua sitting next to him in an unrestrained manner.
"I'm Xiao Hua!"
Xiao Hua said with a smile, "Brother Jiang Wen is not my … disciple. There's no need to call me Ancestor Xiao."
"Of course!"
The corners of Jiang Jianming's mouth twitched as he looked Xiao Hua up and down, and then he said in a rather disdainful manner, "I called you 'Ancestor Xiao' earlier only out of respect for a pure literary friend. If I were to meet you somewhere else, you should call me Senior!"
"Strange ~" Xiao Hua shrugged and said, "Why should I call you senior?"
"Xiao Hua ~"
Jiang Jianming sneered and said, "Looking at your behavior, you must be used to bullying others in the clan. Actually, why don't you think about it? You are just a Book Immortal. How can you be taken care of by a pure literary friend? How can you sit on the seat of honor in front of all these disciples who are Human Immortals of Jade Clear Lineage? Isn't it because of your seniority? "
"Speaking of seniority, this is a matter of your clan. As an outsider, it's not my place to say anything. However, I want to remind you that you are about the same age as a pure literary friend. Why do you only have the strength of a Book Immortal? And this pure literary friend is already a Jade Clear Human Immortal? "
"We're the same age, but the difference in our cultivation is like heaven and earth. Do you think you still have the face to sit here?"
"This is your clan's jade carriage. If it were my Jade Pavilion, I would have kicked you out of the door long ago."
"Lan Wenyou ~" Jiang Jianming said smoothly. He turned to look at Lan Zhan and said, "It's not that I want to criticize you, but just now when I mentioned a few insights on cultivation, you still quibbled with me. I think you must have been influenced by your shameless Ancestor Xiao. Being conservative and self-opinionated is the most taboo in our Jade Pavilion."
"Let's not talk about other things. Just based on your ignorant and self-reflective attitude, I think you won't be able to get a good ranking in the Jade Pavilion Competition."
…
The more Jiang Jianming spoke, the more arrogant he became. The disciples of the Jade Pavilion beside him also gradually showed contempt. The disciples of the Lan Family, Du Family, and Dong Family all had a sense of inferiority as they listened timidly.
When Jiang Jianming criticized Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua didn't take it to heart. Although Jiang Jianming's tone was disrespectful, he was right.
But now, Jiang Jianming actually pointed the spearhead at Lan Zhan. He even began to deliberately belittle and raise his status as a disciple of the Jade Pavilion, his knowledge, and so on. Xiao Hua wasn't happy.
Xiao Hua paid attention to the disciples. Lan Zhan clenched his fists and bit his lips. He should be trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart. Then, he looked at Yue Yichun and Zhao Linhong. The two secretly curled their lips and felt disdain in their hearts. The others didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Xiao Hua already had a plan in his heart.
At this moment, Jiang Jianming smiled and said to Yue Yichun, "Literary friend Yichun, your talent is outstanding. Your speech and actions are elegant and extraordinary. You are the disciple that my Jade Pavilion needs. In my opinion, you shouldn't participate in some jade growing competition. That kind of competition is just a nominal reward for the Confucian Immortals who work hard. You should come with me to pay respects to my master and see if you can find a chance to enter my Jade Pavilion. That way, you won't have to serve an elder who is similar to your age every day!"
"Hehe ~" Xiao Hua laughed and looked at Jiang Jianming with interest. He said, "Jiang Wenyou who keeps talking about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, the Confucian Immortals of the Heavenly Court emphasize on heaven, earth, ruler, kinship, and teacher. This kinship is even more important than the path of a teacher."
"Although my strength is shallow, I am Yue Yichun's elder. Is it wrong for her to be filial to me?"
"You used the path of a teacher to tempt Yue Yichun, making her go against the path of filial piety. What are your intentions?"
"Since you call Yue Yichun a Wenyou, then naturally you have to call me an elder. You are pointing fingers in front of an elder and talking nonsense. Where is your sense of propriety, justice, integrity, and shame?"
"You even use strength to determine seniority. Where is the tradition of us Confucian Immortals?"
"Let's not talk about my identity as an elder first! In front of you are the disciples of the three family heads of Xuan Pu. They were born in the family and grew up in the family. You are insulting the three families in front of them. What kind of bullshit etiquette is this? "
"You don't even know basic manners and etiquette. You are talking nonsense here. You still have the nerve to call yourself a disciple of a famous sect. If it was me, I would have peed and drowned myself!"
"Calling you a literary friend is really belittling myself!"
"Xiao Hua ~"
Jiang Jianming's expression changed. He saw the mockery in Yue Yichun's eyes and felt that his face had fallen. He said angrily, "You dare to talk about me?"
Xiao Hua sneered. Jiang Jianming was already a second stage Jade Clear Human Immortal. He seemed to have the strength of a high level Sky Immortal. If this was the Immortal World, how could he be jealous?
"I said, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao Hua looks at Jiang Jianming contemptuously and says, "As a disciple of a famous sect, you talk arrogantly, that's heartless. You lose face of your sect's master in front of others, that's unrighteous. You belittle other people's sect in front of them, that's disloyal. You point fingers in front of me, an elder, that's unfilial. You're heartless, unrighteous, unloyal, and unfilial. The immortals of the Heavenly Court can reprimand you!
"I … I want to bet with you!"
Jiang Jianming's face turned red. He gritted his teeth and said.
"Add one more rule ~"
Xiao Hua said coldly, "You are a Human Immortal in the Jade Clear. How dare you challenge me, a Book Immortal. This is called bullying the weak!"
Jiang Jianming's lungs were about to explode. He shouted, "I, I …"
"I will bet with you!"
Suddenly, Lan Zhan stood out. He stared at Jiang Jianming and said, "You humiliated the Lan Family. Ancestor Xiao may not care about it, but I will not!"
"The Lan Family raised me. The Lan Family raised me. No matter how weak the Lan Family is, it is still my Lan Family. I will not allow anyone to belittle it like this!"
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