Chapter 1160: So It Was You, You Little Punk
The appearance of the Yidan Stream Ancestor and the sudden change of mind about releasing people caught Ancient Pill Stream completely off guard.
Especially seeing the extremely arrogant faces of Jin Pi, Bi Ying, and others, everyone was fuming with rage.
However, they really had no way to deal with the opposition.
Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable’s status was completely on par with Taiheng Daoist Venerable’s.
The latter could no longer use rank to force orders on the opponent.
And the matter of just a few ninth-grade female officials, even if addressed by the higher-ups, would just be muddled.
For a moment, everyone was at a loss.
Liuyuan gritted his teeth secretly, "Damn it, if it were the former Immortal Realm period, we would just fight our way through!"
"Unfortunately, this is the Celestial Palace, killing Immortal Officials is a dead end..."
"So hateful!"
"Looks like we can only make long-term plans."
"Alas!"
Just when the situation seemed unsolvable, Brother Cheng leisurely emerged.
"There’s no word for ’making long-term plans’ in my dictionary."
"Sect Leader Jiang, don’t be impulsive, this place is different from before!"
The Ancient Pill Stream folks were from the former Immortal Realm and knew this guy’s style all too well.
Back then, every time they heard news involving his name, it was always about whom he killed, which sect and organization he overthrew...
They were afraid this great figure would bring that style to the Celestial Palace.
But they breathed a slight sigh of relief when Brother Cheng merely raised his hand without drawing his weapon.
"Oh my, even the obedient grandson has quite a status!"
He waved cheerfully towards Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable across from him.
"Seeing grandpa, aren’t you coming over to pay respects?"
The initially pompous and arrogant Elder Yi turned green immediately upon seeing Jiang Cheng.
"It’s you?"
Yes, he had met Jiang Cheng and remembered it vividly.
Recently, when Qiu Yuxuan ascended, several key departments of the Celestial Palace sent high-ranking officials to the Reception Department to compete for this once-in-a-million talent.
Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable was the one who represented the Celestial Pill Department at the time.
Unfortunately, he lost a bet afterwards along with Yaolang Daoist Venerable and Yingchi Daoist Venerable to Brother Cheng.
And was forced to kneel down and call him grandpa.
This is why Sect Leader Jiang calling himself grandpa was not just a bluff.
However, Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable not only didn’t want to acknowledge this cheap grandpa, but would rather have him obliterated a million times over.
"Damn you, it really is you!"
Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable finally noticed him.
As soon as he saw this guy, his eyes turned red, nearly losing control of his origin due to anger.
"You refused to walk the path to heaven, and barged into hell with no doors!"
"Now that you’re here, don’t even think about leaving!"
This old man was so furious that he drew his weapon directly.
For an Emperor Pill Master, a weapon is often just for show, maybe used only a few times in a lifetime.
Now Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable felt it was necessary to inaugurate it.
Behind him, Venerable Jin Pi, Venerable Zhengxu, and others, although unaware of the grandpa-calling incident, were already howling and jumping.
"It’s him!"
"He’s the instigator of today’s commotion!"
"How dare you, with mere Emperor Realm Ninth Layer, arrogantly insult our ancestor, who gave you the courage?"
"To offend a Second-Grade Immortal Official, you deserve a thousand deaths!"
"I propose to immediately capture him and hand him over to the Law Enforcement Department for judgment!"
Are you kidding, Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable is the ancestor of their alchemy school.
If he were Jiang Cheng’s grandson, what would they, the grandson’s descendants, be?
How could this be tolerated?
Even Taiheng Daoist Venerable and Liuyuan from their side were speechless.
They looked helplessly at Brother Cheng.
"Sect Leader Jiang, even if you want to take him down, there’s no need for such stories."
"Yeah, it doesn’t seem to have any significance!"
Casually calling someone your son or grandson indeed seemed a bit low-level.
The only person in the whole scene who knew what was going on was Yan Yi.
But at this moment, she was busy transmitting sound secretly, gloating.
"I thought you could really smooth things over with connections!"
"But now, it’s turned into a face-off between enemies, hee hee hee..."
"Now the other side is even less likely to release people!"
"Your appearance has actually had a counterproductive effect; you can’t save Yue Yao, and now you’re involving Yue Zhi and Bai Yan, you’ve lost!"
"Conclusion shouldn’t be drawn too early." Brother Cheng mysteriously smiled.
Yan Yi wouldn’t be fooled by him.
"You keep pretending to be calm, but now besides fighting your way through, what else can you do?"
"Simple, let’s have our grandson release them themselves."
"You’re dreaming, he wants to kill you so badly, let alone cooperate with you to release people..."
Brother Cheng cut off the sound transmission, not bothering with the woman’s disturbance.
Then he faced the collective wrath from Jin Pi, Zhengxu, Bi Ying, and others, smiling at the centered Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable.
That smile carried a deep meaning.
It even made Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable feel a little unnerved.
"Grandson, are you forcing me to reveal my cards?" Brother Cheng appraised him with a grin.
Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable’s expression was extremely ugly.
"Rambling nonsense, do you have a death wish?"
That kneeling to call grandpa was the greatest humiliation of his life.
If it weren’t for the presence of five Divine Monarchs suppressing the scene back then, he would never have accepted the defeat.
And that humiliating experience had been like a sharp thorn in his heart, tormenting him endlessly.
Nearly driving him mad several times.
Such a disgraceful matter, he certainly wouldn’t let more people know.
Especially among these Yidan Stream juniors who considered him their ancestor, if he lost face, how could he continue living?
"What grandpa and grandson, I have no idea what you’re talking about."
He glowered, deliberately avoiding Jiang Cheng, looking instead at Taiheng Daoist Venerable.
"Taiheng, control your man; such mad words are simply laughable!"
"Is your Ancient Pill Stream only capable of such filthy insults? I may have overestimated you in the past..."
Taiheng Daoist Venerable shrugged.
"I’m not qualified to control him."
In his heart, he also felt calling someone grandson had no point.
Gaining nothing while lowering one’s dignity.
Sect Leader Jiang noticed it too.
This Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable intended to deadlock, refusing to admit he was once a grandson.
After all, everyone at the Reception Department that day made fools of themselves, and there was a tacit agreement of silence—all parties wouldn’t reveal it.
And there was no one else from the Celestial Pill Department witnessing it.
If he didn’t admit it, he wouldn’t lose face, and Jiang Cheng had no evidence.
"Utter such nonsense and don’t think this will pass!"
Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable, confident in this point, wasn’t worried, even starting to counterattack.
He sneered, "Those you wish to save will end up in even more misery than you imagined..."
"Oh really?"
Brother Cheng sighed lightly.
"You’re forcing me to play the video recording."
Video recording?
Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable hadn’t heard this term before.
But immediately, he almost collapsed on the spot.
Because Jiang Cheng took out a Memorial Immortal Artifact.