Chapter 79 Rejection
"Look, Manager Liuu has come out."
"Being able to serve as the Grand Steward on Senior Brother's Azure Sky Peak and earning his immense trust, her status is certainly extraordinary."
"If I could enter Senior Brother's Azure Sky Peak and become a guard, I too could rise to great heights."
"Senior Brother is a super genius that appears once in ten thousand years, and he will sooner or later become a Divine Spirit Level powerhouse."
Many people were discussing animatedly.
Although the Azure Cloud Sect was in decline,
it had still produced an extraordinary person like "Huangfu Qingtian."
It could be said his talent was stunning.
...
Meanwhile, Lin Feng was staring at the woman who had walked out.
He was slightly distracted.
Because, no matter what, Lin Feng had not expected, it would be this woman.
Liuu Mengyan!
The owner of the Imperial Capital Yunxuan Pavilion in the True Martial Country!
Wasn't this person one of Eighth Prince Long Haori's people?
Lin Feng distinctly remembered that he and Shangguan Fei'er had gone to Yunxuan Pavilion for a meal.
Then, Long Yuxiao, son of Prince Taixuan, shamelessly attempted to harass Shangguan Fei'er.
He was fiercely taught a lesson by Lin Feng.
Later, Liuu Mengyan intervened.
She even called out the Twelve Eagle Guards who were sent by the Eighth Prince to protect her to deal with Lin Feng.
But the Twelve Eagle Guards were defeated by Lin Feng, and he demolished her Yunxuan Pavilion.
In Lin Feng's view, Liuu Mengyan was nothing but a clown.
This woman, though not bad-looking,
could be called a beauty.
But what of it?
This world was not short of beauties.
But now, Liuu Mengyan had somehow become the Grand Steward of Azure Sky Peak?
How could a person like Liuu Mengyan climb up to Huangfu Qingtian?
This was something Lin Feng simply could not understand.
"Manager Liuu, please go slowly..."
Several elders from the Inner Sect Disciple Hall were smiling and clasping their fists.
Extremely courteous.
Because they knew Huangfu Qingtian valued Liuu Mengyan.
And that Huangfu Qingtian would inevitably become an unparalleled powerhouse, and possibly even an "Immortal."
That was why these elders were sycophantic.
Liuu Mengyan nodded slightly.
Although she was still at the Martial King Realm in her cultivation,
in front of these sect elders, she acted as if she was high above.
And these elders did not feel humiliated at all.
Such was the identity of the Grand Steward of Azure Sky Peak.
Everyone had to look up to it.
...
Liuu Mengyan walked toward the outside.
From a distance, the sound of a crane's call came.
A gigantic Immortal Crane was flying over, circling in the sky.
This was the Golden Feathered Immortal Crane raised on Azure Sky Peak.
A very rare type of Immortal Crane.
Not only was this Immortal Crane extremely fast in flight,
but it was also very perceptive.
And incredibly fierce,
much more so than many predatory birds.
A pair of cold eyes swept over those below.
Many disciples felt a chill when their eyes met those of the Golden Feathered Immortal Crane.
...
"Senior Sister Liuu, please board the Immortal Crane," said a disciple respectfully.
Liuu Mengyan nodded, waved her hand, and the fierce Golden Feathered Immortal Crane descended, landing on the ground.
Liuu Mengyan was about to depart on the Immortal Crane.
Suddenly, her gaze sharply focused.
She looked toward the crowd.
Seemingly in disbelief.
"Lin Feng..."
Liuu Mengyan's voice took on an ethereal quality.
"I truly did not expect to see you here."
Lin Feng casually glanced at Liuu Mengyan.
Obviously, Liuu Mengyan had not expected it either.
She smiled and said, "Let's find a place to talk, you and I."
Lin Feng nodded.
He found a quiet place with Liuu Mengyan.
"Everywhere in East County Divine Land is looking for you, yet you have run to the Desert Domain, truly unexpected,"
Liuu Mengyan said with a smile as she looked at Lin Feng.
There was a mischievous air about her.
But Lin Feng was unmoved.
He curiously asked, "Aren't you one of Eighth Prince Long Haori's people? How come you have ended up in the Azure Cloud Sect now? And even became the manager of Azure Sky Peak?"
"Didn't you know about the matter of Eighth Prince Long Haori's rebellion and his execution?"
Liuu Mengyan said.
Lin Feng shook his head.
He wasn't particularly interested in the affairs of that Eighth Prince.
Liuu Mengyan continued, "Although there have been some unpleasant moments between us in the past, they were not such great grudges. To meet again in the Azure Cloud Sect must be fate. Lin Feng, I'm offering you a chance to soar to great heights, it's up to you to seize it."
She said this lightly, with a haughty demeanor, which Lin Feng found quite distasteful.
However, thinking about how Liuu Mengyan had always shown the same haughty demeanor even to the elders of the Yin Yang Realm,
Lin Feng suddenly thought of a phrase.
A sparrow turning into a phoenix.
...
In the past, Liuu Mengyan was from the Mortal World.
Even though she was in the company of the Eighth Prince.
But in the face of truly powerful forces, let alone a mere Eighth Prince.
What did True Martial Country amount to?
Now, having joined a Great Sect like the Azure Cloud Sect and becoming a trusted person of Huangfu Qingtian,
Liuu Mengyan was like a pauper who had suddenly become a nouveau riche billionaire.
So her ever-haughty demeanor was not surprising.
Lin Feng asked, "What matter?"
"Currently, the Grand Elder is forming a troop called Azure Sky Guard, thirty-six in total. I think you have potential, how about a recommendation to join the Azure Sky Guard?"
Liuu Mengyan said.
"Azure Sky Guard? What is that?" Lin Feng frowned.
"Essentially, they are death soldiers loyal only to the Grand Elder."
Liuu Mengyan said.
Lin Feng commented indifferently, "Death soldiers? So, just servants then, sorry, not interested."
It wasn't a good role at all.
Lin Feng had seen his share of death soldiers.
They were even less than servants.
To throw away life for a single order from their master, that was the way of death soldiers.
Lin Feng would not become anyone's death soldier.
Upon hearing Lin Feng's refusal, Liuu Mengyan's face turned rather unpleasant.
She said, "Many would want this opportunity yet can't get it, and you, Junior Brother Lin, dare to refuse?"
Lin Feng chuckled and replied, "Therefore, I would ask you, Senior Sister Liuu, to keep this wonderful position for someone else. I, your Junior Brother Lin, have matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now."
Lin Feng gave a fist salute and then walked toward the Inner Sect Disciple hall.
"To refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit." Liuu Mengyan glanced at Lin Feng with cold eyes.
A Sect Disciple named Sun Zizhou, an elite Inner Sect member, emerged from the shadows, clearly having heard the entire conversation between Lin Feng and Liuu Mengyan.
Sun Zizhou looked coldly at Lin Feng's retreating back and spoke, "To dare to refuse becoming the Grand Elder's death soldier, is this kid really so shameless?"
Liuu Mengyan let out a cold laugh and said, "Some people really don't know how high the sky is, or how deep the earth is."
Then, riding the Golden Feathered Immortal Crane, she soared into the sky.
In the blink of an eye!
She disappeared without a trace.
...
Now, Lin Feng could Divine Travel beyond the heavens.
So when he left, he also left a trace of Divine Sense in place.
Hearing a few sentences of conversation between Liuu Mengyan and Sun Zizhou,
Lin Feng realized that because he refused to become Huangfu Qingtian's death soldier,
Both Liuu Mengyan and Sun Zizhou had developed hostility towards him.
"How ridiculous! Azure Sky Peak must have many formidable disciples who have switched allegiances; why not choose from among them? Instead, why recruit from the outside? Clearly, everyone knows that to become a death soldier is akin to becoming someone else's dog, where if the master commands suicide, one cannot refuse, completely losing freedom and self."
"As Sect Disciples in a Great Sect, with bright futures ahead, who would want to become death soldiers?"
"Liuu Mengyan and Sun Zizhou, hating me for refusing to become Huangfu Qingtian's death soldier, are really too arrogant. They better not provoke me, or else, I will give you a death without a place to be buried."
A cold smile appeared in Lin Feng's heart.
He stepped toward the Inner Sect Disciple hall.
...
A month later, Lin Feng departed the Azure Cloud Sect and headed to the East Sea.
"Divine Ruins, World Tree."
Lin Feng took a deep breath, his eyes revealing a hopeful gaze.
If he could really obtain a fragment of the World Tree.
Then.
His future achievements.
Might really reach the heights of the Ancient Gods, or even surpass that.