Su Ji naturally had his reasons for acting so brazenly.
If it were some wet-behind-the-ears junior, they would have naturally attacked without a second word, shouting, "What the hell are you posturing for?"
But for these elders who had struggled for years and then lived in comfort for so long, their thought process was different: "If he dares to posture like this, he must have something to back it up."
Sure enough.
The old man no longer addressed Su Ji as a junior, but instead used the phrase "Your Excellency."
"Why are you here alongside our sect's disciple, Su Jiu?"
"Furthermore, the Sect Master... is she dead or alive?"
Su-'Sect Master'-Ji came online.
He took a step forward, clasped his hands behind his back, and put on the airs of an otherworldly expert.
"Are you looking for Lin Qingliu?"
Su Ji's tone was flat, as if he were talking about an insignificant, trivial matter.
"Her? She's dead."
Dead?!
Although they had already guessed as much, hearing the news straight from Su Ji's mouth still sent stormy waves crashing through the hearts of the five elders.
The voluptuous, beautiful woman in a palace dress covered her red lips, her beautiful eyes filled with shock and doubt.
"How did she die?"
Hearing this, Su Ji acted as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
He raised a finger and pointed to the bottomless giant crater beneath his feet, then pointed to himself.
"I killed her."
As soon as these words were spoken, it was no less than another heavenly thunderbolt exploding in the minds of the five elders.
You killed her?
A first-level Foundation Establishment cultivator killed a Sect Master at the peak of the Golden Core realm?
Do you take us for three-year-old children?!
The gloomy-looking middle-aged man in a gray robe let out a hoarse laugh resembling a night owl.
"Heh heh... Your Excellency is quite the joker."
"With just you?"
Su Ji ignored him, simply shifting his gaze back to the leading old man in the green robe.
"You don't believe me?"
The green-robed old man didn't speak, but a sharp glint flickered in his deep eyes, evidently weighing the pros and cons at lightning speed.
Su Ji was in no rush either, just standing there quietly.
He knew that these old geezers were all as shrewd as monkeys.
Whatever he said, they wouldn't completely believe it.
But they would fill in the blanks with their own imaginations.
The more fearless he appeared, the more wary they would become.
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, the green-robed old man slowly spoke, his voice carrying a hint of probing.
"Since Your Excellency possesses such heaven-defying means, you must not be a nameless nobody."
"May I ask what relationship Your Excellency has with the fleeing envoy of the Puppet Heaven Holy Land?"
This old fox was trying to fish out his background.
Su Ji sneered in his heart, but his face revealed a matter-of-fact expression.
"Oh, you mean that hunk of iron missing some parts."
"He damaged my sect's main hall, so I reprimanded him a bit. Knowing he was in the wrong, he ran away."
These words were half true and half false.
Yet they made the hearts of the five elders sink a few degrees further.
Even the envoy of the Puppet Heaven Holy Land was scared off by him?
Just what kind of background did this person have?
Looking at the unpredictable expressions changing on the five people's faces, Su Ji knew the time was ripe.
He cleared his throat, his voice suddenly rising.
"This Venerable One plays in the mortal realm to experience the myriad flavors of the world."
"Yet I didn't expect to encounter such an infuriating matter."
"Lin Qingliu colluded with foreign enemies and intended to sell out the sect's disciples. Such actions are no different from those of a traitor!"
"As a member of the Lovesickness Sect, I cleansed the sect and set things right."
"Now, Lin Qingliu is dead."
Su Ji looked around at the five people.
"The position of Sect Master of the Lovesickness Sect is now vacant."
"I will take it. Do any of you have an objection?"
Su Jiu, listening from behind, felt her heart pounding in fear. She quietly tugged at the corner of Su Ji's clothes, signaling him not to take the act too far.
She knew that Su Ji could no longer swing a second sword strike at this moment.
And it was even more impossible for her to fight against five Golden Core elders at the same time.
If someone couldn't hold back and attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Su Ji, however, acted as if he hadn't felt a thing. He kept his back straight, meeting the gazes of the five Golden Core elders in the sky.
"No, I told you not to stand so high up when talking to me."
"Get the hell down here."
What arrogance.
What insolence.
The five Golden Core elders had lived for hundreds of years. They usually lived like kings in the sect and were revered wherever they went. When had they ever suffered such humiliation?
Especially since the one saying this was a junior at the Foundation Establishment realm, someone they could crush with a snap of their fingers.
"Ignorant brat, how dare you spout such nonsense here!"
The one-eyed burly man was the first to lose his patience. The thick muscles all over his body trembled, and a fierce glint was fully exposed in his single eye as he cursed loudly.
"The position of Sect Master, is it something you can just sit on because you say so? Do you take us elders for mere decorations?!"
Hearing this, Su Ji smiled.
It was a pure, undisguised sneer.
He stretched out a finger, first pointing at the furious one-eyed burly man, and then unhurriedly pointed at the other four one by one.
"The five of you, come at me together."
Arrogant!
At this moment, only this one word remained in the minds of the five Golden Core elders.
The scantily clad, beautiful woman in the palace dress was so angered by his attitude that she trembled violently, the twin peaks on her chest heaving like turbulent waves.
She covered her red lips and let out a string of charming giggles, but there was a chilling intent seeping through her laughter.
"Giggle... Little brother, you certainly talk big."
The beautiful woman's eyes were seductive as silk as she looked Su Ji up and down.
"I just wonder if your abilities are even half as big as your boasts."
The atmosphere was tense, with swords drawn and bows bent, ready to erupt at any moment.
Behind Su Ji, fine beads of sweat had already seeped out of Su Jiu's palms.
She quietly circulated the spiritual energy of her Heavenly Palace Golden Core within her body, ready to deal with the worst-case scenario at any moment.
However, right at this extremely tense moment.
A voice that was completely out of place in this deadly atmosphere suddenly rang out.
"I don't have any objections."
Everyone uniformly cast their gazes toward the source of the voice.
They saw the young girl elder with her hair tied in double buns, looking innocent and naive. She was blinking her large, innocent eyes, wearing a pure and brilliant smile on her face.
Her abrupt words were like a basin of cold water, instantly dousing the powder keg that was about to explode.
The one-eyed burly man's furious roar caught in his throat, the charming smile of the beautiful woman in the palace dress froze on her face, and even the green-robed old man, who had been calm and collected all along, couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.
The young girl elder acted as if she hadn't seen everyone's weird expressions and continued speaking on her own.
"Whoever is the strongest gets to be the Sect Master."
She stretched out her small hand, white and tender as a scallion stalk, first pointing at Su Ji below, and then at the bottomless giant crater beneath his feet, which still lingered with an aura of destruction.
"He's so strong, he was able to demolish Senior Sister Lin's sect main hall with a single sword strike."
"For him to be the Sect Master, I'm convinced."
The young girl tilted her head, her eyes sweeping over the other four elders one by one, her face still wearing that harmless, giggling expression.
"What about you guys?"
"Could it be..."
As soon as these words came out, the entire scene plunged into a dead silence once again.
The green-robed old man and the gray-robed middle-aged man exchanged a glance, both seeing a trace of solemnity in each other's eyes.
Although this Fifth Elder's strength wasn't that great.
But she possessed a special Destiny.
She could predict her chances of winning after engaging in combat with a target.
And just now, she had secretly checked her own chances of winning.
The answer was that if she dared to make a move...
It would be certain death without a doubt...
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