Chapter 1279: Walking into a Trap
Yun Che's words shocked Huo Rulie so much that his beard trembled violently, and countless jaws crashed to the ground all around.
Huo Rulie, drenched in cold sweat, quickly sent a voice transmission: "Yun Che! They are... sons of the Moon God Emperor!"
He had assumed Yun Che had little contact with the Yue Shen Realm and wouldn't recognize the two emperor sons' Moon God robes, so he dared to speak such words. But unexpectedly, hearing his warning, Yun Che's brows and expression didn't even twitch.
And his short six-word sentence was a massive shock to Yinxue, Yanshen, and everyone nearby, immediately silencing this area of the outer seats.
Who were the Moon God Emperor's sons? Even if they were from upper star realms or king realms, they would never speak to them like this. Yue Huan and Yue Jinxi's faces both darkened. Yue Jinxi stepped forward, his fury just beginning to surge but quickly fading into a mocking cold smile: "Yun Che, do you know who you're talking to?"
"I know." Yun Che shook the jade cup in his hand: "Two pathetic morons throwing their weight around."
Crash...
The jaws everyone had barely managed to pick up slammed to the ground again.
"Yun Che, they are..."
As Mu Huanzhi started to speak, Mu Bingyun stopped him with a look and shook her head.
She knew deeply that beneath Yun Che's calm exterior, countless boiling volcanoes raged in his chest.
These two men came to stand behind Yun Che with a condescending, contemptuous attitude—they had walked right into a trap... Especially since they were sons of the Moon God Emperor!
Forget it, let him vent... even if it only eases his heart a little.
"You!" Two utterly humiliating words shattered Yue Jinxi's last shred of imperial son dignity, igniting a furious rage: "Yun Che! Do you believe that with just those two words, I have ten thousand ways to ensure you don't leave the Yue Shen Realm alive today?"
Yun Che glanced sideways, and anyone could see it was clearly a look one gives an idiot: "And what if I do leave alive today?"
"Looks like you won't cry until you see the coffin." Yue Jinxi narrowed his eyes, his right hand slowly clenching: "Then I'll make sure right now that you never leave the Yue Shen Realm!"
In Yue Jinxi's palm, a moon-white profound light blazed up, releasing an astonishing Divine King pressure—he was about to strike in fury.
"Jinxi!" Yue Huan reached out and pressed a hand on Yue Jinxi's shoulder, saying in a low voice: "Today is Father King's wedding day. Are you trying to anger him by starting a fight now?"
Yue Huan's words were like a bucket of cold water, instantly cooling Yue Jinxi down. The profound light in his hand quickly faded, but his eyes still glared fiercely at Yun Che: "He's asking for death! Insulting me is insulting the Yue Shen Realm!"
Yue Huan stepped forward, his gaze calm but carrying a daunting authority: "Yun Che, I am Yue Huan, the three hundred and sixty-first imperial son of the Yue Shen Realm. This is my imperial brother, Yue Jinxi. We came to deliver a message on behalf of our eldest brother."
The words "our eldest brother" made everyone's heart tremble.
Who could be called "eldest brother" by the Moon God Emperor's sons? Only one person!
The Moon God Crown Prince, Yue Xuange!
He was the eldest son of the Moon God Emperor, the crown prince of the Yue Shen Realm, and the only one among all the Emperor's descendants who had cultivated to the Divine Lord Realm. He currently held the position of Moon God Envoy!
Because of his identity as the Moon God Crown Prince, he was also the only one among all the Moon God Envoys whose overall status rivaled the Twelve Moon Gods.
"Yue Xuange is the Moon God Crown Prince and also one of the thirty-six Moon God Envoys of the Yue Shen Realm," Mu Bingyun sent a voice transmission to Yun Che.
Yue Huan finished speaking but got none of the reaction he wanted from Yun Che's face. Instead, Yun Che gave a cold smile: "If he has something to say to me, why doesn't he come himself? Is he mute?"
Mu Huanzhi's legs gave way, and he nearly fell under the table.
"Yun Che!" Yan Juehai's face abruptly changed, and he spoke urgently. In his eyes, although Yun Che was fierce-tempered, he was not someone who easily lost his mind. He had likely never even met Yue Xuange—probably heard the name for the first time today—and yet he directly started mocking him.
Yue Huan's brows sharply sank, while beside him, Yue Jinxi laughed in extreme anger: "Ha, haha, hahahaha! See? This kid got a so-called 'Seal God First' and thinks he's something, actually daring to insult our eldest brother, hahahaha!"
Yue Huan's already narrow eyes squinted into very thin slits. He said slowly: "Our eldest brother asked us to tell you that he greatly admires your rejection of the Divine Maiden. From now on, you'd best forget this matter forever and stay as far away from the Divine Maiden as possible. Because the Divine Maiden is not something any random trash is worthy of touching."
The surroundings grew quieter and quieter.
Yue Huan's words stirred people's hearts but came as no surprise.
As someone who had once seen Qianye Ying'er's true face, Yue Xuange's infatuation with her was hardly a secret in the Eastern Divine Region.
Qianye Ying'er was the daughter of the Fantian God Emperor, and Yue Xuange was the son of the Moon God Emperor—the Moon God Crown Prince at that! In Yue Xuange's eyes, he and Qianye Ying'er were a perfect match, one of the few in this world worthy of the Divine Maiden.
At the end of the Sealing God Battle, the Fantian God Emperor suddenly proposed giving the Divine Maiden in marriage to Yun Che... This had caused an uproar throughout the Divine Realm and ignited countless flames of jealousy and hatred—naturally including Yue Xuange's!
Above the clouds, Gu Zhu, who was watching everything, spoke in a hoarse voice: "Even though Miss has not shown her true face for many years, the world still willingly descends into chaos for her sake."
Qianye Ying'er said coldly: "Men are truly pitiful creatures."
"However, this is a good opportunity." Qianye Ying'er extended her slender fingers, a marriage contract pinched between them, and her gaze slowly shifted toward the main hall—the location of the king realm's honored guests.
"Are you done?" Yun Che still showed no obvious reaction. His expression of disgust was like facing two annoying flies: "If you're done, then get lost."
"You scoundrel!"
If not for today's special occasion, Yue Jinxi would have already exploded. By now, even if his tolerance were ten times greater, he could no longer control his fury. He stared at Yun Che like an angry emperor facing an insolent commoner who didn't know his place: "I've truly seen it all today—there is actually someone so ignorant of death in this world!"
"Getting a so-called 'Seal God First' actually makes you arrogant enough to disdain even my Yue Shen Realm!" Yue Jinxi sneered: "Oh, right, I heard you were born in a lowly lower realm and only came to the Divine Realm a few years ago. No wonder you're stupid enough not to know what the Yue Shen Realm is."
"Heh..." Yun Che's mouth curled slightly, a dangerous glint flickering in his pupils.
"Do you know why our king realms never participate in the Profound God Convention?" Yue Jinxi's anger gradually subsided, as if getting so angry at Yun Che was beneath him: "Because we disdain it. This 'Seal God First' you got might show off in other star realms, but in my eyes—in the eyes of my Yue Shen Realm—it's nothing but a fart, understand?"
More and more gazes turned this way. Yue Jinxi's words caused many profound practitioners' faces to suddenly darken with anger.
The Seal God First—the strongest of this generation in the Eastern Divine Region—was nothing but a fart in his eyes...
His words, on a small scale, insulted Yun Che; on a larger scale... they insulted all star realms below the king realms.
Especially since Yun Che was the first in history to obtain the "Seal God First" as a disciple of a middle star realm, a pride of all middle and lower star realms. Yue Jinxi's words made even those who secretly envied and disliked Yun Che burn with anger.
But the identity of the Moon God Emperor's son was there; they dared to be angry but not to speak.
Sensing that Yue Jinxi's words were quite inappropriate, Yue Huan patted him: "Enough. Today is Father King's wedding—not a time for trouble. He's not worth it."
"Hmph, you're right, elder brother." Yue Jinxi sneered: "Yun Che, if you had actually become the Dragon God's adopted son, even if just an 'adopted son,' you'd barely have the qualifications to make me look at you twice. But too bad, you're not. Oh, oh, right..."
As if suddenly remembering something, Yue Jinxi's cold smile grew even more ambiguous: "I heard you're also some 'Son of Heaven's Dao'? Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
"Do you know how much force I need to crush this Son of Heaven's Dao?" He slowly extended his pinky finger, then burst into wild laughter: "Hahahahaha!"
"Let's go," Yue Huan said, then glanced coldly at Yun Che: "Yun Che, you should be grateful that today is our Father King's wedding day. Otherwise, even if you didn't die, you wouldn't leave here intact. But that said..."
He scanned the profound aura around Yun Che and smiled lightly: "Even if today weren't Father King's wedding, we wouldn't personally act against you, because you're nowhere near worthy."
"Is that so?" Yun Che turned his body sideways, expressionlessly looking at him: "Then when would I be worthy?"
"Heh, in a hundred years. Hopefully, you'll live until then." Yue Huan sneered contemptuously: "If you're still alive by then, I might grant you a chance to challenge me."
"In that case," Yun Che stood up at this moment and directly stepped toward the two imperial sons: "No need to wait a hundred years. I challenge you now."
At these words, the entire venue was shocked.
"Yun Che, don't be impulsive!" Huo Rulie and the others had just breathed a huge sigh of relief when they saw the two imperial sons preparing to leave. But Yun Che actually stood up to actively "challenge"!
Not to mention this was Divine Moon City, the day of the Moon God Emperor's wedding, and these two were far from just imperial sons with empty titles—they were both third-rank Divine Kings! Either one far surpassed all the sealed god sons.
"Challenge my elder brother? You? Hahahaha..." Yue Jinxi looked like he had heard the world's most ridiculous joke, laughing so hard he bent over: "Elder brother, did you hear what he said? Hahahaha..."
"Heh!" Yue Huan's expression remained unchanged as he said lightly: "I heard that with your Divine Spirit realm profound strength, you defeated Luo Changsheng, who had just become a Divine King. That does show some ability. But you're not naive enough to think I'm on the same level as a piece of trash like Luo Changsheng, are you? Hmph... I'll give you one chance: take back what you just said."
"Meaning, you don't dare?" Yun Che grinned.
"Heh, you're not worthy," Yue Huan said with a faint smile.
"Hehehehe," this time it was Yun Che's turn to sneer, the arcs of his brows and mouth deep with contempt and mockery: "With such a big mouth, I thought you were real big shots. Turns out you're just two cowardly soft eggs who hide behind the name of Moon God Emperor's sons, spouting nonsense but too scared to fight!"
"You..." Yue Huan's sharply furrowed brows nearly crashed together, and his hand clenched instantly.
Yun Che's words made the already frightened crowd even more horrified. Facing the two imperial sons whose faces had turned iron-gray, Yun Che pressed on relentlessly, extending his thumb and pointing downward: "You disdain my name as 'Seal God First,' yet you don't dare accept my challenge. So the mighty Yue Shen Realm also has such laughable garbage pieces, and they're even so-called imperial sons. Heh... I'm truly ashamed for your Yue Shen Realm."