"No matter who comes, they have to follow the rules!"

Upon hearing Lii Xiaolan utter such words, the thousands of Cultivators outside immediately turned to look towards the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's private box. Whether they were Tier Nine Cultivators from various dynasties or Initial Tier Earth Immortals and First-Grade Earth Immortals, the expressions on every one of them changed, and their hearts filled with extreme satisfaction!

These words weren't merely about bidding for the Flame Saber; they were a blatant, forceful slap to Flaming Blade Duan River's face in front of thousands of Cultivators! After all, the meaning behind these words was equivalent to, "If a dragon comes, it must coil; if a tiger comes, it must crouch!"

Of course, besides feeling extremely pleased, these Cultivators were also secretly worried for Lii Xiaolan. After all, even though ninety-nine percent of the Cultivators here had no idea who Lii Xiaolan was, anyone who could speak up for them was considered one of their own!

「Inside the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's private box,」

Spiritual Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'Er, Qu Qingling, and Qu Qingfeng all had expressions of astonishment on their pretty faces, while Flaming Blade Duan River's face was already frosted with anger. He glared fixedly at Lii Xiaolan, fists clenched, as countless illusory flames flickered around his body. "Good, good, good! What a sharp-tongued girl! You seem to think my Fire Spirit Sect is easy to bully, that I, Flaming Blade Duan River, am easy to bully, daring to say such things in front of countless Cultivators?

"Do you think my Path of Flame is not refined enough?

"Or do you think the Initial Tier Immortal Artifact in my hand is not sharp enough?"

As he finished speaking, a miniature dagger emitting Immortal Yuan fluctuations suddenly appeared in Duan River's right hand. That small dagger was clearly an Initial Tier Immortal Artifact, covered with countless runes resembling tiny flames. Under Duan River's activation, it continuously changed, transforming in the blink of an eye into a fearsome, three-foot-long blade wreathed in countless blazing flames!

Seeing this, an extremely cold murderous intent flashed through the eyes of Lin Xuankong, who sat beside Lii Xiaolan. His hand quickly reached for the Ghost Frog Pouch, inside which lay the Third-Grade Immortal Sword, the Cyan Nether Immortal Sword, and twenty-four Initial Tier Immortal Artifacts recently refined by Xiao Xiuyi! At the same time, the Tier Nine Celestial Demon Bone within him trembled slightly, already fully prepared to open the Spirit Vein Transference at any moment and pull Lii Xiaolan and the others inside!

Perhaps doing so would expose his Tier Nine Celestial Demon Bone to Spiritual Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'Er and Duan River. But Young Lady Lii Xiaolan had dared to risk her life to stand up for him; as her husband, how could he possibly let anyone harm her!

At worst, he would pull Flaming Blade Duan River into his Celestial Demon Bone Secret Realm and fight him there!

At that moment, Spiritual Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'Er suddenly moved, stepping in front of Lii Xiaolan. Her expression was calm as she looked at Flaming Blade Duan River, cupping her hands slightly. "Brother Duan," she said, "although my junior martial niece's words were overly blunt, she is, after all, a disciple of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect. I hope Brother Duan will consider the past relationship between the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect and the Fire Spirit Sect and not make things difficult for a junior disciple."

Flaming Blade Duan River was clearly enraged by now. Seeing Spiritual Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'Er shield Lii Xiaolan, his face darkened as he spoke, "The Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect has tens of thousands of disciples. She is but a mere Ninth Layer cultivator who doesn't know how to respect her elders. Fairy Qu, are you really willing to antagonize me, Flaming Blade Duan River, for her sake?

"Besides, your Cultivation is only Mid-grade Third-Grade, and you don't even possess a single Immortal Artifact. Do you think you can protect her?

"Today, I, Flaming Blade Duan River, will teach your Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect a lesson by dealing with this disrespectful disciple! After I take her life, I will naturally pay a visit to your Sect Leader at Five Clouds Mountain of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect!

"I'm eager to see whether a mere Ninth Layer disciple is more important to the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, or if the alliance between our sects holds more weight!"

As he finished speaking, the Initial Tier Immortal Artifact, the Flame Saber, in his hand grew larger again, emitting constant Immortal Yuan fluctuations. The powerful fluctuations from the Immortal Artifact carried a terrifying oppressive force. After all, an Initial Tier Immortal Artifact was equivalent to a true Earth Immortal's Golden Core—a Golden Core renowned for being indestructible! Furthermore, this Initial Tier Immortal Artifact was currently wielded by a powerful Third-Grade Earth Immortal at the Late Stage!

Instantly, whether it was Second Prince Chang Li of the Xianluo Dynasty or Spiritual Crane Fairy's two disciples, Qu Qingling and Qu Qingfeng, all were forced by the Immortal Artifact's potent pressure to retreat to a corner of the spacious private box! The three of them looked nervously at Spiritual Crane Fairy and Flaming Blade Duan River before them, each secretly circulating their True Qi and activating the Celestial Demon Bones within their bodies! Their Celestial Demon Bones were all Tier Two Celestial Demon Bones. This was their only, and indeed strongest, means of survival when facing a battle against a Third-Grade Earth Immortal!

Seeing that a battle was about to erupt, Spiritual Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'Er's expression remained remarkably calm. She neither activated her Mid-grade Third-Grade Earth Immortal Golden Core nor drew her Tier Nine Spiritual Artifact. Gazing at the murderous Duan River, Spiritual Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'Er suddenly said in a deep voice, "Brother Duan, if you were to kill other disciples of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect—even my own two disciples, or even the True Disciples of our Sect Leader—it would not be such a grave matter!"

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