Chapter 3333 — Enemies Meet
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Backing them? And what of it? Bingtang, who do you think you are? Nothing but the Palace Master of the Ice Palace. Do you imagine that if your Ice Palace were not a branch vassal of our Five Luminaries Sect, you would enjoy your present ancient standing? That others would fear you? Give you face? Dream on! Cross our Five Luminaries Sect, and I promise you, the Ice Palace will be wiped out root and branch!" Little Six had come to vent his anger—his own, first, and Patriarch Xuanchen's, second—and so he was strutting and swaggering, utterly without care.
Just then, Feng Xiaoxiao arrived as well. If Bingtang could hear Little Six's shouting, Feng Xiaoxiao naturally could too. As vice palace master of the Ice Palace, when a guest came calling, courtesy demanded that she put in an appearance.
Only, she had just recently advanced to the early Heaven rank, and her strength was not yet a match for Bingtang's, so she was a step behind.
She had assumed it was some friendly guest, but no sooner had she arrived than she heard Little Six's clamorous words, and her expression changed at once! And who was Feng Xiaoxiao? She had once been one of the four great delinquents of Songshan City's No. 1 Senior High! Her temper could well be imagined. Someone shouting abuse at the Ice Palace gates—of course she was not pleased!
As vice palace master of the Ice Palace, if she did not strike back, where would the Ice Palace's face be? Besides, there were many times when Bingtang could not well speak up, and she had to step forward. The honor of the Ice Palace was at stake.
If Bingtang spoke, it might well come to blows; but if Feng Xiaoxiao spoke, there was still room to maneuver. Such was the difference between the palace master and her deputy—one could advance to attack, the other hold back to defend.
"Who is this old geezer? Senior Sister Bingtang is my husband's designated littlest-littlest-littlest-littlest wife. What marriage contract? You doddering old fool, are you sick in the head?" Feng Xiaoxiao demanded with a frown.
"Your husband?" Little Six was taken aback. He did not know Feng Xiaoxiao, but seeing that she was merely a skilled hand of the early Heaven rank, he naturally did not take her seriously—she could hardly be anyone of consequence! And Bingtang was someone's littlest-littlest-littlest-littlest wife? How was it that he knew nothing of this? It must be nothing but a pretext to refuse the marriage contract! At that thought, Little Six felt no fear. He dared not strike Bingtang, but he did dare strike this elder Feng Xiaoxiao—yes, in his eyes he took Feng Xiaoxiao for no more than an ordinary Ice Palace elder! After all, who had ever heard that Feng Xiaoxiao was Bingtang's junior sister? Bingtang's master had left the Ice Palace long ago, had he not? Where would he have gone to take on a disciple? So the woman before him could certainly not be Feng Xiaoxiao.
So Little Six glared, reached out, and swung a slap at Feng Xiaoxiao's face. Of course, he did not mean to kill—only to teach Feng Xiaoxiao a lesson. "Little wretch, daring to shout at this old man—I will slap you to death!"
"You dare!" Bingtang was startled and hastily pulled Feng Xiaoxiao aside. But Little Six was, after all, a skilled hand at the peak of the late Heaven rank, and his palm was already swinging. Though Feng Xiaoxiao dodged it thanks to Bingtang, the edge of the palm wind still grazed Bingtang, tearing several gashes in the white robes on her arm...
Even so, Bingtang dared not speak her anger aloud. Were a man of the Mystic Core Sect standing here, Bingtang would have dared trade blows with him; but before a man of the Five Luminaries Sect, Bingtang truly did not dare. Her face flushed red as she glared furiously at Little Six.