Dominator Emperor

Of course, his words about wanting an introduction from Chi Xiaodie were just a joke. He sat quietly at the banquet, simply enjoying the youthful atmosphere and soaking in the vibrant energy of youth.

Before long, the group of girls’ conversation turned to Chi Xiaodie, and eventually to Li Qiye.

”Princess Chi, is this little brother a disciple of your Lion Roar Country?” a girl asked with a smile, looking at Li Qiye.

Another girl, not much older than Li Qiye, also said with a laugh, ”I remember Sister Chi only has one brother, right? This Little Ghost tags along behind Sister Chi all day. Does that mean he’s your cousin?”

Another girl, who looked noble and came from a prominent background, looked at Li Qiye and said with a well-meaning smile, ”Little Sister Chi, if this really is your cousin, how about I act as a matchmaker for him? There are so many sisters here, one of them might be a good fit.”

Suddenly faced with such a question, Chi Xiaodie was speechless. ’Act as a matchmaker for Li Qiye? Even Bing Yuxia is only qualified to be his handmaiden!’ At this point, Chi Xiaodie couldn’t help but look to Li Qiye for help.

”With all you older sisters saying such things, this little brother is at a loss.” Li Qiye sat there quietly, his eyes carefully sizing up all the women present. Calm and unhurried, he leisurely said with a smile, ”When it comes to matchmaking, for this little brother, it’s like a maiden stepping into the bridal sedan for the first time—a brand new experience. Please don’t laugh at me, sisters. This little brother is young and thin-skinned. I’ll get embarrassed...”

”Tch, embarrassed?” A more lively girl shot Li Qiye a sideways glance and said, ”The way I see it, you’re a little pervert. Ever since you came in, your shifty eyes haven’t stopped roaming, checking out this one’s body, stealing glances at that one’s face. You look so sneaky, it’s obvious you’re up to no good.”

”Yeah, yeah! I think even though you’re young, you’re as bold as a brazen lecher,” another girl chimed in teasingly.

Since Li Qiye was the only male present, and younger than them at that, the group of girls felt bold and couldn’t help but gang up to tease him.

”Now you’re just wronging this little brother.” Facing dozens of girls, Li Qiye wasn’t flustered in the slightest. Calm and composed, he said with a relaxed smile, ”If I were truly as bold as a brazen lecher, and I saw someone I liked, wouldn’t I just carry them straight home?”

”Ooh, listen to the little rascal, talking so big. With your piddly skills, you dare to snatch a girl? Be careful or that girl will beat you black and blue,” another girl said with a laugh.

The girl whose beauty rivaled Chi Xiaodie’s laughed and said quite magnanimously, ”Xiaodie and I are sworn sisters. Xiaodie’s brother is my brother. Tell your big sister, which girl have you taken a fancy to? I’ll back you up and go propose on your behalf.”

”I think Little Yan is a good choice,” another girl said with a laugh, pointing to the youngest girl present, who was about the same age as Li Qiye.

”Sister Lin, if you tease me again, I’m going to ignore you!” The girl’s face instantly turned bright red as she said this, annoyed.

As the group of girls suddenly burst into a teasing uproar, Chi Xiaodie didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. ’These girls have no idea who they’re joking with. He might look as harmless as a fly, but when he truly gets angry, everyone is terrified.’

Li Qiye was being teased by the group of girls, but he remained perfectly composed and said, ”Alas, I am a respectable person. If you sisters keep teasing me like this, I won’t be able to take it.”

”Tch, a respectable person? When you get improper, you become inhuman, right?” one girl said with a laugh.

Li Qiye replied with great innocence, ”Now that’s not right. If I’m not a person, what am I? A degenerate? I’m afraid I’m not degenerate enough.”

”You can’t even say two sentences without being improper. Aren’t you ashamed?” a girl said, scraping a finger on her cheek to tease Li Qiye.

With Li Qiye being the only man here, the group of girls felt no pressure at all in teasing him; they even felt a thrill from bullying him.

As for Chi Xiaodie, she simply watched from the side. She relaxed, curious to see how her young master would handle this situation.

”Go on, little brother. Tell us which one you’ve taken a fancy to. Big sister here will back you up,” the noble-looking girl said with a smile. She was a princess from a country neighboring the Lion Roar Country.

”Well now...” Li Qiye said with a grin as his gaze slowly swept across the girls present, one by one, as if he were truly picking his sweetheart.

”Little pervert!” a girl exclaimed with a coquettish pout.

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP... However, before Li Qiye could finish looking over all the girls, the sound of footsteps rang out. Someone was coming up the stairs, and it was more than one person.

In the blink of an eye, five or six people appeared at the top of the stairs. There were men and women, all of them exuding an extraordinary aura. Among them was a young man wearing an imperial crown and a woman clad in a phoenix robe. The men were dashing and imposing, the women beautiful and charming.

The lively and bustling atmosphere from moments before was instantly doused as if by a basin of cold water, turning frigid. The faces of the girls at the banquet changed the moment they saw the five or six young men and women arrive.

The group of five or six was led by a woman. She wore a phoenix robe and a Treasure Crown, exuded an air of nobility, and had a pair of sharp, intimidating Phoenix Eyes. Her gaze swept the room and landed on Chi Xiaodie.

Chi Xiaodie’s expression darkened the moment she saw the newcomers. As for the other girls present, a chill went down their spines, because all five or six of these men and women had astonishing backgrounds.

”Chi Xiaodie, it’s good that you’re here. It saves me, this Commandery Princess, the trouble of going to the Great World Academy to find you.” The woman spoke coldly, her voice full of arrogance and a hint of disgust. ”Going to the Great World Academy would just dirty the soles of my shoes! A bunch of bottom-dwelling cockroaches and rats!”

The woman’s words immediately filled the girls at the banquet with righteous indignation. Even the princess from the country neighboring Lion Roar Country couldn’t help but say, ”Princess Huangfu, those words are too much! The Tiger Roar Sect isn’t an Emperor Immortal Gate!” Although she was enrolled in the Dingshi Academy, she was very good friends with many of the young women from the Great World Academy.

”What, you’re not convinced?” the woman said coldly. ”Since you’re a student of the Dingshi Academy, don’t hang around with a bunch of nobodies. Don’t disgrace the Dingshi Academy’s reputation!”

This woman’s name was Huangfu Feng. She came from the Tiger Roar Sect and was enfeoffed as a Commandery Princess in the Tiger Roar Country. Her talent was quite good, as she was born with an innate Imperial Mandate. Furthermore, her ancestor was a Golden Simurgh Demon, so she possessed the Golden Simurgh Body, an extremely rare type of Holy Bird Body among Postnatal Bodies. As a Prince, while not the most outstanding or peak existence of the younger generation, she was still quite excellent.

”You—” The princess’s anger flared. She shot to her feet and glared furiously at Huangfu Feng.

”Miss Zhu, don’t bring trouble upon yourself. Do you intend to make an enemy of the Tiger Roar Sect?” The ones who came with Huangfu Feng were all from Great Teaching Territories. At this moment, one of the young men issued a cold warning.

Huangfu Feng ignored the girl and stared at Chi Xiaodie. ”Chi Xiaodie, you had best keep your brother in line. Otherwise, he won’t even know how he died! Hmph, don’t overestimate yourselves. Be careful, or you’ll bring a world-ending disaster upon your Lion Roar Country!”

Huangfu Feng was the Commandery Princess of the Tiger Roar Country. She and Hu Yue were fellow sect disciples, and yet Chi Xiaodao had gone and courted Princess Bao Yun, who could have become Hu Yue’s fiancée. This was an insult Huangfu Feng could not swallow, so she was stepping forward to stand up for her senior brother, Hu Yue.

Huangfu Feng’s blatant threat instantly caused Chi Xiaodie’s expression to change drastically. The Tiger Roar Sect was indeed very powerful, but no one could swallow such a naked threat from Huangfu Feng.

The girls seated at the banquet also couldn’t help but glare at Huangfu Feng, feeling indignant on Chi Xiaodie’s behalf.

”I’m protecting Chi Xiaodao.” Just then, a lazy voice spoke up. ”There’s nothing wrong with him pursuing Princess Bao Yun. He’s an unmarried man, she’s an unmarried woman. Mutual affection and romance are only natural. That little girl Bao Yun hasn’t married into your Tiger Roar Sect, so what’s with all this fuss from you lot?”

The speaker was none other than Li Qiye. Without even lifting his eyelids or sparing Huangfu Feng a glance, he said, ”Since you’ve come here to threaten someone by my side, take this message back with you: if the Tiger Roar Sect knows what’s good for it, it will tuck its tail between its legs and learn how to behave! If the little girl Bao Yun wants to be with Little Saber, then it’s none of the Tiger Roar Sect’s damn business. If Hu Yue insists on using his power to bully them and break up the happy couple, I will personally break every bone in his body!”

Li Qiye’s incomparably arrogant words caused the expressions of Huangfu Feng and those around her to change drastically. Huangfu Feng shot Li Qiye a cold glance, clearly not taking him seriously at all. She ordered, ”Attack! Beat this Little Ghost to death! Beat him to death right here, and I, this Commandery Princess, will personally take care of Chi Xiaodie!”

”You court death!” A young man beside Huangfu Feng immediately reached for Li Qiye with a large hand. His five fingers were like blades, so sharp that their mere presence was painful.

”Get lost—” Li Qiye shot to his feet and pressed a hand forward. With a BANG, before the young man could even understand what was happening, he was sent flying by a single slap from Li Qiye.

Li Qiye moved like a bolt of lightning, instantly closing in on Huangfu Feng. Startled, Huangfu Feng shouted, ”You’re courting death!” She instantly swung down with a Feather Saber. The Feather Saber was extremely sharp; even an Emperor Body would not be able to withstand its blow.

BANG! Without even batting an eye, Li Qiye swung his arm and smashed it forward. The Feather Saber instantly shattered. Huangfu Feng herself was sent flying, spitting out a mouthful of blood. She had underestimated her enemy far too much, thinking a single, casual strike could kill Li Qiye. She never imagined that she would instead be sent flying by a blow from his arm.

However, before Huangfu Feng, who had been sent flying and was spitting blood, could even land, Li Qiye’s body moved too fast to be seen. In a flash, his hand was already clamped around her neck, and he had pinned her against the wall.

At this moment, Huangfu Feng was like a White Crane, its neck seized and held high. Her slender, fair neck was caught in Li Qiye’s grasp, unable to lift itself in its usual noble and proud manner.