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In truth, everyone present was well aware of the gap between the Azure Wood Southern Forest and the other three forests, but when the Black Python Stronghold Master brought it up so bluntly, people still couldn't help but feel that the disparity really was too vast.
However, what shocked people the most was that the Black Python Stronghold Master actually dared to humiliate
Although the Black Python Stronghold was also a second-class subsidiary force, and in terms of both overall strength and the quality of disciples they had been sending to Azure Wood Mountain in recent years, the Black Python Stronghold truly did surpass the Azure Wood Southern Forest.
But the Azure Wood Southern Forest was, after all, a legitimate subsidiary force of Azure Wood Mountain. Many forces that looked down on the Southern Forest only made their moves in secret — those who openly provoked them like the Black Python Stronghold Master were exceedingly rare.
Because doing so would inevitably touch upon certain taboos, and it took courage — something most ordinary forces wouldn't dare. But now, the one thing many forces wouldn't dare to do, the Black Python Stronghold had done, and naturally this left people stunned.
"Black Python Stronghold Master, I advise you to watch your words. No matter who you are or who backs you, our Sect Master is not someone you can freely humiliate."
"I was speaking to your Sect Master — when did it become your turn to interrupt? Who do you think you are?" But who could have expected that the Black Python Stronghold Master would actually point his finger right at Elder Gongsun's nose and berate him, his attitude utterly contemptuous.
"Black Python Stronghold Master, we all serve Azure Wood Mountain and will inevitably run into each other. I advise you not to go too far," said the Cloud Thunder Pavilion's Sect Master.
"Oh, isn't this the Cloud Thunder Pavilion's Sect Master? The disciples you raised this year are quite impressive — their cultivation level is far above what the Cloud Thunder Pavilion used to produce. No wonder you were boasting not long ago about how the Cloud Thunder Pavilion was about to rise to prominence."
The Black Python Stronghold Master let out an odd laugh, paying no more regard to the Cloud Thunder Pavilion's Sect Master than he had to anyone else. But soon his gaze shifted to Sikong Zhaixing:
"Sect Master Sikong, hasn't the Azure Wood Southern Forest always gone its own way? How come today you've come together with the Cloud Thunder Pavilion? Don't tell me you actually believe the Cloud Thunder Pavilion is about to rise and you're trying to cling to their coattails?"
"Hahahaha………" After saying this, the Black Python Stronghold Master burst into loud laughter, his mockery and contempt laid completely bare without the slightest restraint.
And it wasn't just him laughing. At that moment, the Prajna Sect and the other three second-class subsidiary forces, and even the third-class subsidiary forces, all erupted into laughter as well.
In that instant, the onlookers all had dark expressions on their faces. No one joined the Black Python Stronghold Master and his lot in mocking Sikong Zhaixing, because they all felt the Black Python Stronghold Master had gone far too far.
Regardless of what the Azure Wood Southern Forest might be, they had no grudge against the Black Python Stronghold. Even if the Stronghold wanted to use the Southern Forest to establish its prestige, for him to humiliate the Azure Wood Southern Forest so groundlessly in public — and in such an excessive manner — was truly going beyond the pale.
And in the face of the Black Python Stronghold Master's naked humiliation and attacks, the senior elders of the Azure Wood Southern Forest were so furious that their fists clenched and their teeth ground together, yet not one of them dared to actually make a move.
To outsiders, it might not have been entirely clear why the Black Python Stronghold was being so arrogant, but the higher-ups of the Azure Wood Southern Forest and the Cloud Thunder Pavilion knew about certain underhanded dealings.
They had previously received word that the Black Python Stronghold had already established ties with a first-class subsidiary force of Azure Wood Mountain — the Star-Gazing Observatory.
The Star-Gazing Observatory was one of Azure Wood Mountain's five first-class subsidiary forces, possessed formidable strength and deep foundations, and most importantly, it was situated in the southern reaches of the Azure Wood domain.