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Chapter 1363 - 1363 0776 Greed and Arrogance

Chapter 1363: Chapter 0776 Greed and Arrogance Chapter 1363: Chapter 0776 Greed and Arrogance Chapter 0776: Greedy and Arrogant

Qi Tian had been coldly observing from the start to the end, never intervening. He had hoped that his fellow sect members would display at least a bit of courage, to fight back even just once, but to his extreme disappointment, his fellow sect members had been passively taking a beating throughout. Facing those haughty and presumptuous princes and princesses, they didn’t show a trace of courage to retaliate, leaving Qi Tian thoroughly disillusioned, at a loss for words to describe their behavior.

Those princes and princesses had beaten up the people from the Imperial Master Mansion, taking all of their cultivation resources without leaving behind anything of value for them.

The people from the Imperial Master Mansion lay wailing on the ground for a long while, with no one coming forward to stand up for them or to offer aid. After quite some time, those fellow sect members of Qi Tian struggled to their feet, lifting their companions with broken legs, and made their way toward their gathering place.

Within the modest Southern City, it took them over an hour to return to Qi Tian, their journey fraught with difficulty.

Qi Tian looked at them expressionlessly and said, “You really have some nerve. Have you forgotten the instructions I gave you when you set out? With people like you in the Imperial Master Mansion, it’s no wonder that in the Great Zhao Nation, you were bullied by the royal family and the other two National Master Manors like that. You don’t feel ashamed, but I am ashamed for you. You should be glad that you were personally selected by the Mansion Master to be brought to the Imperial Family Secret Territory. If not for that connection, I would expel you from the Imperial Master Mansion right now, so you wouldn’t continue to disgrace our Mansion in the future.”

The few hung their heads, taking Qi Tian’s scolding without daring to utter a word back. When Qi Tian had finished speaking, the inner sect disciple finally stuttered, “But those are all princes and princesses, of noble status. How could we possibly strike at them?”

Qi Tian shook his head and replied, “Noble status is just an excuse. Up to now, you still haven’t understood one thing. In the Cultivation World, if you want others to respect you, status can only be second. The real decisive power is yourself. If you are strong enough, who would dare not respect you?”

The expressions of his fellow sect members remained calm, clearly not moved by Qi Tian’s words, nor taking his teachings seriously.

Qi Tian said, “Originally, I planned to personally take action to vent your anger. However, it seems that doing so would not reach your hearts, nor would it prompt you to reflect on your actions. This won’t do, as it would be too humiliating for the Imperial Master Mansion and would embarrass me too much. Now, I will show you what true strength is. In the face of true strength, let alone the children of Emperor Tian Rui, even Emperor Tian Rui himself would be worth nothing here.”

Qi Tian’s last words caused the faces of his fellow sect members to change greatly. Perhaps deep down, they resented the princes and princesses of Emperor Tian Rui, but they always maintained deep reverence for Emperor Tian Rui himself, never daring to speak disrespectfully of the Emperor.

Qi Tian secretly shook his head. The Imperial Master Mansion had been oppressed in the Great Zhao Nation for too long, so much so that these sect members who had left before he took over as acting Mansion Master still had such a lowly mindset.

Qi Tian knew that it was useless to say anything more at this moment. They had to witness certain events with their own eyes before they could build up their confidence. Qi Tian did not say anything more. He just sent out two Message Paper Cranes, one flying towards Xidu and the other towards the Eastern Capital City.

Seeing that Qi Tian had only sent out two Message Paper Cranes and then fallen silent, his fellow sect members thought Qi Tian was also afraid, not daring to provoke the princes and princesses. They had not expected Qi Tian to stand up for them, but seeing his response only made them even more disappointed. Their reverence for the royal family deepened, likely to give way to the princes and princesses even more so in the future.

Qi Tian did not want to go and trouble those princes and princesses himself, but that did not mean trouble would not come to him. Shortly after he sent out the Message Paper Cranes, the princes and princesses of Emperor Tian Rui, escorted by over a hundred cultivators, came over in great force and surrounded the gathering place of the Imperial Master Mansion.

There were only a limited number of people from the Imperial Master Mansion who had come with the Mansion Master, just a few dozen, and some of them had already been injured by the princes and princesses. The remaining people had lost all their courage and were shivering together, without even the bravery to draw their weapons.

A prince stood in front of everyone, head tilted back, nostrils flared, and declared, “People of the Imperial Master Mansion, listen up. Call out your person in charge. This Prince has questions for him.”

The people from the Imperial Master Mansion all looked towards Qi Tian. At this time, only Qi Tian stood calmly, no signs of panic visible on him.

Qi Tian took a few steps forward, standing in front of the prince, and said, “Speak, what business do you have with the Imperial Master Mansion?”

Qi Tian did not deliberately release his aura, making it impossible to tell that he was a Gold Core Realm expert; one couldn’t even discern if he had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.