"You're a lady from the Piaomiao Pavilion of swordsmanship. Please forgive me if I had offended you."
As a matter of fact, Li Taixuan had long figured her out. Nevertheless, he feinted a surprised reaction, in a bid to look respectful.
On hearing that, the pretty girl raised her head, pretty complacent.
At that point, Li Taixuan changed his tone.
"I learned that ladies from the Piaomiao Pavilion of swordsmanship were all amenable to reason. Then I will just take your requirement as a mere joke. You've got loads of the spiritual weapons in your pavilion, but we only have one piece of the spiritual treasure."
Without a conspicuous self-introduction, Li Taixuan made an indication to his identity — only a patriarch is entitled to the sole spiritual treasure.
Yes, the Taixuan sect was indeed on its downward slope. But Li Taixuan was till the patriarch of it, while the girl was nothing but a disciple of her pavilion. Additionally, the patriarch was holding a spiritual treasure, while the girl was moaning about a broken spiritual weapon. With all that taken into account, Li Taixuan had given her lots of face.
In some sense, Li Taixuan already gave her an out.
Nonetheless, the girl refused to go for that.
"You broke my sword. Will you deny that?"
She went on cross-examining Li Taixuan.
Li Taixuan responded, "Yes, but…"
She didn't allow him to go any further, cutting in in midsentence.
"Now that you admitted your wrongdoing, it's perfectly justified for you to give me your sword as compensation. How come you fail to wise up to that? Please act as a proper patriarch!"
Given that she referred to Li Taixuan as the patriarch, she already picked up on his point. Nevertheless, she chose to continue with the confrontation.
Apparently, she looked down upon Li Taixuan as well as the Taixuan Sect as a whole.
"Miss, please behave yourself! This is the Taixuan Sect!"
Before Li Taixuan responded, the tertiary chief senior stood out.
She was way out of the line.
"I'm fully aware of that. So what? I would give you face if it were in the past. Now I won't because the Taixuan Sect is nothing but a third-rater."
She even wrapped her mockery with a sneering hum.
That couldn't be clearer — she did all that on purpose.
"Fantastic! Miss, please leave here now!"
Right then, the secondary chief senior stood out as well.
He believed that the Piaomiao Pavilion of swordsmanship wouldn't bother to trouble the Taixuan Sect simply for her sake.
She seemed to fail to come to terms with what she heard, striking her eyes wide open.
Nevertheless, the secondary chief senior glared back.
Pretty startled, she looked back at Li Taixuan.
Li Taixuan retained a grim look and made no response. Apparently, he offered a tacit permission to the secondary chief senior.
"Fine! The Taixuan Sect is a hard nut to crack! I'm leaving now. But I'll come back here within three months! Bear that in mind! I'll hack your sect with my sword and lay it flat!"
Pretty irritated, she talked tough and intended to leave.
Right then, a childish voice went off.
"Senior martial sister! Senior martial sister!"
All present looked at her, following the sound. A white-dressed younger girl, about 15 years old, was scampering toward the great central square.
Her baby face crimsoned. She would certainly grow into a beauty in the near future.
Behind her, there were another three girls, all dressed in white. They were about 17 years old. Though not comparable to the arrogant girl and the younger girl, they were also comely.
"Junior martial Sisters and the little martial sister, let's bounce!"
Though the beautiful younger girl was still miles away from the square, the arrogant girl already grabbed her and intended to take her away.
"Martial sister, leave me alone! I'm not leaving! I'll have to avenge my senior brother!"
The beautiful younger girl was struggling, reluctant to go.
On hearing that, the arrogant girl held back her anger and turned back.
Li Taixuan and the three chief seniors soon spotted a satisfying smile on her face.
"The Taixuan Patriarch! If I'm not mistaken, are you Li Taixuan? Let's set aside the broken sword issue and talk about her senior brother."
She pointed at her little martial sister, sneering dismissively.
"Is her senior brother related to the Taixuan Sect?"
Li Taixuan raised a question, pretty confused.
"Her senior brother is a Taixuan disciple. However, you already killed him in an inhumane manner!"
She squinted and went on sneering.
Apparently, she didn't feel for her little martial sister's senior brother at all. She simply felt pleased to have taken advantage of that.
"What is his name then?"
Li Taixuan knitted his eyebrows.
"His name is Qin Shou. Dare you deny his identity? How come you sacrifice a newcomer for the Anti-Suomo war? A disciple called Wu Gui even used Qin Shou as a shield to save his own life! That was revoltingly heartless!"