Cheat Cultivator's Ascension

Back in time, a few minutes ago, Su Xiaotian is already preparing to intervene knowing full well what kind of person the third prince of the Imperial Court is based on his memories of the previous timeline.

And his initial speculation of what could possibly happen between his good friend and the one seemingly setting his eyes on her truly comes into reality as the intelligent-looking young man lifts his fist up once again after a first failed attempt to hit the beauty in front of him, this time the attack seemingly far more ruthless than the initial one.

Hence the reason why he moves even without notifying the ladies around him first, especially since he knows that the alluring beauty that is his friend, ZI Yu'er, is more than likely incapable of defending against such magnitude of attack coming from a cultivator with a far higher level than her current one.

Standing up in no time, the ladies around him, even the strongest one among them, that being his two martial sisters, Dao Xuanyuan and Feng Qing, fails to keep up with his speed, to the point that they only manage to see a blur as he moves towards the location of the third imperial prince and the purple-haired alluring beauty.

And with his disappearance, his tall figure then appears once again, but now standing between the alluring Zi Yu'er and the imperial prince that is Long Moxie, with one of his hands locking the prince's hand in place, not even allowing it to move a single bit closer towards the lady standing just right beside him.

"Say, aren't you even a bit ashamed?" as the scene of this 'reputable' prince's attack plays on his mind once again, the immortal-like young man couldn't help but ask as he wonders just what sort of person will hit someone weaker than them without rhyme or reason other than his own ego at all, what more said stronger person being a man hitting a lady not even on the same cultivation level as him.

With the question resounding within the nearby area around the three of them though, Su Xiaotian fails to receive a proper reply within a few moments as it seems that his own speed made it so that the two who is just about to fight unable to comprehend what just happened, leaving the two of them frozen in place for a few split seconds before they both regained their bearing, with the alluring Zi Yu'er showing immense relief on her gorgeous face while the third imperial prince's face shows an obviously displease expression to it.

"This is not your business, peasant, let go of my hand before I make you regret it…" seeing the young man preventing his fist from moving away from its current place, the prince, Long Moxie, couldn't help but start speaking as he tries his best to make his arm budge from the grip of this young man, such attempt just making him more and more aware of just what sort of monster this young man is, hence prompting him into resorting to threatening the young man with his status.

"I am the third imperial prince of the Imperial Court, just so you know, and any disrespect to me can be seen as disrespect to the Imperial Court… as a cultivator of this continent, you know what that means right?" trying to pull his hand away once more, Long Moxie added while having his head look up in order to gaze towards this new opponent eye to eye, planning to instill terror into him by announcing what sort of power is backing him from behind.

However, this doesn't necessarily mean that whatever it is that he is spouting is something anyone should believe in, as given his official status as one of the acknowledged prospective heirs of the Imperial Court, he can easily trick and deceive his way though anything he want outside the Imperial Court so long as he uses its name.

Should the person he threatened any other else in the continent, regardless of the cultivation they have, then he would definitely succeed in deterring them through deception alone, however, who he is currently trying to threaten is quite possibly the sole person who knows a massive amount of information regarding the Imperial Court who is not a part of the said force, something that said person found out from his memory of the previous timeline.

Hearing the words coming out of Long Moxie's mouth, Su Xiaotian then smiles towards the intelligent-looking young man's threat as he is completely aware of the fact that everything that he is currently saying is a sort of a bluff, with the closest thing to a threat that he currently has being the guardians watching over him in the distance.

"The world isn't so afraid of loud people who couldn't really prove themselves, Long Moxie…" the immortal-like bearing then start leaking out of Su Xiaotian as he replies to the intelligent-looking young man's words, the smile appearing on his face filled with immutable confidence that appears to stem from the depth of his very being, the smile disappearing as it turns into a serious, and rather threatening look as he continues his words without a single care whether the opposing young man wants to speak as well.

"You know, I thought you're about to show off something impressive, but who would've expected that you will just show off your elders like that… are you some sort of parasite that needs to constantly rely on them?" Su Xiaotian added as he let go of the now powerless hand of the intelligent=looking Long Moxie, the expression on his face clearly showing just how enraged he is now compared to what he previously felt, and the fact that the facilitating elder is now near their position doesn't make it any better.

Knowing that he made trouble for himself, Long Moxie then took a long breath to calm himself down, after which he starts looking around to assess whether there's a lot of people who witness this side of him, making him sigh in relief as he notices that there is still relatively fewer person who woke up from the illusion created by the Dao Resonating Rock.

Looking towards the middle-aged man who is clearly displeased by what he just did, the intelligent-looking young man then decided to control himself given that he is still outside the territory where he can run as rampant as he wants, showing a little bit of false respect in order to appease the clearly offended Dao Seeking Mountains.

"My apologies for the mess we've created, elder, it seems like I got carried away with emotion due to the things that lady Zi here has said" Long Moxie said with a jovial smile on his face as if he's not seething with immense rage just previously, this attitude of his, along with the way he composes his words making not only the elder, but also Su Xiaotian, who had experienced several lives, feel quite impressed.

'He's trying to shift blame even in this situation huh?' Su Xiaotian thought to himself while feeling quite annoyed with the way that this young man dealt with the situation, clearly still trying to drag Zi Yu'er to the pit that he created for himself while talking with the tone of someone who knew that the other party can only go according to the lead that he already created.

The very same idea is running on the elder's mind as well, making him feel quite offended given how seemingly disregarding of his status this imperial prince acts, thus also making him wonder just what sort of thing is he hiding for him to confidently act like that even within the midst of a place that is not within his own turf.

"Forget it, just go and rest yourselves in the waiting area, there are still a lot of people taking the first trial" in the end, the elder can only choose to de-escalate the situation as he sighs to himself tossing a token towards the third imperial prince, the very same one with the carvings of the Dao Seeking Mountains on it.
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After receiving the token just like that, Long Moxie still seems to be quite dissatisfied with the way that this facilitating elder handles the situation, wondering whether he can still push him somehow to teach the purple-haired alluring beauty a lesson for him.

However, he opted not to as he heard a telepathic transmission from his most trusted aide the moment that he thinks of pushing for more, the words he received causing him to feel a bit more cautious especially since he wants to use this competition as a platform for him to step on in order for him to become renowned within the Eastern Continent.

{You should not make any conspicuous moves now your highness, there are a lot of 'unknown' people within the premise, and even us are not capable of assessing their limits}