As the creature kept drawing closer to the human that looked for the world as though he would drop dead at any moment. Something unexpected happened, a white sword landed dangerously close to the feet of the creature, almost taking off one of its toes.
The sword vibrated from the force of the throw, glimmering brightly with dense spirit energy encasing it's body.
"Hahahaaa..to think that I will see sect leader Chen here, forgive us for not showing ourselves sooner."
The Nian took many steps back on coming face to face with a new group of cultivators, the ShenJiangShi sect. Who had on them robes of yellow, the phoenix symbol of their sect clearly displayed at the front of their elegant robes, the only one whose robe stood out was the young cultivator that spoke derisively at Chen Yueming. He was Shi Yunxu the young master to the ShenJiangShi sect, dressed in robes of yellow that hid boots of gold, what made his stand out from the rest of the twelve cultivators with him was the armor of gold that rested on his broad shoulders. Every one had the same tassel of emerald dangling from the waist of their robes with sheathed swords resting calmly by their side. The sword that landed by the creature was that of young master Shi Yunxu.
Shi Yunxu's mock show of respect was not lost on Chen Yueming, his fear momentarily set aside, as he turned to face the newcomer whose voice rubbed at his bruised ego.
"Shi Yunxu!!!!How dare you talk down to me?! Am I someone that you could easily speak to in such a rude way?!"
The eyes that formerly shook with fear now blazed with a fury that burned intensely from the lack of tact from one of the top ruling sect's young master, the formidable ShenJiangShi sect. The reason why Chen Yueming could speak without restrain despite his clan not being in the top three but instead was two ranks lower than the ShenJiangShi sect, something he hated so deeply, but had no choice but to come to accept that his sect was weakening in power as the years went by. The first being the GuBaiJin sect, the third was YuanLi sect.
Powerful cultivators made it second nature to hide their aura when passing by, this way the enemy will be cut off guard and they could gain the upper hand in the process. In this case, Chen Yueming formerly known as Feng Yueming, married into the WuYangChen sect to gain power and reverence as being the sect leader of one of the most powerful sects in the cultivation world, but sadly marriage alone could not increase ability in a cultivator, as the person alone must train with their life on the line each day to achieve the level of greatness known to be seen among cultivators from powerful sects.
"Forgive my imprudence, Sect Leader Feng."
The tone never changed, as the words of Shi Yunxu was followed by a slightly muffled sound.
"Pfft.."
Sure enough, the ears of Chen Yueming stung on hearing the contemptuous sound from the other cultivators that stood by Shi Yunxu, feeling angered for being addressed with the family name he had to give up for the sake of marrying into a powerful sect.