He might be a great alchemist, but that didn't mean he could defeat Venerable Sovereigns.
Relations between Immortal Alchemists and Venerable Sovereigns were supposed to be respectful. Sensible Immortal Alchemists would never risk offending Venerable Sovereigns.
This was especially true when one was dealing with a hot-tempered Venerable Sovereign like Qi Lie. Master Wu would never have had the nerve to tell him to kneel.
Struck dumb at first, Qi Lie finally came to himself. He stared at Jiang Chen. "You're asking to die."
Fengdan had a bitter taste in her mouth. She couldn't be happier than she was now seeing Jiang Chen about to get himself killed.
"Didn't you hear me?" Ignoring everyone else's surprised looks, Jiang Chen sized up Qi Lie as he took the immortal elixirs. "Do you want to be the second Venerable Sovereign whose legs are broken by me?" he continued.
Every single one of the onlookers thought this must be a bad joke.