Yuan Ji was now in the Green Verdant Great Hall of the Emperor Hall Sect.
This Green Verdant Great Hall was actually an audience hall that could accommodate thousands and it was usually used to host the various cultivators from the other celestial clans or used as an assembly hall.
And now right, hundreds of cultivators from more than twenty celestial clans had gathered in this hall.
He was not exactly accommodating them but he was actually being 'confronted' by them and they numbered almost nearly a thousand.
On his side was Shangguan Yan, Fairy Ye Chengxi, Old Liu Xiu and three hundreds of his protégés.
These cultivators had come to settle their 'scores' with the Emperor Hall Sect, either by talks or by force. It was because the three month grace period was now up.
Yuan Ji took a sheepish look as he stole a glance at Fairy Ye Chengxi and Shangguan Yan.
At the same time Fairy Ye Chengxi was shyly looking at him and when she saw that he was looking at her, she quickly averted her eyes in the other way.
Fairy Ye Chengxi was not only the honorable elder of the Emperor Hall Sect but she was also now the Second Palace Mistress of the Emperor Hall Sect; he had taken her as his consort just a few days earlier.
Toward Shangguan Yan and Fairy Ye Chengxi, he felt disgusted, shame and guilt at the same time toward them for not telling them who he really was. But that only lasted like three minutes and for the next three days and nights he was always in their bed chambers until he was suddenly confronted by the leaders of the some twenty celestial clans and that was why he was here now.
Right now the leaders of the some twenty celestial clans were all having a staring game at Yuan Ji and his protégés.
They were expecting the morale of the protégés of the Emperor Hall Sect to be low but what they saw instead was the fierce determination and the spirited look of hundreds of protégés that were staring back at them.
They were silently thinking, "What is going on?"
"Isn't their morale supposed to be horrible?"
"They have no strong experts except for Fairy Ye Chengxi to fight us now…"
"This new Palace Master Yuan Ji is merely only a fourth realm expert. He can't possibly be our match."
The fierce determination and spirited look of the protégés of the Emperor Hall Sect did not just end with this hall. Along the way here, the celestial leaders of the some twenty celestial clans had already noticed the lack of fear and even a kind of solidarity to stand with the fate of the Emperor Hall Sect.
One of the celestial leaders had even tried to recruit the protégés of the Emperor Hall Sect to his side but instead he was met with scorn.
Even threats of extinction did not seem to work against even the common protégés!
What was going on?
Although the Emperor Hall Sect had suffered a severe setback three months ago when most of its experts had perished overnight but its protégés had never felt more spirited and happier than when Palace Master Yuan Ji was in charge. Even though the Emperor Hall Sect was now a paper tiger and was terribly weak now but the morale had never been higher.
It was because three months ago, all the scums of the Emperor Hall Sect had all been mysteriously killed.
However, not a single protégé actually had the desire to seek vendetta for them.
The only remorse in their hearts was that their previous Palace Mistress Xia Jiaqing was now missing.
Many of the protégés were actually lamenting that they could no longer see Xia Jiaqing around. After all, Xia Jiaqing was also regarded as one of the four great beauties in the celestial fraternity and she was extremely enticing to look at. Although she was often unkind to the four elders and their cronies, she had never been unkind to the common protégés who had regarded her as their goddess.
In a celestial clan that had no scums left, the morale was naturally high.
Moreover they had two newly palace mistresses that were popular with them as well.
Therefore the remaining protégés of the Emperor Hall Sect had decided to perish or live along with their new Palace Master Yuan Ji against the confronting celestial clans today!
To perish or live with the Emperor hall Sect!
This was their secret oath that they had all made today!
Yuan Ji, Shangguan Yan and Fairy Ye Chengxi naturally did not know of the secret oath of their protégés; it was because they were too busy with their 'cultivation research' in the bed chamber and they were having their 'multiple breakthroughs'.
Therefore they did not emerge until all the confronting celestial clans had all come knocking together to demand 'justice'.
Now Yuan Ji was asking the confronting celestial clans, "So what do you want?"
All the leaders of the some twenty celestial clans were now all struggling to shout their demands at the same time.
"Palace Master Yuan Ji! The Emperor Hall Sect has occupied the western region of the Five Heavens Peak for so long. Do you think that you ought to make reparations to the celestial clans in that region now?"
"We have come to settle a score with you. Last year, the Emperor Hall Sect had injured several of our protégés!"
"It is time for the Emperor Hall Sect to give up some of its territories…"
"If you do not cede the Northern Heavens Peak to us, we will not hesitate to attack the Emperor Hall Sect…"
"Disband your Emperor Sect Hall and surrender your cultivation resources to us…"
"We want Fairy Ye Chengxi to come with us…Shangguan Yan too, if you do not mind…"
Yuan Ji was frowning unhappily. All the demands ended up with in return, they would allow him to live so long as he was willing to surrender the profound treasures, the cultivation resources or the territories of the Emperor Hall Sect.
He did not even bother to listen more because he knew that today they were like vultures that were now feeding upon the carcass of the Emperor Hall Sect.
He was cursing silently: Jiajia, are you playing a prank on me?
But he could not resist a furious shout, "At first I am willing to listen to your demands. But some of your demands are just so ridiculous."
Then he pointed his fingers at them, "Some of the things happened donkey years ago and now you are looking for me to settle a score? Why don't you look for the Emperor Sect Hall earlier to settle this score?"
He did not need the ability to read their minds to know that they were all saying one thing in their heads. "It is because the Emperor Hall Sect is weak now and the Palace Master is only a fourth realm cultivator."
Next he shouted angrily at another group of leaders, "Your demands are even more ridiculous. You want my female protégés and even my Second Palace Mistress Ye Chengxi to go with you?! And you there, even want my First Palace Mistress Shangguan Yan?!"
As his eyes wandered from the confronting leaders to leaders, he was suddenly surprised to spot the banners of the Mystic Eye Sect among the confronting celestial clans.
He growled furiously, "I thought that the Mystic Eye Sect is a neutral celestial clan that only sells information? Why are you here?"
Indeed the Mystic Eye Sect was a neutral celestial clan that had setup a celestial guild in all the major hubs of the Desolate Celestial Fraternity. Their main business was to sell all kinds of information and in the past Yuan Ji had even brought Xue Qianxue's information from them.
A fat man had humbly stepped out and laughed, "Indeed, indeed. I am Elder Sui from the Mystic Eye Sect."
Yuan Ji gave him a perplexed look and a light growl, "And why are you here for? Did the Emperor Hall Sect owe your sect something?"
He could not believe that even the Mystic Eye Sect was here to fish for troubles.
Elder Sui laughed aloud as he humbly said, "We're only here to be spectator and nothing else."
"Oh?" Yuan Ji replied curiously.
"Do you agree that sometimes information is only reliable if it is witnessed firsthand?" Elder Sui asked him casually.
Yuan Ji nodded and replied, "So?"
Elder Sui laughed, "So we want to know if the Emperor Sect Hall will be wiped out today and in whose hands the Goddess Fairy Ye Chengxi will fall into today. Some of my clients will be interested to know this information at firsthand."
Yuan Ji asked with a perplexed look, "They should be asking for my whereabouts after today."
"I'm afraid that no one is interested in your information." Elder Sui chuckled and he was being followed by the laughers of several hundred cultivators that were behind him.
Yuan Ji: …
He muttered unhappily, "Is my information so worthless?"
Fairy Ye Chengxi could not resist a soft chuckle when she had overheard him. Her ears were really sharp!
Then she took a sheepish look around her and lowered her glances with a flustered look, "Sorry." She apologized to her side quickly.
Shangguan Yan was looking at Fairy Ye Chengxi and her beautiful eyes appeared to be laughing as she trembled lightly. It was because she was trying her best not to laugh at Yuan Ji.