The Ascended Celestial Li Ye

"My Yan'Er and Chengxi, they are not ruthless enough to handle a super exponent from the Mortal Realm." Yuan Ji was suddenly sighing.

Hua Wuwu asked him all of a sudden, "So, Ji Yuan..."

Yuan Ji panicky said to her, "Shhh. I am Yuan Ji now."

Hua Wuwu frowned, "So, Yuan Ji. Who do you think will win this duel?"

Ji Yuan chuckled aloud, "Of course it will be that Li Ye. An Ascended Celestial may be of a lower cultivation realm but they are strong enough to be able to fight against a superior cultivation realm cultivator."

Hua Baiyue chuckled softly, "Then we shall bet on that Duan Tian instead."

Ji Yuan grinned, "How about 10 high grade spirit stones?" 

Hua Wuwu chuckled, "10 high grade spirit stones are too little. How about 100 high grade spirit stones?"

Ji Yuan muttered, "That is alot of spirit stones?"

Hua Wuwu asked him, "What? Are you a poor cultivator?"

Ji Yuan protested immediately, "Of course not! 100 high grade spirit stones it shall be then!" 

"On!" Hua Wuwu and Hua Baiyue said at the same time. 

Ji Yuan was now nervously looking at the duel that were between Li Ye and Duan Tian. 

He was saying to himself: This Li Ye has better not lose... 

All of a sudden Li Ye was given a quick slash by the sword of Duan Tian.

After exchanging more than fifty strokes, Li Ye had finally lost. Even though he had the superior sword arts but Duan Tian had the superior profound strength and he was still as fresh as ever.

Duan Tian was laughing out loud. "Now you know how strong I am, right? So next time when you see me, be sure to scram as far away as possible. This little amount of injuries won't kill you but you won't be so lucky next time. Next time don't be a hero and challenge a sixth realm golden supremacy. Know your station and your place!"

He was about to give Li Ye another slash when Yuan Ji had suddenly flashed in front of him.

The reason why Yuan Ji had interrupted the fight was because as long as Li Ye had not admited defeat then he could still shamelessly claimed that Li Ye did not lose and he would not have lost his 100 high grade spirit stones. 

Yuan Ji smiled to Duan Tian, "This cultivator here. Why don't we duel with each other instead?"

Duan Tian laughed, "So what are your name and your realm level?"

Yuan Ji laughed, "I am Li Yuan. I'm also at the fifth realm level only."

He had reported a fake name as he was not interested to know this Duan Tian.

Duan Tian laughed jovially, "I am Supremacy Duan Tian. By my title, you should know my realm level. You are also an Ascended Celestial?"

Yuan Ji shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, "I'm a celestial cultivator from the Five Heavens Peaks."

All of a sudden Hua Wuwu and Hua Baiyue had flashed to Yuan Ji and they were saying at the same time. "Who are you bullying?"

When Duan Tian saw the two lovely young maidens, he was suddenly drooling. "I'm not bullying him. He has dared to challenge me so therefore I am accepting it. Maidens, is he a friend of yours? If you are willing to accompany me for a drink, I will be happy to give him some mercies."

Hua Wuwu rolled her eyes and thought, "This stupid fool has no idea that we are asking Yuan Ji not to bully him. It's not the other way round."

Even Hua Baiyue was cursing silently, "He dares to be so disrespectful to the two saintesses here. He must be so tired of living!"

Yuan Ji was sighing softly to himself. "Although you are a powerful sixth realm golden supremacy but do you know that you have encounter the 1% impossible odds of meeting not one but three saint level cultivators."

Duan Tian laughed as he continued to eye the two lovely maidens indecently, "Since you are only a fifth realm golden celestial, I will let you make the first move."

Yuan Ji said, "Alright then. Please give me your instructions."

All of a sudden Yuan Ji had attacked with his sword fingers. He had limited his profound strength to the fifth realm level as he did not want Duan Tian to know that he was actually a seventh realm cultivator.

His sword fingers were imbued with the penetrating power of his sword energies as he suddenly struck Duan Tian a dozen times.

The first six sword fingers had no effect upon Duan Tian but from the seventh attack onward, his sword fingers had completely rippled through the protective profound animus of Duan Tian and had sent him flying off!

Duan Tian immediately coughed out blood with disbelief.

How could he be defeated by mere fingers?!

But his opponent was really a fifth realm cultivator as he could tell from the profound strength that was used against him.

Yuan Ji chuckled softly, "Now scram or I will be nasty."

Duan Tian shouted, "Just you wait! You must be an Ascended Celestial too! I will not let this matter off lightly. I will be back soon!"

He had quickly disappeared in the crowd.

Yuan Ji had actually cheated. Although he had limited his profound strength to the fifth realm level but he had the speedy recovery of a seventh realm golden saint.

If he was only a sixth realm cultivator then he could only unleash six sword fingers continuously and could not be able to penetrate through Duan Tian's golden body.

But because he had the insane recovery of a golden saint, he was able to make twelve continuous sword fingers' attacks and therefore he could penetrate Duan Tian's golden body.

This was another use for recovery as a high recovery could also maintain the profound energies of the cultivator.

Hua Wuwu muttered, "Bully."

Hua Baiyue reminded Yuan Ji, "Don't forget that you owe us 100 high grade spirit stones."

Yuan Ji grinned at them, "This Li Ye has not lost yet. He is still here but that Duan Tian had already fled. So he is the one that had lost the duel instead."

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Yuan Ji then walked to Li Ye and said, "Friend, I must say that you are quite skillful."

Li Ye smiled bitterly, "I'm not as good as you. I need to train harder."

Yuan Ji snapped his fingers and said, "That is the word! Train harder rather than cultivate harder. Will you like to join my sect?"

Li Ye was startled, "Join your sect? But I am an Ascended Celestial. No one welcomes me and I don't like to join a sect."

Most Ascended Celestials were the grandmasters or patriarchs of their sects. Therefore it was understandable why they did not want to join any sect. They were mostly unwilling to be a low ranking protégé again.

Yuan Ji nodded but he was not about to give up on persuading Li Ye, "I will make you my elder and you will be in charge of training my protégés. I am Yuan Ji the Palace Master of the Emperor Hall Sect."

Li Ye took a step back as he gasped, "You're that infamous fool that dares to challenge the Hundred Flower Divine Palace?"

Yuan Ji: ...

He replied bitterly, "Yes, I am that fool. I didn't know I am so infamous now that even you have heard of my name."

Li Ye quickly bowed with his hands, "Palace Master Yuan, please pardon me for my rudeness. Actually you have my utmost respect for your martial spirits. I will join your sect. If there is a hero that I admire, that is you."

Yuan Ji was startled as he returned a weak smile, "Really? That's good to hear. Haha."

Hua Baiyue rolled her eyes, "A soon to be dead man is still going around to recruit people. What a weird fellow."

Li Ye respectfully bowed with his hands toward the two lovely young maidens, "How do I address the two Great Celestials here?"

Yuan Ji put his hand over Li Ye's shoulder and chuckled, "They are not important at all. They are just my personal attendants."

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