Elder Sui from the Mystic Eye Sect was sighing immediately as he muttered, "I didn''te here to die. Why am I so unlucky?"


    Many of the cultivators were all sighing heavily.


    Yuan Ji heaved a quiet sigh as he revived Shangguan Yan,forting her. "It is alright. We''ll be fine. Maybe the Hundred Flower Divine Pce is here for a friendly visit."


    When he had said that, none of the cultivators actually believed in that.


    In fact many of the cultivators were now writing theirst wills.


    Even Yuan Ji did not believe in it. Just as he had thought that everything was now going in his way now, the mother of crisis had actuallye knocking.


    Shangguan Yan nodded lightly.


    Fairy Ye Chengxi was holding onto her sister hand and was looking at her warmly. "Brother Yuan Ji will protect us."


    Yuan Ji forced himself tough out jovially, "Come! Let''s go outside the hall and see what the Hundred Flower Divine Pce wants! At most, we will fight them with everything we got. It is only two saints and not ten saints. Hahaha."


    With that he took the lead to be the first one to confront the Hundred Flower Divine Pce and he was immediately followed by Shangguan Yan, Fairy Ye Chengxi and all the other cultivators.


    In no time they were all at the heaven gate of the Emperor Hall Sect and Yuan Ji''s protégés began to say panicky to him. "Pce Master…we can''t stop them from barging in…


    Yuan Ji said to them, "It is alright."


    He turned his attention to the intruders.


    Under the cool breeze were two elderly cultivators and behind them was arge beautiful blue sedan that was escorted by ten maidens.


    Yuan Ji immediately greeted them, "I am Pce Master Yuan Ji. How do I address our honored guests?"


    The elderly cultivator on the left stroked his white beard before saying, "Great Saint Fu Wushuang. First Elder of the Hundred Flower Divine Pce."


    The elderly cultivator on the right lifted his chin and said, "Great Saint Wei Yidao. Second Elder of the Hundred Flower Divine Pce."


    When Yuan Ji heard that they were great saints instead of saints, he almost dropped his jaws on the ground while the cultivators behind him were all gasping with great shock and many were now taking several steps backward.


    Great Saints are upper seventh realm sacred saints and this tier is the hardest tier of the seventh realm level to breakthrough. It is almost like a standalone tier.


    In order to ovee from the middle tier sacred saint level to the upper tier sacred saint level, the saint must first ovee a lightning tribtion first. Only if they can survive the life and death tribtion of the lightning tribtion will they be able to ovee thisst barrier to be a Great Saint.


    But it will not be easy. Failure to do so will mean death instantly.


    And there are three types of lightning tribtion; the three-stage silver lightning tribtion, the six-stage golden lightning tribtion and the nine-stage purple lightning tribtion.


    The three –stage silver lightning is the mostmonly encountered but it is equally as deadly, killing a majority of the saints that are attempting it.


    The more powerful a cultivator is, the more powerful the lightning tribtion will be.


    There are actually very few great saints in the Deste Celestial Fraternity and every single of them can wipe out a celestial n like the Emperor Hall Sect with ease and moreover there are two of them today!


    The difference between a seventh realm saint and a seventh realm great saint is like heaven and earth that it can be considered like a new realm level entirely.


    Immediately all the cultivators that were behind Yuan Ji were all greeting them;


    "Our respects to the two elders…"


    "We have long admired the Hundred Flower Divine Pce…"


    "We''re all ttered to be in your presence…"


    All kinds of ttering and humble greetings were suddenly flying behind him.


    Yuan Ji smiled bitterly to himself, "These cultivators are all so spineless. Are they allowing the Hundred Flower Divine Pce to trample upon their pride? We are cultivators, the proud sons and daughters of the heavens."


    Fairy Ye Chengxi and Shangguan Yan were smiling bitterly at the sudden change of attitude with the cultivators that had just pledged their loyalty to the Emperor Hall Sect. It looked like they could change their loyalty at a moment notice.


    This was reality. The strong would always oppress the weak and the weak would rally behind the banner of the strong!


    Yuan Ji saw the looks of disgust that were in the eyes of his two consorts and he decided to keep his mouth shut. It was because he had actually wanted to tter the two elders himself but the other cultivators had seized the opportunity ahead of him and that was why he was cursing them for being spineless.


    Yuan Ji was now smiling bitterly. "So what do you want?"


    First Elder Fu Wushuang smiled coldly, "The Emperor Hall Sect has taken something that is from the Hundred Flower Divine Pce and we want it back now."


    Yuan Ji blinked his eyes nkly, "Erm, what is it?"


    "The Blue Divine Flower of the Hundred Flower Divine Pce." First Elder Fu Wushuang replied coldly.


    Yuan Ji had a bitter smile as he answered, "Is this a mistake? The Emperor Hall Sect will never take anything that is from the Hundred Flower Divine Pce. This, I am very sure."


    Second Elder Wei Yidaoughed coldly, "Mistake? I don''t think so. We can sense the profound signature of our Blue Divine Flower in this ce."


    Yuan Ji smiled bitterly, "I will dly give you back if you can find it."


    All of a sudden Second Elder Wei Yidao had sped past Yuan Ji and the other cultivators and he had headed into the mountain pces of the Emperor Hall Sect.


    This speed that was disyed by Second Elder Wei Yidao was too insane and everyone was stunned. "This is the profound strength of a great saint…"


    Yuan Ji smiled weakly to himself, "That old man sure is agile."


    Even before the hearts of the cultivators had calmed down, Second Elder Wei Yidao had suddenly sped back and in his hand was a small pot of a beautiful blue flower. There was no doubt that this was the Blue Divine Flower that they were seeking.


    Yuan Ji rolled his eyes as he whispered weakly to Old Liu Xuan, "The four elders are really too outrageous. Of all the celestial ns, why did they have to take something from the Hundred Flower Divine Pce? Now we''re all going to be killed because of this matter."


    Old Liu Xuan replied weakly, "Actually it is our previous Pce Mistress Jia. She said she had found it lying on the roadside and had taken it back."


    Yuan Ji: ..


    "Did she really say that? This is themest thing that I''ve ever heard." Yuan Ji was now smiling bitterly.


    Shangguan Yan was gasping when she saw the Blue Divine Flower and she quietly whispered to him, "Brother Yuan Ji, I saw Pce Mistress extracting the scent of that flower for…" She did not dare to say it loud and showed her fingernails to Yuan Ji.


    Yuan Ji was now cursing loudly in his mind, "Xia Jiajia! You are a bimbo! No, a big bimbo! No, a super bimbo for stealing from the Hundred Flower Divine Pce. You have really got me into a fine fix this time."


    First Elder Fu Wushuang smiled coldly at Yuan Ji, "So you got nothing more to say right?"


    Yuan Ji shook his head bitterly. He really got nothing more to say now. The legacy of Xia Jiajia had just jinxed him to his uing death.


    First Elder Fu Wushuang hummed coldly, "No one has ever dares to take anything from the Hundred Flower Divine Pce. You''re the first and you should pay. The entire Emperor Hall Sect should pay. Maybe even the one hundred celestial ns from the Five Heavens Peaks should pay too."


    When he had said that, everyone had turned ashen.


    Yuan Ji knew that they would all have to pay with their lives. The justice of the Hundred Flower Divine Pce was death to all the offenders, no matter how small or big was the offence.


    Moreover Yuan Ji could tell that the Hundred Flower Divine Pce had valued this Blue Divine Flower highly because two great saints were being sent to retrieve it.


    Yuan Ji kept quiet. Although it was all Xia Jiajia''s fault fornding him into this, he would not betray her because in his heart, she was already his woman.


    He felt a little pitiful that today his two beloved consorts would have to perish along with him.


    All of a sudden a young and lovely maiden from the back had traversed instantly in front of them in a blink of an eye, startling everyone with her speed of movement.


    Even Yuan Ji was startled.


    It was because her speed clearly marked her as a seventh realm saintess!


    The lovely maiden giggled softly as she said to her two elders, "Our old master, the Divine Pce Master says that on ount of the honesty of Pce Master Yuan, he is willing to give him a chance."


    Yuan Ji was suddenly smiling, "Really? I''ve a chance? Then I must thank the Divine Pce Master personally then." But he was suddenly rmed. It was because their Divine Pce Master was actually here. Was there a secret with this Blue Divine Flower?


    He stole a nce at the other nine maidens at the back and was quite startled to suddenly notice that they all had golden eyes. The celestial strength of the Hundred Flower Divine Pce was startling and it was no wonder why it was greatly feared in the Deste Celestial Fraternity.


    But at the same time he was quite disgusted by the Hundred Flower Divine Pce and their old master. It was because there was a long standing rumor in the celestial fraternity that the Hundred Flower Divine Pce practiced dual cultivation and they had the practice of using young maidens to be their yin melting cauldrons.


    The fact that their elders and old master were this old confirmed the rumors in his heart. They must be using these ten maidens for their dual cultivation in order to prolong their lifespan.


    The lovely maiden was now looking at Yuan Ji as she giggled, "This Pce Master Yuan is really handsome. He is a rare beauty."


    Yuan Ji: …


    Did he just hear this lovely maiden calling him a rare beauty?


    He was totally rendered speechless by her.


    The lovely maiden smiled at him before saying, "As long as you are willing to ept a personal duel from my old master then he will be gracious enough to spare the lives of everyone here."


    Yuan Ji: …


    This was the impossible, right?


    He replied weakly, "What is the cultivation realm of your Divine Pce Master then?"


    "Great Saint! You''re in luck!" The lovely maiden giggled. "You got to fight with a great saint. This is the greatest aplishment of your life. You also got to fight with my Divine Pce Master which is the greatest honor of your life. The entire Deste Celestial Fraternity will be singing your praises for a long time."


    Yuan Ji: …


    "I''ll rather that I fight you instead." He muttered weakly.


    "This won''t do at all!" The lovely maiden giggled. "I am the weakest among my sisters. Moreover I''m only a personal attendant to my old master. Surely you''re not thinking of picking the weakest to be your opponent? Won''t you be aughing stock and won''t it be beneath your status?"


    Yuan Ji: …


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    Everyone: …


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    Yuan Ji and all the others were all gasping softly in disbelief. Did she just say that she was the weakest and she was only a personal attendant?!


    The lovely maiden giggled softly, "Why are all of you looking at me like this? If my old master wants us to sleep with him, it is our honor. There is nothing shameful about being a personal attendant to my old master."


    Yuan Ji was smiling weakly.


    Actually they were all gasping with shock because of the ten saintesses and three great saints that they were facing today.


    Yuan Ji cursed himself why did he have to make a joke earlier about facing two saints and not ten saints. Now he was indeed facing ten saints.


    "So Pce Master Yuan will be d to ept the honor challenge?" The lovely maiden giggled. Without waiting for Yuan Ji to reply her, she added with a yful smile. "Of course Pce Master Yuan can choose to decline the honor duel. Our old master isn''t someone that likes to force anyone to ept his challenge."


    Yuan Ji smiled weakly, "Really? That''s good…"


    "We just have to ughter everyone here then. You must know that it is our usual practice." The lovely maiden nodded her head a she took a lovely look at him.


    Everyone: …


    Yuan Ji: …


    He quickly did a fourteen million and six hundred and five calctions how he was going to win against a great saint and there was zero chance for him to win.


    "Pce Master Yuan, you must take this honor challenge for us…"


    "That''s right…"


    "Better for you to die alone than we apany you…"


    Even Supremacy Guo Taiming was whispering to him, "Brother Ji Yuan, I can only give you my spiritual support."


    Yuan Ji: …


    He sighed heavily as he looked at Fairy Ye Chengxi and Shangguan Yan, "Please take good care of yourself. Today I will be handing over the position of sect leader to Chengxi. Please be strong and live well."


    Fairy Ye Chengxi and Shangguan Yan were both tearful as they took his arms, saying woefully together. "If Brother Yuan Ji our lord is to die, we will follow after you as well!"


    Yuan Ji rebuked them sternly, "Do you know how many lifetimes of cultivation karma that you have to cumte to be a cultivator? Don''t talk about ending your life because of me. In this life, I am quite contended already…"


    Then he sighed silently, "Maybe not. I still don''t know if Jiajia is alive or dead yet. I really want to see her for the veryst time to apologize to her."


    All of a sudden a second lovely maiden from the back had traversed instantly in front of Yuan Ji and she was saying nonchntly, "Our old master the Divine Pce Master says that on ount of your fearless guts, he will give you six months to prepare your funeral and to say your farewells."


    Then she raised her fingers and several profound energy projectiles had flown into Yuan Ji, Shangguan Yan and Fairy Ye Chengxi before dissipating harmlessly. "I have ced my profound signatures on you. Don''t ever think of removing my mark. With your present cultivation level, you can''t remove a saintess'' mark. And don''t ever think of running away or we will ughter everyone in the Five Heavens Peak."


    "The duel will be held at the Lofty World End Peak." Then she added with a wry smile. "A befitting end for such a dashing beauty like you."


    Yuan Ji was not offended by her for calling him a beauty.


    Instead he was delighted. It was because he had six months now to regain his profound strength to the seventh realm level. Then he would have a fighting chance.


    And he got six months to find Xia Jiajia.


    If she had really fallen into Xue Qianxue''s hand then he would rescue her.


    If not, he felt that he still owe her an important apology.


    Although he may curse her for being a bimbo all the time, he was actually just venting it off and he was never upset with her. It was because he knew that she had been quietly waiting for him for a hundred years.