Right Elder Wu of Mount Fu Sect was the first to get to me after Kita. He turned with his eyebrows raised looking questioningly at Kita. There was already a foreboding silence in the hall as everyone had seen me fall.
Kita was tightly holding me with his shoulders heaving as he tried to suppress his anger. "The Grand Master has been poisoned." He had never been known to say more than three words to anyone apart from myself so his reply to Elder Wu was already a lot.
Some of the guests had already gathered and heard his reply to Elder Wu. The foreboding silence became mixed with tension and silent speculations.
"Take her to the Medical Peak." Elder Wu instructed and turned to look at the Peak Lord of the medical peak who ran to follow as Kita had already rushed towards the aforementioned peak. He turned and walked back to the center of the hall with those who had gathered earlier trailing behind him.
Gazing at the audience with a solemn expression he announced "The blood dance ceremony has been successfully completed by our Grand Master, but at the same time our Grand Master has been poisoned. We of the Mount Fu Sect will be requesting that all our esteemed guests remain with us until we conclude our investigation into this matter. We hope that everyone would return to their assigned courtyards and wait."
The expression on everyone's faces changed but most could not utter a word. Incurring the wrath of Mount Fu Sect was not something anyone could handle. Also considering the fact that our esteemed 'Crown Prince Fei hung' has previously ensured that 'the Grand Master' had earlier been conversing vividly, it would be difficult to retort that the incident happened before the ceremony.
Elder Ye was tightly grasping his fingers in his palm as usual, his face pale with several expressions fleeting through his eyes as he tried to compose himself. His daughter standing beside him was already paled faced and shivering while staring at her father.
Elder Wu was silently watching to gauge the reactions of everyone and the actions of the father and daughter duo naturally did not escape his eyes. But first things first. We cannot expose the inner matters of the sect to visitors.
It is said that if one was to attempt to eat a frog he should endeavor to eat a large one. I guess for Ye Ai Wen and her father this was an extremely large one.
"Elder Wu, It can't be that Mount Fu Sect intends to use this opportunity to accuse us of plotting against their Grand Master? It is true that your sect has been untouchable for decades but that does not mean you can use this disguise to detain the representatives who are here to attend the Blood Dance Ceremony." Prince Fei Hung said as he stood up looking at Elder Wu with scorn on his face. "It can be said that if anything were to happen to the people gathered here, a serious blow would be struck to the entire earth realm."
Slight murmuring started to spread as fear and anxiety as well as the numerous possibilities of this occurrence start to sink into the mind of those who are not quick-witted.
There was some truth in what he said as Shui Yu country and Xi Feng country had both sent their crown prince. Dong Fang country has not conferred a crown prince title but their representative is the most likely person to ascend the throne while Tai Yang country's current emperor only has one child who is a princess and she is currently her country's representative along with their prime minister for the ceremony.
Some of the other tribes and smaller countries even have their chiefs and Emperors present or the crown prince as the case maybe. To show the level of importance placed on the ceremony.
"Your highness, propriety should be adhered to in every circumstance. I believe you know well enough about our matters seeing as you were calling our Grand Master 'younger sister' earlier to be aware that We of the Mount Fu Sect do not need to resort to such methods if that is really our aim." Elder Wu retorted. One should really know ones place.
"Anyone who naturally is innocent would have no need to worry about anything and 'I' Elder Wu as the Right Elder of Mount Fu Sect guarantee in place of the Grand Master that the Mount Fu Sect is still capable of securing the lives of anyone here who still wants to live." Now that is a 'showcased on the LED display on Burj Khalifa' 'veiled' threat.
The murmuring seized as fear and greater tension rose.
He slightly turned towards Elder Ye who had already recollected his expression. "It is true that our new Grand Master has shown herself to be 'Benevolent' to all. since our Ancestral Grand Master handed over his former title 2 years ago. But that is not to the extent that we will accept a direct slap to our faces and not do anything about it."
Elder Ye who has previously calmed his expressions became slightly restless as he pondered over what exactly Elder Wu knew. The relationship between these two has always been that of ice and fire.
While Elder Wu had always been solely focused on creating, fine-tuning and perfecting different cultivation techniques, Elder Ye was more focused on the administrative matters of the sect.
"This matter has not gotten to this point Elder Wu. 'I' this Prince believes that since we were all here when this matter occurred we all have a responsibility towards it as well. Plus the affairs of the Grand Master of Mount Fu Sect is not only important to the sect alone, but also to the entire realm. I am willing to put forward whatever resources this sect may need from Xi Feng country to aid you in this matter."
"Prince Yue Yi has spoken well, we will render any needed support as well."
"Yes our tribe as well."
"We too will help as well."
Everyone began to put in some words to pacify the situation.
'Elder Wu, why don't you go to the medical peak to find out the situation there while I handle the rest of the things here." Elder Ye uttered.
"Elder Ye, you naturally don't have to worry about that. We will both go to the medical peak after we directly take care of our guests. It cannot be said that our Mount Fu sect apart from being crafty and bullying the weaker ones are also lacking in etiquette." He said sarcastically in a voice only both of them could hear. "Since our esteemed Grand Master is not here, then the Right and Left Elders should both finish what is left to be done before other things although it's not like you don't have an idea what is wrong with our Grand Master."
Elder Ye froze. "You... What do you mean.....?" 'If he really has evidence against me, this matter would no longer be simple.' he swore under his breath.
"Let's first finish with the people here before we settle other issues and am quite sure it would be more in your best interests to let this lie for now." His expression at this moment can be said to be capable of freezing over the Atlantic Ocean in minutes. Hmm, that's elder Wu for you. You just caught a tiger by the tail.
The guests have started streaming out accompanied by the disciples of the sect to their various courtyards. Some walked up to the two elders, attempted to engage them in petty conversations then left one after the other.