The sight of the two lovely female intruders startled everyone.
The Matriarch Sacred Maiden Han Yuchi said coldly to the two lovely maidens, "Who are you? How dare you barge into the Celestial Orthodox Sect. Holy maidens, seize them!"
The lovely maiden standing on the right side of Yuan Ji began to giggle softly, "I'm Hua Wuwu and this is my sister Hua Baiyue. Who are we? We're naturally from the Hundred Flower Divine Palace."
When Matriarch Sacred Maiden Han Yuchi heard that they were from the Hundred Flower Divine Palace, she immediately said. "Hold!"
Hua Wuwu pointed to Yuan Ji who was being chained to the towering pillar. "And this is Palace Master Yuan Ji. He has a duel with our old master in 4 months' time. Therefore you cannot take his life without the permission of my old master."
Hua Baiyue giggled, "My sister is right. Anyone that dares to take his life shall be an enemy of the Hundred Flower Divine Palace."
A Matriarch Elder angrily said, "Do you really think that we are afraid of the Hundred Flower Divine Palace? If you make an enemy out of the Celestial Orthodox Sect then I'm afraid that you will be making an enemy out of the seven major orthodox clans at the same time as well!"
Another Matriarch Elder hummed coldly, "Even if the two of you are seventh realm experts, how are you going to fight thirty saintesses that are here today? You are simply courting your own deaths!"
Hua Wuwu winked, "Even if we can't outfight you, at least we can have a couple of you as our companions in the underworld. It is still worth it.
"We are taking Yuan Ji away today. Make your choice!" Hua Baiyue said coldly and her malevolent air could be sensed by everyone.
The Matriarch Sacred Maiden Han Yuchi hummed coldly, "So you are saying that he does not need to pay for his crimes against the Celestial Orthodox Sect?"
Hua Wuwu had put her hands on her belly as she laughed jovially, "We are not deaf and we have heard of you proclaiming his crime loud and clear. So what did he steal from the Celestial Orthodox Sect then? The Hundred Flower Divine Palace will pay double as compensation to the Celestial Orthodox Sect. What do you say?"
Hua Baiyue winked and chuckled, "Sister, it is a lucky thing that Yuan Ji's crime is only some petty theft. If he deflowers Xue Qianxue or several holy maidens then there is nothing that our Hundred Flower Divine Palace can do about it."
The Matriarch Sacred Maiden Han Yuchi: …
Everyone: …
Even Yuan Ji was rendered speechless by Hua Baiyue as he muttered silently, "Is she joking or she already knows what I've done?"
All of a sudden a holy maiden of the Celestial Orthodox Sect had flashed in front of Hua Wuwu and Hua Baiyue as she swung her sword at them.
When her sword was swung, a powerful rippling profound force could be felt by everyone.
Because Hua Wuwu and Hua Baiyue were at where the rippling shockwaves were the strongest, they were quickly forced to take three steps backward.
"Who are you? You dare to raise your sword against a divine messenger of the Hundred Flower Divine Palace?" Hua Wuwu hummed coldly as she displayed her sword.
"Sister, her profound strength is in the middle tier of the seventh realm sacred saint level." Hua Baiyue whispered to her sister. "Her profound strength is slightly above us."
"Who am I?" The holy maiden that had attacked them hummed coldly. "I'm Zhao Songjin the next Sacred Maiden. I alone will be able to handle the two of you."
Xue Qianxue had a light tremble as she stared at the beautiful back of Zhao Songjin, "Is she the one?"
Zhao Songjin had made another attack on Hua Wuwu and Hua Baiyue but this time the two sisters had matched her profound sword attack with equal ferocity.
In another blink of an eye, they had exchanged several dazzling display of their sword strokes.
But all of a sudden it seemed that the Hua Wuwu and Hua Baiyue had the upper hand as they slashed against Zhao Songjin to her left and right with the same exact swordplay.
Zhao Songjin gasped softly as she took several steps back to disengage from them, "Dual swordplay?"
Yuan Ji who was observing the fight was also startled that the swordplay of Hua Wuwu and Hua Baiyue was actually so good. "They have combined their speed attacks with this unique sword play of theirs. Even though this Zhao Songjin has the superior profound strength but she will not be gaining any advantage against them unless she can break their swordplay."
All of a sudden Zhao Songjin was smiling as she danced out of the way from the attacks of Hua Wuwu and Hua Baiyue.
"Why did you stop now?" Hua Wuwu hummed coldly. "Or are you afraid?"
Zhao Songjin chuckled softly, "It is because it is unnecessary now."
All of a sudden a golden lightning had streaked from the heavens above and had suddenly struck the towering metal pillar that Yuan Ji was being chained into.
There was a bright thunderous golden flash as the towering pillar exploded its shockwave throughout the execution pillar.
Zhao Songjin chuckled, "It is because it won't be necessary for us to fight anymore."
With that she nodded quietly at the Matriarch Sacred Maiden.
The Matriarch Sacred Maiden Han Yuchi had secretly ordered the celestial array to continue because no matter what had happened, Yuan Ji must die and the disgraceful thing that he had done to Xue Qianxue must never be revealed to anyone.
In the meantime Hua Baiyue had quickly flown to the charcoal Yuan Ji and had cut off his shackles as she quickly examined his injuries before gasping, "He…is dead…"
The Matriarch Sacred Maiden Han Yuchi smiled coldly, "Of course he is dead. No one below the sacred saint realm can survive a hit from the golden lightning. Even if he is a saint, he may not survive too."
Then she added. "Since the two of you are from the Hundred Flower Divine Palace, I can close one eye to your transgression this time round. But! There will be no next time. Leave now."
Hua Baiyue hummed coldly, "You've dared to kill a man that the Hundred Flower Divine Palace has wanted. The Hundred Flower Divine Palace will never forget this slight!"
Zhao Songjin interrupted her with a cold scoff, "You're mistaken. It is you who has come too late to stop the execution. If you have spoken more nicely maybe this time would not happen at all. You have better leave now. The rest of my protégé sisters may not treat this transgression too kindly."
Hua Baiyue hummed coldly as she carried the body of Yuan Ji with her both arms. "Sister, let's go!"
Hua Wuwu nodded and the two lovely young maidens had disappeared in just a few blinks of an eye as they sped swiftly away.
Zhao Songjin had secretly stolen a glance at where Xue Qianxue was before she smiled slyly, "You have only yourself to blame for giving us such a good handle against yourself. In term of cultivation level, I am in no way inferior to you but you have the good blessings to become the Sacred Maiden while I am pushed aside. From now onward, I shall be the Sacred Maiden of the Celestial Orthodox Sect and shall be privy to the Sacred Maiden Profound Art."
Xue Qianxue's silent wet tears had flowed down her cheeks. "Ji Yuan, may the heavens watch over your soul..."