Elder Sui from the Mystic Eye Sect was sighing immediately as he muttered, "I didn't come 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, comforting her. "It is alright. We'll be fine. Maybe the Hundred Flower Divine Palace 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 their last 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 actually come 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 to laugh out jovially, "Come! Let's go outside the hall and see what the Hundred Flower Divine Palace 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 Palace 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. "Palace 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 a large beautiful blue sedan that was escorted by ten maidens.
Yuan Ji immediately greeted them, "I am Palace 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 Palace."
The elderly cultivator on the right lifted his chin and said, "Great Saint Wei Yidao. Second Elder of the Hundred Flower Divine Palace."
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.
The 7th realm sacred saint level is actually divided into the golden saint (initial), holy saint (middle) and the great saint (upper) level.
In order to overcome from the middle tier sacred saint level to the upper tier sacred saint level, the saint must first overcome a lightning tribulation first. Only if they can survive the life and death tribulation of the lightning tribulation will they be able to overcome this last barrier to become a Great Saint.
But it will not be easy. Failure to do so will mean death instantly.
And there are three types of lightning tribulation; the three-stage silver lightning tribulation, the six-stage golden lightning tribulation and the nine-stage purple lightning tribulation.
The three –stage silver lightning is the most commonly 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 tribulation will be.
There are actually very few great saints in the Desolate Celestial Fraternity and every single of them can wipe out a celestial clan 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 Palace…"
"We're all flattered to be in your presence…"
All kinds of flattering 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 Palace 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 flatter 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 Palace and we want it back now."
Yuan Ji blinked his eyes blankly, "Erm, what is it?"
"The Blue Divine Flower of the Hundred Flower Divine Palace." 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 Palace. This, I am very sure."
Second Elder Wei Yidao laughed coldly, "Mistake? I don't think so. We can sense the profound signature of our Blue Divine Flower in this place."
Yuan Ji smiled bitterly, "I will gladly 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 palaces of the Emperor Hall Sect.
This speed that was displayed 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 clans, why did they have to take something from the Hundred Flower Divine Palace? Now we're all going to be killed because of this matter."
Old Liu Xuan replied weakly, "Actually it is our previous Palace Mistress Xia. She said she had found it lying on the roadside and had taken it back."
Yuan Ji: ..
"Did she really say that? This is the lamest 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 Palace 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 Palace. 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 upcoming death.