193 Chapter 193 (2/2)

The three were greeted with sounds of cheers, everyone was shouting the names of the new sect. The three elders' names were also called out, Zhang Dong's was of course the most prominent one. All three of them descended down to the ground as they did the crowd finally managed to calm down.

Everyone looked to their new leader, the man that made it happen. This, of course, caused Matt to sweat bullets internally, he had to yet again act his role and straighten out. Hands behind his back and his posture straight as a sword, unnoticed to most though his hands were trembling slightly. Not because he was nervous but because he had used up almost all of his spiritual energy and was now having a hard time keeping himself on his feet.

'I can't show them weakness...'

He wanted to laugh at himself, here he was a big sect leader now, looking out for his face as he was unwilling to show a flaw in front of this crowd of people. His motive was a bit more honorable than this as he wanted to present himself as a powerful leader that doesn't falter. If his people saw him stumble or throw up, they would probably see him in a worse light which would affect the morale.

'I can do this...just nod a bit and get this over with...'

He steeled his resolve, a few more minutes should be fine.

”My sect members this battle is over but we still must remain vigilant, the other sects will probably take some time with what remains of the Dark Palm sect.”

”We require more information, we must gather up our forces and bolster our defenses. The grand formation will protect us for now but it's not the answer to our problem.”

He continued talking rapidly while everyone was listening. His eyebrows quivered as he was close to falling asleep.

”M-my Master had bought us some time, but we don't know for how long the other sects will remain neutral. They might test us in the future, so I expect you to not cause trouble for your sect but remember to not show weakness. We will hold a meeting with all the senior members, we will discuss everything then.”

Zhang Dong nodded after his quick speech, talking it over more throughout later would be the best option for now. The other's nodded without saying anything, how could they interrupt or ask questions when a senior elder like him was talking.

”There is still much work to be done, we will not be holding any banquets or victory events, it is still too soon for such things. Now go! there is still much to be done, I must retreat to my chambers to prepare!”

”Yes, Patriarch!”

”Yes, Sect Leader!”

”Yes, Senior!”

People bowed while giving him variously honorable titles, people like Zhang Jin and his two disciples were also there. Right in the front, their eyes were sparkling with so much admiration that he could probably light a football field with it if he could harness that power.

”Master!”

”Dong'er!”

Matt took a step forward while almost falling over, he had to stop himself as the people closest to him walked forward. They started praising him and he even received a firm smack to his back from his grandpa, which almost made him faceplant onto the cold hard floor.

'Don't you donger me you old fart, you want me to die?'

He wanted to shake his family member off and his disciples but they surrounded him from all sides. There they were, his two pupils with their mother, then there was gramps that even brought over his two wives. There were some other family members that he wasn't sure about, by this point he had no idea how many relatives he had. He would even believe if they told him that he was somehow related to Yang Guanyu that they just killed.

”Ah yes, dear grandfather and my two disciples I bet you worked hard, but your master has to...”

Before he could get himself out of it they all moved in closer and started barraging him with praises and questions. They all wanted to congratulate the man that made it all happen why also asking about this elusive Wei Hung that was pulling strings in the background. Before they could continue though, someone interrupted them. It was Feng Liena that stood right in front of the crowd that backed off after seeing the second nascent realm master of the sect.

”Senior Dong is a busy man, we still have preparations to make!”

She covered part of her face with a fan while speaking. The people that were in a circle around Zhang Dong moved apart a bit scared of this new senior elder. They were familiar with their Patriarch but this woman was still unfamiliar to the people close to him. Zhang Dong nodded at Feng Liena.

”Ah yes, I must take care of a few things that can't wait. Junior sister is right!”

He was finally able to leave, the people didn't dare to stop him after Feng Liena got involved as it seemed that he had some important things to tend to. He quickly walked towards his bed chambers, the corridor towards it was now empty as every able-bodied person was working.

Just before he could open the door he felt a bout of drowsiness washing over him. His vision got blurry and he felt like he was going to pass out. He buckled under his own weight and had to keep himself on his feet by placing one of his hands on the corridor wall. He slowly inched towards the door, he couldn't pass out in front of his room he at least had to make it inside where no one could see him.

He tried hard, yet he would not succeed. The battle was over and the tension was gone, his body started giving out as there was no reason to stay conscious. So he fell forward but he didn't land face down on something hard, instead, he felt like something soft had damped his descent. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he smelled a familiar scent of cherries. Soon everything faded and he passed out unable to hear the voice of the person that had caught him.

”It's okay Senior Brother, you can rest now...”