43 The Golden Clans Congregation (1/2)

The Nuer Mountains consisted of more than three hundred mountain peaks. But even then, it was really crowded with the clan banners of hundreds of celestial clans that had camped in its vicinity.

Hundreds of celestial clans numbering more than two hundred thousand had gathered on a plateau that was surrounded by dozens of lofty mountain peaks.

Today was the first day of the Golden Clans Congregation.

At the side of the mountain was a giant dark sealed portal that led to the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth and it was main objective of all the clans that had gathered today.

Unlike the past Golden Clans Congregation which was more neutral, there was an air of open hostilities between the righteous celestial clans and the dark heretic clans.

It was because the Scarlet Heretic Sect, a major dark heretic clan had all its leaders massacred overnight!

The Divine Sovereign Clan was the host of this Golden Clans Congregation.

Grandmaster Yuan Tianba had taken the seat of authority in the middle of the congregation. It was also the seat that was closest to the giant dark sealed portal.

Around him was Young Master Yuan Chengzhi, Elder Zhou Hai, Elder Jin Lei, Elder Yuan Xiao and others.

Their moods were naturally quite jovial and for good reasons. Today was the day that Young Master Yuan Chengzhi would marry Saintess Yuqing!

Ye Jing and her retinue had taken a seat at the golden section since she was from one of the nine patriarch celestial clan.

Almost all the celestials were looking in her direction, astounded by her peerless beauty. This was the first time that Ye Jing had appeared in front of the celestial clans meeting. Not only were they looking curiously at her but she was also looking curiously at everyone at the same time!

Grandmaster Yun Zongheng, Young Master Yun Xinghe, Celestial Yun Chen and many others were also presented. The mood at the Celestial Sword Clan side was a little ugly because Young Master Yun Xinghe had recently lost a duel with the Divine Sovereign Clan.

Ye Jing saw that she was not the only female leader among the patriarch celestial clans. The Heavenly Fragrance Villa was led by the Heavenly Fragrance Princess Feng Minyue while the Lofty Snow Palace was led by the Palace Mistress Xuan Danfeng. Both were also beautiful ladies.

When their eyes met, she smiled at them.

Heavenly Fragrance Princess Feng Minyue looked gentle and had a quiet demeanor. The protégés of the Heavenly Fragrance Villa were all females since their cultivation methods were not suitable for men. Like the Holy Citadel City, Heavenly Fragrance Villa was one of the bottom three clans.

As for Palace Mistress Xuan Danfeng, she had cherry smiles all the time as she greeted everyone and was talkative. She seemed to know everyone and her seat had a lot of people rushing to offer her a toast.

The Ancient Ascension Sect was inconspicuously missing and had not arrived yet. It was well known that the Ancient Ascension Sect was the leading celestial clan in the celestial realm for most of its history. That they were late was only too normal for the Ancient Ascension Sect had its own rivalries with the Divine Sovereign Clan.

It was obvious to most of the celestials that the Ancient Ascension Sect was bitter that the host this time round had fallen to the Divine Sovereign Clan again.

There were also hundreds of clan leaders and their retinue that had gathered at the silver seats. The 'silver seats' referred to the clans that were actually uninvited. But the tradition of the Golden Clans Congregation was such that any clan could come if they were aware that the Golden Clans Congregation was taking place. The patriarch clans would not intervene as long as they were the ones that had entered the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth first.

This was actually a cunning stratagem. The hundreds of celestial clans presented was a deterrent against the hundreds of dark heretic clans that had gathered in the vicinity as well. Since the Scarlet Heretic Sect was now powerless to lead the heretic celestial clans, it was likely that the Thousands Fragments Sect or the Divine Moon Manor was now leading the heretic celestial clans.

Under the strict rules of the Golden Clan Congregation, the three major heretic celestial clans would assign the golden seats if they choose to come. Sometimes they did come but usually they would prefer to setup their own congregation nearby.

The entire place was full of top exponents from the hundreds of celestial clans. Because Ye Jing had a golden seat, she was surrounded by a dazzling number of golden celestials and sacred saints. She had never seen so many high level celestial practitioners in her life before.

Ye Jing was carrying Yu'Er who had metamorphosed into a red hen and she was accompanied by Chu Yunfeng, Xiaofang and a hundred protégés that were stationed around her.

As for Li'Er and a dozen female protégés, they were in the blue sedan behind to help with the wedding preparations for the Saintess Yuqing.

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Ye Jing whispered as her eyes flashed at the colorful sights of the congregation, ”Xiaofang. I can't believe that this congregation is so massive. There are so many top celestial experts around. It seems that our retinue is the smallest here.”

Xiaofang nodded but his eyes were looking intently at the sealed portal of the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth that was as large as a seven-storey pagoda. He was more excited for the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth than the congregation.

Ye Jing had suddenly caught sight of Yuan Chengzhi and he was approaching her. She whispered, ”This man just can't wait…”

Young Master Yuan Chengzhi was smiling broadly as he approached, ”Your Holy Consort, where is my Yuqing…I mean the Saintess Yuqing? Today is our…”

Ye Jing smiled faintly, ”She is at the sedan behind me. When it is time for you to make the announcements, she will surely appear. You are missing her already?”

Young Master Yuan Chengzhi laughed jovially, ”That is only naturally. Is she happy with the betrothal gifts?”

Ye Jing smiled, ”My sister offers her thanks to you. You are indeed generous. She is pleased with your gifts and is looking forward to the marriage announcement.”

”You are the Holy Consort Ye?” a beautiful voice called out to her. It was the Palace Mistress Xuan Danfeng who had suddenly approached them with some of her protégés.

Ye Jing smiled faintly, ”Greetings to Lofty Snow Palace, Palace Mistress Xuan. I have long heard of your renown. You are the number one heroine in the celestial realm.”

Young Master Yuan Chengzhi quickly bowed with his hands, ”Palace Mistress Xuan. Divine Sovereign Clan Yuan Chengzhi pays my respect to you!”

Xuan Danfeng laughed jovially, ”Who has never heard of the name of Young Master Yuan Chengzhi? I have heard something. I wonder if that is true. I've heard that today you are going to marry the sister of the Holy Consort Ye?”

Actually by now, everyone had heard of Young Master Yuan Chengzhi impending marriage. It was because everyone knows that Young Master Yuan Chengzhi and Young Master Yun Xinghe had fought over a beautiful woman. The details were sketchy but the outcome of the facts was largely confirmed.

Young Master Yuan Chengzhi laughed jovially, ”That is true.”

Xuan Danfeng smiled as she looked around, ”I don't see the bride yet.”

Then she smiled at Young Master Yuan Chengzhi, ”I have heard that the bride is a beautiful saintess. That is so surprising. Truly, this is really an extraordinary affair. Such a disparity in cultivation status is really the first.”

Ye Jing could feel her sarcasm immediately. Young Master Yuan Chengzhi was only at the Immortal Celestial level while Saintess Yuqing was at the Sacred Saint level. That was a full two realms apart and moreover, the status of the Sacred Saint was extremely lofty.

Xuan Danfeng herself was an initial stage Sacred Saint and she was extremely proud of this fact. She could not imagine herself marrying a lowly cultivator. If she is a Sacred Saint then her groom must also be on the same level or higher than her. Therefore she was really curious who this Saintess Yuqing was.

Yuan Chengzhi smiled weakly, ”We are in love, that's why.”

Xuan Danfeng smiled wryly, ”Oh? I have heard that you have 'won' her in a bet against Young Master Yun Xinghe.”

Yuan Chengzhi was flustered as he quickly bowed with his hands, ”Junior will speak to Palace Mistress Xuan later. I need to attend to some important matters first.”

Xuan Danfeng smiled when he had left as she appraised Ye Jing, ”You are indeed beautiful. It seems that Heavenly Fragrance Princess Feng Minyue is now no longer the number one beauty in the celestial realm now…”

Feng Minyue seemed to have sharp ears as her gentle voice floated to them, ”I don't mind at all.” She had displayed the divine whisper to convey to the two of them.

Xuan Danfeng laughed, ”She has indeed sharp ears. We are so far away yet she is still able to hear us.”

Ye Jing was astonished by Feng Minyue extraordinary sharp earing. It was because the whole place was actually quite noisy and it was impossible to pick up a meaningful conversation if someone was not actually nearby.

Unknown to them, when Feng Minyue saw that Xuan Danfeng was talking to Ye Jing, her curiosity was piqued and she had purposely used all her profound skills to eavesdrop upon them!

Ye Jing smiled weakly, ”My sister is prettier than me. You will know when you have seen her.”

Xuan Danfeng laughed softly, ”You mean the Saintess Yuqing? I am really curious about her. I've heard that she is high priestess of the Heavenly Temple and that you have met her when you had ascended to the Heavenly Temple. This is really a remarkable feat. I have once tried the heavenly steps but I cannot even get past to the 300th steps. I wonder what your secret is.”

Ye Jing said coolly, ”I have practiced an intricate heart formula that is called the Purity Hearts. Maybe that is why.”

Xuan Danfeng smiled as she pondered, ”That is interesting. It must be a really formidable heart intricacy skill.”

”I apologize for my rudeness for interrupting your conversations earlier,” Feng Minyue had quietly approached them. Her lightness skill was indeed superb.

As she approached, she took a glance at Xiaofang. But he was totally indifferent and his attention seemed to be the sealed portal that was behind them. Feng Minyue felt a little hurt in secret. It was because she was the recognized beauty of the celestial realm and also a peaked golden celestial of lofty status. There were hundreds of high ranking celestials that were courting her and yet she did not even want to take a glance at them. But this refined young man here who was not even a golden celestial did not even take a single glance at her…

Feng Minyue said gently, ”I think we can forego the introductions already. I am curious about the Heavenly Temple as well. My limit is just slightly over 600th heavenly steps in the past. I've thought of taking the heavenly steps again after this congregation.”

Xuan Danfeng muttered weakly, ”600th heavenly steps are really an insane feat.”

But it was entirely not surprising to her. It was because Heavenly Fragrance Princess Feng Minyue was largely unstained by the affairs of the celestial realm and she spent most of her time in seclusion.

Feng Minyue said gently, ”Your heart must be really pure in order to ascend to the Heavenly Temple. If the Holy Consort Ye does not mind, we can address each other as sisters.”