Chapter 1475 - Gathering Of The Overseers
In a particular luxurious palace in some Territory, nine people were gathered, albeit discreetly. There were four icy-blue robed maidens and five men, two from one power and three from another power. All of them looked striking and individualistic. They were all seated at a round table, seemingly engaged in a heated discussion.
"No, you can’t. Not at this moment."
A woman who wore an icy-blue robe shook her head, her voice sounding melodious yet cold.
"What? Why?" A young man in light red robes stood up, "We are the overseers of the Nine Western Territories Competition. Why do we not have the right to start our own competition?"
"Two Elders are en route to explain that..." The woman added, her voice indifferently echoing while her expression hidden by a white veil remained nonchalant.
"This is just too much! What’s taking so long? Not only are they leaving us unfulfilled with the situation but they’re also demanding that we delay the competition for a further time. The competition should’ve taken place long ago! Some of the children who had the right to participate already lost their opportunity to participate in the last two years. They’re past a hundred now. Do you kn-"
"It’s not my problem, Ancestor Gong Kim-Il." The woman cut him short, "We’ve been told to wait by the four great righteous sects, so we had no choice but to delay the competition two times already. We also have disciples who lost their eligibility to participate in this competition. So if you have complaints, take it to the four righteous sects, not me, not us. We merely relayed what we were told to do."
"Tch!" Gong Kim-Il clicked his tongue in annoyance before he narrowed his eyes, looking at that woman’s huge assets with a blatant and disrespectful gaze.
"Do you want your eyes gouged out, Ancestor Gong Kim-Il?" A cold voice emerged from the woman who spoke all this time.
Ancestor Gong Kim-Il raised his brows as if he was amused before sitting back and leaning on the chair, looking aloof.
"Why don’t you try me, Sect Master Bing Luli?"
Sect Master Bing Luli raised her hand, wanting to teach him a lesson, when suddenly another cold voice echoed.
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"Yes, grandmother."
Sect Master Bing Luli answered respectfully and closed her limpid eyes before reopening, her gaze appearing calm.
Ancestor Gong Kim-Il silently laughed while another voice echoed beside him.
"Well, well, if it isn’t Ancestor Bing Hua."
Another man who wore a light red robe smiled as he raised his brows at the youthful woman before looking at the two other women and clasping his hands. They all wore similar yet grand icy-blue robes and veils like Sect Master Bing Luli, regardless of their temperament.
"Greetings, Ancestor Wan Lanying, and Ancestor Xia Yun. I didn’t think all three of you were able to break through into the Martial Sage Stage. Congratulations! You all look so beautiful that men like us would flock to marry if even one of you just said the word."
How could this Ancestor-level character be this shameless? Wasn’t he just complaining all this while over why he had to wait!? She almost felt like making him an ice statue to display the face of his shamelessness for the upcoming generations.
"I’m sure that you would all like to know what you’re waiting for in this place while we continuously repeat not to begin the Nine Western Territories Young Expert Competition. But before that, if you all don’t mind, I would first like you to assist me in guarding what I’m going to tell you as a secret from the rest of the world. I wish that you would all sign this High-Level Emperor Grade Blood Soul Contract."
Everyone’s expression couldn’t help but freeze the moment they saw the scroll being taken out, much less when they heard him explain. Their eyes had narrowed while they hid their nervous expressions.
"Don’t worry. The conditions are rather clear and precise in this Blood Soul Contract. As long as you all keep this to yourselves, I, Julian Kruse, an Honorable Elder of the Heaven Gazing Sect, can assure that no harm would befall you, nor anyone."
As the scholarly man named himself and sent the scroll flying around, making the ninth stage powerhouses present witness the conditions, he lightly smiled and nodded.
"Well, then, you all have two minutes to decide."
Sect Master Bing Luli was the first to reach out her hands as she read the conditions once more, thoroughly, and found that there wasn’t anything strange. So she passed it to her grandmother, Ancestor Bing Hua, before she nodded her head.
Larzen Metaxas, Hiden Gilmore, and Elizar Yantra. They collectively signed the Blood Soul Contract before it moved on to the three Ancestors of the Flowing Mist Sect. And then, the two Ancestors of the Vital Tempering Sect, Gong Hyun-Ki, and Gong Kim-Il, also signed the Blood Soul Contract without fail.
Honorable Elder Julian Kruse satisfactorily smiled as he clasped his hands, "Very good. It would’ve been rather uncomfortable if even one of you didn’t comply. I appreciate all of your cooperation."
He dropped his hands as his smile disappeared.
"The matter I’m going to talk about is limited to only a few within the Four Great Righteous Sect, so you must be able to guess how important this matter is..."
He paused, looking at the ninth stage powerhouses gasping before they possessed nervous expressions on their faces. He saw the beauties had their hazy blue eyes narrowed. Inwardly nodding at their anxiety, he continued.
"The reason why we, the Four Great Righteous Sects, asked you to delay the Nine Western Territories Young Expert Competition is that we, the Heaven Gazing Sect, divined that the source of the Calamity Light would appear in the competition."
"What!?"
Voices of pure shock resounded as the Ancestors looked dumbfounded. Then, silence filled the hall as they turned to look at each other’s faces and saw that they were all equally horrified.
The source of the Calamity Light would appear in their competition? Why under the damn heavens would they be targeted amidst the Fifty-Two Territories?
They weren’t even in the sphere of attention as Small-Sized Territories.
Ridiculous!
"What does Honorable Elder mean?"
Ancestor Bing Hua voiced out her confusion, the confusion that everyone felt in the room.
"We..."