Chapter 881: Council Hall (1/2, begging for monthly tickets)

"There's such a thing?"

During the last call between Fang Yue and Niu Niu, he remembered Niu Niu saying that he had been reborn in Qing Cheng, a small village near Jingcheng.

At that time, Niu Niu was already in a semi-retired, casual state, and combined with the distance between them, Fang Yue gradually lost contact with him.

But he never expected to hear news about Niu Niu again at this moment.

Niu Niu of the Blazing Fire Sect... could it be that Niu Niu really became a disciple of the Blazing Fire Sect?

Just as Fang Yue was about to press for details, more than a dozen people suddenly poured in through the door.

Ni Dongmei immediately became solemn and serious, and Fang Yue naturally could not ask any more questions.

With the arrival of these dozen-plus people and Weiba, the great doors of Jibing Dadian were shut tight.

Streaks of faint light lit up at the doors, as if a powerful Isolation Array had been set up.

"So this is Yese Liming?"

The old man seated in the very center seemed to be the current Sect Master of the Extreme Ice Sect.

"That's me."

"Not bad—young in years, handsome and talented, a standout among the younger generation. But your strength should only be around Cloud-rank, so how could you have killed Tian Jian, and also covered Weiba and Junior Sister Ni Dongmei's retreat back to the Extreme Ice Sect?"

Fang Yue shrugged. "The death of Jian Wufeng is no small matter. Within a few hours at most, the news should reach here, and then the Sect Master will know whether what I say is true or false."

The moment Fang Yue's words fell, several Elders seated above abruptly stood up.

"How dare you!"

"Who gave you permission to speak to the Sect Master like that!"

"Brat, don't get cocky!"

Seeing this, Fang Yue's face darkened and he was about to flare up, when a sudden cool sensation came over his hand—clearly, it was... Weiba.

Weiba gave Fang Yue a slight shake of her head, and only then did Fang Yue hold himself back—but the next moment...

Weiba turned around, her gaze sweeping across the entire hall.

"Everything Ye Ge said is completely true! Anyone who dares to question it is doubting me, the Jibing Shengnyu, and doubting Supreme Sect Master Qi Ba Jiu Daren! Are you harboring doubts about Qi Ba Jiu Daren?"

Everyone present was instantly stunned.

They exchanged glances, gritted their teeth, and silently lowered their heads.

If it were only Weiba the Saintess, every Elder present could outrank her.

But once Qi Ba Jiu Daren was brought into it, the nature of the matter changed entirely.

The Supreme Sect Master holds a position in the Extreme Ice Sect even higher than the Sect Master!

A single thought from him would be enough to strip them of their Elder positions, or even directly replace the Sect Master of the Extreme Ice Sect—no one could object.

Therefore, once Weiba brought out the banner of Qi Ba Jiu, no one dared speak up again.

"Ahem!"

The Extreme Ice Sect Master awkwardly coughed at this point, laughing it off as he said: "Since the Saintess has spoken thus, so be it. Since Tian Jian is dead, and the Sixth Elder of the Blazing Fire Sect and the Clown Master of Juan Niao Lou were both killed by our Extreme Ice Sect, the situation has become troublesome."

The Second Elder said in a low voice at this point: "Sect Master, I feel this is actually an opportunity. Our conflict with the Blazing Fire Sect has been escalating all along, and now that we've even killed their Sixth Elder, we might as well take the chance to declare full-scale war."

"Yes, yes!"

"Damn the Blazing Fire Sect—does our Extreme Ice Sect fear them?"

All the Elders shared the same attitude toward dealing with the Blazing Fire Sect.

Ni Dongmei, meanwhile, was helping Fang Yue get acquainted with the various Elders present.

Although there were more than a dozen people present, all of them Elders, in reality only seven or eight were original Elders; the rest had been forcibly promoted after the Mo Cun incident.

"My martial uncle—that is, the Grand Elder—died at Mo Cun. The already declining strength of the Extreme Ice Sect grew worse with each passing day. Those newly promoted Elders actually only have strength at the early Cloud-rank, or even high Human-rank level—barely qualifying as Elders, yet unable to reverse the sect's decline."

Mentioning the events at Mo Cun back then, Ni Dongmei's expression dimmed somewhat.

Even though nearly two months had already passed, recalling those events still caused her pain.

Within the Extreme Ice Sect, her martial uncle had been the best to her, and his death had affected her greatly.

Fortunately, in the end Weiba was brought back to the Extreme Ice Sect, which could be considered not in vain of her martial uncle's sacrifice.

As for now, the sudden surge in the number of Elders naturally made the sect's deliberations more cumbersome.

Fortunately, opinions regarding the Blazing Fire Sect were basically unanimous.

After all, as sworn enemies, they had long been mentally prepared for a full-scale war with the Blazing Fire Sect.

The only problem was... the disparity in strength between their side and the Blazing Fire Sect.

After the Grand Elder's death, the high-end Rain-rank combat power was no longer balanced with the Blazing Fire Sect's side; if war truly broke out, they would be at a disadvantage.

But they had... Weiba!

Or rather, Qi Ba Jiu Daren.

As long as Qi Ba Jiu Daren was present, the Blazing Fire Sect was nothing to fear!

"I hereby declare that from this moment, the Extreme Ice Sect is officially at war with the Blazing Fire Sect. Tenth Elder, go down and notify the disciples and others to be fully prepared for battle."

With the Sect Master's declaration, the matter was thus settled.

But regarding their stance toward Juan Niao Lou and the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Elders of the Extreme Ice Sect became rather ambiguous.

"Juan Niao Lou was jointly established by the Fourth Prince and three other princes. Having already formally declared war on the Blazing Fire Sect, making an enemy of Juan Niao Lou as well would truly be unwise."

"Indeed, and this whole affair happened because Weiba was incited by the Fifth Huang Nu, leading to this great mistake. As long as we offer apologies, I believe the Fourth Prince's side will understand."

They seemed quite optimistic about the matter.

After all, the princes and Huang Nu were not a monolithic bloc; without saying more, just getting those princes to owe the Extreme Ice Sect a favor would be enough to make many of them willing to make certain concessions.

However...

"Sect Master, and all the Elders, the assassination of the Clown Master of Juan Niao Lou was the Fifth Huang Nu's idea; she herself will handle the aftermath. I trust our Extreme Ice Sect will not suffer much backlash. Otherwise, she would not have the qualifications to cooperate with our Extreme Ice Sect."

The one speaking was Weiba.

Bah, what the tail said actually makes a lot of sense.

The tail has already made its move, so now it's naturally time for the Fifth Huang Nu to show her stance.

"If that's the case, regarding the matter of Juan Niao Lou, we can simply stand by and watch for now."

The Sect Master deliberated for a moment, then said.

Then the only thing left is one matter.

Everyone's gazes instantly turned toward Fang Yue.

That's right, the only remaining thing to deal with is the matter of Fang Yue killing the Sect Master of Heavenly Sword Sect, Jian Wufeng.

"Sect Master, I believe the matter of Heavenly Sword Sect actually has little to do with us. Wouldn't it be better to have Yese Liming return the Heavenly Sword to Heavenly Sword Sect, turn a big matter into a small one, and a small one into nothing — wouldn't everyone be happy?"

"Not bad, that's a good method. I think it's feasible."

"I agree as well! Moreover, Yese Liming is not a member of our Extreme Ice Sect. When all is said and done, Heavenly Sword Sect has no reason to lay blame on our Extreme Ice Sect. Since we've already decided to go to war with Blazing Fire Sect, it would truly be unwise to further antagonize Heavenly Sword Sect."

(End of chapter)