8 Zhao Clan and Ji Clan
Upon seeing the group of people that just arrived, the atmosphere in the battle arena suddenly became cold.
"What are you guys doing here?" Sect Master Chu Hao asked with a fierce look on his face.
"We came here to celebrate with the Chu Clan for the princess' birthday!" A man in a black robe replied with a sneer!
"The Zhao Clan and the Ji Clan are not invited for my daughter's birthday celebration. Please go back from where you came from!" Sect Master Chu Hao told them in harsh manner.
"Hahaha, is that really what you meant to say Sect Master Chu? Have you considered the consequences of going against us?" The man replied laughing.
"What is there to be afraid of?" Sect Master Qi Yu asked with a serious tone.
"Let me warn all of you, Chu Clan and Qi Clan. We may not have brought all our forces here today, but surely enough in collaboration with the Ji Clan, both of your clans would not want to even think of what is going to happen." The black robed man threatened them.
"State your business so we can settle it and you lot can go, you are all not welcome here." Sect Master Chu Hao replied seriously.
"You are too straight forward Sect Master Chu, and I like it. Hahaha. Well we came here just for two reasons."
"Firstly, betroth your princess to us the Zhao Clan. She will be a good match to our young prime disciple."
As the black robed guy was going to continue, Sect Master Chu Hao waved his hand and declared collectedly.
"No way, our princess is already betrothed to the Qi Clan's young prime disciple and it is decreed by both of our clan's progenitors for both of our clan's prime descendants to enter into marriage!"
"Hahaha. Who cares about that?" The black robed guy replied laughing with a sneer.
Sect Master Chu Hao gritted his teeth and clenched his fists without further response.
"Secondly, handover to us a thousand bottles of your precious collection of pills and elixirs. Agree to these two demands and everything here will be over quickly." The black robed man smirked.
The Chu Clan people were all baffled while the Qi Clan sect master and elders were shocked as they looked at each other wanting to know how did these people found out about their secret stash of pills and elixirs.
"We are poor and we do not have that much of elixirs and pills in our treasury vault. What do you expect us to do then?" Sect Master Chu Hao replied sternly.
"The Chu Clan may be poor, but the Qi Clan is surely rich. Am I wrong Sect Master Qi?" The black robe man sneered while saying.
Sect Master Qi Yu looked at the black robed man furiously while clenching his fist. "How sure are you about that and what made you think that our clan is rich. In fact our clan is in decline and we are not better than our friends from the Chu Clan."
"Hahaha. Do not make me laugh. One of our intelligence network informed us that the Qi Clan struck it rich recently. So don't play dumb with me Sect Master Qi." The black man replied laughing.
"Sect Master Chu Hao, this conversation is going nowhere. Let us join forces and fight it out with these bastards." Sect Master Qi Yu drew out his sword while saying it to Sect Master Chu Hao.
Sect Master Chu Hao nods in agreement and then shouted "All elders please prepare for battle. The weaker ones please stay back far away from here."
Sect Master Qi Yu glanced at the Qi Clan elders and they nodded in unison then all of them drew their weapons and shouted.
"Fight!"
All the weaker ones from both clans including Qi Zi with the baby went to the battle arena's chamber guarded by a protective array formation. The said array formation was set-up by the Chu Clan's progenitor back then and can defend attacks from a peak stage Dao Monarch cultivator.
The atmosphere in the battle arena became more tense.
The Qi Clan's and Chu Clan's side consist of 2 mid stage dao emperors and 5 early stage dao emperors each.
On the other side, the Zhao Clan and the Ji Clan, consist of 3 mid stage dao emperors and 3 early stage dao emperors each. They are fewer in numbers but they have the slight advantage in overall strength.
"Twin Dragon Formation!"
The experts from both the Qi Clan and Chu Clan formed a line each. This battle formation was formulated by both of their progenitors before the Great War. This formation required to have 2 groups having equal number of experts and overall realm strength which is currently met by the two clans.
At this instant, 2 golden dragons, with their golden scales shimmering brightly and nine hundred meters long, soared to the sky then charged toward their enemies.
"White Tiger Formation!" The Zhao Clan experts shouted.
"Crimson Wolf Formation!" The Ji Clan experts roared.
Suddenly, a gigantic white tiger and crimson wolf appeared.
Both the white tiger and crimson wolf flew to the sky and clashed head on with the twin dragons.
Boom!
A shock wave emerged from the clash between the two colliding forces.
This scene was repeated a few more times and the result of the clash slowly emerged as the cultivators from the Qi Clan and Chu Clan had blood flowing from their mouth.
Both of the twin dragons experts retreated.
Seeing this development, the Zhao Clan and the Ji Clan stopped their attacks.
"So how is it? Have you both tasted enough yet of a bit of our strengths?" The man in the black robed from the Zhao Clan named Zhao Gu said while making fun of them.
Zhao Gu is the current sect master of the Zhao Clan and have a strength of mid stage Dao Emperor. He had went to the Ji Clan a month ago when he heard of the news of the upcoming celebration to be held by the Chu Clan.
Upon Zhao Gu's invitation to the Ji Clan's Sect Master Ji Ting, the latter had immediately agreed with Zhao Gu's plan of exhortation of their rival clans. Obviously, Zhao Gu already had an insider information about the Qi Clan's stash of elixirs and pills which he cannot refrain from being greedy.
Such opportunity was presented to them with ease and now they won't let this to pass just like that no matter how they offended both of the clans.
"Please state your choice, have you already decided yet?" Zhao Gu sneered as he spoke.
Sect Master Qi Yu glanced with the Qi Clan's elders and they all nodded in agreement as if knowing what each of them was intending to say.
'We can offer you 2 thousand bottles of elixirs and pills at the most instead of the 1 thousand previously you had mentioned. But, on behalf of the Chu Clan, we do not agree for them to betroth their princess which is our future daughter-in-law to the Zhao Clan or either the Ji Clan." Sect Master Qi Yu stated clearly in a serious tone.
"Hahaha. Are you trying to say that the Chu Clan's prime female descendant is only worth a thousand bottles of elixirs and pills? No way, we can agree to that only at the price of a total of three thousand bottles, no more no less." Sect Master Zhao Gu sneered as he spoke.
On the side, Sect Master Ji Ting also is laughing quietly. He had made the right decision to agree with this guy as sly as a fox.
"No way!"
Sect Master Chu Hao angrily roared as he dashed forward charging straight at the Zhao sect master with his long sword.
Sect Master Zhao Gu also drew his sword and clashed with the Chu sect master.
Boom!
A loud noise was heard after the clash.
A thick fog of dusts were formed after the clash.
Soon after the dusts had settled down slightly, the surrounding people saw three blurred figures within.
They were baffled as why would there be three figures since it is obviously seen that the rest of them were still standing on the same spot before the clash.
A moment later, the dusts has finally settled down.
Both Zhao Gu and Chu Hao can be seen on their knees.
Chu Hao is breathing heavily.
On the other hand, Zhao Gu is alarmed with his eyes opened wide. A streak of blood can be seen at the side of his mouth. His whole body shivered uncontrollably.
At the center of the 2 sect masters is an old man standing with his hands both holding the swords of the 2 rival sect masters.
Who could this old man be? With both of the sect masters having a strength of a mid stage Dao Emperor, how can he appear out of nowhere and block both of their attacks with ease as if it was nothing?
All of the people present were flabbergasted with their mouths wide opened.
At present, only the people from Chu Clan could guess who this old man can be.
"I.. Im.. Immortal Sect! He is one of the elders from Immortal Sect who visited our clan last year. So they are here as well, I thought they would ignore an invitation from a small clan like us." Prime Elder Chu Tian pointed at another old man standing nearby behind the three people while he spoke loudly stuttering.
Obviously this Immortal Sect elder came together with the old man at the center of the fog.
"I guess the old man who blocked the 2 sect masters' attacks is a high elder from the Immortal Sect." Prime Elder Chu Tian guessed wildly in his thoughts feeling nervous.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? I did not expect to be so lively here. My decision of attending this celebration is surely not wasted in vain." The old man smiled as he talked.
