"Thank you for your warning, protectors. I'll make the arrangements for the rest," Xi Yu clasped her fist at the protectors. She was filled with confidence, as if she had everything planned out.
The protectors left, and immediately, only Xi Yu remained in the large discussion hall.
Xi Yu sat on the main seat with her eyes closed as she sank into her thoughts. She held a few memory crystals in her hand, rubbing them subconsciously.
After the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, she slowly opened her eyes. There was a hint of coldness in her beautiful eyes, "Men, inform all the protectors of the family to gather in the main hall. We're holding a family meeting."
Xi Yu's orders were passed down through the servants, reaching all the protectors as quickly as possible. Before long, all the Primordial realm protectors of the Tianyuan family gathered in the main hall of the Watercloud Hall. There were over thirty of them.
Most of the protectors were early or mid Infinite Primes. There were not many late Infinite Primes. The strongest among them was protector An, a Ninth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime.
"Xi Yu, may I ask why you've gathered all of us here?" Protector An was the first to speak. His voice was rather impatient as if he did not take Xi Yu, the vice-patriarch, seriously at all.
"Xi Yu, although you're the vice-patriarch of the Tianyuan family and possess great authority, we're still Primordial realm experts. Let alone the Tianyuan family, but we're Primordial realm experts after all. Even on the entire Cloud Plane, we possess quite the status. If you summon us without any urgent matters, you'll be disrespecting us Primordial realm experts, "said another person. He was called protector Chen, and he was a Seventh Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime.
Xi Yu smiled mysteriously when she heard protector Chen's words. She said, "Why would protector Chen say that? When protector Chen joined our Tianyuan family, you understood the rules of the clan clearly. The fourth rule of the clan was that those who joined our Tianyuan family had to obey the orders of the clan and serve the clan. They were not allowed to complain at all. You can't have forgotten such a simple rule so quickly, right? "
"Of course I wouldn't dare to forget this rule. I have no objections to this rule and am naturally willing to listen to the clan's orders. However, patriarch Jianchen is not in the clan right now. In my opinion, apart from patriarch Jianchen and senior Xu, there's no one else who has the right to order us around, "protector Chen said righteously.
In reality, many of the protectors did not recognise Pitiful Yu because she was just too weak. As Primordial realm experts, they naturally could not tolerate a mere Overgod standing above them.
Even though Xi Yu was the princess of the Xi dynasty, her identity was not enough to deter Primordial realm experts in the southern region at all.
The Xi dynasty was an Eternal organisation with Chaotic Primes at most, while the patriarch of the Tian Yuan clan, Jianchen, had the support of the Martial Soul Mountain, which was equivalent to an Eternal organisation.
As a result, the protectors could obey everything Jianchen said, but they would always act haughtily before Xi Yu.
"That's not true. Since Jianchen has appointed me as the vice-patriarch and has given me all the authority, I can obviously represent the entire clan." Xi Yu continued, "Actually, there's no need for me to explain this to you. It's just like what patriarch Jianchen said to me that day. Our Tianyuan family has spent a lot of money to hire you because the clan needs your strength to protect the interests of the clan, not to hire a bunch of useless people who only know how to enjoy themselves with a generous salary."
The faces of many Primordial realm protectors in the main hall darkened. They were extremely sunken.
"Let's get back to the main topic. I haven't gathered you here today to explain this to you. Instead, I have something important to announce." Xi Yu straightened her face and said sternly, "In the past few years, extremely serious problems have been discovered in the various divine crystal mines, medicinal gardens, and transactions under the patriarch of the Tian Yuan clan. Only after hearing about the secret investigations of our Tianyuan family over the years did we discover that there is a huge amount of corruption within the various branches of management.
Extremely serious corruption and embezzlement have occurred, seriously harming the interests of the family. "
"What's even more terrifying is that there are many protectors behind this matter. Protectors, how do you think we should deal with this matter? "
"Naturally, we should deal with it according to the rules of the clan," protector Xue immediately said as soon as Xi Yu finished speaking.
"Xi Yu, you can't say that carelessly. The protectors of the Tianyuan family are all Primordial realm experts. How can people like them lower themselves to do something so despicable for some resources that they have no use for?" said protector An.
"Just some resources? According to incomplete statistics, our Tianyuan family has lost over ten billion supreme grade divine crystals at the very least. May I ask protector An if all your wealth is worth that much? "Xi Yu sneered.
Protector An was immediately speechless. Although he was a Ninth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime, since he had chosen to become a protector of the Tianyuan family, it meant that he was not an independent cultivator with a great background and was not wealthy. Ten billion supreme grade divine crystals was truly an unreachable number to him.
"Xi Yu, do you have any evidence? If you don't, don't speak nonsense. Primordial realm experts cannot be insulted, "a protector called out from the crowd.
Xi Yu sneered. If it were before Jianchen's return, she really would not have had the confidence to touch these protectors, but now …
With a wave of her hand, many memory crystals immediately flew out. "You want evidence, so I'll give you evidence. You can take a look at these memory crystals. You might even be able to see your own reflection in them."
With that, the Primordial realm protectors immediately began to check the memory crystals. The expressions of many people changed rapidly.
"Hmph, it's fake. The contents are all fake. Someone's trying to frame us …"
"There are far, far too many ways to fake these things in the world. These memory crystals can't prove anything …"
Many Primordial realm experts bellowed out furiously and crushed the memory crystals. As for protector An, he waved his hand, and violent energy swept out, causing large swathes of memory crystals to explode.
Xi Yu remained composed as she sat on the main seat. She said, "Oh right, I should remind you that there are copies of all the contents in the memory crystals, so it doesn't matter even if they're destroyed. As for whether they're real or fake, we'll know after some investigation. Come, bring them over. "
The Divine King who had been captured by protector Mei in the end were all tied up and brought over. Clearly, they had been tortured, so they were all haggard. Their eyes were hollow as if they had lost their souls.
Protector An's expression became rather ugly when he saw their condition. With his insight, he could tell with a single glance that the Divine King had clearly been tortured by something that targeted their souls. Under these conditions, their minds were completely unguarded. They would basically answer whatever was asked, unable to lie at all.
However, when he thought about his own strength and the Primordial realm experts on his side, protector An immediately calmed down.
He was not alone. Instead, he was part of a huge group of people. Basically half of all the Primordial realm protectors in the Tianyuan family were on his side.
"Speak. Who's behind this? Tell me everything you know," Xi Yu looked at the Divine King.
"It's protector An …" The Divine King did not hide anything at all. They told her everything they knew about the betrayal of the Tianyuan family, not missing a single detail. Their target was protector An.
"How dare you! Protector An is the greatest protector of the Tianyuan family. How can he be blasphemed by ants like you? You deserve to die!" A Fifth Heavenly Layer Infinite Prime immediately bellowed out and slammed his hand towards the Divine King. He wanted to silence them.
However, at this moment, a powerful energy that caused even protector An's expression to change suddenly erupted from the Watercloud Hall. It formed a suppressive force that mercilessly descended on the protector who had struck out.
The protector immediately felt his body sink. Before the suppressive force, he was unable to resist at all. His knees directly gave out, and he knelt on the ground.
Afterwards, the power of the divine hall descended, completely restraining him. He was unable to move at all.
"The Artifact Spirit. It's the Artifact Spirit …" The sudden changes caused the expressions of protector An and the others to change drastically. Disbelief filled their faces.
Didn't the Artifact Spirit of the Watercloud Hall never show itself? Why was it interfering with such trivial matters today?
"Oh no, the Artifact Spirit of the Watercloud Hall has begun to listen to Xi Yu's orders." Protector An immediately understood what was going on when he saw how composed Xi Yu was. He understood just how powerful the medium quality god artifact of the Watercloud Hall was. It was impossible for anyone below Chaotic Prime to fend off such power here.
With a single movement, protector An immediately charged out of the Watercloud Hall. Many other protectors moved at the same time.
All of them understood that as long as they remained in the Watercloud Hall, they were trapped. They could not fight back at all. Only after leaving the Watercloud Hall would they become powerful Primordial realm experts.
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