182: Ye Zhentian's annoyance

“How can the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace and the Cloud Palace have such a deep friendship?”

Seeing Ao Jingtain laughing and chatting so intimately with the First Saintess of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace team, their relationship seemed quite unusual, which left the high-ranking officials of the Central Continent Immortal Mansion, who had failed to recruit Ao Jingtain, somewhat surprised.

“It is indeed unexpected. I once heard a friend mention that the First Saintess of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace also seems to be from the Eastern Barrens.”

“...Really?”

“If my friend didn't lie to me, it should be true.”

“How can this tiny Eastern Barrens produce so many super Prodigies? It seems that what the Second Grand Elder said about the Central Continent Immortal Mansion protecting the Cloud Palace in the future was too conservative; it should protect the entire Eastern Barrens!”

“The Grand Elder makes a good point. Then let's protect the entire Eastern Barrens. Anyway, the Eastern Barrens is not that big. Starting this year, one of the Central Continent Immortal Mansion's ten Grand Elders will rotate annually, taking ten Core Elders to be stationed in the Eastern Barrens.”

Qin Donghuang made a definitive statement, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Deputy Palace Master Ye Zhentian.

“Old Ye, you shouldn't have any objections, right?”

The only Imperial Dynasty in the Eastern Barrens, the Imperial Family, is a branch of the Central Continent Ye Clan, and Ye Zhentian is not only the Deputy Palace Master of the Central Continent Immortal Mansion but also the current Clan Chief of the Ye Clan, one of the four great immortal cultivation families in the Central Continent.

The four great immortal cultivation families of the Central Continent are the four great immortal cultivation families of the Sky Ruins Continent.

Speaking of which, the Central Continent Ye Clan and the Imperial Family of the Eternal Leaf Dynasty in the Eastern Barrens have been out of contact for one or two millennia. Now, with so many super Prodigies suddenly appearing in the Eastern Barrens, yet failing to recruit them into the Central Continent Ye Clan, or even the Central Continent Immortal Mansion failing to recruit these super Prodigies, Ye Zhentian, as the Clan Chief of the Ye Clan, also bears some responsibility.

This is also why Qin Donghuang, the Palace Master of the Central Continent Immortal Mansion, was slightly dissatisfied with Ye Zhentian. He didn't expect that in the territory managed by the Ye Clan, the Ye Clan would be so useless, failing to secure these highly coveted super Prodigies. Therefore, the Central Continent Immortal Mansion cannot be blamed for stepping in.

Moreover, if the Central Continent Immortal Mansion doesn't intervene now, it might not be able to hold back the other five continent-level giant immortal cultivation forces.

Ye Zhentian should know better.

“Are ten Core Elders a bit too few? How about this, I'll also have the Ye Clan send ten Core Elders over.”

Ye Zhentian nodded, agreeing to Qin Donghuang's decision, as he knew this matter could no longer be changed.

However, the Central Continent Immortal Mansion's involvement in the Eastern Barrens did not mean that their Central Continent Ye Clan was withdrawing from the Eastern Barrens.

The Eternal Leaf Dynasty of the Eastern Barrens was still under the control of their Ye Clan. He had already roughly understood the intelligence of the Eastern Barrens through the current Emperor of the Eternal Leaf Dynasty, Ye Tian. No other force outside had deeper roots in the Eastern Barrens than their Ye Clan.

At this moment, Ye Zhentian was also quite angry. He had been stationed in the Central Continent Immortal Mansion, no longer managing the Ye Clan's Family affairs for nearly three millennia. The three Deputy Clan Chiefs of the Ye Clan under him had disappointed him so much in this matter. He was now seething with anger, wishing he could return to the Ye Clan and directly remove those three scoundrels from their positions.

A vast Ye Clan could not have only one Clan Chief. His role as Clan Chief was like a totem, a mascot of the Ye Clan, stationed in the Central Continent Immortal Mansion to balance the influence of the other three great immortal cultivation families in the Central Continent Immortal Mansion.

In fact, the Clan Chiefs of the Qin Clan, Chu Clan, and Xiao Clan were also stationed in the Central Continent Immortal Mansion.

The main leaders managing the Family affairs of the four great immortal cultivation families were actually the three Deputy Clan Chiefs of each clan, followed by the Family Grand Elders and so on.

It is worth mentioning that in this Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts, the Central Continent Ye Clan had originally only sent one Grand Elder to lead the team. They never expected such a big stir to be caused at the tournament, especially with the trial-takers from the Eastern Barrens Cloud Palace standing out. This made the Grand Elder of the Central Continent Ye Clan somewhat restless, and he eventually contacted the Family.

Ye Li, a Deputy Clan Chief of the Central Continent Ye Clan, rushed to the venue, but he arrived a step later than Ye Zhentian. Seeing that even his own Clan Chief had been alarmed, he felt inexplicably guilty for a moment and dared not show his face...