At that moment, everyone was shocked at how Sabina treated Jason. Moreover, they were worried about what Jason would do to her, especially when they all knew how mean and savage he could get. They all held their breath, checking their willingness to help her out of that situation. After all, no matter how powerful the Ji Clan was, it was still impossible for them to fight against the royal family.
"What? You don't have the guts now? Or are you just scared that my master will get even with you? I thought you were the kind of man who has the courage to accept the consequence of his actions. But I didn't expect you're just too good at bullying the weak and fearing the strong." Sabina continued to mock him as if nothing had happened, ignoring the fact that Jason was already steaming hot in fury.
"If I were you, Miss Sabina, I would watch my mouth. You can't just say anything as you like. How insensitive of you. However, for your father's sake, perhaps I can pretend that I heard none of the disrespectful things that you had just said to me. Chief Elvis, I can turn a deaf ear to what has just happened. However, I suppose I can get something in return—a favor if you will. I came here for the empress. Please, let me do my job so I can report to His Majesty on the fulfillment of my duty. If His Majesty doesn't hear from me soon and gets angry with this matter, then surely, we will all be in big trouble!" Jason pulled a long face. In fact, he kept it together as he dared not to lay a finger on Sabina. However, Sabina was right. He couldn't afford the consequence of offending Marcia, because even Alston had to show some respect to her. With that being said, he had to bypass Marcia and Sabina to reach the Ji Clan and hoped that Elvis would do his part. After all, Alston was his one and only trump card. Generally speaking, there were two forces which got the ability to disobey the royal family in the Holy Dragon Empire—one was led Bryant, and the other was led by Marcia.
"My elder sister is the empress now. Are you seriously going to force her back when in fact, she doesn't want to? Is that how you show your respect? If Alston wants to take her back, then why won't he come in person to pick her up?" Sabina sneered. At that moment, her ultimate goal was to destroy their plan and stop Jason from taking her elder sister back to the Palace City. Therefore, she didn't care if she would stir up trouble along the way. At that moment, all she wanted to do was to annoy Alston.
"What can I say, Chief Elvis? It seems that you really have a good daughter!" Jason's face darkened after seeing Sabina continue her mockery. Soon after, he shifted his gaze to Elvis as if instructing him to do something.
"Oh, what Sabina said is exactly what I also feel from the bottom of my heart. Since the acting emperor wants Sybil back, I also insist that His Majesty would better come here in person instead. As a matter of fact, I also want to have a talk with His Majesty in private," Elvis replied, dropping the polite look off his face. After all, they had already offended Jason, and he didn't mind the situation becoming more complicated.
On the other hand, Elvis didn't expect things to go this far. In fact, they were actually challenging the acting emperor's authority by turning down Jason under the watchful eyes of the public. After all, it might piss the acting emperor off. However, it was also true that Elvis got tons of problems with the acting emperor's behavior recently. He had his clan sitting on the fence for the same reason. And now, Alston was pushing him off this fence. Once Sybil returned to the Palace City, Alston would try to control the entire clan using her influence. As a Chief and a father, Elvis would never allow such a situation to take place over his dead body. It would only pain him to watch his own daughter be Alston's puppet. Thus, when it was time to break up, he vowed to himself that he would not be softhearted.
"Chief Elvis, you're going a little far with this." At that moment, Jason was surprised as he didn't expect that Elvis would refuse to cooperate with him. Furious from embarrassment, he immediately stood up, shook his sleeves and ordered his men, "In that case, then don't blame me for being rude. Take those people away immediately!"
Soon, the spirit manipulators led by the four Supernal Stage masters began arresting people. Of course, the elders and clan chiefs certainly wouldn't sit still and wait for death to come their way. As a result, they hurriedly started to resist and fight with all their might.
Meanwhile, the entire Celestial Hall was in chaos. Most of the people who didn't want to be involved retreated to the side.
On the other hand, Elvis sat on his chair, his eyebrows deeply knitted. If he stood up and joined the fight, then it would surely develop into a big move. But if he didn't, it would only humiliate the Ji Clan the minute Jason successfully took these people away. Perhaps, in the end, he would be a laughingstock by all the people.
Meanwhile, the fight seemed to have come to an end in the middle of the hall. Jason's men outnumbered the elders and clan chiefs and were already about to take them away.
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