Chapter 563.
Within the side hall, the atmosphere was solemn.
Xu Ying Yi’s powerful words stirred the blood and honor of the cultivators present.
Although everyone was currently in the Western Heavenly Buddha Region and the opponent was the vastly powerful Western Region Buddha Sect, when it came to the honor of the sect, no cultivator was willing to bend their knees and bow their heads.
“Well said!”
“That’s right, we must not endure!”
“Fight the monk!”
“Senior Brother Xu, just tell us directly what we should do!”
“Right!”
The crowd of cultivators spoke out, expressing their support for Xu Yingyi.
“Senior Brother Xu.”
It was at this moment that Yan Shiji of the Tianqin Sect asked, “You’ve represented the Canglan Sect on many missions to the Western Regions, have you encountered anything similar before?”
Everyone suddenly quieted down, and all of their gazes turned to Xu Yingyi.
Xu Ying Yi frowned before shaking his head, “No.”
In Xu Ying Yi’s memories, the Buddha Sect giving them, the representatives of the ceremony watchers, a downward spiral was something that had never happened before.
It simply hadn’t appeared before.
Although the Dao Sect and the Buddhist Sect had always been at odds, the former was strong and the latter was weak, and no matter how weak the representatives of the ceremony watchers were, they still represented the many sects and large factions, and were not something that the Buddhist Sect could easily be offended by.
Therefore, Xu Ying Yi came to the Western Region in the past, received a completely appropriate status courtesy.
It was only after being reminded by Yan Shishi that Xu Yingyi reacted furiously – the flavor of this matter wasn’t right ah!
What had happened in the square earlier, was it the intention of the upper echelons of the Western Region Buddhist Sect, or was it merely a nasty self-imposed act on the part of Xuan Yuan Temple?
Xu Ying Yi knew that the Western Region Buddhist Sect wasn’t an ironclad either, and its internal open and secret struggles were fierce.
He couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
However, Xu Ying Yi quickly came back to his senses and waved his hand, “Forget about how it was before, the priority is how to deal with it now, my proposal is to first elect a chief to make it easier for all of us to move forward and backward together!”
The representatives of the Taoist sects that entered the Western Heavenly Buddhist Domain in the same batch to observe the ceremony, that is, the cultivators currently in this side hall totaled one hundred and seventy-six, representing one hundred and seventy-six cultivation sects of all sizes in the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Even though all the cultivators were at the lowest level of the Primordial Purple Mansion, a group of dragons without a leader was tantamount to a plate of scattered sand, and it would be very difficult to work together in the event of a special circumstance.
Therefore, it is necessary to elect a chief that everyone trusts.
The chief is not the chief, is considered to be the representative of the representative, equivalent to the role of the leader.
He did not have the power to give orders.
Regarding Xu Ying Yi’s proposal, everyone thought deeply of it and opened their mouths to express their agreement.
Many people’s eyes looked towards Xu Ying Yi.
It felt like this position was his.
However, what people did not expect was that Xu Ying Yi said, “This chief representative, I’m going to elect Fellow Daoist Wang Duan of the West Sea Sect to serve as the chief representative, the West Sea Sect is the number one Immortal Sect in the Mountain and Sea Realm, with a reputation that is unrivaled, and the position of the chief is not his to take!”
Now even Wang Dust was surprised.
Everyone expected Xu Yingyi to present himself and then get his wish.
After all, in a situation where most of the cultivators were strangers, Xu Yingyi, who was good at socializing, was their best choice.
But Xu Ying Yi clearly had other ideas, “Who’s in favor, who’s against?”
Fast and furious!
Wang Dust was about to open his mouth when he suddenly heard a voice transmission from Xu Ying Yi: “Senior brother Wang, I am sincere in electing you as the chief, please do not push back.”
Wang Chen pondered for a moment, but still swallowed back his words of refusal.
He didn’t have any thoughts about this chief representative, and even found it troublesome.
It felt very appropriate to have Xu Yingyi serve as it.
However, Xu Yingyi’s attitude was extremely earnest, not a hypocrisy of retreating in favor of advancement, and the reasons were also very good.
Within all the cultivator representatives, Wang Chen’s cultivation realm was not the highest.
However, the sect he represented was the number one Immortal Sect in the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Then Wang Dust was more than just himself.
If he firmly refused, it would easily give the impression that he didn’t dare to take on a big responsibility, hurting not only his own image, but also the reputation of the West Sea Sect.
If this matter was spread, then not to mention how the West Sea Sect would react, Wang Chen’s master, Changhe Zhenren, would also lose face!
“Agreed!”
“I also agree!”
“Since it’s the Western Sea Sect’s senior brother, there’s no problem.”
“I’m in favor.”
The other cultivators clearly didn’t have any thoughts of competing for power, nor did they think that the chief representative deserved to sing against themselves, so they all spoke up in favor of Xu Yingyi’s proposal.
Wang Dust’s position as chief was surprisingly settled just like that!
The dust settled in the blink of an eye.
Wang Dust’s mind flickered, and he immediately got up and said, “Since all of you daoists have shown your love, then I, Wang, will have the honor to assume the position of chief, and we will all watch over each other and advance and retreat together!”
Everyone said in unison, “Good!”
Wang Dust flexed his fingers and flicked out a wisp of finger wind, hitting a bronze bell a few dozen paces away.
Clang~
This copper bell hung on the bell stand and immediately emitted a clear vibration.
After a few moments, the Xuan Yuan Temple’s knower, Zhitong, hurriedly rushed to the side hall and asked with a smile, “What are the orders of the upper cultivators?”
He had a fat head and a rounded body, and his smile looked very much like the Maitreya Buddha, giving people a feeling of closeness and kindness.
Wang Chen said indifferently, “Master Zhitong, since your temple does not welcome us, then we intend to go back to our respective homes, lest we look at each other and affect the Spirit Mountain Dharma Assembly which would be bad.”
Everyone froze at these words.
Zhitong had never expected Wang Chen and the others to give up the ceremony and prepare to return home.
And the other cultivators also didn’t expect Wang Dust to actually make such a decision.
But when everyone thought about it carefully, they felt a raised eyebrow!
What’s wrong with you?
Master Dao won’t serve anymore!
No one raised their voice in opposition, and everyone stared at Zhitong with mocking and teasing gazes.
Seeing how this monk would respond!
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Zhitong’s forehead, realizing that things had gotten out of hand, he hurriedly said with a bitter face, “All of you upper cultivators, please don’t joke with the young monk, the young monk can’t afford it!”
“We are not joking.”
Wang Dust said, “You can’t afford to take it on, then find someone who can to talk.”
Up to now, Xuan Yuan Temple had received only one guest on their behalf.
If this could be tolerated, Wang Chen was ready to completely turn his face away!
However, with his strong attitude, Zhitong was obviously softer: “This fellow Daoist, may I ask your name?”
The monk’s tone was filled with a carefully pleasing tone.
“West Sea Sect, Wang Dust!”
As soon as Wang Dust’s words fell, Xu Ying Yi continued, “And our elected chief representative!”
“His words represent the opinions of all of us!”
Chief Representative!
Zhitong subconsciously took a step back and smiled apologetically, “Fellow Daoists, be at ease, there must be a misunderstanding, the young monk will immediately go and invite the Abbot of this temple to come over!”
He panicked and exited the side hall, his feet almost falling as he stumbled.
The crowd of cultivators looked at each other and couldn’t help but laugh.