Ye Zhen had considered the matter of the Fire Spirit Hall at great length.
Just as Princess Changle had reminded him, even if Dongyang Lige took office as Grand Priest of the Ancestral God Hall, he would not be able to move against Ye Zhen lightly.
The hall masters of the various halls under the Ancestral God Hall were not children playing house, to be replaced whenever someone wished.
Moreover, Ye Zhen held the Fire Spirit Hall's hall-suppressing treasure, the Primordial Golden Crow Divine Staff. He had nothing to fear.
Even if Dongyang Lige stripped him of his position as Hall Master, without Ye Zhen's cooperation, the next Hall Master would never be able to smoothly take control of the Fire Spirit Hall or obtain the hall-suppressing treasure, the Primordial Golden Crow Divine Staff.
So long as Ye Zhen could hold the fort within the Fire Spirit Hall, no matter how overwhelming the Dongyang Family's power was, they would be unable to do anything to the foundation Ye Zhen had only just established there.
For instance, former Hall Master Zou Hu, Head of Household Affairs Priest Yu Bai'an, and a group of old subordinates formerly under Long Ruo, the previous Hall Master of Fire Spirit Hall, were all currently sheltered under Ye Zhen's banner.
But the problem now was that, because of the political situation at court and because of Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long, Ye Zhen's true body could not remain stationed in the Ancestral God Hall for long.
Within the Ancestral God Hall, aside from rules and prohibitions, strength mattered even more.
Sometimes, the bigger fist was reason.
If Ye Zhen were absent, the Dongyang Family could first clean out the wings Ye Zhen had cultivated in the Fire Spirit Hall, then pin a few charges on them. Nothing