"Reporting to the Patriarch, the Supreme Elder Council has sent an order, summoning you to Taiqing Hall to discuss matters."
Inside Zhang Guobang's palace, the Zhang Lineage's Great Elder, formerly the Second Elder, entered from outside and spoke to Zhang Guobang, who was meditating in cultivation.
After the former Great Elder, Zhang Shengbing, was killed by Mu Feiyang, the status of every elder in the Zhang Lineage rose by one rank. Zhang Nianbai, originally the Second Elder, had now become the Great Elder.
Recent events within the Zhang Lineage had reached the Supreme Elder Council, making those old fellows exceedingly furious. During Zhang Guobang's tenure as Patriarch, the Zhang Lineage had suffered such enormous losses.
The members of the Zhang Lineage's Supreme Elder Council were all powerful figures from generations past, and every one of them was at the Feather Ascension Realm or above. Many had even reached the Perfection Realm of the tenth level of the Feather Ascension Realm.
These old fellows were the true foundation of the Zhang Lineage. Once any one of them broke through to the Three Flower Realm, the Zhang Lineage's strength would grow even greater.
The Supreme Elder Council also possessed a special privilege. Should the Patriarch prove unworthy of his position, or commit some grave error that caused massive casualties within the Zhang Lineage—
Once the Supreme Elder Council reached a unanimous decision, it could depose the Patriarch and select a new one. Yet after hearing Zhang Nianbai's words, Zhang Guobang showed no reaction.
Perhaps he had long expected this day to come. What Zhang Guobang was thinking now was who had leaked the information.
The Supreme Elders cultivated in seclusion within Taiqing Hall. Unless the Zhang Lineage faced a crisis of life and death, those old fellows would never leave Taiqing Hall.