Not Every Hall Needs an Elder

Elder Tumu left in peace.

When Xu Heng had cleared out his things and left the Tumu Hall, standing at the main gate with a bucket in hand, he still felt that none of this was quite real.

He had been the Tumu Elder for over twenty years, and just like that, he had been stripped of the position?

I'm not even sixty-five yet!

He looked at Chu Liang beside him, who wore a smile, and asked with slight shame and indignation, "Just what slander did you whisper into the Sect Leader's ear?"

"I merely presented High Person Wen Yuan with a few little plans for developing the sect," Chu Liang said with a shrug.

Not long ago, he had entered Infinite Palace and come before High Person Wen Yuan. Other than the four great mountain-guarding elders, ordinary peak masters and elders who wished to see Wen Yuan had to wait at the entrance for someone to announce them and see whether he had time.

But Chu Liang did not need to.

High Person Wen Yuan had given orders that whenever Chu Liang came, he was to be brought before him at once.

As for the benefits this disciple could bring to the sect, he, as Sect Leader, understood them more deeply than most. The clearest difference was that the newest generation of disciples joining Shushan possessed talents noticeably greater than those before them.

It could be said that, aside from the divine artifact, Chu Liang had nearly single-handedly reversed most of Shushan's disadvantages among the Nine Heavens immortal sects. More importantly, these were achievements he had made in his teens. Given time, once he truly grew into a top-tier powerhouse, what heights could he reach?

Wen Yuan was filled with anticipation.

Thus, he naturally gave Chu Liang whatever