Temporarily Stripped of His Elder Position!

"Great Elder, isn't that a blatant double standard? When his grandson beats someone up, it's called a spar between juniors. But now that his grandson got beaten, he flies into a rage and bullies the young with his age!"

"Exactly! And he calls himself an elder? So only Xiao Ning is allowed to hit people, while no one else is allowed to hit back?"

"Bullying the young with his age—what impressive authority. If Xiao Ze weren't the Fourth Young Master and the Patriarch hadn't arrived in time, he probably would have kept attacking, using his Da Dou Shi strength to suppress a talented Dou Zhe of the family!"

The Great Elder's face twitched. He was old, not deaf!

Those words were like sharp thorns drilling into his ears and piercing his heart.

The Great Elder found them unbearably harsh, and his heart was filled with frustration.

Yet what he had done truly was exactly as Xiao Ze had described it. Even he himself did not know how to refute it.

And Xiao Zhan, consumed by fury, was standing right beside him.

The Great Elder felt trapped between advancing and retreating. Regret filled his heart. Why had he come here in the first place? Why had he let anger cloud his mind?

At that moment, the Great Elder suddenly realized that the root cause of his coming here was Xiao Ning!

That good-for-nothing grandson who spent his days idling around and constantly causing him trouble!

The Great Elder had already cursed Xiao Ning bloody in his heart, but his face remained silent.

Xiao Ze naturally heard the comments from the watching Xiao Family disciples and smiled faintly to himself.

If an elder could not command the respect of the people, then that elder's position was probably at its end.

"Why is the Great Elder silent? Do you have nothing to say in the face of the facts?"

Xiao Ze pressed his advantage. The Great Elder had finally settled his churning blood and energy, and he slightly opened his mouth, intending to offer an explanation.

"Hmph! Great Elder, there's no need to explain. Everyone has seen what happened today!"

Xiao Zhan suddenly spoke, glancing at the Second Elder and Third Elder, who had rushed over.

"As an elder, the Great Elder's conduct has failed to win the people's respect. He openly violated the Xiao Family rules, bullied the young with his age, and even intended to kill a family genius, obstructing the Xiao Family's development!"

"By the authority of the Patriarch, I hereby impose the following punishment: the Great Elder is temporarily stripped of his position. If he offends again, his cultivation will be crippled and he will be expelled from the Xiao Family!"

"Hiss—"

Everyone present sucked in a breath at Xiao Zhan's words.

The Great Elder, as the person involved, was even more shocked and furious.

"Xiao Zhan, you're stripping me of my position as Great Elder for the sake of your son?!"

The other two elders looked at each other. They had arrived last and had only seen Xiao Zhan attack the Great Elder in anger.

What had the Great Elder done to deserve such a severe punishment from Xiao Zhan?

The surrounding Xiao Family disciples also began discussing among themselves.

"This punishment... isn't it a bit too harsh for the Great Elder? Bullying the young with his age is indeed disgraceful, but he is still an elder."

"That's true! Stripping the Great Elder of his position for a genius who hasn't even grown up yet—doesn't that go against the rules?"

"Isn't the Patriarch's punishment too severe? Who would dare devote themselves wholeheartedly to the Xiao Family in the future if an elder's position could be stripped away over such a minor mistake?"

Hearing the surrounding discussions, the Great Elder was no longer flustered.

I may have been at fault first, but you, Xiao Zhan, are handling this unfairly. Punishing a small offense so severely will likewise fail to convince the people.

Sure enough, the other two elders began trying to persuade Xiao Zhan.

"Xiao Zhan, your punishment is too harsh. Although the Great Elder made a mistake, it does not warrant stripping him of his elder position. This will chill the hearts of many in the Xiao Family!"

"That's right. You're using a small mistake to impose a heavy punishment! Such a penalty is far too unfair!"

Faced with everyone's doubts and the two elders' attempts at persuasion, Xiao Zhan gave a cold laugh.

"Do you all think my punishment is too severe?"

He swept his gaze across the area. Everyone who met Xiao Zhan's eyes instinctively looked away, not daring to stare directly at this enraged lion.

"Ze'er, show them your current strength!"

Xiao Zhan suddenly turned to Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze did not waste words. He no longer concealed his strength.

Xiao Ze's aura, which had initially seemed utterly ordinary, began to rise steadily.

Very soon, the more perceptive people sharply noticed that the aura of Dou Zhe emanating from Xiao Ze was far too dense. He was clearly not someone who had only just entered the Dou Zhe realm!

He was at least a High-level Dou Practitioner, and even among High-level Dou Practitioners, he was among the best!

The two elders were utterly dumbfounded. They could naturally tell that Xiao Ze's cultivation was shockingly at the Nine Star Dou Practitioner level!

The Great Elder's heart shook violently. Xiao Ze was only eleven years old!

Back then, when Xiao Yan advanced to the One Star Dou Practitioner level at eleven, he had already been hailed as the Xiao Family's greatest genius in a century.

Then what should Xiao Ze, an eleven-year-old Nine Star Dou Practitioner, be called? The greatest genius in a thousand years?

"Everyone has seen it now, an eleven-year-old High-level Dou Practitioner!"

Xiao Zhan's tone was filled with pride. "If he does not die prematurely and grows up smoothly, he is guaranteed to reach the Dou Wang level in the future."

"There is an extremely high chance that he will become a Dou Emperor. Even reaching the legendary Dou Zong is not impossible!"

"If the Xiao Family has a Dou Wang standing guard, we would be considered a first-rate force throughout the Jia Ma Empire! Wu Tan City would no longer have three families standing side by side; the Xiao Family alone would dominate it!"

"If we have a Dou Emperor, we could enter the ranks of the Jia Ma Empire's top forces! The Xiao Family could flourish and possess inexhaustible resources for all of you to cultivate!"

"As for a Dou Zong, that is far too distant and illusory. I hold no great hopes for it. But even so, Xiao Ze remains the hope for the Xiao Family's future prosperity!"

At this point, Xiao Zhan's tone suddenly changed, his impassioned voice mixed with fury.

"Yet the Great Elder dared to lay hands on the Xiao Family's hope for the future!"

"Using the strength of a Da Dou Shi to attack a Dou Zhe! If that was not an attempt to kill him, then what was it? Guidance from an elder?!"

Uproar!!!

The entire crowd erupted. After hearing Xiao Zhan's explanation, everyone looked at the Great Elder with resentment and indignation!

This was no ordinary genius. This was a future Dou Wang, perhaps even a Dou Emperor!

If they had previously viewed the matter as none of their concern, they could now truly relate to it.

People only truly felt pain when their own interests suffered losses!

They naturally understood the benefits of having a powerful expert guard them. Not only would it provide immense security, it would also mean abundant cultivation resources!

High-level Dou techniques and cultivation methods, medicinal pills to assist cultivation, guidance from stronger experts—such benefits were more than enough to move them.

The other two elders felt the same. They understood even more clearly how sought-after forces with high-level experts stationed within their families were!

The cultivation resources they desperately desired, even medicinal pills needed to break through crucial bottlenecks, could all be obtained through the presence of a high-level expert.

Higher cultivation meant they could enjoy longer lifespans!

Yet the Great Elder had actually dared to harm the family's future. The two of them had not lived long enough yet!

For a moment, even the two elders glared furiously at the Great Elder!

The Great Elder was instantly dumbfounded. He had never expected that the person he attacked in anger would be such a peerless genius!

His heart was instantly flooded with regret!

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