Mo Lanhe's whole body stiffened as he stood there in a daze.
As the Inner Sect Chief Elder and a Heavenly Sovereign sword cultivator, he had assumed that the Grandmaster would at most punish him severely.
Who could have imagined that the Grandmaster would actually tell him to die!
Shi Huiyan, the sect leader, could no longer remain seated. "Grandmaster, Junior Brother Mo may have made mistakes, but they do not warrant death. Please calm your anger!"
The other elders also spoke up one after another to dissuade him.
Qi Jingzhen fell silent.
Mo Lanhe bowed. "From this day onward, this disciple is willing to relinquish his position as an elder and go to the Back Mountain Forbidden Ground to reflect upon his sins. So long as Grandmaster's anger has not subsided, this disciple will not leave!"
Having said that, his expression darkened.
He had never deliberately made things difficult for Li Muchen. He had merely turned a blind eye, tolerating Yun Husheng's suppression of Li Muchen.
Such suppression was commonplace in any sect. It was hardly worth mentioning.
But clearly, this time was different. They had kicked an iron plate!
"I understand. In your eyes, the unfair treatment Li Muchen suffered in the sect was nothing more than a sesame-seed-sized matter."
Qi Jingzhen's face was grim. "But a sect's atmosphere rots away precisely from such trifles! Setting everything else aside, Li Muchen had no backing, so did that mean he deserved to have Wang Yuan take his spot?"
As he spoke, he rose abruptly, his gaze terrifying. "Back when the Green Leaf Sword Sect was at its height, it could rank among the top five Heavenly Sovereign lineages of Wenzhou. And now? It is practically falling out of the top ten! Why?"
His voice echoed through the hall. Everyone