For the next half month, undercurrents inside the Mystic Heaven Holy Land grew increasingly turbulent, and the power struggles between the various halls reached a fever pitch.
The Dharma Transmission Hall and the Law Enforcement Hall joined forces with several mid- and small-sized halls to pressure the Holy Master again and again.
Using the excuse that Dongfang Zhaixing had once accidentally injured commoners in the Northern Ice Plains while serving as World Traveler, they questioned Dongfang Zhaixing's character.
Meanwhile, Tianshu Hall, Yuheng Hall, and the other halls responded in kind, publicly accusing the Dharma Transmission Hall of harboring malicious intentions and trying to split the Holy Land apart.
Because of this, the two sides frequently broke into arguments inside the Holy Master's main hall...
Yet the subtle thing was that the four Grand Elders on the dais and the Holy Master never publicly took a stance or voiced an opinion from beginning to end.
So the situation fell into a deadlock for a time...
By comparison, Zixiao Hall was much calmer.
Jiang Fan followed Zixiao Zhenren's instructions and kept a low profile.
Aside from guiding Jiang Ming in cultivation methods and consolidating his own laws, he barely had any contact with the outside world.
However, as Little Bamboo Peak's chief steward, Fan Chuan still brought news from the outside world every day.
"Senior Brother Jiang, today three deacons from the Dharma Transmission Hall fought with disciples of Tianshu Hall in the Resource Vault and injured two people..."
"Senior Brother Jiang, today a disciple on Danxia Peak died when his furnace exploded during alchemy. Among the remaining medicinal materials at the scene, they found a stalk of Heart-Eroding Grass mixed in..."
"Senior Brother Jiang, today in the Holy Master's main hall, several hall masters started arguing again and almost came to