The Junshan Sect elders all held positions of power and wore an air of moral rectitude.
Getting them to admit to the sordid things they had done in private would be harder than ascending to heaven.
Some of those Fang Yuan had just called out flushed with shame, unable to face anyone. Others, however, were driven into a corner and lashed out. "Enough! Fang Xu, you've always been arrogant and overbearing, and now you're slandering the elders. You're utterly depraved. I think... the Junshan Sect may no longer have room for you."
"Oh? You want to expel me from the sect?"
Fang Yuan ignored Xu Yu's anxious protests beside him and said unhurriedly, "According to the sect rules, expelling an Xiantian expert requires the consent of more than half the elders, as well as conclusive evidence, doesn't it?"
"Your past misdeeds are proof enough. We're all witnesses!"
Zhang Hanzhen was the first to step forward. "I move to expel this unfilial disciple from the sect."
"I agree with the Great Elder!"
Elder Sun, whom Fang Yuan had just accused of embezzling supplies, was the second to leap forward. "Slandering your elders adds another crime to your list. I say we should cripple your Martial Arts as well."
"Exactly! We have to cripple him!"
"Everything he knows was taught by the Junshan Sect. If he's expelled, it should all be taken back!"
Before long, several more elders jumped out, bringing their number to more than half.
Fang Yuan took a close look and saw that the loudest were the elders who had previously sided with Fang Tianhan's faction. Traitors really were the most despicable.
As for Xu Yu and the two or three neutral elders, they remained silent. They were powerless to turn the tide.
"Very good. We have more