Yang Province, Green Maple Valley.
The Elders' Council Hall was solemn and imposing.
More than forty Li Family Elders had gathered within the council hall.
One formidable aura after another coiled through the hall.
The many auras intertwined, pressing until even the void within the hall twisted faintly.
At the main seat.
First Elder Li Xuantong sat as steady as a mountain, his expression stern and dignified.
Clad in a purple robe, he kept the Divine Fire around him restrained. Whenever his gaze opened and closed, it carried a heart-palpitating pressure.
"Let us begin."
Li Xuantong spoke slowly.
His voice was aged, yet vigorous and forceful, reaching every ear with perfect clarity.
Today.
It was the Li Family's highest-level Elders' Council, held once every quarter.
It would decide many major affairs concerning the Li Family and the Southern Ten Provinces under its rule.
Third Elder Li Xuanyong gave a soft cough.
Then he slowly said, "The first item of today's discussion... the appointment and dismissal of officials of third rank and above in various regions..."
As time passed, one major issue after another—matters concerning the situation in the south and the state of the world—was approved in the hall in an orderly fashion.
Two hours later.
Third Elder Li Xuanyong closed his mouth.
The hall fell silent.
He lifted the Spiritual Tea from the table before him and took a sip.
Yet the First Elder did not announce the end of the meeting.
The Li Family Elders immediately understood.
There was still a main event today.
Sure enough.
Li Xuantong's sharp gaze swept across the crowd.
"There is one more matter today."
"It concerns the Lineage's elder promotion system."
At those words.
Quite a few elders' eyes shifted, their expressions turning solemn.
"In recent years, the Li Family's fortune has