Four votes to four. That was going to lead to a lot of wrangling.
And that was why San Liang had rushed to remove Mr. You. For Nan Yuan, it had backfired. If Mr. You had still been there, it would have been five votes to four, and there would have been no need for all this arguing.
Zi Jing, Yang Ji, and Si Hong weren't hostile toward Lu Yin. They were simply following the council's principles.
That vote had made it clear who firmly supported Lu Yin.
Nan Yuan hadn't expected Elder San Shang to support Lu Yin so strongly.
As for Xin Jiao, he wasn't surprised. She represented the Cosmic Sea, which was controlled by the Leien Battle Group. If she didn't side with Lu Yin, she would end up like Mr. You. That was why Xin Jiao had politely turned Lu Yin down but still had no choice but to support him. Mr. You's fate had been a warning to her.
Lu Yin had outgrown the stage where he could only be won over with incentives. Now, he could make threats.
With the vote tied four to four, the only way to remove Liu Ran was to talk the others into it.
The council chamber was in an uproar, while outside, King Ye and Lu Yin were having a pleasant chat.
No matter what they thought of each other deep down, at least neither showed it.
Lu Yin eyed King Ye with scrutiny and curiosity. Was this guy really the same species as Little Sapling?
Before leaving the Burial Garden for Black Street, Lu Yin had learned that someone had attacked the botanical garden and Xia Yi had escaped. The great tree had escaped at the same time.
There was no evidence that anyone had attacked the