Under the Xu Family's covert manipulation, the matter of Zhang Dingyi withholding more than thirty million Mid-grade Spirit Stones from disciples' salaries over ten years quickly spread throughout the entire Blood Shadow Headquarters.
He had served as Finance Elder for more than two hundred years. Over those two centuries, he had likely embezzled several hundred million Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
Those Spirit Stones should have been distributed among the vast number of lower- and middle-ranking disciples, yet they had all ended up in Zhang Dingyi's pockets.
The Xu Family had also judged the timing perfectly.
Every day, the Punishment Hall released a major piece of news—for example, that another ledger had been found, showing tens of millions of Spirit Stones withheld.
Or they would find some accountant who had handled the books, who then testified that Zhang Dingyi had forced them to falsify the accounts.
Half a month later, the entire Blood Shadow Headquarters could be said to be seething with public outrage.
Even the various branches began sending messages demanding that Zhang Dingyi be severely punished.
After all, the Contribution Points and exchanged resources of every branch also had to pass through the Finance Hall.
With Zhang Dingyi's habit of shaving off two ounces whenever an egg passed through his hands, if he dared withhold the headquarters disciples' salaries, the branch halls needed no further mention.
Several accountants had now been found as witnesses, and quite a few ledgers had also been dug up.
When Zhang Dingyi's properties were searched and seized, the figures calculated were astonishing.
According to the information released by the Punishment Hall, Zhang Dingyi's assets were worth more than two hundred million Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
Although no account records had been found detailing Zhang Dingyi's personal income and expenditures, the evidence and witnesses already obtained all