Elder Council Sets Things Right

Being the head of the Taiheng Sect is an easy job.

There are many powerful figures above them who can handle things, and there is also a celestial artifact that is nominally indifferent to affairs but actually strictly adheres to the rules.

Many systems have been in operation for 300,000 years without needing to be changed or changed. There's not much to do, and they can enjoy abundant good fortune. They don't need to do anything; they can just focus on cultivating Divine Ability.

After taking office Qu Heng only did two things: first, he opened up Peerless Divine Abilities that did not belong to the <Great Destiny Technique> to Artifact Forging Master Pill Refining Master; second, he signed the establishment of the Artifact Forging Master Association and the Pill Refining Master Association.

I thought the rest of the days would be peaceful, passing by in the blink of an eye, but who would have thought that an Outer Disciple I had high hopes for would clash with the Lin Family!

Qu Heng didn't want to give up on this Outer Disciple, but he also didn't want to clash with the Lin Family because of him, so he simply used the excuse of going out to cultivate and left the sect!

But to my utter surprise, as soon as I returned, I was blocked by several elders!

"Are you really going to wipe out the Lin Family? I can stop two Spiritual Law Realm!" This was Gui Fengliu, the usually stern Minister of the Law Enforcement Department, grinning from ear to ear.

"I have already sealed off those small worlds belonging to the Lin family. Just give the order, and we will take them down immediately!" This was the Supreme Elder Zhao Wudi, who held no official position but possessed immense strength and was proficient in divination.

After the Lin Family was attacked, he immediately performed divination and divined a tower. He then excitedly blocked the spread of information inside and outside the small world, resulting in dozens of Lin family elders at the Spiritual Law Realm still knowing nothing about it.

"What is all this about?!" Qu Heng was completely bewildered. "What happened? Why is the sect destroying the Lin Family?!"

"Didn't you already order Senior Hengming to destroy the Lin Lineage's territory?" Gui Fengliu exclaimed, "Of all the sect leaders in our Taiheng Sect, you are the first one who can command Senior Hengming!"

"Wait, wait!" Qu Heng waved his hand, "I have something to discuss with Senior Hengming!"

"Alright, alright, but we shouldn't delay, I can't keep the news under wraps for long!" Zhao Wudi laughed.

After seeing off the elders, Qu Heng hurriedly took out his phone. He had just returned from outer space, where there was no signal, so he had simply left it in his Storage Bag untouched.

He had originally planned to stay away for a few years, but he was really not used to not having cell phone signal, so he simply came back early. At worst, he could just appease Yang Ning.

"Sir, your carbonated fruit wine!" The enlightened boy respectfully offered a glass of beverage.

"Hmm!" Qu Heng nodded, picked up his cup, took a sip, opened his phone, and then...

"Puff!"

"What? The Lin Lineage's territory has been attacked?"

"Is the attacker Hengming Tower?"

"I'm going to wipe out the Lin Family?"

Qu Heng was completely bewildered. He first checked the news, then watched the live broadcast, and then clicked on Deep Blue Knows to learn about other people's analyses.

After a long pause, Qu Heng called out softly, "Hengming?"

He was certain that he had no intention of destroying the Lin Family, but what if Senior Hengming did?

"I'm here!" Hengming appeared before Qu Heng.

Qu Heng glanced at Hengming, and for some reason, he felt that Hengming was in a good mood.

"Um, Senior Hengming, are you planning to wipe out the Lin Family?" Qu Heng asked cautiously.

"No!" Hengming, "Why do you ask that?"

"But you attacked the Lin Lineage's territory," Qu Heng asked in a low voice.

"I didn't!" Hengming shook his head firmly. "I made a promise with Lin Feng that I would never harm anyone from the Lin Family!"

"But this attack, they all say it's you," Qu Heng tapped the image on his phone, "Who else could it be but you?"

"It wasn't me!" Hengming said firmly.

I simply flew into space and came back down; what do the things inside the Hengming Tower have to do with me?

What? I killed two Spiritual Law Realm cultivators?

They couldn't handle it themselves, how can you blame me? I was also at the epicenter of the explosion, how come I'm unharmed?

"Who did that?!" Qu Heng's voice suddenly became shrill. "Senior, didn't you stop them?"

"It was Yang Ning who did it. He's not an enemy, so why did you stop him?" Hengming asked, looking bewildered.

"Yang Ning deserved to be hit, huh?" Qu Heng was taken aback, blinking. "Yang what?"

"Yang Ning?"

"Wait, do we have a Spiritual Law Realm elder named Yang Ning in our sect? I only remember an Outer Disciple named Yang Ning?"

"That's him. But he's no longer Outer Disciple; he's successfully Qi Induction and advanced to inner disciple!"

Qu Heng remained silent for a long time, looking at the series of large pits in the video, and then at Hengming.

Hengming would never lie.

So..

"Could it be that this Yang Ning broke through from the Qi Refining First Level to the Qi Refining Tenth Level in just four months?" Qu Heng asked.

Although even a Qi Refining cultivator would find it difficult to create such a large pit, it might be possible for Yang Ning, given his exceptional talent.

"How is that possible!" Hengming shook his head. "He's still only at the Qi Refining First Level!"

"How could he possibly unleash such an attack, fifteen thousand of them?" Qu Heng was dumbfounded. Was there something wrong with my understanding of cultivation levels? "How could he possibly cause such destruction? Or is it..."

He suspected that Hengming was the one who did it, and then pinned the blame on Yang Ning.

Although it sounds somewhat comical, Senior Hengming is not True Person after all, and his thinking is somewhat slow, so it is possible that he would do such a thing.

"How he fired the shot is classified!" Hengming, "But it's definitely him who fired it!"

Hengming may know the professional techniques involved in Divine Ability, weapon crafting, and alchemy, but he will never pass them on to others.

Unless authorized by the inventor.

Qu Heng rubbed his temples, feeling a pang of regret. If he had stepped in to mediate back then, none of this would have happened.

And now it's turned out like this.

He didn't believe a word Hengming said, but he couldn't just not believe it. He didn't have the authority to make Hengming change his mind, nor did he dare to announce to the outside world that Hengming had done it.

So, should we announce to the public that Yang Ning did it?

That's even more ridiculous. When someone asks who Yang Ning is, you say he's an inner disciple at the first level of Qi Refining, but just four months ago he was an Outer Disciple?

Tell the Lin Family that it's all a misunderstanding and they don't need to be nervous; the sect didn't intend to destroy the Lin Family.

Who would believe that!

And

Qu Heng took out his phone and looked at the answers on Deep Blue Knows.

The answerer named Jianzheng made such a reasonable and well-founded point that Qu Heng even thought for a moment that he really thought so!

Calm down, calm down!

Qu Heng breathed a sigh of relief and began to analyze.

First of all, it can be confirmed that it was indeed Hengming who did it, and it couldn't have been Yang Ning.

Why would Hengming use such an unbelievable excuse? Anyone with eyes can see he's trying to shift the blame!

This makes it impossible for me to explain to the public and the Lin Family!

Etc!

Qu Heng seemed to have an idea.

Is it possible that what Jian Zheng said is true, but it's not that Taiheng's higher-ups want to destroy the Lin Family, but rather that Hengming wants to destroy the Lin Family?

Hengming's words weren't actually about shifting blame, but rather about forcing a change of leadership!

You can't implicate me, and if you say Yang Ning did it, nobody believes you.

Whether you believe it or not, it doesn't matter what you say, because even if I believe it, it's useless, because although many people died in the Lin Lineage territory, there are still a large number of the Spiritual Law Realm cultivators.

Furthermore, there are a large number of Lin-surname Spiritual Law Realm, both inner disciple and Outer Disciple, within the Taiheng Sect.

It's not enough for you to believe it yourself; you have to make them believe it too!

Will they believe that?

Of course I don't believe it!

What will they do if they don't believe it?

It's very simple: endure it for now, hold a grudge, and then wait for an opportunity to retaliate!

Tell them the truth, should we tell them it was Hengming who did it?

Wouldn't that be tantamount to telling them that Taiheng is going to destroy the Lin family?

They might not hold back any longer and take direct action to retaliate, or they might leave Taiheng and join Tianyi, then wait for an opportunity to take revenge!

Thinking of this, Qu Heng suddenly became stunned.

Without explanation, the Lin family is going to rebel.

Even after the explanation, the Lin family didn't believe it and were still waiting for an opportunity to rebel!

When those huge pits appeared in the Lin Lineage's territory, and these pits looked very much like the marks left by Hengming Tower, the Lin family was destined to rebel; it was only a matter of time!

Therefore, he had no other choice!

"Phew!" Qu Heng breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "I understand!"

"Hmm!" Hengming nodded, relieved that he understood.

"Hengming, the Sect Master's Decree!" Qu Heng stood up, then turned around and changed into a magnificent Deep Blue brocade robe embroidered with stars and the universe.

In an instant, Qu Heng, who had previously seemed somewhat nonchalant, suddenly changed his demeanor.

Noble, majestic, magnificent, and mysterious!

Upon seeing Qu Heng's disguise, Ming Shen's expression turned solemn, and a pagoda appeared on his right hand.

"I order you to immediately proceed to the Southern Forest tribe's territory, seize control of the Half-Immortal Artifact, the Wood Dragon Bracelet, Taiheng Army will arrive shortly thereafter!"

"Yes!" Hengming vanished from his spot in an instant.

He had an agreement with Lin Feng that he would never harm any members of the Lin clan.

But above the agreement, there is also the Sect Master's Decree.

Compared to the Taiheng Contract and the Sect Master's Decree, the agreement with Lin Feng can only rank third!

Qu Heng then gestured, and the palace he was in transformed into a grand hall with a starry sky and ancient, desolate atmosphere.

There is a stone table in the main hall, with 24 stone chairs placed neatly on both sides of the table.

Qu Heng placed his hand on the stone table and sent out a series of messages. Before long, one figure after another appeared on the chair.

There were twenty people in total.

These figures were all dressed in blue and gold robes, their auras profound and unfathomable, their eyes reflecting the galaxy, and their heads radiating brilliant light.

"Qu Heng, why Elder Council convened?" someone asked.

"Why is it just us? We're missing two more people with the surname Lin, and there's also Zhao Wudi Gui Fengliu!"

"Elder Zhao and Elder Gui have other important matters to attend to, and as for the two Elders Lin, I did not inform them!" Qu Heng said, "And this meeting is also related to the Lin family!"

"Hmm?" Everyone stirred, and then they heard Qu Heng recount the whole story of the bombing of the Southern Forest clan's territory.

This contains no personal inferences from Qu Heng, nor any speculations from others on the internet.

Elders are wise people and naturally have their own judgment.

Qu Heng finished his story shortly afterward.

Without much thought, an elder asked, "So, what do you mean?"

"The Lin clan's territory has been attacked, and tens of millions of core clan members have been killed. This has already happened and is irreversible. The Lin clan will inevitably betray the clan; there is no other possibility!" Qu Heng said sternly. "Therefore, I request the Elder Council to decide to expel the Lin clan from Taiheng to avoid being attacked from both sides! And to clean up the main branch of the Lin clan within the territory of Taiheng!"

There was no discussion about who actually conquered the Lin clan's territory, firstly because it was no longer important.

Secondly, whether it was Yang Ning or Hengming who launched the attack, your divination would only indicate that it was Hengming, so no one would believe that it was Yang Ning who launched the attack.

Hengming represents the Taiheng Sect, and there is absolutely no way they would throw Hengming out to apologize to the Lin Family!

The outcome of the Elder Council was then quite clear.

There is still warmth in cultivation sects, but the Lin Family is definitely not one of them.

Many people are dissatisfied with the Lin Family for Public Loss, Private Gain, taking away the Taiheng Spirit Vein, and harming the Taiheng Heaven.

However, many of these events occurred a long time ago, and the elders were angry but helpless. Furthermore, since the Lin Family had always nominally belonged to Taiheng, Hengming remained silent, the elders had even less reason to take action.

Until now, until today, I've finally got my chance!

Yes, everyone is here to set things right and reap the benefits of Taiheng's assets, not to covet the vast fortune that the Lin Family possesses!