Although you still did not know when Blood Cloud True Person's injuries would heal, the only thing you could do now was prepare in advance.
After you ordered a reduction in the disciples' and elders' monthly cultivation resources, you encountered the disciples' resistance, just as expected.
The elders were better off. You had explained the reason to them beforehand: the Lineage might soon face a great calamity!
Thus, the elders believed your words without question and did not react too strongly.
The disciples, however, were deeply dissatisfied by the sudden reduction in cultivation resources. You could even occasionally hear disciples discussing it right in front of you.
You offered no explanation, merely ordering the elders to discipline them strictly.
Perhaps it was because you had been drinking beast blood so often, but you felt your temper growing increasingly irritable lately. Sometimes, anger rose in you for no reason at all. Take the disciples' complaints and resistance this time—you could clearly have explained things and soothed their emotions, yet you simply could not be bothered to explain yourself to them.
You believed that those who refused discipline should be disciplined harshly.
If they kept yapping, they would be expelled from the Lineage!
The elders had all witnessed the changes in your personality. They could clearly feel that you had become more aggressive and impatient in handling matters than before.
However, they all assumed it was because you were young and hot-blooded, so they did not grow overly suspicious.
Still, the elders were more understanding in their handling of things and did not beat everyone to death with one stick as you did. Thus, after some time, the disciples' resistance gradually subsided.
Three months later, in the fourth month of the second year.
You could no longer resist your craving for fresh