The Council Chamber's vote went smoothly. Hua Rong was unanimously expelled from the council without objection, stripped of his outer sect post, and permanently barred from taking part in council elections.
Having lost all of that, Hua Rong had effectively been completely kicked out of the grand hall, ranking below even those honorary elders.
"Hatred!"
At this moment, nothing but hatred remained in Hua Rong's heart!
He hated Hua Huayue for dragging him into this!
Yet he seemed to have forgotten that if he himself had not wanted to curry favor with Hua Huayue, how would things have come to this?
Hua Rong had known that once Jiang Feng rose to fame in a single battle, he would no longer be able to exploit Jiang Feng. But he had never expected the Elder Council to expel him over it.
After all, not one of the councilors sitting in the Elder Council had a clean backside!
Who among them had never done something like bending the law for personal gain?
He could not understand why, when it came to him, he would receive such a severe punishment.
That was why he hated her. He was certain that Hua Huayue had simply been unwilling to step in and protect him!
"Hua Huayue, how ruthless you are!"
"Since that's the case, don't blame me for cutting you off at the pass!"
"What I have lost today, I can only take back from Jiang Feng."
Hua Rong angrily swept his sleeve and left. He already knew that Jiang Feng must be hiding something Hua Huayue desperately wanted!
Just as Hua Rong stormed away, Huang Hong, who had just left the Council Chamber, directly employed the profundity of space to return to his residence. Yet the moment he stepped into the spatial rift, he discovered