Inside the ancestral hall, deathly silence reigned.
Chen Yuan stared at the azure jade Dao Tablet symbolizing sect privilege, and his mind buzzed.
An honorary elder?
How many years had it been since the Jieqing Sect last had an honorary elder?!
When had one suddenly appeared?!
Lin Feiyan's eyes widened even further.
They had casually dragged in someone off the street to make up the numbers, only to pull in a sect honorary elder?
Xu Liunian stood in the hall, his expression shifting unpredictably.
An honorary elder?
An honorary elder of a Dao Sect held a status far Gao above that of an ordinary inner disciple.
Just who was this woman?
Jiang Yuechu propped her cheek up with one hand and quietly watched the people below.
"Why has everyone gone silent?"
"..."
Xu Liunian silently clenched his fists and remained speechless for a long while.
If she truly was a Jieqing Sect honorary elder, then she naturally had the authority to meddle in this matter... The position of honorary elder stood above worldly constraints.
They did not need to abide by those rigid sect rules about not interfering in the internal affairs of vassals. They acted entirely as they pleased.
It was precisely because such unrestrained existences were so difficult to control that the Nine Great Dao Sects had long since stopped appointing new honorary elders in order to maintain stability.
Xu Liunian's plans had originally been flawless.
He would first use the excuse of a family matter to keep these rule-abiding Jieqing disciples in check.
Then, he would slowly scheme behind the scenes, lure them outside the city, and borrow that demon's hand to eliminate them.
But though he had calculated a thousand things, ten thousand things—
He had not calculated that among this group, he would provoke such