The elite Cloud Valor Guards under the Second Elder moved at his command, appearing in an instant and sealing off every escape route!
The Twelfth Elder had yet to recover from his grievous injuries, and his cultivation had plummeted. Surrounded and crushed beneath such pressure, he had no strength to resist.
In an instant, two fierce Cloud Valor Guards twisted his arms behind his back. With two sharp clicks, spirit-sealing black gold, specifically designed to suppress immortal cultivation, bound him tightly. They then forced him to his knees, leaving him utterly wretched.
"Yun Qing! You... you're settling a personal grudge! The Young Lord, that day..." The Twelfth Elder's eyes nearly split with rage as he roared in a final struggle.
"Settling a personal grudge?" Yun Qing stepped forward. His double pupils remained calm and untroubled, yet held a power that pierced straight through the heart. "You violated clan law. What does a personal grudge have to do with it? As for why the Young Lord did not punish you immediately that day, he considered the bond between clansmen and gave you a chance to confess and repent. Unfortunately, you showed no remorse."
He turned to the core elders who had gathered at the news and solemnly cupped his hands. "The branch of Yun Xiao, the Twelfth Elder, ambushed fellow clansmen and plotted to seize a Dao embryo. The evidence is conclusive. I ask the elders to punish them severely according to clan law!"
The Second Elder immediately took over, his voice decisive enough to cleave iron. "Rest assured! I will personally oversee the handling of such scum! We will investigate his entire branch to the very bottom. Everyone involved will be punished without mercy, and all allocated clan assets will be reclaimed, restoring the righteous, mighty spirit of our Yun