"Ever since I returned, the Second Elder and his faction have wanted me to become the Dao companion of someone from their line. So your appearance will definitely disrupt his plans.
"If Junior Brother had previously exposed the fact that you cultivated the 'Qiongqi Purgatory Art,' then so be it. It would have affected your arrival, but I would have handled it myself.
"However, you may have had certain concerns and thus did not use that cultivation technique. So for now, I concealed it from the Grand Elder and the others. We will decide how to explain it after discussing the matter.
"For all these reasons, coupled with your current high cultivation, you will have no small impact on the Second Elder's faction. He certainly will not let you obtain the position of 'King Qing'a' so easily.
"Even the Grand Elder cannot forcefully interfere in this matter now. There are more things he must take into account.
"Just considering how the Fourth and Fifth Elders, who are close to the Second Elder, were successively seriously injured in battle against the wind beasts, the Grand Elder cannot act willfully.
"After all, these people may have conflicts of interest within the clan, but when it comes to resisting the wind beasts, they are all fine men of the Tianli Clan. One mishandling, and the Tianli Clan will end in collapse and disintegration!"
Gong Chenying swiftly explained the situation.
"This matter is not urgent. What do you plan to do about Clan Chief Gong and the Sixth Elder? By your account, they have been missing for more than ten years, yet you seem to have a way of knowing that they have not fallen?"
When Li Yan mentioned Gong Shanhe and the Sixth Elder, he could sense no grief in Gong Chenying's eyes.