The Ancestral Tower's loss of control dealt a tremendous blow to Futuo Xuan.
Especially when Qing Yan Jing followed up with a barrage of cutting words that struck straight at his heart, nearly breaking through his defenses.
There was no helping it. This grand elder of the Futuo Ancient Clan had upheld rules all his life, yet during her imprisonment in the Ancestral Tower, Qing Yan Jing had told the residual consciousnesses of the former grand elders who had passed away within it everything he had done. And they had responded...
This proved that even those senior ancestors did not approve of Futuo Xuan's actions. Did that not mean that everything he had stood by all these years had been wrong?
The blow to him was simply too great.
Seeing this, Qing Yan Jing could not help feeling a secret thrill. She then said calmly, "According to the clan rules, whoever controls the Ancestral Tower becomes the new grand elder. Therefore, from this moment onward, I am the Futuo Ancient Clan's new grand elder."
The moment those words came out, an uproar swept through the crowd, whether they were members of the Futuo Ancient Clan or not.
Wasn't this All Clans Martial Gathering meant to select elders for the Elder Council? How had even the grand elder been replaced all of a sudden?
Could it be that a struggle between the old and new powers was about to unfold?
Futuo Xuan looked somewhat dazed, as though he had yet to recover from the realization that his ancestors believed he was wrong. Only after a long while did his expression gradually dim, and in an instant, he appeared to have aged considerably.
"The position of grand elder should have been yours to begin with. I simply did not expect you to