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Chapter 967: Chapter 952: Legal Decrees_2
Moreover, Li Hongshi took advantage of this opportunity to further grasp the dwindling rights in the hands of the Elders, as well as dismissed several Elders who had committed serious errors, choosing those of secular background from the clan to take over.
Each faction naturally did not want to suffer such a major loss and joined forces to try to compel Li Hongshi to restore those Elders and Executors who had been dismissed.
"Are you all joining hands to force an abdication?" Li Hongshi asked with a dark expression.
"Not at all! We merely hope that the Clan Leader can treat us fairly! After all, your actions are not conducive to the unity of the family and may even lead to its division," an elder said unyieldingly, not intimidated by the clan leader.
"Very well!" Li Hongshi, hearing these words, laughed in rage, his eyes sharp as he surveyed everyone and asked coldly, "Do you all share his thoughts?"
"Yes!"
"Do you dare to betray the clan?"
Li Hongshi’s mana surged, and his words echoed throughout Mount Wanxian.
Thunderous roars—
The Mountain Protection Array was instantly fully activated, several terrifying pressures shot into the sky, and countless Spirit Lights flew toward the clan’s grand hall. In just a moment, they felt the wrath of the entire clan.
The people who had originally thought of forcing the leadership change now wore expressions of drastic change, their eyes filled with hatred as they glared at Li Hongshi, wishing they could tear him apart.
But under the collective will of the clan, they could only bow and acknowledge their mistake humbly, saying, "The Clan Leader misunderstands; we never had the thought of betraying the clan!"
Betray the clan?
In the Li family, they could enjoy many benefits. Once they left, merely with a few Nascent Soul Cultivators walking into the mountains, no one knew how many cultivators would survive.
Moreover, even if they wanted to betray, how could it possibly be easy to accomplish?
But they would never forget the humiliation Li Hongshi brought them today! Once they had the opportunity in the future, they would repay it tenfold, a hundredfold!
"That would be for the best."
But Li Hongshi had no intention of letting them off so easily and said, "However, to prevent our clan members from harboring such terrible thoughts, we must educate everyone, especially you!"
"First, starting tomorrow, the Scripture Pavilion will open the history of the clan’s development, and all clan members must go to study it and submit at least two pieces of insights or reflections every year!"
"Second, for a better future for the clan, we should focus on nurturing the younger members! Therefore, we will move a small mountain to the south side of Mount Wanxian, where we will place all clan members aged five to twenty, and the clan will arrange for members proficient in various skills and methods to go there to teach and preach."
The first rule left most clan members baffled, not understanding the purpose behind Li Hongshi’s actions.
But the second rule, while ostensibly considering the welfare of the clan and its younger generation, was in reality severing the factions’ most deep-rooted aspects!
One was emotions, which required long-term cultivation and maintenance, and the younger the age, the better the effect.
According to what Li Hongshi said, they needed to stay in that small Spirit Mountain until the age of twenty, and by the time they returned to Mount Wanxian at twenty, their way of thinking would already be very mature!
At this point, influencing them with emotions would clearly require double the effort for half the result.
The second was the inheritance of experience. Although the Li family had established courses in various fields for members of secular backgrounds to study, generally speaking, it was not as effective as the training within each branch.
This was because those who preached and taught the methods within the clan had their biases or did not put in all their effort; furthermore, the effect diminished with an increase in numbers.
But now, Li Hongshi wanted to change this situation.
The leaders of each faction were no fools. In a split second, they understood all of this and opened their mouths to object. But the words reached their lips and were forcibly swallowed back.
Because right now, the eyes of the entire family were fixed on them, and if they dared to refuse, they would face the wrath of everyone!
Unlike the bustling cheers outside the hall, they only felt chilling coldness coursing through their bodies as they turned their gaze toward Li Hongshi, filled not only with deep resentment but also a tinge of fear. They were like puppets, being manipulated to act according to the will of others.
Embodying the will of the family, Li Hongshi’s prestige in this moment was unparalleled, and after issuing two commands, he had firmly secured his position as the Clan Leader!
In reality, these plans were not conceived by Li Hongshi after becoming the Clan Leader, instead, he had thought of various methods much earlier and had told Li Xiansong everything, aiming to push forward early to strengthen the family.
But Li Xiansong did not claim this achievement for himself; instead, he left it for Li Hongshi to accomplish on his own.
Furthermore, he had told him that before becoming the Clan Leader, he couldn’t reveal even a single word about these matters to anyone.
Li Xiansong’s refusal was based firstly on timing—it wasn’t right since the family had just arrived and needed a highly stable internal and external environment.
Secondly, his contributions were already immense; centuries later, if the Li family lineage still existed, then he would undoubtedly be venerated and worshipped by his descendants.
This matter, if handled well, would merely become one of his many accomplishments and wouldn’t make him shine any brighter.
But if it were to fail, it would become a stain on his legacy! This was something Li Xiansong could not accept.
However, he highly regarded Li Hongshi and even personally introduced him to Li Zhirui.
And the fact that Li Hongshi was able to stand out among many outstanding candidates to become the new Clan Leader had the secret assistance of both Li Zhirui and Li Xiansong.
Otherwise, how could he possibly have garnered nearly fifty percent of the votes, crushing all other candidates?
Before setting out to gain experience, Li Zhirui made many arrangements out of worry that Li Hongshi would cause too significant a stir. If he couldn’t control the situation, someone could intervene in time to clean up the mess.
However, even Li Zhirui had not expected Li Hongshi’s capability to be so great that there was no need for the measures he had arranged; seizing just one opportunity, Li Hongshi took advantage of the momentum to enact two Clan Leader decrees. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝒐𝒎
And the price was being the stepping stones of various factions, as well as Li Hongshi himself, who was deeply resented by those factions.
"This is my Communication Talisman, should there be a critical matter in the future, you may contact me," Li Chengshuo’s voice floated over from afar, accompanied by ten Talismans.
"Thank you, Shuo Ancestor!" Li Hongshi happily accepted the Communication Talisman, for it signified that he had received the approval and protection of the family’s Elder Ancestor!
"Go ahead and do what you must," Da Qing’s steady voice followed, bringing not only several Communication Talismans but also a turtle shell, a feather, and a piece of scale armor.
The turtle shell for defense, the feather to command the wind, and the scale armor to guard against water, all were Spiritual Objects meant for protection.
At this very moment, Li Zhirui had already reached the southernmost edge of Shanyuan State. Less than a hundred miles south was the territory of the Immortal Realm Force of the Cave Abyss Sect.
To find High Rank Cultivation Techniques, one naturally needed to go to places where the cultivation levels were higher, and there was nowhere in the entire northeastern East Continent comparable to Cave Abyss State!
"Hope this journey fulfills my wishes," Li Zhirui silently murmured to himself before vanishing into thin air without a trace of his Escape Skill.
In just a moment, he was within the boundaries of Cave Abyss State.
Li Zhirui felt as if he was immersed in warm spring water, his pores involuntarily opening wide, greedily absorbing the incredibly pure Spiritual Energy of the heavens and earth.
Fortunately, he did not lose his senses and quickly returned to normal, but he couldn’t help but exclaim, "This truly is an Immortal Paradise!"
This was just the border area; if he were to go deeper, especially to the core Spirit Lands of the Cave Abyss Sect, the Spiritual Energy might indeed become tangible.
Li Zhirui had no idea where to start looking for clues on Cultivation Techniques, and after some thought, he decided to follow the route through the Marketplace, the Immortal City, ultimately aiming for Star Cave Immortal City, unsure whether he would find what he was seeking.
Cave Abyss State was vast, it took him over two hours to reach the first Immortal City, having only been delayed slightly by a Devil Beast encounter on the way, the rest of the time spent rushing on his journey.
