When Hu Weidong spoke these words, he looked directly into i Lin's eyes, and everyone else in the venue also focused on i Lin. Because everyone knew, Johnson was i Lin's person, and it was i Lin who had nominated him to join the Supre Council in the first place.
The Supre Council only had thirteen seats, and the seven major technique factions couldn't even average two seats each, yet the Observing Body faction held three seats, even with two elder mbers already present, which was clearly unreasonable!
One of i Lin's purposes for placing Johnson in the Supre Council was to suppress Fabre's voice within the faction, while ensuring the Observing Body faction held an advantage in the Council's voting on matters.
The reason she chose Johnson wasn't due to his excellence; the number of disciples from the Observing Body Sect was always the highest. It was precisely because this person was simple-minded and easy to control.
Hu Weidong had also heard rumors that there was sothing between Johnson and i Lin, which didn't surprise him. Even if it were true, Johnson was just i Lin's little lapdog.
Actually, it was well-known that i Lin had an affair with the First Elder Arthur.
Arthur usually focused on his cultivation, entrusting many day-to-day affairs of the Xiao Alliance to i Lin. However, with their cultivation realms, a romantic relationship does not necessarily imply alignnt of positions.
When Johnson provocatively jumped out earlier, Hu Weidong could sense even with his heel that soone was directing things from the shadows.
The purpose was to test his cultivation depth and his manner of handling issues, to decide how to deal with or counter him in the future.
As for the mastermind, naturally it was i Lin. Even if it wasn't i Lin, it had to be i Lin, because the dog has an owner. Hu Weidong gave the most direct response and imdiately launched a counterattack.
If it were just responding to the oppressive probing, throwing Johnson out would have sufficed; but there was another matter making him very angry.
Before joining the Supre Council, many people had privately approached and talked to him; two people impressed Hu Weidong the most.
Arthur was the first to find him, hoping he could follow the Xiao Alliance's original arrangent to send his children to infiltrate the Eastern Country, as a contribution to the Xiao Alliance, and hinted that only by doing so could he block the mouths of opponents when wanting to join the Supre Council.
And just the day before yesterday, i Lin also ca to him privately, telling him that joining the Supre Council had been decided, and claid credit for contributing significantly, even hinting at requiring repaynt.
As for how to repay, there was a readily available matter at hand.
The most important agenda today was to discuss a major leak incident. The project in question was headed by i Lin, and i Lin asked Hu Weidong for help.
Hu Weidong agreed at the ti, stating he would assist based on the facts. However, once in the venue, Johnson suddenly jumped out to target him, which made Hu Weidong very resentful.
What he resented was i Lin's style and logic of action.
Clearly, i Lin needed his help, so cooperation should be the focus, and she should assist him in other matters, or at least not intentionally cause trouble.
But when it ca to the plenary elders eting convened by the Supre Council, i Lin pulled such a move.
Perhaps in i Lin's view, through oppression, she could make Hu Weidong realize her influence and power, making him more compliant; otherwise, he would face more suppression.
Is this training a dog? Even when training a dog, one must give a bone! Johnson is i Lin's little lapdog, and i Lin will never consider Hu Weidong as one of her own.
Asking for his assistance yet not adhering to the principles of collaboration, but rather suppressing him, attempting to make him compliant for future oppression…then Hu Weidong broke the façade.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, i Lin also sternly asked, "Elder Hu, why?"
Hu Weidong's response was concise: "He is unworthy!"
This statent, infused with divine thought, conveyed that Johnson wasn't worthy of being an elder of the Supre Council. As for the specific reasons—everyone just witnessed it.
Although it's not fair to expect a Tier Five Healer to defeat a Tier Six Alchemist, Johnson had broken through to the fifth tier years ago. To be an elder of the Supre Council, he should be outstanding among fifth-tier cultivators.
Hu Weidong had just broken through to the sixth tier, yet Johnson initiated provocation and couldn't even block a single move from Hu Weidong. Not being able to block is one thing, but he didn't even manage to put up the slightest resistance!
Typically, when two sides engage, even if Zhang San lost to Li Si, the result would be one to two, one to three, or even one to ten; there would still be room for explanation, at least so ability to retaliate.
Even a Tier Six Cultivator is flesh and blood, and under specific circumstances could lose to a Tier Five Cultivator, but if the outco is zero, be it zero to one or zero to ten, it only proves one thing: he simply lacks the qualification.
The foundation for the establishnt of Xiao Alliance is the inheritance of techniques. The mbership of the Supre Council, no matter how many factors are considered, the primary condition remains the achievent in cultivation.
If the cultivation is not up to par, everything else is just hollow pretense; this is the main reason.
As for the secondary reason, it was the recent events that occurred. Johnson lacked sufficient respect for the Grand Elders and for the Supre Council as well, acting out of order and disrupting proceedings in an official discussion setting.
These reasons are hard to refute. Seeing everyone's varied expressions, Hu Weidong then spoke again: "My temporary proposal, the formal content is—
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