Chapter 1385: Chapter 1161: ans_2
If the elected Clan Leader cannot take advantage of this golden opportunity to further the family, but instead wastes it, the ones to suffer will ultimately be the clansn.
Therefore, this clan leader election is receiving exceptional attention from the clansn, who hope to select an outstanding leader to guide the family towards a better and more promising future for the next two hundred years.
Ultimately, more clansn chose Li Xingcheng as the successor.
During the previous clan cleansing, he contributed greatly, and his thods for handling certain matters were the main reasons he gained the majority of the clansn’s support.
Li Xingcheng’s model was none other than Li Xinde, the previous clan leader with a highly polarized reputation.
Of course, he wasn’t the only one imitating; it’s just that others only copied without grasping the essence, and thus were not accepted by the clansn.
When Li Xingcheng took office, Li Zhirui didn’t make an appearance but let Da Qing handle it, showing his support for the new clan leader. Only then did he hand over the Clan Leader’s Dharma Seal, Jade To, and other exclusive magical treasures.
It’s not that Li Zhirui didn’t want to appear, but he happened to be in cultivation and had no choice but to let Da Qing stand in for him, anyway, the clansn all knew Da Qing.
Li Xingcheng was also known for his boldness, not fearing to offend people. Upon taking office, he continued to implent Li Xinde’s thods to inspect the clan, causing so clansn to grumble.
They even tried to fra him in hopes of ruining his reputation, aiming to make him the first clan leader ousted before completing his term, serving as a warning to others.
However, Li Xingcheng always maintained strict self-discipline, leaving no room for personal attacks, so they could only resort to slander, which instead exposed themselves.
Fortunately, Li Xingcheng knew that maintaining constant suppression was not conducive to the family’s developnt, so he took this chance to consolidate the power dispersed among various elders into his own hands due to the clan leader transition.
Thus, it shows the sophistication and decisiveness of his tactics.
Afterwards, Li Xingcheng withdrew those thods and instead established explicit legal rules and strict laws, specifying various reward and punishnt asures.
Among them, the punishnt for embezzling family interests was the most severe, akin to being enslaved, stripped of freedom, and forced to follow the family’s orders.
anwhile, Li Xingcheng also established an interdiary position called Steward between elders and stewards.
Though the increase in executors might lead to more embezzlent of spiritual objects, the more people involved, the easier it is to reveal traces.
“Never thought that Li Xingcheng, previously known for his rigid seriousness, would have these kinds of thods. It’s truly surprising.”
In a hidden courtyard corner of an Immortal City, many cultivators of the Li family gathered.
If familiar with them, one would realize these were the leaders of various factions within the Li family.
The reason for their presence here was simple: they were under trendous pressure, losing many of their benefits.
“What should we do now? After two clan leader purges, it’s scarcely possible to gain benefits from the family anymore.”
“What’s the hurry! It’s just montary loss; as the saying goes, know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat. We have enough patience and will eventually find a way to integrate.”
So were nonchalant and not very concerned.
They were like vines parasitizing on the great tree of the Li family, rising and falling over many years, having built countless hidden pathways and thods.
What was discovered now was just part of them, and once this wave passed, they could explore other routes.
“Alas! Thinking of the benefits lost over the years and those clansn detained, Li Xinde and Li Xingcheng are truly detestable!”
For a ti, voices of agreent echoed endlessly.
“Is that so?”
A familiar voice filled with chill suddenly sounded, making everyone present tremble and incredulously look towards the source of the voice.
It was none other than Li Xingcheng they were just discussing, along with the two Individual Immortal Spirit Ancestors, Qingxuan and Qingpeng!
A profound sense of despair swept over them instantly.
Their cultivation levels were not low, but in front of the two Individual Immortal Spirit Ancestors, if they dared to make a move, it would be courting death.
“Don’t worry, your lives aren’t in danger, it’s just you won’t be able to appear before others for a short ti.” Li Xingcheng said softly.
With a casual gesture, he bound everyone, took them back to Mount Wanxian, temporarily detained them, and would deal with these true masterminds once affairs were settled.
They were captured in one sweep because they forgot this was a world of divine powers and great strength, yet they still used mortal ans.
Back in the family, Li Xingcheng imdiately took action to confiscate all the spiritual objects embezzled by various factions within, returning them to the treasury.
However, due to involving too many clansn, he couldn’t deal with everyone, so he selected a few main culprits to punish severely for warning other clansn.
Thus, these affairs were truly concluded for the ti being.
Due to the turmoil during this period, the stability and developnt of the family took quite a hit, so it was ti to change strategy and focus on production and accelerating developnt.
Of course, there was another reason.
Recently, several Individual Immortal Realm loose cultivators have been roaming around, wreaking havoc on the family’s dominion, attacking various Immortal Cities and marketplaces, causing loose cultivators to feel Shanhai State is no longer safe, even initiating small-scale escapes.
Yet unfortunately, the Li family couldn’t stop the loose cultivators from leaving.
If this continued for a while longer, four to five tenths of the loose cultivators in Shanhai State might flee, with those remaining not staying out of desire, but due to constraints such as leasing spirit fields for cultivation, thus unable to leave.
For this issue, Li Xingcheng had no good solution other than requesting the ancestors to take action, exterminating those roaming loose cultivators with thunderous ans to deter others.
Resolving them wasn’t too difficult; the challenge lay in finding them.
Because their movents were so erratic and without pattern, there was no way to lie in wait, and even upon receiving information and rushing over, the mont they appeared, the other side imdiately escaped.
Clearly, they weren’t opposing the Li family head-on, rely disturbing and looting in various ways.
“Damn it!”
Li Xingcheng was extrely furious, his face darkened, brows furrowed tightly, and he said, “Those loose cultivators must be instigated by soone, or how would they dare to offend the family!?”
“But the current issue is, we have no ans to capture them; all we can do is let them wreak havoc, causing anxiety among local clansn and loose cultivators, fearing that disaster might suddenly befall them.” A certain elder said helplessly.
Up until now, the Li family’s ancestors had fought them several tis without a single defeat, yet had not succeeded in killing even one.
“Now, we can only choose so marketplaces and Immortal Cities for covert garrison. When those loose cultivators appear, as long as we surround them without aiming to kill them imdiately, the surrounding clansn can arrive first to join forces and slay them!”
This thod was too clumsy and lacked initiative, highly reliant on luck, hence it wasn’t favored by many.
But since no better options were available, they had to use this one.
So, that night, the Li family ancestors quietly left Mount Wanxian, each choosing an Immortal City or marketplace to ambush.
Not sure if due to bad luck, over the next few days, they didn’t encounter a loose cultivator attack once.
Drip!
Until the eighth day, the agreed signal finally echoed within a hundred-mile radius for the first ti.
Drip drip drip!
The few Individual Immortal Realm ancestors who received the signal spread the news further away, then rushed as fast as possible towards the Immortal City where a loose cultivator was being held.
Facing the besiege of several Individual Immortal Realm experts from the Li family, that
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