He Xiangu and Tian Shenggen had already declared their allegiance to the Lord of the Palace. As a result, except for the elder Ke Qing who was unable to come back, the remaining five people had already sworn allegiance to Chi Hengyu.
This is exactly the purpose of Ren Cangqiong opening this banquet.
Su Chen took the lead in applauding: "Okay, it's rare for you all to be so united. On behalf of the Lord of the Hall, I would like to say that as long as you make contributions and be rewarded based on your merits in the future, this official elder seat in the Presbyterian Church will definitely have your names.
However, I also have something to say in a disgraceful way - to follow the Lord of the Palace, you must not have any second thoughts, and you must always have the awareness to benefit the Danxian East Palace. You must not imitate those veteran elders, eat nothing, do not ask for contribution, just seek
Enjoy the treatment.”
He Xiangu smiled and said: "I completely agree with what Elder Su said. The higher the status, the greater the responsibility. If everyone wants to enjoy it, how can the Danxian East Palace survive in the long run?"
Xiao Geng was the oldest among the five. When he saw Ren Cangqiong looking at him with half a smile, his body seemed to be sitting on a spring, and he suddenly jumped up and said: "I, Xiao Geng, have an old heart.
If I become an official elder, I will be as diligent and diligent as an old scalper. If I fail to do so, the Lord of the Palace can directly remove me from my position as elder."
This is the truth. For Xiao Geng and others, the official elder position is a dream-like position, a coveted position. Usually, they just fantasize unrealistically, knowing that it is impossible to achieve.
Now, there is a real opportunity to realize it. If they don't know how to cherish it, then there is something wrong with their brains.
Su Chen and Tang Yu, who were on the side, secretly admired them. These guest elders were all unruly people, and none of them were usually fuel-efficient.
Now Ren Cangqiong has subdued them all during a banquet. It must be said that Ren Cangqiong does have a natural kingly temperament that makes people surrender easily.
However, they never imagined that this was because Ren Cangqiong practiced the "Immortal Emperor Qi Jue", which invisibly gave Ren Cangqiong a kingly aura.
After the banquet was over, the five guest elders left first, while Su Chen and Tang Yu stayed behind. Apparently they also planned to talk to Ren Cangqiong again.
"Elder Cangqiong, how did you gain from this retreat?" Su Chen and Ren Cangqiong, who were sworn brothers in private, asked with a smile.
"We have broken through the fourth level of supernatural power. By the way, what arrangements have been made by the Lord of the Palace?"
"Today, of the eighteen elders in the Presbyterian Church, six are on the side of the Lord of the Hall. About ** are on the side of Brother Huyan. There are still three or four who are neutral. However, according to reliable information, Brother Huyan is really
The ones in control are the four elders. The others are just outsiders who follow the crowd."
Ren Cangqiong nodded: "If they don't control more than half of the people, they won't even have a chance to impeach. Only when they reach half, and with the support of the Supreme Elder, can they impeach the Lord of the Palace. Now, it's no longer the case that there are too many people but too few.
The key. The key is the fight."
To impeach the Palace Master, someone must prove that he is more suitable for the position of Palace Master than the Palace Master.
In the final analysis, in order to usurp power and commit rebellion, one must outperform the palace master Chi Hengyu in terms of strength. According to the rules of the Danxian Palace, the battle for the position of the palace master must not use force, but must compete with spiritual medicine cultivation.
Therefore, if Huyan Aobo wants to seize power, he must surpass Chi Hengyu in this aspect.
Of course, this fighting match is not necessarily a match between two people, but a team match between two people. In other words, whoever's team is stronger and can win this match will be the future Dan Xiandong.
The king of the palace!
Tang Yushen agreed: "But this fight will definitely not be easy. Especially Huyan Aoguang, who burst out from the headquarters of the Danxian Palace, is also the Medicine Saint Master. The two brothers joined forces, plus a bunch of old guys
Support them and there will still be a lot of suspense in the five-round decision."
According to the rules of the Alchemy Palace, if the Supreme Elder wants to serve as the palace master and gain the highest control, except for special circumstances when the palace master dies, the Supreme Elder can unconditionally assume the responsibility of the palace master.
Normally, it must go through the Presbyterian Council. Only if more than half of the elders of the Presbyterian Council agree can impeachment and challenge be issued.
The challenge can be implemented as long as it passes the resolution of the Elders Council.
If the challenge is successful, the palace master must give up his position, leave the Danxian East Palace, and return to the Danxian Palace Headquarters to report. The Danxian Palace Headquarters will make new arrangements depending on the situation.
And if the Supreme Elder fails the challenge, he will be demoted back to the Alchemy Palace headquarters.
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If the loser returns to the headquarters of the Danxian Palace, it is basically impossible to hold a position of real power. At most, he will work as a sinecure at the headquarters of the Danxian Palace. Unless he has special talents, special contributions, and special skills, he can
Make a comeback.
If the palace master fails and returns to the headquarters of the Alchemy Palace, he will be despised by others; if the Supreme Elder fails and is demoted and returns, it will be even worse. The label of treason and usurping power is definitely unavoidable. Once you wear the hat of a rebel, this person will
Don't even think about taking it off for the rest of your life. No matter where you go, others will have to guard against you.
So, in the final analysis, if the Huyan brothers fail, their fate will be even worse.
Because of this, they will definitely make a crazy move. If the usurpation is successful, the two brothers will be equivalent to taking control of the Danxian East Palace and become the giants of the Danxian Palace.
This temptation is definitely very strong.
According to the rules, the Supreme Elder issued a challenge, and there were five competitions between the two sides. The contents of these five competitions are different. If one side wins in three, it is the winner.
As for the specific five competitions, it depends on the temporary draw.
...The Presbyterian Church finally came in response to the expectations of Brother Huyan.
In the Elders' Hall, all eighteen elders have arrived. Six of the seven guest elders have arrived, and one of them has gone to another land and cannot come back.
Huyan Aobo was sitting in the position of the Supreme Elder. Next to his position, there was a chair, and Huyan Aoguang was sitting on it.
Although everyone is very clear about the content of this elders meeting, at least for now, Chi Hengyu is still the master of the hall, and the throne of the hall master is still occupied by Chi Hengyu.
Although Chi Hengyu controls the palace-protecting warriors, even though Chi Hengyu is the controller of Danxian East Palace and has the highest power.
However, once more than half of the elders of the Presbyterian Council want to impeach him, he, as the master of the palace, must face the challenge from the supreme elders.
Due to the tradition of the Alchemy Palace, although both parties knew that this was a bloodless fight, on the surface, each of them looked calm.
I have to say that the tradition of this Alchemy Palace is very good. Even if they are about to usurp the throne at the daggers, both sides behaved quite restrained.
Chi Hengyu's eyes were calm, as if today's impeachment was not aimed at him.
His eyes slowly swept across the audience, and they all paused in front of the elders, as if this ancient and unwavering gaze was going to penetrate their thoughts all at once.
"Well, the tradition of Danxian Palace gives you the right to impeach me. Now that you exercise this right, I cannot object."
"Elder Hu Yanchang, you are the Supreme Elder, and you are the one taking the lead. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it today. Winner or loser, one of us will eventually leave in despair, so there is no need to hide it."
Chi Hengyu's tone was calm, but quite grand.
Huyan Aobo said calmly: "I summarized it. Over the years, you have made three serious mistakes. First, you do not pay attention to the profit management of Danxian East Palace. Over the years, Danxian East Palace has almost lost its balance in all branch halls.
You are the one with the least profit; secondly, you vigorously promoted cronies, not only used nepotism, but also discouraged the older generation of elders, breaking the tradition of Danxian Palace; thirdly, you insisted not to associate with the sect forces of Donghuangzhou
, but he has secretly interacted with many sect giants, and even accepted sect disciples as guests and elders, breaking his promise."
These three charges were naturally concocted by the Huyan brothers and their men. In particular, the dog-headed military advisor Zhuge Tao played an important role.
After hearing this, Chi Hengyu nodded lightly: "Everyone has a benchmark in their mind for right and wrong, and I don't want to defend myself too much. I just want to ask, in the end, I was the one who attacked the enthusiasm of the older generation of elders.
Or have you lost the motivation to fight and want to sit back and enjoy the gains?"
"Hmph, if you hadn't vigorously promoted your cronies, how could they have lost their enthusiasm?" Huyan Aoguang sneered, but in his sophistry, he was inciting the emotions of those senior elders.
Chi Hengyu knew that the Huyan brothers were trying to confuse right and wrong, and that the effect came first and the cause came later. The reason why he, Chi Hengyu, wanted to promote newcomers was because those seniors had lost their motivation and relied on their elders to sell off their elders.
Now, Brother Huyan bites back and says that it was only after he promoted new people that the elders lost their motivation. This is a typical sophistry.
Chi Hengyu smiled faintly, but turned a deaf ear to Huyan Aoguang's provocation: "I believe you two brothers have been planning to come here today for a long time. Bickering is useless. Since you plan to impeach me, please start voting."
Huyan Aobo nodded, stood up, and glanced at the faces of the eighteen formal elders: "Okay, let's start voting now. Each of the eighteen formal elders is eligible for one vote. If nine votes are reached, the impeachment will take effect immediately.
I can challenge the master of Chi Hengyu Hall on behalf of the Elder Council."
According to the rules, only formal elders have the right to vote. As for the guest elders, they have the right to participate and the right to speak, but they have no right to vote.
Liang Wuji saw it and became anxious. He wanted to take this opportunity to show off his merits, but he couldn't afford not to even have a chance to speak.
Immediately he stood up and shouted: "Wait a minute, I have something to say."
Brother Huyan was a little surprised. Elder Keqing? You have something to say? Usually, Elder Keqing would be very sensible in this kind of situation. He would not seek merit, but seek no faults, and would not get involved.
However, Liang Wuji unexpectedly stood up at this juncture, suddenly breaking the tense atmosphere.