Chapter 272
272 Chapter 271 Kong Tong
Li Yanling had been chosen by Kong to be the next sect leader.
In fact, his thinking was quite easy to understand.
He had spent his entire life for the sect, and it could be said that he had bowed to the sect before he died. His train of thought was that within the Qingfeng sect, the power of the aristocratic families, through the inheritance of bloodlines and the natural formation of cliques within the sect, would cause the living space of the humble class disciples to be unfairly squeezed.
Normal competition didn’t matter, but the aristocratic families often had a stronger background than the humble class cultivators, and their relationships within the sect were complicated. With each other’s help, some originally fair competition would become unfair because of the existence of the aristocratic families.
It was just like how if the government was corrupted, there would be nepotism and unfairness. In the sect, there would also be cases where a cultivator from a humble family who had made greater contributions to the sect, was more loyal, had better talent and potential, but because another cultivator from an aristocratic family had relatives and elders to protect them, some resources, such as the foundation building pill, would often fall into the hands of the aristocratic family’s disciple.
This would ultimately affect the efficiency of resource allocation within the sect and affect the sect’s cohesion, which would lead to the sect becoming a puppet controlled by the aristocratic families.
In fact, such a problem had already been bred within the Qingfeng sect.
After Kong Tong realized this problem, he naturally did not want the sect to become like that. As a person who came from a humble class and had climbed up step by step from the bottom with his own strength, he naturally began to view the aristocratic families in the sect with hostility and tried to suppress them to reverse what he saw as ‘corruption’.
In the process of suppressing them, it was the Zhao and hai clans in the past, and now it was the Lu and hai clans. He felt layers of resistance.
He knew the reason for this. He also felt that when his strength improved a step further, or simply entered the original infant stage, he would be able to completely suppress the entire Feiyun state and these obstacles would be solved.
If he succeeded, then the reality would very likely change in the way he wanted.
However, after the battle in the North barren forest, his plan was completely destroyed.
He was about to die, so he had thought it through.
He could, of course, drag his broken body and lead the sect leader’s faction, which had been temporarily roused by his awakening, to launch a final attack on the Lu and hai families.
But without a doubt, there was no chance of winning. This was equivalent to suicide.
And most importantly, if they did that, the sect might be split apart or even cease to exist.
After a huge battle, the sect was destroyed, and the remaining corpses were eaten by the Lu and hai families. Was there really a need for them to continue to maintain a sect above them?
This was an unknown.
Kong Tong didn’t want to take the risk, and he didn’t want to become the last sect leader of the Qingfeng sect.
Thinking about it rationally, it was already an established fact that the sect was controlled by the aristocratic families. After Kong Tong woke up, he hoped to use the last bit of his life to do something for the sect.
The most important thing he did was to repair the relationship between the sect and the land and sea families.
Especially with the Lu family.
Before the Battle of the North barren forest, the sect had given the Lu family an ‘ultimatum’. Due to the start of the battle in the North barren forest, the so-called ‘ultimatum’ had been put on hold. Now, that ultimatum was more like a fart from twelve years ago. It had been smelly for a while, but now it could no longer be smelled.
In the second year after he woke up, he sent an invitation to Lu Qing. He discussed with Lu Qing that he wanted to remove the ‘guest elder’ from Lu Qing’s title and let Lu Qing become a true high-ranking member of the sect.
Lu Qing considered for two months and finally agreed.
After becoming a true great elder, Lu Qing naturally obtained the rights that a great elder should have. He could vote in the great Elder Council.
Lu Qing gave this power to Li Yanling. He asked her to represent him in the sect and vote when there were important matters.
this way, Li Yanling had the right to vote as a Grand Elder, and her right to speak in many matters was even higher than the sect leader. More importantly, Kong Tong did not fight for it.
This in itself was a sign of the transition of power.
In the past ten years, the Lu clan had quickly established its own faction in the sect.
In reality, the Lu clan in the sect had already taken shape before the war. In the past ten years, the Lu clan in the sect had expanded rapidly. In the Battle of the North barren forest, almost all the cultivators who joined the North Army were close to the Lu family after the battle. The surviving cultivators of the sects on the battlefield of the West Army were also surprisingly willing to get close to the Lu family. This was mainly because they were all convinced after seeing old ancestor Lu’s style!
Yes, it was a good thing that they did not know. At that time, Lu Qing even had the thought of ruthlessly killing them all.
In short, within the sect, the core of the Lu clan was gradually formed, with Lu Wenen as the leader among the low-level cultivators and Li Yanling as the leader among the high-level cultivators.
For example, the two initial enlightenment cultivators, Liu Yueting and Bo Xin, as well as a few other initial enlightenment cultivators who had once been in the sect leader’s line, were now very close to the Lu clan.
In this regard, whether it was Kong Tong or Zhenren yunxuan, they both adopted a relatively laissez-faire attitude.
Even Lu Qing was a little surprised by Kong Tong’s attitude.
This old man, on the verge of death, had become decisive.
To be honest, even though Lu Qing kept calling Kong Tong ‘old man’ and ‘old thing’ as if he was very disdainful, Lu Qing actually admired him from the bottom of his heart.
Putting aside his standpoint, Lu Qing felt that Kong Tong was worthy of respect just by judging this person. To be able to reach where he was today with a very ordinary talent, Kong Tong’s willpower was not something that ordinary people could compare to. He was dedicated to the sect, even if he died. This was also worthy of admiration.
He thought about it. If he had chosen to join the Qingfeng sect when he was young, or if he had simply grown up in the Qingfeng sect, then with Lu Qing’s background, he would definitely have been a member of the sect leader’s faction. He would have loved this sect leader very much.
It was also because of this that the Qingfeng sect was able to maintain a strong control and suppression over the aristocratic families in the Feiyun state.
To the sect, Kong Tong was a good sect leader, a good leader. Other than being a little indecisive, he didn’t have many black spots.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs. Since Lu Qing had chosen to establish his own clan, he would naturally be on a different side from Lu Qing. It was inevitable that they would become enemies.
However, one didn’t have to hate an enemy.
This was especially true when the enemy was scared and was about to die.
Lu Qing could not wait for Kong Tong to die. However, when Kong Tong died, Lu Qing did not mind showing his respect.
There was no harm in respecting a dead enemy.
If it was possible, Lu Qing would not mind making a trip there personally.
Of course, he could not go.
However, Lu Qing still allowed his eldest son, Lu chaoxi, who was also the current clan leader of the Lu clan, to take his place.
They still had to go to the funeral.
As for Lu Qing himself, he would most likely be teleported to the sect when the time came.
After Lu chaoxi arrived at the sect, many things would probably happen.
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I’ll return a chapter later, before two O ‘clock.