REVEREND INSANITY
Chapter 78: Great prizes all according to plan

Chapter 78: Great prizes all according to plan

In the discussion room, Gu Yue Bo expressionlessly sat on the leader chair with eyes full of meaning.

The remaining dozen clan elders were all sitting upright, looking down, just using the corner of their eyes to sweep around and seeing some hints of their expressions.

The atmosphere becomes smooth.

“Fang Yuan gets first place, the deeper meaning behind this is definitely not simple. He actually said he found a hidden bag of boar tusks, this was too unbelievable. ”

“This bag may have been prepared by someone, it was impossible for Fang Yuan to do it himself. That meant someone was helping Fang Yuan in the darkness.”

“Midday of the year is different from the previous one. We have to deploy dozens of Rank two Master Gu to oversee the examination. So the contents of this examination, not only did the elders of the academy know, but many elders in the clan as well. ”

"If anyone wanted to prepare this bag before, it could only be the clan elder present here now, or even the clan leader!"

The clan elders were all clever foxes. After many years in politics, they immediately think about many things.

Fang Zheng was an A-grade talent, if he really reached Rank four, what would that mean?

That meant he was the next clan leader!

Fang Yuan was Fang Zheng's brother. Even if he was only C class, with that blood relation, he was worthy of investing!

For the leader of the Gu Yue Bo clan, if he were to help Fang Yuan secretly, it would bring him to the faction, and for Fang Zheng, it would be for him, it was a nice belt to tie him to the leader faction together.

To the clan elders, Fang Zheng who was the only A-grade talent for many years, had been absorbed into the clan leader faction. If he was truly nurtured, the clan leader faction would be even stronger. However, if the clan elders made Fang Yuan their own, using this layer of blood relations, it would be a good chess piece when dealing with Fang Zheng in the future.

Thus, the ten people in this hall, they all had the motive to help Fang Yuan.

But who?

Gu Yue Chi Lian thought deeply, “I didn't recruit Fang Yuan, so who would help her secretly? Was Mo Chen the old man, hmm, perhaps. Although Fang Yuan killed his family's servants, but it was only the servants, even if they were all dead, it would not hurt him. The clan leader was more likely, he accepted Fang Zheng, so if he recruited Fang Yuan as well, it would increase his control over Fang Zheng! But ... in previous years, the norm was to recruit them during the year-end exams. Taking his action now during the middle of the year, it breaks the rules.”

“Not really breaking the rules, but it really throws a curved ball. Exactly who thought so highly of Fang Yuan, even more than me?” Gu Yue Mo Chen also thought.

The truth was, after Fang Yuan killed Gao Wan and sent the chopped corpse, he changed his impression of Fang Yuan and thought of recruiting him.

But such actions only happened at the end of the year, after the students graduated from the academy.

Fang Yuan recruited first, it surprised Mo Chen.

Gu Yue Bo's gaze focused on Gu Yue Mo Chen and Gu Yue Chi Lian, the two powerful elders.

This clan leader had greater insight.

Fang Yuan blatantly lied and got first place. This action has a fearless meaning, so it sends a signal to everyone to show them that my — is protecting Fang Yuan! He is now a member of me, and you should all not touch him.

Then who is this guy?

The political field in the Gu Yue clan was divided into three.In addition to the clan leader faction, it was the Chi Gu Yue Chi Lian family, and the Mo Gu Yue Mo Chen family.

Gu Yue Bo knew that she herself did not take any action to recruit Fang Yuan. So, the biggest suspects were Chi Lian and Mo Chen.

“Two of these parents, their acting increased. Looking at their expressions, I really don't know. Don't tell me it's not them, but other small factions?”

Gu Yue Bo observed closely as she investigated. He did not know that all the elders were like him, observing, suspecting and deducing.

The academy elder also guessed, but he had always been in a neutral position, outside of politics, so his mind was simpler, “So Fang Yuan had been recruited by a clan elder. No wonder he released Fang Zheng, Mo Bei and Chi Cheng while blackmailing, it meant that the person who recruited him was the clan leader, Chi Lian or Mo Chen. This is good news! This showed that he had accepted reality and started to integrate into the clan. No matter what, he was now a member of the clan, so once he was fully integrated, he would donate his entire life to the clan!

After a short silence, Gu Yue Bo could not see any more clues, so he spoke, “Eyes change eyes, because the other party had started targeting Fang Zheng, he said, our Gu Yue Clan cannot be taken lightly, we will show them! Elder of the Hall of Darkness, formulate a plan for this matter and report it to me afterwards. ”

"Yes, the clan leader." The dark hall elder immediately nodded.

“As for Gu Yue Fang Zheng, I was worried that his heart might be broken due to such a meeting. He is an A-grade talent, and to our clan, his status is monumental. From now on, I will teach him personally. ” Gu Yue Bo said.

No clan elder would object.

Many people knew that the clan leader had given Gu Yue Fang Zheng a lot of benefits in the dark. Now that he mentioned this, even though it violated the rules of justice, with sufficient reason, the clan elders could not stop him.

“As for Gu Yue Fang Yuan..” Gu Yue Bo dragged her words.

At once, all the clan elders gave their full attention. Was the clan leader hinting that he was the one who helped Fang Yuan secretly?

Gu Yue Bo looked at everyone's expression as her gaze swept over, but she was destined to be disappointed.

"Yes, the clan leader." The academy elder bowed as he received his order.

"Thirty ancient stones, ordinary gifts, what does this mean?" The clan elders frowned.

“No matter who absorbs Fang Yuan, these thirty ancient stones are an expression of my goodwill. After all, there were still Bai and Xiong clans besides Gu Yue.” Gu Yue Bo sighed in her heart.

Fang Zheng was killed by an external enemy. Fang Yuan's cheating was an internal conflict.

Against external enemies, one had to use hard-handed methods to retaliate, but for internal conflicts, Gu Yue Bo chose to use a soft, gentle approach, to avoid too much internal conflict and result in the strength of the entire clan weakening.

“Alright, this problem will be solved like this. Everyone can go and do all your work well, the prosperity of the clan has something to do with your appearance.” Gu Yue Bo waved her hand.

"Yes clan leader, we're leaving."

The clan elders left one by one, and after a while, only Gu Yue Bo was left in the room.

He sighed deeply, using his fingers to rub both temples.

As the leader of the clan, even if he was the person with the most authority in the Gu Yue clan, it did not mean that he could do so easily. He needed to coordinate the interests of different factions, and could not do what he wanted. The clan troops were scattered and intertwined through many generations of heritage, and they all had a long history, confining each other.

Against outside forces, he had to deal with the arrogant and rude village of the Xiong clan and the village of the Bai clan that was gradually increasing.

Internally, he had to resolve the complicated political conflicts in the clan. Even though she was middle-aged, she already had white hair all over her body.

“These years of being a clan leader, although I have enough resources, my cultivation has barely progressed. My heart is tired of all this tiring clan business. Sometimes, I really want to be a single cultivator, free and easy without any burden. That will allow me to move faster and I might travel further down my cultivation path.”

Gu Yue Bo sighed in her heart.

As long as one was in the clan system, they had a responsibility on them. Once they had the responsibility, it would not be easy to cultivate wholeheartedly.

But on the contrary, if one was not in the system, the clan's resources would not be available to them, and without the resources, their cultivation would come to a halt.

It forms a contradiction, a strange circle.

Because of this circle, the future of many people was shattered, burying a large amount of talent and genius.

Wang Da is dead.

Three days later, Fang Yuan got the news.

At the same time, he also heard from Jiang He that the two young hunters disappeared while hunting in the mountains. As for the hunter whose right hand was broken by Fang Yuan, he “suicide” at his home due to depression.

Jiang He looked at Fang Yuan meaningfully as he said the news. He had seen Wang Da's corpse, thus recognizing her.

But he did not dare to tell Wang Da's true identity.

He was the stationed Gu Master, and was in charge. As long as one is in the system, regardless of their position, they have responsibilities.

Wang Da became a demon faction cultivator for three years, and Jiang He as the village Master Gu did not investigate it. If they were to truly pursue responsibility, this would be the greatest weakness in his record, and his future in the clan would be ruined.

The strange deaths of three hunters were covered by him.

"Fang Yuan, since we are acquaintances, from now on you get a 50% discount when you buy items from my cousin Jiang Ya's shop!" At one time, Jiang He said this to Fang Yuan.

Everyone was dead, only Fang Yuan and him knew about the matter. But if the matter were to come to light, it would not have a major impact on Fang Yuan.

He had only killed three village maids, and even if he killed thirty, the clan would not pursue him, at most he would pay "dozens of ancient stones" as punishment.

Jiang He's bribe, Fang Yuan accepted it easily. To him, this matter was full of shock and danger, but the results were good.

After this matter, Fang Yuan who had no foundation in the clan, received half an ally as well as a faction that no one supported him.

This mysterious supporter became Fang Yuan's second safety net. When he started to show his strength gradually, this safety net would have an important impact, at least being able to get him to cultivate up to Rank two without much resistance.

At this point, he could clearly feel the change in the attitude of the academy elders towards him, becoming more friendly.

More than ten days passed in an instant.

After Gu Yue Fang Zheng and Mo Bei advanced, Fang Yuan and Chi Cheng almost simultaneously managed to rise to the top tier one.

Although the blackmail continued, he no longer took out the ancient stones of Fang Zheng, Mo Bei and Chi Cheng, and he started to become inferior, even more so, while his strength grew rapidly at a speed several times that of his previous life.