When Chen Siqi told Jiang Yuer that Li Mu had agreed to help, Jiang Yuer nodded with satisfaction and expressed gratitude to Chen Siqi.

Although Li Mu may not have many votes in his hands now, after all, the two brothers and sisters have a relatively deep foundation in Lingxiao Palace. They joined Lingxiao Palace earlier than the people from the six major forces, and their cultivation is not weak. Li Mu played a very positive role in the Lin Wuji incident that year, and he has a lot of weight in the minds of those old palace members. Although he may not get their votes, if Li Mu can publicly support her to be elected as the palace master, then it will definitely bring some impact to the old palace members, and those who were still hesitant might vote for her.

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"As one of the earliest members of Lingxiao Palace, I am very pleased to see that Lingxiao Palace has developed to its current situation. I have just listened carefully to the speeches of every fellow candidate. Everyone is excellent and ambitious. This makes me feel relieved. I have never liked competing with others for anything. Since everyone wants to run for the position of Palace Master, I will not compete with you. I now officially announce that I will withdraw from the position of candidate." Li Mu's speech was beyond everyone's expectations.

When the members of Lingxiao Palace heard this, there was an uproar. Some sighed, some said it was a pity, and some mocked him, claiming that Li Mu realized the gap between himself and others and was afraid of being embarrassed, so he withdrew just to save his own face.

Of course, there are also some conspiracy theorists who think that Li Mu was forced to withdraw because of coercion from someone.

Seeing this, Li Mu pressed his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then he explained: "Don't think too much, everyone. The reason why I withdrew from the election was not because of coercion from anyone, nor for other reasons. Indeed, the gap between my current votes and those of several other outstanding Taoist friends is too great. I think it is meaningless for me to continue the election. Instead of wasting the votes in the hands of supporters, it is better to let your votes play their due value. Today, I saw many excellent qualities in the Taoist friends who are running for election, especially Taoist friend Jiang Yuer. Her talent is obvious to all, and her strength also impressed me. And her tenacious quality is not the spirit of our Lingxiao Hall? If you really have to choose one among the Taoist friends who are running for election, if you still trust me, I hope you can vote for Taoist friend Jiang Yuer with your value in your hands. Haha, of course, I am not qualified to ask you to do this. I am grateful that one of you can support me. How can I ask you to vote for someone else? What I just said is just a suggestion. Please consider it for yourself."

Jiang Yuer also bowed solemnly to Li Mu at this time to express her gratitude: "Thank you for your trust, fellow Taoist. Yuer is very grateful."

Li Mu smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite, Daoist Yu'er. I am now a selector just like all the other members of the palace. I will eventually choose a candidate to vote for."

Jiang Yuer immediately understood what Li Mu meant when she heard this, and quickly turned around to thank the monks present and those who were broadcasting the live broadcast.

"Haha, I remember that year when Lin Wuji committed a crime, Fellow Daoist Yu'er stepped forward and went deep into danger for the members of our Lingxiao Palace. They almost fell into the clutches of the evildoer. Every time I think of it, I still feel scared. Fellow Daoist Yu'er, I believe you can be a good palace master." Li Mu sighed unintentionally.

"Enough! If you want to quit, just quit. Why are you talking so much? Since you have already quit, just step down and don't delay the election!" Ji Haoxuan shouted. After all, Lin Wuji did those things under his instructions. If Li Mu continued to talk, wouldn't he be implicated?

Although no one knew who had spread the rumor that he was the mastermind a few years ago, he reacted promptly and quickly asked the Ji family to suppress the rumor, so it did not cause too bad an impact. Many people even thought that the rumor that he was the mastermind was just a rumor. After all, in recent years, it was not uncommon for candidates to openly or secretly throw dirty water on each other for the election of the Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace.

Yao Xiuqi and others also advised Li Mu kindly: "Daoist Li Mu, our Lingxiao Palace's 20 trillion palace members are waiting, why don't you wait until the election is over before reminiscing about the past? I was also one of the participants in Lin Wuji's incident back then, and it was through our joint efforts that the person behind the scenes was found out. When the time comes, I will personally set up a table and reminisce about the past!"

Yao Xiuqi didn't want his competitor Jiang Yuer to continue to steal the limelight, so he also mentioned the incident that happened that year. He also made a lot of efforts. While stopping Li Mu and Jiang Yuer from performing, he also raised his body higher, which really killed two birds with one stone.

Sun Ruxuan was naturally unwilling to be outdone and said with a smile: "It was indeed dangerous back then, but fortunately, with our concerted efforts, the evildoers did not succeed in the end."

"Are you done yet? Should we continue this election?" Ji Haoxuan said in a deep voice.

"Okay, everyone, just do what you should do! Don't disrupt the venue." Pang Liang said somewhat displeased. After all, he was in Yangxing City when the Lin Wuji incident happened that year and didn't participate at all. Could he just watch Jiang Yuer and the others take the limelight?

In response, Li Mu just smiled faintly, but he did not step down. Instead, he sat back in his seat.

After all, his name is already on the election list and it is impossible to cross it out at this time. Although he has expressed his attitude of not running for election, the necessary procedures must still be followed.

The venue returned to calm again. With the announcement of Liu Yuanbai, the Lord of Changfeng Domain and one of the "founders" of Lingxiao Palace, the next stage began: the voting of palace members.

This link is the key to the entire campaign. All the preparations made before are for now. The efforts of Ji Haoxuan and others over the past 100 years will be reflected in this link.