Chapter 126 Her adoptive father’s enemies blamed her for being ungrateful!
This was the first time that the other elders of Sunset Sect had heard of the Fifth Elder's bizarre train of thought. They thought he was a lunatic and that his thinking was not normal.
Therefore, everyone agreed that the punishment of the Fifth Elder must not be made public, as this would be too embarrassing for the Sunset Faction.
It would be fine if the Sunset Sect was almost wiped out because of a traitor, but this traitor was actually the current Sect Leader's senior brother and the former Sect Leader's eldest disciple, and he almost succeeded to the position of Sect Leader. If this were to get out, would the Sunset Sect's reputation be in jeopardy?
However, although Si Yuan was surprised by the Fifth Elder's bizarre train of thought, he was not surprised much.
Because whether Si Yuan traveled to the Tiancang Realm in this life or in his life as an ordinary person before the travel, he has seen quite a few strange things. After all, the diversity of human beings is comparable to the diversity of species.
So Si Yuan would remain calm when meeting any weird person, and he was used to it.
Compared to the other elders who were making a fuss, Si Yuan was much calmer and said, "Then let the Fifth Elder die of his injuries."
The Fifth Elder, who still felt that he was wronged, was stunned. He stared at Si Yuan blankly and asked, "Junior Brother, do you really want to kill me?"
Si Yuan looked at him strangely: "You have brought disaster upon the Sunset Sect. It was not even accidental, but intentional. According to the sect rules, you must die."
The Fifth Elder was not terrified of his impending death. As he was dragged away, he struggled and shouted to Si Yuan, "Junior Brother, let me die from the recurrence of my old injury from protecting the Sunset Sect! This is my last wish, please fulfill it!"
Si Yuan thought about it seriously and said, "How can we allow a traitor who is a scourge to the sect to be treated as a hero?" He looked up at the other elders, "Then let's just let him die of natural causes, as his old injuries have recurred and are incurable."
Si Yuan didn't want to give the Fifth Elder, the traitor, any preferential treatment at all, but if he died in the name of a hero protecting the Sunset Sect, the Sunset Sect would have to hold a grand funeral for him and treat his family and disciples with preferential treatment.
Isn't it unfair to treat those disciples who truly sacrificed themselves for the Sunset Sect by giving preferential treatment to a traitor?
But if we don't treat him well, wouldn't those who don't know the inside story think that the Sunset Faction is mistreating heroes?
Therefore, the best way is to prevent the Fifth Elder from dying so gloriously.
The other elders were not stupid either, and they all nodded: "That's right, that's right." Fortunately, the Fifth Elder's final dying struggle reminded them, otherwise they would have let the Fifth Elder die as a hero, which was too disgusting.
After dealing with the five elders, Si Yuan handed over Wan Buyin and Wan Zhongquan in the dungeon to other elders for disposal. They were no longer of any use. As Wan Buyin was the original male protagonist, he could not kill him casually, so the best way was to hand him over to the other elders of the Sunset Faction to discuss their disposal.
Each of the Sunset Sect elders has real power. If the Sunset Sect is regarded as a small imperial court, then the leader is the emperor who rules the world together with the literati. Although the emperor has power, his power is not so great that he can have the final say in the sect. The elders are like cabinet ministers with voting rights. Sometimes, facing the cabinet ministers who work together, the emperor has to give in.
However, if the leader of the Sunset Sect has strong martial arts skills and is able to suppress the elders of the Sunset Sect, then it is not impossible for him to have the final say.
For example, Si Yuan is now...
However, Si Yuan did not reveal his true strength. The strength he displayed was similar to that of the original owner. Although the original owner was the only innate master in the Sunset Sect, his temper was not too hard, so he was not so domineering as the sect leader.
Si Yuan was also willing to delegate some unimportant powers to the elders. He still held the truly important powers in his own hands. When the elders wanted to oppose him, he took a tough stance. A group of elders at the peak of the acquired realm had no way to deal with him, the only leader at the innate realm.
In addition, Si Yuan knew how to establish a community of interests with others. Under his leadership, the Sunset Sect developed better and better, and the profits became higher and higher, so the elders were quite respectful of Si Yuan.
Both parties get along well, are very satisfied with each other, and know their limits.
Si Yuan likes to communicate with such smart people who understand the ways of the world and are not greedy. There is no need to say too much, as long as both parties understand each other.
After the elders left, a graceful young girl walked out from behind a screen. It was Huo Yunzi, who was arranged by Si Yuan to sit in on the discussion.
Only the sect leader and powerful elders are qualified to participate in this kind of high-level council. Fang Jinyan, as the sect leader's wife, does not even have this qualification.
After all, Fang Jinyan was just an ordinary disciple before marrying the original owner. Although she became the headmaster's wife after marrying the original owner and her status and authority increased, she was still a little short of either martial arts or merit to be truly involved in the decision-making level.
Therefore, Fang Jinyan's status is equivalent to that of an honorary elder or a guest elder. She has a respected status but does not have the corresponding real power.
This is even more true for Huo Yunzi. Although she seems to have a noble status as the daughter of the sect leader, in fact, if she cannot become the successor to the sect leader, she will only be noble for one generation. After the next sect leader takes the throne, she will become the daughter of the previous sect leader. She is noble in name only, but in fact has no power and will be marginalized.
However, neither Si Yuan nor Huo Yunzi herself felt that she was unqualified to be the successor to the sect leader. After all, besides Si Yuan, she was the only innate master in the entire Sunset Sect.
In other words, Huo Yunzi's current true strength has been kept secret from the other elders. Otherwise, after they knew her true strength, they would probably demand that Huo Yunzi become the successor to the sect leader.
This time the high-level meeting was held to decide on the treatment of the five elders. Si Yuan also called Huo Yunzi to sit in, with the purpose of training Huo Yunzi.
After the other elders left, Si Yuan looked at Huo Yunzi who had walked out of the screen and asked, "What do you think after reading this?"
Huo Yunzi hesitated for a long time and didn't say anything.
Si Yuan said helplessly: "You can say whatever you want. Your father will not be angry just because what you said does not meet your father's wishes."
Huo Yunzi continued, "Dad, is Master Uncle mentally ill?" How could a normal person think that in order to prove his loyalty to the sect, he would betray the sect and bring disaster upon the sect?
If the disaster caused by the Fifth Elder did not endanger the Sunset Sect, and was just a play for the Fifth Elder, the protagonist, to perform the scene of sacrificing himself for the loyalty and righteousness of the sect, it would not be difficult to understand. At most, one would think that the Fifth Elder is quite good at acting.
But the disaster brought about by the Fifth Elder almost wiped out the Sunset Sect, and the Fifth Elder himself almost died in that night attack.
So Huo Yunzi couldn't understand what he was thinking? Just to prove his loyalty to the sect to his long-passed master, he chose to betray the sect and cause it to be destroyed? The key point is that this is not loyal! If a good person is loyal to a sect, his own sect will be destroyed!
Si Yuan looked at Huo Yunzi's expression as if her mind was collapsing, and said calmly: "The thoughts of this kind of people are indeed very different from those of ordinary people. You don't have to understand their brain circuits, because as a normal person, you can't understand them. If you insist on trying to understand their thoughts, they will only drag your thoughts to the same level and the same world as them, and then use their rich experience to defeat you and make you fall into confusion. So the best way is to ignore them, stick to yourself, and do what you think is right."
Si Yuan did not tell Huo Yunzi what is absolute justice or what is absolutely right.
Because there is no absolute justice and absolute rightness in this world, every world and even every era has different standards, so the best way is to measure your own principles of conduct by your own inner standards.
Stay true to yourself!
These four words are easy to say, but in fact few people can really stick to themselves.
Anyone who can do it will achieve something, no matter he is a good person or a bad person.
Si Yuan hopes Huo Yunzi can do this.
Huo Yunzi nodded thoughtfully: "I understand, Dad."
Si Yuan looked at her, not knowing whether she really understood or was just vaguely understanding. But it didn't matter. These were principles that could only be understood through life experience. If she went out and gained more experience, she would naturally understand them.
"What are your plans next?"
Huo Yunzi said, "Dad, I plan to continue my training. After all, I didn't go very far when I went down the mountain this time, but I turned back halfway because of Wan Buyin's matter." Then, because Si Yuan gave her the treasure of Mingjian Villa to deal with, she had been very busy with this matter recently. Now that she has finally finished it, she can hand over the finishing touches to other disciples and continue to go down the mountain to train.
Si Yuan nodded and said, "Go ahead. You really should gain some experience."
After Huo Yunzi went down the mountain again, Si Yuan changed his previous attitude. He did not ignore Huo Yunzi after she went down the mountain. Instead, he paid close attention to Huo Yunzi, paying attention to her whereabouts and every person she met during her training.
Under Si Yuan's close attention, he discovered that Huo Yunzi seemed to have some event-prone physique, always attracting all kinds of accidents and events to happen around her, and these events often involved a lot of things behind them.
For example, Huo Yunzi accidentally encountered bandits robbing an escort team, and then found that the escort team was escorting a corpse. The origin of this corpse was quite unusual. It was the corpse of the only son of the leader of the Fury Killing Gang. Then she was involved in this turmoil that almost stirred up the martial arts world...
For example, when Huo Yunzi destroyed a brothel, she discovered that the brothel was actually a base set up by the Blood Cloud Palace, a sect of the demonic sect. She was then involved in the turmoil caused by the Blood Cloud Palace...
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