Pang Liang couldn't hold back after hearing that and started to curse: "You have no moral integrity. It is precisely because you have never shown any desire for the position of Palace Master in these years. You have also said in public more than once that you are not interested in the position of Palace Master that we are relieved to hand over the affairs of the Qiongzu Universe Youth Exchange Conference to you. You have built up your reputation over the years, and now you are running for election again. What's the reason? We are all well-known people, why are you so shameless? I am really ashamed to be associated with you!"
"Haha, first of all, the past was the past, and the present is the present. At the beginning, I did say that I would not run for election. After all, the purpose of our Lingxiao Palace is equality for all. This palace master has invisibly widened the gap between himself and the majority of palace members, which goes against my original intention. But later I also figured it out. A group of dragons cannot be without a leader. No matter how perfect the organization is, it still needs someone to make decisions. This is inevitable, so we have this scene today. Brother Pang, fellow Taoists, people's ideas will always change with their own insights. I hope you will be more tolerant and forgive my ignorance at the beginning." Su Hong bowed solemnly to everyone here with a very sincere attitude.
"You..." Pang Liang was so angry that he was shaking. When he was about to refute Su Hong, he heard Su Hong continue, "Besides, I am in charge of the exchange conference. This matter is the common responsibility of our families. You have been fighting for the position of the hall master over the years. We in the Tianri Hall have worked hard to make this conference go smoothly. Is it easy? I didn't expect that you, Brother Pang, think that I am doing this to establish my personality and gain reputation! Brother Pang, your words really chill my heart!"
Su Hong looked extremely distressed, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
"I..." Pang Liang was speechless for a moment. At this time, all the cultivators nodded one after another. It was obvious that the balance in their hearts had already tilted towards Su Hong. He knew that if he continued to speak now, it would only backfire and arouse everyone's disgust.
Even Ji Haoxuan just snorted coldly and rarely attacked Su Hong again.
A young man from the Ji family who had a good relationship with him couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw this. Why did Ji Haoxuan, who had always been domineering, change his nature today?
So he asked Ji Haoxuan with some doubt: "Elder, are we going to be fooled by Su Hong like this?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Haoxuan slapped the man in the face and said coldly, "What? Do you think I haven't lost enough face today? What good will it do for me to stand up in this storm? Besides, Su Hong's candidacy will not only affect me, and I'm not a fool, so why should I stand up for others?"
"Elder, I was wrong. I deserve to die. I shouldn't have questioned you." The young man from the Ji family covered his face and kept apologizing.
"You're stupid. Considering that you've been serving me for so many years, I'll spare you this time. If you do it again, even your great grandfather won't be able to save you!" Su Hong snorted coldly.
"Thank you, Elder. Thank you, Elder."
Ji Haoxuan no longer paid attention to the Ji family member, but squinted his eyes and looked at Su Hong, muttering: "Su Hong? If it was in the early years, I might have been a little afraid of your participation in the election, but now, my Ji family has won over so many people, and the advantage is in my hands. You, Su Hong, are nothing!"
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In fact, Ji Haoxuan was not the only one who thought this way. Jiang Yuer and others also thought this way. Su Hong did have the advantage of the first mover, and he did accumulate a lot of reputation through the exchange conference, but so what? How many people would vote for Su Hong because of this? Besides, the exchange conference was only an exchange conference for a small number of people. Most of the members of the entire Lingxiao Palace did not attend the exchange conference. The votes held by those people were the key to determining the position of the Palace Master.
The reason they were angry before was because they felt that they were fooled by Su Hong, but now the election is approaching, there is no need to haggle with Su Hong in public. If it affects their votes, it will be a loss.
From then on, no one opposed Su Hong's candidacy and he officially joined the candidate list.
Although Su Hong's candidacy made Ji Haoxuan and others feel uneasy, it also made them feel inexplicably relieved.
We are all young leaders of the six major forces. Who doesn’t know who?
You, Su Hong, keep saying that all living beings are equal, but who would believe you? To become the master of Lingxiao Palace is a death order from their ancestors, so how could Su Hong be an exception?
Su Hong, one of the founders of Lingxiao Palace, actually said that he was not interested in the position of Palace Master? Even if you were the son of the Palace Master of Tianri Palace, you couldn't be so willful, right? This made people doubt Su Hong's purpose. Such doubts lingered in the hearts of several people. Although they didn't say it, it didn't mean that they were not worried.
But now, Su Hong announced the election, and their vigilance completely disappeared. Now it seems that Su Hong is trying to play the mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole is behind. But obviously, Su Hong's plan has failed, because he had previously played the pig to eat the tiger, and had missed the best opportunity to win over the palace members. Now it is just a futile struggle.
"Okay, is there anyone else participating in the election? If not, let's start voting." Ji Haoxuan said impatiently.
After several breaths, Ji Haoxuan saw that no one answered, and immediately announced: "Now, enter the investment..."
At this moment, a calm voice interrupted Ji Haoxuan: "Wait a moment."
Ji Haoxuan frowned. He hated being interrupted the most, especially at such a critical moment. So he looked up at the person who came. He wanted to take a good look at who was so blind.
Seeing the plainly dressed man in front of him, Ji Haoxuan was stunned for a moment, but soon his expression turned cold: "It's you? You are the one who broke into my Ji family palace with Yao Xiuqi and others 110 years ago!"
The person who came was Li Mu. 110 years ago, in order to capture Lin Wuji, he did break into the Ji family together with Yao Xiuqi, Jiang Yuer and Sun Ruxuan. Ji Haoxuan also wanted to put Yao Xiuqi and others under house arrest that day, and then use Lin Wuji's soul-controlling method to confuse the cultivators in order to achieve the goal of becoming the master of Lingxiao Palace, but in the end he ended up being suppressed by Liu Yuanbai for several years.
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