Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 660: Reformists, Conservatives, Radicals
I have been away from the world for many years, but my legend will soon appear again in the world.

Lu Ping thought so.

At this moment, he was no longer interested in who would be the next president of Baiwu Association. He just wanted to pull Li Xiuru and Mo Xiaobei out of the crowd and make them fight.

Of course this won't work.

It's hard to do it directly without a reason. If you really want to do it, you need to design it cleverly.

After a while, Xiao Bulao finished reading out the names of the people who came to participate in the meeting and began to get to the main topic of today - electing a new president.

It was at this time that Xuan Song began to attack on behalf of Zuo Lengchan.

"In recent years, the Baiwu Association has indeed settled many disputes in the martial arts world as an arbitrator. They have also been fair in judging and impartial in judging punishments, and have made great contributions."

"In the past, we assumed that members of the gang could not come from any gang. If a person wanted to join, he had to leave his original gang to avoid favoritism and corruption when judging criminals."

"But from Shi Yanwen's example, we can see that even if such origins are banned, it is still possible for the Hundred Martial Arts Association to become a tool for conspirators and ambitious people to fight for power and harm the martial arts world."

"You should take this as a warning."

"Although the four 'elders' on the stage are also veterans, their reputation as heroes and their contributions to the martial arts world are not as great as those of you present here."

"If we elect them as the next president like this, I'm afraid many of our fellow martial artists will be dissatisfied."

"Zuo believes that since we are attending this meeting as representatives of a faction today to jointly elect the arbitrator of the Hundred Martial Arts Association, we should not only focus on the four elders of the Hundred Martial Arts Association, but should relax the election standards and allow more people to participate in the election!"

Zuo Lengchan's words fired the first shot in today's martial arts fight.

No one jumped out to deny it, because most of the people from the martial arts sects held the same idea.

After about half a minute of silence, some people began to stand up and agree.

"I wonder how Sect Leader Zuo thinks the standards should be relaxed?"

Lu Ping turned his head and took a look, but he didn't recognize the person who was speaking. However, from his words, he knew that it was someone hired by Zuo Lengchan.

Seeing that no one stood up to stop him, Zuo Lengchan couldn't help but feel smug, and continued: "At least... everyone present today should have the right to run for election!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room burst into an uproar.

Everyone just saw Zuo Lengchan talking a lot and being extremely arrogant, and thought that he would recommend himself next. Unexpectedly, he would make the cake so big and let everyone present have a piece of it. They couldn't help but look at him differently, and at the same time, they were eager to make a move.

Soon, a man stood up and shouted, "Master Zuo, are you planning to recommend yourself?"

This person is Li Xuansu from the Guyue Sect.

Zuo Lengchan smiled and said, “If you trust my ability and are willing to nominate me to be the next president of the Baiwu Association, I can give it a try.”

dream!

Everyone cursed in their hearts.

The "shill" just now shouted again: "After serving as the Wulin Arbitrator, you can no longer retain your identity, status and power in the original gang. Does Sect Leader Zuo intend to resign as Sect Leader and join the Hundred Martial Arts Association?"

Zuo Lengchan raised his head and said, "Power and status have always been held by the capable. Although I am not talented, it is not a problem for me to hold both the positions of the head of the Xuansong Sect and the president of the Baiwu Association."

Oh my goodness, this is what this guy is after?!

Everyone present suddenly realized, and then laughed coldly.

How could you, Zuo Lengchan, be qualified to hold these two positions at the same time?

Zuo Lengchan's ambition is obvious, he just short of having the words "I want to be in power" written on his face. How could the heroes in the martial arts world condone such behavior?

"Letting the head of a certain sect serve as an arbitrator has too many disadvantages, and everyone here knows this very well." The person who spoke was still Li Xuansu: "If you, Zuo Lengchan, are both the head of Xuansong Sect and the president of Baiwu Association, and a dispute in the martial arts world involves a disciple of your Xuansong Sect, how can you guarantee that you will not be partial?"

"If there is partiality, then wouldn't the title of 'Arbitration' of the Hundred Martial Arts Association be in vain?"

"So Li believes that the position of president should be held by a selfless, highly respected person who does not belong to any particular sect."

After Li Xuansu finished speaking, many people nodded in agreement.

If this was a debate, Zuo Lengchan and Li Xuansu were like the first debaters on each side, establishing their arguments and setting the tone for the rest of the debaters.

Lu Ping nudged Lu Xiaofeng next to him with his elbow and asked, "You said before that Li Xuansu was also interfering in the affairs of the Hundred Martial Arts Association, but I don't think so. Could he be a 'conservative'?"

In his opinion, Zuo Lengchan was a "reformist" who intended to use this opportunity to reform the Baiwu Association, so that he could rise to the top, become famous, and even rule the Southern Wulin;

Li Xuansu belongs to the "conservative school" and wants to continue the original rules of the Baiwu Association and maintain the status quo.

Lu Xiaofeng smiled awkwardly: "Uh... I just found out about it too."

At this time, another person in the meeting stood up and said loudly: "The wanderers in the Jianghu have always been alone, pursuing freedom and doing what they want. Their ability in managing organizations, handling affairs, judging and punishing is inferior to that of the elders and gang leaders who come from sects."

"I think it is a burden to let such a person serve as the arbitrator of the underworld."

"Besides, don't Jianghu Sanren have any power behind them or any close friends? When the case involves their relatives and friends, can we guarantee that they will not show favoritism?"

"I don't think so!"

There is some truth in what he said.

He first explained that ordinary people were not as good as famous families in terms of their ability to get things done, and then elaborated on their similarities in terms of "favoritism", which the conservatives found difficult to refute for a while.

Everyone pretended to be lost in thought, as if they were seriously considering the pros and cons.

"Shi Yanwen was born a layman. Although he is now convicted of the 'Shi Family Conspiracy', who among you present here can say that he is incapable?"

"Besides, the members of the Baiwu Association are not all independent people. As long as you leave your original gang, you can join them!"

At this point, another person stood up.

"I think that even if someone leaves a gang publicly, there is no guarantee that the person will not secretly show mercy to the original gang."

"Suppose Sect Leader Zuo resigns as Sect Leader of Xuansong and becomes the President of Baiwu Association. If he sees a disciple of Xuansong commit a crime, will he be able to conduct a fair trial?"

"So I think that the election criteria for the president of the Baiwu Association should not be relaxed, but should be made stricter, and we should completely eliminate fellow practitioners who come from certain sects or schools!"

"And in order to prevent a similar situation like Shi Yanwen from happening again, we should thoroughly investigate the successor's background and past deeds in the martial arts world, and make it public to the entire martial arts world!"

The person who spoke this time was He Wentian, the leader of the Tianlong Gang.

He expressed the third point of view on today's topic and also represented the third type of people - the radicals.

He Wentian's statement once again caused an uproar among the heroes, but there were also many people who agreed with him.

Even someone like Shi Yanwen was able to hide the stain of his life for decades, and no one can guarantee that his successor will not have a similar situation. Therefore, public background checks are a manifestation of responsibility to the entire underworld.

"He Wentian's words show that he agrees with the 'Shi brothers conspiracy theory', but he is actually using this incident to restrict and suppress the power of the next president of the Baiwu Association..."

Lu Xiaofeng analyzed: "It seems that he also knows that this matter is not simple, and he is on guard against conspirators taking advantage of the opportunity to seize power and usurp the throne."

Lu Ping smiled when he heard this.

"We are all veterans, it would be strange if we can't see it."

(End of this chapter)