Taihuang Star Seal

"Good boy, you're brave enough!"

Luo Haoyuan slapped his thigh suddenly.

Then, he gave Ding Chen a look that said "don't panic", "don't worry, they won't dare to do anything to you with me here."

“If it really doesn’t work, I will confront the Great Elder and make your contribution to correcting the practice and improving the profound skills known to the public!”

"I guarantee that those guys will shut up!"

Not long after.

Ding Chen and the other two strode into the ancestral hall.

In the spacious and bright ancestral hall, in addition to the six elders, dozens of middle and senior management of the family also gathered here.

The atmosphere is heavy.

Luo Haoyuan looked calm. He bowed to the white-haired and silver-bearded old man on the main seat and said, "Congratulations, Great Elder, for coming out of seclusion!"

This tall and thin old man with white hair and silver beard is the Luo family's great elder: Luo Yangjie.

I just heard his nose tremble: "Humph, your congratulations, I can't afford it!"

"Luo Haoyuan, ah Luo Haoyuan, I have only been in seclusion for more than a month, and you have destroyed the lifeline of our entire family?!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Qinru couldn't help but frown, thinking: "This old guy really has bad intentions."

The elder glanced at Ding Chen coldly and ordered, "Come here, go and confiscate all the banknotes on Ding Chen."

"How can such a scumbag and useless son-in-law deserve to have such a large fortune?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Haoyuan stepped forward and said, "Stop!"

"To be honest, the two hundred thousand gold has already gone into my pocket."

"you?"

The Great Elder's wrinkled face was filled with suspicion.

"Not bad!"

Luo Haoyuan said firmly: "As everyone knows, my daughter and Ding Chen have been engaged since childhood."

"In recent years, Ding Chen's performance has become increasingly unbearable. As his future father-in-law, I am having a headache."

"Now, I finally got some money from this kid, so I can't let him go!"

"Then the 200,000 yuan will be considered as the betrothal money for Ding Chen to marry my daughter!"

In fact, the 200,000 gold is still in Ding Chen's hands.

What Luo Haoyuan said was equivalent to transferring the conflict concentrated on Ding Chen to himself.

As a father, it is reasonable to ask the future son-in-law to give some money as a betrothal gift for marrying off his daughter, right?

This way.

Those guys who had already prepared a series of arguments and were waiting to criticize Ding Chen were suddenly speechless.

Seeing this, the great elder Luo Yangjie's expression turned cold: "Luo Haoyuan, how long are you going to protect Ding Chen?!"

He pointed at Ding Chen viciously, spitting as he said, "In recent years, if it weren't for you, Luo Haoyuan, who has repeatedly protected me."

"The disaster this little bastard has brought to my Luo family won't get worse and worse!"

"At this point, even the ancestral skills and profound techniques have been handed over to the enemy, and you still want to protect him?!"

"Will you be happy only if the entire Luo family is destroyed by Ding Chen?!"

Luo Haoyuan coughed twice in embarrassment: "Ahem, in the past, Ding Chen was indeed a bad boy."

"But today..."

He was just about to talk about Ding Chen's contribution to improving the martial arts, but Luo Yangjie shouted at him: "Enough!"

"I don't want to listen to your specious arguments for that little bastard!"

Ding Chen frowned and asked loudly: "Who are you scolding, you little bastard?!"

"You little bastard scolded you!!"

Luo Yangjie blurted out subconsciously.

"Oh, that's okay."

Ding Chen nodded lightly, with a mocking smile on his lips.

Luo Yangjie was stunned.

"Pfft~"

Until he saw Luo Qinru and others covering their mouths to hold back their laughter.

He suddenly realized that he had just fallen into Ding Chen's language trap and was being called a little beast in public...

The Great Elder was immediately furious: "Ahhh, I'm going to tear your mouth apart now, and see if you dare to speak nonsense again in the future?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Yangjie pounced on Ding Chen like a tiger descending from the mountain!

"hu~hu~"

The energetic energy bursting out from his body brought about gusts of wind, causing painful cuts!

Luo Haoyuan narrowed his eyes, "The Great Elder's cultivation has indeed reached the sixth level of the Awakening Meridian Realm."

He did not dare to hesitate for a moment, and quickly raised his palm to greet him -

"boom!"

The moment the palms of both sides collided, a large cyclone of air was stirred up which flew in all directions, blowing many people in the hall to the ground.

After a lightning strike.

The great elder Luo Yangjie used the recoil force to withdraw his body, and finally landed steadily back to his original position and sat down.

Luo Haoyuan's feet dug two or three inches deep into the hard stone ground, and he never retreated even a single step!

He is like a mountain that protects Ding Chen from wind and rain. No matter how strong the wind is, I will remain unmoved!

"Luo Haoyuan!"

The Great Elder shouted, "You are willing to fight with me just for that bastard?!"

now.

Luo Haoyuan's serious expression also revealed a bit of helplessness: "I only know that as a person, you can't be ungrateful!"

"Back then, that group of 'evil wind blood bandits' invaded our clan's mine in Xiaoshan, north of the city, and committed all kinds of evil, including burning, killing, looting, and so on..."

"If Ding Chen's father hadn't shown up to save us at the critical moment, our Luo family would have been a river of blood!"

"Brother Ding has been very kind to my Luo family."

"He entrusted Ding Chen to me, so I will certainly not let him down!"

Speaking of which.

Luo Haoyuan glanced at the Great Elder with cold eyes and said word by word: "I remember that at that time, your family was also saved by Brother Ding."

"More than half of you here are alive today because of Ding Chen's father!"

"Just for this favor..."

"so what?!"

Before Luo Haoyuan could finish, Luo Yangjie glared at him and said, "Ding Chen's father did us a favor."

"But over the past decade or so, we have been good enough to his bastard son, right?"

"In my opinion, this favor has already been repaid!"

"Today, no matter what, we must drive this evil beast Ding Chen out of the Luo Mansion!"

"impossible!"

Luo Haoyuan replied with a determined look, "As long as I am still the patriarch of the Luo Mansion, no one in the Luo Mansion, no matter who it is, will ever think of driving Ding Chen away!"

The tit-for-tat situation between the two people intensified.

The elder's eyes narrowed with murderous intent, and he said coldly: "If that's the case, you should stop being the clan leader!"

"W-what did you say?"

Luo Haoyuan was stunned.

"I say, you are no longer worthy of sitting in the position of 'Patriarch'!"

The Great Elder seemed to be well prepared.

He clapped his hands twice, and someone immediately brought the bronze tripod used to burn incense for ancestor worship.

This rectangular four-legged tripod, one foot long and half a foot wide, is not a magical weapon.

But it has an extraordinary meaning.

Because it is an important tool used by the tribe to worship their ancestors!

Except for use in sacrificial offerings.

The senior members of the Luo family would only place this "rectangular four-legged tripod" in the ancestral hall when faced with important decisions.

It means "the ancestors' witness and their words are as good as gold".

The great elder cleared his throat and said in a loud voice, "Luo Haoyuan, in order to protect a naughty boy from another family, did not hesitate to drag the entire family into the abyss. He refuses to change his ways despite repeated admonitions. He is unworthy of being the head of the family!"

"Today, I, Luo Yangjie, will exercise the power of the Council of Elders to depose and enthrone in front of all my ancestors."

"We have summoned all the elders to discuss the removal of Luo Haoyuan from his position as 'clan leader'."

"Respectfully invite all ancestors to bear witness!"

At the end, the old fellow kowtowed to the ancestral tablet in a very formal manner.

"Now, please vote, elders—"

"Those who agree to dethrone Luo Haoyuan from his position as clan leader, raise your hands!"

The Great Elder was the first to raise his hand.

The third elder, the fourth elder, the fifth elder, and the sixth elder followed closely behind.

Only the second elder, Luo Tong, frowned and said nothing.

"According to the Luo family's ancestral system, when a major event requires a vote, the clan leader's vote is equivalent to two votes."

"The other elders have one vote each."

"So, there are five votes in favor of abolishing Luo Haoyuan's position as clan leader."

"Those who disagree, three votes in total."

“The results are crystal clear!”

Luo Yangjie raised his head proudly, "This elder declares: From today on, Luo Haoyuan's position as clan leader is abolished, and he is no longer allowed to exercise the power of clan leader!"

"The power of the clan leader will be temporarily exercised by the 'Council of Elders' composed of all the elders."

This all happened too suddenly.

To the point that Luo Qinru is still a little confused until now.

She thought that the Great Elder would definitely make things difficult for her father.

But I didn't expect that the other party would be so cruel!

As for Luo Haoyuan...

He was filled with rage, ready to explode.

But he was interrupted by Ding Chen's leisurely words: "In this way, Uncle Luo, you can have more time to practice martial arts, which is not necessarily a bad thing."

Upon hearing this, Luo Haoyuan suddenly came to his senses.

He still remembered that on the way here, Ding Chen said casually, "Sometimes, falling from a high position is not necessarily a bad thing."

"Because, only at this time can you see the true face of some people."

At that time, Luo Haoyuan did not take Ding Chen's words seriously.

But now, combined with the series of actions of the Great Elder, he has completely understood!

For Luo Haoyuan, the Great Elder's forcing him to abdicate is a good opportunity to disrupt the existing power structure, eliminate the hidden bad factors, and reshuffle the cards.

In this situation, he would rather cling to the position of "patriarch" than let go.

It would be better to go with the flow and concentrate on practicing the martial arts and techniques improved by Ding Chen.

Especially the martial art "Lingyun Palm".

In just a few days, it can greatly improve Luo Haoyuan's combat ability!

After that, they re-established their unshakable prestige through the "mining competition".

By then, Luo Haoyuan will not only be able to take back the position of patriarch that he lost today.

It can also uproot those clan members who have disloyal intentions!

After thinking through this layer.

Luo Haoyuan looked at Ding Chen again, and couldn't help but feel a little more admiration: "Great, really great!"

"By the way, when did this kid become so smart?"

"As a superior, he played with my wrist so smoothly!"

Luo Haoyuan couldn't imagine that the seemingly immature boy standing in front of him...

In fact, there resides a soul inside his body that was once the "Chief of the Nine Emperors" of the Zixiao Immortal Realm!