Chapter 485: Chapter 485: Who Is the Clan Leader? In Tai Chi City, there was a raging gale that was a foreboding of the coming storm.
Ning Fan indifferently scanned countless devil cultivators of the Mist Horn Clan with his spirit sense. His expression only turned slightly calm after checking a guest house somewhere in the devil city.
Ming Que followed Ning Fan’s order obediently and stayed inside the house without taking a step out the door. Since the day when Ning Fan left, she had been gnawing on pills like they were jelly beans and she had not encountered any danger or trouble during this period of time.
Therefore, Ning Fan could now unreservedly settle an old grudge with the Mist Horn Clan without concern.
"I’m never fond of nonsense. Xi Mo, get out here and pay with your life."
Ning Fan’s bone-chilling voice resounded across Tai Chi City once again. This time, the anger in the eyes of the countless members of the Mist Horn Clan were reignited after seeing Ning Fan challenge their new clan leader for the second time.
Xi Mo was the dignified clan leader of their Mist Horn Clan. From their perspective, Ning Fan was extremely insolent to order him to come out and face him while threatening to kill him!
As the leader of the Mist Horn Clan, Xi Mo could be regarded as someone important even in the Rain World. Moreover, his strength was not something that one could disregard as he had broken through to the Void Inquiry Stage.
Even though Ning Fan’s notoriety was also spread far and wide, he was still inferior to a Void Inquiry Stage expert like Xi Mo. The members of the Mist Horn Clan would without a doubt stand on Xi Mo’s side.
All of a sudden, many devil cultivators of the clan glared at Ning Fan in hostility and barked in fury.
"Revered Ming, respect is a two-way street! Xi Mo is the leader of our clan and has an esteemed identity. You, however, profaned him by making an impudent request and hurling death threats. Don’t you think that is a little too much?! Are you trying to wage war against our Mist Horn Clan using your identity as a revered elder of the Rain Place and a friend of the Zhou Clan?!"
"Zhou Ming! Your pill refinement skills are indeed unparalleled in the world and few can compete with you in pill refinement. But this doesn’t mean anything! In the entire Rain World, our Mist Horn Clan is considered as one of the top ten great forces. If you offend our clan, Clan Leader Xi Mo will certainly teach you a lesson and you won’t certainly be able to bear the consequences of your actions!"
"Zhou Ming, you are just a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator at the end of the day. You aren’t a true Void Refinement Realm old monster yet. How dare you threaten our Void Inquiry Stage Clan Leader Xi Mo to pay with his life when your cultivation level has yet to even attain the Void Glimpse Stage? You really are self-conceited and have no idea about the immensity of heaven and earth! Do you really think that you, a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator, are worthy of challenging our Clan Leader Xi Mo?"
Each of the devil cultivators of the Mist Horn Clan subconsciously neglected Ning Fan’s terrifying aura force.
Ning Fan’s aura force was already on par with a Void Inquiry Stage expert. However, everyone thought that Ning Fan was just at the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm.
Ning Fan had made an incredible achievement by killing Shi Kun and Mo Xiu successively. His notoriety was even greater than ordinary Void Glimpse Stage cultivators but in the past, he was still weaker than a Void Inquiry Stage expert.
Mo Xiu might be a Void Inquiry Stage old monster but when he died in Ning Fan’s hands, his cultivation level regressed due to his grievous injuries. Thus, it had not been a fair battle and it could not prove that Ning Fan had the strength to kill a Void Inquiry Stage expert.
As for Shi Kun who had an unrivalled strength among all Void Glimpse Stage cultivators, Ning Fan really killed him with his bare hands. That battle was fair and unbiased but it could only demonstrate that Ning Fan also possessed unrivalled strength among Void Glimpse Stage cultivators. Even so, he might not necessarily be able to defeat a Void Inquiry Stage expert.
In everyone’s eyes, perhaps Ning Fan had the strength to put up a fight against a Void Inquiry Stage expert but his chances of winning would certainly be extremely slim.
No one believed that Ning Fan could attain the Void Inquiry Stage in just a few months let alone defeat Xi Mo.
He was just a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator after all. In everyone’s mind, he was still unable to truly compare to a Void Inquiry Stage expert.
Hence, everyone only thought that what Ning Fan said was gibberish and he was seeking his own death.
The devil cultivators of the clan did not ask Ning Fan the reason why he let out nonsense as soon as he spoke and they did not even bother to ask. All they did was wait for their clan leader to arrive and teach Ning Fan a lesson.
They paid no attention to Ning Fan but they were concerned about Su Yan. There were rumors inside the clan that claimed that their former clan leader, Su Yan, had already died inside the broken world when it collapsed. They could not understand why she could still appear alive right before everyone’s eyes.
The fact that Su Yan was actually still alive was beyond everyone’s expectations.
The fact that she was being accompanied by Ning Fan made countless people even more confused.
Temporarily setting aside the question why Su Yan was alive, the members of the Mist Horn Clan were vexed by her current actions. She was the former clan leader and her standpoint was supposed to differ from Ning Fan’s.
Now, Ning Fan was initiating a challenge with Clan Leader Xi Mo. As the former clan leader, it was expected of her to take actions to stop him and maintain the Mist Horn Clan’s dignity. However, why wasn’t she doing anything at all to stop Ning Fan? Why did she seem to be taking Ning Fan’s side as if they were both opposing a common enemy instead?
Could it be that Su Yan felt resentful and held grudges towards Xi Mo after hearing that he was succeeding her position as clan leader and had asked Ning Fan to help her rebel against him?
If that was the truth, Su Yan’s actions were really a little too despicable. No matter what her reasons were, colluding with an outsider to fight against the leader of her own clan was treason. Those found guilty of violating the clan’s ten great commandments or had committed treason could be sentenced to death!
"’Former Clan Leader Su’, is Revered Ming your helper? Did you request his help to rebel against Clan Leader Xi Mo?"
The six esteemed Divine Transformation Realm elders of the Mist Horn Clan walked out from the crowd. Their expressions were cold and arrogant.
They emphasized ’Former Clan Leader’ in sarcasm. There wasn’t the slightest hint of respect in their tones which filled Su Yan’s apricot eyes with coldness.
"So what if I did? Don’t tell me that clan elders like you are planning on punishing me on behalf of your new Clan Leader Xi Mo?"
"We can’t exactly call it a punishment. However, if ’Former Clan Leader Su’ has truly colluded with an outsider, we might have to impose the clan rules on you!"
Su Yan’s apricot eyes turned even colder. "Clan rules? Since we’re talking about the clan rules, I really want to ask all of you. Which of the clan’s rules state that the position of the clan leader can be taken over by another when the clan leader has gone missing for three months?!"
Su Yan’s words made the six Divine Transformation Realm elders stutter. Their faces flushed red with none of them having the previous display of fierceness and disdain since they knew they were the ones in the wrong.
According to the Mist Horn Clan’s rules, the respected elders of the clan could only elect the next clan leader when the death of the clan leader has been confirmed. Otherwise, the clan’s leader cannot be replaced.
Of course, there are some exceptions that would allow the clan members to dismiss their clan leader.
If the clan leader whose death is yet confirmed goes missing for more than ten years without establishing any contact, the members of the clan could proceed to elect their next clean leader. After all, someone who has disappeared for more than ten years without any regard for the clan does not deserve to be the clan’s leader.
Unfortunately, not a single rule of the clan’s rules could rightfully dismiss Su Yan from the position of clan leader and elect Xi Mo as the successor.
Su Yan’s expression remained neutral but she was inwardly mocking herself. It had only been three and a half months since she got trapped inside the broken world and the members of the clan had already changed their leader. This was truly beyond her expectations.
To cultivators, going on a single expedition could take approximately three to five years. Therefore, going missing for less than ten years was normally acceptable.
Su Yan did not leave her life plate in the clan and carried it with her. Since nobody could look at her life plate, none would be able to know if she had lived or died. That was why the clan’s members could only consider her as missing when she got trapped inside the broken world.
And thus could only appoint their next clan leader if she does not return in ten years or so.
Being absent for three and a half months was clearly far from enough to become the reason for her dismissal!
Even so, she had indeed been dismissed as clan leader. It was not just up to Xi Mo alone to decide the clan leader’s dismissal and appointment. In fact, it needed general consensus from the entire clan in order to elect the next clan leader without following the clan rules.
Needless to say, a great majority of the clan members silently assented to Su Yan’s dismissal from her position as clan leader.
In other words, even though Xi Mo’s appointment as clan leader was against the rules, everyone in the clan was in favor of it. As for her, she was like an outcast that had been abandoned by nearly all of her clan members...
So this is the Mist Horn Clan that I have been protecting with all my effort...