"Su Yan, there is something you should understand even without us having to state it directly. Even if Xi Mo’s appointment as the new clan leader does not follow normal procedures, everyone in the clan is in favor of him becoming the new clan leader. As for you, if you still have some consideration as part of the Mist Horn Clan, you should accept the entire clan’s decision, accept Xi Mo as the new clan leader and give up on your silly idea of seizing back the position of clan leader by colluding with an outsider!"
Each of the Divine Transformation Realm elders frankly spoke their minds, no longer giving her face.
Su Yan did not say anything back. All she did was maintain her silence. She never knew that she was very unpopular when she was still the leader of the clan in the past.
When she got trapped in the broken world, no one was there to rescue her. All she received was the unanimous agreement of the entire clan to appoint Xi Mo as their new clan leader. Apart from that, no one even bothered to find out why she got trapped in the broken world and who the culprit was.
She had dedicated her entire life to the Mist Horn Clan. She did not ask anything for her great contributions and only hoped to avoid making any mistake. She rarely invaded and conquered other forces. All she hoped was peace and stability for the entire clan.
She was the one with the highest innate potential in the Mist Horn Clan. If Xi Mo and Gui Jiao did not receive her guidance, they probably would not have the chance to break through to the Void Refinement Realm...
She had shared all of her insights about cultivation to countless Nascent Soul Realm and Divine Transformation Realm elders. Could she not gain a bit of support from them for everything that she had done for them?
What she found especially hard to accept was that Xi Mo and Gui Jiao, whom she had trained personally would eventually betray her and try to assassinate her.
"Why...? I really don’t care about the clan leader position at all. All I want to know is the reason why you all betrayed me...?" Su Yan closed her apricot eyes gently, hiding a hint of sadness behind her expression.
"Betray? Former Clan Leader Su is overthinking. We have never betrayed you. We were only thinking of the Mist Horn Clan’s future which is why we didn’t support you. Former Clan Leader Su was coincidentally trapped in the broken world back then. Hence, we took advantage of that opportunity to remove you from your position as clan leader and appointed a new successor. It’s all for the sake of the clan. When you were still the clan leader, you clearly had control over the devil contracts of 15 Void Refinement Realm devil spirits. But you never used these devil spirits to develop our Mist Horn Clan or expand our forces. It’s really detestable that you had allowed our clan to be suppressed by the Ghost Eye Clan! Xi Mo is different. If he’s the clan leader, he will certainly use all of our devil troops and devil spirits to fight against the Ghost Eye Clan and gain some fame for our clan! He is the most suitable candidate to lead our clan!"
The six Divine Transformation Realm elders spoke smoothly. The frankness of their argument made many foreigners in Tai Chi City terrified.
Outsiders never knew that the Mist Horn Clan had 15 Void Refinement Realm devil spirits as a reserved force. When Su Yan was the clan leader, she never advocated acts of aggression. She rarely initiated an invasion and had spent all of her focus on training outstanding clan members.
Su Yan’s policy gave the Mist Horn Clan an opportunity to develop as outstanding experts were appearing from among them one after another. On the other hand, it made countless forces think that the Mist Horn Clan could easily be bullied.
However, who in the outside world would know that the Mist Horn Clan which seemed to be weak actually had 15 Void Refinement Realm devil spirits as their hidden ace. The strength of their forces was actually extremely high!
Su Yan finally understood why she could not gain support from her clan members. It turned out that they had misunderstood her painstaking effort of allowing the clan to recuperate while raising more outstanding individuals to build up its strength...
"Fine. I no longer want the clan leader position, much less cling to it stubbornly. However, there is a personal grudge I must settle. It seems like all of you have no idea about the true reason why I got trapped in the broken world. Very well. It means that none of you have a hand in it. I can spare you all. As for Xi Mo, I must kill him..."
"Impudent! You are a member of the Mist Horn Clan. How dare you speak such rebellious words? Don’t you know that what you are doing is actually treason?"
The expressions of the Divine Transformation Realm elders became less tense after hearing that Su Yan was willing to give up the clan leader position. Even if they did not support her leadership of their clan, she was still a Void Inquiry Stage old monster ultimately. She was the strongest combatant of the Mist Horn Clan. Hence, the elders still needed a strong fighter like her a lot.
However, they did not expect that although Su Yan gave up the intention to seize the clan leader post, she still persisted in killing Xi mo.
Xi Mo was the clan leader whom they all supported. How could they allow him to be killed?!
"Did you say I am impudent?! Ha. Xi Mo should be the impudent one. He plotted against me and trapped me inside the broken world, surrounded by millions of devil spirits... If I am not mistaken, I was still the clan leader that time, wasn’t I? He tried to murder me, who was the leader of the clan. Wasn’t that considered treason? Shouldn’t he be sentenced to death?"
"What?!"
Su Yan’s calm words shocked countless members of the Mist Horn Clan.
According to the rumors circulating within the clan, the reason why she got trapped was because of an accident.. It was said that the broken world had collapsed and that escaping from it would be difficult for the rest of her life.
However, no one actually thought that the so-called accident was actually Xi Mo’s plot!?
Some people believed what Su Yan said but a greater number of them refused to believe such absurd and baseless accusations.
"Su Yan! You’re talking nonsense! Even though Xi Mo had always been on bad terms with you, he is an upright person and wouldn’t do anything like plotting against the clan leader!"
"Su Yan, please use your head when you try to lie! You were the clan leader three months ago. You had the clan leader token so you were the only person who could enter the broken world. There was no way Xi Mo could get in there. How was he supposed to plot against you? Even if Xi Mo really plotted against you, how can you possibly escape from millions of devil spirits that had surrounded you like what you had mentioned? You are just fabricating a lie to slander Xi Mo!"
"Su Yan, I didn’t expect you to be such a despicable woman! You can only consider yourself unlucky to have been trapped inside the broken world! As for the reason for your dismissal, you can only blame yourself for not having the qualifications! No matter how envious you are of Xi Mo, how can you sling mud at him?!"
Countless skeptical voices could be heard from all directions. It made Su Yan go quiet as sorrow intensified in her eyes.
She had spoken the truth but no one believed her. Everyone would rather believe in Xi Mo.
Laughable. It’s truly laughable... Why did I regard such a clan like this as a priceless treasure and carefully protected it in the past...?
"Su Yan, so you managed to survive. This is great. Since you didn’t die, you can become my competent subordinate who will follow me on my future conquests. In that case, I will pardon your sins in slandering me."
At this moment, Xi Mo finally showed himself in an imposing manner.
Gui Jiao, Yin Gong and three unfamiliar Void Refinement Realm experts followed behind him.
Yin Gong was the previous clan leader before Su Yan who was removed from his position due to his crime. He was an expert at the Void Inquiry Stage.
Having committed a great sin, he could never become the clan leader again for the rest of his life. However, Xi Mo gave him lots of rewards and benefits in order to persuade him into joining him.
"Xi Mo!"
Su Yan’s apricot eyes which had been calm all this while had turned frigid cold at this moment.
She could tolerate him disrespecting her and talking back at her. As for the incident in the broken world, it really made her lose her temper.
She was just gentle and kind to her clan members but she definitely was not a weak and soft-hearted woman. At the very least, she would never be lenient to those who deserved death.
Seeing Su Yan harbor the killing intent towards Xi Mo, every member of the clan stood in front of the latter like they were ready to protect him even at the cost of their lives.
If Su Yan takes any action against Xi Mo, all the devil cultivators of the Mist Horn Clan would spare no effort to fight against her.
The clan members whom she strived to protect in the past began to point their swords at her now. All she could feel was the last trace of warmth in her dissipating. She scrunched her graceful fingers into angry fists. She clenched them so tightly that her nails pierced through the skin of her palm, causing blood to drip from them.
The physical pain she felt from her palm was nowhere near as painful as the emotional anguish that was wreaking havoc on her heart.
"Do all of you really want to fight me...?"
"Su Yan you traitor! Stop blabbering! If you dare to harm even a single hair on our clan leader’s head, we will surely make you pay with your blood."
"Very well... Then, let’s see how you’re going to make me pay..."
She had had an irreconcilable grudge against Xi Mo. He was a person she had to kill. Since the members of her clan were being mean to her, she would not show them any mercy too.
Traces of cold killing intent spread across the entire city. Her Void Inquiry Stage aura force sent a jolt into the hearts of all cultivators below the Void Refinement Realm.