So, Jiang Ning was simply a tool.
It seemed that Liu Chuandao had not yet decided who was going to succeed him as the next sect leader.
The better brother who performed better and won Liu Chuandao's approval would become the next leader of Qingshan Sect.
Liu Heng snorted at Liu Zong's retreating back. He knew that his elder brother had always looked down on him. His elder brother was convinced that Liu Heng wasn't qualified to vie for the position of sect leader with him. But Liu Heng thought otherwise. © 2024.
As long as the successor's position remained up for grabs, he still had a chance of becoming the next sect leader.
In fact, he believed that he deserved the position more than Liu Zong did. He suited the role better. He was the right person to succeed his father as the next sect leader.
"I'm the one who'll lead Qingshan Sect into its next era of glory!" Liu Heng snorted, then turned and walked away.
Liu Chuandao sighed in his study.
The tea in his cup had gone cold.
He had stopped drinking it. His mind was filled with the image of his two sons and the act that they had put up for him earlier.
He didn't know where he had gone wrong. Why had they turned out this way?
They were blind to the responsibilities and duties that they should be shouldering. They had no cause to live for. They had no idea what they, as his sons, should rightly feel for Qingshan Sect. Instead, they treated the sect as a trophy.
"A hard lesson and a little suffering might do them some good." Liu Chuandao gritted his teeth.
He had been reluctant to grant Jiang Ning too much power because he was worried that he might not be able to rein in Jiang Ning. But it seemed that Jiang Ning had never been within his sphere of control. He still knew little about the man who had come from beyond the mountains. He wouldn't have allowed this outsider to interfere with the matters of Qingshan Sect if he had a choice. This was his last resort. He desperately wanted to know what Jiang Ning intended to do.
How was he going to cleanse the sect of its foul corruption?
Liu Chuandao knew that his two sons were not the only ones eyeing his position. There were many pairs of eyes watching him very closely.
He wasn't going to do anything. He was going let Jiang Ning figure out what to do. Even if Jiang Ning were to fail, it wouldn't be a huge loss to him. Meanwhile, Luo Feng and a few other elders sat in the hall of Zhang Heng's residence.
They were alone.
The matters that they were about to discuss had to be kept a secret. No one else could know.
"We can't allow this to happen," Elder
Luo Feng said bluntly. "Zhang Heng, you have to think of something and stop this from happening. I don't care who Jiang Ning is. Make him disappear."
"I know."
Zhang Heng ground his teeth.
Jiang Ning, the man who had mysteriously appeared in the sect, had somehow ended up with Third Miss. They had not expected this at all.
"The sect leader clearly hired him so that he has an excuse to turn down the Luo family's proposal," he scoffed. Don't worry. Third Missis going to marry into the Luo family. I'm a member of the Luo family, so I'm on your side."
His sister had married into the Luo family. The Luo family was the only power that he could depend on now.
Qingshan Sect was in its decline. Who knew how long it was going to last? Zhang Heng wasn't an idiot. He wasn't going to bind his fate to that of Qingshan Sect. But what should he do now?
"I await your good news. Jiang Ning must die," said Luo Feng. "I doubt that Liu Chuandao's going to find another fiance for his daughter after Jiang Ning dies." The best way to get rid of a problem was to eliminate the person causing the problem.
Elder Luo Feng's approach to problems was surprisingly similar to Jiang Ning's.
Of course, he didn't know that no one had ever succeeded in getting rid of Jiang Ning and that all who had incurred Jiang Ning's wrath had paid a terrible price for it. All of them exchanged a look with one
another. The cold glint of greed flashed across their eyes.
Qingshan Sect was hunted prey on its last legs their plan was to find themselves an ideal spot and wait As soon as Qingshan Sect fell to its knees, they would lunge at its dying body, sink their teeth in and strip its flesh from its bones.