The Senior Elder laughed and said, "I don't have any other opinions. I'm getting old and I've been the Senior Elder for a few decades now. But I've not brought anything good to Qingshan Sect, and I've actually allowed Qingshan Sect to decline instead. This is my crime."

"This is a crime punishable by death!"

"I'm willing to die in battle. If my death can change some things around here, then it's all worth it."

He got up and put his hands behind his back as he calmly said, "That's my opinion. I don't have any other thoughts."

They were going to war!

That was what the Senior Elder meant.

No matter who they were going to face, how they were going to fight or what he used to think, he only had this opinion now.

He was going to fight to the very end! It didn't matter even if he died!

All the elders felt their eyes narrow violently. They didn't expect the Senior Elder to be willing to fight to the very end.

"We won't leave." The Second Elder took a deep breath. "We're all partly to blame for everything that's happened in the past."

"As an elder of Qingshan Sect, I haven't done anything for the sect besides work for my own gain. This is a crime."

"This is also a crime punishable by death!"

Everyone exchanged glances and nodded.

They had seen how all the disciples of Qingshan Sect had been filled with energy and were all willing to stand up against Tianlian Sect and the elders of Tianlian Sect. This was a fighting spirit that they hadn't seen in decades!

"We're all willing to defend the glory of Qingshan Sect even if we die!"

"We are willing to live together with Qingshan Sect and die together with Qingshan Sect!"

All the elders chimed in.

The Senior Elder turned and looked at all of them before nodding slightly.

"I never thought that a bunch of old fogeys like us actually needed someone from outside the sect to educate us. What a disgrace we are."

It was indeed disgraceful, but if this embarrassment could wake them up from their old ways, it wasn't a bad thing.

"Let's get ready."

"Yes, Senior Elder!" shouted everyone in unison.

Meanwhile.

Jiang Ning was sitting in his usual rattan chair and was rocking the chair in a leisurely manner.

It as if he enjoyed the quiet before the storm even more than peace.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

He always enjoyed this moment of quietness right before a battle. It was relaxing to him.

At the training area further out, the captain of the guards led a group of men to work hard and train. Jiang Ning had personally crafted this training for them, so none of them were going to slack off.

During this time, they had been

secretly training. If they weren't

assigned any mission, they would be

found at the training area. They

refused to even rest for one

moment.

The visible increase in their speed and prowess was shocking. It had also helped these lowly guards find something to be proud of!

"Hurry up! We must improve

ourselves in the shortest time

possible" barked the captain. "We have to take hold of our own destiny! We shall decide what sort of people we want to be!"

These were all things that Jiang Ning said to them before. The words acted like a boost of motivation that helped everyone to keep going.

"We're all part of Qingshan Sect, and we're all guardians of Qingshan Sect! We'll protect Qingshan Sect!"

"Protect! Protect! Protect!" shouted the guards.

Liu Qing watched them from afar and could barely believe her eyes.

These guards had been with her for the past seven or eight years, but she had never seen them like this before.

"What do you intend to do?" She turned around to looked at Jiang Ning.

This man was definitely a nutcase, but he was also a strange yet admirable man.

He could transform anyone in a short time, and he could transform a person from head to toe.

Even though these guards were considered the lowest ranked people in Qingshan Sect, Jiang Ning never

differentiated them because of that. In fact, he seemed to like these guards better.

"They're super soldiers," said Jiang Ning.

"They'll be Qingshan Sect's super soldiers."

"Super soldiers?" Liu Qing narrowed her eyes. "You want them to join the battle too?"

"They're not going to just join the battle," replied Jiang Ning calmly. "They're going to be the ones who decide whether we win or lose!"