After Rongrong persuaded the old Patriarch, the old Patriarch decided to call Elder Yang and announced his punishment for the failed mission in Tang Feng City.
Actually, no one cares really about how many people died in Tang Feng City or the massacre of the Feng Royal Family in the Immortal Sword Sect.
The Emperor of Feng Empire and the Feng Royal Family might look impressive in eyes of the normal civilians or the normal people, but they were nothing more than a group of puppets for the Immortal Sword Sect.
They could be easily replaced anytime by Immortal Sword Sect.
If the Feng Emperor or his Feng Royal Family dared to disobey Immortal Sword Sect or they looked unpleasant in the eyes of Immortal Sword Sect's Patriarch, the old Patriarch could easily wipe out all of them in an instant and put another person and family, then stick the name of 'Feng Emperor' and 'Feng Royal Family' to them.
All of those people might be replaceable, but Elder Yang should at least caught all the culprits of those massacre incidents and brought them back to Immortal Sword Sect, so the Patriarch and the Elders from Immortal Sword Sect could punish and torment the culprits in front of the mass to warn anyone who dares to challenge Immortal Sword Sect's authority.
Unfortunately, Elder Yang failed to catch the culprits of those incidents, and it would certainly ruin the Immortal Sword Sect's prestige to some extent.
It was the same as the police department in Tang Li Xue's previous world that failed to catch the serial killer after he killed so many people, and it would certainly make the citizens lost some trust in the police department.
If even the citizens lost their trust in the police department, then it also means many criminals would dare to do misdeed openly since they were no longer afraid of the police department.
Moreover, Immortal Sword Sect already took 70% to 80% of all their vassals' cultivation resources under the pretext to guarantee their safety even from Feng Empire's subjugation.
So, Immortal Sword Sect should at least do something to make them feel safe and protected, right?
If Immortal Sword Sect lost its prestige in front of these vassals, no one could tell if they would band together to oppose Immortal Sword Sect later.
Those were the reasons why quite many of the elders from the Immortal Sword Sect stated that Elder Yang was still too young and unfit yet to become the candidate of Immortal Sword Sect's young Patriarch.
Of course, it was also because those elders have hidden motives like they already supported the other people to take Patriarch position and only used Elder Yang's first failure to kick him when he was down.
Elder Yang was not the only one that was a genius in Lightwind Continent after all.
There were many others geniuses that Immortal Sword Sect already nurtured since they were very young to take the role of the future young Patriarch.
All of those young geniuses possessed their own superiority over others.
Rainbow Radiant Physique, Sword Heart Intent, Yin and Yang Eyes, Golden Sun Daoist Physique, and so on.
There were also several middle-aged elders that have high ambition and already planned to take the throne of the Immortal Sword Sect's Patriarch a long time ago.
The competition for the Patriarch's Crown of the strongest sect in Lightwind Continent was actually very fierce and cruel beyond anyone's imagination.
Compared to reality, the novels and movies that Tang Li Xue had read and seen in her previous life were nothing more than the child's tales.
But despite all of their best efforts and the amount of blood they had been spilled until now, the most beloved great-granddaughter suddenly brought back a man one day, and the old Patriarch crowned him as the young Patriarch of Immortal Sword Sect one month later.
Even though they already acknowledged Elder Yang's talent in cultivation after they saw his cultivation level, but not all of them could just simply accept that he was really better or superior to them.
Those people started to look for observing everything Elder Yang do and trying to find his weakness, but Elder Yang was simply too perfect for them to topple.
Of course, Elder Yang was not actually that perfect, but he was the former young Patriarch from Asura Demon Sect after all.
With his rich experience as the former young Patriarch of the Asura Demon Sect, he could easily avoid making any mistake and appear to look perfect in front of others.
He was very sure that these people from the virtuous sect could never match the level of cunningness of his uncle, Mo Chonglin.
Meanwhile, Elder Yang himself could stand on equal ground without losing to Mo Chonglin for several years despite his lack of experience and support. It was already more than enough to show his high IQ and peerless talent.
Right now, Elder Yang received his punishment to copy 10,000 martial art manuals in the library from the old Patriarch without complaining.
The old Patriarch looked that Elder Yang seems gloomy and down, so he tried to encourage him a bit: "You do not need to feel so frustrated about this. One or two failures are completely normal since it means that you still have something to learn. It is good enough to know your mistake and try to fix it as soon as possible."
Elder Yang bowed his head a bit and politely saluted to old Patriarch: "I understand. Patriarch, thank you for your advice and leniency."
The old Patriarch waved his hand and told Elder Yang, then drove him out from the room: "All right, you can go to the library right now to receive your punishment. Oh, Rongrong seems to really miss you. You can go to meet her first before you go to the library."
After went out from the old Patriarch's place, Elder Yang sighed.
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