Chapter 1581: Japanese Elder
In nearly a hundred years, the Netherworld Hall’s Great Elder had never been this shocked, nor this furious!
The four senior officials’ spirit tablets were shattered all at once; for the entire Netherworld Hall, this was no small loss!
And this just had to happen while the Hall Master was away, forcing him to take the blame. How could he not be enraged?!
In an extremely short span of time, the Great Elder summoned all the elders to the Council Hall.
This was already the second core, elder-level meeting convened in just a few days!
Such a situation had been rare in the past decades; all the elders were guessing what could have set off the Great Elder’s temper again.
Only the Fifth Elder Luo Chunqiu and the Eighth Elder Tuoba Yan had a vague, bad premonition, because in the past few days, the only major matter inside the hall was that the two of them had each sent their own senior officials to hunt down the culprit who killed Hu Jinquan. Could it be that those four had met with an accident?
Soon, the eight elders gathered in the Council Hall, only to see the Great Elder at the head with a face dark as iron, and even his eyes were flashing with a hideous, ferocious light!
"Great Elder, what’s the matter for which you’ve summoned us?" a burly elder with a barrel-like voice, tall and bear-like, asked.
He was from Siberia, a Russian killing machine who had once single-handedly wiped out a Siberian training camp, and was still a wanted felon internationally.
"Luo Chunqiu, Tuoba Yan, step forward!"
The Great Elder’s icy gaze suddenly locked onto Luo Chunqiu and Tuoba Yan.
Their hearts sank with a thud, and they immediately stepped out: "Great Elder..."
"Last time, I told you two to find out the cause of Hu Jinquan’s death, to send people to execute the bastard who dared provoke the Netherworld Hall as a warning to all. How exactly did you handle it?" the Great Elder asked coldly.
Luo Chunqiu and Tuoba Yan exchanged a glance, and Tuoba Yan hurriedly said, "Great Elder, we did exactly as you instructed! After that meeting, the Fifth Elder and I both dispatched the senior officials under us, sent them into China to uncover everything and find that culprit. Has something gone wrong now?"
"Hmph, gone wrong?!"
The Great Elder let out a cold, teeth-grinding laugh. "Do you know that just now, the four senior officials under you were all killed, not a single one survived!!!"
Boom!!!
Hearing this, not only Luo Chunqiu and Tuoba Yan, but even the other six elders were all stunned!
The four senior officials under the two of them had moved out together; that was power enough to wipe out a small country, yet they were all slaughtered?!
This was far too shocking!
"Great Elder, what did you say, does that mean Ji Bu also...?" Luo Chunqiu asked in disbelief.
"Are your ears deaf? I said four. Does your Ji Bu not count among them?" The Great Elder’s face twisted hideously!
Thump thump!
Luo Chunqiu retreated two steps, suddenly lost for words.
He still felt it was unbelievable. Ji Bu was on the verge of breaking through to Spirit Void Sixth Level; even in the whole Netherworld Hall, he was among the stronger senior officials. And now he’d been killed?!
"Kekeke, I’ve long said that Chinese are overrated. Not only are their strength figures padded, their ability to get things done is utter crap! This time at least had two elders jointly handling it, and they even sent out four senior officials, yet they still failed. I think this ranking order of elders needs to be rearranged."
An elder standing at the very end, short in stature and speaking in a duck-like voice, laughed as he kicked them while they were down.
"Quanyang Chun, what do you mean by that? You dare gloat?!"
Tuoba Yan was already pissed, and on hearing this he glared angrily at the old man.
"What, did I say anything wrong? Among the nine elders, only you and the Fifth Elder are Chinese. The senior officials under you, and even the disciples under those senior officials, have run into trouble one after another, and you still have the nerve to shout at me? Genuine Chinese trash!"
The elder named Quanyang Chun said with disdain, "At times like this, you still have to rely on us Japanese. When we Japanese take on a task, we absolutely won’t let anyone down!"
Turns out he was Japanese, same nationality as another female elder among the nine elders.
It was just that he ranked last as the Ninth Elder, so he’d always been unhappy with his position and bore a grudge against the elders ahead of him.
As for the blood feud between Japanese and Chinese, that went without saying; his spearhead habitually pointed at the Eighth and Fifth Elders.
In fact, in his eyes, the Eighth Elder Tuoba Yan wasn’t even as strong as he was. If it weren’t for the Netherworld Hall Master also being Chinese and playing favorites, Tuoba Yan’s ranking would definitely be below his!
"Heh, Quanyang Chun, finally speaking your mind, huh? In front of everyone you dare go racial? You really think I, Tuoba Yan, am that easy to insult? If you’ve got the balls, let me experience your Sao Lang Sword!"
Tuoba Yan shouted angrily at Quanyang Chun.
"Oh? That can be arranged. My Sao Lang Sword has just gained some new insight recently; letting you sample it is no big deal. Chinese dumb pig!" Quanyang Chun sneered, actually raising the sword in his hand.
"Cut the crap, draw your sword! You Japanese monkey!" Tuoba Yan spun around as well, his whole body’s Inner Strength surging as he roared.
"Stop!!!"
Suddenly, the Great Elder bellowed, glaring coldly at the pair. "Have you two lost your minds? Do you still see me, the Great Elder, at all? Who gave you the guts to make a scene in front of me?"
As he spoke, his fury erupted, condensing into tangible Killing Aura that blasted Tuoba Yan and Quanyang Chun away on the spot!
Tuoba Yan couldn’t help but spit a mouthful of blood, while Quanyang Chun even dropped his sword; his "sao lang" was no longer rising.
"G-Great Elder, please calm your anger!"
"Please calm your anger!"
Only then did the two realize the Great Elder had unleashed thunderous wrath, and they hurriedly apologized to him.
"Quanyang Chun, just now you said you’re more reliable than Chinese when it comes to getting things done?" The Great Elder narrowed his eyes at Quanyang Chun.
"Of course! Once my Sao Lang Sword is drawn, there’s no one in China who can compete with me. In Japan I’m a Sword Dao progenitor-level existence!" Quanyang Chun picked up his sword again, looking arrogantly proud.
Tuoba Yan could only scoff silently at that. No one in China could compete?
He clearly had no idea how vast the Chinese sky was, how deep the Chinese earth ran!
Having a bit of fame in that little island of Japan and already getting cocky; just in China’s Capital, you could dig up a pile of old monsters to teach him some manners!
But right now Tuoba Yan naturally wouldn’t speak up. Since Quanyang Chun wanted to show off, let him find out the hard way.
Sure enough, the Great Elder looked at the brimming-with-confidence Quanyang Chun and said blandly, "In that case, fine. Quanyang Chun, this time you will personally move out. Take your senior officials, get to the bottom of this matter and settle it cleanly for me! I don’t want to be bothered by the same issue multiple times. Don’t disappoint me!"
"Me, personally?" Quanyang Chun froze, thinking the Great Elder just wanted him to dispatch senior officials. He hadn’t expected to be ordered to act himself!
"All right then, I’ll prove I’m much stronger than certain overrated Chinese. You and the other elders can just wait and see!"
With that, Quanyang Chun arrogantly hefted his treasured sword and strode out of the Council Hall.