Chapter 1071 Ask No Shame
The characteristic force field of "All Things Are like Me" has already covered the surrounding area, and Jiang Neng can perceive that Zhou and the others are not lying.
So now he finds it a bit hard to accept.
He was certainly aware of the turmoil at the Immortal League headquarters five years ago. However, the matter was quickly resolved, and the only result was that the officials in charge of administrative affairs were replaced. There were no casualties.
As his main responsibility was to maintain the security and stability of the Xuanhuang Realm, he did not intervene.
In his view, as long as the operation of the Immortal League was not affected, it didn't really matter who was in power.
After all, the bunch of guys in the council of officials were all pretty much the same.
However, if remnants of the Xuantian Sect had infiltrated the council of officials and were secretly plotting to harm the Xuanhuang Realm, the nature of the situation would be completely different.
The burden of supervising the Immortal League was entrusted to him by the Heavenly Sovereign, and now such a big loophole had appeared, it was definitely his dereliction of duty!
"I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly," he looked at Zhou, Huang, and Wei, solemnly assuring them.
"We can't delay, please come with me back to the Immortal League headquarters."
With that, Jiang looked at the immortal puppet Li Fan next to him, "This friend, please come with us as well. Without your reminders, I'm afraid I would still be in the dark."
Just a puppet body, Li Fan naturally had no fear, and immediately agreed.
Jiang, the council of officials, then created a spatial passage leading to the Immortal League headquarters out of thin air, and entered it first.
Feeling the long-lost and familiar aura at the other end of the passage, the three council officials all had complicated expressions.
After taking a deep breath, they entered one after another.
Just as Li Fan had followed to the Immortal League headquarters, they heard three distant chimes coming from the sky.
"The Great Bell of the Officials. Three chimes spread across the Xuanhuang Realm. Regardless of where one is, and whether willing or not, as long as one hears this bell, the officials must return to the Immortal League headquarters within a day."
"It's been so long since I've last heard it," the council official Wei said with some emotion.
Zhou and Huang's eyes also showed the same sentiment.
The Immortal League headquarters entered a state of emergency closure, allowing no one in or out.
In the deepest space of the Immortal League headquarters, a circular council chamber appeared out of nowhere.
One by one, the council officials entered the chamber, their expressions solemn.
Although they did not know the reason why Jiang had called them together, since the Great Bell had rung, there must be something serious about to happen.
As the number of members in the council increased, small discussions started to arise in the chamber.
"Oh? Even Hua has come? I haven't seen her in over a thousand years since she became immersed in her own paradise world."
"Let alone Hua, even those who were exiled with Zhou have also returned."
"When was the last time we were gathered like this?"
...
When all the surviving council officials in the Xuanhuang Realm had gathered, the meeting began.
Including Jiang, there were a total of twenty-eight members.
Adding the immortal puppet Li Fan, there were a total of twenty-nine participants in the meeting.
Li Fan sneakily looked at the council official Feng, who was also known as Moru Bin.
It was strange that Feng showed no fear, and even after seeing Li Fan, he did not show any panic or surprise. He just nodded slightly.
"Interesting," Li Fan thought to himself with a cold smile, and also nodded in response.
With a brief and concise explanation, Jiang explained to the others that there might be a situation with the Xuantian Sect infiltrating.
This immediately caused an uproar among the council officials.
"The Xuantian Sect? Didn't they perish a long time ago when we rebelled? They've been lingering for so many years?"
"Can they take over someone's body without triggering the restrictions of the Heavenly Sovereign? Isn't this a bit of an exaggeration?"
"Interesting, very interesting. It's an ideal toy, hehehe..."
The reactions of the people were varied.
Council official Zhou, under the gaze of everyone, took out the puppet that was operating the Xuantian Sect's techniques.
Buzzing...
As soon as the puppet appeared, there was an immediate reaction.
As if it were a living being, its eyes suddenly opened. It stared straight at the four people in the room, including council official Feng.
"Previously, only three council officials were in tune with it. In such a short time, has another person fallen prey to it?" Zhou was shocked and angry in his heart.
"Gentlemen, this is the evidence!" Zhou immediately said aloud, briefly explaining the operating principle of the puppet.
All eyes were locked on Feng and the other three people.
Council official Jiang's face also turned dark, "You..."
Before he could finish his questioning, Feng interrupted him, "I disagree with Zhou's statement."
"The techniques cannot prove anything."
"The techniques of the Xuantian Sect are a heritage of the immortal world. I was lucky enough to come across a few volumes of it, and I was delighted. So, I started practicing it. What's wrong with that?"
"After practicing it, I found it to be extraordinary. So I shared the remaining techniques with my brothers."
"Is that also wrong?" Feng said firmly.
He looked around, his gaze as sharp as a torch, showing no embarrassment at being exposed to a conspiracy, "Brothers, introspect and ask yourselves, if there was an immortal technique in front of you, would you resist the urge to practice it?"
"I'm afraid not many of you would be able to, right?"
With these words, the atmosphere in the chamber fell into a peculiar silence.
After pondering for a moment, the council officials suddenly felt that what Feng, the council official, said was not unreasonable.
After all, what's wrong with practicing techniques?
Surely, just practicing techniques should not be sufficient grounds for conviction.
Even council official Jiang was lost in thought for a moment.
"As for the accusation of Xuantian Sect members taking over the bodies of immortal people and intending to harm the Immortal League..."
After a brief silence, council official Feng once again spoke eloquently, "I am willing to voluntarily submit to the scrutiny of the 'oath of the council officials' to demonstrate that I have not forgotten my original intentions."
He spoke resolutely.
"I am willing too."
"My heart will never change."
The other three council officials who were also detected to have the aura of the Xuantian Sect also willingly spoke up one by one.
Li Fan exchanged a glance with council officials Zhou, and a feeling of unease surged within him.
But now that the arrow was on the bowstring, it had to be released.
Under Jiang's leadership, the scrutiny of the council officials' oath began.
In the circular chamber, all the council officials closed their eyes slightly and recited words.
Above the void, countless images of the pioneers of the council officials, who had sacrificed and died during their missions, seemed to appear.
Dense and numerous, they almost occupied the entire chamber space.
Council official Feng stood tall in the center of the circular chamber, facing the countless gazes, unmoved.
"I, council official Feng."
"My initial intention to save the Xuanhuang Realm from fire and water has never changed."
"Neither now nor in the future."
He first summarized, then spoke confidently and openly, expressing his thoughts.
(End of this chapter)