Chapter 241

Chapter 241: Rebellion!

The entire cabinet was dead silent at this moment.

　　Everyone stared at Ye Tianming in shock. Why had this young master suddenly become so domineering?

　　What was going on?

　　Young Master Xin was also staring at Ye Tianming, and at this moment he too sensed something was off.

　　This young master before him was different!

　　Had something happened that he didn’t know about?

　　Young Master Xin’s heart was filled with doubt.

　　Ye Tianming paid no attention to the puzzled Young Master Xin. He glanced at the man kneeling on the ground, “From this moment on, you are no longer a cabinet member, and you are hereby expelled from Guanxuan Academy, never to be employed again.”

　　The man’s face instantly turned pale. He hurriedly looked toward Young Master Xin, pleading for help.

　　Young Master Xin remained silent.

　　He naturally understood that the young master before him was establishing his authority, and doing so forcefully at that. If he were to oppose him again at this moment

　　Ye Tianming suddenly said, “Someone, take him away.”

　　Shortly after, two guards walked in, but instead of acting, they looked questioningly toward Young Master Xin at the side.

　　Ye Tianming suddenly raised his hand and struck with his sword.

　　Slash!

　　Before the two Guanxuan Guard soldiers could react, their bodies were cut down, leaving only their souls.

　　Everyone was stunned.

　　Ye Tianming looked at the two bewildered Guanxuan Guards, “Someone, come.”

　　Two more Guanxuan Guards walked in, and this time, they did not dare to look at Young Master Xin again.

　　Ye Tianming said, “Expel these three from the Academy immediately, never to be employed again. Also, investigate them at once. If any unlawful conduct is found, execute them on the spot.”

　　Execute them on the spot!

　　Hearing those words, the three of them were completely dumbfounded.

　　The old man kneeling on the ground hurriedly looked toward Young Master Xin, “Young Master…….”

　　Among these people, how many of them could truly be clean?

　　It was safe to say, investigate one and you’d find something on every single one.

　　Young Master Xin stared at Ye Tianming without speaking. At this moment he wanted to see right through him. What exactly was this young master trying to do? Simply establish his authority?

　　The two Guanxuan Guards who had just walked in were terrified to the extreme. They wanted to look at Young Master Xin, yet didn’t quite dare to.

　　They had all been personally cultivated by Young Master Xin, and since Yang Jia had basically never managed the Academy’s affairs, over the years they had all followed Young Master Xin’s lead without question.

　　But now, with Ye Tianming being so forceful, they were suddenly at a loss. Whose orders should they follow?

　　Seeing the two Guanxuan Guards who had just entered hesitating, Ye Tianming smiled. He said nothing, but turned to look at Young Master Xin beside him, “It seems they’re all quite afraid of you……”

　　Young Master Xin was just about to say something when Ye Tianming suddenly said, “From this moment on, all Guanxuan Guards present are immediately relieved of their posts…… Where are the shadow guards.”

　　Young Master Xin suddenly shook his head, “Young master, there’s no need to call for them. The shadow guards were also trained by me. They only follow my orders. If you issue commands through proper channels, we will all obey you. But if you act recklessly, no one here will listen to you. We must be responsible to the Academy, and responsible to all living beings.”

　　Ye Tianming turned to look at the cabinet members inside the hall. Every single one of them was silent. It was clear they still sided with Young Master Xin.

　　There was no way around it. Over the years, Yang Jia had never managed the Academy. It was always Young Master Xin who handled affairs. From top to bottom, many people had been promoted by him, so no one dared to defy him.

　　Seeing this, Ye Tianming not only showed no anger, but actually smiled, “Well then, this is truly a double blessing.”

　　Young Master Xin looked at Ye Tianming, “Is the young master planning to kill everyone in the cabinet? Kill the cabinet members, and there are still the outer cabinet. Kill the outer cabinet, and there are still the twelve halls…….”

　　He didn’t know why the young master before him had changed so drastically, but he knew he had to hold his ground. If he backed down this time, his power within Guanxuan Academy might be stripped away.

　　He had already seen it clearly. This young master today was trying to seize power!

　　He had to fight back!

　　If he didn’t fight back and snuffed out the “fire” of this young master before him, who would ever follow him again?

　　And just at that moment, Ye Tianming suddenly drew his sword.

　　Sword Ancestor!

　　Hum!

　　As a sword cry rang throughout the hall, the heads of every single cabinet member and elder in the room flew off simultaneously!

　　All of them killed in an instant!

　　At this moment, not only was Young Master Xin stunned, but Miss Ding, who had been standing silently to the side, was also somewhat taken aback.

　　And the Guanxuan Guards standing outside were left completely dumbfounded.

　　What the hell?

　　Had this young master gone mad?

　　Young Master Xin stared at Ye Tianming in utter disbelief. He never imagined that Ye Tianming would actually slaughter all the cabinet members present.

　　The people who had made it into the cabinet were all of extraordinary standing, each with powerful backing behind them.

　　And he never imagined that this young master before him would just cut them all down like that!

　　What had gotten into him?

　　He was completely stunned.

　　Ye Tianming suddenly said, “Someone, come.”

　　As his words fell, hundreds of terrifying auras suddenly appeared outside. In the next instant, hundreds of powerful warriors clad in Guanxuan armor came charging in.

　　Guanxuan Guards!

　　But not the Guanxuan Guards of the main branch!

　　These were all warriors that Ye Tianming had previously asked Miss Ding to summon from the branch academies outside.

　　A broad-shouldered, powerfully built middle-aged man strode up before Ye Tianming and dropped to one knee, “Wuchuan, commander of the Guanxuan Guards of the Ten Thousand Realms, pays his respects to the young master!”

　　Ye Tianming said, “Commander Wu, from this moment on, you will immediately take control of the Academy’s main branch. Anyone who dares to resist is to be killed on the spot.”

　　Hearing Ye Tianming’s words, Wuchuan’s pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart surged with excitement. He knew his moment had come.

　　Directly taking control of the main branch!

　　What did that mean?

　　It meant the main branch’s Guanxuan Guards were no longer trusted by the young master, and once he took over, he could very well become the next commander of the main branch’s Guanxuan Guards. That was essentially a direct promotion of three full ranks!

　　Damn!

　　A windfall of fortune!

　　Wuchuan, as if injected with a shot of adrenaline, immediately clasped his fists, his voice booming like thunder, “Your subordinate obeys!”

　　With that, he immediately rose to his feet and roared, “Someone, protect the young master!”

　　At this point, the main branch’s Guanxuan Guards and Guanxuan Close Guard troops had also gathered outside. They were bewildered. Normally they all operated under Young Master Xin’s command, but now this young master was clearly making a move to seize power, and not only that, he was cultivating his own loyalists.

　　At this moment, they felt a sense of crisis. Everyone looked toward Young Master Xin not far away.

　　And at this moment, Young Master Xin also understood that if he made no move, he would completely lose his power from here on out.

　　Young Master Xin stared at Ye Tianming, “Young master, killing won’t solve the problem.”

　　As his words fell, a wave of powerful auras suddenly surged from outside. In moments, tens of thousands of people appeared before Guanxuan Hall.

　　They were all clan heads of noble families and sect leaders of major sects. Some of those who had been killed in the cabinet earlier were members of their families.

　　They had clearly received word by now.

　　This matter naturally could not be left at that. They had spent years building their influence and had finally secured seats in the cabinet, and now this young master had simply killed them all off, and was obviously planning to replace them.

　　Absolutely not!

　　At this moment, the noble families and sects were united like never before.

　　They understood clearly that they had no choice but to stand together. Their core interests were at stake.

　　The families that had come were not unfamiliar to Ye Tianming at all. Among them were the Xiao family, the Tuogu family, the Li family, and even the Nalan family had come.

　　The Nalan clan, even in the real world, was still a super-powerful clan. And the Nalan clan here was the true core Nalan clan. The Nalan clans below were not considered the true core.

　　Not far away, Miss Ding watched Ye Tianming without saying a word. In truth, Ye Tianming’s sudden actions today had also exceeded her expectations. Of course, this wasn’t anything particularly major. But what she was curious about now was how Ye Tianming intended to deal with the families before him.

　　Kill them?

　　Clearly, killing alone wouldn’t be enough.

　　And beyond these noble families and sects, the people from the outer cabinet and the twelve halls had also clearly received word by now and were rushing to Guanxuan Hall one after another.

　　When they saw the hall filled with the bodies of cabinet members, everyone present was shocked.

　　When they had first received the news, many of them hadn’t quite believed it. The young master wasn’t out of his mind, so why would he suddenly kill off all the cabinet members?

　　And now, the facts were right before their eyes. They really had all been killed.

　　Everyone looked toward Ye Tianming, their minds full of confusion. Had this young master been beaten stupid by Ye Tianming?

　　At this point, an old man suddenly stepped forward. He looked at Ye Tianming, “Young master, what exactly did the cabinet members do wrong for you to kill every single one of them?”

　　Ye Tianming said calmly, “The cabinet members committed treason. Should they not be killed?”

　　Everyone, “…….”

　　”Treason?”

　　The old man was also taken aback. He glanced at Young Master Xin not far away, then asked again, “Young master, making such a claim requires evidence……”

　　Ye Tianming said calmly, “Just now inside the cabinet hall, the only ones still alive were myself, Young Master Xin, and Miss Ding here. If you don’t believe me, you may ask them.”

　　The old man immediately looked toward Young Master Xin, “Young Master Xin, did the cabinet members commit any wrongdoing?”

　　Young Master Xin said, “No.”

　　The old man looked back at Ye Tianming. Ye Tianming said, “I say they did. Do you believe me or do you believe him?”

　　As he spoke, his gaze remained fixed on the old man’s eyes.

　　The old man was instantly at a loss.

　　Damn!

　　Do I believe him or do I believe Young Master Xin?

　　He naturally believed Young Master Xin, but how could he dare say that?

　　Moreover, at this moment Ye Tianming carried a natural air of authority. The old man was seized by his presence and for a moment did not dare to speak again.

　　Ye Tianming glanced at the people gathered in the hall and smiled, “What’s this, are you all planning to follow the cabinet’s example and commit treason?”

　　”Treason!”

　　The old man suddenly pulled his gaze away from Young Master Xin. Having received Young Master Xin’s approval, his courage surged at once. He immediately looked back at Ye Tianming and demanded, “The young master says the cabinet committed treason. This subordinate would like to ask, why would the cabinet commit treason? What was their motive and justification?”

　　Ye Tianming looked at the old man, “What is your name? And who else is in your family?”

　　What the hell?

　　The moment Ye Tianming said that, everyone in the hall was shocked.

　　What had gotten into this young master?

　　The old man’s face was filled with terror. Absolutely what the hell? What was this young master trying to do?

　　At this moment, he was truly terrified.