Chapter 252

Chapter 252: The Whole Family Is Unbeatable!

Who’s in favor, who’s opposed?

　　The entire great hall was dead silent.

　　Not a single person dared to speak.

　　They truly didn’t dare!

　　Ever since Ye Tianming had killed everyone in the cabinet, they had all developed a fear of this young lord.

　　A genuine fear!

　　This guy had become a bit unreasonable lately, killing at the drop of a hat, and what was worse, every time he killed someone he would claim it was his father’s wish.

　　Nobody actually knew whether it really was his father’s wish!

　　But as long as the Guanxuan Sword Master didn’t come out to oppose it, wasn’t it just whatever he said it was?

　　Who told them to be father and son?

　　Seeing that no one was speaking, Ye Tianming continued, “The common people currently have no right to oversight, no right to speak, they have no place to voice their grievances and no place to seek redress for their injustices. This is not the Guanxuan universe my father wants to see. Everyone, I am not here to make things difficult for you. I also hope that you can assist me just as your ancestors assisted my father, so that we can work together to build the Guanxuan order into something better……”

　　As he spoke, he swept his gaze across the crowd, “If you are truly sincere in assisting me, I will treat you all with equal sincerity. But if you think I’m young, think I’m a pushover, think I’m easy to fool, then I’m afraid I’ll have to make things difficult for you.”

　　The moment he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly turned blood red.

　　At the sight of this, the expressions of everyone present shifted drastically.

　　The Crazy Demon bloodline!

　　Now they understood why this young lord killed without hesitation at the slightest disagreement. Wasn’t it all because of the Crazy Demon bloodline?

　　Of course, at this moment Ye Tianming’s red eyes had nothing to do with the Crazy Demon bloodline. It was the effect of his Evil Path bloodline.

　　Ye Tianming paid the crowd no mind and continued, “The position of dean of the Hall of All Beings will be concurrently held by Teacher Gu Chen. The required funding will be supported by the Immortal Treasure Pavilion. Everyone…… to treat all living beings well is to treat yourselves well. Meeting dismissed!”

　　Everyone felt as though a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders. After paying their respects, they all withdrew one by one.

　　After the others had left, a large amount of pale golden mist suddenly appeared around Ye Tianming.

　　Ye Tianming was somewhat puzzled.

　　Xiao Hun suddenly said excitedly, “Young Master, this is the power of faith. Congratulations, Young Master, you’ve actually obtained the power of faith……”

　　Yet Ye Tianming shook his head, and with a wave of his hand, he directly rejected all of the power of faith.

　　Xiao Hun looked completely baffled, “Young Master?”

　　Ye Tianming said with a smile, “I’m not the real young lord. What would I want with this power of faith?”

　　With that, he turned and walked away.

　　In a vast starry sky, Ye Tianming was seeing off Teacher Mu and the others.

　　Teacher Mu looked at Ye Tianming and said with a smile, “Young Lord, this is far enough.”

　　Ye Tianming laughed, “Teacher Mu, I can’t thank you all enough for this.”

　　He had to admit, he was still somewhat stunned. Teacher Mu and the others had taken less than a quarter of an hour to help the local Immortal Treasure Pavilion break through its limitations and successfully forge a divine artifact of the Ancestor Realm.

　　What talent!

　　If they were to mass-produce them, the results would be terrifying. And to be fair, the Immortal Treasure Pavilion was absolutely capable of it, because the Immortal Treasure Pavilion had an almost unfathomable amount of wealth.

　　Teacher Mu laughed, “These were minor matters. Young Lord, thank you for your hospitality. If you ever come to the main academy, remember to look for our ‘Craftsman Sect’.”

　　Ye Tianming said with a smile, “Absolutely.”

　　Teacher Mu smiled, and having a favorable impression of this young lord, he produced a scroll and handed it to Ye Tianming, “Young Lord, these are some of our forging blueprints. There are also some of my personal insights on forging inside. Keep them, and I hope they’ll be of use to you.”

　　Ye Tianming accepted it with both hands and said earnestly, “Thank you, Teacher Gu.”

　　Teacher Gu laughed, “Young Lord, you’re too polite.”

　　As he spoke, he clasped his fists, “Young Lord, until we meet again.”

　　With that, he turned and left.

　　Mu Qing glanced at Ye Tianming but said nothing, and turned to leave as well.

　　Watching the group depart, Qin Feng beside him sighed with some admiration, “What extraordinary talent!”

　　Ye Tianming nodded slightly. To be capable of forging divine artifacts of the Ancestor Realm…… these were exceptional talents. No wonder that Pavilion Master Qin had personally gone to recruit this Craftsman Sect back then.

　　Qin Feng suddenly turned to look at Ye Tianming and said with a smile, “Young Lord, congratulations.”

　　Ye Tianming looked at Qin Feng, who said earnestly, “The Craftsman Sect holds an extraordinarily elevated status at the main academy. Now that you’ve earned their recognition, going to the main academy in the future will be like having an incredibly powerful ally at your back.”

　　Ye Tianming smiled a little but said nothing.

　　Qin Feng continued, “Young Lord, those great clans and sects have already banded together. Even those who were previously hostile to each other have now set aside their enmity and formed a tight coalition. They’re clearly resisting your reforms!”

　　As he spoke, his expression grew somber. This round of reforms was not going to go smoothly.

　　Ye Tianming nodded, “That was expected.”

　　Reform meant touching the interests of certain people, and those people clearly would not give up their interests without a fight.

　　Qin Feng said earnestly, “You need to be careful. A cornered dog will leap over a wall.”

　　In theory, they wouldn’t dare lay a hand on the young lord. But that was only in theory.

　　Ye Tianming shook his head, “I’m not all that worried about myself. What I’m truly worried about is all of you.”

　　Qin Feng fell silent.

　　He was indeed very worried about himself right now. Damn it, he was already in the young lord’s camp, and within the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, he had already clearly sensed the hostility from the other elders.

　　Just then, an elderly man suddenly appeared before Ye Tianming and said respectfully, “Young Lord, Anyan and the others have arrived at Guanxuan Hall…….”

　　Ye Tianming nodded, “I’ll go see them!”

　　With that, he looked toward Qin Feng, “Have your people keep a close watch on the great clans and sects at all times.”

　　Qin Feng nodded, “Understood.”

　　As he spoke, he paused, then added, “What I’m worried about right now is that young lord Xin. He has enormous prestige in the academy, and the great clans and sects are all on very good terms with him. The fact that he hasn’t made any move is very out of the ordinary.”

　　Ye Tianming nodded, “I’ll keep an eye on him.”

　　Qin Feng smiled, “Good.”

　　Ye Tianming suddenly said, “What about the Sword Sect?”

　　Ever since he’d arrived here, he’d rarely heard any news about the Sword Sect.

　　Qin Feng said in a low voice, “That sect keeps entirely to itself. Their Sword Sect has a rule that all disciples must go out into the world to train and temper their sword dao. On top of that, they all dislike mundane affairs, so they’ve basically had no involvement in academy matters.”

　　Ye Tianming said, “No wonder. Since coming here, I’ve barely seen any of them! How strong are they in combat?”

　　Qin Feng smiled, “Setting aside that expeditionary force, they are without a doubt the strongest.”

　　The strongest!

　　Ye Tianming said, “Who is the current sect master of the Sword Sect?”

　　Qin Feng said, “Ye Yu. She’s from your grandfather’s generation……. though she hasn’t been seen in a long time either.”

　　Ye Tianming nodded, “I’ll pay the Sword Sect a visit one of these days.”

　　Qin Feng said earnestly, “If you can earn the Sword Sect’s support, then the reforms will truly have a real chance. However, these past years the Sword Sect has been far too withdrawn from the world. Their sword cultivators all love freedom and dislike constraints. Though they joined the academy, they’ve basically never shown their faces here……. aside from Ye Yu, even the cabinet had no luck commanding them, they completely ignored the cabinet!”

　　As he spoke, he let out a bitter laugh. The sword cultivators of the Sword Sect had temperaments that were worse than one another’s, but if they could truly be brought over, they would be an enormous force of support.

　　Ye Tianming fell silent.

　　At this moment he also realized that even though he was the young lord, not everyone in Guanxuan Academy and the Immortal Treasure Pavilion fully listened to him.

　　His prestige wasn’t enough!

　　These people might not dare to kill him, but they certainly dared to outwardly comply while inwardly defying him, or even ignore him completely.

　　Just like those great clans and sects right now. On the surface they hadn’t resisted, but behind the scenes they had already united together.

　　And he knew very well that the establishment of this Hall of All Beings would not go smoothly at all. There would certainly be many obstacles. Beyond that, the reforms he had planned for the future would definitely face obstacle after obstacle as well.

　　Was he really going to kill every last one of them?

　　In the academy right now, over eighty percent of the people were from great clans and sects.

　　Simply put, his prestige was still not enough to truly win the genuine loyalty of those below him. Because if the Guanxuan Sword Master himself were to carry out these reforms, these great clans and sects wouldn’t dare harbor even a single treacherous thought.

　　Ye Tianming reined in his thoughts and said, “I’ll go talk to them when the time comes and try to get their support.”

　　Qin Feng looked at Ye Tianming, “What if they don’t support you? The sword cultivators of the Sword Sect all have terrible tempers.”

　　Ye Tianming looked at Qin Feng, “Whose money are they spending?”

　　Qin Feng said in a low voice, “Your family’s.”

　　Ye Tianming nodded, “Since they’re spending my family’s money, they have to listen to me. As for their tempers, talented people having tempers is something I can understand. But…… if they can’t tell who’s in charge, does the Sword Sect still have any reason to exist?”

　　Qin Feng fell silent, and at the same time felt a jolt of shock inside. He suddenly realized that this young lord’s reforms were for real this time.

　　Anyone who refused to comply, wipe them all out!

　　That was the attitude this young lord was taking right now!

　　As far as Ye Tianming was concerned, he had no interest in playing games with these people. He was the young lord. His father was invincible, his grandfather was invincible, his great-grandfather was invincible, the whole family was invincible!

　　And they were all still alive.

　　They weren’t dead!

　　With an invincible family, money to spare, and power to back it up, if I don’t act arrogant, who will?

　　Why should I back down?

　　I’m going to push through these reforms, and I’m going to do it openly!

　　Not happy about it?

　　Go ahead and take out my dad, take out my grandfather, take out my great-grandfather if you’ve got the guts!

　　Ye Tianming suddenly laughed to himself, thinking, “Being this young lord for a few days, I’ve found I can’t quite control how full of myself I’m getting……”

　　Xiao Hun, “……”

　　After Ye Tianming left, Qin Feng watched his retreating figure with a rather complicated expression. This young lord was no fool! What he couldn’t understand was, given this young lord’s character and mindset, how had he lost three times in a row to someone called Ye Tianming?

　　That didn’t add up!

　　Could he not actually be the young lord?

　　At that thought, Qin Feng gave a slight start, then shook his head with a smile. How could that be?

　　Without thinking much more about it, he turned and left.

　　After parting ways with Qin Feng, Ye Tianming made his way to Guanxuan Hall, and inside the hall he saw many familiar faces. Anyan, Fazhen, Fang Qian, Fang Yu, Qingshu.

　　All of these old friends were here.