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Chapter 310 - 307: Sowing Discord

After pondering for a moment, Hu Shuisheng stood up and opened the Stone Gate.

"Sect Leader, are you alright?" the Great Elder asked with concern.

"Sect Leader, your cultivation... has dropped a lot," the Second Elder said in surprise.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Sect Leader's cultivation has fallen to the Golden Core Stage," the Third Elder frowned.

"It's the Golden Core Stage, no doubt," the Fourth Elder nodded.

"How could this happen? It's heartbreaking," the Fifth Elder sighed. "The Sect Leader is the only Nascent Soul Cultivator of the Sunset Sect and the spiritual pillar of our sect. Now that the Sect Leader's cultivation has fallen to the Golden Core Stage, the strength of the Sunset Sect will also greatly diminish."

The elders chattered nonstop.

"Don't worry," Hu Shuisheng slowly said, "My decline in cultivation is only temporary. It won't take long for me to recover to the Nascent Soul Stage."

"It can't be that easy, can it?" the Great Elder raised an eyebrow.

Hu Shuisheng glanced at the Great Elder and said coldly, "What do you mean? Do you think I'm lying to you?"

"Why did your cultivation drop, if not because you used a secret technique that burns off cultivation?" the Great Elder said.

"Once such a technique is used, cultivation inevitably falls, light cases fall a level, and severe ones plummet an entire realm." Here, the Great Elder's tone turned serious, "To put it simply, the technique's side effects are severe, and for you to recover to the Nascent Soul Stage... it's difficult."

"Indeed, very difficult," the other elders nodded in agreement.

"No matter how difficult, I must recover to the Nascent Soul Stage," Hu Shuisheng said decisively. "I have confidence in myself!"

"The Sect Leader is a cultivation prodigy. He will definitely recover to the Nascent Soul Stage... but..." the Great Elder paused, "it will take a long time! It could be a few years, or it could be decades, or even a century..."

"Alright, no beating around the bush," Hu Shuisheng waved his hand impatiently, "Just say it, what exactly do you want?"

"Ahem..." the Great Elder cleared his throat, "My point is simple, I want you to step down... precisely, to temporarily step down until you've recovered your Nascent Soul Stage cultivation. Actually, I am doing this for your own good. You need to heal and find a way to regain your Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, and surely you won't have the time or energy to manage sect affairs.

Instead of that, you might as well step down for now and focus on healing peacefully."

Hu Shuisheng turned to look at the other elders, "Do you all think the same?"

The elders nodded.

"This is a coup, isn't it?" Hu Shuisheng snorted. "You ungrateful pack of white-eyed wolves! Search your consciences, how have I treated you all these years? Have I ever wronged you? Without my support, could you have become elders? When you were in trouble, I always went out of my way to help you.

Now when it's my turn to face difficulties, you not only refuse to help, but you're also rubbing salt in the wound. Do you want to infuriate me to death?"

"Sect Leader..." the Great Elder started to say something but was cut off by Hu Shuisheng.

"Shut up!" Hu Shuisheng glared fiercely at the Great Elder, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking! You want to kick me off and take over as Sect Leader, right?"

"I..."

"And you think you can become the Sect Leader? You really don't know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is!"

"What about me? Why can't I be the Sect Leader?" the Great Elder was unwilling to listen any more.

"Do you even have to ask?" Hu Shuisheng laughed coldly. "How did you join the Sunset Sect in the first place?" Without waiting for the Great Elder to answer, Hu Shuisheng went on, "Of course you knelt outside the sect gates, weeping bitterly and begging for the Sunset Sect to take you in. I took pity on you and pleaded with the old Sect Leader.

I almost wore my lips out before he reluctantly agreed... After you joined the Sunset Sect, I protected you everywhere. If anyone bullied you, I would fight for you, and later, with my help, the old Sect Leader took you as a disciple and taught you the Supreme Technique... Without my help, could you have come this far?

If it weren't for me speaking up for you that year, you could've died kneeling outside the sect gates, and no one would have cared! You ungrateful thing, I regret it, my insides are green with regret. I really should have been cruel and ignored you back then!"

The Great Elder's face turned from green to white. "I haven't treated you badly these years, have I? I've done whatever you told me to do without a single complaint. Do you know how the disciples below rate me? They say I'm your lapdog, a brownnoser, without any real skills, only good at sucking up."

"Exactly right," Hu Shuisheng nodded, "You really are inept! Full of wicked schemes, you're just wasting time alive."

"You..."

"Let me make it clear to you now, as long as I'm alive, don't even think about getting your hands on the Sect Leader's position."

"I..."

"Get out, get out as far as you can. I feel sick just looking at you."

As they spoke, the discussion broke down completely.

"Alright, both of you say less," the other elders began to intervene, "Sect Leader, calm down, don't get angry. You're already injured, and if you get angry, it's going to be bad for your health..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine, nothing will happen to me," Hu Shuisheng said icily. "I need to heal now. Please leave, and don't come to disturb me in the future unless there's something extremely important."

The Great Elder stood still, not moving.

The other elders also didn't leave.

"Why are you still here? Go away already!" Hu Shuisheng's eyes widened in anger.

"We'll leave, but only if you hand over the position of Sect Leader," the Great Elder said, enunciating each word.

"Let the Great Elder take over temporarily. When you recover your Nascent Soul Stage cultivation later, he will return the position to you," the other elders said.

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It was clear that these elders had been bought over by the Great Elder, their words and actions deliberately favoring him.

Hu Shuisheng trembled with anger, "Are you trying to revolt!"

"We don't want to fall out with you," the Great Elder said indifferently, "Of course, we're not afraid to if it comes to that."

Facial muscles twitching fiercely, Hu Shuisheng spat out, "Fine! You are powerful! Alright, you want me to step down? I'll oblige you! However, I do not agree with the selection of the next Sect Leader! The Great Elder lacks virtue and talent, he's totally unqualified to be Sect Leader.

I propose that the Second Elder take the position."

"Me?" The Second Elder was stunned.

"Yes, you," Hu Shuisheng stuffed the Sect Leader Token into the Second Elder's hands, "This is the Sect Leader's insignia. Keep it safe and don't let anyone else snatch it away."

"This... this..." Holding the Sect Leader Token in his hands, the Second Elder didn't know what to do. He wasn't foolish and could see that Hu Shuisheng was trying to sow discord between him and the Great Elder. For a moment, he thought of handing the token to the Great Elder, but the thought was quickly suppressed. After all, this was the Sect Leader Token.

According to the rules of the Sunset Sect, whoever held the Sect Leader Token was the Sect Leader! All disciples and elders must obey; the Second Elder, not being a man of integrity, had his own ambitions.

"Second Elder, do you want to be Sect Leader?" the Great Elder asked ominously.

"Why can't I?" The Second Elder stuffed the Sect Leader Token into his clothes and then stood tall and proud, "With the Sect Leader Token in my possession, I will be the Leader of the Sunset Sect from now on. You must all follow my orders."

"Follow your mother!"

"Are you cursing at me?"

"Not only do I want to curse you, but I also want to hit you! You worthless thing, you don't even have the nerve to stand before a mirror and see your own reflection before challenging me for the position of Sect Leader? You must be sick of living!"

"I'm determined to be the Sect Leader, and if anyone dares to stop me, I'll fight them to the death."

"Oh, you've grown some guts, have you? Daring to defy me, eh? Fine, then let's stir things up and see who's more capable."

The two confronted each other, neither willing to back down, and it looked as if they were about to come to blows.

"If you want to quarrel, do it outside, don't bother me here," Hu Shuisheng huffed.

Having achieved his goal, there was no need for the elders to stay any longer, and they left in a flurry.

"Bang!"

Hu Shuisheng closed the Stone Gate and then let out a cold laugh, "Fight, fight with all your might, I want to see which of you can outdo the other." Hu Shuisheng had deliberately handed the Sect Leader Token to the Second Elder with the intention of inciting discord between him and the Great Elder. At first glance, his scheme seemed to have worked.

...

Outside.

The noise was loud.

"Great Elder, don't you see? Hu Shuisheng gave me the Sect Leader Token on purpose to disrupt our relationship. You mustn't fall for it," the Second Elder said angrily.

"Give me the token and I'll stop arguing with you."

"Hu Shuisheng has already handed the token to me. From now on, I am the Leader of the Sunset Sect. I know you're jealous and envious, but you must face the reality. Don't harbor any more illusions and just be content with being the Great Elder. As long as you don't oppose me, I won't make things difficult for you. I always keep my word."

"The person most qualified to be the Sect Leader is me!" the Great Elder roared, "Not you!!!"

"Say whatever you want, but I'm not giving you the Sect Leader Token."

"Say that again!"

"Even if I say it a hundred times, a thousand times, my answer remains the same."

"You're asking for it!"

"No, you're asking for it!"

In the end, the two of them did come to blows, fighting fiercely. It was impossible for there to be a clear winner in a short time.

The other elders rushed over to break up the fight, and it took an enormous effort to separate the two.

Although they were pulled apart, both continued to swear and yell nonstop.

With his seniority, the Great Elder had qualifications, while the Second Elder had the Sect Leader Token. Neither of them would bow to the other, each trying to outdo and undermine each other, leaving neither any chance to lead the Sect in peace.

This was Hu Shuisheng's tactic, a simple act of sowing discord that had dissipated the alliance of the elders. Indeed, the old are more cunning.

...

Even the craftiest fox has its day of downfall.

Hu Shuisheng serves as a living example. Known as a sly fox, with acumen and tricks up his sleeve, he still ended up being outplayed by Gao Fei. And it was a particularly miserable defeat, ultimately not even managing to retain the position of Sect Leader.

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