Even if the senior elders were inferior to the Prefecture Master in cultivation, the various factions they represented were intricately complex. If there were only a Prefecture Master, they might still harbor a slight fear. Therefore, when the deans, libations, and garrison commanders of the various clans saw this attitude, they all fell silent. Cao Huang and Cao Hui, the brother and sister, exchanged a calm glance, keeping their composure and offering no rebuttal. Garrison commanders such as Nalan Qiuhong vaguely sensed that the incident at Mount Jiuji might indeed be aimed directly at them! This was internal scheming! Yet without concrete evidence, not a single Saint present dared to voice the judgment in their heart. After all, the stakes were immense.
Old Hei Three narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at those senior elders who stood united as one: "There is no verdict on this matter yet, and you are already in such a hurry to find someone to take the blame?"
The leading senior elder showed not the slightest bit of fear, his expression detached: "Lord Prefecture Master, regardless of the final verdict, such a major disaster befell the Human Clan Academy while Cao Huang and Cao Hui were in office, with an entire mountain flattened like that. Both of them bear unshirkable responsibility."
Chapter 1009