A huge totem floated on the horizon, and the host and guests who were saluting looked in a certain direction with smoke billowing in surprise.
The expressions of many elders of the fifth family immediately changed: "That's... the order of the head of the family."
Many of them were dissatisfied with what happened the day before yesterday. How can a son not care at all whether his father is missing or dead? That person just sent someone to look for him, and here he started the succession ceremony without even delaying.
The theory given by the clan is that the Fifth Purple attaches great importance to the interests of the family. Even though he knew that his father was killed, he still endured the grief and arranged everything for the succession ceremony... They believed him. If he was really so filial, he wouldn't be standing here growing old at this moment.
Doesn’t it look good now? There were so many guests from all walks of life, but they all looked at him as an unfilial and unjust person. This is taking advantage of the chaos and can't wait to take the throne. Are you looking forward to being the master of the family so much, but you can't wait even a moment?
It's not that they have much filial piety. This kind of thing is extremely fake in wealthy families that have always fought for power. It's just for others to see. But you have to show off anyway. Being so blatant really makes their fifth family look bad...
They can already predict how the major forces outside will talk about them after this incident. By the way, they also invited some sects from outside southern Xinjiang this time, fearing that their "good" reputation would be famous in the southeastern border.
Despite this, as clan elders or family members, they still came. Although what Fifth Purple did was really ugly, there was one thing that he did well. The more times like this, the more the family needs to be stable, so as not to give others opportunities to take advantage of.
No matter what the means, Fifth Purple still arranged the guests from all parties well, and the grand ceremony was unprecedentedly grand, sweeping away the frustrating past they had suffered a few years ago.
They didn't realize that what they had expected wasn't the worst...
At the moment of handover, when the ancestral weapon representing the highest authority was handed over, something unexpected happened, and a totem representing the order of the family leader suddenly appeared in mid-air. How could they continue to watch peacefully?
This signal has always been reserved for the exclusive use of the head of the family, who has absolute transfer rights. Even senior clan elders must obey the call. This is the right that only the head of the family has.
You must know that the position of the head of the family is not easy to change. It is at this time that even the next heir, who is iron-clad, must first obey the orders of the family head.
Yun Mao disappeared and is still missing. As the current head of the family, he didn't even show up for his son's succession ceremony. This can easily remind people of something that everyone knows very well, but they just don’t say it openly.
Now that such an order from the head of the family appears at this moment, can this succession ceremony continue safely? At least not in public!
The first reaction of everyone in the Fifth Family was to look at Fifth Zi, who was standing in the sacrificial hall, but his back was turned to them. No one could see his expression at this moment. It must not look good either.
Just when a clan elder who was a little older was about to say something, he was shocked to find that the figure standing at the altar began to move. Instead of advancing, he retreated, apparently wanting to continue the succession ceremony.
So cold-hearted——
In fact, even the superficial father and son refused to do it before.
"Fifth Purple, how dare you?" The clan elder's eyes widened and he couldn't help shouting. He didn't care about showing any favor to the new head of the family.
Calling him by his first name must really make him angry, everyone thought to themselves.
But most of the people present were foreign guests or younger generations who didn't know the situation. It was hard to say anything at this stage, so they could only watch with cold eyes as the people of the fifth family started fighting among themselves.
It is human nature for this clan elder to be furious when such a human tragedy occurs, but Master Chongzi seems to have his own reasons.
Those who are ambitious among the crowd can easily understand the other person's state of mind. After all, it was just like this a few years ago, forcing him to wait for decades without making any progress. Now that the situation is like this again...how can he be willing to do it?
If I miss it again this time, I don’t know how long I will have to wait. Maybe I can't even wait any longer...
There are no more than three things. It is also unclear whether the fifth family will support an heir who failed twice to take the throne as the head of the family.
Just one step away. It’s really just a little closer. So what if you bite the bullet and complete the process? It's just a little bit of gossip. If you can get to the top, how to deal with it without letting him talk about it?
Although I heard that Zhenren Chongzi didn't seem to pay much attention to Zhenjun Yunmao, it was still a matter of father and son. Even those who don’t want to do such obvious things... Those who can achieve great things are really very ordinary people.
Most of the guests present were descendants of aristocratic families or people who were well-known in the world of cultivation. The family members were not uncommon and were used to the scandals. But watching other people's farce at this time is a different story.
Naturally, they are not so kind, and they don't want to see any happy ending. Many people even hope that the fifth company can make a big fuss here today, the better, and it would be even better if the fuss is difficult to end.
The Chongzi Master seemed to pause for a moment because of the shout, but he did not retreat immediately. He just slowed down for a moment... and then completed the last step with the purple faces of everyone in the fifth family, and stood on the altar. At the top of the stage, turn around.
Everyone thought they would see an unhappy face. After all, after such an incident, Fifth Purple would not be happy either.
Unexpectedly, the person who turned around had a smile on his face, a mixture of contentment and joy. Accepting the gazes of everyone below, a trace of undetectable complexity flashed across his face.
"Why don't I dare?" He murmured softly: "I am already the head of the family."
As soon as he finished speaking, a coat of arms that was no less inferior to the huge totem just now flashed across the horizon. It had black lines and a white background, and it looked inexplicably familiar. Everyone unconsciously looked at the ground, the table, and the eaves, and they all understood where this sense of familiarity came from. Isn't this coat of arms the emblem of the fifth family?
Today is the succession ceremony for the head of the fifth family, so naturally there are family emblems everywhere to promote the family's prestige.
It's just that the clan emblem in the sky that is still in dispersion is different from the ones in the venue.
The original family emblem had purple lines on a white background, but the fifth family adopted purple. It is a well-known fact that family clothing, architectural decorations, and even sacrificial utensils are all decorated with purple. Their clan emblem is even more famous for its rich and conspicuous purple color, which is rare among the ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang and has a high profile, just like their clan's style.
However, at certain special times, this rich color seems not so appropriate. The clan emblem with black lines and white background represents mourning.
After giving orders to the family leader who had just appeared in the same direction, there was only one answer, and everyone got chills for no reason.
