Chapter 2193 The new patriarch
At the beginning, in order to ensure the authority of the patriarch and prevent the emergence of a fatuous patriarch in the Li family, Li Tifeng formulated an iron law. The Elders Council permanently limited the number of elders to eighteen seats. Each elder had one vote of power, while the patriarch had three votes of power.
This means that as long as the clan leader can win the support of the eight elders, he can implement all decisions.
However, if more than eleven elders oppose the clan leader, the clan leader's vote will be invalid.
What's more serious is that when the number of elders who oppose the clan leader reaches fifteen, it means that the clan leader is no longer popular, and the elders council can forcibly remove the clan leader.
That night, before Li Zhifeng returned to Typhon City, the elders' meeting was held without him and the great elder attending. As a result, all seventeen people who attended the meeting expressed their intention to remove Li Zhifeng from the position of patriarch.
In fact, there were only twelve clan leaders who actually publicly expressed their opposition to Li Zhifeng. The other elders were just dissatisfied and did not have a clear attitude.
The reason for this is that the convening of the elders' meeting was proposed by the Supreme Elder of the Li family.
The supreme elder of the Li family is the brother of the second-generation patriarch of the Li family.
Originally, when the Li family was competing for the second-generation patriarch, his voice was louder than that of the second-generation patriarch.
But because the Li family was rising, in order to prevent civil strife, he voluntarily withdrew from the competition and gave up the position of patriarch to the second generation patriarch.
Over the years, he has been living in seclusion, not even holding the position of elder, and never doing anything.
But this did not affect his authority. Although he was not an elder, the elders all respectfully called him the Supreme Elder in order to show their respect for him.
Unexpectedly, this time the Supreme Elder actually took charge.
Although he did not express his opposition to Li Zhifeng, his mere proposal to convene a presbytery meeting clearly expressed his attitude.
Obviously he was very dissatisfied with Li Zhifeng, so he asked the elders to hold an elders' meeting.
After the elders' meeting, the elders jointly mobilized their forces and quickly found Li Che, who was imprisoned by Li Zhifeng.
As a result, Li Zhifeng had not yet entered the city. When he arrived at the gate of Typhon City, he received the news that he had been dismissed as the patriarch.
Thinking that he might face Li Che again, Li Zhifeng couldn't help but feel a little chill in his heart. He didn't dare to go into the city again, and quietly slipped away with Li Zhiyang and Li Jinshu.
In Typhon City, not many members of the Li family care about Li Zhifeng anymore.
The question that all Li family members are most concerned about now is who the new patriarch of the Li family will be.
The elders of the Li family are also troubled by this problem.
Under normal circumstances, if Li Zhifeng was deposed as the clan leader, then the position of clan leader should naturally be returned to the previous clan leader, Li Che.
But the problem now is that Li Che, as the patriarch of the clan, was actually placed under house arrest by his son. His ability has been seriously questioned by countless members of the Li family.
In addition, in the Li family now, the one with the highest voice is Li Xuandu.
If Li Che becomes the clan leader, where will that leave Li Xuandu?
Everyone could tell that Li Xuan had set off this storm because he definitely wanted to be the leader of the clan.
If the position of patriarch is given to Li Che, Li Xuan will not accept it and start another war. With the current chaotic situation, can the Li family endure such a civil war again?
Finally, after repeated discussions, the seventeen elders of the Presbyterian Council jointly decided that the position of patriarch would be passed on to Li Xuandu.
In the past, decisions made by the Presbyterian Council were more or less opposed by members of the Li family.
But this time, there has been less opposition than ever.
There are four important reasons for this.
First, Li Xuandu himself has a very loud voice, and two hundred and thirty or forty branches have already announced their support for him.
Secondly, Li Xuandu possesses the bloodline of a generation of dark gods, which convinced all members of the Li family that this is a patriarch who is very likely to become a legend like Li Tifeng.
Third, the power Li Xuandu holds in his hands is very strong. Members of the Li family are worried that if they oppose him, it will cause more serious civil strife. It is better to let Li Xuandu take over.
Fourth, Li Dongqing supports Li Xuandu. Li Dongqing alone can give Li Xuandu at least 30% of his approval rate.
Taking these four reasons into consideration, the Presbyterian Council made the decision to appoint Li Xuandu as the clan leader.
In this way, even the Xuandu leader himself did not expect that three days after the war ended, he received an invitation letter from the Presbyterian Council, asking him to go to Typhon City and serve as the fifth-generation patriarch of the Li family.
As for Li Zhifeng, he became the shortest-lived patriarch in the history of the Li family.
The Li family has a long history, and there are far more than four generations of patriarchs in front of it.
But before, the Li family was very weak and was in a state of being oppressed and enslaved by other clans of the Dark Tribe. The real rise began with Li Tifeng.
Therefore, the official history of the Li family was only recorded starting from Li Tifeng, and Li Tifeng was regarded as the first generation patriarch.
Many of the previous clan leaders had been slaves of other clans, which would only make the Li family feel humiliated.
Lin Mu was also surprised by the outcome of the war.
His original intention was to attack Li Zhifeng so that Li Zhifeng would have no time to pursue the idea of Half-Jiao Ancient Domain. He was even prepared for a protracted war with Li Zhifeng.
But I didn't expect that the Li family and the Presbyterian Council would forcibly deprive Li Zhifeng of his position as patriarch and make Li Xuandu the patriarch.
You know, three and a half months ago, Li Xuan was not a member of the Li family.
This can only be said that the bloodline of the Dark God of the Xuandu leader was so deceptive that the members of the Li family never questioned the identity of the Xuandu leader.
Otherwise, if the members of the Li family know that the Xuandu leader is not the Li family, then no matter how great the Xuandu leader's achievements are, the Presbyterian Council will never let him become the patriarch.
Naturally, the leader of Xuandu and Lin Mu would not turn away such an unexpected surprise.
The leader of Xuandu left for Typhon City that day, and took office three days later, becoming the leader with the lowest level of cultivation in the history of the Li family.
Looking at the other patriarchs of the Li family, they are all peak ancestors and even Dzogchen ancestors. Only the Xuandu leader is still just a monarch.
But no one dared to despise him.
With such a low level of cultivation, he actually dared to attack Li Zhifeng and finally won. This proved his extraordinary ability and made all members of the Li family look forward to his future development.
There are three things a new official should do when he takes office.
The first thing Xuandu Cult Master burned was to announce an alliance with the Dark Night Alliance.
The second step is to promote the members of the Li family who were the first to support him to important positions to replace those former hardcore supporters of Li Zhifeng.
As for the third fire, it has not been burned yet, but all members of the Li family know that this fire will be burned sooner or later.
The overall situation of the Li family has been decided, and the only worry is the safety of the Xuandu leader. There is no guarantee that Li Zhifeng will counterattack and assassinate the Xuandu leader.
Therefore, Lin Mu simply left Ji Fufeng in Typhon City.
Without the threat of the Li family, no force can shake the position of the Dark Night Alliance in the Banjiao Ancient Territory. It makes little difference whether Ji Fufeng is in the Banjiao Ancient Territory or not. It is better to let Ji Fufeng protect the leader of Xuandu in Typhon City.
With the threat of the Li family put down, the next thing the Dark Night Alliance has to do is naturally to control the entire Banjiao Ancient Territory.
