Chapter 115 Suirenshi's Abdication
On the eastern coast, a flash of light appeared, and Ao Xue, the Water Dragon Lord, and a strange man appeared, flying towards the Human Ancestral Temple.
"Ao Xue and the Water Dragon of the Dragon Clan, and Xuan Qi of the Xuanwu Clan, have come to congratulate Suirenshi on his attainment of Dao." Even before they arrived, their voices carried far.
Inside the council hall, upon hearing this voice, Suirenshi's heart stirred. He transmitted his voice to Feng Zichen:
"Zichen, friends from the Dragon Clan and the Xuanwu Clan have arrived. Friends from several other clans will be arriving later. I cannot leave now; please entertain them in my stead."
Within Zichen Cave Heaven, Feng Zichen, who was showing Jinhuang around Ziwei Mountain, suddenly stopped, saying apologetically, "Fairy, I am truly sorry. The Human Clan has matters that require my attention. I must temporarily excuse myself. Please forgive me." "
It is no trouble. The affairs of the Human Clan are of utmost importance. Fellow Daoist, please go ahead!" Jinhuang nodded, indicating her understanding.
"Thank you for your understanding, Fairy."
With a smile, Feng Zichen took a step forward, arriving outside the Zichen Cave Heaven. Another step brought him to Ao Xue and the others.
"Ao Xue, Dragon Lord, it's been a long time!" Meeting old friends, Feng Zichen was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward to greet them.
"May I ask your name, fellow Daoist?" Noticing a strange man beside them, Feng Zichen asked.
"This is Xuanqi of the Xuanwu Clan, who has come with us to congratulate Fellow Daoist Suiren on his attainment of Dao." Seeing the doubt in his eyes, the Water Dragon Lord introduced him.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Zichen. I have long admired your name for many years, and today it is finally an opportunity to meet you." Xuanqi carefully examined Feng Zichen for a while before speaking.
"Everyone, this is not the place to talk. Please follow me to the Reception Hall." With a wry smile, Feng Zichen changed the subject and led the three towards the Reception Hall.
It's unclear how the Five Elemental Beasts praised him within their clans, but it's astonishing how the people of the five clans generally perceive him differently, their speech sounding rather strange.
This was true of Jin Huang before, and now it's true of Xuan Qi.
"Mo Zhang of the Qilin Clan and Jian Shan of the White Tiger Clan have come to congratulate Suiren Daozun on his attainment of Dao!"
Before Feng Zichen could even catch up with the three at the welcoming hall, two grand voices rang out.
"Friends from the Qilin and White Tiger Clans have arrived. I will go and fetch them. Please wait a moment."
After the Five Elemental Beasts agreed to protect the human race, the human race became an ally of the five clans. Although this ally was somewhat weak, it seemed to have good potential.
Now that Suiren had achieved the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, the human race's strength had greatly increased. As allies, the five clans naturally couldn't remain silent, so they sent five outstanding clansmen to offer their congratulations.
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After the meeting concluded, Suiren first received the representatives of the five clans and then summoned Feng Zichen to the main hall of the ancestral temple.
"Zi Chen, Her Majesty has summoned the three of us to the Nuwa Palace for an audience. And we do not know how long we will be gone."
"Therefore, I have decided to pass the leadership of the human race to you. In the years to come, you will lead the human race forward."
Beneath the statue of Nuwa, Suirenshi solemnly addressed Feng Zi Chen.
"Ah! What?"
"Suirenshi, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
"Even if you no longer wish to serve as the clan leader, there are still the Nest Emperor and the Black Emperor, as well as the elders and city lords. How can you bypass them and directly pass the position to me?"
Feng Zichen was shocked and repeatedly refused.
Although he was very interested in the position of human clan leader, his seniority in the human race was too low. If he were to rashly assume the position, the innate human race would inevitably be dissatisfied.
According to his previous plan, he intended to take over the position of human clan leader after the acquired human race had become the mainstream, and then rely on its overwhelming power to seize the position.
But now, judging from Suirenshi's intentions, it was clear that he planned to overcome all objections and push him into the position of human clan leader.
"You don't need to worry about that at all. My second brother and third sister are going to the Nuwa Palace to cultivate in seclusion for a period of time. They will return to the human race after they attain the Great Luo Golden Immortal status."
"At that time, the position of human race leader will not be of much significance to them."
"Moreover, passing the position of human race leader to you is not my idea alone, but the joint decision of the three of us."
"Therefore, you don't need to worry that they will become dissatisfied with you because of this."
"As for the elders," Suirenshi paused here, and continued in a strange tone:
"In terms of ability, they are far inferior to you; in terms of strength, they are also far inferior to you; in terms of contributions to the human race, all of them combined are not even a fraction of what you have made."
"So, what face do they have to compete with you for the position of human race leader?"
"How can such mediocre people serve as the human race leader, how can they lead the human race to prosperity? I'm afraid they can't even survive in the prehistoric world."
At the end, Suirenshi's face darkened, filled with anger, and his tone became stern.
Seeing Suirenshi's increasingly grim expression, Feng Zichen silently stared ahead, not daring to utter a sound.
It seemed that something unpleasant must have happened during the earlier meeting. Otherwise, Suirenshi wouldn't have been so furious.
In fact, Feng Zichen knew that many of the human elders were quite dissatisfied with him. Especially after he drove the human immortals out of the East Sea, even more elders were unhappy with him.
If Youchaoshi and Suirenshi hadn't spoken up in time and taken the blame, those angry human elders would probably have joined forces to oust Feng Zichen from the human race's upper echelons.
It should be noted that when he drove the human immortals out of the East Sea, he treated everyone equally, regardless of their status; as long as their cultivation reached the Heavenly Immortal realm or above, they were all expelled without any mercy.
Among these immortals were many disciples, relatives, descendants, and even children of the elders. Many of them had died in the ferocity of the beasts.
The deaths of numerous immortals significantly weakened the tribes of some elders, and coupled with the deaths of their loved ones, how could those human elders not harbor hatred?
Unable to express their dissatisfaction directly with Suiren, they turned their anger towards Feng Zichen, the instigator, venting their grievances with intense hatred.
Feng Zichen could imagine the furious faces of those hostile human elders when Suiren mentioned passing the leadership of the human race to him, and their red-faced arguments with Suiren.
Fortunately, most of the human elders were still selfless. Those with selfish motives were ultimately only a tiny minority.
Moreover, the city lords had all received favors from Feng Zichen to varying degrees, naturally standing firmly behind him.
Furthermore, Feng Zichen's contributions to the human race were undeniable, and everyone knew they couldn't compare, allowing Suiren to smoothly finalize the matter.
(End of Chapter)