Emperor’s Domination

is last place.” Li Qiye smiled.

She nodded in agreement, never having thought about becoming the next sect master.

***

The conflict between Divine Black and Three Truths caused quite a stir.
A conference was in order for the upper echelon.

Several decades ago, the stars aligned and the ongoing conflict between the two finally stopped with a peace treaty.

Of course, some didn’t like this, especially those who lost close ones in the war.
They had a problem with the peace treaty.

Liu Fuyou was one of them.
He thought that Three Truths didn’t pay a high enough price for Su Xu’s death.

Nonetheless, the tension remained.
That’s why the death of two division leaders was an awfully big deal.

The peak lords and elders knew that Three Truths wouldn’t take this sitting down.
This could escalate far enough to nullify the peace treaty.
Many didn’t wish for this.

There were two reports.
The first came from Liu Fuyou and Huang Jie.

They stuck to the facts, that the ones from Three Truths pushed the issue and blatantly tried to steal a ginseng root from Divine Black’s territory.
Finally, Li Qiye and Gong Cangyue came as reinforcement, resulting in the death of the Shu Brothers.

The second version came from Huang Ning and Zhan Hu.

It was nearly identical with a few things added for their own gains.

For example, the two said that Liu Fuyou didn’t pay enough attention to the wellbeing of his juniors.
He was too emotional and rash, resulting in a conflict with the Shu Brothers.
This dereliction of duty should be punished.

As for the actual killing, the two didn’t dare to be so blatant.
They didn’t want to accuse Qianyue of anything because of her high status.

Thus, they pushed it onto Li Qiye and said that he insulted Three Truths.
This worsened the situation and led to a fight.
In the end, Qianyue had to kill the brothers in order to save Li Qiye and the others.

The two concluded that Li Qiye was responsible for this conflict.
His arrogance broke the hard-earned peace between the two sects.

The upper echelon actually believed this because they have seen Li Qiye’s attitude before.
He didn’t give a damn about any of the ancestors or even the patriarch of Divine Black.
It wasn’t hard to imagine his insults towards Three Truths.

However, they did debate over the two versions.

One elder said that Liu Fuyou and Huang Jie did a terrible job and put others in danger.
Another said that Three Truths was out of line – Liu Fuyou and Huang Jie were right to protect the sect’s honor.

All in all, they understood that Li Qiye was the one who ordered Qianyue to kill the brothers. 

Huang Jie and Liu Fuyou naturally didn’t like the baseless accusation.
Thus, they counter claimed that Zhan Hu and Huang Ning didn’t do everything possible to protect their peers.