Chapter 1047: The Overbearing Bai Qi
Towering Cloud City, the Bai family.
Inside the main hall of the Bai family, Bai Qis gaze was murderous, and his aura was extremely aggressive.
Out of all the Elders in the Bai family, half of them were direct descendants of the Bai family. They were his brothers, or they were his closest relatives, the generation he would greet as uncles. Right now, none of them said a single word with their heads lowered. They didnt dare to look Bai Qi in the eye.
Suddenly, one of them raised his head and said cautiously, Patriarch, we made mistakes because we were forced by Bai Yuan. But none of us has done anything wrong to the Bai family. Moreover, we never harmed the two kids, Bai Lingling and Bai Xiong. When Luo Tian stepped out, we all retreated and didnt make a move against him
Thats right.
Right. We really havent wronged the Bai family.
We thought you would never come back. The Bai family cannot function without a leader, so we
When someone spoke out first, the others started chiming in.
Bai Qi glanced at them coldly and said, Forget it; this matter is over. But you guys will still have to pay some price for your mistake.
We are willing to accept our punishment.
Right, we are willing to be punished.
Several Elders immediately agreed.
Bai Qi then said, Your salaries will be reduced by half and a.s.signed to the Bai family disciples. Do any of you have any objections?
They had to be punished, or else how could he establish his authority as the Patriarch?
Of course, the degree of punishment had to be appropriate for the occasion. Otherwise, a punishment could become counterproductive. These Elders were the strongest experts of the Bai family. Without them, Bai Qi would have a difficult time supporting the family alone. However, even if they werent here, the Bai familys elite disciples were still here, so the Bai family wouldnt fully collapse.
Reducing the salaries of the Elders and increasing the cultivation resources of the elite disciples was considered a very clever move.
The expressions on these Elders faintly changed.
Even though they were unwilling, none of them dared to speak up about it. Once they do speak up against it, that is considered challenging the punishment. At that time, they might cause outrage among the Bai family disciples. What might end up happening was that they wouldnt be able to stay in the family any longer.
None, I dont have any objections.
We dont have any objections.
Their tones were a bit softer and not as tough as before.
Bai Qi smiled faintly and said, Good, then its decided. Theres one more thing this time, the Bai family has four places to partic.i.p.ate in the Misty Cloud Academys disciple selection compet.i.tion. Do you guys have any thoughts about it?
Of course, its for Bai Lingling and Bai Xiong. And the other two slots will go to the other disciples of the Bai family.
Bai Lingling and Bai Xiong are both quite talented, so I think theres a good chance that theyll be selected. The Bai family will be able to catch up with the Deng family, or maybe even surpa.s.s them.
Bai Qi nodded and said, Even if you guys didnt mention it, the two slots would have gone to those two. Any thoughts on who the other two slots should go to?
After asking that, Bai Qi glanced at a certain Elder.
That Elders brows tightened as he couldnt comprehend the hidden meaning of Bai Qis look. Therefore, he didnt speak up.
Another Elder said, Bai Han is not bad; his cultivation and talent are at the top of the Bai familys disciples. He should be able to a.s.sist both Bai Lingling and Bai Xiong this time around.
Bai Han is indeed not bad. But he still lacks the qualifications to partic.i.p.ate in the Misty Cloud Academys selection. Bai Qi immediately dismissed it without even thinking about it, and his eyes once again looked at that certain Elder.
In the Bai family, Bai Hans talent and cultivation were higher than Bai Linglings. So, it was reasonable to say that he should be qualified to partic.i.p.ate in the selection.
However, one important thing some of them missed out on was that Bai Han was the nephew of Bai Yuan.
Bai Qi wasnt planning to give the remaining two qualifying spots to any of the Bai family disciples.
Finally, that Elder comprehended the hidden meaning behind Bai Qis glance and said, Everyone, we seem to have forgotten someone who has done the Bai family a huge kindness. I think the qualification should be given to him.
Bai Qi pretended to show a serious expression and said, Who is it?
The Elder then replied, Its Luo Tian. If he hadnt killed Bai Yuan, our Bai family right now might have had a different outcome. The Bai family might be caught in the crisis of fighting all four of the great families. I know that the Ouyang family secretly mobilized all the elites of their family to lurk around the Bai family after the marriage of Ouyang Ye and Bai Lingling. And if it were not for Luo Tians appearance, Im afraid that there would be a river of blood running through the Bai family right now. In order to repay him, I think we should give him a qualification spot.
Bai Qis mouth had an ever-so-faint curve from smiling.
He was the Patriarch of the Bai family. Technically, he had the power to decide anything that was related to the family.
But when it came to this matter, he preferred someone else to bring it up first. Only then would it look more legitimate when he supported it.
Before the other Elders could speak up, Bai Qi said, Not bad. We should indeed give him a qualification spot. But, I feel that a single qualification is too little. Give him two spots and let him do what he wants with it. This can be considered the Bai family repaying him.
The qualifications for the Misty Cloud Academy selection were very precious.
There were only twenty spots total for the five great families of Towering Cloud City. If this were to be opened up to the outside world, a single qualification spot would be worth hundreds of thousands of xuan coins.
It was considered a great honor to partic.i.p.ate in the selection.
One of the main reasons Bai Qi gave away two qualification spots to Luo Tian was that he didnt want the disciples of the Bai family Elders to get a chance to partic.i.p.ate. He was trying to weaken the power of those Elders in secret.
Bai Yuan usurped his position, and his daughter was captured and almost married off to Ouyang Ye, who couldnt get his thing up. On the surface, Bai Qi acted like those things were in the past and all had been forgiven, but he was still furious inside. Being tricked by Bai Yuan? Those were all lies! In the face of huge benefits, even his most trusted confidant, Bai Shan, had betrayed him, not to mention these people!
But he was very clear that he couldnt touch these people. Otherwise, they could band up and overthrow him as the Patriarch. The only thing he could do was gradually weaken their influence.
The expressions of those Elders faintly changed as they all disagreed with the decision.
One qualification spot was enough, so why two? Why does the kid need so many qualification spots?
Wasnt it a bit too obvious that Bai Qi was trying to weaken them?
Moreover, Bai Qi had already announced to the public that Luo Tian was his son-in-law, which meant that Bai Qi was getting four spots for himself. This was practically being overbearing to the extreme!
Before they could object to it, Bai Qi stood up and said, It seems that everyone has no objections. Then, this matter is settled. I will go and talk to Luo Tian about it. You all should head out and restore order to the Bai family as soon as possible. We should keep an eye out on the cultivation of the disciples as well. The Bai family just experienced a big shakeup, and the other four families are eyeing us like wolves. We need to quickly increase everyones abilities.
After saying that, Bai Qi walked out of the main hall without looking back.
He left behind a group of stupefied Elders.
They were all dumbstruck!
But no one dared to stand out and could only harbor resentment in secret.
Bai family, another courtyard somewhere.
Hahaha
You, kid, are really domineering and arrogant! Even the Hai familys Hai Yulong ended up p.i.s.sing his pants because of you. Sigh~, if only I could see that scene. It must have been really fun to watch, hahaha Dongfang Shuo laughed happily.