New Dynasty Calendar year 1637, 30th day of the Seventh Month. This day, with regards to the commoners of the Purcell Duchy, was not a calm day. The commoners had thought that the food crisis that occurred so ti ago would have already passed. They were wrong. Perhaps, instead, the food crisis had just began.
On this day, all of the food stores within the Purcell Duchy suddenly began to increase their prices. The Higanbana and the Purcell Duchy public stores were the only ones who didn’t imdiately raise their prices. Over the past few days, however, their shops had also slowly sold out all of their stocks, which resulted in the current break out of the food crisis.
Those pseudo-aristocrats or full aristocrats were more fortunate as they had food of their own in storage. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case for the poor commoners. Since they didn't have enough money to buy food beforehand, they were now at risk of starvation This was especially true with the rapid rise of food prices.
As the price of food increased, aside from the poor commoners, even those who had stored food began to worry. They were afraid that the prices would rise even more. If that were the case, they would also be starving soon.
Although the Higanbana and Purcell clan stores had put out word that they would soon have more shipnts of food, the prices still continued to rise, and the crisis hadn’t gone away. Commoners who had money to buy food had started to buy them now. They were stocking up and prepared for the oncoming famine.
This crisis that Casa City was currently experiencing was actually a larger version of the storm that was happening within the Purcell clan. Now that the Purcell clan was in such a ss, the Second and the Third Elders were ready to move to abdicate the First Elder. The First Elder didn’t want to abdicate. Only, he didn’t have any ans to resolve the situation. Now, both sides were in a deadlock.
Both of these factions weren't aware that around this ti, the centrist elders had begun to move. They reached out to each other and jointly united to increase their authority. Also, their actions were very covert. They evaded the detection of both of the other factions that were currently in a deadlock.
Kaiser, in particular, had seen that the results of their battle had finally co into play. Both factions had pulled in a large number of people into their sides. Inside the conference room of the Purcell clan, scenes full of deceit and political ploys were being done on the spot.
Finally, both factions in the conference room decided to set up votes to decide who would serve as the elders of which posts. They also knew that whatever the result would be, the Purcell clan would incur losses overall.
Both sides were confident and believed that they had the best chances for victory. The First Elder’s forces were the largest; with one vote from each elder, he was assured of getting more than half the votes. An absolutely overwhelming superiority.
However, the Second and the Third Elders had also pulled a number of elders to their side these past few days. They had the confidence to defeat the First Elder, and both factions agreed on solving the problem by convening the Elders Court. Evan, the Clan Lord, was forgotten by them.
4th of the Eighth Month, the Elders Court was convened. After the elections in the Elders Court, Kaiser abdicated his position as the Purcell clan’s First Elder. Now, not only were the greater elders able to do so, but even the ordinary elders were eligible to win his position and beca soone to be worshipped within the clan.
Originally, after the first round of elections, the Second Elder should’ve been the one to take the post of the First Elder and temporarily resolve the current food crisis.
However, a problem erged. The Third Elder refused to accept the decision, resulting in a confrontation between the two factions. They decided to convene the Elders Court again on the 6th day of the Eighth Month in order to elect soone for the First Elder’s post. This ti, however, knowing the significance of the next assembly, they decided to allow the Universal Origin Sword Saint, a Guardian Deity of the clan and a Rank Nine expert, to preside.
The Universal Origin Sword Saint was an existence on the level of a god for the Purcell clan. This was truly the case. No one dared to disturb him, so no one had been able to ask for him before. His fearfulness was way above Buffy’s.
The Universal Origin Sword Saint had been a Rank Nine expert for nearly sixty years. Fifty years ago, the Purcell clan encountered a major catastrophe. The juniors of the clan who were outside to gain experience had t a black magician. These juniors of the clan then killed the black magician.
It turned out that this black magician was a disciple of the continent’s infamously evil and wicked black magician, Bone Saint Anto. Anto was a Rank nine expert, justifying his title. The next thing that happened was straightforward. Anto began hunting and killing the juniors of the Purcell clan, which made these juniors unable to leave Casa City.
Finally, the Purcell clan decided to invite one of the two Guardian Deities of the clan during that ti. A Rank Nine water magician, Blue Waves Law Saint, ca forward to kill Anto. What they hadn’t thought was that Anto would kill the Blue Wave Law Saint on the spot, placing the entire Purcell clan on the verge of life and death.
Around this ti, an expert who had just beco Rank Nine a few years ago, the Universal Origin Sword Saint, moved. Alone and with a single sword, he travelled thousands of kiloters to kill Anto. Finally, Anto’s head was taken back to be displayed in Casa City. Thus, the Purcell clan averted the crisis safely.
This battle made the Universal Origin Sword Saint famous, making him one of the Rank Nine experts on the continent with a high prestige. Anto beca a Rank Nine thirty years before, and adding to the fact that he was a black magician, he was a strong and renowned Rank Nine magician. The Universal Origin Sword Saint had just beca a Rank Nine a few years ago, yet had taken his head off on the spot. This showed that his strength was a lot higher than Anto’s.
Then for twenty years, the Universal Origin Sword Saint hadn’t been seen since. After thirty years since the Universal Origin Sword Saint beca a Rank Nine, another large clan’s Guardian Deity issued forth a challenged to him. They t at Jade Belt River, and the battle was earthshaking. For three days, there was no flow of water in Jade Belt River due to their battle. That place later beca known as Sword Saint Lake due to the damage the two of them made, and especially because of the winner, the Universal Origin Sword Saint.
Since then, there had been no challenges made against a Rank Nine on the continent.
Afterwards, the Universal Origin Sword Saint wasn’t seen again. One could say that although no one could dare offend and be unreasonable towards Wind Saint Buffy in the Purcell clan, in reality, the Universal Origin Sword Saint held more respect from the elders. Precisely because of his rare appearances, no one knew of the real na of the Universal Origin Sword Saint. Now, his title of Universal Origin Sword Saint was regarded as his na.
This ti around, the issue of the Universal Origin Sword Saint presiding over the Elders Court hadn’t been t with any resistance. Everyone clearly understood that these were troubled tis. But no matter where you went though, even if you withdrew, there would still be the fear of being killed by Sir Sword Saint.
The Elders Court was scheduled to elect a First Elder within the conference room. When these elders arrived, they found that the Second and Third Elders, along with Evan, were already in the conference room. On the seat that was originally for the Clan Lord sat an upright old man.
This old man was tall, the sa height as Clan Lord Evan. His hair was white, as if it were dyed with snow without a trace of variation. Surprisingly though, his beard was yellow.
The old man sat with his eyes closed, seemingly asleep. Everyone saw this and couldn’t help but slow their pace as they carefully walked to their seats and sat down.
Evan hadn’t sat down, but instead stood beside the old man. Below the Clan Lord’s seat were the three seats for the greater elders, wherein only two people sat down, the Second and the Third Elders. However, they both looked restless.
As soon as all of the elders arrived, Evan whispered sothing into the old man’s ears. The old man then responded with a slight nod. Evan stood up and held the scepter in his right hand that symbolized the power of the Head of the Clan. He went towards the middle of the stage, looked around, and said, “The assembly of the Elders Court this ti is witnessed by Sir Guardian Deity, and has now formally started. The election will now proceed. In this election, we will decide to relieve the Second Elder through an election.“
After Evan said this, the elders of the Elders Court were surprised for a mont before giving an outcry. They had forgotten the existence of the Universal Origin Sword Saint. Right at this mont, they only had one thing in their mind: ‘Evan was crazy’.
However, before Evan could speak, a cold snort was loudly heard. Everyone on the scene felt as though their heads were hit by a hamr and suddenly saw stars. Then they rembered that the Universal Origin Sword Saint was still sitting there; being loud was like asking for death.
Everyone cald down while Evan stood on the stage with his unchanged expression and said, “The voting now begins.”
The people in the conference room looked at each other. They didn’t know what to do when suddenly, soone actually raised a hand.
The people in the conference room were surprised for a mont. They looked at the person that had raised a hand, and it was a centrist elder, Juan. Along with Juan, the other centrist elders also raised their hands. Then the loyal mbers of the First Elder’s faction as well as the Third Elder’s faction. Only the few loyal mbers of the Second Elder’s faction didn’t raise their hands.
Evan swept his eyes across the conference room, showing his gratefulness to the elders. With a cold voice, he said “Over seventy percent have voted. The Second Elder will now be relieved from his duties starting tomorrow. The next poll will decide if the Third Elder should be relieved from his duties. Those who agree, please raise your hand.”
The people in the conference room weren’t silly. Even a fool would know what Evan was doing. In one fell swoop, Evan had moved to relieve the Second and the Third Elders of their duties. This was equivalent to pulling out the entire root of the forces of the greater elders. As long as he controlled the Elders Court, his position as the Clan Lord would be held firmly.
If it were during normal tis, the loyal elders of the Second and the Third Elders might have started trouble with him. Instead, as this assembly was presided over by the Universal Origin Sword Saint, should the Elders Court really dare to make trouble then death was the only thing that awaited them in the end!
The original mbers of the First Elder’s faction were happy to see this developnt. In any case, the First Elder had now fallen. Whether it was the Second or the Third Elder, they wouldn’t gain any benefits. If they supported Evan, however, then they might be able to rely on him to gain so benefits.
This ti, undoubtedly, the results of the poll was a high number of votes. Starting today, the Second and Third Elders who were worshipped in the clan, lost their authority, be it within the Elders Court or in the entire clan.
Evan continued the elections. This ti, for the position of the First Elder. Evan proposed Juan and the proposal was agreed upon imdiately. Juan beca the Purcell clan’s First Elder. Evan proposed Wind Sue, a representative of the centrist elders, to be the Second Elder. The election for the Third Elder was very dramatic. Evan had unexpectedly proposed soone who had been a mber of the First Elder’s faction. He was the clan’s Elder of Foreign Affairs, Stern. No one had ever thought of this, but the proposal was passed.
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