330: Sense of Order

Elder Cheng spoke first: "Martial Niece Xue's suggestion... hits the mark. I... agree."

The other Elders, whether they still had hesitations in their hearts or not, expressed their positions one after another under the watchful eyes of the crowd, considering the examples set by the Pavilion Master and Vice Pavilion Master, as well as the key point Xue Miaoyun had highlighted.

"It can only be so..."

"Martial Niece Xue has thought things through; this method can avoid future troubles and prevent us from being manipulated."

"Indeed, moving all relatives to Longyang City will be more stable with the Sect's protection, and it saves countless troubles."

"Seconded."

"I also second it."

The Disciples below the stage discussed even more, with many showing approval or even expressions of relief on their faces.

Most of them came from ordinary families in the Mortal Realm and knew well the bitterness of being oppressed by imperial power. The Elders' relatives giving up their imperial power was undoubtedly good news for them and their families in the Mortal Realm.

Chen Yuanyuan gave Xue Miaoyun a deep look, her gaze filled with gratitude but also a hint of complex emotion.

She bowed again to Elder Xue and Xue Miaoyun: "Thank you, Elder Xue and Junior Sister Miaoyun, for your great righteousness. And thank you, Junior Sister Miaoyun, for pleading for my father."

"My father will willingly accept ten years of imprisonment. As for the Atonement Covenant, I, Chen Yuanyuan, would never dare to forget it and will immediately set out to prepare for the journey to the Xue Clan Imperial Dynasty."

She turned to the crowd again, her voice clear and powerful: "The proposal mentioned by Junior Sister Miaoyun regarding the relocation of various families' relatives to Longyang City is of great importance."

"Upon the Vice Pavilion Master's return, I will certainly report it truthfully and request the Council of Elders to discuss and decide!"

On your shoulder, Qin Han scratched his round head, his little face scrunched up as he muttered, "Oh, no killing again? And moving house? So troublesome..."

You curled your finger and lightly flicked his forehead, admonishing him:

"You must remember today's lesson; do not be like that Xue Yunhao, touching the Four Perils and ultimately bringing about your own destruction."

Qin Han's glassy eyes widened: "Four Perils? Which Four Perils?"

You said solemnly: "Loose talk invites disaster, arrogance breeds trouble, excessive greed clouds the heart, and obsession disturbs the Divine Soul."

Qin Han suddenly pointed his little paw at you: "The things Daddy said sound like precepts you set for yourself!"

You rolled your eyes at him and turned your gaze to the crowd, thinking to yourself: "Giving up imperial power... this proposal is indeed a radical solution. This girl Miaoyun sees through things very clearly."

"However, that hidden hand behind the scenes using the Charm Technique to stir up trouble in the Fengyun Pavilion and the Tianhuang Continent... I wonder which corner they are hiding in now and what they are plotting?"

Protector Qiao, sensing your gravity, nodded slightly and asked softly: "Young Master, do you wish to appear in person?"

"No," you waved your hand, "if they cannot even withstand this small storm, then how can this Fengyun Pavilion... deal with what is to come..."

"Besides, Chen Yuanyuan handled it properly, and the others took the big picture into account and showed great insight."

"They... did better than I would have..."

As you said this, your voice came to an abrupt halt, as if your throat had been suddenly constricted by an invisible thread.

You only felt a flash of inspiration deep in your mind, like a firefly in the dark—weak, yet perfectly clear.

That feeling was like something vital was right before your eyes, reachable with a hand, yet separated by a thin layer of mist, making it impossible to see clearly.

In that moment of pause—

That weak flash of inspiration suddenly exploded!

Like a bolt of lightning splitting the night sky, it connected all your tangled thoughts with an unstoppable Aura.

All the clamor before you—

The murderous Zhu Xian Terrace, the bickering Elders, Chen Yuntao kneeling in penance, the grief-stricken Xue Family, and the Disciples whispering below—

All this noise suddenly shed its superficial glitz, revealing the cold and real Laws of operation beneath.

Worldly people are all on a boat, yet they always want to set rules for the sea.

Elder Chu, Elder Duan, Elder Cheng... they argued back and forth, nothing more than fighting over who should steer this boat and which direction it should go.

But they were all wrong.

The real key was not about who should hold the rudder, nor whether the rules should be a bit looser or tighter.

It lay in the fact that this boat should never have been loaded with so much "private cargo" in the first place—

Those convoluted imperial Bloodlines and those inseparable mortal attachments!

The immortal regulations seem cold and useless not because they are unfair, but because they have been tied to too many private desires that simply do not belong on the "Immortal Path."

The Elders' descendants sitting high on imperial thrones is in itself a desecration of the ironclad Heavenly Dao rule that "immortals and mortals are different, and order stands on its own!"

Xue Yunhao's incompetence went unchecked not because the immortal regulations were useless, but because those who enforced the rules were themselves standing on the opposite side of the rules—

They were both the guardians of the rules and the beneficiaries protected by them!

How could such a boat be stable?

How could such a sea be calm?

Qingming not intervening is the true great wisdom.

The Heavenly Dao is not heartless; rather, it understands deeply that if it forcibly intervenes in every storm, it will only cause the people on the boat to slowly lose the ability to steer and discern direction.

In the end, the entire navigation system would collapse.

True order is letting the boat have its lane and the sea have its route.

Each going its own way, without overstepping.

This boat, the Fengyun Pavilion, should only carry hearts seeking the Dao and immortality; it should not carry the royal power of the Mortal Realm!

What Xue Miaoyun said just now was exactly what broke through this layer of delusion that everyone was trapped in—

Casting off those shackles of mortal power and letting relatives stay away from the whirlpool of trouble to live as carefree, wealthy commoners.

Only in this way can the immortal regulations return to their original form—

Becoming the "anchor" that guides Cultivators so they do not lose their way in the vast sea of the Dao, rather than a chain that binds the original heart or protects private desires.

Today's disaster, on the surface, was Chen Yuntao's fault for violating the rules and the Xue Family's grief over losing a loved one.

But in reality, it exposed that the very Foundation of the entire Fengyun Pavilion had a problem!

This root cause was that set of "old rules" that blurred the lines between immortal and mortal and was tied to private interests.

If this root cause is not severed, today it is the Xue Family suffering, and tomorrow it could be the Chu Family, the Ye Family, the Duan Family...

The immortal regulations will forever be pulled and distorted between the ties of human sentiment and the solemnity of legal principles.

The seeds of internal strife will sprout one day.

The vitality of a rule lies in its purity and its transcendence.

When the rule itself is polluted by selfishness and bias, it is no longer a lighthouse guiding the way forward, but a knife that cuts through people's hearts.

True order is letting the "mortal power" that should belong to the earth properly return to the earth, and letting the "pursuit of the Immortal Dao" that should soar to the Nine Heavens freely soar to the Nine Heavens.

Only by putting down the burdens that should not be carried can the great ship of Fengyun Pavilion truly travel light and sail toward that endless horizon in the vast sea of the Dao.

And only in this way can one grasp the rudder of order with a pure heart and exercise the justice of the Heavenly Dao with a transcendent posture!

This is the... Order that conforms to the Heavenly Dao and protects all living beings!