589: Pass the throne to the Great Elder!

Liu Yue also followed closely behind, crying,

“Saint! Saint, please see clearly! All of those words just now were instigated by her. That old hag said if I didn’t do as she said, she would expel me from the sect. I am but a humble person, I truly had no choice!”

“You!”

The Second Elder was furious, pointing a finger at Liu Yue and saying,

“You ungrateful wretch, you’re slandering me at a time like this! It was clearly you who coveted the Saintess’s position, wanting to pull the current Saintess from her pedestal, yet you blame it on me! Saint, please see clearly!”

Lu Hao listened to their words, a look of impatience on his face. He turned to Lingxi and softly said,

“I will help you clean house. Is that alright?”

Lingxi didn’t speak, merely nodded.

This group of people had been harming the Holy Land for a long time. Before, Lingxi had always chosen to endure, out of consideration for her fellow Disciples, but she never expected them to go so far this time!

If Lu Hao hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable. To truly flourish, Yaochi Holy Land must first clear out the internal parasites!

These people were stealing from their own, affecting the interests of all the Holy Land’s Disciples.

Lu Hao saw Lingxi nod, then turned to face the few people, raising his right hand.

He didn’t even use any Magic Treasure, nor did he condense any magical power.

He merely raised his hand.

With an understated gesture, he casually struck out a palm towards that group of people, into the Void Realm.

This palm strike had no earth-shattering phenomena, no dazzling light, only a power that was simple yet boundless.

This was the true power of the Dao, the concretization of rules.

“No!”

The Grand Elder shrieked in terror. She desperately tried to resist, to escape, but her body seemed to be fixed in place by an invisible force, unable to move.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The Second Elder, Third Elder, Fourth Elder, and Liu Yue, these villains who had just been arrogant and tried to distort the truth, didn’t even have time to let out a scream before their bodies turned to dust in the air, completely vanishing!

Their bodies and souls were annihilated! They were utterly dead!

As for the Grand Elder, though slightly stronger, she was nothing more than a slightly larger ant before Lu Hao.

Lu Hao deliberately let her live a little longer, to experience the pain of death!

The Grand Elder watched helplessly as her body, starting from her feet, collapsed little by little, disintegrated, and turned into nothingness.

“You… what Realm… are you…?”

She wanted to ask Lu Hao what Realm he was in, but before she could finish, her head also shattered and dissipated into the air.

The entire process was eerily silent, with only the sound of the wind.

Everyone seemed to have been frozen, kneeling rigidly in place, having even forgotten to breathe.

Lu Hao withdrew his hand, as if he had only done a trivial little thing.

He walked to Lingxi’s side, condensed a vibrant green light at his fingertip, and gently tapped it on her forehead.

The green light instantly merged into Lingxi’s body. Her pale complexion visibly regained its rosiness, her injuries healed, and even her depleted spiritual power was fully restored.

Lu Hao’s gaze swept over the Yaochi Disciples and the surviving Elders who were still kneeling in the square.

“Yaochi Holy Land, ancestral teachings, the Saintess must be a virgin?”

Lu Hao’s voice was like a judge’s pronouncement, carrying unquestionable authority.

“I will provide enough resources for you to amend this ancestral teaching. Is there any problem?”

His words were not a question, but a command.

How could anyone dare to say “no”?

“No problem! We will abide by whatever the Saint decides!”

The Grand Elder was the first to shout, her voice trembling with excitement.

“We obey Saint Lu’s decree!”

“The ancestral teachings must be changed! The position of Saintess shall be inherited by Saintess Lingxi forever!”

Those Disciples who had just been malicious towards Lingxi now shouted louder than anyone, fearing that Lu Hao, displeased, might also give them a palm strike.

Lu Hao didn’t look at them again.

But just then, Lingxi stood up and said to Lu Hao,

“Lu Hao, the ancestral teachings cannot be abolished. I don’t want this position of Saintess. I only wish to follow you for all my life. Wherever you go, I will go. Your resources have already ensured that I won’t let my master’s cultivation go to waste.”

“Moreover, the Grand Elder is more skilled than I am at managing the Holy Land. Today, I shall pass the position of Saintess to the Grand Elder.”

Lu Hao nodded: “Then it shall be as you say.”

So Lingxi stood up and walked to the center of the square, calmly saying,

“Lingxi, the eighteenth-generation Saintess of Yaochi Holy Land, hereby, in the presence of our ancestors, passes the position of Saintess to the Grand Elder. May Yaochi Holy Land flourish under the Grand Elder’s leadership from this day forward!”

After speaking, she walked to the Grand Elder’s side and personally handed her the jade pendant symbolizing the Saintess’s identity.

The Grand Elder respectfully accepted the jade pendant. From then on, this Legacy ceremony concluded very casually.

After completing all of this, Lingxi walked to Lu Hao’s side and gave him a sweet smile:

“Lu Hao, let’s go!”

Lu Hao nodded, then tossed out another Storage Pouch, gently wrapped his arm around Lingxi’s waist, and stepped into the Void Realm tunnel.

Lingxi leaned into his embrace, feeling the warmth and strength emanating from him.

She knew that from this moment on, she could never be separated from this man.

Lu Hao, with Lingxi, once again tore open the Void Realm.

The two stepped into the rift, and their figures vanished.

Only a dead silent Yaochi Holy Land remained, along with a group of survivors trembling in fear, and the Grand Elder, holding the jade pendant in one hand and two Storage Pouches in the other.

All the Holy Land’s Disciples knew that the heavens of Yaochi had completely changed.

At the same time, they were filled with resentment towards those who had perished!

If it weren't for their meddling, why would Saintess Lingxi have resigned from her position so quickly? That was Saint Lu’s woman! Whatever Saint Lu casually gave them would be enough for them to benefit for a lifetime!

After dealing with that mess at Yaochi Holy Land, Lu Hao tore open the Void Realm, wrapped his arm around Lingxi’s waist, and stepped into the Void Realm tunnel.

Inside the tunnel, distorted light bands, bizarre and kaleidoscopic, surrounded the two, filled with destructive spatial power. Although she had seen it many times, Lingxi’s heart still trembled each time.

After all, this was a power she had not mastered.

Lingxi’s mood was clearly not very good; her pretty face was slightly cold and somewhat pale. This was not due to injuries, but because of the recent events.

She held Lu Hao with both arms, resting her head in his arm, looking down, silent, with a faint sadness on her face.

Lu Hao looked down at her.

“Still thinking about those things at Yaochi Holy Land?”

Lingxi’s body trembled slightly at his words, then she nodded, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s hum:

“Mm… After all, it’s where I grew up. The Grand Elder and the Second Elder, they usually wouldn’t be like that. I’m just very sad, wondering why they treated me that way.”

“Wherever there are people, there is Jianghu. Ultimately, it’s because your Realm isn’t high enough. If you had achieved the Breakthrough to Ascension, such a thing would never happen!”

Lu Hao said softly:

“Before, under your master’s protection, you hadn’t witnessed the wickedness of human hearts. It’s normal to feel uncomfortable now, but don’t worry, by my side, no one can bully you anymore!”

Lingxi nodded gently: “Mm…”