Xiao Chen was decisive. He didn't give Xiao Mu, Xiao Feng, and the others any chance. Sparing their lives was already Xiao Chen's biggest concession.
Seeing Xiao Mu and Xiao Feng being dragged out of the hall, none of the Xiao clansmen present dared to plead for mercy. After today's events, they clearly understood that from today onwards, there would only be one voice in the Xiao clan. No one could refute it.
After dealing with Xiao Mu and Xiao Feng, Xiao Chen dismissed the crowd. The clan meeting had come to an end. However, the Xiao clan's turmoil didn't stop. On the contrary, it was only the beginning.
On the second day after Xiao Mu and Xiao Feng were crippled of their cultivation and imprisoned in the western courtyard, Xiao Chen gave an order to demote Xiao Mu and Xiao Feng's direct relatives to branch family members. They were also removed from the Xiao clan's power center.
Although these people were only vassals of Xiao Mu and Xiao Feng, Xiao Chen didn't keep them. After being demoted to branch family members, their status naturally dropped a lot. Some of them were even sent to the border by Xiao Chen. They weren't even qualified to stay in Ling Shan Prefecture City.
Almost a third of the direct descendants had been demoted to collateral relatives because of Xiao Feng and Xiao Mu. After dealing with these people, Xiao Chen selected some of the collateral relatives to be promoted to direct descendants to make up for the loss of these people. Of course, the people Xiao Chen selected were all clansmen who stood on his side.
In five days, the Xiao clan went through a huge change. The direct relatives were demoted to branch family members and the branch family members were included in the direct family. After this series of changes, the entire Xiao clan's structure went through an earth-shattering change.
In the face of this change, everyone could see that the Xiao clan was now completely under Xiao Chen's control. Not to mention other things, just the direct relatives of the Xiao clan were all loyal to Xiao Chen. It was also this group of people who completely controlled the Xiao clan.
In such a short period of time, Xiao Chen forged the Xiao clan into an iron bucket.
While Xiao Chen was dealing with these matters, the Emperor of Lingfeng Country, Mo Yao, personally came to Lingshan Prefecture City. He was accompanied by a group of nobles from Lingfeng Country.
It was obvious that they were here for Mo Feng. Over the past five days, they had found out about Mo Feng's trip to Ling Shan County City and that Mo Feng had secretly interfered with the internal strife of the Xiao Clan.
After hearing this news, Mo Yao's first reaction was stupidity. He scolded Mo Feng's stupidity. What right did he have to interfere with the Xiao family's matters? Was the Xiao Clan someone he could offend?
Mo Yao was furious, but no matter what, Mo Feng was still his son. Therefore, he had no choice but to personally go to Lingshan City and prepare a generous gift, hoping that Xiao Chen would be lenient and let Mo Feng live.
The group arrived at the Xiao residence with uneasy hearts. In the main hall, Mo Yao once again saw Xiao Chen. He was different from a few years ago. The current Xiao Chen was clearly more mature. Moreover, the aura he gave off was even more dignified. The youthfulness from before had completely disappeared.
Sitting on the main seat and looking down at Mo Yao, Xiao Chen said indifferently.
"Mo Feng arbitrarily interfered with the matters of the Xiao Clan. I can let him go on account of Mo Jie. However, this is your Mo Clan's last chance. If there is a next time, even if Mo Jie asks, I will definitely destroy your Mo Clan."
Xiao Chen had already guessed Mo Yao's purpose for coming here. Therefore, he did not waste any time and directly spoke. As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Heng and two other Heaven Tier cultivators walked in with Mo Feng, whose cultivation had been crippled. They casually threw him in front of Mo Yao.
Mo Feng's cultivation had been completely crippled and his face was pale. It could be said that from now on, Mo Feng would be a cripple. However, Mo Yao was not the least bit angry about this. On the contrary, he repeatedly expressed his thanks.
There was no other way. He did not have the qualifications to negotiate with Xiao Chen. Although Mo Yao was the ruler of a country, in Xiao Chen's eyes, he was nothing. Therefore, Mo Yao was already very satisfied that Mo Feng was able to keep his life.
After presenting a generous gift to the Xiao Clan, Mo Yao then left with Mo Feng. As for Mo Feng, after experiencing the incident in Lingshan Prefecture City, he should be well-behaved.
The matters of the Mo Clan were not worth mentioning to Xiao Chen. If it were not for Mo Jie, Xiao Chen's army could directly destroy the entire Lingfeng Country with just one word.
Although the fifty thousand soldiers brought by Qin Heng were few in number, the people in this army were all cultivators from the Divine Realm of the Central Plains. Almost all of their cultivations were at the Heaven Tier.
An army of fifty thousand made up of Celestial Realm martial artists was naturally not something a small and remote country like Lingfeng Kingdom could contend with.
After Mo Yao and the others left, Xiao Chen looked at Qin Heng and asked, "How are things with the Xiao Clan Army?"
A few days ago, when he was purging the Xiao Clan, Xiao Chen had asked Qin Heng to train the Xiao Clan Army again. After all, this was the personal army of the Xiao Clan. The previous state was naturally not good. Some of the black sheep had to be removed.
Hearing Xiao Chen's question, Qin Heng replied, "It's almost done. However, it may take some time to train them into elite soldiers. However, after some reorganization, the Xiao Clan Army is only left with twenty thousand men."
The Xiao Clan Army, which originally had thirty thousand men, was reduced to twenty thousand under Xiao Chen's request. Some of the black sheep with bad character were all removed.
Hearing Qin Heng's reply, Xiao Chen said indifferently, "No matter, twenty thousand men is enough. As for training, we can take it slowly in the future. Oh right, it's time to clean up the Bright Moon Gang in Lingshan County. Let the Xiao Clan Army go. It's a good opportunity to train."
The Bright Moon Gang was a gang in the underworld. For the current Xiao Clan Army, it was a good opportunity to train. Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Qin Heng nodded and went to make arrangements.
Regarding the Xiao Clan Army, Xiao Chen handed it all to Qin Heng. Qin Heng had been stationed in the Eastern Pass City for such a long time. He was obviously better at managing the army than he was, and Xiao Chen trusted Qin Heng.
After dealing with these matters, there was only one last thing left, and that was to pay respects to the ancestors.
Every year, the Xiao Clan would pay respects to their ancestors, and this year's ceremony was three days later. For any clan, paying respects to their ancestors was a major event, and they couldn't be careless in the slightest. Therefore, for the next few days, the entire Xiao Clan was busy with this matter.
Although it was very complicated, the current Xiao Clan had changed greatly. Under Xiao Qing's command, everything was proceeding smoothly. Three days later, in the morning, at the back mountain of the Xiao Clan, many members of the Xiao Clan gathered together to prepare to pay respects to the ancestors.
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