In front of the Hall of Merit.
Embezzling the benefits of the sect disciples was something that almost every Hall Master of the Hall of Merit had done.
From the Sect Master to the new disciples, who didn't know that they had never been embezzled before? This was already a recognized unspoken rule in the Hundred Chi Gate.
What was the so-called unspoken rule? Everyone knew about it, but no one would say it out loud.
However, judging from Yu Haoran's words, he wanted to expose the unspoken rule and use it to convict Jia Tongxi.
However, Black Impermanence knew that since it was an unspoken rule, it was a rule that the upper echelons of the sect had tacitly agreed upon. It was impossible to convict Jia Tongxi with the crime of embezzling the benefits of the disciples.
Seeing that Yu Haoran wanted to convict him with the unspoken rule of embezzling the benefits of the disciples, Jia Tongxi couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Then, his face sank and he acted as if he didn't know anything. He questioned the Hall of Merit staff in charge of distributing the benefits of the disciples.
"Is that so? Someone actually dares to embezzle the benefits of the disciples? How come I didn't know about it?"
"In response to the Hall Master's question, the Hall of Merit is responsible for distributing the benefits of 29378 disciples, 476 deacons, 113 hall masters, 48 elders, and special personnel every month."
"With only a dozen of us distributing so many cultivation resources, it's inevitable that there will be mistakes in the process of calculation and distribution."
"If the Hall Master and the two Elders of the Enforcement Peak want to investigate, we will cooperate fully with the investigation and bear the punishment for our mistakes. However, we are not convinced."
As Jia Tongxi's trusted aide, Xu De, who was in charge of embezzling the benefits of the disciples, didn't need any reminder from Jia Tongxi. He directly attributed the crime of embezzling the benefits of the disciples to a mistake at work.
"Black Deacon, what kind of punishment will there be for a mistake at work?" Jia Tongxi was very satisfied with Xu De's answer. However, he glared at Xu De with a gloomy face, indicating that he was very angry. Then, he looked at Black Impermanence and asked.
"According to the sect rules, a light punishment would be a scolding and a heavy punishment would be 50 lashes!" Black Impermanence had expected Xu De's answer, so he played along and avoided the heavy punishment.
"Hall Master Jia, this is the first time that the Law Enforcement Peak has received a report about the Achievement Hall embezzling the benefits of the disciples. It should only be a small mistake in the work. I hope that Hall Master Jia can properly reprimand the staff to prevent the same mistake in the future."
Although the Black Impermanence followed the principle of turning big issues into small ones and small ones into nothing, the way they handled the matter just now was obviously biased towards Jia Tongxi. This made Yu Haoran realize that although the other party was afraid of the power behind them, they were not afraid of him telling on them without irrefutable evidence.
Yu Haoran was not surprised by this at all. Moreover, the report about the deduction of the disciple's benefits was just an appetizer. He hoped that it would cause a trace of dissatisfaction in the hearts of the people present.
After all, other than the upper echelons of the sect and the few legacy disciples, most of the disciples present had their benefits deducted. Moreover, it was more than once.
It wasn't that these disciples weren't dissatisfied with the Achievement Hall, but they were afraid of the Achievement Hall's power and the lack of a leader.
"Black Impermanence, if someone secretly embezzles the sect's resources, what kind of punishment will they receive?"
Since the appetizer had been served, Yu Haoran directly brought out the first main dish. He wanted to see if this main dish could make the Black Impermanence enforce the law impartially. He wanted to see if he could rely on this main dish to take down Jia Tongxi.
"According to the sect's rules, regardless of the amount of resources that have been embezzled, once discovered, the person's cultivation will be crippled and thrown into the death cell. The heavy punishment is to be killed on the spot!"
Yu Haoran's first trump card shocked the Black Impermanence.
As the Achievement Hall Master, Jia Tongxi was in charge of the entire sect's finances. If he wanted to embezzle some cultivation resources, it was a simple matter.
Moreover, his brother-in-law was the Vice Sect Master, Lie Yan, who could contend with the Sect Master. With Lie Yan's protection, Jia Tongxi did not do a clean job of embezzling the sect's resources. He left behind a lot of clues. If one wanted to find evidence of him embezzling resources, it would not be a very troublesome matter.
However, this kind of thing was usually only known by the upper echelons of the sect. The Black Impermanence did not think that Yu Haoran, who had just entered the sect, would not only know about it, but also directly report it in front of everyone. This made him not know how to side with Jia Tongxi.
"Since this is the case, then I will report the Achievement Hall Master, Jia Tongxi, for embezzling a large amount of the sect's resources for his own use!" Pointing at Jia Tongxi, Yu Haoran loudly said.
"What! Embezzling the sect's resources, how could the upper echelons not know? "
After hearing Yu Haoran's report, the surrounding disciples, who did not know about this secret, suddenly began to discuss.
"This is very normal. Since the Achievement Hall dared to embezzle the benefits of our large sect's disciples, it shows that not only do they have someone behind them, but they are also daring. What's so strange about embezzling the sect's resources?" A well-versed disciple disdainfully mocked.
"But, embezzling our benefits can be explained by a work error. Then, privately embezzling the sect's resources, I don't know what reason they have to cover it up!" A disciple, who had long been dissatisfied with the Achievement Hall, gloated.
"Tch! Even if it's a report, what's the use? Vice Sect Master Lie has the backing of Palace Master Jia. The Law Enforcement Peak Master and Vice Sect Master Lie are very close friends. In the end, the crime of embezzling the sect's resources will definitely be reduced to a small matter, and a small matter will be ignored! "
"Yu Haoran, watch your words. If you don't have irrefutable evidence, be careful that I will sue you for slander, as well as slandering the sect's elders."
"According to the sect's rules, your cultivation will be abolished and you will be directly sent to the death row." The flustered and exasperated Jia Tongxi blatantly threatened.
Privately embezzling the sect's resources was different from embezzling the benefits of the disciples!
Embezzling the benefits of the disciples was an unspoken rule on the surface. All the previous Achievement Hall Masters had done this. Therefore, even if everyone knew about it, it would not affect him in the slightest.
However, privately embezzling the sect's resources was different!
In order to increase the strength of his brother-in-law's faction, and also to satisfy his own selfish desires, he not only embezzled the sect's resources, but also embezzled a shocking amount.
In addition, the internal strife within the sect was cruel. If someone used the crime of embezzling the sect's resources, it was very likely that Lie Yan would be heavily injured.
In order to preserve his own strength, Lie Yan would definitely sacrifice the pawn to protect the cart and push himself out to take the blame.
Therefore, no matter how Yu Haoran reported him, he could not admit it. He could not even let others see his modesty.
"What if I have irrefutable evidence?" Facing the flustered and exasperated Jia Tongxi who was threatening him, Yu Haoran sneered and asked.
"Where is the evidence?" Jia Tongxi asked nervously.
Because of Lie Yan's strength in the sect, when he embezzled the sect's resources, he was not very careful and left a lot of clues. As long as someone carefully investigated, they would definitely be able to find evidence of him embezzling the sect's resources.
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